Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-07-15
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PROBABLE POISONING BY PANS oRBxN-RUNAwAY
-sPsL1LNa MAroH-TEn rnAcA MEETING.
Correspondence Of the Cews~ssretal.
MIDDLErowN, July 10.
1t has been reported that tho two children Of
Thos. Carly who died suddenly Last Saturday,
were poisoned with Paris Green instead Of dying
with the black tongue" fever, ~ wrote You
last Wednesday. They had been In field OF
VIM. Green, Esq, and It is supposed they got
the poison from potato they. ate while there.
nent physicans. Yet the Doctor who attended
the cases says that death was caused by the
fever. ut
Az Edwin Jones was returning to Middlctown
from Townsend, last wednesday. Win : urge
opossum he WAS capturing and ran for three
miles, 20 firing themselves that they were eisily
caught. No damage was done to the wagon.
spelling bee was held In connection with
festival, 1t Masseys, Md, on Thursday even
ing, and four from our town took part in it The
spoilers numbered sixteen, scme being from
GalenA and Masseys, and the contest Was Tor
the championship Of towns. Words OF the
but three, one being from each Of the three
towns above named. L. H. lane, OF Middle
town WA loored on plagiarism, leaving Mas
sey's and GslenA TO close the contest Miss ben
ny, Galena, missed on ''apropos," giving TO j. J.
Hall, Massey's, the Arst prize, . eaks. Miss
Benny was honored with . crown Of sxquisite
| arrangement and also presented with bou-
quet, these being the second and all the prizes.
Middletown was ruled out on two words' that
we're spelled correctly, according to Worcester,
which was one authority for the evening.
THE prAou-rRKEzINa EsrABLIsHMENr GOING
| AHEAD-RATEs OF LOADING PEACHEs-BAsE
| BALL, ETC.
| MIppLErowN, July Is.
Rker 4 Co., Of New York, have been in town
all this week to make all necessary Arrangements
for the erection Of the proposed large peach
freezing establishment The grounds have
be dug immediately. The size will be bO15O
three stories high, and 1t will hold Co. OOo baskets
OF fruit which is to be purchased by that firm
md Il. ;.. tr" ds e Ss G5 i n5s
immense interest and importance and II It u
successful this year, the peach business will b.
revoiutionized in the future
| At WymAn's gift distribution, in Washington
last month, ticket Nc. II, 270 drew $500 piano
and this belongs to some ono In Middletown
but it is difficult to find the owner - no names
can be obtained.
morning Anorthern gentleman, who was rath
or deaf, undertook to catch the down train - II
was leaving the depot, and ~ he caught mold o.
the railing Of the last car, the speed OF the traii
threw him violently upon his face between sns
tracks. The train WAS stopped, and the unluokj
passenger taken aboard where he soon revived
No bones were broken.
In game Of ball between the Smyrna clul
and the Mutuas Of Odessa, on Tuesdsy, the lat
ter were defeated by score OF 10 TO ~.
In the reading room of the Middletown Hote
there are two bills, one constable's sale, til!
other trustees sale, which We consider odc
enough for short notice. The former com
tae na w1h 's r viii the sale bs VI.
i'd? The second one ia proof-sheet marke'
and blurred, sent from . Wilmington printinl
office, which was not the COMMERCIAL.