Middletown transcript., 1875-11-20
Local and State Affairs.

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Items of Local Interest. -e,
The Teachers Institute for Kent county,
will be held in the Court House in Dover, on
the 9th, 10th and llth Of December.
1t is stated that Brick Pomeroy has been en-
gagged to deliver lecture in Dover, Smyrna
and Middletown some time during the next
month.
A two-story brick hall is being erected by
the Odd Fellows Of St. Georges, and is to be
ranked auieng the best in the State. 1t is to
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According to the Commercial Joseph Day,
near Middletown, realized 26 cents per basket
clear Of all expenses on his peach crop of
1000 baskets this year. 94 .s +. III
The Gazette has not been greatly benefited
by the addition ofa new Hoe press. Its type
is considerably worn, especially that used in
advertisements. 5 TifQ.# fH
Fifty-eight dogs went down the Delaware
Railroad on Monday. They belonged to
sportsmen who visit this Peninsula to hunt
the partridge.
Rev. Enoch Stubbs will lecture in the
Townsend NJ. E. Church on Wednesday even
ing, Dec. sth. Subject: 'sRoyal Road to
Success Admission, rs cents.
A stone cutter at Dover, Del, has,in short
time past, sold forty sets of tombstones, to be
placed over the last resting place Of the dead
in and around TempIeviIIe. a. =..@+T-777==
nra sof a.
has just run out, after duration Of nine
years and seven months. By this running
out l09 mortgages were Cancelled, and debts
to the amount Of $253, 900 were paid of.
Thus Isl men have had burden lifted from
their shoulders.
Mr.. 8. F. Ware, Of Wilmington, came near
losing his Saratoga trunk in Philadelphia on
Monday last. A bogns order was given to a |
furniture car driver by Chas. W. Clark and |
James Owen, and the driver succeeded in get
ting the trunk to Tenth L Race Sts., where
it was recovered and the thieves arrested.
Since the Morning Herald started in Will
mington, there have been three changes in
its editorial department. Morse succeeded
Singley Hilles succeeded Colclaser, and now
John O'Byrne takes the place Of George W.
Morgan. Why is it2 A good practical printer
would be quite an addition to the corps of
editors.
The. Wilmington papers are disgusted to
think that good opera troupe will not be
patronized in that city Within the past few
days two excellent troupes have been there,
and not enough people were in attendance to
justify the singers in appearing upon the
stage. Bot q good minstrel troupe can fiil
the house there any time. Opera singing is
too 'shigh strung to be enjoyed by the null
titude, in this country, yet, and thing that
does not draw the support Of the multitude
does not draw at all.
The Establishment Of coal wharves at Della
ware City tells favorably on business there.
These were put there about seven weeks ago
by fhe Pennsylvania Coal Co. The coal is
taken there from the mines, through the
canal, and deposited on these wharves, where
it is reshipped by vessel to all parts Of the
seacoast Of the Atlantic. When. the canal
freezes up the coal will be shipped BY Penna.
4 Del. R. R., the route now in operation
between Ayondale, Pa and Delaware City.
Last week nine thousand tons were on the
wharyes. The town has long been struggling
for this trade