Middletown transcript., 1874-04-11
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Chapel next Sunday, at o'clock, P. u.
Mssrs. Jenkins Atkinson, the Cbmm1sial
men, are getting up another State Dirsctory |
which will soon be published.
VIM. H. Connell has resigned his position a.
Secretary and Treasurer Of the Wilmington 1
Western R. R. Co. s
The building committee Of Kent Co. Levy
Court advertise for proposale for building nev
Court House at Dover.
A wimington lawyer got upset in-his carriage
last Saturday evening, and some heartless per-
sons said he was tilt--Bird. Is
h. r. Pickles has commenced to rebuild his
Diamond State Iron Works, ct Wilmington, re-
Gently destroyed BY FIRE.
Victor Dupont has written letter to the Ga
zetts declining, most smphaticslly, to bs the
Democratic candidate for Governor.
vics-President Wilson stayed in Wilmington,
Friday night week. with H. N. Jenkins, Esq. Of
the Commercial. He was en- route for Boston.
Mr.. Thomas Smith, postmaster at Dover, died
at his residence in that town on Monday night
last. He had been postmaster for long while.
Milford is going to have Town Hall. Sub
scriptions have been raised 10 buy tho old va
Gated n. e. Church and TO turn II into Town
Hall. ssrs Ht Al5g
An old lady, Mrs. Elizabeth Chandler, was
choked TO death at the house Of her sou-in-law,
James Brown, near Kimbleville, Chester county,
Pa. last Sunday.
Owen Zebley a prominent Odd Fellow, and
some years ago Coroner Of New Castle county,
died in Wilmington, last Thursday week, aged
II years.
r. c. Fraim, of Wilmington, has been granted
Letters Tes,amentary, by tae Register, under
The will Of Samuel Segars, late Of St. Georges
Hundred, deceased.
The Gazette wants the New Castle County
prison made selfsupporting; that s, ii wants
the lazy scoundrels locked up therein to be made
to work, in which we heartily agree with 1t.
E. b. Rice 4 Co. having their large ice-house
on Drummoni Lake filed with good ice, promise
to supply our citizens with that useful article
during the summer. i
A lamentable affair hapreRed at Camden, Kent
Co., last Saturday. The ballots Of three National
idols were refused by the judges of the school
election. Wasn't it awful.
The Commercial says q "Middletowa farmer
attempted to kick colored man from his kitcl-
en- and was knocked down." Wonder if the
Commercial knows how high a seat in the Radi
cal Synagogue that ''Middetown farmer" holds?
Wilmington had an excitement last week. A
h,reo hajopo;pu Cnl w Andrawa ra n
away with his carriage, and jumped upon tht
deck of tug-boat in the Chris,iana, where he
was caught.
The W Wilmington Republican papers are having
a lively discussion about who shall be thei
nominee for Governor They had better saw
up little of their FIRE until next fail. They u
need plenty of it then.
A. N. ShepPcy ndvertises for Memora ndun
Book lost the streets during visit 10 Middle
town on Wednesday. Any one who may hav
found the same will receive reward and tn
thanks Of the ewner by leaving it at this Office
The Gazette is extremely anxious to know
whether Delaware has Representative in Con
gress or not and asks what has become of Mr.
e LoHand?
Why don't the Commercial answer and reev
: its neighbours anxiety.
Messrs. Foard L Comegys, grain merchants c
this town, shipped per sloop Ariadne from Ode,
ga, on Wednesday last, 1900 bushels of corn t
d New Castle, and will ship per soop Oliria, fror
same place to-day, 1000 bushels of corn to Me-
J Castle. They also shipped two sloop loads {
corn from the Canal this week
Our Public Schools.
Exhibitions were held last Friday week in Il
public schools of our town, and great mprov
u ments were shown in the manner Of conductin
:, the same. More interest is now being taken
these schools than has been known of for yea
!. and under the direction Of the present teache
:, they will still grow in interest. At the scho
- in District No. "a, an exhibition of the scholar
talent was held in the afternoon, and the exc
cises, which consisted of chsrades, dialogue
recitations, &C., were gone through with to Il
entire satisfaction Of all. This school is und
Ii the direction of Miss r. A. Maxwell and Miss A
y. ME Roberts. At the school in District No 8
70 under the direction of Miss Fannie Vasey al
Z Miss Mary Pennington, an exhibition was he
IL in the evening. This school is divided and on
rs Miss vasey's scholars took part in the exercise
at which consisted principally Of dialogues and
RS clamations, with music nterspersed The schot
house was nicely trimmed with evergreens, al
a neatly arranged table occupied the centre
of the floor, on which were cakes, lemonade, &'
st for the scholars. Two prizes were given to t
d. scholars best in department, and the scholars
as ceiving them were jamie Lentherbury and Fl
al Hall. Miss Pennington treated her school to
lis freshments in the afternoon.
Rice's Ice Cream saloon.
!. r. B. Rice, MiddletowR's energetic eonfectio
= er, having rented the dwelling house on the CO
ner Of Broad and Main Sts., adjoining his stol
has had communicating doors cut between
:, store and the dwelling house, and has nicely
=. ted up the front room of the latter for a lad
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