Middletown transcript., 1872-09-28
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Work on the Delaware aud Penasylvasia R.
a half miles oftrack have heen lAyed ftom Dsla- |
ware City norshwasd, and with tho psesent pro- |
grcss Newark will soon be reached. large |
force are following the track-isyess, hallastsg !
and lining ~, thus giving II tho appearances Of |
q road long In use. In twoo three weeks more,
aud Culverts 6nisted, and eonseciion made With
Pnrksburg, the terminus Of the Delaware and
Pennsylvania Il. r. shus givng % all rail com
munication with our large cities and neighhor-
ing to~ns, Notwithstanding the predictions Of
some croaksrs OF our place, who have predicted
from the beginning 81 the work the road would
amount 10 nothing. As their predictions In
several other instances, In regard to tie road
have failed, We feel assured they will IN this.
Perhaps, u their feclings were expressed In re-
gard TO II, II would be, " the railroad, and ihsn
die"
In my last items, I find that made quite
mistake In The yield OF peaches from Mr..
George Clark's farm. Il was CO baskets from
six trees instead Of q? 30 baskets from three
trees and 30 from the other three. Mr. 4. has
also raised some Of the finest Egg-PInnfs ever
saw a few days since he measured three of them,
one was inches high and ?5l inches in circ"m-
ference another inches high and ~ inches in
circumference, the third, inches high and %!
inches In circumference. We also saw a tomato
Of the Trophsy variety, which weighed 10.
a o. raised hy Mr.. Clark.
Mr.. William Beck. whilst walking through
| his pear orchard few days since, picked up
from the ground IN unripe pear, Of the Dueh-
ouncrs.
Died in this City, on Friday, Goth. inst. Rich
ard ". Marley, aged SO years
Pilgrimage.
ST. Johns Commandcry No /, knights TEN
pnr accompanied hy their ladies, will make n
| pilgrimage TO Richmond. Nj. Vernon, Washing
| ton aud Baltimore, October 18th. An Invita-
iion has been extended To the Grand Master OF
Masons of this State, the Rev John Collins
MsCabe, u. D., TO accompany them. The fol-
| lowing programme has been adopted Leave
Wilmington O'Clock, A. ~. October 18Th and
proceed direct to Richmond. Va. where they will
| remain until 40 7. ~, October 10; arrive In
Washington about o'clock, A. NJ, October
II thence 10 Nj. Vernon, where the Sir Knights
will lie addressed hy Grand Master Met
The Comniaudcry will spend day in Washing
ton They will accept the proNrrsd hospi,alite'
of Monumental Conimnndrry No. 2. X 7. OF
Baltimore, and return To Wilmington, Saturday,
October 10 From the well known hospitality
of the Sir knights in the several cities named
We doubt not the Pilgrimage will be most
agreeable one.
Arrival OF more swedish immigrr nts.
We gave notice some time ago that a second
order hhd been sent out Tor swedish immigrants
Yesterday morning the second colony arrived
as strong, hearty and in'elligen, looking as th'
FIRST. Although some thiriy-hve were ordered
but twraiy-thrre arrived, the Others not report
ing in time 10 take passage with them. 1h'
egcn, informs US that they will he over in th'
neat boat.
The majority OF the new arrivals are women
yet there is IA greater proportion Of men thar
| came over first. There now altogether II
this ncighhorhooi about sixty Immigrant.
these should give As great satisfaction ns the first
IL Is likely that u third order will hc sent out
and the number increased to q hundred or more
Large Peaches.
Mr.. Walter J. Griffith hrough, Us this week
three mammoth peaches of the 9 Heath va
, ric,y. Two were plurkcd from the orchard @
! Il. $. Griffith, Esq, aud the other from that q
! II. A. Frazier, Esq. near Sassafras Na. Thcs
peaches about the same size, weigh respect
I lively 81 ounces. md measure nine inches IN clf
= cumfcrcncc. They fine specimens Of frui,
| and are unusually large for the Heath variety
We have also been shown some large 'Smock'
: this week though the fruit OF that variety ihi
n year is generally small. Messrs. B. +. Hanson
". X. Lockwood and Charles Detrickson, hay
shown large samples OF this yareiy--nbou
. the size Of the Heath peaches above spoken o
I, Yesterday morning Mr.. T. :. Merritt shppe
. a wagon load of peaches, OF the smock variei,
king all together, that has been broaSh, her
this season.
The Vacancy Filled.
I The vacancy on the Democratic Lerisla,ui
o ieac, in Kent county caused by the dscliuaiio
q OF William Gooden, was filled on Saturday la
y by the nomination Of " Wiliism l.. Clough.