Middletown transcript., 1869-09-11
LOCAL AFEAIRs.

the Town hall, his horse and carriage came in
contact with the horse and carriage of DR.. VIM.
II. Barr, when the horses, carriages and drivers
were piled up together in promscuous heap.
DR.. Barr was buried beneath the wreck, but
strange to say neither he nor Mr.. Hukil sustained
any serious personal injury. The Doctors car
riage was completely demolished and both shafts
of Mr.. Hukil's carriage were broken. His horse
struck Dr. Barr's carriage about the dasher, and
fell the Doctors horse was disengagcd from the
carriage by the accident and sustained no injury.
DR.. Barr was found lying partly under Mr.. HUI
kills horse, but was soon disengaged, the horse
being turned over from the wreck sprang to his
feet, and permitted the Doctor to be extricated
from his sudden and unexpected duresse. IL is
wonder that both gentlemen were not either
MANNED or killed. This accident was caused by
having no lamps to light our streets. Mr.. Hukill
info, ms us that he was driving slowly and turned
aside to avoid a passing wagon, and in doing so
drove against a carriage hitched in front of Mr..
Crouch's residence, which he did not see on ac-
count of the darkness. His shafts and harness
were broken by the collision, and thus caused
his horse to rum as he could not control him with
the broken shafts and harness hanging about
his feet.
THIEvEs.-The offscourngs of the cities have
been lurking around here for some time past,
under pretense of picking peaches. One night
last week, Mr.. VIM. Wilson was knocked down
and relieved of his watch. The house of Miss
Ireland was entered, and the overcoat of Mr.
David Maxwell, which was hanging in the entry,
was carried off. On Friday night, little after
8 O'Clock, the horse and carriage of Mr.. Jacob F.
Shallcross was standing hitched before Walkers
hotel, when negro man deliberately unhitched
the horse from the carriage and without taking
off the gear, jumped the horse and started
under whip, down the street, in full run. Mr.
b. +. kanely, discovered and hailed him, but
the negro was soon out of sight. He gave the
alarm, Immediately and he and Mr.. Shallcross
jumped into Mr.. Kanely's buggy and pursued
the thief. They did not come up with him, how
ever, and after riding all night, were about to
start for Wilmington next morning, when intel
ligence was brought that a horse with carriage
harness on him. was in MIR. Z. r. Cochran's pas
ture. The presumption is, that Ne negro know
ing he was pursued, turned down the railroad to
elude his pursuers, and riding the horse into the
field abandoned him. A bolder trick it has not
been our lot TO record for a long time. These
occurrences should put our citizens on their
guard. Other acts of villainy will no doubt be
attempted.
The Crumptonian makes the following refer
ence to the fight between Dixon and Gillespie, at
| Warwick, Wednesday week. making the
bunder of placing Dixon for Gillespie, as it was
the former who endeavored to use the pistol and
the latter against whom the charge of seduction
is made.
During a horse race at Warwick last Wednes-
| uuy lHe cries Oh muruer T. q snort distance
| from the course attracted the attention Of the
crowd. Some ran to the spot and found Fred
erick Gillespie, son of the proprietor Of the hotel
and Joseph Dixon engaged in struggle. Dixon
had Gillespie grasped tightly round the body,
and Gillespie had pistol, which he held to
Dixon back, vainly endeavoring to cock and
fire. The pistol was taken away and the men
separated. Dixon is charged with seducing Gil
lespes sister, and this is the reason assigned for
| Gillespie endeavoring to kill him.
ST. AUGUSTINE LAYDIYG-Ths landing situ-
ated in st. Georges Hundred, about one half
mile from the Pier House, near Port Penn Del
is now occupied by Mr.. Henry G. Walter, for the
shipment of fruits. His commission is six cents
per basket and is patronzed by the following
peach growers: W. r. vaandegrift3 G. W: Kar-
sner, the Messrs Lord, Mifiin and Hoestein R.
Eaton, G. Hardcastle Shallcross 4 Williams D.
b. Higging, G. Watkins, II. A. Perkins, L. G.
Vandegrift, Townsend and Bouchell H. G. Wal
ter, and Others The daily shipments amount to
over 2000 baskets, principally for the Philadel-
phia market.-Dd. Republican.
We mentioned, week or two since, some very
fine los, Hicked from trees % years old. On
Saturday last, .MIorgan Eldridge, Esq. presented
us basket of Morris Whites, picked from an
orchard in Sassafras Neck, p,,nttd by his father,
nearly reverses the figures above n.ionea.
lacking but one year of 81. This fruit was from
budded trees, and is the greatest instance of lon
geyity of the peach tree with which we have
been made acquainted. We once saw flourish
ing orchard, forty years of age belonging to
Col. VIM. Orrell, of Caroline county, Md. but
it was of natural fruit.
A Steamboat excursion will take place on
| Thursday next the 18th inst. in the steamer
Samuel J. Pentz, from Georgetown, on the Sas-
safras river, to Norfolk leaving Georgetown al
1870, A. NJ. and stopping at Fredericktown
Returning, leave Norfolk at 10, p. NJ, on Friday
tickets for the round trip $500, for a lady and
gentleman S7.50 children half price Meals and
refreshments provided on board at reasonable
rates. This promises to be one of the peasantes
excursions of the season. The Amphions of this
town. have been engaged.
Our acknowledgements are due to Mr.. A. H
Ilushebeck, for basket of very large and fpt
tomatoes. Also to Mr.. Thomas Cavender, for 8
basket of very fine Stump-the-World peaches
and to Mr.. Joseph West for basket of fine
Crawfors Late Mr. j. Henry Hanson has oul
thanks for basket of fine Bermuda Yams, which
!, grow to great perfection in this vicinity.
FATAL AocIDENT.-Michae Macklem, an ole
and respectable resident of Newark, on Frida,
morning attempted to go into the basement of thu
hotel of Phillip Marvel at Newark, when HI
missed his step, and fell down the stairs and dis
placed, or so injured the spinal cord of his neck
that he died on Monday morning. He was in th
6Sth year OF his age.-7Det, Gazette.
Charles Morgan, son of Mr.. James Morgan, o
Wilmington, was acting as fireman on the down
: ward mail train on Monday of which his fathe
was engineer, when he slipped and fell from tn
engine at Dover, bis right arm being caught be
meath the wheels of the locomotive and crushed
He was taken back to Wilmington on the after
noon train, when surgical aid was afforded.
MIDDLETowN ACADEMY Y-Messrs. Hicks an,
, Wood, Principals of this fiourishing Institution
have returned to Mddletown, and the Academ
will be reopened on Monday next, when the fai
term will begin, The last term closed with 4
pupils, and we hope to see the number increase,
o to over hundred,
On Friday week, as Joshua Porter was work
S ing with the threshing machine of R. Marley
, near Newark, the belt flew off and he attempte
to stop the machine, when the wheel bursted
and piece of it struck him on the head wit
S such force as TO fracture the skull and produc
a death in few hours. rs.--Journal g. Statesman.
e The disease which has been SO destructive t
poultry in this region, for several years past,