Middletown transcript., 1875-06-26
SATURDAY MORNING. JUNE as, 1875.
Local and State Affairs.

Local and State Affairs.
Minor Topics.
as9 z Monday Was the longest day of the yeai
1.-The days will shorten now. saes
Excursion tickets are now being issued q
the depot at this town to Philadelphia an
return, for -. Is 7 to Wilmington and back
$l.40.
= The Lewss smugglers, Ellegsod and Crosby
uyicted last winter and sen ntenced to fou
> months impfisonment in our county Jail, weE
:..z ~, discharged last week. ila s
q. q, is George ONeill, Who accidentally shot th'
girl Sallis Doyle, III Wilmington week sbefOr'
49, last has been arrested and held in $500 bal
10 answer UT court. 2 q ~ g y.
AT their meeting last week the directors O
the Delaware R. R. declared semi-annua
dividend Of per cent, and the P. W. 4 B.
4per cent. e
The furniture belonging to the late Ameri-
cws, fDsmocntic, Club, sof Wilpiagton, was
sssdl,y IT, w. sstidham Son; a anction
last W ednesday.
u = = 50
sH Aiti participants in The Peninsula Press
Extatsion iiSss week express themselves as
greatly pleased.
80 Samuel Brady, ESQ.,, sent Us quantity Of
sslat1, mott excellent strawberries last week, for
which hs has eur thanks We don't know
the variety, but they wers very large and
t'awfalIy good. =
hsisSsmuel sOsnby, Esq., prominent and
II much esteemed citizen or Wilmington, died
Ss,at shia residsnce in that city, on Monday,
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3lnsehis Eieetion. .taEaaaAI x rad
.sgaAtd dhs, annual election for officers Of Union
a4Lodge; No q; A. r. b A. NJ; the following
were chosen Joseph b.. Gibson, WIN; !;
kcCharlesiE. CIayton;S. VIZ John v. Jolls,
oSJ.W. John 3. Hall, Treasurer, and Thomas
H. Gilpin, Secretary. ads q e5gas
wotF y .esi3 .7BsYia5a otl baffi
Fesept Cemetery, s4,4 IL f5ao1a
-.b8An adjourned meeting Of the Lot Holders
.eofrthe Forest Prssbyterian Cemetery will be
7iheld in thesLecture Room of the Church, this
hafternoon, the 26tlf, at 3io'ciocksorAll
odifersstedihlthe improvement Of the cemetery
airs6eoudially invited;fo be present, to hear
SIDE report Of Committee ON Fence, &c. s
-rH ID. n I'll u d9islw 'ffnl5slal ~ io,t
esvisleas Dsash Of - Old Delaware River
odarPlse. essaGsatfl ~ s4oiszs
nj Capt W. Weir, aged 7s, for many years
ypiloUton the Delaware river, fell from the
beecoud story window Of his house in Phila-
.fsdslphik last Sunday afternoon and was in
ssta1ily killed he had tsen0in feeble health
asss along time and had gone to the window
siso lookout when he lost his balance and fell.
yszoia .sici1 S q l5nl RI ,ffHsl sits - slJ1i
Divine .swsseet ii:lsin1ee hie .gi5saf
At the Netbodist e. Church in Middletown.
last, Sabbesh, thirty -four, persons were re-
ported bEthe psstor ~ eligible to be received
as fall members. They will be examined be-
fore the congregation Sabbath morning, June
27thasnd received. An address BY Dr.. L. G.
Matlack tlAbe candidates, and the admins
tration o Sbe Lords Supper will constitute
the publi5 srvicss Of the oecasion.
Iron Ore lBsd. rad q N@Hie
Ex-Sherif Thomas, Of Elkton, Cecil county,
1 Nd, has recently discovered what be believes
to b Z very valuable bed Of iron ore. The |
ore u heavy and the vein deep. The bed was
found ON, the west side Of Red Hill near the |
top, in the midst Of laurel thicket. Mr. |
Thomas il making arrangements to put up
steam engine and washer and commence TAX
ing ont ore - 5000 - business revives sufi-
ciently to justify himlin 20 doing. tt'
Ts.l DriHhAns. No;.fsst.tsH4
A large and intelligent audience assembled
in the auditorium Of The N. E. Church of this
town last Thursday evening to listen to the
addresses of Rev. G. R. Bristor and others,
before repairing to the Lecture-Room to take
an active part ia the Tea Drinking y pre-
yiosliy .Itounced III The addresses were Very
choice, and were received with noticeable sat
isfaction. Adjourning to the Lecture Room,
the audience took occasion to help themselves
to the eatables that had been prepared, and
were asked only . small amount in payment
oithe same. The evening was enjoyed, and
the proceeds, which are to be applied to for
sign missions, are gratifying. L
Odessa Items.
Wheat and corn are looking we'll.
Drawers Sunday School inteud holding a
picnic soon.
Raspberriss will soon be ripe. Strawberries
are about done. fss
The N. E. Sunday School Committee have
not yet reported ss 10 where or when they
will hold their picnic.
DR.. Moore, the itinerant dentist, suddenly
decampsd on Friday, without liquidating bis
incidental expenses. Beware Of the man.
Rev. Mr.. Hough, the presiding elder,
preached in the N. E. Church Sabbath morn
ing. Love feast was held in the morning.
All branches Of business have more favor.
able look and the mechanics are very busy
in all departments of manufacture and re-
pair. ssfS4s HExIcoN.
A Midalstewn school.
A teacher, drilling an Algebra class on
radical equations, (quadraties) remarked to
The class - they we're coming up to recite,
1'Now boys strip them right through" Boy
On the right "Well it does remind me Of
skinning rabbit that is a fact you have to
expose the whole thing, and stretch il out as
long - your arm" The teacher smiled.
Aftsr each Of the boys had worked two or
thres examples apiece, the teacher, noticing
the boy on the left il deep study, now and
thsn making characteri on the board, OBJ
served to him Have you got the ska
started ~ Boy, smiling, II don't see much
mast sir.p Teacher, ssPsrhaps your knife Is
Anil ~, uNn ,eirt n thinE tha knife "a shSrn