Middletown transcript., 1868-10-17
Items of News.

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ly lost every SOU ut cards, borrowed a small
sum of his sister, and won it all back
again, with wide margin To provide
against accidents, he paid all his hotel, tai
lor aud shoemaker bills, and made arrange
ments to be clothed, fed and shod for ten
years. Now he can play without fear of
destitution
The Captain General of Cuba has not
proclaimed for the Provisional Government
of Spain, but declares he will maintain or
der and laws. Two small meetings of per-
sons of ill-repute, whose object was not
known, were broken up by the troops.
The city and island are tranquil.
We notice in the Cecil Wing that a
number of farmers residing in Cecil tcoun-
ty, Md. quite near the Lancaster county
line, have lost a number of cattle by di-
sease. These farmers reside principally
| along the road from Lancaster to Como
wingo Bridge. ....
Some of the German papers report that
the widow of Abraham Lincoln, is going
to take up her residence at Frankfort-on
the-Main, where her income will enable
her to live in much better style than in
the United States. She will be received
in very fiattering manner in Germany.
Frank Rounds, colored man, supposed
to be one of murderers of Capt Benjamin
johnson, of the Schooner Brave. in n'Som-
erset county, in March last, was arrested
in Baltimore on Thursday. He Knocked
the policeman down W no arrested him, and
in turn was shot by the officer but secured.
Two OF the crew are now in prison under
sentence of death.
Advices frem Mexico report the capture
of Santa Ana's agent, with documents on
his person showing that he intended to ex-
cite revolution. Public works in the coun
try are to be pushed forward, especially
the railroads.
Rev. Thos. H. Stockton, for several
terms chaplain to the House of Rcpresen-
tatives. in Congress, and a wcll-known
minister of the Methodist Protestant
Church, died in Philadelphia, on the ct
nst.
There are two grandsons of Benedict
Arnold still living, one named Benedict.
residing in England, and the other, named
George Washington, an inhabitant of Can
ada
The Descendants of John j. An,,ubon.
the celebrated naturalist, who reside in
Charleston, S. G are said to be IN great
distress, and an effort is being made to re-
lieve them
At fishery at Buckrow, near Old
Point, 500 bushels of fish, embracing al
most every variety caught at this season in
those waters, were the proceeds of one
days hauling.
We learn, says the Flulerickslurg
{ Fo.) Ne~s, from different farmers that
fhe present crop of corn will be the largest
that has been gathered for some years
past.
The revival in the Methodist Church at
Danville, Va. still continues. Tn to this
time the total number who have made pro-
tesslon is little over one hundred and fifty.
The apple spectators are active in th.
counties on the Hudson river, buying by
the load. They are offering five dollars
per barrel for Newtown pippins.
Rev. Bishop Mctiill confirmed sixty in
St. Paul's Church, Portsmouth. Va. on
Sunday. The membership of st. Paul's
numbers over 3 1000 persons.
Immense focks of wild pigeons are da
ly passing over the ncighborhood of Pc
tcrsburg, Va. They are also passing over
the Western part of Maryland.
The gingerbread and peanut vcnders of
New Orleans all congrcgate before the
Capitol and do big business among til,
colored Legislators
The census of 1860 showed the popula-
tion of the United States to have consisted
Df 26,973,S43 whites and 4,44l 1870
blacks.
Minnesota expects crop Of about ff-
teen million bushels of wheat this season,
worth twenty million dollars. The State
is ten years old
Mr.. ii. I. Hembold, of New York city.
has 6 iven check for $40, 900, to aid in
carrying OH the campaign for Seymour and
BLAIR. Judge Pierpont has given $40, 900
'or Grant and Colfax.
Bethel, ct. has in operation twelve hat
actories, employing about six hundred
hands, and turning out 361 dozen hats per !
lay.
The report that the Government is '.in-
'eresting itself about the purchase of Gu
pa" is denied in despatch from Washing
on.
Eighty-eight cucumbers were gathered
rom single vine grown by Mrs. Basil
dalnes, near Rising Sun, Md. H.. ..
The Bishop of Tarragona, at the head
II :, 900 men, has pronounced against the {
Provisional Junta of Spain.
Schenck's majority over Vallandigham,
the Third district, Ohio, is about FIVE a
hundred
Napoleon has called upon the poets and !
omposers of the empire to get him up
lew national hymn. b
The fashion in New York this season is
aid to be to have no groomsmen at the {
Teddings.
In England 270 acres are devoted to e
he cultivation of lavender, from which p
100 gallons of lavender water are made. !,
A couple of silly men in San Francisco h
ave made political bet, the loser to ride a