Middletown transcript., 1868-09-05
Items OF News.

Ou DdluTudy nlSlt litst, anu opeucu IL Oh |
Monday for prayer meetings, and for the
conversion of Five Points Magdalens.-
This man Allen, who has acquired a noto-
riety of infamy, quits his degraded calling
the possossor of fortune. His cageer has
been among the lowest of the low. His
house was the resort Of the worst class of
oilers, thieves and vagabonds, in which
the lower wards of New York abound.
The Dorchester county, Md. Herald,
says We hear sad accounts from various
parts Of the county in regard to the corn
crop. These reports lead US to the belief
that not half crop will be made. Truly
have our planters much misfortune to con-
tend against. This year the wheat, fruit
and corn crops are failures, and to make
matters still worse with them many are To-
sing their best horses by the fatal disease
now raging among the equine race through
out the county
The barn, stable, stack yard, together
with large lot of wheat and three valua-
lie horses belonging to Mr. G. IL. Sher-
wood in Trappc district, Talbot county,
were all entirely consumed on Wednesday
night. The dro IS supposed to be the
work of an inccndiary. Mr.. Sherwood
loss cannot be less than $1,000. lie had
$500 insurance on his barn in the Mont
gomery Company
The New York Sun alleges that five bo-
gus insurance companies in Jersey City
have lately "shut up shop" after issuing
million of dollars in policies to parties in
various sections of the country. 1t is sta
) ted that one Of the companies had issued
policies to the amount of $650,000, and
the others to amounts ranging from $780,
600 to 100000 the total being over a
million Of dollars.
Dexter, who belongs to Mr.. Bonner, of
the New York Ledger, is now considered
the champion Of the trotting turf in Amer
ica having trottcd a mile in q Fear
naught, a chestnut stallion, owned in Bos-
, ton, is thought to be able to match Dex-
e ter in speed In the late race at Buffalo,
Q where he won $40, 200, he is supposed to
have made half the course at rate of =, 1 .
to 2,18.
Orders have been issued from military
c headquarters in Kichmond, directing that
= Methodist churches in Virginia, hereafter
Y and until the legal right of ownership shall
j., have been definitely determined, shall be
occupied on alternate Sundays by the con-
: grcgations Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South and Methodist Episcopal
Church.
). The Hon. Francis Grenger died in Can.
andaiuga on Friday at the age Of eighty
. one years. Mr.. Granger was son of the
Hon. Gideon Granger, who was Postmas-
d ter General under Jefferson His father
c removed early in this century to Canaan
). daiuga from Connecticut.
n The Galveston News of August 25th
+ says that the Texas Constitutional Covcn
O ton, "haying worked up the material, anC
is gotten somewhere within sight of the pre-
face to a constitution, has concluded t.
=, take a recess from next Monday until De
v cember."
IS A ship sailed from San Francisco OF
d Wednesday for Sika to take ON board the
J. late employees of the Russian Fur Compa
ny and troops, about 300 in number, fo
= transportation to st. Petersburg. Th
" will close the business of the Russians il
: Sitka.
t. There are renewed reports of Indian
outrsgcs on the Western border. Fou
Indians were killed in a contest with tn
o whites on Saturday last and the Indian
have massacred family of nine person
in Colorado.
1t cost Baltimore $35, sos, 40 to rcmov
the mud deposited in its streets by the lat
j., flood. Four hundred aud fifty carts re
!" moved 65, 900 loads of dirt, and the fore
employed inthe work in all the department
te number upwards of thousand
le Two young ladies', aged IL and II
a daughters of Hon. Thomas B. Jones, As
TIL, 81 NJ 7
id sey, were killed by lightning in Ne,
ne Egypt, in that comfy, last Monday
n Their brother was also severely injured
r Negro disturbances have taken place a
Mil Greek and Hampton, Va. Unite
c, States troops were necessary to restore or
so der. Several white men were attacle
IL without cause by negro mobs, and barel
MS escaped with their lives.
O. On the 10Th of August there wer
H. about one thousand visitors at the Vir
n ginia White Sulphur Springs, includin
of many distinguished persons from the dif
ot ferent sections of the Union.
Jacob r. Bacon, of Springfield Illinois
to died on Saturday from the effects of dos
of of strychninc, administered by his partial
ly crazy wife as Il remedy for slight in
disposition.
A man, named James Reilly, has bee
arrested for killing his wife on Sunday
by drowning her. 1t is alleged that h
threw his victim, into the river from Hack
ensacll, N j. Bridge
C. The Senate Of Georgia has unanimousl
of passed a resolution authorizing the Cover
he nor to disband all armed organizations i
II the State.
of Ex-Govcancr Thomas II. Seymour,
or Connecticut, is quite i'll. His disease,
'ly first taking the shape of a nervous fevel
re has now assumed typhoid character.
ci- Writs have been issued for the arrest
a number of revenue officials in New Yor