Middletown transcript., 1872-04-13
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Local and Sssss AHAirs.


~exf st ihs Town Hall. DR.. Willis viii certain
y b herr on that occasion, and We would sug-
gsst thatit viii Be mnch mors pleasant afler-
wards 70 orr good people, 70 remember that they
wore permitted 10 listen TO hrst-rate literary
psodnetion, thAn 10 reflect that they had loss An
procceds Of The lecture, as the hsnd-bills and
posters inferm M, will be handed over 10 the
Wardcns aud vcsiry Of SaIut AIMS new r.
n. Church, I'D this town, 10 aid in defrayiug
sundry incidcAtn expenses incurred In improving
the church property.
Some rsspsti, also, sheuld 10 had 70 the !ac!,
that Dr.. ". % not Of that Cemsuunisa, which
should render this courtesy the more appreeiable
BY our citissns snd community.
We are sure that his theme, t" Moonshine. y
judging BY what we have heard, will he some
thing beyond ~ mrre m00nshins,' aud will be
worth lis,caing to by the large and arprccistivc
audience By whom ws hops he will be welcomed
on Tuesday evening, The 10th, Instant.
wrLxiscros Irsns.-our Correspondent writes
as follows:
Great excitement was shown Ia some circles
here on hearing that negroes were admitted TO
the U. s. District Court.
Water street IL Al last In the hands Of COM
missioner to txan,isc asd determine the damages
which will arise from the widening OF il. A de-
cidcd improvement would be made should the
street be Opened.
My.tery.-A dead infant was found in the
Brandy wine, Tuesday evening, which il 10 sup
posed was thrown there by some cruel mother.
Il Is thought, to BE- that Of colorcd woman.
Dolly yarden'' Is awfui popular here. One
can scarce hear anything but dolly Warden. y
The Dolly Warden" suits for ladies, the Dol
Warden cigar and numerous other things must
have the "lpeIly Warden" attached to them TO
make them the most popular.
| The Ma ional Telegraph Memorial Monumen,
| Association has addressed a letter 10 the Mayor
Of Wilmington, inviting him and tbs friends OF
tho late Samuel r. Is. Morse, TO hold a meeting
| on the lGth inst. aud requesting him to TAX.
measures 10 have /, held in manner appropriate
| for such occasion. We have heard of 30 move
uient as yet ih the direction.
| The occasion OF the dedication Of the Temple
is hourly wished for. Delegates from each Grand
Lodge in the United States will be presrn,
There will 10 grand parade in the morning
and grand Banquet will he given in the even.
Ing, which idr TASTE and excellence n the arrange
mcnis, has nbi, nor will no, be surpassed in this
| State for YEARS
The smallpox is abaiing; SO much so, thai
you cap scatcely hear the mention Of IL. |, Il
agiiaicd more in the country than necessary
thus soaring The people, and stopping them 'rois
travelling.
The following Grand Juors were drawn OF
Tuesday 10 serve al the ensuing May Term o
| Court -
I,randywiHc iIutdred-Adam Prince ilusl
| Sterling.
wimngidn Henry G.. Banning, Robert Il
| Robinson, JA,ncs C.. Akin.
chrstiina4 Norris Wilson, Lewis Graves
Mil Greek -Ceorge kar, David Eas,hurn.
White Clay Creek Samuel Lindsey WIN. Il
LYMAN.
New Cas,lf John 4. Eckels, John rugh
Red Lion Wm NJ. stuggnrd, WIN. y. Clark
George +. Brady.
Penradcr- WIN. Calhoun, Curtis -. Ellison
George Iionlhcn.
n George Thomas J. Craven, Samuel Je.icr
son.
Appoquinimink--Icv W. La,tomus, lsaa'
siaais, Henry II. Appleton.
