Middletown transcript., 1872-11-09
Local and State Affairs.
tn. Election IN alladl.ee,vn,

the absence Of all excitement. Very little inter-
est was manifested, particularly by the Demo-
Gratis. Many men who usually voted that ticket
refusing TO go 10 the polls at all, the natural
consequence Of the ridiculously absurd nomina-
ton made By ,hqRaltimore Conveniioa In July.
There were skat many Democratic tickets
polcd with the names o; Greeley and Brown
torn off, Persons who did no, ia,end to vote
for the Baltimore nominees, thus voted the Flee
,orai ,irkc, contrary To their wishes. In this
way, Mr.. Greeley get maay more votes than
were intended for him.
From the windows OF our Office we had fair
view Of the polls and the surroundings. Moth
ing occurred Of special interest. The darkiss
appeared TO enjoy the day II the whites didn't
Having gone through the process OF dcposiiing
in the hallo,-hox, the tickets placed in their
hands By their Radical allies about which they
knew as mach as
The dull who plcws the sod"
knows Why lie l. to-day a slave Tomorrow Egyr's
God "
they retired to their corner and took their
holiday in their own mos, approved fashion =
boxing, wrestling, dancing, drinking, loud
swearing, &c Onc big dark became too oh
s,reperous for his companions and they unccre-
moniously pitched him into n wagon aud car
red him out TO llamiown, where they LETT him 10
his reflections on the sahjcc, OF the great privc-
lcgo OF an .frier,cdn Citizen.
improvements.
The sprl, Of improvement is still alive in Mid
dleiown Mr.. Samuel Pennington has procured
bricks, preparatory to laying new payemen, IN
\ front oi his row Of buildings on Main street.
| Bricks have also been haalcd for pavement ex-
tending from Coxs carriage factory, on Broad
street around on Green street as Tar as the Epis-
/ cOpal Church These Improvements are sadly
nceded and their speedy completion is desirable.
| H. l.. puuning il an s.ierprising man. For
the accommodation Of the ieachcrs OF the Presby-
,crian Sunday school, Of which he Is superin-
icndcnt, be has recently had the backs nf the
pcws in the Lecture Room OF tha, church, so
constructed that they may hc turned over u,
pleasure, after the H. Il. ear sea, fashion, thus
enabling the teachers to fncc their scholars while
the news ,ugy be arranged in their proper posi-
lion for Wednesday evening service
Mr. $. Il Stephens il hayins his store build
ing rcpaiu,rd adding much 10 's appearance.
Two new house, are being built in Middle.
town Mr. Joseph Gary is erecting one on Lake
street, and Mrs. Whitlock is btilding Que on
Anderson street
George W Ingram has recently erected new
stable on the lot adjoining his residence on \
Broad street. The noteworthy part OF ihts i
that he worked upon the building himself u
Il a fact, increhi,aalc rs Il may seem We sn"
it ourselves
Vim. H. Cochran E.q is having new roo
mt mon the house occupied rs Mrs. " "
Bmcksion Tas WIS d erca, dcsidcra,am. tn,
old root was SADLY onJ ui repair. and by IN, I'M
proyemcn,, The sky pariUr viii bc made more
habiiablc during s'oilas.
Miuor Topics.
The proiraeicd meeting. which began f,w
weeks since. in the Methodist Church OF thl'
place. IS siill 10 progress and will continue NJ
long interest is manifested. There ARE q
number Of inquirer, ui.htly al the altar aud
there tnvc been % 'rW conversions.
sta lialf pf
sou. Ptlr i CnN ha, ciostl COR this season Th'
fruit pat up rs ,hom this year Is lar superior IL
that Of last year.
George " Ingram has sold this week 10 pr
f. Rcalr, Of Philadelphia, The firm Of John
Townsend Ia Arp"qGinmnk lil bci.
At The meeting ilhc Nildlriown Huildini
and Loan Association, on Thursday evening
money sold q 10 pcr cn',
St,-srN luniy Is almost entirely free oi debit
and her taN levy this wear was only forty cen,
on the one hundred dollars
Hon. J, CLANCY Jones has removed from hi
: State
Wilber f. Tunnel. one Of the twelve who g,
cared from the steamer Missouri .lurnch nj Sc
near the West India Islands, oet 22l "a q De
| awarean. having hrcn born near GtorgeiaNr
! Sussex county, whore hi, father now rcsidc'
, AZ the outbreak of our late war, MI Iunhe
: ! with several other yHung men went 10 Nassai
i y + Nhcfe we mcl him in 1854. lie was,
. tha, time, engaged in ilortishing business
u His brother, Isaac runncll, died with the yello
: fever, which ragged severely ia iha, island IN Il
- summer Of 1864.
John simmons . brakeman. was run over
is the cars IN " ilmiugtnn, last Thursday, and II
:, siAniiy Killed Hall fof his head crushed 81
lie fell OF the top OF the car while the train vi
c backing.
Daring tie year ending tile 7th OF last mont
Two hundred aud seventy -sescn marriages We
l., celebrated in Sussex. The tax ON the lieens
amounted 10 -, los
Is There Is a Young man living near Frederic
n onl, 10 years old Who measures feet inch
in his stockings and 1t is said that he has ju
s. commenced to grow.
10 T C. Mnfrhry aud J Il Hall have taken 0
" Letters Te.timentary npon the estate
lc Thon. Is Murphcy, deceased
Samuel :. has been granted letters of \
minisiraion upon tie estate OF his brother Jo
&c Scgars, deceased
"a The Horse Disease in Middietown.
d The Epzaoiic, the horse disease that Is sprea
), ing all over the country, has al last reach
Mialetown. although, rs yet IN n mild for
e. which seems 10 he The case generally In the :
raj districts We have heard of some six
e eight horses that nrt afflicted with the disea
nj aud hy this time there are probably more. ]
+, disease is neither fatal Except In some cas-,
III nor contagious, ANA the most successful ire
n, nen is very simple. In the North, where
disease has hecu raging for several weeks,
be most affective remedy has heen To give the ~
no mails rest, 10 keep them well blankccd, and
give them soft food.
" The chesapeake and Delaware Canal,
The project for the canal connecting ,he Ch
b. apeake aud Delaware bays II is estimated y
n cost four million dollars. The surveys sh
that II sill pass through level country otsefi
RS no obstacle TO ils completion. II would y
!. three hundred mles of navigation between \
y ya,k and n,ltiuore nrouui the Eastern Sh,