Middletown transcript., 1876-07-01
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY /, 1876.
LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS.

LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS.
Items OF Local Interest.
Next Tuesday is the Fourth of July
Americas Tooth birthday.
George Gray, Esq, was the member Oh tue
Committee on Resolution Of the Democranc
Convention at St. Louis.
The Gazette says the Republican ratification
meeting on Saturday night was very tame
affair. There were but few present.
Rev. Isaac Mast, formerly pastor of Asbury
ME- Church, Wilmington, died in Pniladel-
phia, last week.
Wheat harvest has been at food tide this
week and the rattle of reapers was heard from
every direction and on all sides.
Work on Wilmington's new reservoir, or
basin, was suspended last Saturday night and
the workmen discharged. Lack Of funds is
the trouble.
The Methodists of this town are going to
have sort of Fourth Of July Centennial an
niversary service, in their church tomorrow
Sunday morning, afternoon and evening.
The Junction & Breakwater R. R. Co. now
run an extra train over their road on Satur-
day nights only, leaving Lewes at 6.30 p. m.
and, returning, Harrington at $50 p. M
Red raspberries have been shipped in large
quantities from Middletown depot this week.
They are very fine this year. But few are
left for sale in the town.
A kind Of free fight took place among some
of Dupont's workmen last Sunday afternoon
in which man named Mayne had three ribs
broken, and was badly beaten. His assall-
ants were arrested and held to answer.
While other towns are getting ready to
celebrate the Centennial Fourth Of July, Mid
dletown is doing nothing and the prospects
for a celebration are very dull.
Sheriff Lambson went to Norfolk, Va,
armed with requisition from Governor Coch-
ran, after sBig Frank, I" the escaped Whining
ton Bank robber convict, ''on Wednesday.
Hon. Joseph P. Comegys, as trustee, ad-
vertises the property Of VIM. NJ Shakespeare
consisting of five farms and his dwelling
house and lot in Dover, to be sold at private
sale.
The D. S. G. Band, Of Middletown, have
thrown up their engagement to take part in
the Philadelphia Fourth-ofJuly celebration
and are going to play at Smyrna on that
day. s4s f. a......z fs.
The columns of the Wilmington Gazette
and Epery .Epe,ling are again filing up with
Sheriff sale advertisements. property be-
longing to E. T. Evans and wife, in Middle
town, is among them.
Wilmington is making grand preparations
for big Fourth Of July celebration next
Tuesday, and the Commercial folks are in
peck of anticipated trouble about the noisy
fire works, tin horns, pistols, &c. Well, they
are q nuisance.
And now Brother Hoffscker is after Grant
with sharp stick too for appointing George
P. Fisher District Attorney for Delaware. He
don't think it will do great deal towards
strengthening the party in this State. That's
not necessary.
Death from SunstrOke. tt
Michael Creeden a carpenter, was overcome
by the heat of the sun, while working on the
barn of Benz. Healey, in Christiana Hundred,
on Wednesday afternoon and died in few
hours. He was an unmarried man 80 years
old.
Sparkling Soda Water.
Mr.. Clarence Anderson has added to his
drug store soda water fountain. This cool
ing and refreshing drink is acknowledged by
all medical men 10 be hcalthful and nutri-
tious. None but the French fruit juices will
be used in the manufacture of syrups.
Masonic Election.
At the last annual meeting of Union Lodge
No. A. F. A. NJ, held Tuesday June 20, the
following officers were elected for the ensuing
year, viz: John B. Roberts, Master; A. G.
Cox, S. w.; DR.. Thomas H. Gilpin, J. w.;
John R. Hall, Treasurer, and G. E. Clay ton,
Secretary
Sussex's Register of Wills.
The Office of Reg lister of Wills for Sussex
county will become vacant on the 25th of this
month, and the several candidates for the po-
stion are working hard to secure the favor of
the appointing power. delegation of the
friends of one Of the candidates visited the
Governor on Wednesday evening and laid
siege to his ear in behalf of their favorite
Death from Lockjaw.
James Coyle, of Wilmington, young man
eighteen years old, trod on the prongs of
pitchfork, in his fathers stable, one day last
week. which ran into his foot inficting
slight wound. A few days afterwards he
went in swimming in the Brandywine, and
on Thursday last he was taken with lockjaw,
from cold which had settled in his foot, and
despite the efforts of two of Wilmington's
best physicians he grew worse until last
Wednesday when he died.
Champion Machines.
Messrs. Foard & Comegys, of Middletown,
have sold sixty champion combined reapers
and mowers this season, all of which have
given the most entire and perfect satisfaction
TO their purchasers, doing the work in a most
excellent manner and working with most
perfect ease. None Of these machines have
been complained of and none returned, and
none sent to shops for repairs from breakage,
or other damage. If any other agents for
the sale of Agricultural machines can beat
this let them come TO the front.
The Weather This Week.
No body could complain of the lack OF sum-
mer weather. or summer heat at any rate, this
week. In the early part of the week, partic-
ularly, the weather was red hot. On Monday
ihe thermometer marked record of 80 deg.
in the shade; on Tuesday it reached 90 and
on Wednesday it was again 90. The thun-
a,.or,4 of "Wednesday NIGHT cooled things