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

SAIUhDA1 MOhNlNGs JOhl u 1911.
LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS.
Dog days begin on Wednesday next.
New Moon on Tuesday at sos p. m.
Nineteen building permits were issued in
Wilmington in June.
Sun rises at 4.ss a. m. sets at 7.2l P. m.
Days length IA hours and AZ minutes.
Barrels are manufactured by machinery on
a large scale at Frankford, in Sussex county.
Mr.. Reese, near Milford, has eight acres in
melons. He viii be able to ship thirty tons if
his crop yields well.
Thirty-six persons from Middletown and
vicinity accompanied the R. R. excursion to
Ocean City on Wednesday.
The Thomas Marin farm in Blackbird Hun
dred, near Smyrna, 1856 acres, has been sold
to Pennsylvania for $4,000.
Ii has been decided to hold no camp-meet-
ing at Spring Branch, but Harrington is con-
sidering the propriety of holding one.
Julia Tingle, colored woman IS years old,
was burned to death at DagsbOro on the 2ad
ult It is supposed that she fell into the fire
She was alone at the time.
The Citizens National Bank of Middletown
and the New Castle County National Bank of
Odessa have each declared a dividend of four
per cent. fer the past six months.
Gen. A. t. A. Torbert and wife, formerly
Miss Curry, of Milford, were present in Lon
don at the party given by Minister Pierrepont
to General Grant and wife recently.
The wheat crop down the State and on the
Eastern Shore is mostly harvested, and is gem
orally reported to be good Corn looks -four
ishing, and new potatoes are being sent to
market
The canning house, at Marydel has been
leased to a New York Company, and they are
now putting in three of the largest evaporators,
(Seymore's patent), with capacity of 600
baskets per day.
Milford will make an excursion on Tuesday
next, July 10th, by rail to Lewes and then
trip by steamer around Cape May, giving
view of the Delaware Breakwater and points of
interest on Cape Island.
A new freight route is to be established in a
few weeks from Frederick to New York city.
Arrangements have been maa to have steam
connections to Bay Side, New Jersey, and
thence by the New Jersey Railroad to the city.
John j. Rosa, Esq, Master of the State
Grange, is erecting two large evaporators on
bis farm near Milford One is ''The Grier
Machine and tfe other ''The Automatic p
The capacity Of his factory win be about $50
baskets of green peaches per day.
Divine Service To-MOrrOw.
All the churches in town will be open to-
morrow morning and evening at the usual
hours.
Rev. Dr. Patton viii preach in the chapel at
Armstrong; at u o'clock p. m. Subject =
'PauI at Antioch" The public are cordially
invited
There viii be Divine service in the P. E.
Church at St. Augustine, Nd, tomorrow
afternoon at 81 o'clock Rev. Mr.. Wake will
oficiate.
Sc. Anne's Church.
Divine service will ID. V. he held in this
church tomorrow morning, conducted by Rev.
t. Williams Davidson, of Wilmington.
On Sunday week the church viii also be
open.
The Sunday school is continued without in
terruption and is held every Sunday morning
at clock.
Accident at Canterbury.
On Sunday last young lady named Miss
Scott near Canterbury was struck by an engine
Of gravel train and thrown some thirty feet
away from the track. She remained uncon-
scious for few moments, but with the excep-
ton of a severe bruise on the side she was
otherwise uninjured.
Sadie Bell vs.. Delaware.
The undecided race between Sadie Bell and
Delaware will be trotted over on Friday next
July 18th on the track Of the Wilmington
Trotting Association, at Wilmington, best in
s. Purse $3.50; $3.50 to first; SloO to second.
There will also be purse of $500 to horses of
no better record than 2.45. The lists closed
with six entries.
Cheap Baskets.
We ask the attention of our fruit shipping
readers to the advertisement Of Michegan-made
baskets by Messrs. .Foard & Comegys in this
issue. These baskets are well made and are
offered at lower rate than any other baske
in the market. They are good looking baskets
too and will doubtless help the sale of fruit.
Accidentally Drowned.
On Tuesday night, Samuel Sparks of Will
mington, who was employed as a night watch
man on the steamer S. IT, Felton, fell into the
Christiana river and was drowned. The de-
ceased was 65 years old and leaves wife and
three children (grown.) Coroner Rose held
an inquest on the body and the jury rendered
verdict of accidental drowning. The suppo-
sition is that he accidentally walked overheard
while performing his rounds on the steamer.
Fire at Magnolia.
A dwelling of Mr.. j. B. Corners, in tenure
by ]. Il. Lodge, about quarter of a mile from
Magnolia, was struck by lightning Tuesday
evening, 26th, knocking the end of the house
out and setting it on fire. Mrs. Lodge was
hurt somewhat by the shock, but not seriously.
The household goods were nearly all burned
with the building also, nearly all of Mr.. LIS
clothing-he not being home at the time Of the
fire.
Suicide.
A man named Calvin E. Tuition, workman
at Harlan & Hollingsworth's, jumped into the
Christiana, at Wilmington, last Monday night
and voluntarily drowned himself. The reason
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