Middletown transcript., 1870-10-29
LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS.

MEETING OF THE FRUIT GowER's ASSOCIATION.
The Delawarean of Saturday says The Associa-
ton met in the State House, Dover, on Tuesday
| last at oclock, p. NJ. the President in the chair
The reading of the minutes of the last meeting
was dispensed with.
| On motion, the Association went into an cleo
tion for officers for the ensuing year and the fol-
| lowing gentlemen were unanimously elected:
PreSident-John p. Cochran, New Castle co.
wee Presidents-lienry Ridgely, Geo. w. Cum
Minis, Kent.
Secrctary-J Alexander Fulton, Kent.
TredSurer-Henry Todd.
On motion, the Secretary was authorized to
publish notices of all future meetings in all the
papers in the State, except where there is more
| than one published at the same office. and in
such case in the weekly edition only.
On motion, the Association elected the follow
ing gentlemen members of the Executive Com
mittee:
Kent county-IIenry Ridgely, Chairman II.
Todd; New Castle county-Samuel Townsend
Serick l. Shalcross; Kent county, Md.-Robert
S. Griffith
On motion, the subject of drawbacks and num-
Der OF peaches shipped over the Philadelphia
| Wilmington and Baltimore and Camden and
Amboy Railroad was referred to the Executive
Committee, with power to act in the premises.
The following amendments were proposed to
the constitution: Art. l, Sec. l.-Strike out at
the end of the section the words q like amount"
anu insert one uoilar. Art. 3, Sec. 5.-Strike
out this section entirely.
Adjourned to the third Tuesday, (2Oth) of
December next, at o'clock, P. M
JOHN 2. COCHRAN, President.
j. Alerander FaAon Secretary
List OF PETIT JuRoRs-drawn for the Novem-
Der Term of the New Castle County Court =
Brandywine Hundred, George L. Cloud, Francis
petltdemange, Esau s. Perkins; Wilmington Hd.
Henry Evans, Samuel Murphey, Edward L. Rice
| in A (.I..
erty, w. G. Derrickson Mill Creek Hid. John
Armstrong, George Pierson, John Ball. White
| Clay Creek Ed. Joel Thompson, Chas H. Groves.
Hiram Moore; Pencader Hd Jacob Collins Jas.
A. Benson, Jesse Boulden; New Castle Hd Thos,
White, George Bartholomew, Alexander Biggs;
Red Lion Hid. james Montgomery, w. II. H.
Clark, Edward Reybold st. Georges lid. Jo-
seph II. Walker, J. NJ. Cox james Garman; Alp
poqulnimink Hid. Isaac Stats, Jr. a. s. Naudain.
John W. Denny.
man from Philadelphia calling himself Dr.
Rodgers, vender of pills and " magnetic oil u
for which medical virtue is claimed took a bug
gy, on Monday afternoon last and mounting in
to 1t with Chinese gong drove through the
streets end gave proclamation of 'sfree lecture,
on the laws of health his gong attracting public
attention as he went. At night u blazing fam
beau attached TO a small stand was erected in
the street. and mounting chair, his mouthing
and vending his ware commenced, but his trade
There are so many itinerant vendors of small
ware travelling through the country, that the
crowds which gather around these wordy bab-
blers are less gullible than formerly.
MAMMOTH SWEET ENTHUSIASTICALLY in no.
uclng some mammoth sweet potatoes grown in
different parts of this peninsula, we Welded the
palm to Talbot, for producing the largest; but
we must now claim the honor for New Castle
county, she having excelled all the rest, The
largest potato heretofore mentioned was that
grown in Talbot, near st. Mchaels, which weigh
ed 81 lbs. Two potatoes were brought to this
office on Wednesday last, grown by Mr.. William
Bennett, Delaware City, one of which weighed
lbs ID ounces, and the other lbs. ounces
Can any one beat that? New Castle county is
ahead of all competition in the growth of mon
ster potatoes. Albert ]. LYMAN of Christiana
Hundred, deserves the premium for raising the
largest sweet potatoes that we have heard Of the
present season, one weighing lo4 pounds.
STOLEN Horse RECOVERED. D.-Capt Samuel PEN
ington recovered his bay mare, on Tuesday last
which was stolen out of his pasture, a week or
Two since. She was found estray, near Frederick,
Del and taken up by gentleman in that vicini-
w. She was stolen by negro man, who after
riding her in various directions, proceeded to-
wards Frederica There he laid down on the
roadside and went to sleep, after hitching the
mare to the fence, and the mare either slipped
her bride or broke it, and thus got loose when
&C.
stored her to the owner. The thief was seen but
made good his escape.
| The new depot is about finished, and will he
occupied, after the first of November 1t is one
| of the most complete and conveniently arranped
| station houses ON the road. The furniture for
| the ladies' department came down few days
ago. 1t is the intention of the Company to fill
| up all the depressons near the station SO as to
| shut off the water from the road The Company
tn tha1
casioned by gangs of noisy'boys who assemble
at the depot at night. Offenders will be arrested
and sent to New Castle, as the Company are de-
termned to protect passengers from such annoy
| ance
On Wednesday night, of last week. Capt. Ben
lamln Walnsley, of Fredericktown, Sassafras
Neck, Md. was informed, after his store was clos
ed, hat there was light inside it. Procuring
the assistance of two neighbors, he and they arm
ed themselves and proceeded to the store They
| found that parties inside and summoned
them TO surrender. Two of them did SO, and the
other attempted to escape. lie was shot .and
wounded so that he will probably die. His name
is Russell. The names of the other two were
Spencer and Brown. All are colored men.
| The Alleghanians or Swiss Bell Ringers, had
beneht at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening
last, Notwithstanding the Circus of Madigan l.
| 20. exhibited the same evening. The Hall has
never been so densely packed as it was on that
occasion, and the entertainment afforded the
highest satisfaction to all present. The side
splitting comedy of Mr.. Walter Field the novel
music of the bells; but above all, the sweet har-
mony of the quartet in their exquisite melodies,
ravished every listening ear
FmE.-About o'clock on Thursday mornino
our citizens were aroused from their slumbers by
the cry of fire. 1t proved to be the house occupied
by Frederick Heffner, belonging 10 Mr. Levi Ry-
an. The weatherboarding was on fire, and as
there had been no fire in the room it is supposed
10 nave been set afire by some evil disposed per-
son. The fire was discovered before it got fairly
under way, and was easily extinguished
m Madlgan 4 Co.'s Circus exhibited hore on
Thursday. The number in attendance was small
but the performance was good. Dan Gardner was
as happy as ever, and the yaulting was hard 10
excel Among their most brilliant and astonish-
ing feats, were somersets over nine horses, and
one of the company threw double somerset