Middletown transcript., 1870-05-14
LOCAL AND STATE ArEA1Rs.


pin, and Associates Wooten and Houston on the
bench. The names of Jurors were called, when
George u. Tybout was sworn as foreman of the
Grand Jury.
Edward G. Gradford, Jr and Robert G. Fraim
were admitted to practice in the Courts of this
State.
On the first day six persons were convicted of
selling liquor without license, and on Sunday,
and fined accordingly. Five were convicted of
larcency, and sentenced to Imprisonment and
stripes.
William NJ. Wilson, indicted for resisting the
summons of Constable John w. Wright, of APP
poquinimink Hid. was found guilty and fined $50
and costs.
George II. Smith, late assistant keeper of the
Insane Department, of the aims house, indicted
for assault and battery on Barton Palmer and
Charles Clifford, inmates of the same, was found
guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of $40 in
each case, and be imprisoned for each offence
six months.
On Tuesday, five convictions for violating the
license law, and seven for larceny.
James and John Murphey indicted for assault
and battery on Jefferson B. Foard. Guilty and
sentenced to Imprisonment for 10 months and to
pay fine of $500 each.
State vs.. Sarah Jane Crawford, negro girl of
Is years of age, for burning the barn of William
VAIL in st. Georges Hundred, whose servant she
was. The only testimony in this case, was the
confession of the prisoner made to William NJ.
Stuttgart in the office of magistrate. Upon OBJ
lection of Mr.. Rumford, counsel for the prisoner,
that the confession was not entirely voluntary,
the Court in consideration of the tender age of
the prisoner, ruled it out. Sheriff Richardson
testified that the prisoner after arrest made vol
untary confession to him that she had burned
barn, without partcularizing it. Verdict not
guilty.
Faustyn Gabriewitz, Philadelphia picture
broker was convicted on Wednesday of abtain-
inO ndpr fa1c hv cnll
llamiton's picture not painted by that artist.
| series of interesting sermons on the Deca-
| Iogue are in the course of delivery by Rev. DR..
Patton of the Presbyterian Church, in this town.
The third of the course, on the vice of profanity,
so common everywhere was delivered on the lst
instant. The fourth, the sanctity of the Sabbath,
was delivered ON Sunday last the 9Th inst. On
that day. the French people were holding a gen.
eral election, throughout the Empire, on the
| plebiscitum. A whole nation engaged in the dos
ecration of the Lords day. The speaker did not
advert to the fact, but we doubt not it was run
| ming in the minds of some of his auditors. 1t
would have been well for France, if similar SER
mons could have beed preached, on that day, in
all her pupits Instead, however, masses were
said in all the churches, by order of the Empress;
for the success of the pleJiscitum Thus not only
desecrating the Sabbath, but prostituting religion
to the purposes of party And France is po-
| lite refined enlightened Christian ma
| ton II!
hail storm passed over Middle Neck, Bohe-
mia Manor, Chesapeake City, and along the Ca
nal, to Delaware City, on Tuesday afternoon last
| Mr.. Samuel Crawford, in Middle Neck mea-
sured one of the hail stones, after the storm was
over, which measured Ct inches in circumference
| chicken in Mr. Benjamin Crawford S yard was
struck upon the head by hailstone and Instant
| ly killed. The hail extended to the vicinity of
this town, but did no damage of consequence in
this section. A few miles north and cast of this
place, some peaches were shattered off by it, and
| flowers and shrubbery were damaged to some
extent. In Delaware City the storm was heav-
ier and the haistones so large, that after laying
all night they could be gathered up in considera-
BILE quantities next morning. At Woodside
| Small Fruit Nurseries, the residence of Henry
Clayton, Esq. near Mount Pleasant Del. some
four or five hundred panes of glass were broken
out of his hot house, and his strawberry and 9TH
er plants were much cut by the hail. The flow
ers and shrubbery at the residence of Mr.. Samuel
Brady, were beat down. and others suffered more
or less who resided within the track of the storm
Rev. DR.. McCabe, Rector of ST. AIMS, will
make the late Richmond disaster the subject of
his attention, tomorrow morning, and afford the
| congregation an opportunity to contribute to the
relief of the sufferers. Seventy-fve persons lost
their lives by that distressing calamity, and
about three hundred others were wounded. Con-
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principal cities, and the appeal which is to be
made tomorrow, it is believed, will be responded
to in a most liberal manner.
An Old Folks Concert will be given in the
| Town Hall, Smyrna, on next Thursday and Fri
| day evenings. 1t promises to be one of the mo st
entertaining concerts ever given in the town.
| The novelty of the costumes andsthe excellence
of the music (good old hymns) will be sufficient
| to draw large houses. The ladies of the Mite So
| lrint hay nd cd IN hn ipap
er refreshments to serve to the audience during
the entertainments, at moderate rates. Admis-
sion, 50cts.
A correspondent near Port Penn, sends the fol-
lowing In town not hundred miles away
two teachers, one Democrat and the other We
ry black, ''teach the young idea how to shoot, !"
in the district schools. Meeting the other day,
the latter queried of the Democrat what he
| would do if the "darks" came to his school.
"Well if the lar sends them suppose they must
GOMEZ" resignedly replied our friend. After a
moments hesitation, said Rep: "They shan't
come to my school though"
By reference to our advertising columns it will
be observed that meeting of Knights who have
entered the list for the Warwick Tournament,
and all others who desire to enter, will take
place at Warwick, on Tuesday evening next, at
| u O'Clock. AT this meeting we understand, the
day will be appointed, and all necessary arrange
ments will be made for holding the tournament
About twenty Knights have entered, FIVE oi
whom are from this neighborhood.
Middletown is blessed with some sprightly lit
tie rat terriers and has also liberal share OF
troublesome rodents. On Tuesday morning as
lively scene was presented, on the public square
as any ever witnessed in Kit Burns dog-pit A
grand battle came off, in which the little terriers
were of course the victors.
Workmen commenced to dig the foundation Of
the new depot and dwelling here on Monday
last, the I'd of May and stone, lime and other ma
terial, are accumulating upon the site of the new
buildings. 1t is expected they will be completed
in two or three months from the time they were
commenced.
Rev. B. 7. Phillips, Superintendent of the
Home for Little WANDERERS Philadelphia, presen-
ted the claims of the institution TO the considera.
ton of the congregation of the Presbyterian
Church, in this town, on Sunday evening last
and took up collection in its behalf
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