Middletown transcript., 1876-01-08

(Miss. dispatches say that combinations
are forming against Lamar that threaten
bis defeat 10 the senatorial contest,
though bis friends are still. sanguine.
/ General Lowery has Withdrawn. leaving
the contest between Lamar and General
George. It is thought most Of his
streangth will 60 to George.
A petition was fled in the Superior
Court Of Baltimore Tuesday on the
part Of Henry NJ. War6eld. contesting
the election Of Mayor +. G. Latrobe at
the last maroyalty election. October
27, 1875. The grounds alleged are
frauds in voting. intimidation at some
precincts, &c., Mayor Eatrobe's major
ity was 2,765.
| Miss Caroline johnson. young lady
Of wealth. residing at 1902 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia, com mitted suicide
by taking poison on Thursday night.
Her brother committed suicide last
summer by jumping from steamship
into the Delaware river, having just
returned from Europe.
Wednesday was the centennial ami
versary Of New Hampshire's Declara-
ton Of Independence by act Of the pro-
vincial Congress at Exeter, January 5.
1776, and the event was celebrated
throughout the State by salutes, meet
ings, &c.
The house and lot in Quebec where
the remains of General Montgomery
were laid out has been offered for sale
to the United States government for
the erection Of q monument to Mont
gcmery's memory
Captain Sayer Of the ship Orpheus,
which collided with the steamer Pacific,
was put on trial Thursday before the
United States commissioner at San
Francisco, for willfully wrecking his
ship as charged in the affidavit Of seven
members Of the drew.
Arthur P. Devlin. who has created
some sensation by lecturing in Massa-
chusetts as reformed Catholic and
denouncing the Catholic Church, has
been arrested in Haverhill on charge
Of blackmail
Hon. Burton Craig died at his home,
Concord, N. G.. on Thursday. He was
serving his fourth term in Congress
when the war commenced. and after
ward served one term in the Confederate
Congress.
A fire at Piedmont. W. Va, Satur-
day morning, consumed some fifteen
buildings, eleven Of which we're occu-
pied as stores. The court house and
postofice were also destroyed.
A family were found in Lachine,
Canada. Thursday, which had been
without food for three days. The bus
band had starved to death.
Hon. Jno. H. Clifford, Ex-Governor
Of Massachusetts,, died at New Bedford
Sunday, Of dropsy, aged sixty-six
years.
FOREIGN The British steamer
Dante was sunk in St Georges channel
last Friday by collision; % lives
were lost. Thomassen, the dynamite
villain, is thought to have had some
thing to do with the loss Of the City Of
Boston. 80. Gen. Jovellar, the captain
general Of Cuba, promises to reform all
abuses in the Island. The sale Of
American medical diplomas in Germany
is to be stopped by the Government.
The German government is reported
as favorable to the American PROPOSE
tions in regard to Cuba. Austria is
Indifferent. Spain warns Europe that
difficulties between herself and Ameri-
ca would encourage republicans and
socialists. -. .Forty-two tons Of Ameri-
can beef were sold at the Smith6eld
market, England, last week....... Sir
Anthony Rothschild is dead. $50. The re-
lations Of Hungary and Austria are ex-
citing great concern among the journals
Of the latter country...... The French
government are not going to support
the Bonapartists in the coming cleo
tions.