Middletown transcript., 1873-08-30
Odessa items.
From our odessa Correspondent. !


The hot weather Of last week was very hard on
horses. Two young men started on FRIDAY Of
last week 10 60 from New Castle 10 Black bird -
They passed through this place some time during
the morning, their horses looking pretty well
tired out. About five o clock in the ai.crnoon
they got this far on their way back expecting 10
90 on 10 Wilmington, but one Of their horses was
so overcome by the heat and the long drive ,ha,
they could go no tnrIhcr They, therefore stop
ped Mt the Hotel for the night aud had their ho--
scs put away and carcd for. but ia the morning
one oi the animals was dead The Young men
then had 10 send inek 10 Blacktird 10 ce, ano,h.
er horse to take them 10 Wilmington | hnyc
since learned that they reached their destination
in safety, but would have % pay iof the horse,
which will make their trip rather an Expensive
one, aud teach them useful lesson fer the fu-
tune: Not TO drive too fast or too far in red hot
weather.
Our townsman, c. wa,kin. ESQ, and daugh-
ter also Mrs. and Miss Beasien, arrived home on
Monday night rom visit OF about Two weeks
At The Gapes. They were detained several DAYS
longer than they had inter aei 10 STAY on &C.
count oi the della. Of the t.ains.
Middletown, owing 10 the late Hoods, has 10
look 10 Odessa for supply of the staff Of life
Several merchants came over here on Monday
aud chartered the schooner Diiri, To pa TO Bran
i,wine for cargo of Hour TO feed the hungry of
,oGt town aud vicinity
Henry Baker. Esq. has bern making quite nm
ierntlon in his dwelling. lie has new waihcr-
boarded II aud rsmodeled it throughout When
fnish.d, II will he quite an addition 10 the ap-
rsartnee of thu, part OF the town
The Hotel did quite n thriving business last
week, having as mang guests AS il could well ac-
commoda,r during tbs whole week.
The bombay Hook Itatiroaa.
Matters are progressing energe,ieally, as usnal
on the Smyrna and Delaware Bay Railroad
Pcrempiory orders came last week from head
quarters, Long Branch, 10 make connection ut
CLAYTON with the Maryland aud Delaware Rail-
road by Monday Of This week and work eon,in-
ued righ, on, through iain, Sunday and ali, un.
I'll yesterday, when the connection was effected
Thus the first continuous line of railroad is made
between the two bays, commencing at oxford
on the Chesapeake, aud terminating at Bombay
Hook, on the Delaware This may he worthy
of note in historical way. Wha, significance
there mty be In III. peremptory order, fif any
We do not know. great quantity of ties and
other lumber for the road along the line OF
the Mary and Delaware road, aud the com
neciion is most probably made 10 secure this
material
Work on the pier or slip AT Bombay Hook is
being hurried forward with Ms much speed A.
possible Ahou, htiy murkmrn nre engaged
upon tall that eau be furnished mih necan-
moda,ons. II will be five or sx weeks brlose il
Is finished.
The grading Ia all finished between CLAYTON
and Masseyis. Tracklayiag frem CLAYTON, on
this graded portion will commence In a very
short imc.--Smyrna Times, 2Uh.
wiiminston confsrenrs Academy.
Work on the Wilmington conterrncs Acads.
my building at Dover, WAS commenced last Nom
day week, and large io-cs of workn,en are en-
gagged IN running up the walls as fast as The
stale OF the weather viii admit. The building
Is TO be completed by the frs, of August, 1874.
The cost is to he $40, 500, without the heating
apparatus, which will add 81, 900. Tho entire
cost Of building, ground aad incidental exp~u.
ses will be about S55, 900. 0i,his sum $5l. .2ul-
20 has been donated or subscribed. II is pro-
posed that $1,000 or Biz, 900 will be added 10
the subscription which will he necessary 10
make II certain that no debt will remain upou
the building or grounds Of the academy. The
academy is 10 he bult Of brick. The dimen-
sions are 9Gzs9 feet, and four stories high. =.
Smyrna Times.
Marrow Escape.
Tho fatcs seem to DO against the Delaware
Railroad at this time. The repairing Of the
road appears TO be attended with considerable
danger AS we'll as dificul,y. Besides the fright.
id' accident a, the canal we have very narrow
escape ON NJ least serious injury TO record
that occurred on Sunday morning last while
the ~orkg,en were engaged In putting heavy
stringer on the ircs,le work over the unforiu-
naie culvert below 81. Anne's, the log slipped
and rolled down the steep embank ment, driving
two men before II, who could not possibly have
gotten out Of ib way had II not have caught
agaiast stump or stone which stopped iis pro-
gress. The men certainly made an exceedingly
marrow escape, for II the log had no, been stop
ped they must have all been more or less injured.
lsesnAsarssa ~ lsspsse.
Afler twelve o'clock last Sunday night, the
blacksmith shop, lately started in this place BY
Raymond 3 weiser, was burned. From the cir
cumsiancss thsrc can be no doubt that the Rrs
was the work Of an intendisry. Mr. James
red dollars, in carriage property. The black
smith shop will bs rsbuilt as oacs, and ID the
meantime " hops steps will BE- taken to discov-
er The incsnaiafy and bring him TO justice