Middletown transcript., 1873-02-15
Local and State Affairs.
Delaware lsty lsssas.

Va SUNDAY lnst, Nr. w. IT, eyoold morse
took fright at = buffalo robe, and ran away
breaking bis carriage to pieces.
The past few weeks the young people Of St.
Georges Presbyterian church. have formed an
| associa ton which they call "Thc young peoples
association ofSt. Georges Presbyterian church
| II meeis once month"; there are 40 members
| fee for membership SOC The object Of this az
sociaton Is TO bring the Young people mote to-
geihc', at the same time TO promote the in'er~st
| OF the church in whatever way they may
proper. Rev. Mr.. Cms,ead pastor in charge,
and family have displayed Grea, deal Of sner-
| gy In getting up this assoeia ton On Thursday
| the goth iss, the association will give \ supper
and musical entertainment; tickets for both,
so cents
| A WONDERFUL oo.-Mr. VanIIckie. OF this
| city, has q setter dog who has formed quite an
aitachmen, for his masters COW, he shows |, in
| this way he will run around the streets, and If
| be can find Anything for the COW To cat, he will
so afisr her and drive her to the food. This has
| been doubted by some, In fact we could hardly
| credit IL ourselves, SO We watched him few days
| since, and saw him drive the cow To where there
Was some food.
We heard, short time since tha, onr farmers
| in this neiehhorhood, were talking OF forming a
| Farmers Club. We doa't see why they don't
do H. and study their swn interest a. do other
classes OF business mcn.
| A SLieir FiRs-ou Wednesday last, n bed
caught FIRE in tho house of Phils Scsncy, tsolor-
ed, corner Of 5th and Hamilton Streets, IL was
On Saturday evening last, the members of the
". r. Church, with many OF their friends, AS
scmbicd At the house Of their pastor, Rev. DR..
Thomas hearing with hcm loads of good things
| After n pleasant evening spent in social enjoy
meat, conversation, singing. &c. and mn arpro-
| PIRATE prayer by the DR., the company returned
TO their homes, veil satisfied with their visit
| and Its results.
Good Prices.
Al the sale OF Mr.. Samuel BRADY. in Saint
Georges Hundred, on the 9th inst. Samuel N
Enos. Auctionecr, eleven head Of horses brought,
the following prices :-$32s, S3lo, s2s5, 1850
s24o. si96, $iI5, si5o, Slss Si3s, Slol, total
81, $50, being An average Of S2li.50 per head
One two-ycar old col, Sll1, young colt 500
hr. u. declined Offering span Of young sorrcl
mares and years old, for which ho has re-
fused 5000, also two colts worth $3.50 making
in the aggregate for horses and colts 81 4oa, or
an average Of S2c9 .?3. for ! head, including I
colts Nearly all the above were Mr.. B's. own
raising. Can any farmer beat the above prices
II so, let US hear from them. Cattle sold MS fol-
lows al years old, bull, $40 young Durham
bull IS months old, SiO0. Young calf hand
raised. loA weeks old, S22 cows, $50, SCI,
$40; hsifers, $50 TO $40.
Mr.. b. declined an offer OF 81, 900 for balance
OF hay now on hand, and $500 for rick Of
straw showing he has had mn abundance Of
provendrr, notwithstanding the general scarcity
OF the snfnc throughout tnc country.
From the above prices, II Is very evident II
would he more profitable to the farmers OF New
Castle county, II they woald turn their attention
more to the raising Of stock and the cultsgntion
of grasses. instead OF the old system Of corn,
whea, and oats, as tho two latter grains appear
to be pretty well played ou, Of late, especially
| in this locality l..
Grnnd GiN Concerts.
The two Grand Gift Concerts announced for
last Tuesday and Wednesday evenings came Of
In the Town Hall and were largely attended and
highly appreciated Mr. T. 4. Coaly the fun
ny fellow" appeared in his humorous songs
and characters, rendering them with great deal
OF effect. The HAYES Qnar's'tc did admirably
1 we'll, and especially 50 in the rendition Of "Th,
Raven" (Poel = reeitaiive chant. The manner
in which the, rendered this chant is a guarantee
Of ihor cIcellcn, vocal qualities i, bein. so yer,
difficult. The piaais, deserves credit, but h,
PLAYED too low 10 be distinctly heard in all pari
Of the Hall
The presence OF the Diamond State Brass Band
J OF this town was u marked benefit. for their mus
ic was remarkably ane Tho 40 Shicd March I
WAS PLAYED with unusual excellence, and in al
the music was serr enliyening
The principal gifts were one ton Of coal
. drawn by VIM, ". Wilson one barrel of -four
, drawn hy Willie Walker one barrel OF apples
, drawn hy Richard foatd
> The Committee were very successful in sccur
ing good singers, hsd making these fr;t-clss
concerts.
Hidden Treasure.
In an old house, not over a hundred mile
0 from l.ewes, has been discovered treasure o
4 | very ancient origin. We have seen Que OF ,h
coins, and pronounce it 10 be an old pot,uges
+, Joe. The money had bccn wrapped up yer
carefully in n species of hair; 10th, hut time
0 with its cankcring tooth, has nearly made hais
Of its texture. The house in which the none
y was found, can be traced back for n period 0
: one hundred and fifty years Who shall snr b.
' what hands the deposit was made? The min
, very naturally goes back TO the time when som
= stray pirate from the vessel OF Capt, Kid, o
some other bold ses.rover, stopped At Lewss an
carefully secreied his hoard, 10 bs enjoyed a,
D future day .--Brsatwa'1 L,yh
The weather.
: During the past week the changes of the usa
: iher have been so many and so great that
would have dcfed cold Probs =" or the Almana
, con lecturers TO keep up with Il. After "A icv
days, last week, OF nlmos, spring weather,
suddenly blew up cold ns Grcealand's Icy Moua
; tnins last Sunday, and after almos, frcezin
everything and everybody to death, just as sud
denly became moderate again but on Wednes
day all the weather furies seemed to be let loose
D II rained. and II showed, and !, blew, got mod
crate and cold by turns, and appeared TO b
a wholly undetermined what tc do, but finally gar
| vs. stOTmv utght, anu on Ihurthhy Hiofhinj
. the grouEd wss shcathcd In a vhi,a mantle,
: Rather Eayiy.
y The !S,ms states that some OF the Milford
Methods,s are ALREADY making preparations 70
the camp-mesting at Rchobo,h In July. Sevcra
intend building cottages there in the spring
The Ntws also says: "The Dover aud Lewe
and Rrhoboih Railroad is very popular fron
a here 10 Dover, and slso in and around Milton
$l00, 900 In cash subscriptions can be ob,aine,
the line, aad II ought to be bull, this season.
!. Found Dead.
= The dead body Of a man, supposed to be
i German, was found dead In ihe stree, Ia vii
i minSion, on Thursday morning last, 10 rsgaE
Il TO the cause Of whose death the Coroners jar
seem TO be sorcly perplexed-ihsy cannot dceid
;. whether II was . murder or suicide.
) Cedar Cssek Canal.
: The Milford lNs~s says the Cedar Creek Canr
. has proved n great success In spite Of the propt
sis OF ssil and the croakers. Hundreds OF acre