Middletown transcript., 1874-04-04
Items Of General News.

The oettenniAl trade committees Of
Philadelphia met on Monday and report
ed sundrys subsdtiplfdhs towards the ex-
posilicn The cbsismss presented the
following resume: Keceived originally
from citizens. $1,000. 900 from ihe. city
councils.s $500 900; from steam railroads.
(sssimsted) $500. 900 from the State.
mesting N Independence Square. $3.50 :.
OOO. This. With $l,OO0.OOO expected
from the councils leaves but S85O, 900 to
be raised. The comMittee of the city
passenger railways expect to raise $780,
600. iii -ti 4 sf -
DRArn or THE DAUGHTER or THE LXTE
SENATOR BENT0N;---N Madame Gauldrin
Boilcau. the wife Of Baron Bnileau. Of
Paris, daughter Of the late Senator Thes
II. Benton. and sister Of Mrs General
Fremont, died in Paris on the 10th inst
Her husband was recently sentenced to
prison for three yearssfor participation
10 the Memphis and Fl Psso railroad
affair, in which Gen. Frenant was engag.
ed. and her death is attributed 10 the
anxiety and modification resulting from
her. husbands . troubles. She leaves six
small children. i W
Masked robbers, Sunday night, entered
a house in Jersey City, N. j., IN which
iwclls the watchman Of Densmith 4 Bros
jewelry manufactory, threw him to the
floor, beund and gagged him, and because
be would MT give them the key Of the
factory, which he did mt have. they piled
ayout him bedding saturated with oil, aud
set it on FIRE. The watchman succeeded
in freeing himself and escaping from the
| flames, but the house was burmed
AT Hamiltsn. Ohio. Thomas Mcclellan
was shot in the head. in drunken quar-
rel, on Monday night, but his wounds
| are not considered fatal 1t was while
acting as counsel for defence in McGrhan's
| trial for murder that Clement L. Vullan-
digham lost his life.
A two thousand dollar pigeon sho ting
match which was to have come off in New
York Saturday between Ira Paine, of that
city. and James Ward, of Canana. was
stopped through the iustrunentality Of
Bergh. But it took place shortly after
ward in Connecticut, and resulted in the
success Of Paine by score of 81 to IS,
The woods between Washington, South
river and South Amboy. N j., have been
burning seriously FIR several days
Travel between these places has been nj.
most impossible at times. but it is believ-
ed the IRE can be kept under control.
A number of ex Confederate soldiers in
South Carolina recently exhumed the
bones of two Union soldiers buried in
neglected graves on the roadsde. enclosed
them in handsome cofins, and forwarded
them to their homes, in Ohio
Sparks from locomotive Friday night
iguitcd brush near Farmingia.e, Long
Island, and in u remarkably short time
five hundred acres nf timber land were in
flames. Rain Saturday morning gave n
decided check to the fire. A number OF
cattle and boy were burned.
A school mistress. ut Felix, Ohio. re-
Gently attempted to punish an unrully
boy. He made "A savage rush at her with
club. when she seized a chair to defend
herself, and struck him blow which
proved fatal
Governor Kemper. Of Virginia. has
signed the act to designate the arbitrator
to ascertain and fix the boundary between
the States of Maryland aud Virginia.
Several deputies have presented resolu-
tions in the lower house VI the Austrian
Rcichsrath requiring the government ID
expel from the country the Jesuits and all
orders affiliated thereto.
1t IL rumored that there is trouble bet :
veen Roumana and Turkey growing out oi
the action Of the former in fixing customs
tariffs with Of her European powers.
Union College, at Schenectady. N Y.
has just received gift Of $50, 900. to bs
made Immediately available for education.
al purposes. The donors name is moi
stated.
| Hon R. NJ. T. Hunter is spoken Of fo'
Congress from the Fredericksburg Va
district