Middletown transcript., 1870-03-12
ITEMS OF NEWS.

On Sunday morning, Campbell Howard
was shot and wounded while going to
church at Ripley, Ohio, by Victor Pope.
A constable and two men went to arrest
the latter, when they found him entrench-
ed under a bed in log house, with rife,
two revolvers and big dog. On trying
to dislodge him he fired, wounding two Of
the men, who returned his fire. His
mother then appeared, and induced him
to surrender, when he was found to be Sc
verely wounded. He is thought to be in
sane.
The robbery of the bank at New Can
aan, Conn. on Thursday night of last
week, was one of the boldest exploits ever
recorded in New England after gagging
the night watchman at IL o'clock p. NJ,
the burglars, untH nearly daylight, work.
ed with diligence worthy a better cause,
the watchman sitting by all the while wit
Messing their operations. AS previously
stated, the robbers only secured about 81
600 worth of booty
J..J. Paul, Minister from Venezuela
to the United States, died suddenly of ap-
oplexy in Washington, on Monday. He
had only arrived in Washington ON Monday
morning, and had not yet presented his
credentials to the Secretary of State. Mr..
Paul was 40 years of age, and an eminent
lawyer. He leaves wife and eight chill
dren in Venezuela.
Mrs. Lucy Parker, 72 years of age, of
Eliot, Me. ate handful Of raisins recent
ly, which produced Inflammation of which
she died soon after. A brother aud sister
had previously died just at the same age,
one from eating CLANS, the other from
eating maple sugar. Lucy had pre-
mOnition that too many raw raiSins would
be the death of her.
At Huntington, Pa. on Wednesday,
Charles Bonner and Albert Bordenberg
were hanged for the murder of John and
Sarah Peyhtal, and Scott Garner, com-
mtted on November 18th last Bonner
confessed the murder, and alleged that
Bordenberg was the instigator. The mo-
tive OF the crime was robbery.
The latest returns from New Hampshire,
place Governor Stearns' majority at about
1900. In the Senate there will be six
Republicans, four Democrats, one Labor
Reformer, and vacancy. In the House,
the Republicans will have about fifty ma
jority.
Among the bills introduced in the
House of Representatives at Harrisburg
on Monday, was one requiring the assess
ment of poll tax on colorcd men over 21
years of age, the same as on white, and
Furnishing election officers who refuse to
receive legal colored vote
A Strong Minded woman in Indiana
hos l,,,,l ...i l..
lamp the other day Having forgotten to
blow it out before performing that painful
duty, the oil caught fire as the lamp broke
over his head, and not only her husband,
but the house, was burned up.
Horace Greeley has resigned the cdi-
torship of the New York Tribune. Mr.
j. w. Simonton is his successor. Mr.. S.
has been for many years an agent of the
New York Associated Press.
A Quicksilver mine, discovered in Dor-
nco year or two since, promises to prove
one of the richest in the world. The
specimens of native ore already shipped
vi Id between seventy and eighty per cent
of pure metal.
ship Eagle, wrecked on Body Island, all
got safely ashore on Saturday and Sunday
Some of them have arrived ut Norfolk.
The specie on the steamer was saved, but
the vessel and cargo viii, be total loss
The United States Marshal writes from
Charlestown, West Virginia, that an organ
lied band of armed Ku- klux entered the
town in open daylight, on the morning of
the I'd instant, and advancing to the Jail,
released all the prisoners.
The Governor of Minnesota has vetoed
the Female Suffrage bill, passed by the
Legislature of that State, on the ground
that it submits the question to the women,
who. are not legal voters, and that it is not
called for by public sentiment
The Governor of Kentucky has refused
to accept the resignation of MIR. Golladay,
Representative from that State. who be-
came alarmed about the charge against
him for selling eadetships.
Miss Emma james has vanquished fifty
one competitors for the State Educa cational
Diploma of California, and been elected to
Professorsbip in the University of the
Pacific.
An Indiana pauperess, who was duly
prepared for burial, gave the remaining
inmates of the institution a fearful fright
by coming to- and promenading in
grave clothes, during the Silly hours
Mr.. j. McLeary Brown, who was se-
cretary of the Chinese Embassy, has been
appointed Ambassador ad interim, in
place of the late Mr.. Burlingame. He is
now in St. Petersburg
In the Missouri Legislature, on Tuesday
night, the Constitutional amendment ex-
tending tine suffrage to women, was indef-
nitely postponed by a vote of 63 to 81
At Forest City, Arkansas. on Tuesday,
two business partners. named Pruett and
Ellsburg, got into 3" difficulty" and the
former was shot dead. Ellsburg is in Jail.
The Cuban General Quesada paid his
respects to the President on Wednesday,
in brief interview, and then called upon
Secretary Fish.