Middletown transcript., 1871-06-17
LOCAL AVID STATE ArrAlas.

EPISCOPAL sCosyExrioS. The annual Conven-
sion Of the Diocese Of Ess,on, which includes all
the Episcopal Churches OF the Eastern Shore,
numbering twcniy~onc ministers, was held at
Elksop last week. We make the following ex-
tracts Of bishop Lays address from the Elkton
Dsmocras.
lie began BY a reference TO the sluggish con-
diiiou of the Church In the Dloccse, but cxprsss-
ed the hope that the seed had been sown ofWhich
a plentiful harvest may be expected. lie spoke
Of tho efficient and Jealous efforts OF the Clergy,
and regretted that the Lai,y did not moro hearth
ly support their endcavors. lie referred TO thc
poverty o, the Diocese which does not con,ni., n
church that cost rs much ms twelve thousar Il dol
lars, and IN which no, a Clergyman Is PAID more
than twelve hundred dollars year. Both of
these facts appearing In a Diocese, where many
churchuirn are Of wealth aud Il 20 In eomparivc
luxury, and NIL are endowed With means To sup
ply their temporal wants, the Bishop argued, IN
aicacd a want of the, devotion to the Church
upon which lis ma.erial prosperity greatly de-
rcnds. The sa.cfies now given TO Clergyincn
wou' ] not asiify men OF family coming into the
tiocese 20 labor, even " promptly paid, ana
whc, the iactfnr,her appears tina, even TINS sinali
| ,..t,ance is in many instances grudsingiy pniu'
and 10 others no, paid at all, the disconragcn'cnt
Of the Clergy nigh, well account for the want
Of vitality in the Churches. lie apply referred to
the combined shorisigh,clncss aud shifilessncss
I OF the Maryland people, iha; allowed great mt
tcrid enterprise TO languish, until finally It was
taken up by the people OF the adjoining State,
and pushed to completion 10 Marylnnds pcrpet-
ual modification and loss, and asked II the peo-
pie Of the Diocese will be rs sluggish In their
Church interests, MS they have been In their rail-
road interests. I'VE need schools said the
| Right Reverend, " Diocesan schools all over u c
Diocese, aud if the prosperity of the Church
would be secured. these mus, he established. -
The people OF Princess Aunc had suggested the
,,f tlat, ,,tt for nal ~
people of Elk,on had recently submitted n mc-
mortal which he would pr,scn, with his address,
urging the great advantages of that place ms II
school for boys The Bishop urged the Con-
ycniion TO take action in the matter.
Suooriyg ArFAn.--Thc Chesicrtown Tram
script says We have the following account of
a shooting which took place near Black's station
ON the Kent county railroad on Wednesday last.
A negro man in the cnplo, Of Mr.. Alexander
/ Chew commenced n disturbance with the cook In
the kitchen she wen, into the house aud COM
planned 10 Mr.. Chew, who went out and r;moH-
| straied with the negro, who became very abusive
aud finally struck Mr Chew. In the fight the
negro pressed Mr. Chew so hard as TO compel
him TO retreat into the house, from whence he is
sued armed with shotgun, and discharged
both barrels AT the negro, wonndng him badly
but no, fatally.
CoSrRAcr AwAnDgp. Lewis Rhodes, to whom
the contract for building the Kent county Jail
was awarded, having failed 10 come forward
with his sutc,es the Levy Court rcopencd the
bids and awarded the contract TO Aonzo I,cy-
nOlds aud Charles llillyafd at S2i, ,l2J. The
work Is 10 bc commenced Immediately, and 10 he
finished by the first of December. The width Of
the whole building will be ~ fee, inches and
the depth 80 feet The sheriff house will be 81
aud the prison 50 feet IN depth. The prison will
have 20 cells-two Of them iron clad the Others
strong enough TO hold any ordinary culpri,.
HARVEST The hsrvcs, season this year il tho
earliest within the rccollections Of some of our
oldest citizens Harvest usually begins here A.
bou; the a7th Of June This year gentleman
residing uear Warwick began cutting bis wheat
on yesterday week. the 9th inst. aud quite
number began on Tuesday last. the l4th instant
Wheat has ripcncd very uncScnly, some portions
Of field being NJ least week sooner Than others
A gentleman informs ug tha; where phosphate
WAS used the wheat iircncd uniformly.
I LEVY CorRr The Levy Court was ia session
on Monday last, and fixed upon ~ cents upon
the 500 Us the lew covering couaty poor and
State TAx--cnunty % ccnjs State o cents For
county tax this rate is 10 cents less than last
| year aud for county and State together is 2
| cents less. The amount; of real estate and per
sona property is S52 ll3, 3i5 bonds and mort
| gage Si?, go I6j-lnakng u total of Sil. 3sa :
I SOC.
| LAnGE NnEAr MIR. William fiiniham. living
| near Warwick, LETT AZ Our office on Tuesday last
u bunch OF wheat which measured six lee, in
| length This bnnrh WAS pluckci from lot of
about five acres, the wheat all over which aver.
| ages five feet in height, aud is expected 4, yicld
,hirty-live bushels per acre. This land, few
| years ago, was almost Rn impossible marsh, but
has been rendered productive by the use of tile.
! As announced some weeks ago. Galcnn, Mil.
| litFt u, i,9..
holding a camp m-ciins in Mr., David H. Glenn
cnts woods, near Chester lllc, Ia commence An
| gust s,h The board Of managers and those in
,eresicd IN the camp will NEE, in the woods ON
Saturday, July sil, Al 10 o clock a IN To locate
tents, give ont privileges, Sc.
The following /, a list Of the delegates 10 the
| Episcopal General Convention from this State ns
elected by the pioccsaa Convention n, lrwcs
last week clergt-kevs. Charles H. Spencer,
7. G. Litell, J. Leighton Mckim. J. Motseli,
/ y. u. Lnymrn--Ntssrs. WIN. T. Read, frank
| lin Fell, $. ". Curtis. and DR.. Hugh Martin.
| STAwnEnay SurNgSrs from l,tcnford the
shipping point for Strawberries, for SMYRNA and
yaeini,y, were shipped this year 2, 400 uuar,s
against iOia,9 last year. Dover, which hereto
for claimed the championship Tor strawberry
shipments, this year shipped 81, G.3 From CLAW
ton were shipped 81, 600 quarts.
NEW WHARF.-The Government Is abou, erect.
| ing "a large aud handsome wharf nj the Light
ilonse, rear the mouth of the chrstiana. for
| tic purpose Of laying bnoys, aud 10 moor light
ships, &c. This will give employment, to u large
number Of men for some time. Other improve.
men,s are also proposed
WHO Cas- BsAr IT r?-Thos. J. yandegrift and
William i,iggcrs OF Odessa, on Tuesday lasi, In
the patch of Polk Hyatt, picked 100 quarts of
rasphcrries-95 quarts each. A, u cents per
quart, their wages amounted TO $i.15.
| Kelly h Guild advertise in another column
that they have established themselves permanent :
ly in Midalciown, and offer for sale for Fall
planting large stock Of peaches. They also
have ornamental trees, shrubbery, &c.
| The Peach Growers meeting at Odessa, on
Saturday last, was not we'll attended, and ad-
journed, without transaciing any business to
meet again on the slh Of July next.
Two valuable carriage horses belonging To
William Reynolds, Esq. near Newark, died on
Sunday from plenra pneumonia. The disease Il
prevalent IN that neighborhood
Jackson, Pyle 4 Cor, fruit prescrvcrs under