Middletown transcript., 1873-09-06
Local and State Affairs.
Psaehss.


The 6rst wagou-ioad Of peaches MiddIstowa
has sssn this year, arrived on Wednesday Of last
wesk.-Esevy Esesiss. iH iss.
That 10 not true. We have seeu lots Of peaches
besides thoss sssesred to. Why, there was .
whole train load Of nine cars Ecrs at one tims
during the break. Yes, and they were bought
BY the DsImarvis Co., and afterwards distribu-
ted among our people. Some, however, we're
loaded into wagons and sent over 10 Odessa. TO
| he reshppcd by boat 10 Wilmington, philadei.
pha, New York, London, Paris, and other
places. We won. say how many Of them
| reached their destination. And those were not
all the peaches Middleiown bias seen. Mr.. +. J.
Pennington has shipptd from this depot, this
| season, 4&o baskets Of cScellcnt peaches, and
Mr.. X. W. Cochran has sent 200 away from
| their orchards within two miles Of Middleiown.
| So you sec, neighbor. you got that up little
| wrong. Middleiown has nothing like aer usual
quantity Of the "frut divine" bu, she 10 no,
| altogether peach-less.
chiIa Marasr.
A brutal aGair, which resulted In the death Of
| q negro child, occurred on the farm Of is.rph
Biggs, Esq, in Sassafras Neck, last Tuesday.
| u seems that a negro man named Wash. -
| 1--WE did not learn his other name, undertook
the care Of bis wifcs child for \ day while she
was absent. Soon after the departure Of Its
| mother, the child began crying, and the man
took IL up stairs and, tying one cad Of pair Of
rope plow.lines TO iis feet and the other end TO
the rafters Of the roof left the child In sach n
position that Il could do nothing hut knock iis
head about on the floor, unable TO change iis po-
| si,ion or move It's feet. When discovered The
back Of the poor little things head was found to
| be badly bruised and cut, and life was extinct
| Much indignation was manifested by the people
Of the neighborhood at the cruel and brutal out
rage.
Rev Advertise me als.
| The attention Of our readers Ia directed TO the
| advertisement Of Mcssrs. foard 4 Comegys in
another column. These gentlemen have but
| lately orened their new warehouse, nearly o1po-
site the National Hotel, where they will lie glad
to see any who may be In want Of goods in their
| line.
Mr. Cooch, Of Cooch's Mills, notifies the pub
lie iha. he has finished the repairs upon his mill
damaged by the late storms and that he 10 ready
to accommodate all who may need his services.
| Messrs. Il. N. Rhodes 4 Co. give notice among
| our advertisements 10 their old friends and Gus
toners that they have commenced the manufac-
| ture OF n Soluble Guano, in Baltimore, in which
| city only IL Is made. Mr.. Rhodes has not been
engaged In making phosphs'cs for some years,
and his old customers will he glad to learn ,ha,
he has commenced again.
| Repairing the Damages.
| Vim. n Wilson, ESQ, Levy Court Commits
sioner for Appoquinimink Hundred, is busiiy en-
gagged IN repairing the damage done TO the
bridges and cuivcris BY the recent storms in that
Hundred, and is pushing the work forward with
commendable activity. lie has erected q tenn
| porary bridge over the stream at St. Anue's TO
serve the public while he repairs the cnlvert.
| Mr. T. G. Murphey has = large force OF car
peniers mill-wrigh's and lahorers employed
upon his mill lie will rebuild his dam rs soon
as practicable, and MS soon the pond can he
filled and the mill put in working order, he will
he again ready 10 accommodate his many frieads
and customers with work in his line OF busi-
| ness.
Mr. Drummond is also engaged in rebuilding
bis dam aud repairing damages.
Wilmington Election.
| At the municipal election in Wilmington. on
Tuesday the Republicans were successful by
majority Of 800 for Mr.. Maris for Prcsidcni OF
| City Council, and s2l for Mr.. Vincent for City
! Treasurer. They, also, carried eight ont Of ten
wards OF the city. elec,ing eight members Of the
| City Council.
| 4 terrible falling on Of the Democratic vote
OF the city Is shown, while the Republican vote
has correspondingly increased. Last year the
Democrats polled 2i3G votes; this year they
poed 1851. The Republican vote lasi year was
20s4 this year IL was 1891 (; increase 5fT, while
the Democratic loss is 3s5. The Wilmington
Democrats certainly made heavy fight. Now,
where does the fault ie' Truly Grceleyism has
done wonders for the Democratic party.
| HsS. james Ni0dle's Will.
Tho property Of the late Rev. James Riddle, is
reported To be worth about $500. 600. The rca.
estate is all left 10 his with the exception OF
| the house occupied by his son .in-law, Mr. Field,
worth some $50. 900. The stock and machinerv
are equally divided between the son and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Field, and the business is TO continue
as formerly, under the name OF James Riddle,
Son Co. Mrs. Riddle is to receive $500 per
year, and TO continue to occupy the old ma usion
| A Nj al Tho
may desire. few beqnes,s are made To nieccs
and nephcws and S45, 900 to charitable purposes
a. heretofore enumerated. .-Rpu,iiran.
| Delaware 4 Chssapeaks Canal.
The serious break in the Delaware and Chcsa-
peake Canal has very seriously inierfered with
trade a, this point. large number Of canal
boats, loaded with lumber, grain and coal, are
now here waiting orders as to how to dispose OF
their cargoes. From all the information we can
gather, II looks doubtful whether the canal will
be opened for busincs before the close Of the sea-
son. II 10 rnmorcd that the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company are negotiating br It's purchase,
and We should not be surprised If the canal
would in future be owned or controlled by that
gra'ping eorpora,ion.-Harr de Grace R.putli-
| ean.
| Fsss Bra.Ay.
The manufacture Of fruit brandy has COM
| menced Ia Kent and Sussex counties. There
| will not be as many stills this season as usual
owing to the scarcity Of apples. Last year there
were abe Ut eighty registered for use Ia the two
counties this year there will no, he more than
half this number. The Internal Revenue tag
upon the product is 10 CENTS per gallon, the pay
men, OF which ID demanded nj the end Of every
month The law and regulations pertaining 10
the business are very strict, and the officers have
notihcd the dis,illers that they will be sharply
enfsrced.-xitord News.
| Caaar0s.
Er~y Erening saya the article about Rev. Jas.
Riddles will from tho RepHbiiosn, Is all canard.
Probably II 10 like the 'yarnp which went tie
rounds last week about a man being afraid 10
cross the trcstle bridge at the canal, jumping on,
&c. We are assured by . gentleman who was
presest at the tms the alleged incident 10 said
TO have occurred that, with the exception tha,
the man didn't jump OF, didn't lose his saichel,
and that the cars didn't wait for body after
crossing, the story 10 true.
Death se Prsalasns Cttissn.