Middletown transcript., 1875-09-04

TERMS: Cash in advance, invariably.
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 4, 1875.
Local and State Affairs.
Items Of Local Interest.
There will be celebration Of the Granger
Of Delaware held near Newport some tin
during this month.
The Alden Factory that was burned i
Milford on Monday was only insured fo
$4,000, while the loss will exceed $l5,0
The station agent at Marydel, Mr.. Jas.
George, had bis house entered last Sunda
evening, by parties who evidently expects
TO get large amount Of freight money, bu
they were unsuccessful.
Dover narrowly escaped q conaagratiol
Monday night. Mr.. John 8. TESTERS house
on the street leading to Smyrna, caught fir
and was damaged to the amount Of $4O0 O
$500, before the flames could be extinguished
One-third Of the peach shipping of thi'
Peninsula is done at Clayton. From Is to
100 cars per day have been shipped from
there daily for nearly two weeks, and one
day last week l23 ears were sent OF. 1t il
next 10 Wilmington as a railroad centre.
Last Wednesday week Mrs. w.. Edward
Spruance, Smyrna, fell down stairs and broke
her arm, and otherwise bruised herself.
When the Cape May excursion train came up
she was startled from sound sleep. In try
ing 10 find the window she missed her foot
ing andsfell down the stairway.
On Monday afternoon last an engine on the
Kent county railroad ran off the track at
Worton station, whilst hauling peach train
to Clayton Besides wrecking itself 20 bad
a. to be useless, the engine detained peaches
that were intended for Tuesdays market, but
which were so long on the read as TO- not
bring any kind of prices when they arrived
in New York. 9aoaf Gse aITrd I,n..
The Accident at Ginns.
The Coroner's jury in the death of r. e.
Lee Cochran rendered q verdict last Satur-
day similar to that of Robert Brinkley, coll
ored, with the exception Of striking out the
word gross before negligence. The fane-
raj Of "Lee' was very largely attended, St,
Anne's Church being completely crowded to
hear the sermon, and many were unable to
get seats. Relatives of the deceased attended
the funeral in large numbers.
Fsrssnai. -'issA '.s3
Mr.. J. Fletcher Burris, who graduated at
the University Of Michigan with the title Of |
B. A., in June last, left here on Wednesday |
for California, where he will teach on a |
salary oftwenty-fve hundred ($2500) dollars |
u year in gold. Mr.. Burris intends in the |
mean time to make q speciality of the study |
of Metaphysics, that branch Of philosophy |
which be most excelled in while at college. |
From long personal acquaintance with Mr.. |
B., we have no doubt of his future success.
He carries with him our warm congratula- |
tons, and best wishes for safe journey.
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Special Poliees gsss iaezlaasz
For the past month or more, Middletown
has been made the centre of attraction to the |
numerous strangers from the city, both white
and colored, and Saturday nights have been
particularly selected by them for rowdyism
unexcelled BY any equal portion of the cities.
To preserve order and guarantee persons q
safety while walking our streets, there will
be on duty tonight seven or eight extra
police, sufficiently muscular to take two each
If necessary. 1t is rather unfortunate for the
towns reputation that this step has to be
taken, but we know that necessity governs
everything and everyone. The cells are re-
ported undergoing repairs and general
by our Town Commissioners, an
vet long looked for, as they had become almost
loo filthy for the prison Of the worst criminal.
Her Dead Child.
The Seaford Citizen of Saturday states that
On Saturday night week half-demented ne.
gro woman named Adams, about Ten miles
below Seaford, on the Nanticoke river, vrap-
ped her dead child IA girl Of two years) in
'ags and was roasting it on the stove, when
number Of young gentlemen who were re-
turning from party, on passing the house,
iad their attention attracted to the spot BY
,eculiar smell which emanated from the
louse. One Of them alighting, went to the
loor and on looking in, exclaimed ssMy
3od; Jane is roasting her baby |" The rest
Il the. men then rushed to the scene, and took
he corpse, which was enveloped in smoke and
corched rags, from OF the stove. The wo-
nan commenced screaming, and made several
attempts to rescue her babe from
he hands of "the white devils" The men
mt the fire out, and getting box, put the
orpse in 1t, and carried it away with them
nd buried it. The woman Adams was to I
ave been taken to the almshouse on Tues
ay, and we presume that she is there at this {
'riting.
IsPsrtsa Capture o. Middlstewn.
Tussday's issue Of EDery Evening contained 4
. extensive account Of the recitation of an |
without hat and coat, who got off
70 morning train from the lower part of this /,
tate, of the capture of Middlstown BY tramps
! Saturday night witho ut previous usuagss .
war or siege. II was the 6rst intima- 9
on that we had Of the affair, except the =
'unken row on Saturday night, the facts of I
hich are as follows: On Saturday evening b
crowd Of Middietown negroes assembled on :
ain street. and when one Wilmington '
arkey Of the male persuasion passed this ]
owd with his inamorata be was insulted. e
igh words ensued and when the stranger q
n he was threatened with good thrashine I,
night. Accordingly, when o'clock came, b
IT Wilmington hero was discovered near n
iddletown Hotel and the crowd started for b
m. A rush was made for the hotel, but a
Q darkey was pat out, and he then started V