Middletown transcript., 1877-08-11
LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS.
Moon changes on Wednesday.

Moon changes on Wednesday.
Sun rises at 500 sets at e.5l. Days lengtl
Is hours, 80 minutes.
The wheat and oats in Sussex have beer
damaged in the shock by heavy rains.
Three tramps have been arrested at New
Castle and committed to jail for sixty days as
vagrants.
The boat shed of Thomas Drein & Son, in
Wilmington, was burned on Sunday after
moons loss $7Oo.
The fifth year Of the Wilmington Conference
Academy begins at Dover, September Sd, 1877.
See advertisement
A barn was struck by lightning in Balti-
more hundred, last Saturday week, and two
horses in it were killed.
Joseph 3. johnson, (not the ex-confederate
General of Elk Neck, Nd, has contracted to
build large brick house in Newark.
A new military company-to be called com
pany c. of the First Delaware Regiments
being formed in Wilmington.
James Lowery painter in the Harlan &
Hollingsworth Cos ear works, broke his leg
BY falling from scafold last week.
Mr.. Robert Hunting as a jester and clown is
seees.a e e nnna in his profession his wit and
repartee are free from coarse vulgarity.
The Wilmington and Philadelphia Turnpike
Company have declared dividend of 40 per
cent. per share, payable on the 18th inst.
One car load Of peaches-the frst--was ship
ped from Middletown on Monday; two on
Tuesday. They will go now regularly every
day.
Dover had 'Hale's Earlies last week at rs
cents per basket, and water melons at 10 cents
piece. The latter sold at 20 cents in Middle
town.
Manifests for shipping peaches neatly ruled
and printed to the order of shippers are fur
nished quickly and cheaply at the TRAHsCRrrr
OFFICE.
We have received copy of the catalogue
and circular of Newark college neatly printed
and filed with interesting matter in regard to
the school.
Frank Glare, Of Ghristiana hundred, was
fined $40 and costs, BY Esq. Frazier, of VIII
mingtOn, last Saturday, for cruelty beating
newsboy.
Three men at work at the new reservoir at
Wilmington, were seriously injured Tuesday
morning by the caving in of a bank of clay and
gravel.
The performances at the great Pacific Circus
to be held here on the 18th of August will
bring thousands to witness the unique per
formances.
Allen Gawthrop, Esq, and Miss Edith New
lin, Of Wilmington, who have been travelling
in Europe for few months past returned
home on Monday.
Robert Hunting and Miss Clarice Hunting,
in their wonderful mid-air evolutions and
thrilling acts upon the trapeze, are, indeed, OBJ
jects of wonder.
''Jem" Brady one of the Wilmington bank
robbers, who escaped from New Castle jail,
shortly after his conviction, has just been ar
pested in New York.
Edward NJ. Parry, resident few months ago
in Middletown, died on Sunday last at Nor
folk, Va, after short illness. The remains
were brought to this town and inferred at ST.
Anne's cemetery on Wednesday.
Miss Anna Worland who is one of the finest
representations Of equestrian grace extant will
astOnish the audience with daring and be-
witching feats Of horsemanship.
The jackson & Sharp Company, of Whining
ton, has just received an order to build mar
row gauge palace car for his Majesty Oscar H.,
King Of Sweden and Norway. ,
Wonderful feats are performed by Alexander l
Greenwood the one legged wizard horseman /
at the great Pacific Circus, to be held at Mid I
dletown, August 18th. Afternoon and even !
ing.
1t is stated that the Junction and Break /
water Railroad Company has concluded to ex- q
tend their road to Rehoboth at once. Chief
Engineer Mapes commenced the survey on Non t
day last. ?
Noonan and O'Brien, two sensational gym c
nastics execute feats upon the horizontal bar
that seems almost incredible, turning COM P
plete double somersault after relaxing their a
holds from giant swing a
On Wednesday week, two young men, Jas.
Estes and Cooper Meredith, while playing GRO Il
quet at Frederick, got into quarrel, when
Meredith struck Estes severe blow on the G
head with mallet. The blow produced g
fracture Of the skull, and his injuries are of II
very serious nature.