Middletown transcript., 1875-09-04
middlstown and Vicinity Items.
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BY oUR LOCAL REPORTER.

BIZ OCh LOCAL REPORTER.
Prof. Stevens, whois to take charge of Il
Z Academy, Is in town this week. @
1.-THE saddest words Of tongue or pen''
the pssch pluck who struck another is
e arrest you. ,.ss s..,5---s. ssra..a-ssf 4
3 Since the accident at Ginns, Hagman hs
: been stationed at the railroad crossing
Middletown. This is considered good Al
on the part Of the Delaware Railroad Con
: pany.
' Policeman Heald, with three assistants, ha
\ some trouble in getting fellow in the cell
B on Saturday night. Two others were put i
late that night, and the trio were liberated o.
,, Sunday.
The travel of potato bugs from patches nea
! town is by railroad as we'll as public road
Millions Of these insects are on the streets
crawling and flying to and fro, with no visi
BILE object in view. -
At this time when so much is said abou
conscience-money, would like 10 state wha
to me should lie nearer to the concience thai
anything else, and that is: To pay an Edito
the money for the past two years subscrip
ton.
4 In this season of loss from peaches, VI
must not forget that the average Jerseymar
expects to make $40 q hundred on his water
melons and cry if one seed is lost. 1t is sad
you know.
The report reaches US daily Of the unjus
complaints made againt the people Of Middle
town for the alleged cruel treatment of viii.
liam Delaney, who died here recently. These
complaints come principally from Wilmington
and Philadelphia, and were originated by a
penny sensational newspaper, and this alone
would condemn them as false in all respects.
Among other outside attr actions Of the
New York and New Orleans Exposition a
| balloon ascension is now advertised, and will
be made during Monday. We are led, through
the tears of many of those who witnessed the
only ascension ever made in this town, 10
hope that this will be genuine, and not
'tsmoke inflation.n
At Sellers drying house from eighty to
eighty-6ve bushels of peaches are dried daily.
Mr.. Sellers has secured thirty-fve or forty
girls from distance, and the difficulty re-
Gently experienced has been fully overcome.
Fruit dried by this house finds q market for
the most part in Europe, and this years sup
ply is far superior to any previous one.
Horse &olen.-A horse, carriage and har-
ness were stolen from the stable of Mr.. Gideon
Rothwell, living near Smyrna, on Wednes-
day night. 1t is supposed the thieves are
tramps and that they took northerly course.
Mr.. Rothwell came to Middletown on Thurs
day morning, and commenced the search of
this neighborhood, and at last found the
horse, carriage and thief at Kirkweod later in |
the day. The thief was committed Y jail.
Msw Hearse-Mr. G. W. Wilson, Middle
towns undertaken and furniture dealer, has
purchased, Of a Wilmington firm, an un6n-
ished hearse of the latest style. 1t is to be
finished by j.. N. Cox h Bro, and will be
second to none in the State in finish and
appearance. There is question to be asked
now: When the hearse is finished, will any
one wish to die for the sake Of being trans
ported to the grave in it?
There is trade in peaches given the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad from Middletovn
and adjoining stations that far exceeds the
of the officers Of the road. In
'tead Of six cars, as was first promised, there
IRE now being shipped as high as twenty
even cars some days. This success is mainly
lue to one gentleman, and all business men
md others will readily acknowledge him to
De J. Thomas Budd, Esq.
She went down to the train Tuesday even
ng to meet brother. But on the way she
'ushed up to an acquaintance and after nearly
biting her cheek told her it was year since
hey had met. 1t was only two days, and
Ter memory is bad. As her brother steps from
be cars, rush is made, down goes one old
nan and two boys, lady loses her bundle,
md amid the confusion, our heroine walks
IL to regret the mistake she made, for it was
ome one else's brother she had kissed.
Sill Anoth~.-Ar. Thomas Cochran has
lad in his employ party of seventeen ne
,roes who came from Wilmington. On
Wednesday some difficulty occurred between
(r. Cochran and one of the crowd, in which
.ieutenant- Governor R. Thomas Cochran ,
'as involved, when the whole seventeen re-
olted, but were soon quelled and subse-
uently discharged. This il victory for
'hich our Lieutenant Governor should be
pplauded, together with his aids-de-camp,
'ho were small in number. Relata rsfero.
Horse Ssolen.-On Saturday evening last ,
II. Frank P. Cochran drove to Middletown +,
nd hitthed his horse in the shed attached to
le Middletown Hotel. Between 10 and IL
clock, the horse was unhitched by unknown
arties and driven out Of town, and was dis
overed near the Reading" farm of Mr.. e. +.
!. Cochran late that night, by two gentle
IAN, walking leisurely along and minus the
,ieves. The dashboard Of the carriage was
'jured and the top of it was mashed as fat :
could Be, yet no part of it was broken. It
the opinion Of many that the horse was : :
ken for the sole purpose of having ride :.
ONE, or the thieves, thinking they were fol- :,
wed by the gentlemen, abandoned the team
ear the place it was found. /
Cutting Them Dowa.-The effect of such :
each crop Of the season is shown in the fact 9
lat good number of trees are soon to be cut 3
own. It is the experience of many of the z
ost intelligent and thoughtful growers that 9
le interest in peaches has been imposed upon =
= too extensive planting. What this fall =
i'll witness can only be conjectured at pres !,
1t, but there are few farmers that already .
tend to reduce their orchards or cut them .,
'wn entirely. Among the former are
essrs. Thomas Clayton and Thos. Houston, .
siding near Mt. Pleasant, both of whom are =,
akiag preparations to cut their orchards :, :,
way, leaving only enough Of the best varie- :.
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