Middletown transcript., 1881-05-20
state.
Wheat is coming in head.

= Wheat is coming in head.
= Dover has started a street sprinkler.
- The Smyrna cemeteries are robbed Of
flowers and shrubbery.
- Richardson d5 Robbins, the Dover
Gamers, moved into their new factory this
week.
Smyrnas new life insurance society,
the American Legion of Honor" died
after weeks S existence.
- The Delaware railroad is said to have
so much business just now that it cannot
supply the demand for cars.
- The Wilmington Sunday Star has en-
larged to a seven-column paper. 1t is a
bright and entertaining sheet and deserves
to succeed.
- A carpenter at Green Hill, Sussex,
has unearthed a skeleton, twice the size of
a large man. Maybe it is the skeleton of
Rehoboth mosquito.
- Governor Hall has appointed William
Fl. Boyce, of Laurel, as Recorder of Deeds
for Sussex county, and the appointment
gives general satisfaction.
The Delaware Beet Sugar Company
are negotiating for German beet raisers,
who, when secured, will be brought from
Castle Garden and provided with tents on
the fields where the beets are growing.
Soft crabs are now going to market.
The Milford Chronicle says: this busi-
ness offers the best returns to men without
capital of any that the Peninsula affords"
Rehoboth bay is good place to catch 'em.
- The freight train on the Delaware
road collided with the passenger train Of
the Dorchester and Delaware road, at Sea-
ford, Del, at P. NJ, on Wednesday, de-
molishing the tender of the Dorchester
and Delaware-road engine.
Three stores were broken into, in
Laurel, on Monday night. Only money
and small articles were taken, and the
booty obtained was not large. In one of
the stores an unsuccessful attempt was
made to open the fire-proof.
Col. w. C. Fountain, Of Dover, whose
hotel was burned during the legislative
session, has brought action before the
courts against the Delaware State Fire and
Marine Insurance Company of Whining
ton to recover the amount of insurance.
DIR. G. w. Marshall of Milford gives
notice that the ninety-second annual ses-
sion of the Delaware State Medical Society
will be held at Dover, on the second Tues
day in June, (the 14th) at II NJ. Orders
for reduced rates of fare may be had upon
application to the Secretary.
The Board of Pilot Commissioners
have procured their ofnclal seal, and are
now ready to issue licenses to qualified
pilots who have passed or may pass pro-
per examination. 1t is said that Philadel-
phia shippers are considering the advisa-
bility Of refusing to employ any pilots
having Delaware license.
= State Treasurer Reynolds gives notice
that he will be at the Philadelphia National
bank on the first three secular days Of July
prepared to redeem the following State
bonds, interest on which will cease after
July 1st : Nos. 39l to $50 of the issue Of
1865; Nos. l to 352 Of the issue Of 1867
Nos. l to I76 of the issue of 1874.
= Miss Mary R. Caldwell, daughter of
Rev. J. III. Caldwell Of Dover, takes the
valedictory at the Wesleyan Female Col
lege, Wilmington; Miss Susie P. Fisher,
of Hillsboro', Md, is salutatorian. The
graduating class this year numbers seven.
Commencement day is June 23d. The
year has been far the most successful of
any since Rev. J. NJ. Williams took charge.