Middletown transcript., 1875-10-30
SATURDAY MORNING, OCT. 80, 1875.
Local and State Affairs.
Items or Local Interest.

Local and State Affairs.
Items or Local Interest.
Chestnut parties are in vogue now.
As the dust had become intolerable, ths
rain Of Tuesday night was very acceptable.
The farmers are husking their corn. The
weather is rather warm, we should think, fol
that kind Of work.
Fall house-cleaning is being performed
quite extensively. Nice weather for it but
oh the dust. 80, "A
Tomorrow (Sunday) night will be Hallow-
eve. The boys viii have to postpone their
fan till Monday evening. .-ss.tiaer.ss
The Herald. grows in popularity and in
creased circulation every day. 1t claimed, al
the beginning Of this week, to have 300 more
subscribers than it had last week.
The cunning season, or rather the period
when the protection of the law is removed
from game, commences next Monday, Novem-
berl IL lla9sai agi,5 II A .
A successful religious revival is, and has
been for the past week, in progress at the N.
E. Church in New Castle. Sixteen persons
were received into the churclIon probation
last Sunday. tsa-f5 .ah
The list of licenses issued during the past
year BY the Clerk Of the Peace Of this county
is published on the first page Of the TRAM
SCRIPT this week. s'9 si4
On dit that John 8. Collins / Co., Of the
Lebanon Canning Factory, Kent county, have
failed for about $40, 900. 1t is thought they
will be able to meet all their liabilities.
"Dick" Harrington, Of safe burglary mo-
toriety, made his first appearances at the bar
of this State, as counsel in Stats case, at
Dover on Monday.
They had "catechism bee' at the West
(Presbyterian) church, in Wilmington, Tues
day night. Four ladies went clear through
the Shorter Catechism. without missing .
question. ,
Dell Noblit Of Wilmington, the old man
who created sensation by running away
with, and trying to marry young girl, .
year or two ago, reached his 9sth birthday
last Tuesday week.
Elijah h. Sentman. Of Wilmington, fell
from chestnut tree on the farm Of Amos
Alexander, in Cecil county, Nd, last Sunday
morning and was 80 badly injured that he
died in few hours afterwards. He was .
carpenter and % years old.
Benjamin Harrington, Of Kent county, died
at his residence, near Harrington, last Sun
day, at the age Of 80 years and months.
He was said to be the oldest man in the State,
and the only one born in il while it was .
British province.
A Farmers Grange was organized in Lit
tie Greek Hundred, near Laurel, Sussex CO.,
last week with thirty-four members. w. B.
Records was chosen Master.
The Court of Oyer and Terminer for this
county will commence at New Castle on Mon
day the 18th prox. and the Superior Court
the week following.
Ezra Thompson, former citizen of this
county was killed by the bursting Of his gun,
near Chatham, Chester county, Pa, last Sa-
turday. He was cunning and accidentally
put two loads in the same barrel, which caus-
ed the accident.
Messrs. R. M..& W. T. johnson have open
ed their new boot and shoe store and manu-
factory in the Town Hall. They will move
their families to town next week. They have
come to stay. M
Mr.. Clarence Anderson has greatly i'm
proved the appearance and accommodation Of
his drug store by taking out the middle par
tition and extending the store room the length
Of the building. He has now one Of the neat
est drug stores in the State. &s
Railroad Time Changes.
Some important changesin the time table
Of the Delaware Railroad went into effect on
Monday last The morning mail (north)
which formerly left our depot at 7.04 now
leaves at TAG; the afternoon train, at 3.Ol
instea of 3.l4 as formerly and the mixed
train at $40 instead Of 7.45. The morning
south-bound mail now leaves here at ID. .43
instead Of 1923. The time Of other (south)
trains is unchanged. E9 #iHsf
Y saved BY Baton. sT t-ss'fa
In Delaware City. one day last week, man
from the country was negotiating for a revolt
yer. The salesman manipulated the weapon,
showing him all its intricate workings, but,
of course, without its being loaded. He
Il turned for moment te wait On another GUS
toner, when the purchaser, seemingly unable
to realize that the thing would 60 of. slipped
ira cartridge in and said nothing about it. The
salesman picked it up again, pulled the trig-
ger and-shot the man. The latter could not
find out where be had been bit, but being
sure that he was dead man, INDUCED in
such lamentations and cries for mercy as
yrung the hearts of those around him. The
salesman was equally frightened, but the
scare was all over when all search for bull
let hole failed to find one, and huge button
on the mans vest was found fattened BY the
cartridge e.-Euery EUening.
(Communcated.)
THE "CHEEK" OF A TRAMP.