Middletown transcript., 1874-03-07
Local and Stats Affairs.
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Niddlrtown Is lively plscs. We very much
doa6t il there is another place no larger than it
Is and Nth NO pyrs iubxbitasts yhvH ~ much
excitement can be gotten up over a small matter
As is generally stirred up here over town elec-
tioa. Politics in our municipal elections, hays
long since been ignorsd but there is no lack OF
4ineiisassts r Democrats and Bepableaus a.
,geee ~ vets harmoniously toge,her, down-sOwn
will get up contest with up.town; orif these
.combstants shss,he the sword. 4 contest il sud-
,denly. sinai ~ asased befkssn3 The .CihseasJ Jand
uti-Tsm,usny, or Citizeps' and Anti7Riag, Or
.Reforners, or Something OF, r,somebody else, .,c
Anxious to promote harmony and secure an
acceptable ticket number Of citiEens issued a
.Sku Saturday before last for y town meeting TO
form. .. ticket, At this meeting . ticket, was
iormsd and unanimously (seeniugly) adopted.
called the '''Ci,izens' Ticket" To this, mira
,bsls d;ct, no objection WAS rlsei and no opposi.
ton started for sln,ost a. hours. But this con-
ditipp Of things could Lot last long, and soon
another ticket made il appesrHpce under the
,sll7prevaiiag Philsdclphia name Of "Centcn'
Hisi, shd following qdickly upon II came an'
luther labeled the ''LabOring Mans Ticket" en-.
;bineered by man, whom to see At work wa:
ls,elr s8id.by ,ours y4nstrels wss 4 SID Eight.
Here the pst,er rested, until Monday mor1ing
when pyesfo another sprung upon the stage hy.
iuE its mast-hcad the lnnch promising title
s'Citizeas' Reform Anti-Riag Ticket" 10 fight
this last enemy with his own weapons, some OF
1.-THE oppositoa had some tickets struck on bear.
ing It's beading. but carrying the aA'ass of some
of the other cApd ida,es. Thus instead Of one.
Jfrs tickets were brought upon the stage. A, one
o'clock the judges took their seats, the window
was opsaed xna .hs battle co,nanencsd.
Hither and thither acw the champions, gath
jeripg the voters and nnarshalng them TO the
fray. So great was the zeal Of these amateur
politicians that TREY had l,30o tickets printed,
NIL Of which, except the "CentennaD." which
were Forgotten, were scattered profuscy abroad,
and ou< hundred and thirty-three p0ied,
Al length the battle was over, and when the
ballou were counted, il was found that the
nCitizeas' Ticket" was elected, with the single
exception Of Mr.. g. +. Hukill, his name not
having been pu, upon any other ticket, all the
Fsst being mixed UP, more or less upon the other
tickets. S3 H4 fft afA.
Tue result Was as follows Comm issoners.
Thos. T. Iurn, James II. Scowdrick, J. r. Hail.
i. q. yandsgrift. J. +. Eliason; ASSESSOR
Charles r. Anderson. {who was all the tick
cts and received every vote cast;) Treasurer,
Joseph Hanson; Alderman, E. W. Lockwood.
In the evening the Diamond State Cornet
Band descended from their lofty perch IN the
Town Hall and went out to ssrenade The sue
eessfai candidates, tlling the night air viii their
melodions stratus. u was their iaieniisn TO
scrcpade all the newly elected officers but when
ihsy got 10 The residence Of the sew trcasyrer,
the Majors hospitality was SO liberal that they
stayed So long with him tlmt they could give
bat one oiher serenade that evening, on account
Of the ialeness Of the hour. This WAS given to
~. w lockwood; ESQ.,, Aldsrma4 elset, wbcf.l-
40 4sssedIiheln most generously to wine, exc:
Esng ikeihs Major. May his popularity With
she voters and the ladies, and his shadow never
grow less.
The Major came up to our "sky parlor" the
day after the election and requested u 10 teader
bis cssAiai thanks to the hand for ,thsir delight
ful serenade, which We do with pleasure.
Odessa Items.
y trsea our odessa, correspendens
Hopkins ia again reported in the neighbor
hood, but the police haven't seen him yet.
A pp,nber Of movings have passed through
the town daring the week, which indicate'
preparatio.. for spriag work.
The Odessa Building Loan Association hslt
ips hfh annual meeting on Wednes ny evening
Of hast week.
The stage running between this place and Del
TsEurs City to connect With the steamers fo
E Philadelphia has resumed its regular trips.
9. The sloop Ohvia has resumed her spring trip
between this place and Philadelphia, commeuc
ing the season with fair prospects Of success.
:ssi Th~ fsrren are preparing for their sprin,
work, = number having already hired tnei
hands, and will commence operations in = shor
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Tsa drinkings and private tableaux are re
posted ,hie week from several -quar,ers. Thes
seem 10 be very popular amusemenis with ou
4 siis. a.sYa agessN t8rl9e.
The pnrserymen have commenced to trim thei
berry bushes, and anticipate large crop OF ffui
next summer. Our citizens are also engage
in trimming the shade trees. ~
Its said TINT a number Of Eng nsh sparrow
have tsken Up tl,sis residence in the ivy on tn
side ef the bank building, supposed 10 hav
come from Middletown.
Christian MstIaner met with an accident
few days ago through the carelesaness Of som
boys, who were recklessly shooting along th
= creek He.was not seriously hurt, however.
Rev. Mr.. Bryau. Of the ". e. Church, is al
sent In attendance upon Confereuce, now in Del
sion ct Salisbury, Nd. The church, howese
will be open for Divine Service on Sunday .
usual.
Although science has furnished means Of d,
ing almost everything, u seems unable 10 deyi,
neaus whereby to raise the old willow stun,
fren their holes In the sidewalk in our Mai
= Srest but there they lie making walkiug o
dark nights dangerous, snd causing great i,
convenience .to psrsops whose business leat
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