Man L1rr Gs.--Thc mil lettings FOR Mary
| land have bcen announced. We suhjoin the fol
lowing:
Eiklon 10 Gaiena, Samuel Bishop, si,o7G
Cecilten 10 Niddlctown, Rob't Anderson, $3.50
llasseys 10 Sissairts Pagan Ernest, $500. Lamb
| sou Siaiion 10 Frumpion, Levi =. Chew, ii95
sis times week. Blacks Station 10 Locus
Grove, EzeAiul Anderson, S2Ao; six times
week. kcHuedysic TO Rock Hall, Janies A
Casey, Sas0l thestcrtuwn 10 Greensboro, Junc
4 Rodrock 81, 2a5 six times a week.
List Of Letters remaining In the Pos, ogi
unclaimed, ibr tho week ending April stl is1a.-
Miss Salle bentley, Charles " Boyd, Thoma
Grassland, Charles 4. Cochran, George Riion
house, Miss Amelia Gcmon Major Harrison
John NJ. Hopkins, Mrs. Magt. hopkins, Sainur
johnson, LcEina Kirk, A. A. Knight, William
Knots, q. ". Knots, Mrs. Ellen Little, saml
J. Lofan, Joseph Merritt, Il. ". Mulliord, Mis-
I Mollie Pinor Msgt. Snul,c, Thomas Sweiman
James II. Smith. Persons calling for the sbos
will please ssy they are advertised.
Fiasr cALIco MApx IN DELAwARe.--wc lear
that the Delaware Historical Society have la
s.ts
( January they received from Henry Lea, Esq,
, fragment ofcalico. the frs, ever printed in th
!. United States. Very few ol our citizens ar
doubtless aware that on the Brand ywne, nj til
',old barley Mil,n wins printed by Archibal
Hamilton Rowan, Esq. The Irish refugee nn
noblcp,an, the frs, calico manufactured in ih
, country. II was In the year 1885, Ga.a,s.
, Ii has bean said thai the luds on oil! peac
trees, in this ari2hbofhooi, had been injured
We were shown, ON Thursday, some buds iroi
the orchard Of Mr.. Martin f. Walker III
branch was cut from ten year old tree, Trolh
, Early variety, and conisiurd about three tim,
Ms ninny buds rs the iree will be able 10 hca
should They all mature The buds were saelliu
rapidly, aud should the weather con,iusc war;
they will blossom In about two weeks.
Souy Sow. .--John Daily Of Maryicl, IL II
possessor oI u most extraordinary SOW. She no
weighs $50 pounds mud has had three farrow
Of rigs-at the brst fiftcen, nt the second, u
teen, and al the third iwer,y-onc, making . /,
tai OF iifiy-onc Four Of her secoHd harrow, ayr
I fifteen months, were baichcred last, ial M
/ weighed respectively 100, 636, C2G and 500 ID
Total, 2i52I pounds. Dciararcan.
d We omitted, In enumcrating tho names Of Gle
gymen present Vt the eonsecraios Of Saint Ann
New Church on Thursday the 4ih instant,
: mcntion ihsi OF the Res'd. ]. Leighton Mckir
Q OF Milford, Delaware. Mr.. Mckim, We learn.
b indusirousiy engaged In collecting and Goliath
= all the historical Information he can find, in r.
! ercncc to the early planting and progress Of Il
. Church In this State.
: Saint Ann's p. T.. Church, Middlctown,- ,-n
: vino Service Tomorrow At the usual hours l,
Q A. N. andI7A r. NJ. The Rector, whose heal
: has much improved, expects to otiiciats on bo
a occasions.
\ The grauh Union Sunday School demons,r
tion 10 Wilmington has been arranged for 4
!, second Thutsday Ia June. Il 10 TO bs a graz
y singing plchic, on the Brandy wine Banks, VIII
Il Gre fhoHsasd children arc 10 sing In chorus.
D,ssolrrIps The firm Of Home 1 Forbs
i agents Of Tho Phnnix Mutual Life Insaran
Company, has dissolved co-partncrship. n
: Home win coutiuue the business At their old
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