Middletown transcript., 1872-10-26
News Of the Week.
SAruRpAY. Der. 10Th 1872.

Uuucc VI tue Atuicish w W AN"ss"ts'
The attempt was partially successful. The
prcss-room was greatly damaged, yalua-
bic press destroyed, the type thrown into
confusion, and much other damage done.
The press cost S250O.
The Democratic and Liberal State Com
nittse Of Mass have substituted Hon. 4.
w. Bird in place Of Charles Sumner as
candidate for Governor.
A suit was recently called in tho Vice.
Chancellors court in London. which was
begun in the year i72a--onc hundred and
forty years ago!
An Iowa tornado carried house forty
feet, stood IL on it's little roof and broke
every timber in its construction. Three
women who were in it at the time escaped
pninjured.
Sarah Payson Willis otherwise known
- " Fanny Perm" wife Of james Parton,
died in New York. on Friday. 18th inst
A telegram from Paris says thn, the
postal treaty between France aud the Uni
led States will be signed a, m early date
MoSpAy. Ger. 2lst.
Fresh trouble is brewing on the Mexi-
can border. A party Of Texans followed
band Of Mexican cattle thieves into Mex
leo, aud attacked them at Newton. They
burned the Alcadc's house, with the own
or in it, and killed several Mcxicans, los
ing two Of their own number On Mon
day night last, 300 armed Mexicans ap-
peared on their own side Of the river near
San Felipe, and Lieut. Davidson, with a
company Of troops, has been sent to watch
their movements.
The installation Of the Right Reverend
James Gibbons. as Catholic Bishop Of
Riotmond. took place at the Cathedral in
that city, yesterday, with impressive ccre-
monies. Archbishop Bayley. of Bal,i-
more, end Bishop Becker, Of Wilmington
Del. were prescat, with all the clergy oil
the diocese. and number OF church dig
nitaries from other sections The Caihs-
dral was throngcd, aud crowds outside
were unable to gain admi,tance,
The official returns froa Indiana are all
in but those from Delaware aud Pike
counties Accepting the previous reports
from these counties as nearly correct
Hendricks will have majority Of over
1900.
TUESDAY, Oct. 22d.
A telegram from Rochester, n Y. an.
nounces the prevalence there Of the horst
disease to an alarming extent; tina, fully
one half Of the horses IN the city are uf-
fected, aud tEat few fatal cases have oc-
CURED The street railway companies
have SO many horses sick that they have
boon compelled 70 take off some Of thcir
cars Livery stables have stopped bust
moss Every horse attached 10 O'Brien' 5
circus. which reached Rochester on sun
day, from Canada, is sick.
The ful! official returns from Pennsyl-
yania give Hartranft. for Governor, 30
GaT majority. On the vote for Congress
men at large the Republicans have maj
ortiz Of 10 quo. The total vote for Gov
crnor. including 1259 for the Tempcranc,
candidate, was 612, ,4n6
The difficulties between Brazil and th,
Argentine Republic cannot, it Is now be
licred, be settled without foreign arbi'ra
,ion Trouble is also brewing between
Bolivia aud the Argentine States, and !
resort to arms seems to b. not improbable
The Rev jean Henr; Merle d Aubiguc
the celebrated historian CT ito Reforma
tion, died suddenly in Geneva. Swiizcr
land. yesterday, aged i6.
WrpSrspAy. Ocr. 23i
Cadet Robert y Digges, of Marylend
was dismissed from the L 5. Naval Aeai
envy, on Monday last. for = hazng re
gro cadet named Conyers. II seems TIM
Conyers was walking alone II the Naya
Academy, when he was met by bigges
and u eight ensncd, and the negro got til
worst of it, and Of course the white bn
was expelled Il is not stated which wa
in fault, but Digges father doesn't yot
for Grant
The Secretary of the Treasury has au
thorized the assistant treasurers aud L. )
aepositaries to commence the payment o
interest maturing Nov. lst, on Monday
Oct 2lst without rebate
The inhabitants Of the French proyiu
ces, Alsace and Lorraine. which were AZ
propriated at the close Of the late FRANKIE
German war by the pions king Of Prussii
are emigrating to America by thousands
rather than live under the hated yoke {
their conquerors. II is said that SOU,
200 families ere about to settle near Alex
endria. Va. and the people of that yieir
ity are delighted at the prospect
The Australian telegraph line ha. bee
completed, aud communication is now nr
en- with Melbourne. 4 despatch fror
that city was published in London yestel
day, but contained nothing important.
" Nellie Grant" has got home. W
are heartily glad and hora she will sta
there, and that everything she does. says
and thinks will not be tcralded abroad
Let her have peace
THURSDAY. Ger. 9th
II is now stated that the Liberals I
North Carolina will contest the allegt
election of Caldwell, the Radical, for Co
ernor Of that State. enough frauds has
ing already been discovered, sufficient
neutralixe his apparent majority more tha