Middletown transcript., 1876-08-19
SATURDAY MORNING. AUG. 10. 1875.
LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS

LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIR."
Items Of Lscal Intsrest.
AID. Chase has commenced operations
the Delmarvia drying house, and is runnil
the evaporators night and day.
Mrs. H. n. Barr, Of Middletown, has bes
granted Letters Testamentary on the estate
her late husband Capt. J. M. Barr.
At the monthly meeting of the Mutual Loa
Association lnew plan) on Tuesday evenin
funds sold At 81 80 per share premium.
A gentleman named Murphey was assaulte
by a tramp 10 Smyrna on Saturday svenin
last. Not much injury was done, and tn
tramp escaped. xf@ss~
Col. Joseph Hanson on Wednesday received
from A. Johns, Esq near Sassafras, Nd,
very fne peach III inches in circumference
and weighing II ounces.
S.M Reynolds advertisss splendid stock
of glass and qaeensware. fruit cans, &C.,
which are especially needed in this, the pre-
serving, season. Read his advertisement.
David J. Murphey, ESQ.,, Of Newark, lost
three ine colts last week, and it ID believed
that thet were poisoned Ss their death was
attended with very suspicious circumstances.
3. B. Rice, the representative Of Damon
Lodge No. IL Of this town, viii participate in
the grand Knights Of Pythias parade in Phil
adelphis naxt Tuesday. Mr.. R. has beauti-
fulregalis.
Rev. D. B. Purinton, Baptist minister
living near Canterbury, died last week aged
about rs years. He was the first Baptist
missionary (new schooI that came to this
State, about eight years ago.
Miss Skinner, the music teacher in the Con-
ference Academy, at Dover, died of typhoid
fever, last week, whilst on visit to some
relatives at st. Michaels, Nd. She was q
lovely young girl NY aboat %, h
A shipment Of peaches was made last FRI
day BY Col Joseph Hanson that has brought
extra returns. Eight baskets of Crawford's
Early, one peck each, sold for Is cents per
basket. Crates Of the same quality sold for
Sc. The market was glutted, too.
meeting Of the Democracy Of St. Georges
Hundred is called at the hotel of b. D. Paul
lin. in Odessa, for this Aftsrnoon by e. R. |
Cochran, Esq., chairman Of the committee of
1874, for the purpose Of appointing an Execu-
tive Committee for the hundred for the ensu-
ing campaign.
The Wilmington people are complaining
about their dirty water. The Brandywine,
where the supply comes from, is blackened
with the liquids from the dye factories. 1t
kills the fish and . number of the people are
afraid it win kill them. Some WON'T drink
it where there is . bar room handy. They
are not afraid of the bar room stuff.
Mr.. Sylvester Townsend, farmer living
near Wilmington, has within the past FIVE
days lost thirteen head Of valuable cattle,
from the effects ofa disease known ~ the
Texas tick. Nr. Townsend had one Of the
animals opened the other day, and it was dis
covered that the kidneys were effected. He
thinks that all have died from the same
cause. r. sxfFF 4f 54r asg 4,
Mr.. eSsmhel g. Meredith, Of East Neck |
Island, Kent county, Nd, has been confined q
% the residence ofa friend in Wilmington, IL
suffering with cancer in the leg. He had q
consulted many ablsi physiciais, who were /
lnabls to relieve him, and three weeks since Q
lie applied TOD Mr. Sarah johnson, residing a
IN Second street, Who has succeeded in re- {
moving three cancer lebes as large as an egg.
dr. Meredith is now able to walk about. n
Quite an aasimatsd race took place on n
the 5th, on the Bridgevills fair ii
grounds, in Sussex co. Nelly, owned by J. 9
]. Bailey, Of Laurel, won the first race, for p
olts; best time, sos. Prank Pierce won g
be I'd race, for stations best time, heif o
nile, l.2s. The third race was won BY Little t.
frank, q Cambridge horse; best time,
minutes. The 4th was won by Blue Dan,
,wned by Dr.. Shipley, Of Seaford; best time, '
'.52.
Forest Prssbyssrian Chursh. "
Rev. Dr.. Patton, the pastor, having re- n
urned from bis summer vacation at Quogne, :.
long Island, this church will be open for !
Divine service, under his direction, tomorrow
morning at the usual bour.
serrisls Oeaa on Accident. tIif a
About noon, Thursday, Mrs. Asbury How y
- Apoa1f,l1y "
rms, neck and breast caused BY the explo- ::
ion ofa coal oil lamp. We learn that she y
vas lighting, FIRE BY pouring oil from the !, :
amp, when the explosion took place. II is "
cared that her injuries will prove fatal
2Aestertovn Transcript.
gapaa Transn1ssion ef News. c]
On the Goth Of June last, at the annual g
the Trustees of Delaware Col "
,ge, at Newark, conferred the honorary de- a
rec of IL. D. On Senator T. r. Baya1d, and q
.st week the fact was published in the PhiIa- O
slphis, Ledger, Milford Mev. and Whining in
10 Republicaa. Thus in the short space of Of
< weeks the news travelled the long distance Il
from forty to seventy miles. Wonderful %
.unaWay. in
A pair Of mules attached to farm wagon, uI
y property Of G.. G. Sellers, Esq, ran down pl
ain street on Tuesday morning and came in N
intact with the carriage of Mr.. Thos. Clay
n, demolishing one Of the wheels. There
sre two ladies in the carriage at the time, 8.
d had it not been for the presence Of mind Ii,
gentleman near who led the horse as far ti'
4 the way a. possible, aserious and pro- g
hlF fAEal accident would hare occurred. N
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An unknown German woman committed v.
eide in Wilmington last Tuesday night by its
nping into ditch near Marsh Lane. Jhs hi