Middletown transcript., 1876-03-25
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direction, principally, Of the ladies Of th
4 " ousehs ZsnAss ''Aiission; Society, Of th
Presby yterianl Church. vas given at the par
dssonage on Tuesday evening. a Large mum
Der of persons, Of bosh sexes and SAIL size
and ages were gathered together, both from
the Md6hiows ccagrtgsiion and thatVolf a ~
Armstrong Mission. A fine substantial sdppe
was provide to which ample justice wa
done. During the evening a collection, ac
cording to custom, was taken up in behalf
the, missionary work of the society-th'
|. amount realized we do not know.
! Prsae.Ftght In Delaw ware. f.
| About five miles above Newark, il
this county. there is a small angular shapee
ION the map) piece Of ground lying betweer
the circular boundary Of Delaware and TIN
straight boundaries Of Maryland and Penn
/ sylvania. A few years ago. one Of the lattel
States Governors tGeary, we think referred
TO il in one Of his messages to the Legislature
as possible Pennsylvania ground. This, prob
ably. gave rise to the supposition that it did
not belong TO any Sia,e in particular. and
therefore was under the jurisdiction and sut'-
jrct to the laws Of none, and could safely he
used for illegal purposes. Hence, few
years ago, crowd Of roughs, from Philade'-
phis, made use Of it for one Of those manly
~ exhibitions Of brute force, called "prize-
fights" and on Wednesday last another like
gang Of rowdies repa ired 10 the same place 10
witness similar fight between two hruisers,
named Michael Cleary and James Weeden,
Two young fellows-in fact, not much more
than boys for Cleary is said TO ht 1s and
Weeden ri. Eighty rounds were fought,
resulting in Weeden being declared the
winner. Boil, men were terribly beaten and
bruised Cleary. particularly, being all bat
tered up. Itis y eeandalous shame that the
authorities Of the adjoining counties Of three
States cannot puta stopto these disgrsceful
and degrading affairs.
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X "A little shooting ARRAY. which might have
heea, bat, was not, attended with serious re- :
suits, took place in. Middletovn last, Satar-
day night TITO ,celosed citizens. named
Tom E&pson and Bob Harris, who, iiseems,
had heen qyrelinF q little % seme previous
occasion. mef. iby rbanee, the usual way, III
Cochran square on the aforesaid evening, and
after an interchange Of views in no gentle
tones. Empson raped Harris on the head
with brick. Not relishiag SO impressive
style of argument, Harris drew six shooter
and fred three times at his opponents head.
II is not altogether certain what became o.
the first two balls, bnt the third entered "
front window Of the Middleiovp Hoet pass
ing just above the heads of two men who
were sitting with their rchairs tipped against
the window sill, and directly between Harry
Foster and G. W. jones, who were standing
close together, and after flattening ITSELF
against the wall on the far side Of The billiard
room, it rebounded and fell upon the arm Of
w. H. johnson, who was sitting about ten fee,
from where il struck the wall. Tis said, how
ever that the bail didn't 60 into that room
much faster that the inmates got out. Both
darkies were subsequently arrested and re-
quired TO give bail for their appearance al
court This aEnpsoal succetded in ,ioina, Is
his bail was but small, but Harris, the shooter,
being asked TO furnish $500, couldn't do il,
and was sent up to New Castle TO await trial.
tn. osss.s cs.e.sts T1e52s2 To3.
According TO previous, announcement, the
concert in lie new town hall Of Odessa, in
behSH 81 fse tnllF M EIss9 On Tharaas,
aud Friday evenings Of this week. The in
terested were made glad with the presence Of
a large audience which filled the spacious
room, even before the hour for commencing
the cepesrt. Quite number Of Aiddleto1n
people. we saw with qualification were pres.
en- /, as was but just, as the good people Of
Odessa have ever been quite generous. .iu
their, patronage of entertainments in this
iown.p The conceft was decidedly success.
The selections both instrumental and vocal,
were mace with excellent taste, and all were
performed in . manaer highly credimble 10
the participants. Where all did 50 well. ii
would be unjust and unfair 10 speak discrfm-
inatingly Or any bnt Of the pieces played
and sung, he choruses evidently gave thr
most pleasure 10 she .sdienes.l IfLaurh and
Grow Fat' and "CAll John.' two humorous
selections, furnish much amusement and were
e,scored, as was also THE Professor at IIome,'
(descriptive) which was acted and sung with
much ykpl {snR w.s ltfyfenitr trtaihidH aad
the duet "Gypsey Countess" ThsS S'Soldiers'
Chorus, Highland Reel" and "We'll Have
10 Mosgage4,he Farm, merit special mention
for accuracy ID time aud good singing
generally. The concert closed with the grand
old national hymn The Star Spangled Ban
ner." When thsroncert was over, the audi
ence. such at least as felt so inclined, retired
to the room below where splendid supper
awaited TO appease their hungry appeii,es,
which, with lhe Hefreshmeniss pf, ~ HIGH there
was n good supply, vas speedily lisgosed iofs
so far for Thursday evening Any mention
we make OF Friday evenings performances
must necessarily be deferred till next week.
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y Communicated!
Letter fro0 WtlMingten. ii.. islH
The events Of the past week in our city has
been the session Of the Methodist Conference,
closed Wednesday. Th. ministers and layu ep
from Taneiers, Cbincoteague. Annalnessix and
Tuckshes, rand every other point he,veen
the shores Of the Chesapeake and Delaware
gathered into Wilmington to attend Confer
ence, some bringing their wives and Others
their bright eyed daughters, and all antici.
pating happy, joyful time With true. Chris.
titan hospitality the good Methodists,and citi-
fzens generally, opened their homes to ths
Evisiisss.And babe them welcome, giving thea
good npcoantry berf and wheat bread, ar
ticles of Diet rid 70 bs more reIished by dow,
Ethe fa@s,k folks than dainied pasify. Tn,
kdaiIy ~ ~ d ncesat Conferencsyby The publ j,