Middletown transcript., 1869-09-25
ITEMS OF NEWS.

gainst lay delegation 75,000. The whole
number of members belonging to the Meth
odist Church is reported to be one million
two hundred thousand, but large dis
count is to be made for minors.
The London press is absorbed in the
discussion of the Spanish-American ques-
ton, in which the possibility of war be-
tween the two nations, and a necessity OF
change of attitude on the part of the
Uuitcd States upon the Alabama question
are the leading points of consideration, in
the event of the recognition of Cuban in
dependence by the latter.
The first appointment made by Gov
ernor Walker, of Virginia, after entering
upon the duties of his office Tuesday, was
that of Captain VIM. Il, Cameron, as his
Secretary; Captain Cameron is editor of
the Petersburg Inder, was a Confederate
the Walker movement.
A train was thrown from the trestle
bridge across the Congaree Swamp, in
South Carolina, by the falling of tree
across the bridge, on Saturday morning.
The locomotive exploded, firing the cars
and trestlework, and six hundred feet of
the latter were consumed The engineer
and a fireman were killed
| j. ii. A. Shureman, negro, indicted
for removing from the Treasury Depart
ment S12, 600 in unsigned notes on the
First National Bank of Jersey City, is now
on trial in the Criminal Court of Washing
ton. This is the case in which the Macon,
Georgia, negro postmaster, II. NJ. Tur-
ner, is mixed up
The National Grand Lodge of the Or
der of Odd Fellows in the United States
commenced its sessions in San Francisco
on Monday, September Goth. The num-
ber of contributing members in Delaware is
5000; in Maryland IA 900, as We learn
from the annual report.
Frauds amounting to several hundred
thousand dollars, are said to have been
discovered in connection with the supply
department of the Methodist Book Con-
Germ in New York An official statement
is expected from the managers in the
course of the week
The New York Herald says that the re-
port that several hundred thousand dollars
have been embezzcled from the Methodist
Book Concern is denied by the managers,
and that an action for damages against the
originators of the report will probably be
instituted
Mr.. George Peabody visited the Pea
body Institute in Baltimore, Wednesday,
and gave an additional sum of S400, 900
to that institution. A new building is to
be erected out Of this sum, and what may
remain after its erection is to be applied
for an art gallery.
AT Madison, Wis, on Tuesday, William
Moody murdered his wife, set fire to his
dwelling and outbildings, and after they
were consumed, shot himself dead. He
would allow no one to approach his home
while it was burning.
The Okra plant, as the basis of the stock
for making paper, is now being extensive
ly experimental with in the South, and
one of the mills in that district of coun
try has invited proposals for the supply
OF twelve hundred tons of this material.
a report from Norfolk states that three
negroes were swallowed up by the terrible
coniiragation now raging in the Dismal
swamp, They were employed in getting
lumber, and the fire surrounded them while
asleep IN hut and burned to Il crisp.
A fire occurred On Sunday evening In the
engine room on tho oil deck of Lumbarth,
Ayres X Co., North River, New York,
which before it was extinguishcd DESTROY
ed 500 barrels Of petroleum. The loss
is estimated at $40, 900.
Arrangements have been made by the
Treasury Department by which, after the
first of October, $500, 600 a day can be
furnished of one, two and ten dollar notes,
to be increased soon after to half million
day.
A grand tournament will be held hear
Easton, Md, on the 29th instant, for the
championship of the Eastern Shore. Ar
rangements are making to render the affair
one OF the finest that has ever been held in
the State.
The earnings of the Union Pacfic Rail
road the first five days of September were
S358,124; the same time in August,
SOS 600, Notwithstanding the great re-
duction in the rates of freight and fare.
The mare Flora Temple, formerly Queen
of the Turf, is still hale and hearty not
withstanding she has REACHED the advanc-
ed age of twenty-threc years.
The Board of Health of WASHINGTON
d. G., report the deaths in that CITY dur.
ing the past year as less than 2 per cent,
of the population.
1t is learned that George Patton, lord
Justice Clerk of Scotland, has been foully
dealt with, as he has unaccountably disap-
peared.
Governor Walker, of Virginia, was pro-
Vislonally installed Tuesday, in presence
OF General Candy. The new Governor
took the ''iron-clad' oath.
Z. r. Harris, manager Of the Quebec
Branch of the Montreal Bank, and a Ban
ker named Sanderson, have absconded
with 500, 900 of the funds of the bank.
The Naval Department has ordered sew
orai war vessels to be Immediately fitted
out at New Ne York for service in Cuban wa
'ha