Middletown transcript., 1871-09-23

DRLAwAns CRY TrsMs On the iiih inst. Mr.. |
Arthur Cohorn purchased Of Mr.. Zenos i.ongand
his farm Of ais acres. for Si2, 600 cash; and on
Friday the same purchased Sir. John Pa,tcrson's
farm Of 800 actcs--prce $4,000, cash.
Work on the Pa. 4 Del. X. u. Is being rapid
~ pushed forward. The gangs have been en-
largcd, and there is now one handrcd aud fifty
men nj work between here aud Newark.
On Monday last upwards Of ten ihonsand four
hundred tons of coal were shipped through the
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal.
On Tuesday last, Mr.. Benjamin W. Shaifer's
son, n lid abon, IA wears old, was shot In the
fpot hy the accidental discharge of gun, III.
load passing through his foot in;licting very
severe wound. prs. Worrel and Parsis wcie
called in, and dressed the wound
The firm of Easion 4 Mciahon, coal dealers
aud shippers Al New York. have abou, four hun
drcd boats principally bargcs. carrying coal
from Baltimore through the canals 10 New York.
They contracted some time ago with the minrs
of Cumberland fer five hundred ilnsand tons,
.hrec hundred thousand tons Of which have al-
ready hcrn shipped. They supply some OF the
New York railroads and quite u number u, ocean
steamers with coal.
Mr.. George Clark has contracted with Mr. ".
L. Householder. carpenter, 10 lul fran"
dwelling, 20 by ~ feet, with \ back building 5
~ II feet. ON the corner OF iih ani Monroe s,..
| 10 this town. The building will cost about
-, 900. Mrs. 7. Miissig has contracted with
! David Dosage carpenter, to huiil II ftame dwell
/ ling, ~ by q feet, ON Clinton street, 10 cost
$500.
GA Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday "a bar
gcs laden with Cumberland coal passed throag
The canal. Their tonnage amounted 10 u COZ
tons.
Mr. Theodore lnglc raised potato, this sea.
son Of the Monitor variety, weighing u lbs
J. V. Rearlon, of Elkion, on Thursday oi las
I week. 10 hurrying 10 meet the steamboat, WAS nr.
at...lt 4.
horses through the streets
Arrivals ut the Delaware City Hotel for ~,
week ending September 20 numbered sey,aty
fyc.
Az EtorKagSr Nlprsp is rns ;itp-Qui,c NJ
excitement was created at the Delaware ktirotd
Station, in Scaor,t, on Saturday, hy the appear
Hncc Of an raic and excited individual. on III
platform, ilunrisiif! = revolver. ani SweagiO,
vengeance against q certain doctor 81 that iowa
Gar iniurmahts could laatn hui iiiic oi la
rssgs b,hi, that is nut itl { that s trustwosth,
tut from the confused accounts thry cpUl gain
cr, il,c scis oi the TO ID sths ",4titl.
= as follows;
A c,riain Young woman OF the town wrote
note Ia Doctor ot the piacc--a married nmH-
agreeing to meet him nj the train and 20 4
philadelphia With him. She sent the cpi.tlr h.
a boy, who at once sped upon his m.ssiou. lie
brother, ior rt.is,iu. suspected the clracic
OF the Ddd dfaUr, aud htici th ynuth;Gi Ia :
- SINGER. The hOt, Instead of stopping ,uDk =
his legs, and the brother tooa alter him. and ,l
icr an exciting chase caught him aud Wfc,tcd tl
NOTE from him.
b llc then Carried tic noic tu hi. father gl
Rad IL, aud for ought NC EuoW, ,wort suul
round, "nouth filing otths, ani :, aug
TcNOhe er he started iaf the railroad, whore h
+. nNdc the demonstrations whIth advertised III
daughters t,y TO tie wAuic ,pHn,- Es,r
hraths.
NEw ctsriE fEgsuYrguf Tile prcshyicry
/ NcN tgsi,c IS expected to meet ia tht Fore
. Irc,h. terrain Church, Mddlclowu IT, on Iic,da
the 2i'l inst. At . eeiock, +. VI This lrc.b,
~ terry hy The R'-union arrangement IRs hcromp
large and Influential body. embracing all III
Peninsula rs the field Of il iiluai. Il muialcl
4 - Ministers, 2 Liceniaics ~ Churchc-, au
% i.rps church members. brs .dc, the regular ret
thc OF ecclesiastical business thcru viii bs rcl
rious services of 'lf,edsnd interesting charActr
. I The Moderate, scruaH Nj, BE- preached q
d, Iurdi! evening 1t O'Clock. AJltc-,v, q
various subjects, Hul ~ selcra, Of the miHi.t u
/ VII uc delivered on etncsd s. ~ II q clrsi
l. \. ". nt - = ". and at a 2. y. The acc
/, lnss w,ll ali ~ publie AMI lp entire onnunit
, IS eot lmll. invited 10 ai,eHd
Tie Commissioners 81 Srhoal Districts So ,
nnh 80 request ii, Aoiers oi sad disiticis q, lie
;, in George ~ ingfam X Cos uiice tnis ;iatu
. day Afternoon, II ! . clock, io l.- iulO t1us
y Grafton matters relative 10 the buih,n. oi a ne
- school house
T. The Salem Agricultural Fair did not come ,
n oh cdncsda. un soun. of ,le stu,.ii, hU, w
r. held Oh Thursda, ami yesterday. i large uui
4 bcF oi uclawarcHns we're pgcscnt on Wcdursdt
&, many oi whom Me.e from this ucig iibothOod.
= The last peachc- we're shipped from here
g Tuesday last, hS Sir. Wm. Green, whose ur,ha
y =, bore uenrly ~gek lonscr than any other IN /,
~ vicinity.
Or \ Beet Of two hundred vessels were IN
g. 'rcIhma,,r Que day last week The masters a.
ID crews now sisit the .oNn, since the picr y
nj huilt.
Non SoLb The Gum Bush farm, the pr,
n crty OF John Amhrnsicr, advertised TO he sold
he Public Sale, on "Wednesday last, Was tao, ui!rg,
"a Rev. 7. Ralsion Smith, y. D. of New iui
N. will preach in the Futcsl Presbyterian Chur,
he to-norro~ AT lie! \. n. and /! Z. y.
" The Sis-s1 journal says the corr crop m Il
et county is far better tlpn ior many years pisl.
&c, Faosf.-There wtrs heavy frosis on Thur,d
No. and ,os,cfda, mornings.
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