Middletown transcript., 1872-05-18
Local and State Affairs.
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This city d q ao.esi place for ruwdyism, cspe-
cinlly On SuudAy. last Sunday afternoon there
was a shoc,iwy match cut ". 4ih street, between
two boys arrr which they went shooting amer
birds. On the hill was a group Of four boys
playing cnrsia and what 10 worrr. swearing the
largcst csihs, 20 any one rassisg by would hear
ihcm. Bat whtl this is going on, where are the
Icl'vc7 They are republicans, and led hy that
party they are useless 10 the city and the inhah-
tsws ihercof. We hear great complaints Of their
seE,srs Of duty, and change should be i'nmc-
diately effected.
llopy fouSp.--Thc holy Of a dead celorcd
child WIS found In yard on Ninth street. on
Monday aftcrsoon last. The mother was exam
ined nj the inquest and stated iha, the child WAS
still-born. A vcrdic, was rendered 10 accordance
with her testimony.
DRawsxp liixsxtg IN A Fir or lSsNStTy BART
O'Nie, man living a, 7us Eas, Fifth st. left
his home on last Saturday night, in Il, Of in
sanity, with nothing ON but his nigh, clothes.
lie said he YVES going 10 drown himself and pro-
cce,iing towards Fourth street wharf, II Is sup
posed that he jumped over anil was drowned
without ever being seen. His body was found
ON Wednesday morning at place called "uld
Rocks, by some boys who were playing near
by. The body was brought to the shore and
subsequently moved TO his residence, where m
inquest WIS held in the afternoon.
A man by the name OF Daniel Stewart, resid
ing on West Front street attempted To commit
suicide last Sunday morning by taking two
ounces Of laudauum. This being nm over dose
he gradually recovered from the effects, aud IL
now quite well. The cause Of ihis vioscai act
was domestic difficulties. his wife and he having
had a lively quarrel the evening before.
SriLL PnogIgssiSa.--Work on the new hotel
is still progressing. By II meeting Of The stock
holders, the height Of the building was ordered
to he four stories on Market ard five an King
/ Il "A
King, as was formerly intended. Our citiRcns
look forward 10 jhe time when Wilmington ean
boast o. n strictly Temperance Hotel"
| Never was there So much activity In the MANN
factories shown rs there Is ~ present Throughout,
the cnife city. The building OF steamships,
vessels and railroad ears is daily increasing
while the morocco aud carriage factories are in
,enscly busy in iling the numerous orders they
receive. Why no, call Wilmington the chief OF
manufacturing places?
/! 4 man was arrested ON Wednesday evening
las1 IN d. state Of drunken iusrnsihiiiy and ioll,
ed in the city Hall. lie laid on his face on the
aoor the entire night, and until II O'Clock the
next day, when some one undertook To arouse
! him. bu, found that 1t was impossible tn do 50.
/ II was soon nsecrtaincd ,hn, he vas dead. The
! Coroner MAS scpi for, aal an inquest was held
! in the afiernoos. Deceased was "A stranger and
WAS nbou, twenty five years Of age. His bot.
WAS removed 10 nm undertaken in the evening.
tempted Outrage.
Constable William IT, S.,rdc, of Camden, wa.
sent for aboai one oclock On Thursday night I,
arrest q negro named John Carpenter, found
concealed under u led at Darling Jol,nsons on
| the farm o. john Cirayer, IL North Mnrderkil
hundred, near Camden. II appears from tho
statcn,cn, OF the parties and the admissions o
the rrsoaer himself that he procured II ladder
| at Mr.. Clearcrs, Tor whom be worked, carried
it to Johnson's house, half miln distant, which
he entered, between II and 10 clock, BY q
| window Ia ihc secuud story, opening into room
in which johnson $ daughters, aged II and -
were sleeping Cropping around in the darA
he got hold of the .uoi ot one OF the girls, VIII,
awokc, screamed aud ran down stairs to hc'
1 father. In the meantime the negro had con
ccnled himself under the bed. The father wen
into the room aud seeing no one concluded th'
girl must have been dreaming, but She being
| positive, search was made and the negro found
us described. When asked ha, he Was doing
there he said he did not know. 1t Is cvidcn
from tho nc,ions Of the negro that his rnrpos'
was 10 pcrpcra,c the crime for which there i
such pcnchnn, Of late Years among the negroes
carpc..ict WAS committed by Jusiic Mcbride M,
lodged in jril Friday morning - b,i1wWean Q
snwda,y ti,t.
Crops, Comparison of srasoMs, Sc.
Las, year !, was said that the season wn
about two weeks earlier than usual, and ihi
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some whra, headed out on Thursday, the 10th
pluckcd from the farm Of II. II. Brady, n te,
! miles north Of this town. Wheat last year b,
/ gan TO head ON ihr 10th Of May, only six da,
earlier than this year. This season has ais
been called the the drycsi one for forty year
hu, the "oldcst inhabitants" memory wan
Jogging. From the following, taken from
diary Of u farmer In this neighhorhood, Il wi
he seen that we had 40 ra;p for e,cr q rrl Ytc,
during the month OF April last year. |, wi
. also show several items that will bc OF interest
! agriculturisis
4 April end. lsIl--raincd
Q - 2Gth, - fine shower.
. 2sih. :. good shower,
!. May 9Th, --rainud moderately for tN
days.
May 10th, ~ Wheat heading.
Y a :. " very heavy frost.
= a ll,h, white fros, and gaon'
: slightly frozen.
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