Middletown transcript., 1874-08-22
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST %, 1874
Local and State Affairs.
White ciay Creek Hundred Meet,n

white ciny Creek Hundred Meeting.
In accordance with the call issued by James
II. Ray, Esq, Chairman Of last hundred meeting
the Democratic voters of White Clay Creek hid,
assembled at Ogletown on Saturday, August
10th, 1874.
Upon motion of the retiring chairman, VIM.
H. Smith was appointed chairman and VIM. l..
Wier, Secretary. The election OF Delegates TO
the State and County Conventions Was warmly
contested. The choice for State Delegates fell
upon William R. Lyman, William Dean, Samuel
Morrison, Uriah s. Wier and John 7. Steel.
For Delegates to the County Convention the
choice was VIM NJ. Hawthorn, Mansel Tweed,
Franklin Eastburn, jacob Casho and VIM. l..
Wier.
Geo. A. Casho and James A. Mote were nomi-
mated for Road Commissioners.
Geo. W. Palmer for Assessor, JOS Dean, Jr,
was nominated for Inspector for the West Dis
trict and Samuel w Morrison for the East Dis
,rict.
The meeting was well attended and harmoni-
Gus and all seemed intent upon securing the
adoption of the best measures towards the sue
cess of the party and good government.
WIN. L. WIER, Sec.
Capture OF Taylor.
On Monday last Henry &. Greenfield, OF Kim
bleyille Pa, was the recipient of several tele-
graphic dispatches from man named Roe, sher-
iff % Crawford county, Ohio, alleging the arrest
of Joseph Taylor, Jr., the supposed hero of the
Drawers Creek drowning mytery whereby Rob-
4. t,I,
announced the presence Of Taylor but said that
SlO0 reward was not sufficient TO procure his
arrest. This model guardian Of the public weel
expressed willingness to allow II suspected
murderer to escape unless II large pecuniary in
ducement should be held out to him to do that
which it was obviously his duty to do anyhow.
On being notified that the reward which had
been offered for the apprehension of the murderer
amounted TO $500 90 the man was arrested and
the fact telegraphed, al once, TO Mr., Greenfield,
and he was urged to hasten the Delaware author
tiles 10 send for the prisoner lest he should he re-
leased ON a writ of HhJedS Corpus. Mr.. James
Hamil an uncle Of Mackey, at once repaired to
Gov Ponder for requsition ON Gov. Allen of
Ohio, for Taylor.
Excitement ut GcOrsctOWh.
There was considerable excitement at George
town, ON Monday, resulting from IL strike OF
about two hundred laborers employed on the
Break water and Frankford Railroad, which ex-
tends from Georgetown to the Maryland line.
The men, who strnck to obtain the wages due
them came from frankford to Georgetown, Il
distance OF fourteen miles, and marched to n
hotel where A. Y. Smith, of Pittston, the chief
contractor of the road is boarding. Here they
demanded their wages, and said they would
hang him if they were not paid of, illustrating
the threat by the exhibition of u rope with a
hangman's knot at the end. Mr.. Smith said thai
he did not employ them and that they must look
10 Messrs Crumlish 4 Co., sub-cont ntractors, fol
their money. The citizens here interfered and
procured a promise that the wages OF thu
men should be paid them in two days. Thi:
paciied the men, but they threaten to chang
some one, if the money is not forthcoming,
A Freak of Nature.
Hens appear to be made use of in specia
manner by Dame Nature the instruments 10
the display of singular freaks. We have iou
legged chickens and no-legged chickens; Chick
ems with two beaks and chickens with too man.
wings; eggs with two yolks, eggs with tw
shells, eggs within eggs, etc, and day or tw
ago a lady sent to us pair OF eggs just as the
were laid, united together by sort of strin
nearly an inch and half long, after the style G
"a chain shot, one end containing all the whit
and the other all the yolk.
DR.. McKee, in order to keep up with this eg
,uriosiiy, brought out an ear of corn, or rathe
,,,,o ears, Joined together after the same manne
as The eggs were
e, As0raER.-J. B. King, not to be bt
hind sent US yesterday pair of canteleupe
;n;n.a ,ose,b, v after the manner Of the Siames
twins.
The sb;nm.nts of u, aches though far, far belo,
anything like an averag crop are rather oe'e
than it was thought AT he beginn'ng OF III
season they would be- In Many instances III
fortunate few are even more ofiaha'e '"ah 'ae
believed early in the season tuey "oaiu pe
Some have realized already more ,.aan they est
mated their whole crop at, while the prices IL
ceiyed are such as to make this apo 'osy ''i
crop bring almost as much to the posesss''rs as
bir crop would have done in a full season.
shipments have thus far amounted 10 owe
$40, 600 baskets, by rail, and if the water shil
ments are proportionately as good the kailroa
estimate of 800, 900 baskets will probably De Ill
correct one after all.
Patrons of Husbnndry.
The Oranges of Delaware have been connecte
with the State Grange of Maryland until sun
eient number of oranges have been formed
Delaware to enable them to obtain charter u
Stale Grange. The number required Tor In
purpose is ! 5 and there now 10 in this Stat
More Big Corn.
Some persons think that DIR. Godwin's IL an
ID feet corn is not the biggest that can be pr
duced in this neighborhood A genteman