Middletown transcript., 1870-04-23

John U. Morrison, New Castle Hundred,
]. Addison Aspril, Red Lion Hundred,
William A. Cleaver, st. Georges Hundred,
John F. Stats, APPOINTMENTS Hundred.
List Of the Grand Jurors drawn for the year
1870:
John Husbands, Brandywine Hundred
Joseph G. Seeds, Wilmington Hundred,
James FL. Hoffecker, Christana Hundred,
Stephen Mitchell, Mill Creek Hundred,
William H. Brooks, White Clay Creek Hid.
Calvin Jones, Pencader Hundred
George 2. Tybout, New Castle Hundred,
A. NJ. Biddle, Red Lion Hundred
Daniel Corbit, st. Georges Hundred,
Nehemiah Davis, Appoquinimink Hundred,
Lewis b. Harvey, Brandywine Hundred,
Francis Barry, Wilmington Hundred,
James Armstrong, Christiana Hundred,
William Haylett, Mill Greek Hundred
Samuel G. Finley, White Clay Creek Hundred,
William Slack, Pencader Hundred,
John Diehl, New Castle Hundred,
William ID. Clark, Red Lion Hundred,
Jonathan X. Williams, ST. Georges Hundred,
James kanely, Appoquinimink Hundred,
John Ferris, Wilmington Hundred,
| Alexander Il. Dixon, Christiana Hundred
| John r. Boyd, ST. Georges Hundred,
Theodore f. Perry, AppUquinimink Hundred,
| TREASURE FouND.-Whilst some boys were
playing iran old store-house at Cannon's Ferry
one day last week, one of them found in an old
| desk bundle of bank notes. He did not regard
|
piece. Some one who knew the value of bank
notes, got hold of one of them and it was brought
to the knowledge of the heirs of Jacob Cannon
and upon investigation it was found that the
bank notes had probably been in that desk for
twenty-five years. and were doubtless put there
| by Mr.. Cannon short time before his death
| AS near as can be ascertained there were about
! eight hundred dollars in bank notes on the Far
mer's Bank Of Baltimore. Some of the money
has been recovered, but it is not likely that all
| of it will ever be. Mr.. Cannon was a wealthy
| merchant of Cannon's Ferry; and was shot by A
desperate fellow Owens Day, about TWENTY-FIVE
years ago. The old desk has not been in use
since his death.-Sassez Journal
FROM NEW CAsTLE-A correspondent saws -
The Masons, Odd Fellows, and knights of Pyth-
las, are going to build Hall at the cost of about
$50, 600. The laying of the water pipe is nearly
completed; we expect to have good water about
July. The cost will be from sixty to seventy
thousand dollars. We have some live men in
this place; we are going ahead, and the notion
of walling in the town is given up. Court will
be in session soon, and Justice will elevate her
well-poised scales. The whipping-post will again
be brought into requisition, and maudling senti-
mentalists will melt again the fact that Del
aware "barbarity, as of old, prepares ''strpes
for the FOOLS back" preferring this Cheap mode
OF furnishing her convicts, to the expensive peni.
tentlary systems of some other States.
v.
is an expression which is used fguratvely to
characterize the most unstable persons, the un.
settled state of the weather. at this season, ren.
dering the figure very apt one. On FRIDAY
morning, OF last week, the thermometer rose tc
80; at night overcoats and fires were indisnen,
sable. On Sunday evening we had the first Gus
OF the season. On Monday and Tuesday a chill
atmosphere with showers of hail and rain. Wed
uesday morning, hoar frost, and ice as thick a
: silver dollar. The peach orchards in full
bloom, and opinion divided as to whether tn
peach buds would be inuriousy affected or not
r Since then the weather has been more settled
The LYcEUM.--The principle of free trade wa
, endorsed by the decision of the Lyceum on Mon
day evening last, after very spirited debate @
the principles OF free trade. AT the next meet
ing the following question will be discussed =
''Does the world grow wiser and better as
: grows olderF' The next meeting will be tn
last before the recess, which extends from th
lst OF May TO the LIST of October The Lyceun
has been well sustained since its organization, an
= has been a source of entertainment as well as @
u intellectual advancement. On next Monday eve
n ming it will adjourn for the summer recess an
Will come together again, in the fall, with a ne,
> zest, heightened by its five months vacation.
New DEPoT.-We are pleased to state that III
Railroad Company are about to erect fine d,
g pot at this place, on the site where Smiths re,
: taurant stood, which has been removed to max
It room for the new building. 1t is to be 30 fe,
- wide by 10 feet in length, with a two story dive
= ling in the rear, and will cost, it is estimate,
Il about SIS, 900.
l. Mr. BARLEY, of Philadelphia, is burning, tn
season. for Martin E. Walker, Esq. on his far
& near this town, 600,0 bricks. The clay is
n very hne quality. Eight hands are at presei
employed. Mr.. Walker will use about loo, OF
6 of them, this summer in building a dweliir
m house upon his farm.
le J. B. Fenimore & Co. of this town. have mn
chased the right for New Castle county, for Il
9, manufacture and sale of Smiths Extension ST
re and Fruit Ladder, which they will commen
manufacturing in a short time. 1t is said to
CT the best Fruit Ladder yet introduced
re The peach orchards are now in bloom, and 4
o. buds betray the presence of many natural fru
trees, in the young orchards, it is said. Nurs
D. rymen who have been thus careless in buddin
will sell fewer trees, unless they are more part
. ular.
negro woman named Harriet Hutt, was r,
n over by the freight train, yesterday morning,
n st. AIMS crossing, and had both legs cut o
=. She was drunk the night before, and is suppos
TN to have fallen upon the track and gone to slee
:" Messrs Albert and Lewis Pennington, we Il
es derstand, have purchased the Peninsula Machi
p Works of Messrs. Scowdrick and Ingram in ii
tn town, and will open them for business in ft
n days.
n The public school at Warwick, had an exhi
an uon on wednesday evening last. The exerc
10 were very creditable to the pupils, and lar
nc audience was presenti also the Amphions.
W Rev. Whittingham D. Mitchell, Mrs. L.
ct Hebb, and Mrs. s. S. Maffit and daughter,
IA Elkton, are all at the Hibernia House. on the {
Id Johns River, Florida.
Die An election for eight Directors of the X,
ut county Rail Road Company, will be held at
- Court House in Chestertown on Monday. 9th
May.
81 Michael Carroll, an Irishman of this town, v
;r taken to the insaae asylum, at the Aims House
III this county, on Monday last.
aI a strawberry festival in June, is talked of
eel the directory in aid of the Library ASSOCIATE
of of this town.
I'm Wheat is selling for 81 80 per bushel, he
er and Corn 81 II, only l3 cents difference
=, tween them.
l. After the lst Of May our Stores will close a
i,e' o'clock, p. m. instead of 8, as heretofore.