Middletown transcript., 1868-12-05
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gro family, was recently burned. and four
,biIdren roasted In the haines. Efforts
we're made 70 rescue the children. but they
were unavailing, the building being envel-
oped in flames when the ere was discover
Cd, sDd there being nobody in the house
except the children. sis ~
THE bee-raisers 10 the xisisisy Of Iou-
isville, for circuit Of twenty-five miles,
were recently startled by the disseesexy
that their bees had all simultaneously .de-
going no one knew whittier. The.
mystery = still unsolved. The deserted
hives were all full Of honey, ssntaihihgfeom
sixty TO seventy five pounds each. -
The Secretary Of the Treasury has isk
sued nm esder 70 collectors Of Ipseynal Rev
enue diressing them TO deposip all psbyic
moneys, seeer the Isl of pegember, wish
an Assissasr Uniaed STAINS Treasare1 o.
with desienatsd Publte depositorp,, aash
to discoDtipwc Vie psset5ee of depositingS
with NatiopaB Baaks.
John Nevis, native Of ireland. and
living with bis son at Undeshill, VERMONT,
is said to be lit yesrsold, , and yes 10 as vig-
orous as a man Of sirsY. He has worked
on his sons farm dsriag the pass season.
He is the father Of thisteeD shiIdyep. the,
baby" of the family heisg City years old.
1t is stated that ClarksoB, n. Potter, Of.
New York. gets . fee Of 9ai0O 900 from,
the London bankers, Ovesend- Gurney. 4;
Co. for prosecuting their suiss sEAinst the,
Atlantic and Great Western RailmaT Com.
pany. Mr.. Potter is son Of Bishop Pot.
ter. and q democratic Congressmss elect.
The rice crop Of Plaquemine PARISH, La.
is said 10 be this year the largest and best
ever made. The rice planters will shivto.
market over rs, 900 barrels, 230 pounds
each, of clean rice. The sugar crop Of
that parish 10 expected to amount to. 10,-
900 or IL, 900 hogsheads.
Some time during Tuesday night last
Miss Peek, q relative Of the Collector Of
the Port Of Mobile, and . passenger on
board the steamer Sarah, from that city TO
New Orlenas, had stolen from under her
pillow nine thousand dollars in greenbacks
A bill is on its third reading in the Ten-
nessee Legislature providing that lawyers
who do not gain their cases shall not re-
ceive any fee. The idea is to prevent
needless litigation, which is stimulated By
unscrupulOus lawyers.
The Union Pacific road CONVEYS passen-
gers one thousand four hundred and thirtv
miles from Chicago. '.Only ten days to
California" is advertised by the company.
in connection with the Wells-Fargo Ex.
press.
ASHER L. Smith, produce dealer, was
knocked down on Cambridge bridge, Mas
sachusetts, Sunday night, and robbed Of
over 81 500 and gold watch. The rob-
Der escaped without being identified.
The sleighing is excellent in Oxford.
Franklin. and Androscoggin counties, in
Maine. At Livermore Falls snow was a
foot deep few days ago. and at Farmingz
ton there was still more.
The ship Hellespont. from Melbourne.
Australia, went to pieces near San Fran,
cisco. Cal. ON Thursday, and eleven, Of her
crew. including the captain and mate.
were lost
Mrs. Thomas Williams. The wife Of
st. Louis huckster, gave bGsh to four ky,
ing children last Tuesday--three girls and
one boy. Two of the children have died.
Il is stated that Mary Hayes, the Lou.
isville courtesan who fell heir 10 I've hun
dred thousand dollars in gold, ID lyine Il. "a
the last stages Of consumption in thst c,ts. y
Governor Scott, of South Carolina. seiik
in his message to the Legislatsse, on Moa-
day. He says no State ia more. solvent or
has fairer prospect Of meeting her liabiln
tiles. ls5,i ''s' - ''s' "
The Merchants Exchange Of 81. Louin
has adopted resolutions approving the bin
now before Congress favoring the uniting
Of telegraphing with the portal department.
A box containing upward Of 800, 900 in.
securities OF various kinds was taken FROM,
the safe Of the Pequonnock Bank. of
Bridgeport. on Monday afternoon.
| About 16O barrels Of ale were run of
into the sewers of Buffalo the other dsvs
the watchman of the brewery having been
drowned in the vat containing il.
The negro woman, Martha Starkey. Il
still in Jail in Centreville, under the in
dictment Of assault and battery with intent
to kill Mrs. Guillemart
| A Salt Lake despatch says that new, and
rich silver mines have been discovered cn ,I
WhiSe river. the ore yielding from %. .O0O
| Snow fell to the depth of eight inches
ip Shoreham. VT. ON Saturday, while il
Cornwall, which lies adjoining, the farm.
era were plowing.
| John Powell died in New York hall
room ON Thanksgiving night. Too much
dancing and heart disease were the came
A Florence correspondent Of the Par
Mall Gazette says that Garibaldi il deter
mined to leave Caprers and 70 10 Americ..
| The newspapers having announced eyery-
thing else about Reverdy johnson. nov
say ne has forty grandchildren.
Sheet music reproduced in miniature
shape BY means Of the camera, has made
its appearance in New York.
Mrs. Moran, los years old, died On
Thursday. in the Mercy Hospital, Chicaeo'
She was born ip Ireland in l76s.