Middletown transcript., 1869-09-04
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honor almost without precedent in the
promptitude Of its bestowal. Aside from
making him senior counsel in whatever
eases he may be employed, the promotion
will considerably add to his emOluments.
Being On the Liverpool and Manchester
Circuits, he will be retained In commercial
ntlgatlous OF Importance.
Twenty sailors, belonging to the United
States Irgate SaDlne, now at CherbourS,
France, have been Implicated III plot TO
blow up the ship in revenge ior some alleg-
ed maltreatment ON the part OF the officers.
Ih1y had succeeded i'll setting hire to u fuse
connecting with the magazine, but the plot
was frustrated by cabin boy who discov-
cred the burning fuse in time. Seven Of
the conspirators have been convicted and
hung at the yard arm.
Benjamin Brown, a graduate of Har-
ward College, Mass. offers to give So, 900
towards detraying the expenses Of the grad
uates of Oxford, England, if they will con-
sent to row the Harvards in American wa
tirs, either on the Hudson or Charles riv
ers, during the present autumn. The Ok
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ing their own expenses, should they agree
to row the Harvards on this side of the
Atlantic.
The Office of the Receiver of City Taxes,
at Philadelphia, was broken into by bur-
glars Friday night, the door of tho safe
chiseled off, and forty thousand (twenty five
thousend in bonds, &C., the balance in
| uSI off Vho ~
the Receiver, it is supposed, will have to
pay for the loss, as the law requires him
to make daily deposits in bank.
The looking glass and picture store of j.
s. Earle e. Son, Sl6 Chestnut street, was
almost entirely destroyed by fire Tuesday
evening. The stock was valued at 500 900
and the building at $75, 900. The losses
are covered by insurance. The clothing
store of John Wanamaker, and furnishing
lastore of Scott 4 Co., adjoining, were dam
aged by water.
A disastrous fire occurred at Cape May
Tuesday 1t hrgan in Boytop's Janancs,,
store, at half past two o'clock in the morn
ing, and destroyed the United States,
American and Atlantic Hotels, Post-oilice.
and number of other buildings and cot
tages. The loss is about $240, 900.
The Richmond papers report heavy
rains there on Monday, and add Passen-
gers on the Southside and Danville rail
roads report refreshing showers in Pow
hatan, Chesterfield Prince Edward. Ame
liza, and Cumberland, on Monday aud the
day before.
Henry Prather, of Decatur, brother
of Gov. Oglesby of Illinois, while riding
. IN his buggy Wednesday evening, was run
into by span of runaway horses and al
most instantly killed.
Mr.. VIM. *. Heiskll, one of the most
prominent citizens of Washington county,
Va, was waylayed, "A few days ago, six
miles from Bristol, and shot, il is thought,
= morta!ly, by young man named Rust, son
| of one of his tenants.
5 The freight depot of the Chicago, Bur
t lington and Quincy Railroad, at Quincy.
! and between twenty and thirty cars were
t destroyed by fire Monday night loss
J 500, ,O00.
. The ship laborers at Quebec are ON =
e strike. During procession of the laborers
on Monday, su much disorder occurred that
tine military were called out to prevent "a
riot
y The gas in an empty oil tank of a freigh,
i train ut the Boston and Albany Railrond
exploded on Monday night, burning the
n conductor to death, and injured . brake.
. man
An engine md seven freight cars nlung.
ed into the stream at Newton, Iowa. Mon.
II day night, from over which the bridge had
been washed away, the engineer, fireman
and brakeman were killed
i construction train broke through a
q railroad bridge at Block Island Me, Wed
y. nrsday The conductor was killed, the en-
ginerr badly scadcd, and several other
s men injured. Two men are also missing
Wm. j, Saville, an apothccary's clerl
= IN Boston, who sold laudahum {, y rhubarb
y causing he death OF II lady, has been hel,
e in $1,000 bail to answer for manslaugh
ter.
II A white man named William Rogers,
: living in Norfolk county, Va, killed hi,
: wife on Thursday night last for receivin,
4 the attentions of IL negro Lothario.
Il There was severe storm on Noun
d Washington on Tuesday evening Ice tw
:, inches thick formed on the telegraph wires
G and the thermometer fell to % degrees.
d A cable despatch of Tuesday contradict
h the story of the gunpowder plot and tn
A. execution of conspirators on board the Uni
ted States frigate Sabine, at Cherbourg.
Advices from Peru state that the Peru
Wan Government has raised the price O
u guano to $13 per ton, and recognized tn
,e Independence of Cuba.
- Don Carlos has abandoned for the pres
y ent the attempt to seize the Spanish Grown
y amp has embarked at Giupuscoa for Eng
III land.
70 The livery stable and -four and feed stor
~ ofTyson & Worthington, on North Broa,
y street, was burned last night Thirty
:, eight horses persisted in the flames.
y The recent failure of boot and sho
:. firm in st. Louis has nearly ruined thr
- - teen houses in Boston, the claims of seyeI