Middletown transcript., 1871-03-04
,,.,cAL AND TATE ArrAlRs.

ANOTHER MrnDEn.--Out Dover correspondent
says negro named Townsend, aged about 10
years though looking much younger, was brought
10 town on Tuesday las, BY Coroner Killen, and
lodged In Jail, charged with murder, the circum-
stances Of which are aboht rs follows ;--On the
2ith Of las, Decembcr the accused who lives at |
or near frc1Fn provoked quarrel with
smaller colortUS named Young, and scisiug |
brick struck the hoy several severe blows ON the |
head. After the lapse Of few days the matter |
was In a manner forgotten. The boy Young |
died on the s,h Of January and was buried, but
soon after the burial several citizens began TO
suspect that death cnsucd from the blows inflicted
by Townsend, and the Coroner was therefore
urged 10 have the body cxhumed, that a post
morism examination might be had. The request
was complied with, the body taken up, n Doctor
made the proper investigation. the result oi
which was sufficient 20 jhsiify the arrest above
stated, and tho cuiprit, who Is rather rcpulsi,c
looking rascal, Is now safely quariered In jail TO
| await his trial nj the AlFil term oi Kent County
| quarter session.
| RAILROAD BRIpGc BuRyED The Smyrna Times
saws The bridge over the iioifeekcr mill pond,
near Brcnford Station, four miles from this town
was nearly destroyed IN fire on Monday night.
Fortunately, Mr.. Mag,irc's section hands, at
| Clayton, went down on thai part OF road to work
! carly yesterday morning, aud discovered The ac-
| cidcnt in time To notify the morning passenger
| train going north, else A terrible calamity might
| have resulted \ special train arrived ut the
bridge IA, / / . clock Tuesday morlng with work
! men and timber and i'd about Mrsr lonrs the
damage was repaired. The large bridge wonlh
have been repaired much earlier but the iirst tel
tgraph sent 10 Wilmington stated ihat 'onc nail
OF lio1ecker mill pond was burnt No alien
lion was paid TO This. Another dispatch was
sent from Clayton about 81 O'Clock To know u
amy provision had been made 10 convey passcn-
gers north. when Mr.. Mills, asst supt. nsked for
an explanation. This telegraph hlundcr caused
a delay Of two hours OF more. 1t Is not known
how the fire was communicated.
Two SrnprS DEATHS rs ELKToS. Mr.. John T.
Miller. a farmer residing above Eikion, to
Elk,on on SATURDAY. mdtning last. In his usual
health. About O'Clock hc was troubled with
tic pFcmonlpTy symptoms oil HplnWrNf, "H''h
condition soon chrngcd for the iull develop
mcnt of that fatal disease For some time II is
said he has hnd forcLddings Of such disaster nj
| all events he made his will about week before,
saving 20 those who icttcd him about II ihat II
might yery soon be needed Becoming some
, what aroused about o'clock he conveyed
to his home when the attack ended fatally about
o o. clock the same evening
Mrs. Brown. OF Elktpn, also died suddenly on
Saturday She was ak well rs usual up 10 about
: o clock in the evening and was suddenly tl'
ken with some disease and died in about hours
E She wns an elderly lady, and had been out dur
ing The ,iay making .dyora calls and made re-
marks 10 her friends i regard 10 her good health
NEw EyrrnrnisN The enicrprising firm
| Pennington Bros prOp'ciors Of the Pcnnsuli
, | Machine Works of this town, have started ia
u | mnnnlnctur, of kcgIsiaycs aud heads. Tn
"A | wood vocs through tuhr different machines, thrc
!, or which were dcsigndd hy Mr. Albert Pcnnng
u ton aud manufactured a, their own shopss W,
have s,4,u these machines in operation, aud thcl
do their work neat And with precision. Pen
q nug,on Brothers hayd also manufactured u horse
mower ue1pc-irimmer which they propose Il
~ iry and il it works well will go into the manu-
fncturc of them They are also manuncturn
The Pennington Reaper and will have about fit
finished hy harvest This machine is now mad
VI Of iron entirely, and with several Improvement
is ON the old machine. We are glad 10 note ihi
spiri, ot enterprise and we hope our citizens wi
~ give IL their support.
