Middletown transcript., 1877-08-11
Town Treasurer.

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up by the peach wagons, is just awful.
Town Treasurer.
I Mr.. VIM. R. Rothwell has been appointed
e town treasurer by the Board Of Commissioner
to supply the vacancy caused by the failure t,
elect at the last election Mr.. T. G. Yande
. grift acted as treasurer for few months bu
~ having the time to devote to the duties o
the Office, he resigned it last week and Mr.
Rothwell was appointed. Mr.. R. has bonded
and is now ready to receive the taxes due tht
town.
A sumner.
What sets the peach growers back is this =
A car load Of peaches from Middletown to Bos-
ton costs S2s5 freight, while to Chicago it is
only s2iO yet Chicago is nearly 500 miles
further than Boston. The growers ask how il
is that the Western roads can afford to ship so
much cheaper than the Eastern roads. And
the New York commission men ask the same
question, because the cheap Western rate dis
eliminates against New York.
Almost nm ssAecident."
A little four-year-old boy-son of Mr.. W. A..
Comegys-was running across the street near
bis fathers residence, one night last week, just
as some ':trotters were coming in from the
fair grounds. The horses were going at q
rapid rate of speed and one was almost on the
boy before his driver could take him up An
instant more and the child would have been
knocked down and run over, and an 'acci-
dent would have been reported with nobody
to blame, though the town ordinances prohibit
driving in the streets at faster rate Of speed
than six miles an hour.
Important Railroad Transaction.
The controlling interest in the Queen Anne's
and Kent Railway was purchased last Monday
by the P. W. & B. R. R. Co. The negotia
tions were completed at meeting at the Rem
merit House, Baltimore Nd. Among those
present were Isaac Hinckley, president, and H.
F. Kenney, superintendent Of the P. W. & B.
Railroad, Samuel NJ. Shoemaker, Hon Charles
B. Roberts, NJ. G., Hon. B. T. Biggs, of this
town, Mr.. Boyle and Major Irwin. of Vest
minister, Nd, directors Of the Queen Anne's
and Kent Railroad. The stock purchased com
pFised 81 per cent Of tde 15it; f1z Il We
p. w. & B. Railroad has given its notes for
$50, 900, to be paid in installments Of five and
ten thousand dollars. The Queen Annes and |
Kent Railroad runs 26 miles, from Centreville,
Queen Annes county, to Massey's station, on
the Townsend branch of the Delaware Railroad.
The Churches TO-morroW.
PREsBYrER1AN.-The pastor, Rev. DIR. Pat
ton having returned from his summer vacation,
this church win ID. Y. be open for Divine
service in the morning at the usual hour
halEpast ten. Evening service is not yet de-
cided upon. The announcement in regard to
it will be made from the pulpit in the morning.
METHODIST divine service viii be celebIat-
ed morning and evening at the usual hours
lOa a. m; 7.45 p. m, conducted by Rev. 7.
E. Martindale, pastor.
ARMsTRoEG's CHAPEL. There win be preach
ing in the missionary chapel at Armstrong;
station at halfpast two o'clock in the after
noon.
TEMPERANCE MEErnG.--A Gospel Temper
ance meeting will be held in the Town Hall in
the afternoon at four o'clock, to which gem
raj invitation is extended to all persons inter
,sted, directly or indirectly, in the great move
nent. These meetings are very interesting.
Tew Advertisements.
Mr.. J. B. Cazier publishes the Registers
order, granting him authority to settle Mrs.
J. ]. Caziers estate, and notifies all persons
laying claims to present them.
Rev. J. NJ. Williams principal Of the VIII
nington Conference Academy at Dover, pub
ishes a card in behalf of that institution. The
academy is a first-class school, well managed
md merits the patronage Of the Delaware
,ublic.
We would invite the attention of persons who
nay want any carpentering work done to the {
ard Of Mr.. @. N. Dodd. Having had some
,uilding done by Mr.. Dodd we can cordially
ommend him as frst-cIass workman-one
Tho win not slight any part Of his work, but
Till do his utmost to give satisfaction to his
mployer.
Mr. Joseph Hanson gives notice that he has
n hand, and viii continue to have during the
sason, large supply Of the celebrated Evans {
askets, Of which he is agent, for sale at the +
cry lowest price and in quantities to suit pur-
hasers. He is also agent for Evans q Co.'S a
lncy crates-eight baskets. +
Miss Tilghman announces the re-opening of a
le select school established by Rev. VIM. c.
utler, late rector ofSt. Anne's P. E. Church, ,
a the 2lst of September, prox Miss Thigh
ian has high reputation as a teacher, and
sr school win, doubtless, be great advan- :
Ige to parents who prefer a select to public
,hool for their children. U
Miss Ella Lord, of Odessa, announces herself =
repaired to give instruction on piano and iS
-gan both in Middletown and Odessa.
J. A. Reynolds, agent publishes an adver- a
sement Of the New Jersey Chemical Com h
lny's superior phosphates, which are justly u
LIBERATED for the excellence of their qualities.
s. NJ. Reynolds, having just returned from II
"trip to Philadelphia, New York h
i'd Boston, advertises an immense and most n
tractive stock'' Of boots and shoes, at the a.
lowest possible prices Read his big adver-
:ement. r
Messrs. Bell 4 stam having commenced the Ii
mmission business in New York, publish !,
I'd asking cOnsignments of fruits and produce !,
,m their friends in this community.
roofing Affair at Odessa. ia
Parties from this town, who were in Odessa >.
Sunday report a shooting affair that took G
ace in that town on Saturday evening. A
ung negro man, Charles Polk, asked another he
gro man, whose name we have not learned, m
some money due him. The man told Polk OF
at he hadn't it. and that. he would have to sp