Middletown transcript., 1873-03-08
Local and Gtata Afairs.
The T~vvu re1eesawm.


TIE Tsws EIsesssn.
That annual farce, the Town Election, was
held i1bt Monday. Now, ssown election, as
Ss,' sssd s .ase a sad sssss.' ~
which y ,eosdsess1, end ~ diSsA abstraction
as4 blloR h6esilisy uasloDssa toward the vari-
ous tl(en BY eshsrent pastlse, make our escessicn
uepogGo1y ridiculous. AZ - ume politics oc-
esplsd = psunInent positlea u thess lilliputian
washgoa and 10 such ~ oxoeut vas thu cuetess
earie1 taes w. Courts were thrsateesd With .
esrtala qe.1ssn, bst - storm cIosds Pssesd
6uay aad IL aa0vy wesss bseisne sill Again,
uptown Sngcd fierce con,rst with downtown,
and the "Ciiixens (" aud q Anti-Tammany
were the war cries with which the opposing hosts
werc narpballcd for the fray. But this year the
various contestants were led to hattie under the
banners, rsspec.ivsly, Q, Citizens J" = Anti
The FIRST Of these was formed at an adjourned
Building and Loan Association meeting, organ.
ICED for the purpose, but as soue Of the parties
who composed that .ne1ting were dissa isfei
with the work Of their committee, a new ticket
was formed almos; Immediately, and styled the
" "Anti-Crcdii Mobilier Ticket But on the day
Of battle, another party, thinking perhaps that
they hnd been sighted Ia not being consulted in
the formation OF either ticket, put another in the
field underline name OF the "Workingtnsn' Tick
ct" All were tough, with considerable vigor,
bat the ticket with the high sounding title OF
" "An,-Crcdit Mobilicr' was elected by cousid-
erable majority. The successful ticket Is:
Comu.isstoaers. Massey, James u. Scow-
drck, Thomas 4. Hurn, Samuel Il. Stephens, J.
d. Roberts.
7>m.ur.r Dew. G. Walker.
Assessor. .--Chns. r. Anderson.
Aiiermon John A. Reynolds.
ssrtoss F~is of sx.shers1 Armstrong.
uR LIES ~ A CELLAR ALL si1sr iS AN iSsExsIsLH
CONDITION.
On Monday evening between 9 and 0 o'clock
IS ex-Shsrif Armstrong was walking on Third
street near Orange, he slipped and tell OF tho
ice in trout OF VIM. c. Martins livery stable
and rolled down tho inclincd plain leading 10
the cellar, where he lay In an inscnsible condi.
iion until next morning. The hostlcr, George
Conner heard some one fall about that time in
the evening, but supposed he 60, up and walked
away.
lie left the stable about 10 o clock, and before
going closed the doors leading to the cellar.
" hen he came back to the stable about 5 o clock
next morning he heard moaning in the cellar
and Immediately went down and found the sx-
Sheriff lying there in half-conscious state.
W iih the assistance OF the watchnan Of SPRING
er, Morley 4 Causes building he was carried up
into the Office of the stable and gradually be-
came conscious.
|, was found that he had broken his right,
ankle in two places. lie wss removed 70 his
residence, N. +. corner Of Sixth aud jefferson,
and Drs. Draper and Kane properly dressed the
wound. Mrs. Armstrong was net home. and
he family were in great suspense all night, as
il was very unusual for him to stay out late IN
the evening, and comior,ed themselves with the
false impression that he had been called away
unex pec,cdly on business Had the hosiicr not
closed the cellar doors, II is probable that the
* Sheriff would have irozeu 10 death. rs last
Monday night Was one Of the cudes, Of the sea-
sou. lie Is geiting along very nicely, and We
wish him speedy recovery ry.-Brery Erening.
Minor Topics.
The building Of three large schooner,, the
six oyster packing houses, and the sash aud
blind factory at Seaiord give employ men, TO
over 800 hands and /, is said that there will be
more houses built ,hers this season than in any
one season ever before
The Church OF the holy Gross, tCatholic) OF
Dover, is fast approaching completion, and " i'll
Ls ready for conservation early in May. When
completed, II will be the finest church odiiec en-
the lower part OF the Peninsula.
BY tile operation OF the Law taxing the p.
W. X u. Railroad Company, the peach ship
pers have been obliged to pay as a special tax
ior each full ear load of irui, shipped, the SUN
ut fau, Sl5 ~.
The Milford N,s. says the withdrawal Of the
New York steamship line has deprecated real
estate on the eastern side Of Sussex county full
30 per cent, and farms In tie vicinity Of Milford
10 the same extent.
The Prrsby ierians Of Baltimore have already
nppoiatcj committees 10 make arrangements iur
the meeting OF the General Assembly in that
city. May 10.
Messrs. Mcl.car 4 Kendall, Of Wilmington.
I'D .NA.r f.r 81.
Germany, being the frs, manufacturers OF ear
riapes in our country, who have been thus hon
otcd.
Gov Ponder on Thursday morning appointed
Henry Todd, Esq, OF Dover, Clerk OF the Or.
phans Cour, and Register in Cbancery for
Kent county, In place Of Alex. J. Taylor, term
expired.
10 Wyoming aud nearly coo share
have already been taken.
Aa Indian River Mystery.
RspoRrEp WINDING ora MAN WIN 81, 500 on MS
PERSON.
The Breakwa,er Light of Saturday has the
We have heard this week that ~
bout she first Of last month drowned man was
picked up on the beach near Indian River lulc,
by two men who resided near by. The man had
been drowned several days from appearances,
,et uts cipthes "ere ptrisSt anu showed tuHt ne
had been richly ni,red. On his person papers
were found, showing that his name was Taylor,
or Say lor, and iha, he had resided in New York
City. The story, however, Is not yet told our
informant further says that on this mans per-
sos. was also large amount of money, a SUN
exceeding ~, 500, and that the finders concluded
TO be keepers, and buried the poor unfortunate
on the beach and quietly walked on with the
spoils, but 1t seems from some misunderstood ing
"a tletu the affair hu Aiteat teA
We are now left 10 anxiously awsi, further de-
velopmrns which We believe will soon be made
Murder sriH out.
Look Out for ilimi
Capt Radkia called at our Office an reports
that on Tuesday afternoon, ?5,h ult. when near
ly up with Chincstcagus Light House, wind
north, and blowing y stiff breeze, something
was discovered on The weather bow, which was
supposed 10 be = vessel bottom upward, but up.
on . nearer approach /, proved TO be dead
whale, estimated 10 be Between eighty and one
hundred feet in length lfhe shoald be driven
ashore, all right; the lucky finder may rrslise a
handsome amount IL be csa forward the fish to