Middletown transcript., 1874-02-14
M,ner Tsplss.


tainment at Smyrna on Wednesday evening next,
and at Dover on Thursday evening.
The Wilmington city printing has been taken
away from the Commercial by the ring managers
and given to the Chronicle.
On Friday afternoon oflast week, little neg
70 girl named Brown was burned 10 death, q
SeAford, while trying to kindle FIRE with coal
oil. A dangerous experiment.
The Harln + HoNngsworth Co. Of W lining
ton launched fine ferry boat, last week, lbs n.
long by 20 wide. She is to ply between Phila-
delphia and Camden.
Our Delaware City correspondent complains
of the appropriation, without credit, by the Will
mington Dailies Of his locals. When they take
from one another that way they call it ''stealing.
The annual session Of the Northern Convoca-
ton Of the Delaware Diocese Of the p. p. Church,
held in Wilmington last week, was considered
one Of the most interesting and important that
has been held for a long time.
Seine progressive Yankee exhibited the wag-
en- in which Udderzook took Goss out to the
scene Of slaughter, in Wilmington last week, at
twenty-five cents a look. The number Of quar-
ters lie took Is not stated.
Tho Commercial 'local'. said, last week, that
s'ths Episcopal Sunday School at Middletown
realized $75 90 from their charades." Doubtless
our s. s. were much pleased to learn that they
had been SO successful, but they would like to
see the money, and also 10 know when and where
they had those cbarades.
The congregation of Head Of Christiana Presby-
terian Church gave their pastor, Rev. J. L. Vail
landigham, donation party last week, and pre-
sented him with a new carriage. Mr.. v has
been pastor OF that church and The one at White
Clay Greek for over twenty years. A
The hIarshal's sale.
The personal property of John G. Lowber, Of
the Middletown Hotel, was sold at Public Auct-
ion, by U. s. Marshal Dunn, on Thursday and
Friday. The uhexpired lease was bought by
sir. E. r. Cochran for $55. The property was
at FIST offered in n body but the bidding was so
slow that 1t WAS Withdrawn; the highest offer
being bnt Sl4oo. The articles were then sold
separate ly, but brought rather low prices. We
have not learned the amount realized, but ii is
thought that it will not be much over half Of
what Lowber paid Lowber does not appear to
be much cast down by This turn in his fortune,
but takes it so s ood ra,nrcdy that many persons
think he rather enjoys the idea of being bank
rupt and is proud Of being put in the same list
with Jay Cooke, aid other such notorious char
actcrs, by being sole out by the U. S. Marshal.
A PmbIie Nulsance.
An itinerant Yankee notion vendor stationed
himself in front Of Lowber's Tor Marshal Dunn y
hotel on Thursday, and kept up constant howl
nearly all day, which very much ressmbled the
dismal yells Of insanity, and annoyed everybody
in the neigliborhood. The same fellow also, we
believe, engaged in selling powder which he
alleged when put into the water in which lamp
chimneys were washed would prevent them from
breaking. This lie endeavorsd to prove by
plunglng chimneys into water in which the pow
der had hecn mixed, and putting them on light
ed lamps, and allowing the heat to dry them,
without breaking the chimneys. To show how
readily people can be humbngged, two gentlemen
tried the same experiment, without the pow der,
" ih the same result.
snow and sleighing.
| The snow storm of yesterday week was the
biggest we have had this winter Snow fell to
the depth Of eight or ten inches on a level, and
made most excellent slsighiug. an opportunity
for enjoyment which those who possessed the
means were not slow in improving. The sleigh
| ing lasted until Thursday of this week, when
under the warm rays of the sun the snow rapidly
disappeared, and the sleighs had to be put aside
for another indefinite period.
! The cold, too gave those who had not filled
their ice-houses a chance to do It, and ifanyone,
who has an ice-house, failed to take ad vantage OIL
the opportunity, he will have no one to blame
but himself if he is without ice next summer.
Middletown Library Association.
The annual meeting of this Association wal
held on Monday evening" 9th inst, when, nftel
the transaction Of the financial business of III,
Association, the annual election Of officers wa
held, resulting as follows: President, Nath'
Williams; Secretary, Treasurer and Librarian
d. L. Dunning. The Board Of Directors was un
changed. The report shows an increasing in ter
est in the Association, and circula ion that de
notes very great prosperity. We hope the cli
zens of our town will all take new interest il
tn is enterprise, and by united effort, establish
Library and Reading Room that " ill remain
"menument everlasting" and an incalculabl
benefit TO our people.
Tsbleaux. Charades sc. at Odessa.
The good ladies of the Drawers Preshy teral
Church, Of Odessa, assisted, OF course, by som
of the other sex, purpose giving on exhibition Q
tableaux and charades, for the benefit Of thei
church, on the evenings Of the 23d and 24th Z
s this month. We have attended some Of the e,
: hibiiions gotten up by the Odessa ladies, and W
S know that when they undertake to do any thin
y Of this kind they do it right, and we will under
take TO say that this " i'll be as nice an affair q
was ever gotten up in this section.
Accident ON the Delaware Railroad, I
On Friday evening of last week carriage COT
tuning Two men; was run into by a freight trai