If RrilGiors s-Forcstpr prcshy Chufch-Rc'
- Joln paiton u D. Pastor Sc.yiccs--Sabbat
or mornings nj lOl, Sabbath evenings AT ~.
10 NJ + Church Wcv H. colclnzcr Pasto
H. Services Sabbath mornings at lOl, Snhhai
n. evenings At I To- morrow morning, suhjee
IL Apostolic prayer-plil. lst chapicrtS, IL verse
to Evening subject, iast Words-Acts, 10th chnl
In tlr, sd verse.
hc ~. AIMS Church, Rev Jno Collins, McCah
v, y. d. Rector, sersice ut i0l, a. NJ. Chap,
m Middletown, evening scrSiee y, sermon nj
In o'clock.
4, We arc informed Ihai the Directors Of the
:" | W. 4 H. Railroad chmpanv, determined at ih,
~, ~ meeting few DAYS ago to send engineers, as SOC
~ as the weather sci,lts to examine the diiicrc
Wv routes and give skilled report Of the vario
~ '~ pros aud cons Wclouk upon this as n long 81
:" In the right direction and have no doubt that
time we shall have ,cninsular road starting fro
~ Elk,on and loa,lin, somewhere to the south
W us hill 10 incort0rate this fond Is now
~ for. the Delaware Legislature, and MS We In
"" heard no Olcc,son il will be unanimously graz
H. cd Ceca UemOcrT,
Marriages in Seatori are like 'angcl yisi
sa- few aud lar between There are lot Of yol
asc bachelors gruning their lives away in single "a
rs, sctlncss who should have nj least one wife.
~ Tn. mail car ol the junction 4 Break wa
re- Railroad Was hrokNn open aud robbed nj Lev
the on Tue lny nisht uF last week, OF stamps u
ich other valuable property belonging 10 George
rod scpl the mail agent of the road.-Siford Reeo
80 Srpprx prAru.-Iewis REYNOLDS died sudd
ly AT his residence la New Castle hundred
-" FRIDAY morning of last week lie had return
~ on "Wednesday from a yis, 10 his brother The
~ as who resides near Eas,on, Nd, on Thursd
III | engaged In rhnpping wood, nnd appeared 10
~ IN his usua health u,erine 10 complaint iurt
w.. ~ To observe that he was very tired having
-! down n large tree lie WAS in his esd year. u
mn one our most respectable FARMERS.
ON ACCIDENT ox rnK KENT R.naoAp.-friday
ms last week two coiofed men He'll from Tue Era
the train on the Ken, road below Kennciyvillc,
nsf were both injured, one having his veg brok
like and the other his back, and II u Thought,
icn, spine. The men were riding on the side OF
ct car. against which they had been cautioned
IND The road between kennedsvile and Wor
'ov- station Is now being ballas,cd.
IVY. The town election for five Commissioners,
lied SCISSOR, Treasurer, ind Alderman, takes place
nc,l or,lips Hotel on Monday next, between 'e n'
Of and +. NJ. a meeting viii bc hcid
d OF night nj tho same hotel for the purpose OF NJ
nicn mating n ticket.
ncn- LAND Sa,E.-Tlomas Carrow, land agent,
's TO sold 10 Mr., Clement Reed the farm on the
idas road, ,vo miles from Smyrna, owned by I
% u dore Honeywell and known as the ~ Mrs. III
re II farm Price s., ,500-foriy acres.
rome
sells Hospital accommodations are contemplate,
Wilmington for those sick ana disabled VINO
,h,;c not the means 10 command the proper care
.aa- attention. The act of incorporation has pa