Middletown transcript., 1875-12-25
0eneral News Summary.

EoalIGN.-The p0liticaI crisis ~ over
NJ: e SaPAa. and proclamstion hes been
issued that Che age Of feudalism is past
;otesel.::....Tbe Dutch msil steamer
nsonPslns g vas lost last week by collis-
SION. Ua. .....:. The P.ince Of Wales has left
maoFas y 'ol Eslcutta. Dom Pedro.
E@Perof 9 3 s1DEasil. will leave Rio for
the unlteo 0sa'es about the 26th Of
March. France will have more than
1000 exhibitors at tSs pb;l.ae,nh;o
centennial .LAwtoAs4 Head Ion
don shipping merchants and Insurance.
agents, have failed with $3.50 ooO liza.
bilities. !. .. Bread -stuffs in Eurone h Va
declined in price. The civil war Il
Spain continues. and the Alphonsi.ts
are directing their efforts toward the
relief of St. Sebastian and Hermann,
besieged by the Carlists. Captain
General Valmaseds of Cuba has resign
ed. The town Of Arecibo, Porto
Rico. was nearly destroyed BY au earth
quake few days since. ...... There has
been Chinese riot at Malacca. a.......A
motion for amnesty to the Communists
created great excitement in the French
Assembly last week. They have no
notion Of pardoning them. ...... The
French Trans Atlantic steamer Louisi-
ana, from the West Indies, has been
sunk in the Gironde river, and sixteen
persons drowned. ...... Mt. Vesuvius is
in . state Of eruption. .....Gen. Jovellar
Spanish minister Of war, succeeds VAL
maseda as Captain Gen eral of Cuba. =.
Siguor Blanc. Italisu minister to Wash
ington has been appointed by his Gov
erDment to represent Italy at the Gen.
tennial.. 1.-The Governor Of Sagua,
Cuba, has offered reward Of ten
ou5loons in gold. for every insurgent
brought to his headquarters. dead or
alive. ....De Rodas. formerly Captain
General of Cuba, is dead. IA Havana
rumor says that VIM. M. Tweed has
arrived in that city......The Spanish
Government has decided to send heavy
reinforcements to Cuba and will keep
an efficient army there for defensive
purposes.
DOMESTIC The excursion Of Prcsi-
dent Grant. members of the Cabinet.
Congressman and others, to Philadel-
phia. last Saturday was a big thing.
They had high old time...... Green 4
Cranston, BANKERS of Providence, r.
T.. have failed for 1875. .000.. ....New
York proposes to get up Centennial
legion to be composed of one company
Of hundred members from each Of the
original thirteen States. The mer-
curry was 10 degrees below zero at
Montreal, Canada. on Saturday. ......
dividend Of 10 per cent has
been declared by the assignees Of DR.
Fl. T. Helmbolt out of his effects. 49,.
Charles O'Copner is steadily improving
despite the declarations Of his pbysi.
,isns short time ago that he could
not live......The cold snap 10 the early
part Of the week extended throughout
he North generally At Littleton, N. |
T., the mercury fell to Al degrees be-
ow zero; at Glen Falls. N. Y. to 81
,elow at Ottawa, Canada, it was 33
,elow; at Quebec, 20. and at Montreal
1.-THE Gazette newspaper Office at
little Rock. Ark. was burned on
Monday morning. Loss $42. 600.
The court house at Camden, Ark. was
burned on Sunday morning. together
nth all the county papers aud records. |
.....The janitor Of the Rice grammar
cheol of Boston tried to thaw frozen
team pipe with red-hot poker and
et FIRE to the building, causing loss of
b25. 600. 49,. Duncan. Sherman & Co.,
# New York, are bankrupt with |
laims amounting to 81. 1853. 900 against |
hem. George s Bangs, superin-
endent Of the u. s. postal railway |
ervice, has rendered bis resignation to |
axe effect Jan. 1...... The libel suit of
Henry c. Bowen us. the Brooklyn Ea-
lie, was commenced in the Brooklyn
jity court on Tuesday......G Governor
chamberlain. of South Carolina, has
'efused to sign the commissions of the
wo men, Whipple and Moses (col } re-
emily elected judges Of the State cir
uit court, BY the eeislature. He
ays that inssmuch as the constitutional
erm Of Office Of the present judges will
'ot expire until after the next election
his Legislature had no right to elect
heir successors. :. =. The trial Of Gen.
3abcock for completely 10 the whis-
;ey frauds at St. Louis is set down for
Ian. II. The private secretary and
is counsel have gone to St. Louis.
party Of Mexican thieves lately
rossed the Rio Grande into Texas,
illed three men and drove off 900
ead Of cattle......Two citizens of
Vinnsboro, Ga. were going to fight a
uel on Monday because one shot the
ther's dog. The arrest Of one of the
arties broke up the fun. ik