Middletown transcript., 1876-03-11
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pose. is turned upside down, causing thei
breathing to be very loud. Their joints d
not appear to be connected, as YOU can. wit
very slight force, pull the hand consider
able distance from the wrist, leaving il joine
BY nothing but the leaders. They were Dor
somewhere near FELTON,, Del, and their par
ents are living at present in very destitut
circumstances. II is proposed to exhibit ther
at the Centennial
Election OF Town Officers.
The election under the town charter 70
Commissioners and other town officers wa
held at the usual place, the Middletown Ho el
on Monday afternoon. Not much interest wa
taken in it and the vote was light, but I
ballots being pulled. In the absence Of
concert of action the votes were divided
among some forty-four candidates, no on
person receiving all the votes. The result wa
the choice of the following officers:
Commissioners-Th Thomas E. Hurn, jaime
H. Scowdrick, William W. Wilson, Georg
W. Wilson and Thomas Massey, Jr.
Assessor-Charles E. Anderson.
Treasurer-Isaac Jones.
Alderman-Joseph W. Geary
At meeting of the new Board on Wednes
day night, an organization was formed BY
electing T E. Hurn, President, and Thomas
Massey, Jr., Secretary.
Fatal Explosion.
About 10 o'clock on Saturday morning a
fatal explosion occurred in ,he stone quarry
at Belleview, about three miles from the city
The workmen had drilled hole in the rock,
and charged it for Blasting, but the fuse hav-
ing failed to act when it was ignited the
charge did not explode The men then re-
turned to the blast, and, in order to make
the operation Of boring out the charge sue
cessful one, they poured water upon it, and
after waiting, as they thought, sufficient
while, began boring out the old charge, when
it exploded, blowing one of the men, Robert
Meaken, short distance in the air, killing
him instantly; and an other, named Richard
Andrews, abou. seventy feet, who in falling
struck his head upon rock, bespattering il
with blood and brains; his breast was also
badly burned. He was taken Immediately to
the Almshouse, where he received the medical
attention Of Drs. Ogle and Shortledge, who
dressed his wounds, all the while he was un-
conscious, and about o'clock in the after
noon died. One of the men who was also
engaged at the quarry, received several severe
injuries, but none of fatal character, and
he will recover. Coroner Groves held an in
quest in the afternoon over tine dead bodies
Of Andrews and Meaken, and tie jury rem
dered verdict in accordance with facts stated.
The men injured were all colored.-HerdM.
J Jobbing in Delaware Ship Timber.
TUESDAYS Baltimore Gazette contained the
special from Washington
"George P. Fisher, ex-United States Dis
trict Attorney, says that some time ago he
,alled at the Navy Department to see if he
could not sell large lot Of ship timber in
Delaware to the department, and was in
ormed that there was large supply on band
ind no purchases would be necessary for
-ears. A few weeks after this party went
0 the place where the timber was stored, and
purchased it for low figure. and then secured
contract from the Navy Department on an
rider to purchase the lot at almost twice the
rice it could have been purchased by the de-
,artment. The contractor is Orville Grant,
,rother of the President
Readers of The Gazette will we'll remember
hat only few weeks ago Orville Grant was
q Southern Delaware experimenting the cut
ing of large quantity Of ship timber for
which he had contracted. So extensive was
he contract that he was required to make
several visits to Sussex county, and his coun-
enance became quite familiar at the Whining
on depot. where he was frequently pointed
,ut to the curious and admiring as the
Presidents brother -. And this contract il
seems is only another Of those ''farmed-out"
obs, the discovery Of which at present, il
creating ''gentle breeze in political and
social circles at Washington.-Wil Wilm. Gazette
The State Centennial Commission.
The following standing committees on the
several departments Of the State Display Al
the Centennial are announced. They include
As will be observed, quite number Of gen
tlemen outside this Commission, who have
been judiciously invited to act with it. The
Estate Display it is to be observed, is dis
linct from private exhibits, and is to be col
Iected, on behalf Of Delaware, by the Com
mission, to show our natural resources and
productions:
Friuts-John W. Causey, Chairman, Mil
ford Henry B. Fiddeman, Milford; Lewis
Thompson, Wilmington Leander F. Riddle.
Wilmington John J. Nivison, Dover.
Cereals-John II. Bewley, Chairman.
Smyrna; Paynter Frame, Harbeson; D. G.
Cummins, Smyrna; Charles Beasten, Odessa
Thomas L. ]. Baldwin, Mill Creek.
Flowers and orticulture-Paynter Frame,
Harbeson; Charles B. Richards,
Georgetown VIM. NJ. Canby, Wilmington
John Fl. Bewley, Smyrna; William NJ. Bel,
SMYRNA.
Live Stock-Charles Beasien, Chairman,
Odessa John H. Bewley, Smyrna; Edwin
R. Cochran, Middletown; James Ross, Sea-
ford; J. W. Causey, Milford:
Stone, Ores, Minerals, &c.-Leander F
Riddle, Chairman. Wilmington James h.
Ray, Newark; John W. Causey, Milford /;
Joseph K Adams, Wilmington James Pom
der, Wilmington.
Woods, &c-Henry B. Fiddeman, Chair
man, Milford; Charles H. Richards, George
town; Charles Beasten, Odessa.
The Railroad Will be Built.
The '.tide in the affairs Of men, which,
taken at the food, leads on TO fortune, seems
to have been struck in the recent agitation Of
a railroad conf ecton between Elkton and
Middletown. Already matters have assumed
such shape that it is hardly over sanguine to
promise that in a little while the thing will