Middletown transcript., 1875-05-29
Fine Asparagus.

Fine Asparagus. tt
Mr.. Samuel Fenimore sent to our Office
few days Ago seven fine- bunches Of Clan
Asparagus, for which we tender thanks.
Episcopal Convention.
The annual Convention of the Protestan
Episcopal Church in the Diocese Of Delaware
will assemble in ST. Andrews Church Viii.
mington, on Wednesday, June I'd, at 9 A. M
Rev. MIR. Bristor's Lectures.
The next lecture will be delivered at Bethe
Church, on Thursday evening next. Subjec
-sthe Fashion" Free to ALL
The Weather.
The drouth which has held sway for SC
long and made the ground SO dry and dusty
was partially broken on Tuesday by gentle
rain Not great deal of water fell, yet there
was enough to settle the dust, refresh vegeta.
ton and give the young crops start, and
everything looked better for the rain 1t did
not extend very far down the State In the
vicinity of Clayton the ground was scarcely
more than sprinkled and the drouth continues
unbroken Rain is very much needed and
unless some comes pretty soon the wheat croI
won't be worth much
Store Robbed.
The store of Thomas Conrey, Esq, in Ches-
apeake City, was entered, by prying open the
front door with an ak, on last Monday night,
and fine goods, clothing, etc, to the amount
of 81 900 taken therefrom. The store is stu
ated in the centre Of the town, and on the
main street where persons are passing pretty
much all night, and it is wonder how the
thieves could make so much noise without
being detected. No one sleeps in the build
ing, and the knowledge of this fact led the
thieves to make snch an extensive raid. Up
to last accounts, nothing had been heard from
the stolen goods, yet every effort is being
made to catch the rascals. L
Suicide.
Mr.. Joshua F. Biddle, farmer, we'll known
in this vicinity, committed suicide by hang
ing himself at his residence on the farm Of
Judge E. G. Bradford in Middle Neck, Cecil
county, Nd, on Tuesday last. He was in
Middletown in the morning, and complained
of feeling very nervous. Returning home he
ate his dinner rs usual. lit his pipe and
walked out. 1t seems that he went directly
to the barn, climbed upon bin, took trace
rope, tied one end to rafter and the other
about his neck. then jumped from the bin and
was strangled by the rope.
Mr.. Biddle had been laboring under mental
depression for several weeks brought about
by a severe nervousness to which he has been
for some time subject, but nobody thought
he had any idea of committing suicide. He
was about IS years of age, and in no financial
difficulties. e- =
Ice Cream Saloons.
Mr.. F. Taroni has taken the store-room on
the corner of Main and Broad streets, formerly
occupied by J. F. Eliason and fitted it up
nicely as a bread, cake and confectionery
store and ice cream saloon Middletown can
now boast of two as fine, if not the finest, ice
cream saloons on the Peninsula. Mr.. Rice,
at the Town Hall, has very large and com
modious saloon handsomely fitted up and is
ever ready and willing to accommodate the
public with all manner of good things. He
keeps on hand large supply of small paper
boxes for ice cream in which it may be cal
ried to any reasonable distance, thus afford
ing paterfamilias fine chance to take the
cooling luxury home to their bsreaved fami-
lies when they stay out little too late in the
evening.
The Trains ON the Kent County r.. r.,
From Chestertown to Masseys, now run
through to Clayton, instead of connecting
with the Queen Annes road on to Townsend.
The change was made last Monday. This
makes Clayton quite railroad centre the
leading station on the Delaware road and the
termini of two others, the Maryland l. Della
ware and the Kent County roads. 1t is un-
derstood that the P. W. l. B. Co. will put in
additional siding for the Kent road, from
which it is to be inferred that the new ar
is to be permanent, though there
are intimations that the Kent may in time run
on through to Bombay Hook. This hardly
seems probable, however. The reason for
the change on the part of the Kent road, we
was the high freight tariff it was
subjected to by the old route. For instance,
an article freighted from Philadelphia, for
which the P W. l. B. would charge rs cts,
to Townsend, the Queen Annes road would
also charge 25 cts. TO Masseys, and then the
Kent road would have to charge 25 cts. more
to Chestsrtown, making Is cents in all. Now
the Is cents from Townsend to Masseys is
saved to the shippers, and passengers by the
new route only have to change cars once-at
Clay ton Smyrna Times.
Civil Rights with a Vengeance.
On Monday last young negro walked
into the post Office at Newark, and, impu-
IDENTIFY tapping Mr.. Miller, the postmaster,
upon the shoulder, insolently demanded pos
session Of the office. Mr. NJ. not knowing
who the demandant was, replied BY ordering
the impertinent negro ont Of the office.
Thereupon the latter drew his papers and
showed his authority for his demand as o..
s. official appointed to inspect the workings
of post Offices and announcing himself as a
son of the notorious Fred. Douglass. Mr..
Miller answered that he was busy at that time
asserting the morning mail but that as soon
as that was accomplished and the mail dis
tributed, he would give up possession to the
officer, and allow him to make his inspection
This did not satisfy the indignant, and con
sequential "American citizen Of African
descent" and he marched out of the office
~ ran top;no vopoaance and nromisinO tn re-