Middletown transcript., 1877-08-04
SATURDAY MORNING. AUG. 4, 1871.
LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS

Days length lsh. ssm.
Sun rises at 3; sets at I.
Attend the Gospel Temperance meeting to
morrow Afternoon at p m.
NEiddletown was well represented at tn
Blackbird camp meeting last Sunday.
David Ireland, Of Wilmington, had hors'
stolen from his stable on Sunday night last.
Read the advertisement of select school, to
be resumed September 2Ist by Miss Tilghman
A phosphate factory is being erected at Leip-
sic by a Mr. Fleming, Of Magnolia.
Camden camp meeting commenced on We'd
nesday last and viii be in progress during the
week.
Mr. Ferris, of the Every EVsuiag and Com
Commercial favored us with call yesterday
morning.
The steamer Ariel leaves Bombay Hook at
2 P. m. instead Of $50 p. m, as heretofore
published.
Mr.. BENZ. Armstrong advertises fine lot of
bricks for sale at his kiln at Armstrong; sta
ton, on the Delaware R. R.
Middletown was almost devoid of .ipreach-
ing last Sunday, none Of the churches being
open except the Methodist.
The nomination election, of the Democratic
party, for the municipal candidates of VIII
mington lakes place Today.
The fruit drying establishment of G. c. Sell
lers, in Middletown, is being repaired and viii
soon be in active operation.
The. crops and the gardens have been re-
freshed with an abundance of rain this week,
and the cereals now look revived.
The shipment Of peaches over the Delaware
Railroad on Tuesday consisted of 2l car loads
to Jersey City, and IL to Philadelphia.
Mrs. Sarah j. Cazier, wife Of the late Henry
Cazier, died at the residence of her son, Mt |
Vernon Place, near Glasgow, on Tuesday last.
Two arrests Of peach plucks were made on
Wednesday afternoon by Officer Rothwell, and
were given hearing before Magistrate Nau-
dain
The Delaware Annual Conference of the NJ.
E. Church, (colored), presided over by the
venerable Bishop Scott, is in session at Chester
town.
The first shipment of watermelons, for this
season, was received on Wednesday last BY
B. B Rice Co., at the cold Bank No. az
in Middletown.
There is now daily boat running from
Lewes to New York for the accommodation Of
the peach shippers. Peaches are taken from
Harrington to New York for rs cents.
The regular weekly excursion to Ocean City
took place on Thursday morning last. The
train consisted of four cars, and arrived at its
destination with about 200 passengers.
On August 10th, fixed red light will be
exhibited from the new lighthouse on Ship
John Shoal, in Delaware Bay In clear wea- |
ther the light will be visible thirteen nautical
miles. ]
The postoffce at Taylor's Bridge, Apo
quinimink Hundred, in this county, has been !
discontinued, by order of the Postofice Depart r
ment. Mail for this office will now 90 to
Townsend. 6
Sheriff Blackiston sold last week the farm of
Geo. R. Townsend, situated on the Delaware q
r. r., near Dover, containing 2la acres, to P
Walter Cummins, attorney for the creditor, for
81, 500.
The Chestertown Transcript has passed into v
the hands Of Col. George A. Hanson; Mr.. 9
Perkins, who for the past fifteen years has CON
Quoted the paper, retires from the editorial d
chair. IA
Ex-Governor Groome has been appointed re- q
ceiyer of the Maryland 4 Delaware Railroad. p
The road will soon be sold to satisfy the mort z
gage creditors, the necessary legal orders hav- d
ing been obtained. p
The ice-house Of Walton Bro, of Whining I |,
ton, together with q 500 tons of ice, was des- Sc
troyed by FIRE on Sunday last The loss is es- fr
timated at SIS, 600, on which there was an in s
surance of $40, 500. a. 4,
James B. King, living on farm of DR..
Prettymans near Lewes, was attacked by "
large bull few days ago and nearly killed. IN
The bull got him down and punched him SO 2,
severely with his horns as to fracture several til
ribs. a. a.
The rain on Friday night of last week caused Y
some damage to the stock of goods in the store pt
of Eliason 4 Bros. The new building going =
up, adjoining the store was the cause Of the #
damage Mr. Eliason puts his loss at about ri,
s2Oo. al
Don Alonzo Andrew jackson Upham, a th
ormer Wilmingtonian, and at one time Editor sli
If the DelaDare Gazette, died recently in Mil n
Taukie Wisconsin During his youth he read na 1s
aw with the Hon. James A. Bayard, Of VIII in
nington, and was Editor of the Gazette about In
he year 1888. n n
According to the st. Michaels Gomez the
rain men on the Nd. & Del. R. R. started po
triIxe last week and organized riot when
reakman from Marydel threw stone at an
gg crate and broke a lot of stale eggs, which SO
melt so badly that the rioters had to retreat no
'he rioters demanded more time to pick huckle- bl
erries at the different stations. 1o M
We call the attention of the citizens of Mid sit
.etown and surrounding country to the ad- Io m
ertisement of Mr.. A. 7. Stoops, the leading sbi III
ewing machine dealer of Philadelphia, Pa. an
II. Stoops formerly resided near this town no
nd is quite well known. Persons getting ~ ~
ewing machine or other goods of him can rely -
n them being exactly as represented.
1. Anne's P. z. Church.
This church win ID. v. be open for Divine ste
srvice tomorrow Sunday morning and even thl