Middletown transcript., 1877-09-15
LOCAL AND STATE AFPAIRs.
wheat is on the rise.

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The publication of weekly paper is to b
commenced, to-day it is said, in New Castle
to be called the NesO Castle Times.
The Saturday night train which has hereto
fore been run to convey passengers to Reho-
both, win be Withdrawn after this week.
The new P. E. Church Of st. James, at New
port, was cOnsecrated by Bishop Lee on We'd
nesday week. The building is of wood and
isavery nice one, and all paid for.
September is a fall month, but this isn't
much for fall weather. It's been as hot this
week as it was in many days Of July. The
thermometer marked 80 yesterday.
s. W. Clements, Esq, Of Summit Bridge,
has been granted letters testamentary by Re
gister Biggs, under the will of Joseph s. Rey-
nolds, late of Red Lion Hundred, deceased.
Mr.. Robert A. Coehran's new brick stores
are finished and both rented but not to the
broker and city merchant as stated by E. E.'s
reporter, but BY two Of our own citizens.
It is estimated that about $50, 600 baskets Of
fruit have been evaporated on the Peninsula,
producing 45O, 200 pounds Of the cured pro-
duce, worth at Is cents pound-Se7, 500
Evans Co. have issued bills offering a re-
ward Of $500 for The arrest and conviction OF
the party who fred their basket factory at
Clayton. They seem fully impressed with the
idea that it was of incendiary origin.
The Milford NeVs considers that farming is |
as much overdone as is any other business, and
protests that the government shall not aid the
cities to get rid Of their surplus population BY
setting the unemployed up at farming.
A Mr.. Mccartney, Of Philadelphia, has
bought out what there was left of the Newark
Journal office, and intends continuing the pa
per under the name of the Newark Ledger, the
first number Of which viii be issued to-day.
Samuel Townsend, Esq, adyertises the home
farm Of the late John Townsend, near Towns
end, TO be sold at public sale on the I'd of Oct.
This is valuable property and wen worthy
the attention of persons who want farm for
q homo.
The Town Commissioners of Georgetown !
had lawsuit recently with citizen about .
lamp, and lost their case. It made them mad :
and they have refused to light the street lamps,
as if they run the town to crafty their own .
personal spite. i
-Four tramps were arrested by Officer Roth t
weIl--one on Saturday and the Others on Sun
day-and given rooms in the basement of the
hall, for drunkenness and disorderIy conduct u
They are held for court and have been trans
ferred to Sheriff Grubb's keeping.
-Four different delegations of politicians came :,
up from Kent this week 10 bore Gov. Cochran /
about the appointment of Clerk of the Peace in ,
that county. There are four applicants and !,
all frst-rate men, so that the Governor can't =
70 far amiss no matter which he appoints. i
The Office becomes vacant to-day. a
The new buildings on Cochran square are W
nearly ready for their occupants. A. h. Rus Il
sell, will occupy the one next to the hotel, as Il
harness and saddlery store, and will move in Al
to his quarter during the coming week. Mr.. in
Russell has an nexcellentstock Of goods to move 81
in the building, and win make fine display. e
Armstrong; Chapel. Z
Rev DR.. Patton viii preach in the chapel at Il Il
Armstrong; on Sabbath afternoon at ~ O. clock. : :
Ali are cordially invited. /:
A Serious Charge for Church People. fr
The Baptist Church in Baltimore Hundred, to
Sussex county, was destroyed by fire on Satur- 4
day The. .lst inst. The SUSSEX Journal says it nj
was the work of an incendiary. There has CO
been considerable trouble among the new and
old School Baptists in that section, and it is K
believed that some dissenter put the torch to W
the church, which was 'Campbleite" place
Of worship. 70
walton g whann's Phosphate.
Mr.. G. W. w. Naudain, Of this town, has j
taken the agency for the sale of the wel-known .
phosphate Of Walton, Whann & Co., and asks y
the attention of the farmers of the vicinity to n
it, in an advertisement in the TRANSCRIPT 4,
The excellent qualities of this fertilizer are too u
well known to need any putting" All need i
be said about it, is to call attention TO the re- !;
duction in price. n
Shooting AFFAIR at the EoaOnaI. an
Yesterday morning two Of the servants in Of
the employ Of Mr.. Crawford Of the National OF
Hotel, in this town, got to playing and fooling
with pistol, when one, Robert Dorsey, point an
ed it at the other, Frank Jones, saying 'Tn Pl
shoot you'' or something of that kind, when m
sure enough the pistol was accidentally dis
charged, and the bali struck Jones fair in the D
forehead, making an ugly and painful wound. =
It is not supposed that Robert meant to shoot
Frank as they were not quarreling, butitis an q;
other repetition Of the old, old story Of two = \
fools and pistol The accident n was the =, :
result of gross carelessness and should be SO j.
treated. They were both colored. -
squaBBIe over Hotel at Clayton. pl
The new hotel at Clayton, put up by one az
Duffey, Of Wilmington, is threatened with too W
many landlords Duffey's wife rented it in sh
July to Alex. wallen, Of Masseys, Nd. After N
wards Wilmington man named Campbell th
rented it, Squire Frazer, Of Wilmington, Oh
drew up Wa1len's lease, and esquire Mahood, an
Of Clayton, drew up Campbells. It seems qr
that Mrs. Dufey, or Dufey himself preferred "
Campbell as q landlord, but Wallen wouldn't ~
give up. DuHey seemed determined to have at
Campbell, and forced an entrance into the hotel ~
to give him possession. For this act he was pr
sued by Wallen, before Squire Frazer and g
held in $500 bail for bis appearance at court. ca
Wallen then brought suit against Campbell, ~
for possession of the property, on Saturday 81
last before Squire Budd, in this town.
Campbell failed to appear, and the suit went us
in favor Of Wallen, who is declared the legal 4 4
holder Of the property, for year at least u
Smyrna Times. 60