Middletown transcript., 1875-04-03
Local and State Affairs.
Minor Topic,

is school election day.
Spring opened up very nicely this week,
and the weather has been fine.
Dog fights are numerous in this town, and
tsPrinter'' is nearly always concerned.
The Tasker Loan Association sold funds at
% and 253 per cent, last Saturday night
Ann Eliza Young, Brigham's nineteenth
wife, will deliver her anti-Mormon lecture in
Smyrna on the 10th inst.
A little Wilmington girl, named Burke,
was badly burned last Saturday, BY her
clothes taking fire from the stove.
Two sprofessionals'' made two persistent
attempts to burglarize the house OF j. n.
Seeds, in Wilmington, on Sunday night.
John J. Rosa, Master of State Grange, P.
ofH., organized grange at Harrington, last
Saturday, with 80 members.
Perch and herring have been quite plenti-
ful in our market during the past week, but
shad have not yet made their appearance.
The roads have dried very much during
the past few days, and are now said to be in
frst-rate order.
JIM. Barr advertises that he has secured
the services Of graduate Of the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy, who will conduct his
business on the most approved system
Wilmington is going to have "Spelling
Bee," Some of her people are making pre-
parations to have a trial Of orthographical
skill at an early day. Some good prizes are
offered.
Mitchell & Wilson, of Wilmington, are
framing new house to be sent down and
erected upon the farm of Judge Bradford, in
Middle Neck. The main building is 3o1 by
ls feet, 8 stories high and the back building
is 2e by Is, 2 stories.
We find this little joke in Rowel's Reporter,
and consider it harmless 81 The little State
Of Delaware has adopled new flag, 6x 81
feet, of blue silk with yellow fringe. 1t
will be used to spread over the State to keep
the frost off,"
The Smyrna Times gives an account Of the
sudden death of Mr.. Joseph Fl. Hollet near
that town on last Saturday afternoon. He
died while riding on q load of hay, the symp-
toms being heart disease. Mr.. H. was for
merly of this county, and leaves a family OF
wife and seven children.
The Middletown Building and Loan Asso-
citation has closed its eighth year with gain
e@cxI - .ho - a = 4 a 10 Iuo tiom nt &IR0 II
The assets net $64, 707.99. This association
will run out in about eighteen months. The
following officers were elected: President,
Samuel Pennington; Vice-President, NJ. N.
Willis; Secretary, A. G. Cox; Treasurer,
JIM. Cox Directors for 3 years, ]. H. Scow-
drick, W. J. H. Lingo, T. W. Buckle.
Chicken Thieves.
Some scoundrel got into the poultry house
of Mr.. James Kanely, Jr., one night last week,
and stole some fifteen fowls-nearly the en-
tire lot This is the second time that Mr..
Kanely has been robbed during the past win
ter, and the chickens were not "fryin' size,"
either.
Land Sale.
Sheriff Lambson sold, on Monday, the farm
of John c. Clark, called the 'tMils" farm, ia
Pencader Hundred, containing little over
2e7 acres, to VIM D. Clark, for $500, sub.
iect to liens to the amount of $l5, 800, o.
which Mr. Clark himself holds $4,000; max
ing the price Of the farm SIG, 900.
State Superintendent.
Candidates for this new appointment, tt
be made by the Governor, are looming vi
from various quarters. Those thus far heart
from are Messrs L. B. Jones, Of the Middle
town Academy, Col. A. II. Grimshaw, o
Wilmington, Joseph E. Roop, Of Kenton, an,
Rev. George A. Phebus, Of Smyrna.
April Fools.
These persons were to be seen in all portion
of our town on Thursday, taking hold Q
every neatly tied up box or bundle that pre-
sented itself to view. One lady picked up
small package marked "Castile Soap an
carried it home, only to find that it containe
a block Of rood. Another lady, with an in
n0Ceuce lUueSCTlUdDlC, iltSu @ WA AAOih IL
pavement, read the address and gently lai
il back, believing the owner would come 70
it soon Numerous ways were devised
entrap the promenader, one in particular be
ing counterfeit note at the end Of disguise
string, brought into practice by the daughte
of one Of our merchants. When the part
stopped to pick it up, the note would disaT
pear, leaving the person to regret his greed
ness for money on April LIST. Our ''devil
passed through all these snares safely, but b
would give one year of his natural life
know who directed that envelope or left thu
bundle on the Office steps.
Arrest and Escape.
Last Monday, Constable R. H. Foster, cal
tured negro named John Fl. s. Jones' on
warrant issued by affidavit Of Mr.. Richar
Foard, on the charge of stealing wheat frel
the latter's granary. As he reached tow
too late to carry his prisoner to jail that nigl
the Constable put him in the Town Hall eel
for safe keeping, and as the night was ne
very warm Mr.. Foster, who is naturally
kind hearted man, gave his prisoner his ow
buffalo robe to wrap himself up in, and r.
tired to rest well satisfied with his day
work. Not SO the darkey. BY patient an
industrious labor be succeeded in freein
himself from his bonds and making his ex
from his prison, and when the morning ws
come the officer of the law found his priscns
had decamped, and the worst of it was, II
robe could not be found either. Base il
gratitude! However, after some little tim
the robe was found, as it had only been hit
den away by some naughty boys, for sal
keeping after the negro had escaped. Mr..
thinks the negro received assistance from Il
outside, which is quite probable.