Middletown transcript., 1876-06-24
General News Summary.

Twenty thousand acres of land in
Pike county, Pa, were sold last week
for arrearages.
General Mcclellan is talked of as the
successor of Mr.. Frelinghuysen in the
United State Senate.
The Bay Sugar Refinery. at San
Francisco was destroyed by fire Tues
day last. Loss, $3.50, 200.
The Grand Jury at Washington
have indicted Richard Harrington and
Arthur B. Williams for bribery.
The resolution of the Arkansas Dem
ocratic Convention favor Tilden. but
the delegates to St. Louis are unin-
structed.
tbs understood negotiations between
the United States and Great Britain on
the extradition question have been sus-
pended.
James Baird, of Cambusdoon, the
millionaire iropmaster. who recently
gave So, 500, 900 to the Scottish Church.
is dead.
Commodore Vanderbilt has just made
another donation of $300,000 to the
Vanderbilt University, at Nashville,
Tennessee.
Secretary Bristow on Saturday re-
signed his Office as Secretary of the
Treasuary, to 60 into effect on Tues
day last.
The tug-boat Fl. j. Warkman, lying
on the North river, New York. exploded
Monday One man was killed and two
are missing.
Nearly the entire business portion of
the town of St. Johns, in the province
Of Quebec, Canada, was destroyed by
fire last Sunday
The carpet works at Ayr, England,
were destroyed by fire last week, and it
is reported that twenty-four women per-
ished in the flames.
The President has sent to the House
message directing its attention to the
danger of not having the various ap-
preparation bills passed before the first
of July
The reported defeats of the Egyp-
tians by the Abyssinians are officially
contradicted. The war terminated on
the 9th of March, and no fighting has
occurred since.
Heavy rains fell last week in the
vicinity of Augusta, Ga. Crops on both
sides of the Savannah river are sub
merged, and those in the cotton lands
are totally destroyed.
The Cabinet at Washington regards
the release of Winslow as an overt act
that vitiates that section of the Ash
burton treaty under which the subject
Of extradition belongs
Francisco Peralto. in match against
time for S., 900, at Beacon Park, Bos-
ton. rode one hundred and ten miles in
four hours fifty minutes and forty-fve
seconds, riding twenty mustangs. He
was allowed five hours
Plymouth Church. Brooklyn. N. Y.
which last year raised Mr.. Beecher's
salary to one hundred thousand dollars
to enable him to meet the expenses Of
his trial, Wednesday night voted to
restore it to$ 10000. the amount pre-
viously paid.
Considerable consideration is now
being given the second place on the ST.
Louis ticket. and the list of candidates
is becoming quite respectable in num-
bers as we'll as character. The last ad-
dition is Governor Randolph, of New
Jersey.
News of the confirmation of Senator
Morrill, as Secretary of the Treasury
was received by the Republicans at
Portland. Me-, with much satisfaction
There was a large gathering at their head
quarters. with congratulatory speeches,
music, &c
An incendiary in the act of setting
fire to the Catholic Church in Hous-
dale, Pa. being discovered by woman,
knocked her down and escaped. This
is the same church in which one man
was killed and thirty persons we've
wounded recently by the giving way of
the floors.
Very many papers think the Tilden
and Hendricks ticket, first suggested
by the New York Sun. the very thing
The Buffalo Courier believes stronger
ticket could not be made, since sit
would harmonize the party East and
West and make success certain in the
doubtful States
At St. Johns in the province of
Quebec, the entire business portion of
the town was destroyed by fire on Sun
day, involving a loss of about 81 500. :
600. One lady was burned to death
ana others received severe injuries
Seventeen buildings were burned at
Lumberton. N. G., on Friday night.
Loss 500.
An explosion occurred in Wolff
torpedo factory in Greenville. N. j.,
Wednesday. killing two boys. Louis
Ness and Charles Segal, and injuring
Dora Arnold, aged fourteen, and Jacob
VanCleef. aged fourteen, fatally; Liz
zie Herman IT,, Mary Schutzer Is.
John Rohenback "a, Henry Brehen %,
and VIM. Gimbert, the foreman, seri-
ously. and several others slightly. The
cause of the explosion is unknown
Nervous Debility.