Middletown transcript., 1880-02-28
THE NEWS.

The receipts OF the Parneil meeting
in Chicago, are estimated at nearly
$4,000.
The receipts Of wheat in Chicago
last year were 100000 bushels
100000 more than in any previous
year.
The grain elevator of d. I. Gilman
& Co ,and an adjoining crib, in At
lantic, Iowa, were burned last week.
10000 bushels Of corn were destroy
ed.
At the instance Of the Philadelphia
Produce Exchange, warrants have
been issued for the arrest Of q number
Of persons alleged to be dealing in
oleomargarine.
A joint resolution appropriating
$4,000 for the relief Of the poor in
Ireland, was introduced in the New
Jersey House Of Representatives on
Monday night.
Harriet Hink, a widow, about 80
years Of age, was found murdered in
her bed, in Paterson, N. j., on Satur-
day morning. She had also been fe-
loniously assaulted and robbed.
Ellen Mowrey, aged 10, hanged
herself in her bedroom, at Mt. Pleas
ant, n. j., on Saturday morning Her
father had recently compelled her to
break off an engagement Of marriage.
John Wallege, colored barber,
shot his wife and fifteen year-old son,
the former fatally, at Mount Joy, Pa,
on Tuesday. He was arrested. Jeal-
ously is supposed to have caused the
crime.
All the coal operators Of the Cum
berland region Of Maryland have
yielded to the demand Of the miners
for another advance Of 10 cents, and
the men have resumed work at IS
cents per ton.
A large barn, Oh the property Of R.
III. McCurdy, near Newark, n. J., was
burned on Tuesday night, with six
blooded horses and a number Of car
riages. It is believed the. place was
set on fire.
Judge David Naar, for many years
editor and proprietor Of the Trenton
True american, died in Trenton, n.
r., On Tuesday, aged 80 years. He
was one Of the oldest Free Masons in
the United States.
The Senate of Virginia, On Satur-
day, BY vote Of % to IL, passed the
Debt bill agreed upon by the Read
iuster caucus. 1t reduces the princi-
pal Of the State debt to about $780,
900. 600, and the interest to about 8
per cent.
The suit Of NJ. A. Dauphin against
the Postmaster General, in the Su-
preme Court Of the District Of Colum-
bia. was decided on Monday, the
Court refusing to grant the injunction
asked. Chief Justice Cartier and one
other Judge disseuted.
The horses in Montreal are suffer
ing from small -pox. They we're SINH
larly affected in 1877, but the disease
is more prevalent now. It is not fatal,
and when communicated to man has
no more disastrous effect than the
ordinary vaccination from COW virus.
The Senate Of Louisiana on Thurs
day adopted a resolution expelling
Senators Cohen, Demas, Semmes and
Stewart, the signers Of the Kellogg
memorial, and declaring them in con
tempt. The Sergeant-at-arms was di-
rected to keep them in custody Until
further orders.
The State Agricultural Society Of
Pennsylvania has decided to hold the
State Fair in the Permanent Exhibi-
ton Building from the 9th to the 18th
Of September, to be followed by the
Sheep Show. which will close on Sep
tember 25th. They will offer premi-
ums aggregating $4,000
The labor troubles in St Louis are
increasing. The wagon makers, cabi-
net makers, brass fnishers, mouldersi
and wood carvers are on strike. The
teanlsters, painters, tanners, stone cut
tiers, tobacco rollers, stone masons!
store porters, pressmen, varnlshers and
iourneymen tallors are organizing to
strike for higher wages.
Hayward's stables at Newport, X
T., we're destroyed by fire on Sunday
morning, with twenty carriages, eight
horses, two ponies and several other
animals. The body Of John Shay,
who was trying to get horses out q
the stable when the fire broke out
was found in the ruins. The owner Of
the stables thinks they were set On
FIRE