Middletown transcript., 1869-08-07

The New RAILROAD FROM MILLINaToN
TO TOWNSEND first train of cars
left Millington, August 5th, at 12.45
p. M. at which point and time passengers
will leave going North. For the present
the passenger car will be attached to the
freight train. The cars which leave Mil
lington at 12.45 P. NJ. will also leave
Massey's Cross Roads at / 1.25 P. M. and
Vandykes at 2 p. M. arriving at Towns
end at 2.20 P. NJ. in time to connect with
the passenger train going North. The
road bids fair to do great business, as
the first train brought to Townsend six
car loads Of Peaches for New York; con-
signed to L. g. Norris and others.
Should nothing happen the Peach crop,
at least loo, 900 baskets, will be freighted
over this road to Townsend, which would
otherwise have found their way to the
waters of Sassafras and Chester rivers.
Great praise is due to the Delaware Rail
Road Company and the Queen Anne's
and Kent r. r. Co. in opening this fine
section of country to trade and travel by
Rail Road.
RARE SPORT. Fishing in the ST.
Augustine creek, and Beech-bird shooting
on the St. Augustine marsh. A party Of
three gentlemen went out from the Pier
House, few days since, with hook and
line, and took 460 white perch in few
hours. Beech-birds are very numerous
and very fat The tinkle of the Reed
bird is also beginning to be heard in the
Delaware marshes. The wild oats, their
favorite food, is rank and luxuriant.
MAN DRowNED.-John Mccormick, a
young man living at the Pine Tree, near
Odessa, was drowned on Sunday afternoon
at Long Bridge, on the Collins Beach
road. He was fishing, in company with
three or four others, and his hook caught,
for which he was swimming in the water,
trying to extricate it, but was taken under
by the eddy. The body was recovered on
Monday.
CHANGE OF COMMANDER. Lieut.. Frank
Barr, U. S. N, recently in command of
the revenue cutter Miami, has been detach-
ed, and placed on waiting orders, and
Capt John NJ. Jones has taken command
in his place. The latter is an old Della
warean, and formerly a resident of Will
mington. The Miami is ordered to lie off
Reedy Island, for the present
FIRE AT PoRT PENN.-A fire broke out
in small house occupied by negro fam
lily, at Port Penn on Tuesday evening last,
which destroyed one or two tenements and
a stable. The fire originated from pipe
vi;' cigar which black boy had been smok-
ing.
The axle of an overloaded freight car,
containing peaches and watermelons, broke
down, near this town, on Tuesday last.
They managed to get it to this station,
where the cargo was transferred to anoth-
er car and forwarded to its destination.
Mr.. @. G. Foster of Odessa, we under
stand, has received a reissue of his patent
from the Patent Office in Washington,
thoroughly covering and protecting his
rights to his improved Phosphate Attach
ment.
A pear tree twig, thirteen inches long,
bearing twenty pears, was brought to our
office on Thursday. 1t was from tree
on the premises of Capt. Edward Wood
all, near Galena, Kent county, Md.
Levi b. Moore, Sheriff of this county
in 1860, 81, died at his residence in Mil
Creek Hundred on Thursday last. He
was quite an elderly man, and has been
sick for some time.
Mr.. Daniel Corbit and son, of Odessa
will have about 100, 900 baskets of peach
es Mr.. Serick +. Shallcross, and sons
will also have about 100, 600 baskets.
Thirty-six peach cars passed over thu
Delaware road on Monday night; % fol
New York and s for Philadelphia.
AT the last monthly meeting Building
Loan funds brought an average premium
of 26 per cent.