Middletown transcript., 1874-11-07
Varieties.

. Wild ducks are reported TO Be plenti-
j. ful this season in Maryland.
10 Illinois has the largest crop Of sweet
,tl potatoes on. record.
Dwight, H., is reportsd to have suf-
= fered from drouth since the iirss of June.
i A building lot in Boston vas recent
: ly sold at the rate Of t45 SO per square
e foot.
Madame Celest6 recsntly appeared
for the 2831st tins il " The Green
Bushes. -
The California vintage is now in
progress, and gives tokens Of great
abundance.
A shreveport paper is edited BY two
gentlemen named respectively Hearsay
and Battle. a8
} A bill is before the Vermont Legis-
lature making drunkenness sufficient
cause for divorce. a2
4 The shipments Of maekerel from
Prince Edwards Island this year are
unusually large. = e
i "A fox hunting club has been organ
lied in Baltimore, which will keep
pack Of sixty hounds.
The iron industry in Connesticut is
very much depressed by the present
dullness in business.
| A single firm in San Francisco re-
Gently had fifteen vessels in port, char
tered to load wheat. sa s1ass5ass
A colored man has been arrested in
Baltimore on . charge Of pouring tar
into street letter box.
A wealthy and devoted husband in
Chicago. according to local journal.
keeps his wife illuminated with bril-
liants,'"' is;.,d, ..s,,a-s 4g;g Il
=
San Francisco. with half the lpopula-
tion Of Chicago. claims to havs Eve
times as much money in deposit in her
savings banks.acb 81 Ra ba s1s
A Springfield Qn.) paper bewails
the melancholy fact that /" hogs and
geese are again in the ascendant in the
streets"
A cricket match was recently played
in England, the contestants being NO.
men. One Of the players ~as sixty
years ofage. a7s''s 40 sn7 8
Montana has given lease Of all its
present and prospective psnitsBtiary
,sonvicts for four years. ct so cents :
day per capita.
It is said that thrifty. Mormon in
Salt Lake City adds to his income By
hiring out his wives to do washing and
house cleaning.
Nearly score Of discoverers Of psr-
Petaal motion applied or s. pace in which
to exhibit their machines at . recent
exhibition in London. as.s sa
A daughter Of the last British Gov
ernor Of Virginia is said to BE- still liv-
ing. She is Lady Virginia Murray.
ofthe fourth Earl Of Dunmors.
Steward -"B Breakfast is ready, Geor-
gie." Heavy yachtsman (agsd 9)-
my name is George, Mr.. Steward
What would you thiak if I called you
5tewy?"
The death is announced Of Mr.. Am
PROSE Lane, of Clonmel, . Peninsular
1steran, who was enc Of the gallant few
'hosen to lead the forlorn hope at the
forming Of Badajos.
A large tract of timber land Was re-
emily discovered in Newfoundland, the
xistence Of which Was unknewn to the
Inhabitants. whose attention is quite sb.
orbsd by the fisheries. .s4s
The New York Times thinks thas
orse railroad companies in that city
ave become such powerful interests
hat they can afford 70 set publie opin-
IN and municipal regulations st def
nee. s.ssss.,.s .s4ss,
Two Detroit philosophers recently got
ito q debate upon the question Of
hether angels few like birds, and in
bsence Of more satisfactory evidence,
'ttled the dispute BY fighting it out.
A heavy importing firm in Boston
ave recently purchased . small-sixsd
'tel. not far from their place Of busi-
'ss. which they are altering 30 As to
'oommodate their employees in the way
dining and lunching.
St. Louis trembles at the. thought Of
ing left an inland city by . sudden
'anss in the channel Of the Mississippi
hich has begun to dsbouch ON the II.
'ois side and is cutting for itself : new
ute to the Gulf.
A tanner at Salem, Mass, recently
'hibitsd samples Of leather tanned with
=. According to the argument en-
Dyed BY the grave-digger in Hamlet,
tea drinkers stomach should be fitted
keep out water.