Middletown transcript., 1880-02-07
THE NEWS.


ing, Of blood poisoning.
The damage by the great storm Of
Tuesday morning to the buildings and
beach ut Coney Island is estimated at
nearly $1UO,OOO.
A chinese wash house in San Fran
cisco was burned on Thursday morn
ing, and the bodies OF ten Chiuanen
were taken from the ruins
Another petition has been sent to
The President by prominent merchants
Of New Orleans urging Ex-Governor
Pinchback for Naval Officer Of that
port.
The third trial Of Jennie r. Smith
and Covert D. Bennett, for the MUIR
der OF the formers husband, in Jersey
City, resulted on Saturday IN verdict
OF not guilty.
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin
decided ON Tuesday that a mercantile
agency cannot be compelled to disclose
the name Of its correspondent in an
action for libel.
The report of the court martial in
the case of Major Reno has been laid
before the President. Its understood
that General Sherman has submitted
it without remarks.
The body of Miss Dolly Hartman,
aged Is years, who died in Allegheny
City on Tuesday, is to be cremated in
the Lemoyne furnace, at Washington,
Pa, on Saturday.
Alexander Gibson, the lumber
king" Of New Brunswick, has cabled
a donation of $4,000 for the Irish Re
lief Fund. The collections in Boston
have reached $4,000.
Charles Decker, a hardware mer-
chant Of Newark, N. J., committed su.
icide on Monday night by blowing his
head off with a cannon improvised
from hollow block Of iron.
In the U. S. Senate, on Wednesday,
on motion Of Mr.. Bayard, the bill au,
thorizing the conversion OF National
gold banks vas taken up and passed
After an executive session, the Senate
adjourned.
The Banking and Currency Com,
mittee of the House has decided tC
report favorably the bill introduced
by Mr.. O'Connor, authorizing national
banks to make loans upon mortgage:
of real estate.
The Colored Relief Association Of
Kansas, finding it impossible to main
tain the hundreds Of destitute colored
people arriving there from the South
is about to make an effort to diver!
the tide Of emigration to other States
Sawyer, the Fusion Secretary o.
State in Maine, gave up all the State
property in his possession to the Re
publican Secretary of State on Satur
day He could not find the key d
the safe, but surrendered everything
else.
The Philadelphia Park Commission
ers, on Saturday, agreed to withdraw
the notice Of removal Of the Perma
nent Exhibition, provided the com
pany shall raise S1O0, 900 i'll six months
to place the building in proper con
ditinn.
The report Of the Commissioner Of
Patents shows that, during 1879, there
we're presented 20,056 applications
for patents, and l2,725 patents were
issued The total receipts of the off
ce for the year were 1881, the to-
tai expenditures $529,638.
In the Main House of Representa-.
tives on Tuesday the Judiciary Com.
mittee was directed to inquire into
the advisability of amending the State
Constitution so as TO limit the right o.
suffrage to those who are able to reaC
and write the English language.
The House Committee on Post-ofi
ces on Thursday heard Mr.. Anthony
Comstock, Of New York, in favor o.
excluding immoral literature and lot.
terry matter from the mails. Mr.
Comstock exhibited to the Committee
number of circulars addressed tC
pupils Of both sexes in schools, adver
tlsing obscene publications. Genera
Beauregard gave his views on tn
lottery question on Friday.
The Secretary Of War "a Thursday
sent to the Senate a report showing
that the organized siren tn of the mil
itia of the different States consists o
las general officers, 1905 regimental
field and staff officers, 6198 compan,
officers, and 1T ,037 non n-commissioneI
officers, musicians and privates. Th
unorganized force or number of me-
available for military duty in th
United States is set down at 6,516
} 758.
Count Eugene Mitkitwicz' was in
dicted in Baltimore on Thursday Of
T the charge Of having obtained $500
worth of coal, by false pretences, fror
Castner & Co., of Philadelphia an
Baltimore. He was committed i
default Of $1,000 bail. This is proba
bly, the same Russian Count" tina
was conspicuous at Ocean City las
season.
THE FREEDMENs BANK-The Select Con
: Mite Of the Senate on the Freedmens Ban
is still taking testimony in regard to Ii