Middletown transcript., 1870-06-18
LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS.

AnnudI Meeting, held at the Hotel Of William r,
Chance, IN the cilldge Of Odessa, June lld, 1870.
dstottoscs, Ciz
On motion of d. Corbit, committee of five
members were appointed by the President, II
Whitock, 10 report to this meeting some plan by
which this Association remedy the great
grievance we the members continue to suffer by
the non-return of our empty peach baskets and
crates, sent with fruit TO the Philadelphia market
whereupon Daniel Corbit, David Stewart, NJ. d.
Henry II. Appleton, Edward G. Fenimore, and
John Z: Corbit, were appointed said committee,
wno aitcr que delloeration, reported as follows:
nheTeds Every plan and agreement this Asso-
citation has heretofore adopted, to insure the re-
turn OF empty baskets and crates has not only
proved to have been signal failure entaling
great and serious loss TO the growers of fruit sent
to the Philadelphia market, and which grievance
and gross injustice has become yearly more and
more aggravated.
| Be it therefore Rcsolred That we the members
of The Fruit Growers Association of Delaware
and Maryland" do, now, hereby pledge our
selves, each to the other, that hereafter, we will
IN every instance, hold our respective statesmen
responsible Tor the return TO each of MS respective
~, our identical empty peach baskets and crates
believing this to be the most effectual and simple
method to remedy this great, and still growing
evil, and for every empty basket or crate not re-
turned to us, the owners thereof, by the 1st day
of November in each and every year hereafter,
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spective statesmen responsible to pay to their re-
| spective employers 25 cents for each basket and
20 cents for each crate not so returned rs afore-
said.
The above report was, on motion of John Whit
by, adopted unanimously, by the Association,
and the secretary instructed to have two hundred
copies OF the resolution and report printed, and
| two copies thereof sent to each member of the
Association, and report its doings thereon, to the
next meeting. H. WHlTOCK, PREs'T.
JOSEPH w. VANDEGRIFT, Sec.
| DELAWARE CoLLEGE.-'The Trustees of this in
stitution at a recent meeting, completed the or
ganlzation of the College, by the election of the
Faculty and final adoption of the " Plan of Gov
| ernment and Instruction" The Faculty is now
constituted as follows Hon. William H. Pur-
nell, A. NJ. President, and Professor of Mental
and Moral Philosophy Edward D. Porter A
NJ. Professor of Practical Agriculture and Nation
al Sciences; William d. Mackey, A. NJ. Profess
or OF Mathematics and Ancient Languages Chas.
L. Williams, A. NJ. Professor of Chemistry-pure
and applied: Jules Macheret, Professor of Mod
ern Languages and Military Tactics. All these
gentlemen have signifed their acceptaton, and
the College will be opened for the reception of
students on the l4th of September, 1910. The
commencement exercises, consisting of the Alum
nj Oraton, inauguration of President and hcul-
ty, comforting of Degrees and the Masters Ora
ton, will take place Wednesday, July 9th.
1870, at O'Clock, p. NJ. Delaware College is
once more thoroughly organized, and on a more
permanent basis than ever before. Its buildings
and grounds are in complete order-it has a yes-
ted fund of probably 800, O00,-libraries of 49,
600 volumes, splendid collection of philosoph-
cal apparatus-and finally faculty thoroughly |
quaiihed for their respective positions.
The OLD Folks CONCERT, which was received |
win such enthusiastic applause the evening
OF the 9Th inst. is to be repeated, by request. on
the 9th of July next. See announcement in
another column. The best part of the former pro-
gramme will be repeated, and several new selec-
tons will be introduced. 1t is confidently ex-
peeled That the attendance will be even greater
at the next concert than it was at the first The
unbounded success of the former concert has led
TO the request that it be repeated, many persons
who did not attend the first being anxious to
have an opportunity to be present; and all who ,
attended the first concert, will doubtless attend
again.
VALUABLE Cow.-Mr. Wm. Brady, of this vi
clnlty has thoroughbred Durham cow four
years old, from which was made in one week. |
sixteen pounds of butter. Mr.. Brady challenges
Delaware or Maryland to belt it if they can. This
cow was brought in from the West by Messrs.
McCracken Mcdowell, and was sold to Mr. I
Brady, at McCracken's sale, last winter, for the |
sum OF Sl6O. He would not, now, take $500 for r
her If there is COW in Delaware or MARYLAND, c
that can beat this yield of butter, the public
would like to know it. '
VIM. II. Wanser, the ''Peach King" of New
ork, visited Mddetown on Wednesday last
and took the evening train for the lower bart Of I
Inc state. lie is looking around among the Del
aware peach orchards and making his own esti-
mate OF the growing crop, preparatory to going l
more heavily into the market than he has vet ,
done. His freight bill, alone, on peaches last sea-
son, was S7o 900, $22, 900 of which was for Mid
dletown.
A NEW FRUIT TREE PRUNER.-We were shown
TINS new invention on Thursday, at the ware
mouse OF II. T. Evans. 1t was invented by Hen
ry W Back, of Cecton, and Nessrs Evans and |
Black have applied for patent for the same, and
Will nave the implement on sale by the time the
pruning season rolls around. 1t is one of the
completest and most handy pruners we have vet
seen and seems to be the very thing for the fruit
orchard. NV
:, NEW CANEiNG EsTABLIsHNENT.--M John T.
Ford, of st. Michaels, Talbot county Md is
erecting Canning Establishment fortv Fl lonr
ana ana TWO stories high, and expects to put up So
0OO cans OF fruit this season. We were in homes
MA some one would engage in this business in
hluuetoWn, but as yet no move has been made
,,"s vUmaius H. Mr. FORD has heretofore been quite
successful in the canning business.
REUNION JUBLEE.-A grand reunion iubilee
wa, was neld IN Wilmington last week by the Pres
pyterlan Churches. On Tuesday afternoon tbe |
children of eight sunday schools paraded to In
sll'ute % Hall where singing and addresses took
Piace' In The evening all the choirs united in
singing 81 and addresses were made by number
OF Presbyterian minister's and by Rev. Mr.. Cook
man, of Grace NJ. f. Church.
=, The CLAYTON PROPERTY CLArM.-Tbe limited
otates Circuit Court for this State sits in VIII
.hlngton next Tuesday, when the case of Whor-
lenoy VS.. Dr. William Daniel, Mason Bailey. and
ta;"a o.hers comes up for trial. Whortenby has re-
ullnea 1 !. Messrs Bayard and Whitley as counsel
iu tile ueience nave secured the services of Hon
heverdy Johnson of Baltimore. The cause will
excite not only local but general interest.
Smyrna CRcuIr CAMp.-The tent drawing for
smyrna Circuit Camp took place on Saturday
lasn, when thirty-two sites were taken. There
VIII De a committee on the ground every Satur-
gay afternoon from to o clock to point out
Wc 1cau0hs Tor tents. The bread stand was let to
Mr. Silcox; the horse-pound to Mr.. Warren and
o'ie OF the boarding tents to Mr. Ingram, Other
lettings will he sold tn- WI