Middletown transcript., 1881-07-29
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.


crossing rapidly.
- Proposals for improving Forest Pres
byterian Church will be eopened tomorrow
- The skaters will, this week, finish the
roof on the new building South of thu
bank.
= Many spring chickens intended fol
the Zoo excursion were served-up a
home.
Mrs. A. G. Cox and Miss Ida Grubt
went to Ocean Grove yesterday to spend {
short season.
= Blackbird camp meeting commenced
on Wednesday and the attendance, we
learn, is large.
The Railroad company has not yet
decided to run an Ocean City excursion
next Thursday.
Mr.. Fl. d. Howell is about to improve
his premises on Main street with new
fence and pavement.
Rev. w. L. s. Murray went to Black
bird camp on Thursday, but will return
to hold Sabbath services.
- Miss Emma Brown will accept the
thanks of the TRANSCRIPT for. another
can of gilt-edged ice cream.
A MiddletOwn young lady received
through the mail box containing eight
pretty little toads, one day this week.
A near and deserving neighbor OF
the TRANSCRIPT has received handsome
annual dividend and there are two of it.
= Astronomers have another new comet
on the course, which is expected to trot
into range of the naked eye about August
10th.
- The phosphate dealers are pretty nu-
merous inst now and the farmers stand in
some danger Of being talked into de-
cline.
~ The bald-headed editor got sniff Of
salt air the other day, the first of the
season: he opened a kit Of No. ..
mackerel.
= Some of our people have returned
from the summer resorts more fully con-
firmed in the belief that there is "no
place like home"
= Corn IN the vicinity Of Middletown is
looking exceedingly well, though it needs
rain badly. Mr.. R. A. Cochran has very
fine field near town, on the Warwick
road.
We learn that Craddock intends to
run hack to connect at Georgetown with
the excursion to Bay Ridge on August
4th. Tickets are for sale at Ginn's drug
store.
The Peninsular Fair is only little
more than six weeks in the future. Get
your exhibits ready, and let us, this year,
have an exhibition worthy Of our favored
section.
"A goodly number Of our townspeople
are "down by the sea- and others are
going every day. Some of the early birds
are already coming back, looking much
refreshed.
= Rev. w. G. w. Lewis is confined to
his home with an attack oferysipelas, but
services will be held at st. Anne's on
Sunday morning. Mr.. Fl. Chamberlain
will officiate.
The local market continues to be well
supplied with green apples, and the poor
est persons in the community can get
case of cholera morbus without cramping
their treasury.
A large canning establishment, to be
erected by stock company in time for
operations next season, is under con-
sideration by a number of our enterprising
business men.
The continued dry weather is seri-
ously affecting forest trees and shubbery
planted last spring. Nothing but few
buckets of water at the close of each day
will save them.
"A law passed by the Legislature last
winter requires all births, deaths and
marriages to be recorded. The Recorder
of each county furnishes physicians and
ministers with blank forms.
IS. NJ. Reynolds, as administrator of
the estate of B. F. Kanely, deceased, will
sell the personal property of the same, at
his late residence, Appoquinimink hun
dred, on Thursday next, August 4th.
- The excursion association that gave
our townspeople several very pleasant
trips to Woodland Beach, last season, has
reorganized and will probably arrange for
an excursion to the same point early in
August.
- The news on Saturday afternoon that
the Presidents condition had taken turn
for the worse had a very depressing in
fiuence in Middletown, and, in conse-
quence, the evening papers were awaited
with much anxiety.
- Some Of our townspeople are already
buying coal for next winter, in antici-
patton of an advance. After a man has
Maid for enough to run cook-stove and
a heater through the winter his pocket
book looks like it had been three weeks
at a seaside resort.
- List OF letters remaining in the Post
Office at Middletown, Del, for the week
ending July Both, 1881: James f. HUFF
finger, Alexander Malwee, William
Zener. Persons calling for the above let
ters will please say that they are adj
yertised. D. L. Dunning, P. NJ.
Mechanics and laborers of Middle
town have all they can do this season. 1t
is almost impossible to get piece Of work
done unless you engage a workman a
rood ways ahead and after you get him
YOU have to watch him pretty sharply or
somebody else will carry him of.
The Premium List of the Peninsular
A.&P. Association is being widely dis
tributed on the upper Peninsula. Those
who do not receive a copy within few
days may know that the secretary has not
their names on his directory. A copy will
be sent promptly to all persons who apply
nv letter or postal card.
About one-half the Cape May excur-
sionists from Middletown on Wednesday
cot estray. Some got in the wrong car
and went down through Maryland and
others took a ride to Delaware City on
the "Clyde." We believe they are all
home by this time. They represent the
excursion as having been big thing on
water.
- The ''piano committee" appointed
by Irving Lyeeum at the closing meeting
of that society, has purchased of Geo. E.
Dearborn the upright piano used at the
ov,t r,,htic entertainment of the IY.