Middletown transcript., 1897-04-10
CURRENT EVENTS.

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The New Jersey man who died recently
at the age of 105. did not get married unit
he was 75.
The steamship Orinoco, From Bermuda,
brought nearly 1000 Easter lilies to New
York one day this week. 1t was the first
consignment Of the season.
The steamer City of Everett will sail from
San Francisco in few days with cargo
of corn contributed by Western farmers for
the starving natives of India p
It is estimated that between 10000 and
so 900 persons have had their property. de-
stroyed and their business suspended by
the recent floods in the Mississippi Valley,
The Methodist ministers of Chicago have
refused to sanction day of prayer and
fasting for the famine sufferers in India on
the ground that contributions of money
and corn would be much more to the pur-
pose.
Parson: Do you take this woman for bet
ter or worse2 Rube Bridegroom: Wa'al,
swow, parson, now you've got me; her
folks think Pm takin' her for better, an
my folks think I'm takin' her fer worse.
Mr.. Chauncey NJ. Depew is still confined
to his home suffering from the grip and an
irritated eye. He has had more sickness
in the course Of the winter and spring than
he has had all his life before, but no fear of
physical breakdown is felt.
Vermont is reveling i'll the most wonder
full maple sugar season ever known. Be-
tween prices of sugar and syrup and phe-
nomenal flows of sap the Green Mountain
grocery barrer man will have cheerful
and inventive time.
The Governor of Arkansas has appointed
two women notanes public. The Governor
of Missouri has declared every Office in the
State open to women, unless they are spec
tally debarred by statute. Alabama has
made women eligible as county superin-
tends of schools.
Mr.. Geyeland's eldest daughter, Ruth,
can now drive about Princeton in pretty
dog cart drawn by Shetland pony. The
pony's name is Dot,and cart and pony were
presented to Miss Ruth by her friend, Miss
Helen Savage, daughter of ex-Assembly-
man E. 8. Savage, of Railway.
The White House Electrician is Garret
A; Hobart, Jr. the 12-year old son of the
vice president. This young man fitted up
his fathers house with electric bells, and
rigged up other devices, whereby thecook
can light the kitchen fire from her bed
by pressing button. Now the president
is letting him try his skill on the White
House. .---t'>
This is how the lower house of the Mis-
souri, Legislature enjoyed itself the other
day: zone moment the members sat like
judges; the next moment they resolved
themselves into religious meeting, singing
Gospel hymns; then roars of laughter and
volleys of jests broke forth, leaving the
Speaker utterly helpless in his efforts to re-
store order. For fully three hours this
continued, serving as rare entertainment
to the gallery and lobby. which were crowd
ed to overfowing."
Susie F. Swift, one of the best known
among the brigadiers Of the Saliva
ton Army, has announced her conversion
to the Catholic Church. It is understood
that this was brought about through the
influence of Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, with
whom Miss Swift became acquainted in the
course of her work among the poor in New
York city. The announcement of Miss
swift's acticn is made in the War Cry, the
official organ of the Salvation Army.