Middletown transcript., 1869-05-01
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

DocTon HEpBURN.-In his work on
China, recently published, the Rev. Mr..
Nevius thus speaks of this honored and
useful servant of God.-''Dr. Hepburn,
the Oldest of the Missionaries, has recent
ly completed large and valuable Japan
ese and English dictionary. He is now
constantly employed in practising medi-
cine in mission hospital, teaching med
ical class, and translating the scriptures,
and peparing tracts in the Japanese Ian
guage A mission school is also taught
by Mrs. Hepburn" 1t has been our plea
sure recently to make the acquaintance of
this faithful laborer, so well known to the
friends of missions all over the world. Some
thirty years ago he relinquished his prac
tice as Physician in Norristown, Pa. to
go to China under the care of the Presby-
terian Board of For. Missions. After la
boring for several years at Singapore and
Shanghai he removed to Japan, aud for
the most of the time has been living at Yo-
kohama, where he has practised medicine
with great success, not only relieving his
patients from bodily suffering and disease,
but accomplishing still more valuable
work in removing prejudice, in securing
the confidence of the people, and in pre-
pairing the way for the more speedy en-
brace of the gospel of Christ His die
tionary, referred to above, and which we
have seen, is wonderful achievement. tits
large octave of some SO0pages, well prin-
ted and bound, issued from the press at
Shanghai, and published at the expense of
one of our American merchants residing
at Yokohama.
DIR. Hepburn has intermitted his labors
for few months to recruit his health and
visit friends in his native land. He has
been spending few days in our town with
his sister Mrs. Blackiston. On last Sab
bath evening he made an exceedingly in
teresting address in the Presbyterian
Church, giving simple outline of his la
bors in that far-otf land. His description
of Japan, its fertility and beauty, its noun
tain Foosiyama IA, 900 ft. high and tipped
with perpetual snow-the manners and ac-
feasibility of the people in contrast with
the proud and unapproachable Chinese
his discouragements and successes-and
the Frightening prospect for the future
was peculiarly instructing and touching,
and the audience longed to hear still fur.
ther on the subject. This brief visit and
, address of Doctor Hepburn will inspire 9
: deeper interest in himself, and in the no
bic work to which he has dedicated his la
bors and his life.
SINGULAR CASE OF SUICIDE Tues
, day, at Noxcntown mill pond, about three
miles from Middletown, an old man ma
med John Lynn, Sr. aged rs, committed
/ suicide. He was seen by several parties
| to go down to the mill pond, and deliber
. ately take off his hat and coat and hang
them, together with his cane, on tire,
near the pond. He then sat down, ant
the persons watching him supposed, from
y his actions, he was washing his feet. AT
ter sitting for some time, he crawled for
n ward on his hands and knees to the edg
: of the pond where the water was abou
+ II feet deep, and plunged in. The per
!. II sons who saw him plunge, and who up
/, that time had no idea of his intendin,
) suicide, ran to his assistance. He wa
: got out of the water in about 20 minutes
= = but life was extinct. Deceased was quit
;, infrm, his wife recently died and he wa
0 dependent on son for support. 1t
supposed that his intellect was somewha
Il impaired, and that he was much given t
d melancholy, brooding on his poverty ant
the idea that he was a useless burden
The Coroner's jury rendered verdict {
p suicide by drowning.
re DRowNED.-Deputy Coroner Beniami
w. Shaffer, of Delaware City, held a
inquest on the body of William Slack, a
lie English sailor, who in company vii
}, Samuel Booth, ran away from the Britis
"a ship, Village Belle" lying at Baltimor
y He arrived at Delaware City last wee
Is and was drowned from boat in the Che
a' apcakc and Delaware canal.
o. The Annual Statement of the receip
G. and expenditures of the Trustees of t
ey New Castle Common, for the year endil
q. March 25th, 1869, show the receipts
s. have been $S,112.67, and the expent
is lures SS,37060. The balance in ba,
he on March 25th, 1868, was $1674 81. T
a, present balance is $14169S. The Il
IS profits from share-rent farms for the yo
of amount to $2S76.13. The number
90 acres rented belonging to the town
,tb 1,073. These are occupied by ten tenan
In al VI "ho9S AS"oSo "a piiS IA io'O'
np names and number of acres of the far
to are respectively, Jefferson, 80 acre
nd Stockton, 175; Oglethorp, 81; Cen
oc- Hall, 1872; Penn, l4l; Union, IL
t 8 Bayard, 1902; Clayton, 1O1; Model, /
The Stove and Tin house of Mr. Sa
uel Roberts, was burglariously entered
md Saturday or Sunday night, by pry
-. open the back window shutter, aud brc
seu ing the bolt Nothing was missed fr
be- the store, the thief finding he had accc
ads plished bootless task, as he could
well pocket either the stoves or the
ware.
CHILD MoTHERED.-Coroner Pend
ton, gast held an inquest on child at Mo
,ro, Pleasant on Tuesday, which came to
r. r. death by being smothered while sleep
in bed with its parents, it is suppos
Al. 1. Al Il.