Middletown transcript., 1875-08-28
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST IS, 1875.
Local and State Affairs.

Local and State Affairs.
Itsnns of Local intsrsst..
Attentisn Is called to the change Of tim
for the opening Of st. Anns's School.
A drunken fight occurred in the vicinity o
the. Square on Tuesday evening, the partici
pants being tramps.r No arrests. 4
Rev. r Ralston Smith, D. D., Of New York
win preach on Sabbath morning and evening
at Presbytsrian Church Of this town. Morn
ing sefvics Il lo3 svening Il Z O'Clock.
The Laurel Psainsula Agricultural and
Mechanical Society will hold its second an.
nuaI fair on the grounds near Laurel on We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday, October s7th,
2Sth and 2sth. g eSa
The Rps5licas boils over with hopes that
Mr. VIM. +. sOroasdale, Of Ebery Eyenag, win
allow his name to be used for the mayOralty
in an independent move, which that Editor
strongly advocates 3 E r.
4 son Of ex-Judgo Fisher has been arrested
in Washington on charge Of complicity in
the robbery Of Perry 4 Bros store Of silks to
thevaiue Of So, eco This adds to that officials
unpopularity
The resignation Of Deputy Attorney-Gen-
eral W x. Hodgson has been rendered At
torney- General Penington and has been ac-
cepted. Alfred p Robinson, who has been
acting as deputy IN Kent and Sussex, Ellis the
vacancy 3 t
Tho agent Of Coles Exposition has had a
billboard Of about 80 yards, length erected
on the ground opposite tho depot in this
town, and ii has been handsomely illustrated |
with bills. The amusement Of those persons
who examine the bills is wonderful. "a
The Refrigerator commenced the imitation
Of cold air in the building on Monday last
having slowed the cellar with ice previously,
The Messrs. Riksr 4 90 continue to express.
their belief il ths success Of the enterprise,
and indicate % much by assuming all risks
70 which such a. undertaking Is ssubjected 10.
2. McDonough Roberts, Of Appoquinimink
Hundred, who runs fruit market in Will
mington,. lastweek gave four crates Of peaches
and two crates of apples to the aims house,
near the city, and . similar quantity Of fruit
to the Children's Home, TO the st. Peters
Female Orphan Asylum, and to the Aged
Women Home,
The large steam mill at Robbins Station,
between Georgetown and Lewes, destroyed
by FIRE on Thursday night week, was the finest Is
and most costly min in Sussex county. III
was built BY the Tomlinson Steam Mill Com
pany, and cost between twelve and fifteen
thousand dollars. The mill has never been 4
paying property-itwas too expensive for the
BUSINESS 80! be-
Big Peashes.
Vim. Brady, Esq, and Ridgway Rothweli
each brought US some peaches this week which
were Of . pretty good size. Mr.. Brady's
measured lo} inches around and weighed 81
ounces. Nj. Rcthwelps measured q inches
and weighed ounces.
Peach Crate slanufActure.
A. Backus, Jr., Of the firm of Backus 4 !
Bro, Of Detroit, Mich, Is now extensively /
manufacturing crates in the rear Of the store d
room Of Messrs. Foard \ Comegys. employing p
twenty-five or thirty hands daily. With all L
their Abilities, ths Asars. BAckus find them i,
selves almost unequal to the demand made .
upon them. Messrs. Cor 4 Jones are also v
manufacturing crates, and find ready mar q,
ket for all Of them. Il
Accadent - the Depot. u
An accident occurred at the depot on We'd p
nssday morning which damaged the platform u
10 small extent. The shifting engine was a
backing in car on the main track when the p
car came In contact with stick of wood that io
had been LEFT or fell upon the track, throwing u
L upon the platform near the southern end o.
md tearing it up for about 20 feet. The car o.
was sson put upon the track and repairs to :.
the platform commenced ?.
Not Removed. :,
report was published in the Wilmington 4,
papers on Tuesday that United States Marshal q]
Dunn had been removed and h. W. Cannon, n
Of Dover, had been appointed in his place. n
This created quite bubble in political circles es
md caused Dunn 70 seek information by tele. "a
graph, in reply to which he was informed re
hat no changes were to take place and that a,
III rumors were false. This set at rest the Of
ears of Dunn and his party officers. II
auick work. su
On last Monday morning, Mr.. T. G. Mur- al
,hey had some peaches to ship in crates to ps
narkets west Coming In town at o'clock, ne
le learned that an unusual size crate was si'
nore advantageous for the shipment SO it be- M
ame necessary 70 have them built. Mr.. Mur-
hey drove to Warwick and stating his de- m
Tres 10 Mr. John Lockwood, that gentleman su
commenced saving the lumber 60
Or one hundred and fifty crates, which be ye
completed in time to allow Mr.. Murphey to OF
hip the peaches on the train that leaves our fri
Iepot at O'Clock p. n. This was truly fast lo
rork. and only accomplished by considerable :,
]utrage ut Kirkwood. se,
Kirkwood was the scene of considerable ex- NJ.
itement ON. Tuesday, caused BY mulatto stl
amed Pierce committing an outrage upon q th'
olored girl living near that place. Pierce en-
nticed the girl to an unfrequented spot, and ST
vhen there he forced the girl to the ground, or
ftor considerable resistance, and committed of
n outrage upon her person. The girl strug- wi
led bravsly with Pierce but without avail. me
Ter assaulter fed Immediately and the girl tin
ushed to her home, from whence pursuit was ori
,ade but the negro succeeded in escaping for fro
be time The country about, however, was err
,oking for him and on Tuesday afternoon he bel
ras captured in Pensacola, bound and tied be,
nth ropes; TO await the arrival of the deputy ha
heriff, who came up in the evening, and the ini
risoner was taken to New Castle and locked chi
D. Pierce maintains that he did not commit an