Middletown transcript., 1875-09-11
Suspension Of q Postomce.

Suspension OF q PostoAice.
The postofice at Lynchs, Kent county,
Md, has been temporarily closed and the
postmaster suspended. The cause is charge
of some irregularity in the accounts of the
office. By the closing of the Office very great
Inconvenience is caused to the people of that
vicinity who depended entirely upon it for
their mail facilities. The more especially is
this Inconvenience felt by the peach growers
during the shipping season. To them it is
not only matter Of annoyance and incon-
venience, but alse of pecuniary loss. 1t is to
be hoped that the matter will soon be settled
and the office re established.
Terrible Accident 70 q Child.
On Wednesday evening week, farmer
named Ash, living near Iron Hill, in this
county, on coming home from the field, turn
ed harrow with which he had been working
on its edge against a fence. In a little while
afterwards, Edith, little three year old
daughter Of Mr.. Ash, climbed up on the har-
row in her endeavors to reach something
upon one of the upper teeth, when the har-
row tilted over bearing the little girl to the
earth and one of the teeth entering her head.
Every thing possible was done for the little
sufferer, but no hopes were entertained of her
recovery Commercial.
Failure Of the Peach Shipment to
Europe.
A telegram to Samuel Townsend, ESQ.,,
from Peter Wright & Sons, Agents of the
American Steamship Company, received on
Tuesday, announced that the peaches shipped
per the steamer Ohio, of their line. to Liver
pool, England, were all rotten on their ar
rival at that port, owing to the exhaustion Of
the ice in the refrigerator vaults, which gave
out on the 29th of August The fruit carried
well until that time and until the End of Sep
tember, when it gave way and "went down.
rapidly. 1t is said that but Is tons of ice
were carried by the steamer, which was en-
tirely insufficient.
James Hurt, Esq, Of Galena, Nd, came up
to Middletown on Monday last and while
here concluded to 60 around to the show
grounds and see the elephant. He went-he
saw-he was more than satisfied. He stepped
into the small tent to take look at the fat
woman, and saw there chance to make
fortune-a fellow had box in which were
quantity Of envelopes containing some num-
bers and some blanks. The payment of a
small fee entitled a man to draw one of these
envelopes and if he got one with certain num-
bers he was to draw prize-in one instance
a gold watch /; in another $500, &c. Now
Mr.. Hurt was not foolish enough TO think
that he could get $500 or any other sum, out
of one Of. those envelopes, and consequently
refused to make the venture, but he lost $500
for all that; and this is how he did it: While
talking to the man Of the envelopes the latter
his opinion that the whole party Of
which Mr.. Hunt was one, could not raise
5000 among them. This rather wounded the
pride of Mr.. Hurt and to prove the falsity of
the assertion he drew bis pocket book and
proceeded to count out $500. Just as he
finished, he says, the envelope man quickly
out and swept the money into his till,
to Mr.. Hurt, ''it is your turn to
draw now" This Mr.. H. declined to do and
demanded the return Of his money but be
didn't get it. After vainly trying to get
back his greenbacks Mr.. Hurt left the tent
and, procuring warrant, endeavored to get
an officer to arrest the Circus Company on a
charge ofswindling him, but no officer could
be found and Mr.. Il. was obliged to return to
bis home with lighter pocket book and
heavier heart.
Another gentleman whose name we did not
learn lost $l00; and another $50.
The Horse Disease.
From forty to fifty horses have died in
and Raymond's Necks since
Tuesday Of last week, Of the staggers, or
serebro spinal meningitis, and new cases are
laily reported, but fatality is not so frequent.
The cessation of the rains for over a week
have somewhat checked the spread of the
epidemic, however, and this, with the en-
orced caution Of the farmers, may terminate
he calamity. The assertion is made in some |
quarters that the disease has been caused in |
lot few instances by over work and lack Of |
proper food. Provender is short and many
armers have had nothing much but grass to
eed with. Even under favorable circum-
tances this could not have continued long
Without some disadvantage but when we
axe the watery, vapid condition of the grass
nto the account the fatality is not SO remark
Ible after all Of course, number Of we'll
ed horses have died but the majority have
'een Of the other sort, we are told. Young !