Middletown transcript., 1876-06-10
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1876.
LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS.


LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS
Items of Local Interest.
The Democratic State Convention will as
semble at Dover next Tuesday, June 18th.
James Brady and man named Harrison
escaped from New Castle jail on Sunday
afternoon.
The Curculo is said to be making sac
havoc among the peaches in the vicinity o
Dover. They are doing some damage here
The delegates elected to the Democratic
State Convention are said to be in favor o.
DR.. Swithin Chandler as the representative te
st. Louis.
A change has been made in the running o.
the Delaware river steamers, Reybold and
Perry, and reduction in the fare. See time
table elsewhere.
The Convention Of the Clergy and laymen
of the P. E. Church, Diocese of Delaware,
was in session at Smyrna this week, on
Wednesday and Thursday.
Among the horses booked for the races at
the Oxford fair, which took place yesterday
and Thursday, were several that trotted at
Middletown last fall.
The subscriptions to the new bank stock at
Smyrna amour is to sos, 900; of which $28, 900
has been paid in. 1t is expected to have the
honL IN oparof;nn hv InJv LET
Very little summer yet High, cool winds
and chilly nights wont do very well for sum-
mer weather. 1t helps the strawberry crop
however, SO it does somebody good
Notwithstanding the "hard times" some
building and other improvements are going
on in the town and neighborhood, keeping
carpenters and painters pretty busy.
The strawberry season is now at its height,
and shipments over the Delaware Railroad
amount to sixty car loads per day. They are
plenty in Middletown, and sell at 8 cents per
quart.
Four women, (s'ladies" the Wilmington
papers call them) were arraigned before
Mayor Whiteley, on Saturday morning and
fined so cents each and costs, for drunken
ness and disorder.
The Sussex Journal intmates that it will be
a little difficult to secure delegates to st.
Louis from that county, as men object to
going on account Of the expense. New Cas-
tie can supply Sussex, and Kent too if need be.
M. e. Church.
The NJ. E. Church of this town having been
thoroughly repaired and repainted, will be
open for service tomorrow Sunday Rev.
DR.. Matlack, pastor, will preach in the morn
ing. Bishop Scott will be present. Rev.
James Mitchell, of Virginia, will preach in
the evening. Sunday School, as usual, at
2}P. NJ. All are invited.
Republican County Committee.
The newly appointed Republican County
Executive Committee met at the party's head
quarters in Wilmington on Saturday after
noon last and organized by electing General
Thomas J. Jourdan, Chairman; w. L. G.
Thomas, Secretary, and John P. Ruth, Trea-
surer. The Secretary was directed to call a
meeting of the committee on the first Saturday
IN July.
Personal.
At recent contest in oratory of the Junior
Glass, at Princeton College, N. j., Mr.. John
Biggs son of Hon. B. T. Biggs, of this State,
won the second prize and received gold
medal
jackson Briant, Esq, formerly proprietor
of the National Hotel in this town, has re-
entered the service of the West Jersey Rail-
road Company in his old capacity as con-
ductor.
Prof. H. A Wood, A. NJ, formerly Of the
Middletown Academy, now fills the chair of
Professor Of Mathematics in the Keystone
University, Kutztown, Pa.
J. T. Budd, Esq, real estate agent broker,
conveyancer, &C., has moved his Office to
Railroad avenue, opposite the depot.
The Commercial calls John O'Byrne, the
Field Marshall of the Democracy of this
county. "Field Marshall O'Byrne."
Sad Death.
Davidson D. Pearce, young man about
nine years of age, and formerly in the en-
ploy of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, was buried on Wednesday at Newark.
In his death there was peculiar sadness.
Last Thursday he left Wilmington to accept
a place, he informed his uncle, Benz Pearce,
ESQ, in Philadelphia, but it is believed, that
his real intention was to procure treatment
for his cripple leg under the belief that he
would return to his friends without his
crutches. On Saturday, at noon, he sub
mitted himself TO an operation at the Penn
sylyania Hospital. which resulted in his death
at o'clock the same day. The message which
was borne to his friends, therefore, was not
that he had recovered the use of his withered
member, but that sadder one OF his laying
down of his life. The telegram announcing
his death was the first intimation his friends
had of the operation Young Pearce's parents
live at Elkton.- Commercial.
1t has since been ascertained that Mr..
Pearee's death was caused by an overdose OF
ether given to lull the pain during the opera
tion.
The Nominations To-day.
The party elections for the choice of Demo-
cratic nominees for the Offices Of Sheriff and
Coroner will take place at the various voting
nlaces in this county this afternoon. The
polls will be opened lin the country at IL
O'Clock NJ, and closed at P. NJ. In Will
mington they will be kept opened till P. NJ.
Much interest is expected to be manifested by
the friends of the different candidates and
sharp contest will doubtless be made There
are several candidates in the field for both
Offices, most all of whom are worthy men
and true Democrats. Among those for Sheriff
are George G. Ward and Benjamin Morris,
of Wilmington; H. NJ. Barlow, Of Brandy
,v;no. John w Whiteman of White Clay