Middletown transcript., 1875-11-20

Loss $25. 900.
II Theodore Fiirunfwill. lecture in Phil
adelphia on Decembere 30 on 9Th
Problem Of !"
John Hotgan has been committed
in Philadelphia for the alleged abduc
ton and attempted outrage on a littl'
girl. .it4N sdaL
Glendenning has had q call from
Illinois and is going West. They
ought to have secured him for Brook
lyn. Ii, !
The libel case of Edna Dean Proctor
against the New York Graphic news
4 paper is reported to be in q fair way o
settlement. 'i'es 42
Hans Won Bulow opened the new
Chickering Music Hall at New Yorl
Monday night with great eclat, BY
giving his first concert in that city.
j. Ritz Burns, son Of Gen. JAS
Burns Of Lewistown, Pa, accidentlJ
shot himself dead while hunting deel
near Pbilipsburg, Centre county, Pa
Monday morning. es aaiistU
Two trains came in collision on the
Pittsburg, Cincinnati and, St. Louis
Railroad near Dennison, o., Thursday
| whereby three men were killed and
several others seriously wounded.
A conspiracy to seize the arsenal and
to burn the town OF Rangoon has been
discovered by the authorities, A grea,
many Burmese have been, arrested on
suspicion Of completely in the affair.
The grave Of Daniel N. Haskell.
late editor Of the Boston Transcript,
was recently decorated by the children
at Newburyport, in memory Of his
many kindnesses to the little ones.
A fac simile copy Of the notification
proclamation of President jackson has
been presented to the State Library Of
Kentucky by granddaughter Of
William l. Barry, once Postmaster
General Of the United States
The executive committee Of the Union
League Of America have resolved to call
the annual meeting Of the body for the
9Th of next month. in Philadelphia,
when the subjects to. be considered are
national politics, public school interests
and protectiye tariff. jl.fs# .4.a54H2
A wrestling match for $500 side,
between Andre Christals aud T. Bauer,
has been arranged, and $1,000 has
been deposited by both parties. The
match is to take place in Washington
City, between the 7th and 14th Of
December. The match is the result Of
challenge issued recently by Bauer.
The official msjorities of the success
ful candidates in Wisconsin are as fol-
lows; Ludipgton, rep.s for Governor.
841; Parker, dem. for lieutenant Gov
ernor,, 1901 for Secretary Of State,
621; Kuehn, dem, for treasurer, 2, 804;
Sloan, dem, for attorney general. ], ,811;
Soaring, dems. igfor superintendent Of
public instruction, 1.175.
In the Court of Common Pleas ut
Philadelphia Wednesday preliminary
injunction was granted to restrain the
stockholders of the Credit Mobilier Of
America from ratifying q compromise
contract with the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company. The complainant was
Rowland A. Hazard, who charged that
the whole SCENE was to advsnce the
expense of the Credit Mobilier, and
was illegal and fraudulent. saa.Haist d aii
The signal Office reports that at ABS
P. M, Wednesday, the weather was
cold and windy throughout the country.
The velocity Of the wind at Mount
Washington, N. H at that time was
ia miles an hour. with the tempera-
ture FIVE degrees below zero An
Omaha. Nebraska dispatch says the
thermometer at Fort Laramie Tuesday
night was fourteen degrees below zero.
with four inches Of snow on the ground.
In Seekonk. Mass Tuesday morn
ing, Mrs. Annie L. Waterman and two
children were found in their troom in
sensible from coal gas escaping from a
stove. the damper Of which was improp-
crly turned. One child was soon re-
stored, but the other died. Mrs.
Waterman was restored to conscious
ness, but is in a critical condition.
She lost her husband last spring, and
brother last week
It is stated that the Spanish govern.
ment has forwarded to their agents in
New York orders to buy up and ship at
once provisions and ammunition to the
amount Of $500. 900. The money for
this purpose was contributed in Havana
on the Goth ult.. upon the receipt of
the kilograms from Madrid to the effect
that American Intervention was feared,
and that all that could be done to deter
it was advisable. ev
The pattern husband has turned up
in Troy, N. 7 Last Saturday night
be came home intoxicated, md getting
into an argument with bis wife concern
ing the disposition Of bis weeks wages.
be attempted to clinch it with stove
cover. Failing in that, he repaired to
saloon in the neighborhood to brace
up for the final contest. An hour or
SO after he returned and re-engaging
in discussion, ended by shying light
ed lamp at his wife. They have locked
him up for gallows exhibition, At
The libel suit Of Henry G. Bowen,
proprietor Of the Brooklyn Independent,
against tho Daily Eagle newspaper Of
that city, for $780, 900 damages, came
up Wednesday in the Brooklyn City
Court The case grew out of the
Beecher scandal Ex-Judge Fullerton.
late Of Tilton's counsel, appeared for
Bowen. and Judge Beach. another of
Tilton's counsel in the great scandal
trial. appeared on the behalf of the
Eagle. After some arOument for