Middletown transcript., 1876-07-15
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY Is, 1876.
LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS.

Items OF Local Interest.
Raspberries sell at 10 cents per quart ir
Wilmington. They are l24 here.
W. ]. Handy offers four-year-old, three
minute colt for sale. Who wants to buy?
There will be no service at the Presbyterian
Church. this town, tomorrow. DR.. Patton
is away from home.
Tramps and Peach Plucks are beginning 10
make their appearance in considerable num-
bers in this community now.
No peaches, except in small quantities, have
been shipped from Middletown depot yet, but
Hales are expected to begin next week
John Whitlock is said to have given the
bail required by Justice Walker, in the recent
suit of Edward Thomas, and been released
from Jail.
John W. Hayes has bought the horse and
cart of L. G. Vandegrift, and offers his ser
vices to the people of Middletown and vicinity.
Read his card.
Leontine McWhorter, of St. Georges, sent
small basket of Early Beatrice peaches to
Wilmington market last week--the first
Of the season.
A quarterly meeting of the Trustees of the
Poor Of this county will be held at the aims
house on Wednesday the 26th inst, at 10
o'clock, a. m.
Rev. DR.. Patton and wife left home on
Wednesday on their annual pilgrimage to
Quoque, L. l., where they will remain some
four or FIVE weeks.
The directors of the new "Fruit Growers
NationaP' Bank, of Smyrna, expect to open
the bank next Tuesday $4,000 of the capi-
tai have been subscribed.
Henry Davis, Esq, has taken out letters OF
administration on the estate Of Isaac Caulk,
coIored, late of Appoquinimink Hundred,
deceased. See the notice.
Ellen Sullivan, a little leven-year-old Will
mington girl, was severely, if not fatally,
scalded, Tuesday, by falling with kettle of
boiling water which she was carrying.
Frank Collins, Of Collins Beach, has en-
gagged the services offs band, known as the
oLittle German" and for the next two weeks
the guests will be entertained with their
music.
Thomas E. Carly, hotel keeper at Clayton,
was arraigned before Esq. Budd, Of Smyrna,
last week for selling liquor without license,
and held in $500 bail for his appearance at
court.
The clothing house of j. E. Phillips, in
Smyrna, was feloniously entered by some un-
! known parties one night last week and
quantity of clothing and other articles were
carried off.
The woollen mill of VIM. Clark, at Auburn,
Christiana Hundred, was struck by lightning
on Tuesday evening. Little damage was
done to the mill, but Clark, who was in the
mill, got big scare.
Joseph F. Blessing, of Wilmington, died
very suddenly on Monday morning, of con-
gestion of the brain. He arose well, but died
within an hour. He was morocco dresser
by trade and Is years old.
mington victim of the Fourth of July cannon
accident was largely attended on Sunday, by
delegations of various societies and military
companies to which he belonged.
The Republican suggests that inasmuch as
the editor Of the Commercial cannot get into
either house of congress he should apply for
a position in the cabinet. Behold how these
Republican editors love one another.
A little boy, eleven years old, named
Johnny Faulkner, was run over and killed
by the cars near Brenford station, Del. r. K.
last Friday morning week. He was lying on
the track and the engineer saw him too late
to stop the cars. He was literally cut to
pieces.
Trustees Sale.
Ex-Gov. James Black Groome will sell at
public sale, at the Court House in Elkton,
Nd, on Tuesday morning next at ii o'clock,
the large tract of land in Sassafras Neck,
known as "The Grove" the property of
Bloomfield Lore. This is q valuable property
and capitalists may find it to their interests
to attend the sale.
KILLED ON the Del. n. r..
A woman, Mrs. Ariana Payne, was run
over by the 1920 A. M. berry train, while
crossing the track at Ross Station, near Sea-
ford, on Friday morning week. She saw the
cars coming bnt thought she had time to cross
and in making the attempt met her death.
An Electric Shock.
A Miss Lee, Of Wilmington, was sewing
upon q machine near window during the
storm on Tuesday evening. The machine at
.racted the lightning and gave Miss Lee
severe electric shock and made her sick. She
don't sew by open windows during thunder
storms now.
Heavy Storm at Odessa.
The storm on Monday night, which was
comparatively light here, was of unusual
violence at Odessa. The wind blew hurri-
cane twisting and breaking trees and leveling
the corn. The rain fell in torrents. The
folks over there say it was the heaviest rain
they have had since the "Hood.'
stunned by Lightning. /,
During the thunderstorm on Tuesday even
ing the lightning struck so near Mr.. Joseph
Biggs, who was driving on the road near
Cecilton, Nd, that the horse was knocked
down by the shock, overturning the carriage
and throwing Mr.. Biggs out. We have not
been able to learn whether Mr.. Biggs was in
jured, or not.
Election or Omcers.
Damon Lodge No. l2, K. of P, held its
semi-annual election on Friday evening, June
3oth when the following officers were chosen:
W. R. Rothwell, G. c.; W. W. Cannon, v. c.;
T. H. Gilpin, P; L. Fl. Lane, NJ. at A.