Middletown transcript., 1877-08-25
sATURDAY MoRNINa. AUG. .. az.
LOCAL AND STATE AFPAIRS.
Moon changes next Friday.


abouts on Wednesday evening.
The Delaparean says that the potatoes az
rOtting in the ground badly in that neighbor
hood.
The usual meetings of the Gospel Temper
ance Meeting win be held in the Town Hal
tomorrow afternoon
The Republicans Of wilmington will hol,
their nomination election for candidates TO
city officers, this afternoon.
Wyoming claims to be the heaviest peach
shipping point this season. She sends awaJ
sixteen or eighteen earsa day.
Peter Lowber, of near Dover, had his collai
bone broken by being thrown from his car.
riage by runaway horse, one day last week,
Mrs. Ross, wife of Jas J. Ross, Of seafOrd,
was thrown from her carriage one day last
week by runaway horse and pretty badly
hurt
Ocean City is now in direct communication
by telegraph with the rest Of the world, the
wires having been extended there on Saturday
the lIth inst.
Joseph Snow, ofsmyrna, attempted to play
cards with one Of the circus men on Saturday,
and lost Sls5. Served him right, he ought to
have better sense.
The Wilmington democrats have nominated
William Bright for President Of the City
Council. The election will be held on the first
Tuesday Of September.
Beniah Fleming, of Harrington, don't care
much for the temperance cause; he owns and
runs fruit distiIlery by which be makes about
three barrels Of brandy day.
A negro street musician amused the boys Of
Georgetown, last week, with some clever tricks.
He then sold them lot of whistles with which
they almost set the people crazy.
Rev. DR.. Patton will preach at the Chape
at Armstrong;, on tomorrow Sabbath after
noon) at ~ o'clock. Subject :sPaul at
Athens" All are cordially invited.
darling, kiss my eyelids down, is the
seductive name Of a popular song. tDearest,
wipe my little snoot and Loved one, rouge
my pearly ear, " will be published shortly.
A little daughter of the cashier of the Far
mer's Bank, at Dover, fell of porch fourteen
feet high one day last week and hurt herself
very severely. She is twelve years old.
We acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt
from Hon. T. F. Bayard, of a handsome
pamphlet copy Of his splendid address delivered
at Harvard University, on ''Unwritten Law"
A number Of farmers around Frederick sold
their peaches for twenty cents at the beginning
of the season to S. W. Hall, for canning. Now
Hall il shipping them at pro6tand the grow
ers feel sore.
A picnic in the woods, near Armstrong;,
on Thursday night last passed off quite plea
sanlly, and the lovers of the Terpsichorean art
indulged themselves until the wee small hours
of the morning.
Two negroes, Henry Moody and Emory
Chandler were arrested on Thursday, by Off
Ger Rothwell, charged with stealing melons
from the field Of Thomas Hopkins. They were
given hearing before Magistrate Naudain,
and released on the payment Of costs.
An eight year old boy named Sheldon, fell
from a tree in New Castle hundred, while ad-
justing a rope for a swing on Tuesday evening,
injuring himself severely DR.. Black was call
ed in and administered to bis wants.
Coroner Rose held an inquest on Sunday
morning, overe the body of james Wesley
Curry, COL, who was drowned at Atherly's
Landing, Appoquinimink Hd. The jury rem
dered verdict Of accidental drowning.
The women in the drying establishment Fat
Little Greek Landing, near Dover, struck for
higher wages one day last week, but when
they found the superintendent would not give
them any more they went to work again.
George Collins, an accomplice of Samuel
Chambers, in the outrage on Kate Smith, on
Wednesday Of last week, near this place, was
arrested on Saturday afternoon. Collins made
q confession duplicating Chambers as the prin-
cipal in the outrage.
The hands discharged at the locomotive
shops Of the P. w. & B. Railroad, at Whining
ton, have not yet been reinstated, and only the
boilermakers are at work. It is expected, how
ever, that at least some Of the men will be
taken on again this week.
Two thousand car loads Of peaches have been
shipped over the Delaware road this season.
The shipment of peaches over the Maryland &
Delaware Railroad last week averaged about
% car loads per day. On Friday week there
were SO cars, carrying over sixteen thousand
baskets.
On Monday morning last about 10 O'Clock,
the residence Of William Finley, situated near
Townsend was entered by tramps, and robbed
Of several articles Of wearing apparel besides
many other articles At the time the robbery
was committed the family were absent from
home Thus far no clue has been found as to
who the thieves were.
s'Several newspaper men have been swindled
by the new coWterfeit Eve thousand dollar
bill.r-Ez.
We are not reckoned among that number,
and we are inclined to doubt the statement.
It would be great curiosity to us to see
newspaper man with five thousand dollars.
We would be apt to think that he had no de-
linquent subscribers, and his advertisers never
refused to honor bis drafts.
Not 50.
The statement last week, in regard to the
robbery of John McIntosh's house near Cam
den, by tramps, was incorrect. The boy who
claimed to have been tied by them did the
robbery himself, and then tied himself so as to
carry out his act, but Mr. N. believed from the
boys actions that he did it himself, and sure
enough, in q day or two the boy confessed it,
and gave up all the stolen articles, except
gold chain, which he could not give an ac-
count Of 50 writes correspondent to the
Delavarsoa.