Middletown transcript., 1875-09-11
Local and State Affairs.
Items Of Local Interest.

Local and State Affairs.
Items Of Local Interest.
IT. E. Smiths second railroad excursio
from Wilmington to the Hudson river can
off on Thursday.
The school Of District No. "a will be opene
for the fall and winter session on Monday
the 18th instant.
Peaches have been bringing somewhat bel
ter prices this week. They now pay but nc
much more than enough to make up for pas
losses.
Each of the Wilmington daiies was tn
s'earliest on the street" with an extra con
tanning the returns of the city election, o.
Tuesday night.
Mary Swiggett, white woman of Will
mington, who has been married for about tel
years to negro, committed suicide by taking
laudanum last Sunday.
The work Of cutting off corn has com
menced. Corn on light soil is ripening quit
rapidly, while that on heavier and lowe
ground is still very green.
The Fifth Annual Fair of the Kent county
(Md.) Agricultural Association will be held
at their Fair grounds, Worton Station, Sep.
tember 2sth, 29th and 3oth.
The Delaware Preserving and Warehouse
Co. are rapidly storing their large refrigera;-
ing house with peaches and some other fruits.
They both buy and store on deposit.
heavy rain fell between Blackbird and
Smyrna on Monday evening. We had none
Of it here, and the ground is as dry a,d
dusty as the sun and peach wagons can
make it,.
Thomas Y. de Normandie, the well-known
dealer in china and silverware, of Whining.
ton, failed last week. His liabilities are said
to be $l00, 200, what his assets are is not
known.
The Boston peach train ran into the rear or
the Philadelphia train near Chester on Tues
day night, and badly broke up and otherwise
damaged six cars, scattering fruit in all
directions.
The tug, G. W. Pride, bound up the Della
ware, with barges loaded with peaches, was
run into near Bombay Hook, Monday night,
by barge going down, and sunk up to her
decks, near the Shore
The proprietors OF the Alden fruit-drying
establishment at Milford, destroyed by fire on
the 3oth of August, are preparing to rebuild
it without delay. They expect to have it fin-
ished in about ten days.
Senator Bayard's horse, driven by two of
his daughters, ran away in Wilmington, on
Monday, throwing the ladies out and break
ing the carriage. The ladies were somewhat
bruised but not badly hurt.
Prof. J. N. Clemmer, Of Wilmington, is
making arrangements to give one of his pleas
ant entertainments called Children's Jubilees
in the Opera House Of that city on the even
ings of the 29th and 30th instant.
At serenade rendered him by the Demo-
Gratis on Tuesday night, Col Whiteley, the
newly elected mayor of W Wilmington, declared,
in his speech, that he meant ITO be the mayor
Of the whole people, and not of his party
only.
|. G. Grubb, ESQ.,, Of Wilmington, gave .
basket Of peaches few weeks ago, to the
captain Of the steamship Baltic, which the
latter carried to Liverpool 10 the ships re-
frigerator, and they arrived in good condi-
ton, too.
We stated, in an article on conscience
money last week, that two brothers of Mr.. ].
II. Primrose were fourteen years ago arrested
for robbery. That gentleman writes US that
the parties he had arrested were no relation
to him. he does not suspect any one Of
the theft Of the 5000 recently returned to
him.
Autumn.
The autumnal days have come,
The saddest of the year;
It's leetle too warm for whiskey hot
And Ieetle too cool for beer.
A Lightning Freak.
The Seaford Citizen tells Of wonderful
feat which streak of lightning played there
last week. 1t descended into the mill pondj
Of Mr.. Jacob Williams, near that town, terri
flying the fish and causing the water to form
a column and to tower up many feet in the
air. gentleman who saw it says that many
of the fish jumped out of the water upon the
Shore
Another Outrage.
On Monday evening as John H. From
berger. an employee of the Transcript office,
was returning to his home on North Broad |
street he was stopped by gang of negroes
who demanded his money. In answer the
printer gave his assailant rap over the head
with a cudgel that he had in his hand, and,
having thus cut his way out, be retreated, on
the double quick, in good order, uncaught
though pursued by his would be robbers.
Negroes Rampant and Defiant.
On Saturday night last, number of ne
groes stationed themselves on the St. Anne's |
road little below Middletown, to await the |
approach of some white men, who worked |
for Mr.. r. R. Cochran, and as the latter came |
near the negroes attacked and badly beat one
of them, young man Of about ls or 20 years
old, cutting his head and inflicting wound
from which he bled profusely. Why this
attack was made on this particular individual
is not known, though it is said that the ne.
groes had grudge against him from some
cause. The injured mans name we did not
ascertain though he belonged to the order of
HPeach Pluck"
Hearing of this outrage by the negroes
special policeman Thomas Burris summoned
a posse of citizens and went down the road
to quel the disturbance Coming up to the
negroes be attempted to arrest fellow named
Sam Sheppard, the leader of the gang, but
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