Middletown transcript., 1875-01-16
General News.

Tks sxtfSnSly cold weather which
bsasa On Saturday evening sAms in .
pslss, vaysr from the nosthweas and
wsst. On Friday night and Saturday
morning The thermometer marked 38
degrees below ssro at Cheyenne. W.
r. 21 below at Omahs; % at oDes
Msines, Ioss |; 10 fo rs below 1t Chica-
| 20: 10 bslsw 4 ST. Lotis !; and 2 BE-.
low, at Little Rock. Al Jacksonville.
Dssmoines and Chicago The sudden fall
in temperature was accompanied BY
heavy incw storms, with increasing
vindssd. The weather observer at 1Iet-
mann. Ne, steports ths. Missosti river
groged With ice twenty seven miles BE-
low that point. and closed for thirty
three miles. The Arkansas river Lit
he Rock swss also full Of ice. Rain
ifsll ss New Orleans, with freesing
temperature. A school girl Was %
badly, frosep = Omaha on Friday that
she died o. Saturday. -.
Messrs. Albright and Bnckner,, Of
The Alabama Investigating Committee.
soncluded fo1f days investigation At
LivingstSn, oAls. J, on Friday. Testi-
nosy was offered tor SHOW that recent
outrsgss in the ceuntyu we're. not the
result Of political motives; that the re
ported outrages 10. Chocta taw,rwere pure
iuventions ANA Chat, ID the other
hand, the United States officials made
arbitrary arrests and created reign Of
terror ID Che county. Ii refutation Of
the charge that Rspubliean voters had
been intinidatsd, it was shown that 1t
the last sleetion the Republican vote
wss 83 per cent, larger than at the
Presidential slsction ID 1872. q
= Tns CaA.I1s Ros,s, Mrssrn.nsr.-A snn
ffesh interest hss been aroused ID the
Charlie Ros sxsissnsss by the discov !.
-sryd II ihsrss III Nevark, N .-Js, be.
lisYed TO be the one used b.. the ab-
ductors Of the boy; ip their fight from
Philadelphia. The horse was left at q
livery stable 10 that city On the 2sd Of
October last BY . man whose dsscrip-
.tion lcorresponds accurately with that
Of Mosher. one Of the burglars killed
It Bay Ridge, and has 80 far remained
uncslled for. & @f'H. esss s'''
The trial Of the suit Of Tilton ".
Beeoher began Monday in Brooklyn.
Mr.. Morris opened tie case for the
plaintiff, and occupied the entire ses-
sion Of the Court He repeated the
well-knewn festpres, Of the case. and
concluded With ! warm eulogy n Til
tors forbsarancs and magnanimity,
ssd On sppsal to the sympathies Of the
jufysgi eis sse #slFH ssas gltl.i#gtl @
~ Ex- Governor Bramlette, Of Ken
tucky. died 10 Louisville on Tuesday
Of Inflammation Of the heart. He Was
Governor Of Kentucky during the clss-
ing years Of the war. but has since
abstainsd from aetive politics. He
vas = lawyer Of much pfominspee and
ability ~ u isYagss ss
The broom manniscturers sf Eastern
New York have resolved On . farther
advance Of Is cents per dozen in the
price Of brooms. This makes an ad-
vance Of Is cents since November last.
Three teams. in charge Of four men,
broke through the ice while crossing
the river It Omaha Tuesday. aud men
and horses. perishsd. It is supposed
they drove across . place where the
ice had been recently cut
"A boiler in Tyson's Chrome Works,
ati Baltimore. exploded Wednesday
afternoon. damaging the building to the
smount Of $40, 600, and killing Will
liam Lucas. . colored employee.
Five theussnd gallons Of Americrn
sosl oil have been siesed in Canada
under orders from the inland revenue
department Of the dominion that it be
..banishsd from the eopptry.'' sb
~ Il is said that ex.Congressman
Voorhees,. hss Withdrawn from the
contest for the United States Senator
ship in Indiana. leaving the field ts
Holman and Mcdonald. IT
A Louisiana indignation meeting vas
held in Albasy W ednesday evening,
which 10 said to hsvs been one Of tie
largest in door msssings ever held 10
that city. 8ai zfrAif sei ia5
An increase in smallpox cases ID
noticed IN New York city, opposite the
hospital on Blaskwell's Islspd. Dip,
liberia ID also more prevalent 2a
In his message % the Legislature Of
Maine. Gov. Dingley recommends that
women be made eligible 10 Office.