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

SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. Q, 1876.
LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS.
Items Of Local Interest.
Joseph McCowen, Wilmington milkman,
committed suicide, while under the influence
Of liquor, Tuesday night, by drowning him.
self in the Christiana.
The barn and ether outbuildings on farm
Of DR.. Henry Ridgely's, near Milford, were
burned Wednesday afternoon week. The loss
is estimated at about $4,000.
A man named Frye created an excitement
BY fourishing revolver at the polls in the
Sixth ward, Wilmington, on Tuesday, and
when some citizens undertook to take it from
him II was discharged, wounding Frye in the
head.
The Delaware State Bible Society will hold
its sixty-fourth annual meeting at Newark, in
the Presbyterian Church, on Thursday next.
Addresses will be delivered by Drs. j. b.
Nixon, of Wilmington, and Sheldon, Of
Princeton, NJ.
The Drawyer's Reunion.
The annual Union Meeting will be held on
tomorrow Sunday 10th inst, at Old Draw
yer's Church. Preaching at l01 a. m, by
Rev. Dr.. Crowell, and at p m, by Rev.
DR.. Patton.
Railroad Changes.
A change in the time table of the Delaware
Railroad went into effect on Monday last
The stmixed'' train which has been passing
Middletown about p.m., now leaves here at
5.17p. M, going north going south it passes
here at {. 20 a. m. The time of the mail
trains remains unchanged.
Political.
James H. Myers, Esq, of Delaware City,
will deliver an address on "the political is
sues of the day at Odessa on Tuesday after
noon next at o'clock at Middletown, same
evening at 7 o'clock and at Townsend on
Wednesday at o'clock.
Sanford's Performance.
Quite good audience greeted Sanford and
his troupe at the Hall last Monday evening,
to witness his conception of ''Uncle Toms
Cabin" The troupe is well organized and
show considerable talent in their respective
characters, particularly Sanford as "Uncle
Tom and Miss Partington as "Topsy." On
account Of the absence Of stage accommoda-
tions the play had to be curtailed in different
sections, not SO much, however, as to inter-
fere with the sense Of the same. All those
present were very well pleased with the en-
tertainment.
Wilmington Election.
The election for members CT the city council
and for inspectors and assistants was helo in
Wilmington on Tuesday. The result was a
complete victory for the Republicans. On
the vote for inspectors the Democrats carried
but three wards-the first, second and tenth,
and on councilmen they carried but two-the
second and tenth. The total vote polled was,
on counciImen 4s77,-(369 short Of that Of
1875 of which the Republicans have ma
iority of 1909. In 1875 the Independents,
Liberals, and dissatisfied Republicans, to.
gether, carried the city by majority of Go.
The result on Tuesday is not regarded as
test of the relative strength of the two parties
in the city, as there were many local issues
which had much more than general politics
to do with the election The Republicans
are, however, very much elAted, Of course
The council will now stand IA Republicans te
Democrats. The latter had majority ir
the last council.
Death OF an AFFLICTED Man.
John Thomas Armstrong died at the resi-
dence of his uncle, e. Eliason, ESQ, neal
Summit Bridge, on Thursday afternoon
Young Armstrong had been great suffere
all his life, being afflicted with scrofula ant
rheumatism and for the last five years will
blindness. He has been confined to his bet
for four years during three of which he wa
unable to move muscle, excepting only hl
right arm, which he could just raise. Owinl
to his Affections his body was never fully de
yeloped, and while his joints and some bone
were large enough for full sized man, hi
body and limbs were badly dwarfed and b
weighed scarcely more than fifty pounds an
was less than five feet tall though he wa
nearly twenty-five years Of age. During al
the time his mind was perfectly clear and h
retained the use of his mental faculties to th
last. He fully realized his situation, and wa
coeuizant of the approach of death, and CAV
ample assurances to his friends of complet
preparation.
Van Amburgh's Circus ana Menagerie.
The New Great Golden Menagerie and Cir
Gus of Van Amburgh l. Co., will exhibit
Middletown on the afternoon and evening
September goth. Van Amburgh's show is Al
immense affair, and gives good satisfaction
large audiences wherever they stop and per
form, and we trust that the people in thi
vicinity, who are evidently eager for an en-
tertalnment OF tnis Ainu, ""i s,
grand old-fasbioned rally. The Lindsa.
(Can.) Post has the following good word
saw about them: itThis mammoth aggrega
ton visited Lindsay yesterday, and brough
with it many curiosites never seen here be
fore. 1t was heralded about 9 o'clock in tn
morning by long procession of vans con
tanning rare animals and birds, headed by
grand band chariot glittering with gold, ant
another of smaller kind upon which, 9Th
monarch Of the forest' lay calmly at the fee
of his keeper. The procession gave evidenc
from the long string of vans that there was
great deal to be seen inside the canvass. Th
menagerie was fully as good as in forme
years and was well worth the price OF admis
sion, while the circus performance gave goo
Tho mn n q yorc of fhie tqrtain