Middletown transcript., 1868-11-14
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pay license fee Of Bis per month before
engaging in any employment, employ
ers to be responsible. The bill also
imposes upon vessels tax Of $40 for
every Chinaman brought to the State, pro-
hibits the employment Of Chinese upon
public works, and forever disquali6es for
holding Office any officer who shall ad-
minister the oath of naturalization to a
Chinaman.
The New York Times says:-"The sum
of SIS, 200 per year is too small to sup,
port the President in proper style; it should
be at least $l00, 900 to meet the necessa-
ry expenditures as Chief Executive of the
nation. President Grant should not be
compelled to live in the cheap boarding
house style" How do you ike this, tax
payerf
At Galesburg, Iowa, widow named
Wilcox was sosbadly burned, recently, in
fighting prairie fire, that her life is dis
paired of. Her barn, hay and grain
stacks, one hundred bushels Of wheat and
other property were destroyed, but the
house was saved. tstsl4
| 1t is reported that Prince Louis of Hesse
finds the temper of his wife too much for
him, and will apply for divorce. His
spouse is the Princess Alice, Victoria's
second daughter. She has lost the little
beauty she had, and is exceedingly irasci-
BILE aud jealous.
Eleven ballots were cast in Indianapolis,
Ind. on Tuesday, by Germans, for the abb
olition Of the presidential office. A mem
orial to Congress praying for the same is
circulated there, aud has been signed by a
number of the more radical German citi-
zens.
A queer case of combustion occurred at
Elk Grove, Grout county, Wis. A farm
er was thrashing wheat with machine,
when the wheat ignited from the machine,
and stacks, machine aud appliances were
| all consumed
Recently two young men were playing
ball in San Francisco, when one of them
struck at the ball and instantly fell forward
and expired, without saying word. Di-
sease of the heart was the occasion of his
death.
General Rosecrans, United States Min
lister to Mexico, sailed from New York to
Vera Cruz on Tuesday. on the steamer
Grenada, accompanied by his family
General Longstrect was also passenger
on the same vessel
One hundred tons Of guano have been
sent to Birmingham from Southampton to
be used in the manufacture of lucifer
matches 1t is of course the phosphoric
acid which the guano contains which is
valued.
Ex-Judge Sidney A. Hubbell, of New
Mexico, has recovered $l2, 900 damages
in the United States Court at Chicago, for
injuries received by the explosion of the
steamboat Lansing, on the Mississippi riv-
er.
The Democrats in Wintersent, Madison
county, Iowa, as joke, put the name ofa
full-blooded negro GU their ticket for JUS
tice of peace, and he was elected. Being
now citizen, he intends to hold office.
1t is said that diptheria is prevailing to
an alarming degree in some sections of
Washington city. One family has already
lost two members, and three others are
suffering with the disease. r
There will be another election in New
York CITY in about four weeks. for mayor,
to gil the place of Governor Hoffman. AL
dermen. councilmen, &c. will also be cho-
sen.
| A young lady Of twenty.three summers,
seven feet seven inches tall. weighing
three hundred and seventy pounds, passed
through Island Pond on the cars for Can
ada a few days ago.
A wrestling match took place in New
York city, on Monday last, between a
young man 26 years old and woman Of
Il. The female contestant obtained an
easy victory.
Mahogany is so abundant in Nevada as
to be used for fuel. A contract has been
entered into to supply several thousand
cords Of it at three dollars and half cord.
/ On Friday morning, Oct. %, Frederic
William Dickens, latest surviving brother
of Mr.. Charles Dickens, died of abcess on
the lungs, in Darlington, England.
The San Francisco Bulletin says: "More
, farms have been ont up and sold in this
State during the present year, probably,
than in any three previous years .
4 John Morrissey has more. than eleven
thousand majority in the Fifth New York
District. George Francis Train received
f twenty-five hundred and fifty votes.
Louisiana and Florida are now begin.
ming to compete successfully with Cubs
and the West India Islands in raising or.
, anges for the northern markets.
, The silver mines recently discovered in
Eastern Nevada have yielded during the
past three months, about az average o.
! $100. 900 per month.
Mrs. Partington (P. B. Shillaber) was
, democratic candidate for the Massachu.
setts Legislature in the recent election and
was defeated
Knoxville. North Carolina. with scarce.
! ly a hundred inhabitants, has sent Nortt
J this fall nearly 800. 900 worth of driet
: fruit.
. Lancaster county, Pa. has a Chestnut
tree ~ feet in circumference, with cher
! ry tree growing from ono Of its branches
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