Middletown transcript., 1877-03-31
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 81, 1871.
LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS.
Tomorrow will be Easter Sunday.
The Tendues are over for this season

killed on the Brandywine, near DUPONT
last wesk.
Last Monday 7,4OO herring were caught
single haul in the canal locks at Celawar
City.
John NJ. Dunn has been..re-appointed U. S
Marshall for the district of Delaware Nc
body else wanted it.
DR.. William Harris, an old and well know
citizen Of Milford, formerly Of Lewes, died o
Thursday, aged 7s years.
Read S. N. Reynolds new advertisement
and, reading. profit BY what you read. G.
examine bis stock and prices
The Legislature adjourned sine die last Fri
day evening, and that was the best act they
passed during the session.
The store Of Robert Reynolds, in Whining.
ton, was broken into on Wednesday night
and robbed Of small amount of money.
The Governor has appointed Henry S.
Truitt special constable for Wilmington,
under the act Of the Legislature passed two
ears ago.
Mr.. Edwin H. Peudletou, Democrat can
idate for Council at the last election, left
Wilmington on Wednesday, to settle in Nash
vile, Tenn.
The Commercial will, if report says true,
become merged into the EUsry .Erening next
week and cease its existence as a separate and
distinct publication.
Dr.. E. o. Shakespeare, formerly of Dover,
but now residing in Philadelphia, has been
elected auxiliary professor in the Medical
University ofPennsylvania.
The heaviest interest of the year in Will
mington will be paid at the Treasurer's Office
on Monday next, amounting to S., o3l, or six
months interest on $267, 700.
J. Frank Msncha, real estate agent, has
sold for Monroe Smell, of Baltimore, farm
of 60 acres near Canterbury, to E. A. Collins
Of philadelphia, for $4,000.
A colored man named Daniel Harris, re-
siding near FELTON,, while sitting before an
open fire place on last Monday night, was ia
ken with it, and died on Tuesday morning.
"Subscriber" must excuse US from publish
ing bis communication. When a man writes
an article for the press and puts his name 10
it, those who reply to him should do the
same
On Monday morning the 10th, Charley Por-
ter, Of FELTON,, had his leg broken while en-
gagged in loading cars on the siding. DR..
Hargadine was called in and rendered medi-
cal aid
Mr. Short, the ex-counly Treasurer ofSus-
sex, paid 81, 600 Oh the county Indebtedness
on Tuesday last, BY order of the Levy Court.
This reduces the county debt to a very small
figure.
Mr.. George p Parker, of Dover, while
hewing large axle on Friday, slipped and
fell, causing the axle to fall on his leg, break
ing it just above the ankle. DR.. Isaac Jump
reduced the fracture.
The Managers Of the P. A. & p A. have
removed their office from Main street to North
Broad and now occupy the building formerly
used by G. W. Ingram & Co., adjoining the
grocery store of S. S. Holten.
More s'moving" was done this year than
has been done before in Middletown for
good many years After moving furniture
till they got tired some Of them went 10 work
and moved house from Main street and put
it on Scott.
On Monday night, the 18th, the stores of
]. W. Stevens and Solomon Townsend, of
Camden, were broken into by thieves, the
former being robbed of about fifty dollars,
and the latter of small change 10 the amount
of one dollar.
A pair of runaway horses attached to car
rage collided with Mrs. Jonathan E. Georges
carriage, near New Castle last week, upset.
ting the latter and spilling the occupants
Mrs. George was somewhat hurt, but not dam
gerously so.
There is in the almshouse of Sussex county
an old colored woman who has been there a
pauper for at least fifty years. No one seems
to know her age, but to judge from appear
ances she should be put down as Centen-
nial blossom.
James Graves, eolored, not fearing the law
and Sheriff Grubb's cat, appropriated gun
and some chickens, the property of Mill
Greek Hundred farmer, and was, in conse-
quence, sent over to the "Gray Stone as
be couldn give bail.
Wickersham's Bombay Hook farm and
marsh lauos were sold at Smyrna on Mon
day. The amount sold was 3,s05 acres,
which was bid in for Mrs. Lydia A. W. Pyle,
of Westchestcr, Pa, for Sc, 725, to cover her
mortgage Of $40, 600. There is between 200
and 300 acres of fine land in the farm.
The Milford Ncros says that the friends of
ex-U. S. Judge George P Fisher are circulate
ing petitions to have him appointed Terri
torial Judge in Dakota or Wyoming. They
ought to be able to get good many signers
to that petition Fisher ought to have the
appointment by all means. Should be get it,
he might take Richard Harringson with him
as his District Attorney. Thus two favors
would be conferred upon Delaware at once.
And if the Judges court could only be locat-
ed well up in the Black Hills there is no tell
ing what vast advantages might arise from
his appointment. Let him have 1t by all
means.
MAN Missing from Lewes. HI
The Georgetown Journal Of last week says
William Schofeld, of Lewes, has been miss
ing for some time. He was last seen at Fen
wiek's Island, and it is supposed that be was
murdered and thrown into the river as his