Middletown transcript., 1876-12-02
SATURDAY MORNING, DEC. 2, 1875.
LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS.

The fall term Of the Superior Court Of this
county begins next Monday.
Mrs. Rebecca G. Doughten, wife of Morde-
cal Doughten, Of Odessa, died suddenly last
Sunday.
Mrs. A. NJ. HURT will have public sale o'
personal property on her farm, near Galena,
Nd, next Tuesday.
Six criminals, convicted of larceny last
week, were whipped, two being pilloried, at
New Castle on Saturday.
Nathaniel Bayne, Wilmingtou's fashion
able tailor has been thrown into bankruptcy,
on the petition Of his creditors.
Mrs. Ann T. Grier, one of Milford's Oldest
residents, died at her residence in that town,
last Sunday She was 93 years old.
The first snow of the season fell on Sunday
and the second on Monday. As Sunday was
the 26th, according to weather prophets We
are to have 26 SHOWS during the coming
winter.
About 100 persons walked from Whining
ton over to New Castle on Saturday TO see the
whipping The Gazette thinks that not one
Of them would have walked half the distance
to 60 to church.
Marshall Pierce and Thos. Mullen, against
whom the Grand Jury ignored the bills Of in
dictment last week, we're arrested again on
Friday night in the act Of stealing blankets
from carriages in Wilmington.
new House.
Rev. Dr. Patton is about to erect frame
dwelling on his lot on Main street adjoining
the parsonage. The cellar has been dug and
Mr.. Chas NJ Stanger is engaged in building
the foundation walls, which are now pearly
completed. The house will be 1895, main
building, and 2ox22 rear building.
Libel Suit.
Harry McMullen, late Republican candidate
for Sheriff, has sued John O'Byrne, Esq, and
OByrne Bros, publishers of the Morning
Herald, for libel in charging him with collect
ing tax from farmers, while be was Assessor
Of Internal Revenue, and keeping it. BE
places his damages at $40, ,000 and has re-
tanned Anthony Higgins and Levi G. Bird,
Esqs. as counsel.
Railroad Change.
A change in the time table of the Delaware
Railroad went into effect on Monday. The
morning mail now leaves Middetown depot
at six minutes before eight, instead of s.29 as
heretofore, and the afternoon train low leaves
at 3.l6 instead of 359. Corresponding
changes are, of course, made in the time at
all other stations. The time table reached us
too late for publication, last week, but will
be found in this issue.
Premium Tobacco.
Mr. d. R. Wilson has on sale at his store
on Main street lot of 'Light Navy Tobacco
that received the first premium for excellence
at the Centennial Exposition. 1t is of beau
tiful bright color and (said to be) most ex-
cellent in qnaIity-of this (however) our evi-
dence must be hearsay, as we know nothing
about it personally and don't want to. We
would mt chews any. Excellent tobacco and
seears of all kinds can be found at Mr.
Wilson's.
Bad Side Walks.
Some of the side walks in Middletown are
in wretched condition. In some places the
bricks have been taken out leaving holes
which become full of water and which people
walking, step Into on dark nights, getting
their boots covered with mud and dirty water,
and causing them sometimes to say "bad
words" The owners of the property before
which these sidewalks are laid, ought to re-
pair them at once before the weather gets too
cold and the ground frozen too hard to per-
NIT it to be done. II they do not the Town
Commissioners will have to be called upon to
do it for them.
Sentence OF DR.. Nolen.
DR.. William D. Nolen, late Collector of the
Port of Wilmington, who recently plead
ssruilty" to embezzling Government funds,
was sentenced by Judge Bradford on Tuesday
to pay to the Government $4,ss4.75 the
amount stolen, and be imprisoned six months
from that day. The sentence was delayed as
long as possible in the hope that the President
who has shown himself SO ready to pardon
whiskey thieves, would pardon DR.. Nolen,
also, but no pardon came and Judge Brad
ford was obliged, at last, to sentence him,
though he evidently did it reluctantly and
made it as light as the law would permit.
The following additional jurors were drawn
on Wednesday week: For the Court of Oyer
and Terminer to sit on December llth -
Brandywine hundred, r. Casey. VIM. Morton;
Wilmington, Joshua Conner, Alex. Mont
romery; Christiana, Howard Finn, John
Snitcher; Mill Greek, joel McCannon. Maris
T Dixon; White Clay Greek, Thomas Haw-
thorn, James @. Morrison Pencader, VIM.
Cavender; Red Lion, Sewell b. Scott; st.
Georges, Thos. @. Murphy, VIM. F. Goodwin;
New Castle, William F. Thompson, John b.
Swami; Appoquinimink, Edmund Morgan
Blackbird, Richardson Armstrong.
The Odessa EntertaInment.
The dramatic, or rather comic, entertain
ment given by the Odessa Amateur Dramatic
Association, iu the Odessa Hall, on Wednes-
day and Thursday evenings for the benefit OF
the Hall Company was, as far at least as the
performance was concerned, great success.
Every character in the play-'Everybody's
Friend" was we'll sustained, and the acting
merited the approval of the entire audience,
as was manifested by frequent and hearty ap-
plause. The music was furnished by the
Odessa Orchestra, which is sufficient praise of
its excellence.
The Hall is rapidly approaching compile
ton. The plastering of the walls has all
been finished chairs have been placed in the |
auditorium; heaters put in and the stage
furnished with handsome shifting scenery |
consisting Of q landscape, street scene,
parlor and kitchen scene, &c.