Middletown transcript., 1876-06-17
Another Flood.

The storm on Tuesday morning was of un
usual severity. The rain was the heavies
that has fallen since the eyer-memorabl'
food of 1873, which destroyed so much prop
erty. and many persons assert that in thu
| vicinity Of Mt. Pleasant and the canal it wal
even greater for a short time than it was II
the former year. The damage done wal
quite serious Corn fields were flooded te
the depth of two and three feet and the young
corn drowned, covered with mud or washed
out. Mr.. ]. T. Shallcross says the division
fences between three of his meadows wert
washed away and large area of his corr
washed out and completely destroyed. The
bridge at the head of Back Creek, the divid-
ing line between St. Georges and Pencader
hundreds was carried away and lodged in
field some distance off. The dam of Mr..
Chas. F. Smiths grist mill was broken down
by the rush of water. Mr.. T. G. Murphey' s
Bohemia Mills dam was badly cut by the
water but not broken. An old mill, formerly
plaster mill, on Back Greek, the property
of Mr.. Freeman, (of Freeman's grist mill)
was washed away, as was also tenant house
near it. What other, if any, damage was
done we have not been able to learn. Persons
who live near the canal say that the rain was
much harder than in the flood of 1873 and
that if it had continued ten minutes longer,
falling at the rate it did between one and two
o. clock, the canal must have been broken.
EIkton and Middletown Railroad.
1t gives us pleasure to be able to report pro-
gress in this very desirable enterprise-such
as bids us entertain lively hope of its
accomplishment. The directors of the Phlla-
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad
held their semi-annual meeting in Whining
ton OIL Thursday last At that meeting the
subject of building the Elkton and Middle
town railroad was actively discussed, and q
committee, consisting of Messrs. Jacob Tome,
Enoch Pratt and Joseph Bringhurst, appoint
ed to examine the matter more fully, and re-
port their conclusion. The personelk of this
committee affords gratifying evidence that
business is meant. Messrs. Tome and Pratt
are known to heartily favor the enterprise,
and will undoubtedly report in its favor at
the earliest moment. 1t then remains to get
the Endorsement of majority of the board to
their recommendation either to build the road
or to indorse the bonds, and when we learn
that Messrs. Tome and Pratt have offered to
take the bonds or the stock at par there ought
to be no reason why the work should not be
early begun. Mr.. Jones was present with
facts and figures to demonstrate the impor-
tance and the feasibility of the work, and
with six of the board of directors actively
favoring the measure, we may confidently
look for early evidence that it will, ere long,
be.-Cscil Ma.) Wing.
Loclkjaw.
One of the most remarkable cases of lock-
jaw, or tetanus, was that which attacked one
of my horses few days since. The horse
being over-heated and permitted to cool sud
denly, soon showed signs of stiffness, evil
IDENTIFY accompanied by severe pain. My at
tention being called to the animal, / found it
in what supposed to be hopeless condition,
as the jaws had already become set, not
yielding to any force we could bring to bear
with the view of administering nutrinent.-
Notwithstanding this disparaging evidence, /
dispatched for the nearest veter-
mary. DR.. White being found was soon in
attendance, finding the horse PROSTATE upon
the ground and unable to move limb. The
disease being characterized by violent and
rigid spasms of many or all of the muscles of
voluntary motion, having lessened the local
and general irritability and spas
modic tendency as much as possible without
evincing any perceptible change, the Doctor
more desperate means were Reces-
sary. He therefore severed the caroted or
main artery of the neck, extracting from one
to two gallons of blood, and much to the
surprise of those witnessing the operation, the
horse some few hours afterward was out in
the field feeding apparently with as much
comfort and as composedly as though moth
ing had transpired. deem it justice to DR..
White to say that he perfected cure which
those who witnessed the case pronounced
utterly beyond the skill of man.
G. P. COCHRAN.
Democratic Nominations.
The Democratic nomination election for
Sheriff and Coroner was held in this county
last Saturday afternoon and resulted in the
choice of Isaac Grubb as the party candidate
for Sheriff, and David G. Rose for Coroner.
The election was conducted in q quiet, orderly
and generally caused but little ex-
citement, though the friends of the various
were alively alert in the canvass
Of votes for their favorites. Notwithstanding
this friendly rivalry, no feeling Of jealousy
or ill-nature was manifested, and all passed
off well. In Wilmington alone was there any
and that was caused by all the
voting having to be done in -one place-the
City Hall-and as there were good mauy
voters, little pushing and crowding was
done. In Middletown it was so quiet that,
but for a little gathering of men at the win
dow where the judges sat, it could scarcely
have been known that an election was in
A handsome vote, however, was
cast, showing that Democrats are alive to all
the interests of their party. The vote in the
county was, in detail, as follows:
WILMINGTON HUNDRED.
Sheriff -Grubb, 1852; Ward, 705 /; Morris,
Ill; Sawdon, l06; Justis, SO; Barlow, 80;
Whiteman, Is; Wilson, l total, 22l8.
For Coroner-McLaughlin, 704; Truitt,
648; Alexander, 289; Rose, 270; Foster,
l65; Windsor, ss; W. Il. Quinn, Q total,
2l66
EAST BRANDYwINE.
Sheriff Barlow, 10; Grubb, Is; Ward, l.
Cororer-Alexander, l3; Rose, 9; Foster, l6.
WEST BRANDYwME.
Sheriff-Grubb, 46 Barlow, 10; Ward, I;
Justis, 4. Coroner-Alexander, "a Truitt,
8; Foster, 8; Mclaughlin, l; Rose, l.
NEW CASTLE.
Sheriff Grubb, 2s7; Justis, %; White