Middletown transcript., 1876-02-12
A Bad Fall.

Bad Fall.
Last Saturday evening Samuel E. Town
send, of Townsend, slipped on some ice Will
carrying a pitcher of water into his house
and fell, breaking the pitcher irto fragments
His head struck against some of these piece
and received some severe cuts. The tempt
and side Of his face were badly cut, a larg
artery in tine latter being severed. DR.. Bar
was summoned and dressed the wounds, ant
though he lost large amount of blood, MIR
Townsend is now doing well.
Destructive Fire.
Early on Thursday morning of last weel
fire was discovered in the barn and stables o
Shepherd Morris, near Sassafras, Nd, ant
so rapidly did the flames spread that befor'
anything could be removed the building
with their entire contents were reduced t.
ashes. Six horses, large quantity of hay
and grain, carriages, wagons, farming imple
ments, and other things were in the buildings
and were all destroyed. The fire is not be-
lieved to have been caused by accident and
suspicion rests upon young negro as the IN
cendiary.
Launch or Steamer ut Wilmington, DEL
The Harlan l. Hollingsworth Company, ol
Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday morn
ing successfully launched the iron steamer
Algiers, designed for Morgans line between
New Orleans and Morgan City. The dimen-
sions of the steamer: Length, 275 feet; width
of beam, 3s feet; depth Of hold, ~ teet.
This steamer will be hurried to completion
for delivery during the latter part OF Aarch.
Another steamer of the same dimensions as
the Algiers is now upon the ways, and Will
be launched soon Both are being constructed
in the strongest manner, and in the most ap-
proved style of the art They will both be
schooner rugged, and will be furnished with
all the appliances for safety and comfort.
cu,ture Of the Sugar Beet In Delaware.
At recent meeting of the Wilmington
Board of Trade an interesting paper was read
bearing on the apparent capabilities OF 'he
soil and climate of the Delaware peninsula
for cultivation of the sugar beet. Everything
in the way Of soil and climate, we are told,
is propitious to the cultivation and success
ful trade in the article. The soil generally
is a rich. sandy loan, and very free from sa-
line substances, and in this respect suitable
for the growth Of the beet. What disabilities
there may be we cannot state. but In view Oh
past experiments in other sections, it will De
gratifying to learn that the prospects OF sue
cess do not look better in print than in fact.
IF the beet can be successfully raised, and
adequate facilities provided for sugar manu-
facture, large trade can easily be had,
Our consumption of sugar is increasing each
wear, thus necessitating an augmentation In
imports from abroad, but onr supply might
be derived to large extent from this source,
if the expectations based on the beet are not
visionary.
A Frozen Police Omcer.
On Thursdy night of last week Officer
William Jones, of the Wilmington police
force, in company with J. R. Hartman,
New Jersey detective, went to Smyrna in pur-
suit Of burglar, Thomas s. Hand, who had
recently committed several burglaries at Mill
7ille, and who was supposed to be lurking at
,r in the vicinity of Smyrna. On arriving
It the latter place they found that their man
lad been there and gone, and from such in
as they could obtain from inquiry |
hey were lead to believe that he had gone in |
he direction Of Masseys, Md. Early next
morning they left Smyrna for Masseys. |
after beating about all day without finding |
he man they were looking for, Jones started,
bout u o'clock at night, in company with |
mo ther man, to walk from Cox's station, on
he Kent County Railroad, three miles below |
dillington, to Vandyke's station, in this
county. While on the walk he tramped
through water and snow, and when he
reached Vandyke's his feet were badly frozen
md he almost insensble from the cold. He
vas taken to his home in Wilmington and
physicians called in, and at first it was
thought his feet would have to be amputated,
,ut at last accounts he was doing well, and
t is thought will soon recover.
The burglar they were looking for was
captured on Tuesday by Constable James
;. Townsend, of Townsend, near Liston's
Point
False Rumors Contradicted,
The story of the "Three Black Crows" it
seems, has recently been repeated with exag-
yeration, in regard to smallpox in Middle
town. Reports have been circulated Of a
spread Of the malady until it has been swelled
into almost an epidemic, and the town is
Stunned by many persons as though it were
stricken with the plague. The foundation on
which all this was built is simply this: A
young lady resident Of this town, while on a
visit to Philadelphia, contracted case of
which showed itself upon her shortly
after her return home. AS soon as the other
members of the family to which she belonged
discovered what was the mater, they imme-
diately closed their doors and permitted
neither egress nor ingress to any except the
attendant physician. By this means the dis
ease was confined entirely to that one house,
and not another single case has occurred. Even
those who did have it had only varioloid in
its mildest form, and the physician who at
tended them authorizes US to say that every
vestige of it has disappeared from them that
they are all entirely we'll and have been so for
more than two weeks, yet from an excess of
caution they still con6ne themselves TO the
house so that none may have even shadow
of cause to fear spread of the disease. We
trust that this statement will be sufficient to