Middletown transcript., 1870-10-22
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A little boy In Chicago constructed
large Japanese kite with wings six feet il
length, and attached stout strong twin
to the cross piece; on sending il up int,
, the air about two, hundred feet, it entere,
: a strong current DE- sind, Ahick canse,
, the kite to tug vialenty II tls string
and tho little sllos TO- presentlhis kite
q from getting away Irem hin,s tie,l the cort
round his rist. The icurfeot ofair grow
ing stronger, the little fellow was lifted
| from the ground and carried up in the al
about seventy feet. The kite descended
And brought hun I'd contact with
4 ths 9hipnego gof atwoystoryhepse, 70 whicl
heiciuhg, and Was rescued from his peri,
I ieus -sitdatiou-by somespcctators by mean,
of ladder. The next, day he was i'll
from brain fever 'induced BY fright.
The United States steamers, Kansas
and Mayaower, sailed from, Fortress Mon.
roe on the 14th, with parties appointed by
the Secretary of the Navy to make the
survey Of the Tehuantepec Isthmus, and
within few months. the problem of o
ship canal uniting the waters of the At
lantic and Pacific oceans will be solved.
At a meeting Of the Cleveland, Ohio.
Board of Trade, held last week, resolu-
tions were passed favorable to the early
construction Of a ship canal, with a capac-
lty equal TO the passage Of vessels Of 500
tons burden, to connect Lakes Erie and
Ontario Competent engineers estimate
the cost Of the proposed work at IS, $780,
900. ~ i-'rrls sf5' . Epla. W. -
Martinique has followed Algeria in its
outbreak against the dominion of France.
The natives ofMartinique, mostly colored,
have proclaimed a republic, and accounts
OF a conflict between them and the white
Inhabitants have been announced.
Some question having arisen as to the
disposition or Arlington, the estate OF the
late General Lee, the Washington Star
says that it will be retained by the gov
ernment, as it is held on tax title, bay-
ing been bought at tax sale. :. a..
The Canadian authorities continue to
seize American fishing vessels for alleged
violations Of the treaty between the two
countries. Noinotice is taken Of the mat
ter by our government. .4--f ~.
John Nolen. shot by Alexander Craw-
ford, on the 18th inst. at the instance of
VIM. B. Mann, district attorney, in Phil
adelphia, died the next. day. Crawford
and Mann have been taken into custody
to await the action Of the Grand Jury.
A meteoric stone fell into the barnyard
of Santa Clara Gal. farmer the other
day. and was so hotlthat it sot FIRE to the
straw and sizzled and hissed like hot iron
under the water, which was thrown upon
it to extinguish the flames. IN
A young man, in st. NIichaels who
had been in the habitof peering into sleep-
ing apartments by climbing trees at night
was discovered and we'll beaten whilst
plying his vocation. et3 7. ..IT 4
Internal Revenue Commissioner, Della
no, it is said, will succeed Secretary Cox
In the Interior Department, but who is to
succeed Delano, is the question now, agi-
tating official circles in Washingt IN. -
Two female (" nines' lately played a
base ball match al Rockford, IN. one side
being composed of wives, the other of
spinsters The spinsters won. g w, ]
The new hammer in the Bsssemer steel
works, at Harrisburg. Pa. weighs 30, 900
pounds. 1t cost 500. 900, and is the larc.
est in the United States.
Captain James Scott. of Green Run
Beach, Woreester county, has tanned
Wild goose over forty years old. !. It was
saught forty years ago, after its wing. had
been broken by a, shot.if iTs ..o.,s.s' tinl'
The, United States steamer Guerriere
las been ordered to cruise aroand New
fork bay and harbor to enforce the neu-
trality proclamation, 55f,J IL a,,.,s !
A drove Of $50 elk were overtakef, by
hunters in Clay county,. Iowa, one day
asst week The Nimrods captured twen. \
y-seyenf OF them. .4satfi' as ,it.gd vii sa.
Opium cnltiyation, as an experiment.
!aying resulted successfally in Vermont.
hsPoppy will be extensively grown there, y
q the future. ar,fI sdt an. - E. .,..,,,.
Plum wine is the latest novelty 10 Wis !
onsin ifswild plpms can be utilized in I
his way they will be much more valuable /
han heretofore!i .a7y,i vi l..f .t.f .sn IL
w. y. CLARK. who died in, indianapolis
ast week, was another victim Of the Ma, =
ional hotel poisoning at Washington,
hlrteen years ago. :,
Dr, HaFdcastle, Ief Trappe, Talbot co {
ured his chickens of cholera by giving /
hem quinine, last week. .le ag ar1
4! gray, hump backed whale, forty feet P
length. vent ashore, a short time since, {
ear San Francisco. y5aF g3rjit y
WE, sLafetra. ,of. Eatontown, N. u. 7
as IN bis garden. strawberry plants upon :
'hlch on the l4th, there was ripe fruit.
There Is talk Of o general rise in freights
az the railways as. soon as navigation
as closed. mn s,ial aseii .Bis qd ta /.
Five hundred women Of. Ontagamie :,
ounty, Wisconsin, have worked in, the
elds as laborers this season. ..af.... -
Florida has gained in population about
U 200 since the census Of 1860. This is
rapid increase. ls9 dtsv Lsi.H as,ag. 47Iv
The fsmons Cashmere goat. has been in b.
oduesd into Nebraska. and is likely to
lrlye''j 10 nsty79s ads ~ Esypt4sfis Iss I.
oswego is abort 10 import 400 coolies Il =