Middletown transcript., 1871-06-03
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track % his farm near this towa. thrcc-qnartcrs
Of rsilc IN length. built expressly fSr his own
use, On which he u training his sorrel colt very
holiday, quite 4 number Of eentetncn congrcgs-
ted On the track. and some soriable racing was
INDUCED In. After Nj. Cochran and NJ. Nc
DowcIl showed their horses on at three min
| ute gate, n. n. and Mr. John Cochran let their
horses "gc - the later coming In ahead. AZ
Ter the conclusion Of this another took place
between Mr. John Cochran and Mr. Charles Der
rickson---Mr. Derrlckson's horse heating, which
wus In turn beaten by Mr., John r. Cochran's
| horse. and also by Mr.. Eliason's horse Mr..
william Green's horse was also pit,ed against
Mr.. William Cochran's sorrel, the sorrcl coming
In ahead. Mr.. Grscn's horse has no, been speed
ed for about two years, but after two or three
weeks trimming would make close contestant Of
tho sorrcl. All tunes were made from TO
| 5.5S.
DarrAL Mrnpsn-A colorcd man by the name
OF George liackct, was seized aud murdered on
| the railroad between Masscys and Morris station,
| Kent county, Nd on Monday evening last, by
two white ncn named Geo. II. Walls and Alex.
| Newton. lie was cut and stabbed so that he
| died early on Tuesday morning from the effect OF
| the wounds. Walls has been arrested aud sent
to Jail, and according To the Smyrna Times In
| test account, Newton was surrounded by u large
| crowd Of men In n swamp ncar Nandykcs sta
tion. BY this time be is probably safely lodged
in Jail also.
| EscArEp.-Thc two Irshmcn, James aud John
| Murphcy who so hru,ally assaulted Mr.. Jefferson
| u. foard, near Smyrna, over year ago, escaped
| from New Castle Jail on Sunday morning last.
! Through a Misunderstanding between the Sheriff
and the Jnilor the main front door was left open
| and they took advantage OF tile mistake. Pursuit
| was Immediately made, and James WAS captured
| near Newark on Monday. Al last accounts John Is
still n, large. They had hu, short time to re-
main to complete their fifteen months imprison-
ment.
RgLioIous.--Forcs, Prcsby ytcrian Churcl,--llev
John Patton, d. d. Pastor, Scrsiccs-Sabhath
mornings at lo!, Sabbath evenings II, u, aud
Wednesday evenings NJ u o'clock.
St. Ann's Episcopal Church, Rcy. Jno. Collins
| McCabc, u. ID. Rector. Scr,iccs--Sabbnih morn
ings Mt iOI O'Clock, Sabbath evenings nj the
Chapel in Middlc,own at o'clock. Also Fri
days ai 4 o'clock. p. m.
Methodist Episcopal Church-Rcv. Vaughan
Smith, Pastor. Serviccs--Sabbath mornings at
i0l o clock Sabbath evenings at "A clock.
On Tuesday afternoon lns,,wc dropped into the
carriage manuinctory oi J. NJ. Cox Bro and
meeting the senior partner, we were shown in
the showroom, when our eyes behcld n table,
groaning. as the sioreoiyped phrase goes, with
the luxurcs OF the season, intended AS treat for
his employees Soon they were invited in about
- dozen IN number and the ice cream, strawber-
rics, cakes, &c, were dispatched with n relish
Mr.. Cox's wife and sisters were present, also II
number Of invited guests.
List Of letters remaining in the Post Office, MIDI
dciown, Del. June LIST, 1871 :--Emingion l'o
Jane Collins col Frank Gould, John II. Gin,
Rachel Harris, Mary T. Harris, Joseph Hoops,
Miniy Hazard, Lcmue Jones. Fannie Jones,
Theodore u. Johnson, James knoax, Mary j,
Kelly, Joseph Merit, Robert Thomas, Thomas
Vandykc, Katy Watson, ?. Persons calling for
the above letters will please say they are adver-
iised.
From March Is, to May sls, inclusive, there
were shipped through the Chesapeake Dcla-
ware canal going eastward, -, sy3, $50 feet OF
lumber, from the Pennsylvania Canal; 220, I20
tons Of coal, from Baltimore; and !, l33 tons OF
oysters, from the Chesapeake bay. There were,
during the same time 5,093 passages through
the canal, Gil going east, and , 4ss going
west.
To-day, Mt 2 clock. p. ". Joel Woodward,
near Newark Del. will cut the first cheese made
in Delaware, and the citizens OF the neghbor-
hood well he present 10 celebrate the cstabls-
mcni of the new Industry OF cheese making In
our State. The exercises will consist OF address
ses, music, collation., &c. The public are cor
daily invited to attend.
WARNING On Monday last, officer Jones took
up the horse of. W. Wright. which was run
amounted TO 81. Owners Of horses who
don wish 10 incur the same expense should
keep their horses out OF the streets Cattle also
are not allowed 10 go unattended in the streets
after night-fnll.
THE FLy IN THE WHEAr.--Farmcrs in this
county complaining OF the dcprcdations OF
the llcssan fly. Many fields that promised n
large yield n month ago will now scarcely pay
the cost orharvesiing. An observing farmer in-
was used are singnlarly exempt from the ny -
Deiardrsdn.
Wa were the recipients on Saturday las; Of n
gallon OF most excellent ice cream, from Mr..
J. 7. Kennedy, OF Newark. Mr.. kenncdys rep
utation MS an icc-crcam manufacturer is widely
known aud needs no notice at our hands. 1T
was the best we ever ate, and the friend who
helped us to enjoy 1t, can atics, its superiority.
THE WHEAT CaoP-Thc whca, crop in this
county has been seriously injured by the ly aud
rust. Few fields have escaped one or the other.
Four weeks ago the prospect for fine crop was
never better, but now average yield is no,
expected even II the weather should he season.
able until harvest.-ksR Msrs.
On Monday night las, three indenturcl negro
boys, two of them bound 10 Mr. Charles Derrick.
and the other TO Mr. George Dcrrickson, Jr. ran
OF. On Tuesday, search was made by Mr.. Chas
Derrickson and Officer Jones and the nbscon-
ders were found near Wilmington and brought
back.
On Thursday next, the sih inst social cotil-
lion party will be held a, Townsend. Ice cream
cakes, lemonade &c. will be houn,ifully suppli-
ed and good string band has lcen engaged
Tickets adnit,ing gentleman aud lady, Sc
cents.
At the town election In Chesieriowt, on Mon.
|, day week the republicans had II all their own
way the democrats no, rrcsea ting any ticket, oil
voting. The ticket was elected by 1856 votes
~ whites and les negroes.
, Tho roof Of the machine shops, Of Pennington
: Bros. In this town. was set on fire ON Monday nf
ternoon last, but was speedily cxtinguisbcd b,
q few buckets of water, doing little or no dam
age 10 the roof.
On Sunday last, as Mr.. Frank Kirby was drv
, ing through Delaware City, his horse took frgh
and ran oif throwing him out aud smashing III,
carriage 10 pieces. Fortunately, however, HI
sustained noinjury.
i Mr. J. II. Ubal, Of Delaware City, has con