Middletown transcript., 1871-09-30
TOTAL number Of cars.................... II.

The shipments from these station. are mauiir.-
tel from MiddleioWn, rnd are considered one
station. Tie whole number Of ears therefore
manifested ~ Mildlttown AMOUNTS tn rtS com
tanning $40 Js49 baskets. From Nt. puuuirg
I nrrut OF ADAMS EArrtsg Go. wc learn lhii about
I > coo baskets hate been shipped hy express.
! which added 10 tie above We have over ii5, ,0pu
| baskets, considerable more than onc-hnh of ihr
/ whole crop shppr1 ny railroad. The receipts ty
/ tho Railroad Company from this station amounts
| TO upwards Of saa,o goo,
| ii Mount Pleasant Townsend Blatklird nnl
Sassairas stations come up 10 ihr estimate Of the
! Peach Growers Convention, thc wl.olr crop hy
rail in this county will amount 10 upwards q
asa, 900 baskets.
Dlrp WniLsr RinIsG ALoSo ruG RoAn.--Nr
/ John T. Hall. basket maker at Blatkision' $
Cross Roads, siA miles from Smyrna, tell dead ia
his dearborn Saturday evening last, shout
six o'clock, whilst riding along The road short
distance from c.ayion, on his Way 10 SMYRNA
lie MAS talking u his usua cheerful mood TO Mr.
4 j. u. Coyerdue, who was riding with him nnd
was in the nrt Of attempting to paas Deputy Cor
oner Eubauss, who WAS - short distance ahead
when he fc backwards and amns. instantly cx-
pircd. The deputy Coroner held M inqucs, on
Sunday, the jurT rendered verdict that the de-
ceased came To his death from causes unknown.
lie had been failing in hca,h for .omc time, und
had had the bilious, but nothing serious WAS
ever apprchendrd ON the contrary, he though,
himself improving. lie leaves wife aud two
children.
List of LETTERS REMAINING IN TnE fnsr orr,cr
Mipplgrows. Del. October lst. 1871 :--P. Ander.
son, 7, u. Adams, Thomas l'roAtun. David Boy
Hattie Bolen, Margare, Carney, John Clark, Mars
, Croppcr, Miss Clark, Thomas Cav anangh, licnf,
Deshield, ". ". Gregg, Frances Green, Miche
lIoriley, Jonathan Hazard, (eoll Sophonia T.
liolton, Herman iluc.cr Margaret Jones, JOIN
j. Jefferson Susan Lewis g. l,llc Lewis, Thoma
Omdcr, Harriet Perkins. James Redly, Sai
Reed, y, B. Russell, Ioscy Robinson, Elizahctl
y Robinson, Annie Stanley, John Smawood, Is
3 racl Smith, John II. Townsend, col. Rejoic
1 Woodward Charles White.
Persons calling for the above letters will pleas
say they are advertised
KICKED ny cotT-On Saturday evening last
/. about sundown, as Emma Green, colorcd gin
seven years old, was passing through the pas
'nre-fcld Of Mr. H. A. Perkins, near this town
sine was kicked in the head by colt, and knock
I'd scnsclcss. II seems ,ha, the girl was in III
habit Of going 10 Mr. Perkins on SATURDAY. even
ings TO meet her father, who worked there, an
usually went across the fields. On last Salurda
evening, the horses were standing around III
bars, near the house, and the girl attempted I
pass through them, when "A THREE. year old co
turned and kicked her In the head. inliciing
severe wound, the girl narrowly escaping death
aud she Is doiag well.
LecruRE.--Miss olive Logan has been engage
to lecture In the Hall, in this town, on Saiurda
evening next the 7,h prox. the proceeds to 1
applied In building public school house. Sl
will lecture on mice Young Men, which
said 10 bs the best lecture she ever delivered.
doubt This subject, and the manner In which III
proceeds will be disposed Of, will attract larp
audience.
PEAcu We hear that one Of ir n,c
!. chants, Mr. q. W. Cn,nniins, Jr. has contractc
with Mcssrs. Wordcn h Evans, Of this town, Il
ifiy thonsand s,aye peach baskets, TO be mad
during the coming win,cr.--Si~graa Timss.
Mr. Charles Siayion, onD d. Cummins's fnrl
near Smyrna. has grown and presented Nj
Watson y. Null with sweet potato wcighin
sig pounds and ten ouces.
Forty-thrcc railway trims each day, arsiv
3 depart or pass through Wilmington on the Phil
u dolphin, Wilmington and Baltimore and Il
|. Delaware Railroads.
A boy was killed In Milford Sunday cvcnin
BY falling from q horss and tho horse iaillng Q
hin. llc vas the son Of ELIAS Daniel.
I, Wv. lsnlasey, near ssasSrd, has eight scr,
y devoted 10 cfanbsrry eulturo, and expects 10 =
aalss crop q 10 6ushsls thls yer.
: OlIys Lasss = =. \ lss,lsss T. Dsssf ~ r.