Middletown transcript., 1875-08-21
wn and Vicinity Items.
BY oUR LOCAL REPoRTER.

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Sellers drying house now employs abou
one hundred persons at night and eighty dur
ing the day. More are wanted. "
To preserve order in and around the depot
the Delaware Railroad Company have station
ed aaspecial police at Middletown. He is KEEP
| busy. r'SV ssl| s2''
A horse belonging to l. 7. Wilson, livery
man, of this town, was frightened on Wed
nesday morning and ran away, tearing th
carriage pretty well up, hut causing no othe
injury. The fault is laid on the driver.
A gentleman residing near St. Georges hat
his index finger nearly cut off, it hanging
merely by the skin, on Wednesday morning
DR.. Kennedy, of our town, rendered proper
medical treatment, and the patient went hom'
in an easier condition.
Owing to the failure Of Hale's Early peaches
to pay anything this season, Mr.. Samuel Pen
nington has cut his trees from the orchard
believing that grain will pay better. Wealsc
hear that another gentleman living near town
is having his orchard cut down.
Mr.. R.. A. Cochran is having the gutter
along Main street improved by laying new
stones and inclining it more to allow water
from the Middletown Hotel to pass off and moi
stagnate as heretofore. Mr.. Cochran receives
the appreciation of many residing near the
hotel. ss ai1-.s
1t would be impossible for. me to write in
tones necessary and appropriate to describe
the musical talent Of young man in this
town. He takes a violin and, without les
sons, performs in truly grand style from
mere self tuition and taste, while for music of
any other kind, be shows selection only
known to those Of born genius. 1t has been
the regret of many that our acquaintance did
not, or does not, unearth his unusual talent,
and devote himself to music exclusively, in
which profession success awaits him.
As Constable Foster was at the depot with
Reed on his way to New Castle Jail, on We'd
nesday, crowd of tramps was being organ
lied for the purpose of releasing the prisoner.
The authorities got TO hear of the attempt,
and special police Heald arrested the ring
leader, and lodged him in the cells. 1t is
now said that the crowd threaten to clay for"
Mr.. Heald, but the repulse they will get will
be good lesson to them. He says if some
restraint is not put upon their present actions
the tramps will probably take the town.
On Sunday last, it was evident that some
one would have to feed the numerous stramps'
in and around town, for they kept up per-
sistent begging from early morning. until
noon, and although some; were successful
Others were not in getting meal. AT noon,
Mrs. A. Derrickson, convinced that the men
were hungry, fed nearly forty of them on
such food as she considered wholesome and
good, and received those innumerable bless,
ings that are usually bestowed by the hungry
"tramp." TWAS charitable act, and though
done, it is qaite likely that no further pub
licity of the fact is needed to make it recorded
"Well done'' in the opinion of all true citi-
zens. 1t was an act superior to any recorded
in our town limits this season, insomuch that
the expense fell on one person, and lady.
No little excitement was created on Tuesday
afternoon by the report that man had been
seriously stabbed. Your reporter repaired to
the lumber yard of J. B. Fenimore & Co. and
found the victim, Wesley Penn, of Williams
town, N. j., under shed, in charge of A. G.
Cox, Esq, who was doing all he could to re-
lieve the sufferer. 1t was ascertained that
Penn and partner named Hyland Reed had
been travelling with others, and that on
Tuesday Reed got under the influence of
liquor and, without cause, agitated quar-
rel with Penn, and when the latter responded
to something said, Reed pulled large dirk
and stabbed him in the groin, severing
small artery, and causing much pain. Penn
lost considerable quantity of blood, and
being consumptive, he, was, Of course, quite
exhausted. His wound was dressed by DR..
Chamberlaine, and he was moved TO the house
of Mr.. Cox, where he is being cared for in q
kind manner. Reed was arrested, and the
knife, among other things, was found on his
person partly covered with blood. He was
given hearing and sent to New Castle. on
Wednesday afternoon. Penn got along finely,
being under the care Of Mr.. Cox, who SO
freely proffered his hospitality to the wounded
man, and was sent to Pennsylvania Hospital
in Philadelphia on Thursday. o,a NJ ~
On Saturday afternoon last, Mr.. J. R. c.,
Oldham, of a mercantile firm in Philadelphia,
accompanied by his son, was driving
pair of iron grey horses along Main street,
and when opposite the post office, the tongue
yoke accidentally came of, and the horses,
being very high spirited, started in runand
leaving Mr.. Oldham and his young friend at
their mercy. They ran on the pavement in
front of Barr's drug store, struck fence near
and threw the occupants out of the carriage
violently to the ground, causing, however,
no damage but few bruised limbs. The
horses kept up Main street until they struck
and knocked off the wheel Of fish wagon, at
the same time upsetting the carriage to which
they were attached, and which they dragged
after them and made for Naudain's large
show window on the corner Of Main and
Broad steets. Fortunately for that gentle
man a good-sized tree was struck by the
horses which threw one of them to the pave
ment, when they were secured and taken to
the Middletown Hotel stables. The carriage
received considerable damage, being so dis
abled that Mr.. Oldham could not use it. It
was related that similar accident befel Mr..
Oldham some years ago in nearly the same
place, at which time his wife was thrown
from the carriage they were riding in.
The residence Of R. W. Cochran, Esq, near
Odessa, had narrow escape from total de-
struction early on Tuesday morning last. An
old and insane German named Henry Minkle,
who had been roaming around Middletown
for the past few days in a ragged and desti-
tute condition, found his way into the house