Middletown transcript., 1876-02-26

a stick in the fire, of y ,coal stgye, and be
clothes igniting, she at onee ran out into tn
wind, thus tanning the flames BY which dealt
ensued-.&. X;chaer . Comet. ~ 5ssi5'.s
RArLRoAb RspoRr. THE tenth annual re
port OF The Dorchester and Delaware Railroat
running from Cambridge, Md, TO Seafold
4 contains the following figures: Revenue from
passengers, $9,7s5sl from freight SIS,
ISL 65, an increase VI Aseniy,lFs cent. ove'
the preceding yesG,. The enefhes, lpassengel
e'rtAsrSIinl assfe1d 'hsggS
Gratifying exhibit eAe ps6srerops condi'
ton of the road, 4ua -anucipstes, with the
completion Of the Fox Crsek, Branch, largs
business tnftH 1Orftatsr 'ht31tIt
Of the feeders of the Delaware main stem.
An OLD tDocuMkSr. The Bel Air. Nd
Aegis says: We have been shown the orig
| inal manuscript Of the Declaration Of Inde.
pendenre made and signed BY tbel revolution
ary pasriois Of Hartford county, at meeting
held at Hartford town on the 22d March, 1875
This declaration is Older than that Of Neck
| lenburR, North Carolina, which was made in
Mayr -ls75, and aniedates by more than a
year the Declaration of Independence by the
Continental Co ,qress July 4th, l77e Har-
ford Town is Bush of the presen, day, and
The house in which the meeting was held was
an old tavern stand, the ruins Of which are
yet TO he seen at Bush.
The Centerville Observer has been requested
by the Queen Anne's Railroad officials to say
that the railroad sqnaf,ble spoken of last
week bS the Smyrna Time, never took place
There was some disagreement between 1.-The
two companies in regard 10 the use Of the
Qneen .Anne's track by the Kent company,
but nothing amounting to a squabble.
, The same authority is reliably informed that
a proposition has been made by the Western
Union Telegraph Company in regard 10 run
ring-a telegraph line from Townsend to Cen
trevil,e, and the probability is the line will
be built in a short time. .sf..s .g.
2 A MUSICAL Mousr = William B. Stevens,
Collector Of State and County taxes for Caro-
line county, Md, has, according TO the Mil
ford Neps, captured aamouse <hith produces
music similar to that Of = canary : For along
time the family were unable to determine
whence the melodious warblings proceeded,
but ascertaining whence ii proceeded a trap
was set, and the little minstrel taken pris-
bner. The mouse is like all others, except
that it is light brown in color. 1t has been
transferred TO a cage, where it warbles as
sweetly as evea being; appsrenlly, perfectly
eon'entea aa9aNDH HEFnF1
Samuel Cacy, Of Kent county, has been
appointed, BY Governor Carroll Weigher
General Of Grain, and the appointment bas
been confirmed by the Senate. The duties
ef the officer will require Mr.. Cacy TO be in
Baltimore great portion Of the time.
/ The Newtown Record and Gazette reports
the exhuming Of an Indian skeleton, together
with an.old tomahawk, near Franklin, in that
county last week. OF course (as all such trash
isl, it must be sent to the Centennial.
A barn, with its contents, belonging to
William rHyp,At, n neas ,RoseEille.T Caroline
county, ,yaG etatoysa lPyj ee hstl tex
Loss, So. 50O.s A negro boy is under lsrrest
on suspicion of having fired the barn. siaa.ga|
A branch of the Baltimore Young Mems
Christians Association has been organized
with nearly q hundred members, at Salisbury,
with e. L. WALES for President aad T. H.
for Secretary. = '' '..'o - 5.o ~ s''-
Bill Nichols, one Of the negroes who robbed
lhe house Of Judge Ford, of.Caroline county.
shout month ago, slipped his irons, picked
i hole through his cell and escaped from Jail
last Monday week. 41,.-d u ~ssa
VIM. e. Evans, has resigned the editorial 4
chair of the -Cris6eld Leader, for reasons of
bis own. ,Nt1Bvaas isa rac5 Mrissrsualthe |
Leader haa4f ePs seake IPrjsy yhd in
E..coiSs7lMsl cSM 95@ james 3 Groom. Gd4o55n.s, AlS { S b.
narTleU IN CnriSt CHaICus DdiImorc, Oh |
tuesday next (2s) 10 Miss Alice Z. Edmond
ION, daughte of Col. Horace Edmundson, OF
hat city. -.
Governor Carroll has re-appointed DR.. VIM.
Z. Hayward, Of Cambridge, Commissioner Of
holland Aaica. .of. Maryland, for ths. maxi
our years. This is the Doctors "third term-n
An Rksatoa OAsber hat tbssenn + eaonnntinK1 tke
elative cost of sons and daughters. He finds
ons cheaper in Winter ezeAhSsISas,-ss they con-
ume eompbodY,s fuel and lights. - n 4
re Gejos big ivtAqt rs}f6ips iso1
cres, 10 Caroline county, has been sold to
}. H. Calkins, of New Jersey, for $4,000.
H. D. ~ Hoysrd, Of Elkto9, Fss ~ offered f
he office Of Assistant Weigber Of 'Gfain,
,ut wouldn't have it. s.7s s,msz.ss
George Rolph has resigned bis position ~ |
ouductor on the Kent and Queen Ansss