Middletown transcript., 1875-07-03

same poins.- The -shipmcdss from
Baltimore are made over the Baltimore and
, Ohio road ltolihl Pittsbury and lConnellsville
road Trains leaving Baltimore will arrive
n PittsbsIgsa, IL NJ, e'cIoek bat The lraihs
from the Delaware road via Pennsylvania
Central would reach there at seven o'clock A..
H., of the same day. The time of starting
being at six o'clock from Baltimore the day
previous and from Gray's Ferry at three
o'clock, this would place the Delaware road
peaches on the market early in the morning,
whereas the Baltimore peaches .would not
taarrive until the others had been disposed Of.
! A letter was received By the association
from Mr.. L. s. Hopes, of Hollidaysburg, Pa,
who furnished the following table Of the prob-
able capacity Of some OF the interior cities r.
Pittsburg ears per day, Newport 2 per week,
Mifflin to 3per week, Mechanicsburg 2, Mt.
Union 2, Huntington Q to 8, Bedford3, Tyrone
3, Philipsburg 2, Clear6eld 2, Bellefonte >.
Lock Haven 6, Williamsperts g., Altoona 6,
,Johnstowns5, Hellidaysbnrg 10 3, Lstrobe
O., Greensburg o. Scranton, it was stated,
would take probably per day, and several
other places from l car per week to 3. Ia.
Mr.. Hopes desired to meet the peach grow
ers and confer with them as to the. appoint-
ment Of an agent to represent Them 10 Penn
sylvania and make, arrangements with the
commission men in the different cities The
matter was referred. t,lirg
:, The following estimate of the capacity of
New England towns was nader Boston 81
cars per day, Springfield !, Newark !, New
Haven ~ 4Iaiddletownsl Haf ifords AID Wor-
cester 2. A committee, with fall power TO
make the necessary arrangements with the
railroads. consisting Of H. n Willis and B.
7, Biggs, Esq, was appointed and the meeting
edjournsdsto meet atthe same place next Sat-
urday, to-day 1ibae y J; ssysss.'ei ~ as'.s.,
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Troubles of a. most adistressing character
have recently fallen heavily upon the McCon-
aabtighey family Of Newark. last week we
ppblished an account ofia trial held at Newark
onaiwsie from the Chancellor sued out BY The |
brothers Of David McConanghey to test the |
sanity Of The latter. AS is known, 1.-The jury |
found . verdict 6orsths defendant add declared |
him competent to attend to .ifis. business ar |
faits; The trial Was VA o. op, "Wednesday Of last
week. 0nslhe following Sunday Thomas B.
MeCanaaghey aand III ora than. abrethers- Of
David. showed unmistakable signs of mental
alteration and on the following morning
were conveyed to Kirkbfidss, near Philadel-
phia. This singular ahd distressing circum-
stance has invested the case with % great deal
of'general as well as sloeai interest - wiehave
Beeh personally acquainted viii the Messlrs;..
McGoHapgheE for, several. ysarA !, They were
quiet, inoflcbis. gentiethsA, highly respected
by all their acquaihtances, and their SAD tdis-
fortunes command the sympathies Of all who
knp yythsmJ fThos. B. Mreensgahex yw tte
Inventor Of the Corn Dropper which bears bis
name. For few years past, Messrs.! Wtdi b
T .Bs MeCenaushey have been engaged in dig
siag iron ore .on.their lands on Chestnut Hill.
THE following account of the family, from
t1s y pretty ! aeeorafe cur history
sh snf ~ iT7i 9gia tia4ssaf6 AiztDo9sa sili
ferhe McConaaghey family, We are informed;
originally came from Chester county, thsfath-
r Of the present family at Newark, William
McCDnaughsy, uaarryinga daughter of Jona-
ll1an Bee, Of Welsh sTfact.. In lS4zl 'Mr..
y hfcCfsopnapghey g died During His lifetime bis
MUD was weak, and $3.50 d.ss nj sl5-ssssh
a,iIs ne WAS SUBJECT TO vAGARiEs sa@lt -lll.
xhichsiwers the offshoot lof this weakness,
houghl he was net strictly lunAtice' His
ather before him, it is also stated, was in a
imiIar, condition 3 Previous to bis death,
n ilIiam McCenaughe hey had rpprehased 4ob
lcres near Newark, upon which he erected
buildings and built a large saw mill, hut the
whole estate was 50 heavily encumbered asfo
'e valueless, Jonathan aBee,I heweyer, fur
lished the ready money to prevent sale, and
,nderi his direction Dasidsand Jenathaa Nc
tne eldest sons, conducted TIC
business Aboat 4 ls4s, the estate was ap-
,rajsed for division, i4ndrew. Kerr, Peter
Springer and John A. Reynolds, being Of the
lppraisers.* About one-half - -
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