Middletown transcript., 1872-11-23
Local and State Affairs.
Dslavvars Csey iees.e,

iue Ws mouse 20 nc erected on the canal Tor
Ne. Jasob Paul, Of Philadelphia, win hold 1900
DID n THE city, on Friday, the 18th inst.
Eiss u1stha Nall, aged II years.
Thass:9!sinE will be observed In Christ Epls-
copaI ard the 4rst Presbyterian chusrhe.. NV
DR.: Thcmas, Methodist, win preach In the Pres.
ieris. ehaseh, the two cougrcsaiisss emitting o.
that day.
-. cs.o wn.rny.. Tuesday morning last,
Nearly all the mules Of Brady Bros. used In
towing on The canal (I5 In number) have got
the cpi10Otic. Oa SATURDAY. last one OF the unles
died. This maisdy which has hem prevailing
for several days, has now fully developed itself.
Quite number of our farusrrs have quit wsins
their horses aud use the cscn instead.
new telegraph line has been constructed
from this city to Chesapeake city, Nd for con.
veniesce Of Chesapeake 4 DsIswars Canal Co.'S.
business
Most Of tho oyster plants in Delaware River
have died this year, but nsvcrtbejess nj John
Armosr'e Oyster Bay, you csn get = Grst-eisss
stow, and . raw thai cannot be elcelied.
On Thursday, the iA,h Inst. tho workmen At
tiun's Point Battery, Fort Delaware, and Fort
opposite commenced to work on the eight hour
system.
About this time there seems to be thousand
and one remedies for the Epixootic. We learned
a few days since Of quite a novel one Onc Of
our farmers had horse affected with this maia-
dy, so he thought lie would put him through a
course OF treatment. as follows lie took n bag
with some bran and tar In II, and poured hot
water on IT, then tied the bag TO the animals 5
head so that II would give him u good s,eaming
10 thc course ofs few minutes our friend went
10 set now his patient was getting along; when
70 MS surprise, he found that the horse had eaten
the bran and tar up. We have not heard Of the
effect, but should judge he was either killed or
cured.
Tournaments seem to bc or the rago, To-day.
Saturday the boys will have a foo. ,ournn-
men'. Twill be held on South sccone street.
There viii be fourteen knights contss, fer the
honors.
Funds sold at the last meeting of Kirkw,. "a
Building and Loas Association Tor i0t aud ls.
Fatal Accident.
A sad aud fatal accident occurred at can,cr.
bury, on tho Delaware Railroad, Saturday after
noon, which resulted in the death of George W.
Burns, brakeman on freight train No o. due
at Wilmington at 10 O'Clock, +. NJ The accident
was caused by deceased attempting to pass from,
one car to the other, on long coupling pole
used when tue cars are loaded with logs, from
ernbie speed nj the time and the injuries re-
celved by the deceased caused almost instan,
death. Both feot were cut Off AT the ankle bu,
the fatal wound, II appears, was made in the
back OF the head by an iron bolt or bar, The
remains were brought to this city and an in
quest was held about II o'clock the same night,
the verdict of the jury being in ncro,dsnre
with the above facts. A telegram was DISPATCHED
TO his father, who resides near Bayyicw Cecil
Co. Md. snd the body was ordered TO be for.
warded 10 North East, on the midnight train
Saturday night aud the instructions were com.
piled with Commercial
Minor Topics.
The old "Nausiou'' looks quite spruce in It's
frescoed, ornamen,ed new roof and fresh Goa, OF
paint. The outward attractions are thereby
much increased. The inner attractions cannot
be improved upon.
Ar. G. 7. Stanger, our industrious brick
layer, Is working away a, that new pavement Of
Capt. P's. rgh, across the street from us, much
70 'ne gra'ihchtion OF the ladies who now rejoice
~ the prospect Of not running any risk OF step
ping into mud-holcs, going TO and from church
on rainy nights this winter, and getting their
feet wet. Instead Of the anAtheuias thai used
to 'aii upon the head Of the owner OF that nave
ment, blessings are now showcrrd by the fair
ones.
An Emigrant Aid Society has lccu formed In
smyrna, after the plan adopted a, Middeiown,
Tor The purpose OF procuring laborcrs. \ meet
ing was held last Saturday, when IA lumber OF
gentlemen signed the roll of membership and
committees on By-lsxs, organization, &c. were
appointed.
wm A. Ilukill Esq. has heen arpoutea
deputy sheriff. for st. Georges and Appoq niniin.
ink Hundreds.
Drutal Assault.
Michael Dorau, a shoemaker, who resides on
West Liberty street. when passing along the
Railroad, bciuccn Jefferson aud Mad dson. abont
. o clock last crcning, was attacked bv a party
ot three colored men, and badly cui aboil, tho
IA IN tnt
in town, and when he met the three men ihev
demanded him To step aside which he refused 10
do. Upon Dorans refusal, one Of the assnuliine
party kaoekcd of his hat, and while he was
STOPPING TO pick l, up. received cut on the
hand, which was followed up with other wounds,
nntl he finally made his escape The parties
suspected, arc three men from down abou, Dover
and have recently been staying in sha.ty an,
At Brownstown. No arrests have ye, been made
- Commercial
Some TWrnips.
Several Of our contemporaries have been re-
,civing big fnrnips lately; but thus far uous
have been recorded as large as tho ones that Mr..
Mathews tenant on the farm OF +. X. Cochran,
Esq. near this town, sent 10 this Office In the
after par, Of October. There we're three of them.
reighing respectively a, o. and Of lbs The
argest mentioned by our exchanges weighed
.hou, 81 lbs. This was taken 10 the S.ery
cnhin5. The Baltimore Gazette has small one
u lbs weight, that Il eails q " mammoth
FRY again neighbors.
We are informed by Mr. Cochran, that his
enant has iurnips that will weigh 10 lbs.
'iece, and that he has 30 bushels tha, will az
rage at least lbs. each. Hows that foe ,ur-
iips7
Starving Irishmsn.
On Monday last an Irishiaan walked into the
,ar-room Of tho National Hotel and made a
most pathetic appeal to the charitable feelings of
omc gentlemen who were sitting In the room.
declaring that he had walked AL the way from, |
and that he had ca ten uothius for |
hree days" Two OF the gentlemen, too hu- |
name TO withstand SUI. an appeal, at once gave |
lin some money. Patrick retired, hut sooa re- |
ursed, with the unmistakable smell Of whiskev
N him. This last drink, however, being u,ost |
30 much for him, made him sick and he heavcd |
'p very "daccnt' sized breakfast for starving
nea, and on inquiry, Il was discovered, much
o the chsgrin Of the aforesaid charitable gentle
nen, that be had bcea drinking al sstgl,borinR |
'ros-shop pretty much all the morning.
An IapaAsaa Negro.
At the Court, At New Castle, yesterday. A ne |