Middletown transcript., 1875-06-19
General News,


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The Egyptian plaques ssem 10 have
fallen upon tie fair 6sldsNof the West.
Millions ne toads hav appeared ~
Lafayette county. Missoafi, coming in
the track Of te-ie storm, and as the
country isaiv shoppers the
farmers are appa 1t would be the
fair thing now lor tac toads to go for
the grasshoppers Adyices from Kan
sas, however, chronicle the disappear
ance Of grasshoppers from that region,
and glorious hopes are INDUCED for.
magnificent crops in that quarter. and
instead Of counting up the grasshoppers.
the farmers are now counting in ad Vance
the millions Of bushels Of grain they!
are going to send to market this year.
The damags,ahowevsr. has been censid-
erable in some parts of Kansas.
"a dispatch from Wilkesbarre an
nounces that resumption Of work BY the
miners in that region is fact, not
withstanding the efforts Of few lead
ing strikers. The strike has caused a
loss to that region of fully $40, ,OOO.-
OO0.i A delegation of miners requested
one operator to, discharge the men who
had been at work without permission
from the association" but be declined,
saying that those men should have en-
ployment il on that account be could
not get another miner The miners
then marched away. MASKING windows
and making row generally 90,
"A dispatch from Brownsyille, Texas.
says that news from Mexico shows that
revolutionary spirit is prevailing now.
It is believed Gen Fuero will not come
to the frontier The body of McMahon.
school teacher, was found near Mos
quito ranch on Saturday last, the head, !
arms ard legs were severed from the
body. One Of the raiders killed by
McNeely's men had on McMahon's
clothes. The result of McNeely's fight
is thirteen, Mexicans killed and one
wounded. It improves by iDyestiga-i
ton, Cortino's followers are much put
out at the defeat of the raiders by Nc
Neely. and swear they will have three
to one.1 eFis sW seer sassae
The twelve men who reached St.
Johns, N F !, on Saturday, from the
lost steamer Vicksburg. were picked up
by the American schooner Burnham.
They report that six boats were lowered
from the Vicksbufg. Two capsized
alongside and one capsized two hours
after. As enc boat with Eve men was
picked up BY the steamer Georgia, one
other remains unaccounted for. A
sealing steamer has gone in search tfl
it. The captain and women went down
with the vessel sh noeH s9Eis
Drs VIM. Rice was shot early We'd
nesday morning in Trenton. N. j., by
a man, named Sylvester Tool. while he
was coming from his house in response
to call Of Tool, who said bis wife was
sick. Two shots took effect, one in the
breast and the other in the neck Tool,
who is said to be about half crazy sus-
pected the doctors relations with his 4
wife. The doctor appears to think he
is nortally injured, but other physi-s
cisns express some hope for him.
Early on Tuesday morning the store
Of Harrington & Bros, Of New6eld, N.
Y! eight miles from Ithica, was broken
into., the safe blown open. and the
building fred. Twenty buildings. in
cluding two dwellings, one hotel and
every place Of business in the village
were destroyed The safe contained
$500 in money and bonds. notes, &C.,
in all worth about $151, 900. The
losses BY the fire are estimated at $780,
900; insurance $4,000.
An excursion party from Savannah,
Georgia, went bathing at Arkwright
Island, below that city, Monday. when
several were carried out to sea Frank
C.y yO' Driscoll, . merchant, and Charlie
r. johnson. clerk, we're drowned. -
Miss johnson was rescued in an insen-
sible condition, after being in the water
half an hour, having been kept aaoat
BY her bathing dress. The bedies aof
the drowned were not recovered. nd
Il In the case Of the: shooting of Thomas
Duffy. an inmate Of the House of Cor
rection at Philadelphia. by the guard,
on Monday, the coroner's jury state
| that atliey deem it their duty to say
that they question the propriety Of
shooting men, even if attempting to es-
cape, who are sent there for reformation
and not as criminals" Two Of the
guards, Charlesworth and Benson, were
committed by the coroner for trial
Pastour, the celebrated natural phil
osopher, has been compelled by advanc-
ing age to retire from bis professorehip
10 the Paris School Of Medicine. The
Academy Of Medicine has declared him
a irrational laureate" and the Assem-
bly, voted him an annuity Of So, 500,
which is in addition to his retiring an
nuity of about half that sum. It is no
more than be deserves, but genius and
learning do not always get as much.
The third annual regatta Of the Phil
adelphia Yacht Club came off on the
Delaware, Monday Some fifty-odd
yachts. first, second, and third class,
participated. On the home-strstch
several Of the BOATS capsized, the crews
being Immediately picked up. The snc-
cessful boats were the Hoff of the first
class, Brewer of the second class and
Millie Of the third class.
Owing to the non-appearance Of one
Of the combatants, the prize 6ght be-
tweenRooke and Allen did not take place
near Pittsburg Thursday. Allen was
on the ground selected short time
before nooD.. but Rookie failed to put
in appearance, and it is stated that on
the strength Of this fact Allen will
claim stakes. III III
The Republican State Central Com
mittee of Maryland assembled in Balti-
more on Wednesday last and fixed upon