Middletown transcript., 1872-04-27
Local and State Affairs.
DuswIary.

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About O'Clock on Sunday morning last, the
esideues ~ NJ. Amos W. Lynch, near this tows,
ms satsssa By two thieves. They had collected
lot q c!lvss.ware, clothing, &c. asd placed
hcn n H. middle Of \ room down stAirs, asd
Nd pleced two valiscs near, into which, u b
luppcse1, they iniendsd 10 pack the gUeds.
Not hsl16 atisesd with what they had rrorsssd
- ~ eres oeos, they went up ssaiss, sed ~
light Of he lamp which they wers carryisg n
roused NJ. Frank Lynch, who got up imme-
aiately and made battle with the robicss. liav.
peised ous, he was attacked ~ the other with
chair. Fortunately, however, NJ the robl CT was
aoout 10 deal him stunning blow, be missed
bic aim sad demolished the chair against the
door-ftaas. The scufSe, In which Frank re-
csavsd several slight bruises, lasted a few L'o-
neats, aad ths thieves escaped Ia such hast,
however, that they were unable To carry ary-
thing away.
There have been no arrests made, but suspicion
points strongly 10 Harry Hitchcock, a young
man wh0 i0rtnerly lived In this town. aud who
for some months resided In Mr.. Lyncl,'s family.
On the aight Of the attempted robbery he came
dow. from Philadelphia and took lodgings at
Lippincotts Hotel. NJ. Lyach WAS in towa to
mset bis wife, Who also came down Ia the irnis,
and - they were about to start home, Hitchcock
came up aad begaM TO talk with them. lie told
NJ. Lynch he had some business with his,, and
would see him on Monday. Mr. Lynch invitcd
him TO 20 home with them, hut he declined. lie
took great pains, however, TO Hnd out from Mrs
Lynch oil about the premises, asking hcr II tho
hoass had been enlarged; II certain members
slept In the sasne rooms that they occupied whea
he was there; u the dog would bits, &c. ilitch-
cock u lie were concerned In the affair came back
10 the hotel again, sad In the morning started to
walk out 10 Mr. John A. Jones, but at latest ac-
counts he had not bccn there, or been heard of
since.
Peseh Prospects,.
Although some few orchards In this section are
slightly injured, " the buds receive no further
injury there will be large yield. From news.
paper rl'orts, some Of which are annexed. there
will not be . full crop In the lower ,mrt Of the
peninsula, and New Castle county, as was The
ease last year, will have a large proportion OF
the crop.
The Sussex Journal says Ill Il evident that
ihe crop 0f peaches In SUSSEX Co. this year will
be very light, last year there was mn unusually
heavy yield, and this 10 not the bearing year.
BESIDES II 10 true, that the bitter cold weather
did injure large proportion ,f the fruit buds,
so We will certainly no, have even as full crop
- We some times have Immediately succeeding u
"crop year"
The Scaford Record SAWS Peach trees arc In
bloom, and We shall doubtless have half n crop
this season. Sotncs Of our old peach growers
have concluded that the month Of August Ia the
best time TO tell we'her the peach crop Is dead
not.
The Princess Anne True Mnyvlasdey, says -
THE frost o. ihe night Of The 23d instant serious.
ly injured the Pcact, buds throughout the neigh
borhood Of Princess Anne. The warm weather
Of the previous week had developed them rapid
wicomico County will produce only abou,
half peach crop.
The peach prospects In Dorchester Is good.
Psass~ssg Csss ~ wsiusimsson.
On Friday afternoon Of last week as two chill
dren of James Glenn and one OF James Mcintirc
were playing near their places Of residence on
Riddles Banks, they espicd something on tho
ground which they thought wns candy, aud
picked u ur, and cat nearly all OF II.
Shortly alter they went home the child of Jas
Nclniire, about siT years old, died. md one oi
the children Of James Glenn, aged three years,
also died. The other one was not very III, and
10 now quite we'll
After awhile older persons weat with the sur.
viving child 10 the place they found the sub.
stance they ate, and picked up a very small piece
ofa brownish-ooking matter which the child
said was shat they eat hat Il was so small thai
u could not he anaiy yxcd, and us the parents oi
the children refused TO allow post mori,m cxan,i.
nation to be held, /, is likely what they a,r will
always remain mystery. Coroner Woodward
held an inquest, and the jury rendered q verdict
found In the street"
Powder aiii Explosions.
About O'Clock on Friday afternoon of las
week, press mill in the liagley Powder Yard o
u. ]. du Pont exploded. Killing ono man ant
iajurins another severely, who has since died o
his injuries.
Another sSpiosioa occurred on Tuesday morn
ing, At ihe Hagiey Yard Of the du Pont powd
wofts, but no one was injured. II was one
he rolling mills this time, and the cxplosie,
took place about 3.io clock. There were abou
time Of the explosion. The machinery was dam
aged to n greater or less extent, and the roof q
the mill vas blowh OF, but beyond this no dam
age 10 either life, limb or property was done.
Eihssn aoA aSAaisa0wa IsaiiveaA.
TIE Gossrsos Of Marylasd has issued ccrtiH
cate Of incorporation to the Middle,own and Elk
ton Railroad, heginning At Elkion, Cecil county
| and rus ming 10 some point on the line divdin
the States Of Maryland and Delaware, south q
| the Chcaalsask@ snd Delaware Canal, 10 come,
with = road from uiddle,own, New Castle cour
| ~, Delaware. Capital stock, S2.0,OOO incoI
porators Jacob, Tome, David Scott, Wm Line
sey, John Peach, Dr. G. N. Ellis, George "
Cruitshank, Vim. J. Jsues, Rohsr; C. Lewis an
Dr.. Joseph V. Wallace.
| AnsaSser GApaasNes 0ase.
We learn that confidence game was ,Mrr
trs,ed upon Joseph Sinpp, Of Warwick, o
Thurslsy week, BY n couple Of men, supposed
be the ssuse parties who swindled a genilema
in Ilaswsse City. 0se OF the men profrsscd
1 b. VIZ Insurance sGcst. apd the other told ii
sams sale r. havisg goods 10 Raaiimore. The
succeededis obtaining $40 from Mr.. Stapp, an
left % security two raisa6ie watches worth abo,
$40.
Oalley.
The trial Of Rev. N. W. Dcnnwa, wto u
memhcs Of the Wilmington n. 4. Conference, q
The charges Of adultery and immoral conluc
commenced In 0cosGel0wn laat week ard lssts
three days. Although thu accused vas ably d.
fesded, . vendiet Sf guilty was Essdercl by d
| reverend gentlemcn assembled 10 try him. Fin,
action will bs taken On the case by the next Coz
ference, and until the meeting Of that body, y
b. 10 excluded from the church an ministry.
Exsasssen Tseksas.
4 The wilmiagson I Reading Railroad Compss
have decided to ell exclusion tickets to l,arti
desising 10 attend the Libcral Rcpublican Co
veatioa 70 b held In Cincinnati next month. II
nIe u tickets commenced on the .5ih and will
discestlaued % The 30th Of the preaea. mont
Tickets sos the round trip will be sold for $40