Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21
THE NEWS.

OeOFge w. OneTman, pTOuiInCub
Freemason, died in Albany, n. T., on
Monday, Of consumption.
Edith Gillian. colored. native Of
Sussex county, Va, died in Phila., on
Wednesday, aged 115 years.
Hiram P. Allen, respected citizen
Of Sandwich, ILL.,, was murdered by
two burglars, who broke into his house,
on Sunday morning.
The smallpox in the District Of
Columbia is reported to be abating.
The whole number Of deaths since the
appearance Of the disease has been
only fifteen.
At the Philadelphia Exchange, on
Tuesday, a considerable amount Of the
coal lands situate on Broad Top Mount
ain, Huntingdon and Bedford counties,
was sold at $40 per acre.
Thomas F. Phillips, retired mer-
chant, partially paralysed, was CARROT
t. 1 and robbed in Thompson street.
n v York, Ey three colored women,
Tuesday night. The women we're after
wards arrested.
Louis Marburg, aged 38 years, Of
tie firm Of Marburg Brothers, tobacco
manufacturers, Of Baltimore, was found
dead at Homewood Park, near that
city, Tuesday morning, with two bullet
holes in his head, and a pistol lying by
his side.
A telegram from Halifax reports
that the wife Of Adam Murray, living
near New Glasgow, N. s., has given
birth to five children, three girls and
two boys; that all are finely developed
infants, and that at last accounts all
we're doing we'll.
While the Louisiana House of Rep
resentatiVes was in session, on Tuesday,
a pistol fell from Speaker Ogden's
pocket and was discharged, but no one
was injured. Wednesday the District
Attorney fled information against
Ogden tor ca .rying concealed weapons.
Three men broke into the post-office
at Norristown, Pa, early Wednesday
morning, and attempted to blow open
the safe. They we're discovered BY the
private watchman, who was tired at by
one Of the burglars. The fire was re-
turned and the burglars fed, leaving
their tools.
In response to q resolution Of the
Virginia House Of Delegates, the new
Auditor Of Public Accounts on We'd
nesday submitted to that body a re-
port Of the condition of the county and
city treasures throughout the State.
The report shows delinqueucies during
the last eight years amounting to
1891, 900.
In the n Y. House Of Representa-
tives a resolution has been offered by
Mr.. Gwinup, Of Warren county, de-
claring against third term, and in
structing New York's Senators and
Representatives in Congress to support
a Constitutional amendment limiting
the occupancy Of the Presidential
office by any one person to two terms.
For the last two years, trains on the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
have been fired at by an unknown
person, just after dark uear Caddo, in
the Indian Territory. Several rail-
road employees have been wounded by
the shots at different times. On Fri
day, U. S. Marshal Ayres caught
rufian, named Meyers, in the act Of
firing on the train. Meyers shot at
the Marshal fourteen times before he
was secured
The engineers employed by NJ. de
Lesseps ID surveying the route Of the
proposed canal across the Isthmds Of
Darien, have unanimously reported in
favor Of level canal, and estimate
the cost at $168,6OO000. The report
was published in Colon, Oh Saturday.
DE- Lesseps will issue q circular invit-
ing American subscriptions for half
the amount needed. The work is to
occupy eight years. The tolls are
fixed at about So per ton.
The house Of Levi Lane, at Balm
bridge, ID Lancaster county, Pa, was
opend BY the neighbors on Saturday
evening, and Lanes wife and two Of
his children, ali infant and a five year
old girl, were found murdered, Lane
himself being dead from the effects Of
poison administered BY himself. A
three-year-old boy was living, with
his feet and legs badly frozen Jeal-
ousy and intemperance are assigned a.
the causes Of the horrible tragedy.
a despatch TO Reuters Telegram
Company, from St. Petersburg, says
there has been an abortive attempt |
made to kill the Imperial family by
laying a mine in the Winter Palace
Five soldiers were killed and thirty
FIVE wounded. The mine was laid
under the guard-room, which is i'm
mediateIy under the dining ball.
Owing to accidental delay, the In
perial family had not entered the lat
ter at the usual time. The explosion
made hole in the floor Of the dining
hall ten feet long and six wide.
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