Middletown transcript., 1869-10-09
ITEMS OF NEWS.

The heavy rains of Sunday caused a rise
in the Schuylkill river yesterday, the food
being one of the heaviest ever known. The
whole Schuylkill front of the city was SUBJ
merged, and the destruction of railroad,
factory and other property is great. AT
Manayunk, Norristown aud other places up
the river, there was also great loss. The
storm prevailed over a large extent of
country, and dispatches from Washington,
Baltimore and New York State give ac-
counts of the devastation. In Maryland,
the Northern Central, Baltimore and Ohio
and Elk Ridge railroads suffered The
track of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore railroad was flooded at several
points, and travel interrupted in New
York, the Hudson River. Harlem and
Erie railroads were damaged. The fresh
ct on the upper Delaware was severe. The
damage in Baltimore, though considera-
BILE, is not as serious as was expected.
-Four persons were drowned up the Schuyl-
kill, and one at Washington, and a man
was crushed to death by the falling of
factory near Port Chester, N Y.
The revenue from manufactured tobac-
co in Virginia from March to September
of this year amounted to 81. .S46, ,678, a.
against an amount for the corresponding
period Ct last year of $280,247. The man
ufactured tobacco shipped from the State
in bond during the six months amounted
to 9,O9l ,0SS pounds, an excess of 2, 2,O91,-
0SS pounds over the corresponding peried
of 1868. The revenue from tobacco in
Virginia for the year beginning March 1st,
| 1890 10 ocfi tod ot tbok &c h.,
preceding year.
Reports concerning the progress of the
Republican movement in Spain have been
confirmed. Ferdinand, ex-King of Portu-
GAL is said to have accepted the throne,
but it is asserted that if this combination
does not succeed within eight days, Spain
will be Republic. The Cortes, mean
time, has passed stringent laws, in
cluding suspension of the rights of indi-
viduals, looking to the speedy and effectu-
al suppression of the insurrection.
The New York Herald has special
despatch from Key West, announcing the
departure of couple of privateers from the
Florida coast, with arms x ammunition for
Cuba. Five thousand men and large guam
titles of rifles, cannon and ammunition, are
said to be awaiting transportation.
While four persons were descending the
Gardner coal mine, at Gardner, Ill on
Friday evening, the hosting rope broke,
and they fell to the bottom of the shaft,
distance of $50 feet. All were badly in
jured. One of them, boy, has died. and
two others arc not expected to recover.
VIM. H. Romie mystcriously disappear
ed from Central City, Colorado, few days
since, having on his person large amount
of gold and currency. Believing him to
have been made away with, citizens
meeting has offered reward for his recov-
cry.
In the Superior Court, at Baltimore,
Tuesday, George Snyder, a newsboy, OBJ
tanned verdict for $3.50 damages against
the proprietors of the Baltimore American,
for libel. He claimed $40, 900. The case
will probably go to a higher court
The whole number of persons in Char
lesion, s. G. as appears by census just
taken, is 1852. There are 1920 more
blacks than whites, and 1900 more females
than males. The population of the city i'll
1860 was 40, ,525.
In Boston, considerable excitement has
been created by the sudden deaths of Mrs.
Harrington, her child and her brother
Harrington and Mrs. Dumphey, wife of
the brother, haze been arrested on suspi-
cion of having poisoned the deceased.
Jersey City, Hudson and Bergen, in
New Jersey, voted Tuesday by 1000 ma
jority, to consolidate Hoboken, Green
vile and other places voted against a
union. The first three cities will unite
under one municipal government
MIR. Dalrymple, the great Minnesota
| farmer, has completed his harvest of 200O
: acres of wheat. He has reaped 80, ,00O
!, bushels, using fifteen reapcrs, and cmploy-
f ing 125 men, who performed the work in
, nine days.
The cost of the Suez canal and the i'm
provements connected with it will be about
$S5, 900, 900. The canal is ninety miles
= long, 1923 feet wide at the surface, seven.
o ty-four feet wide at the bottom, and TWEEN.
, ty-six feet deep throughout.
A suit has been commenced against
. General j. B. Steedham, in New Orleans
n for alleged failure to account for ovel
$600,00 in his charge while Internal
a Revenue Collector in that city.
n Mrs Abraham Lincoln is still at Frank.
# fort, Germany, living in great retirement
: !. and in very unpretending quarters. She
sees but few persons, and those generally
American ladies'.
n John s. Andrews, who has been doine
Il a heavy business in the lower grades O
It wheat, in Chicago, has suddenly disap
d peared with about seven thousand dollar
T. belonging to other parties.
is james Brown 4 Co. bankers of New
, York, have commenced an action agains
Fisk & Gould for the recovery of two mil
lions and a half of gold, lost by them, a
: alleged, in the seven million sale.
= A camp meeting commenced at the Mis-
'e sion Chapel, near Salisbury, on Friday
18th inst. They will probably have q
cold tima of IL