Middletown transcript., 1873-06-07
Items Of News.

PnLlricAL LITIGATION Is AGKASsAs.--
In thu supreme Court ot Arkansas on
4 MONDAY. the Attorney General hlei m
/ application for writ Of q~ uirrIato
against Coy Baxter, to show hy what
allhori'y be holds ias uiiee " Governor
T. I'll, application sJis iattu tml ihc Ioycru-
Or has uuawlully usurpei The o!iicc. Coy
Baxter refuses II recognize the right Of
tn court 10 hear such application, and
announces his purpose t. lb,y no such
.lu late.
The iIue Il ,ie application by tn, A.,
taiary General A4s renewed the eNcite-
ascu, uf 4 fe9 lay. ago, when i, WI, ru-
morcl such action was to be had Should
the writ be granted, it is thought con
tliet will cusua.
DrAJn or 4 WrLl Knows CONFEDERATE
ofricrn Major Wells J HAWKS died At
bis .g,ilsnes ia Charleston West Virgin
il. on Wednesday of last week MINOR
Hawks was native Of Massachusetts
hut far more thau Thirty years he had
begn citizen Of Virginia At the com,
mcuccmcnt If the civil var hr entered the
service u the Confederate States, aud up.
on tho prom i u Of General Jackson ht-
CAM q member of hi. staff cnmmissary
respectively a; hi. brigade division and
corps
Captain jack and his Troublesome band
!. II Mode braves have been captured aud
] the Indian war is At an cni, aud we will
: have no more news from the front OF
:. that character. Now old Jack /, ia irons
$, chaiu.l band an! foo', aud the paper, are
4 discussing the question. " What sill We
+ 10 With hini:' some wuat 10 hang him On
= sour apple tree. but n:hgrs say he is n
80 prisoner oi waT and masi be so treated
u \ SEVERE engagement took place on
Saturday last IN the province ot Barcelona
between force Of republicans and III,
y united ClfiI-t bands, commanded by
ss Fris,any AMI Don Alfonso. After stub
At born light Of several hnnrs' duration til,
- insurgent. were defeated and fed The,
y we're pursued d far as Monis,roI Do cad
Z. ems by the government troops.
ze TuInrY TnorSASp NouannrpAx
o. BurcnEaEp lS CufNA Particulars hay
nm ~, been received Of the massacrc Of thirt
on thous iul Mahammedans hy an Imperia
Chinese force after capturing the rity Q
ias y, falcfnr, in the Province Of Yunuan, i
lac southwestern China. The Sultan poison
ed himself. prefcrring death to falling in
to the power Of his enemies
~ Hartford L Tracey aged 80 conmi,e
ing suicide in Philadelphia. on Tuesday, b
~ cutting his throat aud then jumping ou
rel Of an upper story window Dccease
the was salesman or agent for Horstman
'ho Bros ami was married but did not liv
'~s nrs with his wife Domestic difficulties al
supposed to be the cause of the rash ac
One hundred packages Of the calied-i
Ia Gve.,weniy L s bonds were received
lip the treasury last Saturday for redemption
n.a =. II il stated that another call will be mad
re- very soon.
eF- Chicago has suffered another ser
Gus conhagratiuu. Fires which broke o,
on Sunday aud Monday last dcstroye
,,n in. property to the amount Of nearly 500
in. 900.
AXE Governor McEnery has issued an nc
ut dress to the people of Louisiana. adsisin
acquicsee nee to the Kellogg governmel
:. until Congress assemblies in December.
ear Ex- Congressman John A. Bingham
lin Of Ohio, of Andrew johnson lmpeacl
Ion ment fame. has been appointed Miuist'
or to Japan. vice De Long. suspended.
The CarIis,s have been defeated /
ID. the Government troops in the province
aer Barcelona.
W Boston has bad another big Gre l
which over q million dollars worth
has property was destroyed.
urt A 6croe whirlwind and bsil-ssorm hl
be. just visited Detroit and parts Of Way'
Csn,.usv Mich