Middletown transcript., 1876-07-08
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1876.
LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS.
Items of Local Interest.

items Oh AOCaA AuICICbC
Rev. DR.. Patton will preach at Armstrong
chapel, on tomorrow (Sabbath) afternoon,
at 8 o'clock.
The potato bugs have almost entirely dis
appeared and complaints of their ravages are
no longer heard, in this neighborhood at any
rate.
A Democratic ratification meeting will be
held in Wilmington tonight, to be addressed
by Senator Bayard and Senator Eaton, of
Connecticut.
Sheriff Lambson, it is said, had seven
"capiases' in his hands for the arrest of John
Whitlock when he was committed to Jail by
Deputy Sheriff Foard.
Henry Rau, the proprietor and editor of the
Delaware Pioneer Germany lately published
in Wilmington. died or Wednesday. He was
40 years old.
John r. Baylis was killed and Joseph Knox
seriously, if not fatally, injured by the pre-
mature discharge of cannons with which they
were firing salutes, in Wilmington, on the
Fourth Of July.
William Herbert, Esq, chairman of last
county committee, has issued q call for a
meeting of the Democratic County Executive
Committee at the Lafayette hotel in Whining
ton this afternoon.
Townsend and Dean have gotten into an
other newspaper imbroglio, growing out of
the formers letters 10 the Gazette about Geo.
P. Fisher. An anonymous letter from New
ark was published in reply and Mr.. T. ac-
cuses Mr.. Dean Of being the author.
Pole Raising.
A large and handsome hickory pole "a feet
high was raised in front of the hotel in Odessa
by the Democrats of that town and vicinity,
on Monday afternoon and now floats the
national banner for Tilden and Hendricks.
Cannon Accident.
As the celebration of the 4th was nearing
close in Elkton, an accident occurred that re-
duced the towns patriotism and caused Mr..
Palmer Shockley to lose his hand. A cannon
was procured in Baltimore with which to
help celebrate the day, and Mr.. Shockley was
loading it on the evening of the 4th, when,
not being allowed to cool, the cannon ignited
the powder and the rammer was blown out of
his hands and turned him in full range of
the load, which took effect in his right hand,
shattering it to such an extent as to render
amputation necessary.
Death from the Tramp Of n Cow.
John Davidson. a wel-to-do farmer, resid-
ing near Summit Bridge, this county, died on
Monday night from the effects of the tramp Of
a COW. While milking on Saturday evening
last, one of his cows knocked him down and
tramped on his breast or stomach, inficting |
Injuries which did not seem to be of a serious
character at 6rst After rising TO his feet
he was able to walk to his house, some dis
tance of, and carried his milk pail with him.
The physician who was summoned was not
able to discover any indications Of serious in
jury, and no symptoms of an alarming char
acter manifested themselves until Monday |
evening. Death resulted soon after Mr.. Da-
wilson began to grow worse Commercial.
An Old Paper and . Big Race.
Mr.. Joseph T. Carpenter left at our office
few days ago copy of the New York Herald
of the 18th of May, ls45, containing lengthy
account of great four-mile running race be-
tween Fashion and Peytona, at Long Island,
won by the latter-frst heat in I'm. 39asec.;
second heat in I'm. 453sec. This was the |
great race Of the day and was witnessed by
an immense crowd of people from all over the
country Fashion was the champion mare of
the North and Peytona of the South, and the
race took the nature Of q contest between the
two sections, and mans sectional sympa-
thies were judged, as George P. Fisher judged
John B. Pennington's in 1861, by his favor
itism toward the horses. If he bet on Fashion
he was regarded as Northern man in senti-
ment; if he bet on Peytona he was Southern
man.
THE PEACH CROP OF 1876.