Middletown transcript., 1892-08-25
General News in Brief.

: simmons and James Hall on September
Sth.
, The steamer City of Now York broke
the east-bonnd record, crossing the
ocean in 5 days, 10 hours and 81
minutes.
Fearing motherhood, fourteen-year-
old Mrs. Lulu Yost of Newark, N. j.,
soaked the heads of matches in water
and drank the solution. She is dead.
The Order of The Iron Hall passed
into the hands of receiver Tuesday
afternoon. James +. Failey of Phila-
delphia, was the receiver appointed,
and his bond placed at $3.50, 900.
Ex-Governor Myron H. Clark, of
New York, died Tuesday morning,
aged S6>years. E. Louis Lowe, at one
time chief executive Of Maryland, also
died Tuesday. He was 72 years old.
Prof. John Loris of this country has
accepted the challenge of G. H. Fowler,
of Berlin, Germany, to shoot with
either rife or revolver for 81, 900 and
the championship of the world.
The steamer Colchester, formerly
the Samuel M. FELTON,, which was
caught on the rocks off Norwalk, Conn.
has been foated. She was damaged to
the extent of about $4,000.
William Dunbar sat on his brother
Joseph's hat, at Chester, Pa. Satur- |
day night. A quarrel ensued, in the
course of which William shot his |
brother though the thigh, infiicting
serious injury.
Joseph Peterson has resigned his
position as cashier of the Chestertown
Nd, National Bank, which he has
held since June, 1878, on account of
| ill-health.
Adolph Doerer, the principal butch
er of Homestead. Pa, has been sue
cessfully boycotted by the strikers be-
cause he saw fit to sell to The nom
unionists. He will lose business of
$40, 900 year.
, The coming political campaign will
be an educational one. Forty news
papers have joined in an effort to re-
deem the Western States, and several
thousand dollars has been subscribed
to supply campaign literature.
A cloudburst took place at Roanoke,
Va, Tuesday, causing 500, 900 damage
in twenty minutes. One man fell into
sewer and was drowned. and two
other lives are believed to have been
lost.
The strike of the switchmen at Buff
falo was officially declared off by Grand
master Sweeney, after it was made evil
dent that he would get no aid from the
other orders of railway employees.
The Tennessee Board of Prison In
spectors yesterday decided to return
the convicts to the coal mines. Over
one hundred rioters have already con- /
fessed their crime.
Convict Charles Vincent, doing Is
years. sentence, was killed about l
O'Clock Sunday morning, at Sing Sing
prison, as, with Convict Thomas
Welsh, serving 10 years, he was making
desperate dash for liberty.
Many deaths from cholera occurred
yesterday in Antwerp and Hamburg,
and precautionary measures have now
been taken by almost every European
government. In Russia every garrison
is affected, and in Persia the scourge
still RACES with unabated fury.
Miss Emma Lawrence of Frankford.
Pa, left $1,000 on the seat of horse car
on June 20 th, last. Detectives arrested | :
E. W. Thompson of Trenton, few
days ago, on the charge of steeling the
money, and 5000 was recovered. Thomp-I
sons father made good the balance.
Minnie Seligman, a divorced New
York actress, was married to Robert
Livingstone Cutting, Jr., son of New
! ork millionaire, a few days ago.
The couple met at the same hotel in
Long Branch, and the dding fol-
lowed shortly.
Because he wanted boy and his
wife had given birth to girl, Carl =
Axleson of New York, went on a pro-
longed spree to drown his disappoint-
ment. 1t proved too much for him, y
however, and he committed suicide by h
taking poison.
Eugene Bunch, notorious train s
'obber and outlaw, was shot down by a
detectives in Louisiana swamp on n
August 21st. He had stolen nearly :
>ne hundred thousand dollars from the .
'ailroad companies, and was more dam
,erous and daring than Rube Burrows.
lie preferred death to arrest.
John Lenaham and Patrick Calphin
- w AihOobnL1Os IOuSuG LUZ JL0
land of Theresa Morris, few nights
go. The young lady's brother who :,
it decided it unfair, although
1enahan won, and now they have one
more chance. The young lady will
marry the victor.
Information having been received d
" the State and Treasury Departments,
hat cholera has broken out at Ham.
urg and Havre, strict orders were II
ssued to the Custom and Health offic-
ais at the ports of entry to carefully
inspect all immigrants and to disinfect
heir baggage.
Judge Levin T. II. Irving, aged 65,
t the Court of Appeals of Maryland,
led at his home at Princess Anne,
ID, Tuesday night. He was over
ONE by the heat two weeks ago and
ever recovered. In 1867 he was elect j.
! an Associate Judge on the Maryland ST
ench, and in 1880 was elected Chief O
udge of his circuit. -
The quarantine officials at New York
i'll detain all vessels from cholera in &c
'cted ports and subject them to a thor
ugh examination. The fever ship is
$50 being prepared for hospital use. ~
o rags can be landed at Boston with
1T examination, and all emigrants are
lspected and in some cases washed (
nd their clothes disinfected.
Samuel Clausen of Philadelphia, has
,ne to court to assert his right as
Ener of two-third's interest in the -
Gamer Richard Stockton, to manage
I'd superintend the running of the
'at. The Central Steamboat Com
my was known as the owners of the
Gamer, but Clausen was a two
ird's owner. The other stockholders
ny Clausen's right to collect money
manage the boat, and it is claimed
g appropriating the receipts to their
Vn use. The court is, therefore,
ked to appoint a receiver to take
arge of the business, to order an ac-
unit and to issue an injunction re-
aiming the. defendants from collect
: any of the company's debts or dis
sing of the property. The steamer
W runs from Philadelphia to Angus
le Pier,