Middletown transcript., 1876-09-02
LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS,

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LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS
Items Of Local Interest.
A Milford man has pair of boots tina
be has been wearing as " Sunday boot" fo
81 years. ,...
Obstreperous tramps furnish Policeman
Woodward with plenty to do. He has made
80 arrests since his appointment.
Mrs. Alexis Du Pont, of Wilmington, diei
10 London, England, on Sunday last. Sh'
went there about. a month since on a visit
with her son-in-law, Rev. L. Coleman.
Senator's Bayard and Salisbury are ex-
pected to be present and address the ratifca.
ton meeting at New Castle this afternoon.
The Forest Presbyterian Sunday School
A1d the Mission schools of Armstrong; and
The Levels picpicked at Cool Spring, near
Odessa, Thursday. IA 55 !
JAS L. Beggs, city auditor of Wilmington,
was suddenly prostrated with paralysis while
sitting in his Office attending to his official
duties, on Thursday morning.
Notwithstanding the dullness Of the times
and the scarcity Of money, there is enough
ofimprovements, in the way Of building and
repairing. going on in the town and neigh
borhood to keep all Of our carpenters busy.
The farm Of Samuel Armstrong, deceased,
pfereh It pdbhc sale by John h. Rodney,
Eiq, under q decree Of the chancellor, last
Saturday was Withdrawn for the want Of
adequate bids.
Henry Clayton, Esq, shipped q carload Of
peaches from Mount Pleasant station, On
Tuesday, direct to Toronto, Canada. This
is the only car sent out Of the States this
year, SO far.
Henry Straub, Of st. Georges, formerly Of
Odessa, was on Tuesday morning arrested on
the charge of selling liquor without q. s.
license. After partial hearing before Conn.,.
Smith, he was held in $500 bail for further
hearing next Thursday.
The people of Kent county are talking Of
getting up an Agricultural association, with
view to holding county fairs. If they sue
ceed, Delaware will have four fairs every
fall, where few years ago she had none.
Preaching At Kirkwood.
On Sunday evening next tomorrow Rev.
Geo. r. Bristor, Of the Bethel N. E. Church,
will hold Divine service at the R. R. depot,
or the schoolhouse, at Kirkwood, at u
o'clock, and every other Sabbath evening
thereafter until further notice.
A negro woman named Sarah Jones, Of
Harrington, was run over, and badly, if not
fatally; injured, by the "mixed " train
which leaves Harrington at FIVE o'clock, P. N.
She had been to camp meeting, and got
drunk and lay down on the track, and SO got
run over.
lsanford's Opera Troupe.
Sanford's inimitable opera troupe will give
an entertainment in the Town Hall, this
town, next Monday evening. Their chief
performance viii be dramatic rendering of
Mrs. H. B. Stoves "Uncle Toms Cabin, in
which Mr.. Sanford himself will take the
character. Of old .'UncIe Tom,, - s-esg 4
Splendid Peaches.
As far as we can judge from what we have
seen, MI. Thomas Cochran is entitled to the
belt as the champion grower of big peaches
this year. Hs has been shipping +" Pullens !"
this week of as large size and fine variety as
peaches can possibly grow. Some of them
weighed as much as eleven and eleven and q
half,ounces !, niece. u = x = : 49,
Sale or Real Estate.
VIM. c. Spruance, ESQ.,, as trustee, sold at
public auction last week, at the National
Hotel, this towh, a farm and two lots on the
road from Middletown to Odessa, belonging
to the estate Of Jacob Shallcross, deceased, in
all some 275 acres, to Jonathan X. Williams,
Esq, for $4,000. Mr.. Shallcross paid, we
believe, only few years ago, upward of
$43, 900 for this property.
Adkisson's Drug Store.
Messrs. Adkisson h Co.. who recently pur-
chased the drug store and stock Of Mr.. Cla-
renee Anderson, are keeping their stock up to
the standard maintained by their predeces-
sor, and have on hand large and varied as
softment Of .goodssin their line, both useful
and fancy, to which they invite the attention
of the public in their advertisement which ap-
pears in this issue.
Gored ~ . Bsll. igs5fi
Captain Pierce, an old man living with Mr..
Joseph Day, near Middletown, was severely
injured On Monday by being gored by bull.
He attempted to drive, the animal into the
COW yard when he turned upon him and
gored him in the stomach, and tossed him
upon his horns. The flesh was torn open
from the mans stomach. presenting an ugly
wound, the cut extending clear across the
stomach, and also some six inches or more
upward.
The Delegates Election.
As there was but one ticket run, there was
not much interest taken in the delegate cleo
ton in this, hundred last Saturday. There
we're but Forty three votes polled at Middle
town and nineteen at Odessa. The following
are the delegates elected: To the State Con-
vention-West District NJ. E. Walker, ]. d.
Scowdrick East District: H. A. Nowland,
w. Jerome Eliason and w. D. Lockerman.
To the County Convention-Wesr District !:
N. williams jar. Hofscker,s E. Reynolds !;
East District: Dr. VIM. Ashcraft, Thos. j.