Middletown transcript., 1872-08-24
Items Of Nsws.

A special from Olbey. Illinois, says
that on Saturday last two msp, named
Jefssson White snd Henry Hoslts, Md
soma words while working II threshiug
nsshius near that place. White went 70
bic ho ssc and got gan and returned and
rhos aud killed Hoults. Hoults's wife
was 20 terribly shocked 1t the event that
she gave pSemsturc birth to dead twins,
and died herself Monday night. White
gave himself up Saturday evening. In
tense exci'emcnt prevailed In the neigh
borisood Sunday and Monday. and about
o'clock Tuesday morning large crowd
Of men broke open tho Jail. took White
out aud hung him 10 tree in tho court
house yard.
The New York Express. speaking Of
the Ku-Klux business IN connection with
the Albany prisoners. we'll ssys: Was not
the Door rebellion in Rhode Island, twen-
,y-cigh, or thirty years ago. more iormid-
able ihsp all law breaking riiis. insurree-
iion., secret societies, Ku-Klux and Wig.
ilancc committees in n'! the Southern pro-
scribed States combined during the past
seven years? And did not Rhode Island
escape the military Inv and carpet bag
gers. and United States government rob-
berries which have since been forced apou
the South !?
A tornado. which swept from East Long
Meadow &c Wilbraham. Mass, on Sa,ur-
day morning. lcvclled everything in lis
path for distance Of Eve miles. its course
being nor,hcasterly Stone walls and fen
ccs were strewn in every direction. A
strip from fve to fifteen rods in width was
cut clean through forest If large trees,
and several buildings were thrown down,
but no dwellings. Among the buildings
unroofed was the boarding house Of tho
Wilbrabam Academy. The total loss BY
the storm is Sl5 600.
An intelligent Liberal Republican in
Maine writes that &" GRANTEES have ffty
men speaking in the State day and night
aud every Que Of them oiice-holdcrs. such
as Cabinet Ministers. members of Con
grcss. Governors, Custom House officer,
and the like They have also Si0O. .00t
in cash Speaker Blaine. who is Chair
man Of the Grant State Committee, claim,
Is 900 majority for their Governor j,
September They had 1890 in Sep
tcmbcr. 1868.
The Third National bank cf Haltimor,
was robbed Oh Sunday night. the burg
lars cilcctipg mn entrance by emitting
through the wall Of an adjoining building
The bank loses g51 900 in grccnbacks nne
National bank notes, railroad bonds to III,
amount Of Sl7 900. and Sl5, 900 in Five
| ..e II. a..
positors having boxes in the vault are no
known. but may amount TO three hundred
thousand dollars.
The New York mortality lis, for las
week shows heavy incrcnse compare,
with that of the week previous, owing =
the recurrence Of iutcnsly hot weather
The number Of deaths were T52. being NJ
increase Of lO7. many o: which were from
sunstroke. There were 1893 bi.ths unt
LOG marriages during tho week. a dccrcas,
Of eight births and sixty seven marriages
The number Of deaths in Philadelphia du
ring the week was i95. an incrensc OF 81
y Washington correspondents, of III,
New York World figures out the amoun
Of British claims now before the mixct
American and English commission n
SllT 300 900 The total number Q
British claims is stated u, four hundre'
and seventy, giving an average of $3.50,
QUO each The heaviest Of these ease
are for seizure and coniiscalion Of block
adc runners aud their cargoes during til,
war
The Governor Of North Carolina, in
published letter. snys that from tift"e
counties only partial returns have bee
received Of the late election. The rcsnl
will not be officially known until lh
Speaker Of the House opens all the re
turns in the presence of both branches Q
the Legislature. which will no, NEE, un,
the third Monday in November II
thinks his majority will be from $40 |,
: 2.500.
Taking thirty thousand passenger.
which is the lowest average number who
up TO the year 1869. annually Travelled b
counting the sixteen days time row save
by the railroad at two dn,lais per day
counting also the Sl00 saved in expenses
and there is net annual gain Of 81 9G0
900 to the travelling public, by reason ,
the Pacific railroad.
London correspondence from Alcxar
drin, Egypt. says that the investiga,io
into the recent shooting affair has bee
. .. concluded. but no verdict rendered. o
account Of the absence Of Consul. Gencrr
Butler. The evidence taken by the com
mission bears stron ely against Butler.
DIED,