Middletown transcript., 1874-03-21
Items Of General News.

Items Of General News.
A Locomotive ON THE RAMPAGE "A
very extrsosainasy railroad accident oc-
curred AZ AltoenA, on Saturday tbs, 4th
instant. "A lscQmotive, standing in the
md f5sss rPe epnsy sylvapiA Railroad Co.. d
wss4N s4Naitisglat the cinder pils 70 81 clean-
cd. When l labofer jumped % her and at-
tempted to msve her short disianss'
bsckward. In IS doing ,he raA tbs loco
motive against another one 1 few yards
behind. inflieting severe damage. He
then started the engine forward. and, in =
fsw seconds, losing control Of her, jump
cd of, leaving the throttle valve wide
open. The engine rapidly increased her
speed and dashed through the reund-.
house. dsmoliahipga ! heavy wooden door
in her course, From the round house
she followed ! light iron track, used for
small truck cars. into The large maohine
shop, where ever four hundred hands are
employed, breskipg smother heavy door
on her way. .s..s,1 5S n 8s.
Running through, the Immense shops
the engine inflicted great damage. One
man, walking slong the track in the shop,
was instantly killed, and another, running
q drilling machine, was fatally injured
A number 9of valuable machines were
damaged and scene Of great confusion
followed. After running the whole
length Of the shop at . rate Of 20 miles
an hour the engine came in contact with
another door. demolishing 1t. Beyond
| the door was trench between the ma
chine, and boiler shops ABOUT three feet
| deep and fifteen wide. The engine ran
directly over this obstruction lcaping the
three feet with utmost ease and finally
landed in the boiler room. whore she end
cd her cour.e in badly demorslized con-
dition. Six thousand dollars il the csti-
mate pf the damages done BY this little
piece Of carelessncss. s, yeft ss sfs
The celebration Of ST. patrick's Day In
Philadeiphia. was the most imposing ever
Witnessed 10 that city, Elsewhere the
i'day was celebrated with Unusual spirit.
4 In New York, fifty societies, including
about 90, 900 persons, paradcd.I In Rich.
mond,, Va. after solemn services at ths
Cathedral the procession went to St
Joseph's Orphan Asylum and participated
in the laying Of the corner-stens Of AZ
I addition to that building. after which i
was reviewed BY the Governor Of Mary.
land. In Baltimore, the procession was
| 5000 strong. and included two colored
societies. with bands Of music. It was re-
| viewed blythe Mayorin Monument Square
There were also parades and other observ'
ances in Harrisburg. Trenton, Chsrlestor
and Savannah. aud most of the cities Q
the East and West. ~ Z = y +. = z. ''
4 The Office Of the Woodbridge Agricul
tural Implement and Machine Works. a
Woodbridge. Canada. was robbed on Sat
urday morning Of prommissory notes ant
other papers valued at 800, 900. Ate
the robbery. the burglars set FIRE to th
building and it was totally destroyed
The less on the building and stock is esti
mated at $500. 900; and about one hun
dred mon are thrown out Of employment
!. A mass-meeting Of citizens was held i
Philadelphia. on Monday, ITO aid th
. United States Centennial authorities i
maintaining the international feature .
the Centennial celebration"
! Tho steamship Laronia. while on th
voyage from Alexandria. Egypt. for Al
!. giers. having as passengers 278 pilgrim
returning from Mecca. encountered . gale
during which III Of the pilgrims wei
drowned. ss
The Oil Exchange Hotel. Batemal
House, and 32 other bu,ldings in Mode
: City. Pa. were destroyed by FIRE O
8 Tuesday morning. The loss is estimate
at $lQ0, 900. II y 4 u &
!, New York politicians are troubled by
rumor from Albany that fees are to /
abolished. and fred salaries are to
0 paid instead. a W
!? A convict.'in Virginia. is said to ha,
! been pardoned recently on condition
3 sustaining from intoxicating liquor K
three years. H7i. tsse$
In accordance with instructions fro
7 Washington, 433 men were discharge
i from the Portsmouth, Va, navy yard {
e tho 18Th instant.
i The Democratic press Of New Ham
) shire is described as having assumed Il
,f appearance Of an illustrated poultry she
! : during last week.
s. The Missouri Grange RS are getting
= cooperative manufacturing companies, al
&c propose to make their own agricultur
~ implements.r II ~
VA All the English forces resently ongag
~ in Ashantce are homeward bound, exec
those Of the Black Watch Forty-seco
: Highhnders w. q Fiesslsf ~
: A steamship named the Glasgow
T been wrecked of Tarifa, Spain. there
~ ca,sipg the loss Of fourteen lives.
70 TbS Go 9ernor Of the District Of Mex
Or has is,usd 40 order prohibiting cock-fg1
u ing as aslractice . unworthy Of civilia