Middletown transcript., 1868-08-15
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items OF News.

nv NOh1 AtCNs III. OCHCuACb opdlu-
ing, brother of Archbishop Spalding Of
Baltimore, and administrator of the Do
cese of Louisville, Ky. died in the latter
city on the 4th inst. from injuries received
from the accidental burning of mosquito
net on his bed Deceased was distinguish
for his learning, ability and piety.
The marshal of Huntsville, Crawford
county, Illinois, on last Friday, accompan-
led by posse, attempted to arrest gang
of four robbers. The robbers fired upon
them, killing one of the posse, whereupon
the marshal and his men rushed upon the
scoundrels and killed all of them.
The telegraph lines of England have
been purchased by the Government, and
the whole telegraph system of the island
is to be transferred from private hands to
the control of the Government. The tel
egraph will be part of the postal service,
and will be managed at much cheaper
rate under the new arrangement.
A gentleman in Albany was arrested a
few days ago for following a lady on the
street. He claimed that man had right
to admire handsome woman, let him
meet her where he might. The court and
the lady herself agreed to this, and the
gentleman was discharged.
The Alabama Legislature has adjourned
until the first Monday in November, the
day before the Presidential election, when
it will dispose ofthe Governors veto ot
the bill authorizing the Legislature to cast
the electoral vote of the State.
The mistake of druggist in Waterloo,
Indiana, who gave butcher poisonous
herb when he applied for sage leaves with
which to season some sausage meat, made
eighty-three persons violently i'll. The
prompt action of the physicians alone saw
ed many of them from death.
The Chicago Tribune of Saturday says
"The cool weather of the past few days
has probably put a stop to the cattle dis
ease, which has undoubtedly been more
virulent this year than usual, in conse-
quence of the greater intensity and longer
duration of the summer heat"
The First National Bank of Bennn;ng-
ton, Vermont, was robbed on Saturday
night last The lock of the vault was
picked by burglars, and an unknown
amount of bonds belonging to different in
dividuals were stolen. Not much money
was obtained.
General Grant is at Galena, and has de-
cided not to accompany the Peace Com
mission. He expects to leave Galena
somewhere about the middle of the month
and to travel Eastward, reaching Wash
ington about the first of September.
A young woman in Chicago successfully
prosecuted a rejected admirer as nuis-
ance. His offence consisted in his teach
ing half dozen parrots to screech out in
chorus, "Homely Polly, homely Polly
Polly lives across the street."
A woman in Minnesota who had gather
ed quantity of potato bugs, burned them
in her cooking stove, and while leaning
over the stove inhaled poisonous fumes
She fell to the floor insensible, and died in
about ten minutes.
Stephen H. Philips, formerly Attorney
General of Massachusetts, now holds til,
same Office in the Sandwich Islands. III,
gets $40, 900 year in gold, and is mem
ber ex oficio of the Legislature.
The Nashville Banner says, the negroe
are drilling, arming, and plundering, il
that city. Gardens, fruit-trees, meat hou
ses, chicken coops, are stripped, and lock
and bolts are no security.
A manufacturing company of Northamp
ton, Mass. has made eight thousand doz
en- peach baskets since March, which b,
the partial failure of the crop, are still un
sold.
Nineteen hundred sheep, in one flock
were recently driven from Ohio to Kansas
where sheep-breeding and wool GROWN
are becoming more and more important.
Nearly 5000 operatives in and aroun
Ellicott City, Md. are out of employment
owing to the destruction of factories an
mills by the recent food.
The Pacifii Railroad is now built to
point $50 miles west of Omaha. It is sal
the whole line will be open for business
the Pacific during 1863.
A man in Malboro', Mass. and two I
his sons, have each lost the use of thei
right eye, the father by disease and til
sons by accident.
The Emperor of Brazil, in making h
| oAOuloloHS tEOIi Ills summer Da
ace, rides in a carriage propelled by
steam m-engine.
Bayard Taylor will return from Euro
in few weeks to attend the golden we,
ding of his parents, in Chester count
Pa.
During the month of July twenty-f,
hundred cases of cholera and nearly fou
, teen hundred deaths occurred in Havana
A gentleman of Troy, N. Y who b,
ried his fifth wife eleven months ago, ma
rice the sixth last Thursday.
From Spain we have had reports of a
ticipated instructions and of famine, al
r now financial crisis is feared.
A large number of Swiss farmers are pr
pairing to leave their native country in t
fall and emigrate to the United States.
4 General Butler was thrown from his ca
d riage in Gloucester, Mass on Sunday ey
: ming and severely bruised.
= = Mike McCoole, the celebrated pugilis
), has married daughter of Daniel Norto