Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS.

hiram Grlmtn, one OF inc nine PFlsoueis
who escaped from Dover Jail several months
since, has been recaptured.
Jacob Foulk, formerly resident cf Will
mington, and at one time large contractor
and builder, died on Sunday in Milford.
Mr.. H. ]. Montague, the English comedian,
will appear at the Wilmington Opera House
on the 9th of April, under the management of
Mr. John T. Ford.
Samuel W. Hall L Co., of Frederica, have
contracted with farmers in that neighbor-
hood for some 300 acres Of tomatoes at the
rate of so cents per 100 pounds.
The farmers Of Kent county last year saved
more clover seed than was required for their
use. Until within few years large sums Of
money was sent away annually to purchase
seed.
Edmund Hammond, tax collector for Mill
Greek Hundred, has settled in full for the
year 1876, with the county treasurer. This
is the second collector to settle for the past
year.
Frank Gillespie was recently killed near
Hockessin, by the caving in Of bank at
which be was digging. The end of his pick
was driven through his shoulder into bis
lung.
A Mrs. Laihrop, Of Wilmington, while re-
turning home from market last Saturday,
was seized with fit of appoplexy on the
street and died in a very little while after
wards.
A boy living with Mr.. Salevan near
Bowers Beach, set FIRE to Mr. SIS stackyard
last week Mr.. S. had punished him for
something and that is the way he sought
revenge.
Rev Enoch Stubbs, formerly pastor of As
bury Church, but now of Smyrna, takes
charge of Teachers; Training Department in
the Sunday School Worker, published in Will
mingtou
Rev. James NJ. McCarter, an eloquent and
gifted preacher of the Wilmington Confer
ence, who fell into bad habits and was sus-
pended, has been reinstated and sentenced 10
Chincoteague Island.
Rev Mr.. Huntingdon, of the Presbyterian
Church in Dover, preached to his congrega-
tion last Sunday for the first time for several
months as be has been laid up with rhsuma-
tism pretty nearly all winter.
The Lewes Light contradicts the story that
was published last week, Of the disappearance
Of VIM. Scho6eld Of that town. Mr. S. is at
home and all right, The man who dfsap-
peared was poor old tramp, and, therefore,
of no account
The School Election takes place in the
various districts in the State this afternoon.
Those interested IN the pubic schools should
attend In this town two commissioners are
to be elected and the election will be held at
the Academy instead Of at the school houses
as heretofore.
The Democrats Of Delaware City have made
the following nominations; Mayor, B. N.
Ogle; town commissioner, L. Ladoube; city
treasurer, J. o Eagle assessor, W. D. Null
Ain, Jr; school commissioners N. G. Price,
J. J. Messig and B. N. Ogle The election
takes place to-day.
Mrs. Mary ]. Gilmour, of Newark was
stricken with paralysis last Sunday week al
the house of her son in Elkton. She had
only few hours before come from Newark in
a carriage and was just sitting down to sup
per when the attack came upon her Her
condition is pronounced rather critical.
The dwelling Of Caleb B. Williams, near /
Frederica, came near being destroyed BY FIRE
alta late hour on Thursday night last from ash
es left in barrel. One of the hired hands was
aroused BY the roaring of the flames; he alarm I
ed the family, and the fire was sxtinguished
before it did any great damage.
Service at Armstrong.
Rev. DR.. Patton will preach in the chapel
at Armstrong; tomorrow Sunday after
noon at 8 O'Clock. Subject: 1.-THE restoration
to life of the son of the Shunammite's son By
the prophet Elisha" The public are invited
to attend.
Jessup & MOOre's Paper Mills Destroyed
by FIre-LOss, ss5O,OOO.
Jessup Moore's paper mills, near Will
mington, took fire Wednesday afternoon
about O. clock, and all the old part of the
mill vas entirely destroyed The fire is sup
posed to have taken place from piece of fuse
blown upon the roof by a quarry-blast which
was fred off in the immediate neighborhood
about twenty minutes before the FIRE was dis
covered. The fire, ragged so fereely as to defy
the efforts of the whole fire department. The
loss will be about $3.50, 900 on which there is
an insurance of Sl25, QUO in about forty differ
ent companies. A great number of people
will be thrown out of employment as the
mills have been running full time for long
while past.
Prepare for the Peaches.
If the peach crop this year is as big as that
of 1875 was, as present prospects now indi-
cate, IT will be utterly useless for growers to {
ship them all to the city markets if they want t
to realize any profit from them. Other ex- I
pedients will have to be resorted to, and one Z
OF the best Of these is to reduce the surplus G
fruit to a condition for preservation-by dry 4
ing, canning, evaporating Or some other such /
process. There are many evaporators and .
dryers on the market but, SO far, the price t
has been such that ordinary farmers could I
not afford to buy them, unless they got one s
so mall as to be able TO accomplish but little s
good with it. This trouble has been in a q
great measure obviated by an invention by t
Mr.. A. ]. Reynolds, Of Philadelphia, which s
while its price is SO low that even farmers of l
the most limited means may obtain them, yet ?
they are Of such construction that large il
amount of work may be done by even small a
machines. An advertisement will appear in e
the TRASscRIPT next week giving full des- a
cription Of the machine. In the meantime a '
sample svaporator may be seen at the Office q
of J. B. Naudain, Esq, on North Broad St. c