Middletown transcript., 1876-04-01

States Centennial Commission for Delaware
uice DR.. H. Askew, deceased. DR.. Kane is
brother of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, the notet
Arctic explorer. He is an energetic man ana
| it is thought, will be creditable Commis
| sioner.
The College Trustees.
The meeting Of the Board Of Trustees
! Delaware College, called for Tuesday last, wa
| A failure. There were not enough number
| in attendance to form a quorum for the trans
action of business and nothing could be done
| OF course, those trustees who left their homes
and business, and went to Newark to attene
the meeting, didn feel at all provoked at th'
others staying away.
Ordination Of Elders.
An ordination Of Elders will take place in
Drawers Presbyterian Church, Odessa, on
Sunday (to-morrow). DR.. Patton, OF the
Forest PRESBYTERIAN Church, this town, has
been invited to assist Rev DR.. Crowell, the
pastor of Drawyer's, in the ceremony, and
will probably do so; in which case he will
be absent from his own pulpit, which how
ever will be supplied, and the church Kept
open as usual.
GSince the above was put in type, DR.. Pat
ton has informed US that he will occupy his
own pulpit Tomorrow
The Odessa Concert.
The concert and festival given in the new
town hall Of Odessa last week, closed on
Friday evening. Despite the weather,
which on that evening was very bad, the
audience room was about two-thirds filled.
The performance was, if possible, even better
than that Of the night before. The pro-
pramme was nearly all changed; some OF the
more amusing and entertaining pieces, how
ever, of the previous evening being repeated
Financially the entertainments were pretty
successful, the result showing net gain OF
about $500. Had the weather been more
pleasant on Friday the receipts, it is likely,
would have been much greater.
The Reciprocity Shirt.
People who, for the sake Of economizng,
have always had their shirts made at home'
will be pleased to learn that they can now
buy ready-made shirts at the same price it
costs to get the material. J. P. Doughten has
introduced into this market the Reciprocity
shirt which is manufactured of Wamsutta
muslin and 2, 100 heavy linen, and which is
all finished except the buttonholes. 1t will
readily be seen from this that you can I've Still
more economical by buying these shirts, as
YOU have in them the same material you would
get to make up and will save time that would
otherwise be spent in making the shirt, IN
fact, by buying Reciprocity shirt you get
lust as good an article for the same money,
and save the time and trouble Of making the
shirt. II is worth your while to call at Mr..
Doughten s in Wilmington, and examine them.
Mr.. G. N. Caleb, of Wilmington, is can
vassing Middletown and vicinity, in the
interest of the New York Life Insurance Com
pany Of which he is special agent. He is
a live man and pushes his business with COM
mendable energy. He has already taken risks
upon some of our people to the amount OF
nearly $40, The Company which he rep
resents is one of the oldest and most substan-
,ial in the United States having been incor-
porated in ls45: having a capital of S3l,-
600, 900, an income Of $l0,o0o,0O and
surplus of $4,000, 900. The interest on its
alone amounts to 81, 800, 900, GU,
Of which it paid, last year. ST., 100000 in
losses. Persons seeking insurance on their
lives or wishing to make safe investments OF
this nature will consult their interests by
calling upon Mr.. Caleb. Almanacs, blotting
pads, &C., furnished BY the Company can be
had at Anderson's drug store. 80
Atsssnps - Pass stolen cheqses.
5 On Thursday last man named John
Wood, from Chestertown, Nd, went into the
store of Messrs. Moore & Co., of this town,
and bought bill of goods, offering in pay
ment for them cheque for $lOl 90 drawn by
Messrs. Bean l. Foard of Masseys, Nd, in
favor of Charles England, but as he could
produce no one who could identify him, or
give any satisfactory account of how he came
by the cheque it was refused. 1t was noticed
that he acted rather recklessly while making
his purchases, and he also told several lies
about himself and his movements, as was
afterwards discovered. At the bank he pre-
sented two cheques but did not succeed in
getting them cashed for the same reason that
Mr. Moore refused them. ssNfZ
Yesterday letter vas received BY firm
in town making inquiries in regard to Wood.
and charging him with having stolen the
cheques. The impression among those with
whom the fellow attempted to deal here, is
that he found the cheques and attempted to
appropriate them.
Changes OF Residences.
Moving day was busy time in Middletown
and the following persons changed locations
Mrs. L. "A. Price moved to one of Mrs. Ryan's
houses ON Main street; r NJ. johnson occu-
pies Mrs. Nathan Simmons house; Joseph
West moved from bis farm TO one of Mrs.
Ryan's houses; Rev. W. q. Butler takes the
house formerly occupied by Mrs Price H
Morton moved to j. N. Woods and John
vasey succeeds him in Mrs. Cannon's house
A. R. Pennington occupies G. W. W. Nau
dain's house and john Drummond has moved
to the farm house left by Mr.. p, while the
mill residence is occupied by Chas. Stratton
Mrs. Matthews moved TO Chester. Pa, and
Mrs. McIntyre's house is in charge Of James
Dodson James Gears moved into Mr.. Cul.
bertson's "row;" W. N. Hamilton, Jr.,
moved into Mrs. G. Smiths house Richard
Mckee moved to Philadelphia, and the house
he vacated is occupied by Misses Hall; A. T.
Bradley's house is occupied by two families.