Middletown transcript., 1871-09-02

In another column will lie found the advertise
mcnt OF the exhibition Of b. +. Duane, TO he Civ
en- IN the Town Hall, ON the 10th Instant, for the
benefit Of the Ampbion Band OF this town. y.
/. n. Is well known 10 many OF our readers,
as being without parallel In his peculiar sphere,
n.l will avail themselves Of the opportunity oil
seeing hid again. Apart from the merits OF the
exhibition, II Should be well palronizsd b., the
entire community as well as these from neigh
boring towns rs the proceeds will go 20 the
Amphion hand, who have played graiuituusly
for nearly ever exhibition, festival, &c. within
ten miles around, and always put 10 expense H.
doing 50. Next week We will publish some OF
OF the notices Of the press on the Duane rAhibi-
tons.
List oflctiers remaining in the Pos, Office Mid
dlctown, Del September LIST, 1871 Mrs Sallc
Brackins, Robert T. DInahoe, Ccmment Dobb,
Frank farney, William flemming, benjamin
CHM, John N Hopkins, Marie Gleoina Hahn,
Mr. Willie iIughs, Miss Jennie u Justice. John "
Dawson, Jas McCrnckcn, John Mcyny, Richard
Mitchell, Mrs Annie oaland, Jam,s Usdo nd,
Robert Parncuit, Patched A Putnam. David
Shockley, W Smith, Lydia Streets, John
Sorg, Fred l. Thompson, Sallic l. Thompson,
J Nausan', B Wright Alexandria Wright,
William 7 Warner, Joseph Wilson. Persons
calling for the above letters will please say they
are advertised.
-Four hundred thousand haskc, OF peaches have
passed through the Delaware and Chcsnpcnkr
Canal from Maryland thus far during the pres
ent season, besides sixty-hvc thousands from the
upper level OF the canal, aud ihrty-on thousand
from ST. Georges, making in all four hnndr ed
and ninc'y-sis thousand passing ou, Of the canal
nt Delaware City. This Is larger amount than
for many years previously.
Peach season In Dorchester co. Nd. is over.
and the crop has been very improbable ono.
A genilcinnn near Cambridge lost $3.50 on eleven
hundred boxes, and another near H. New Mar
kct lost $500 on twelve hundred boxes; that is.
these peaches did not sell for enough in New
York to pay expenses by about sixteen cents per
box
The D,ia~orean estimates that of ninety cars
that passed Dover In one day during the heavy
shipmcn,s, the railroad companies realized al
least $4,000, whilo their expenses did not cs.
coed $500, aud the growers did not get enough
to pay the frcigh's, To say nothing of their home
cxpcnScs.
Coxcgnr.--A concert will bcgi,cn in drawers
Presbyterian Church, Odessa, on Thursday next,
for the benefit OF the Sabbath school Library,
Some fine voices from Philadelphia will asks, In
the concert and u rare treat Is In store for all
who avail themselves Of the opportunity Of being
present.
NC lOWu commissioners m ve
bought large quantity OF curbing sioae, and
are having II laid in various parts OF the town
Cass street Is being curb~d its entire length and
will soon be paved on both sides, which will
make II the handsomest stree, In the town.
The arrivals Of tho Mddlctown hotels, for the
week ending on Thursday, are very numerous,
and owing 10 a large number of advertisement. I.
and Communications We are compelled to on,i
them. The National has forty and the Middle.
town Hotel seventy-four.
10 Wilmington, within the last twenty -on,
| years, one firm have built the huls OF one hun.
drcd aud thirty iron steamers and steamships
and another firm have done nearly ns well.
Among those injured by the terrible railroad
| accident near Boston on Saturday last WAS Chns
W. Poulsou. forn,erly Of Smyrna. Ills injury |,
| not serious.
Il 10 expected that the stone and brick work OF
the new Jail at Dover will be completed in al,ou
| SCI weeks.
Five cattle were killed on the rnilroad, ncn,
Ilackbird, on Saturday last, by being run ovcl
by the cars.
The peach shipments from this station hav,
| dwindlcd down from 30 cars per day TO 10 or l..
The Methodists Of Cecilton propose holding
woods meeting near that place to-day.