Middletown transcript., 1881-06-24
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

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with early vegetables.
~ The new building south Of the bank
is ready for the Mansard roof.
- Geo. o. Shakespeare, ESQ, of Dover,
is visiting at the NJ. E. Parsonage.
- Mr.. T. A. Bordly and wife, of Elk
ton, spent Sunday in Middletown.
"A fresh invoice of summer grind
stones has appeared in the local market.
- Raspberries have taken the place of
the lucious strawberry, in the local mar
ket.
- Col. Hanson, it is said, is invariably
the first man in st. Georges hundred to
pay his tax.
- We learn that Mr.. NJ. N. Willis, re-
siding near Middletown, lost finger by
a reaping machine, to-day.
= Mr.. Jno. B. Roberts will be at home
on Sunday next and will be glad to meet
all his Sunday school class.
a number Of our people speak OF
going on the Fourth-ofJuly excursion
to COLCHESTER and Baltimore.
Robert Hardcastle, Of Philadelphia,
and F. Hardcastle, of Chicago, spent a
part of this week in Middletown.
= Miss Addie Hazard and Miss S. L.
Downs left us on Thursday evening to
spend their vacation at Ocean Grove, New
Jersey.
- Services will be held at Old st. Anne's
Church on Sunday next, at 10 o'clock a.
N. Rev. Mr.. Lewis, the Rector will
Officiate.
~ The regular meeting of the Mutual
Loan Association was held on Tuesday
evening. There were no bidders for the
funds on hand.
- The demoralizing cucumber is come.
Look not upon the cucumber when it is
green, for in the end it will play the very
mischief with you.
"A number of our young. ladies, grad
yates of Wesleyan Female College, at
tended the commencement exercises OF
that institution this week.
The Diamond State Cornet Band will
go on an excursion to Fortesque Beach
by Steamer "Clio," July 4th. The trip
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- Mr.. Isaac Jones returned home on
Saturday from an extended trip through
the New England States, by which his
health has been much improved.
: The machinists are busy now with
a multitude of reapers. We counted over
twenty around Bucks shop, early in the
week, all waiting to be doctored.
= The public schools closed to-day and
teachers and pupils are glad that vacation
is come. Professor Wright will make a
trip to New England at an early day.
-J.W Mitchell, j. H. Short, r. Alvin
Cochran, NJ. n. Willis, and few others
in this vicinity began to cut wheat this
week. Next week the harvest will be
general.
= Rev. w. C. Alexander's sermon to
young men was listened to by large
congregation on Sunday evening last. II
is generally spoken of as very brilliant
effort.
= Miss Mollie Burris, of this town, was
elected Treasurer of the AIumne Associa-
ton of Wesleyan Female College, at the
business meeting of the association, on
Thursday.
= Some of our young men are making
an effort to organize militia company
with good prospects of success. Nearly
twenty names have already been added
to the roll.
- Every few days we receive a circular
from Professor Swift's Observatory de.
scribing a new comet or two. We might
as we'll say right here that we do not in,
tend to buy a new comet this season.
H. C. Conrad, Esq, Of the Whining
ton Morning Ne'Us, was in town yesterday
collecting material for a short sketch Of
Middletown, and her industries. He
made the TRANSCRIPT friendly call.
publish this week a communica
ton from Mr.. ]. Rutter, of West Chester
Pa, on peach matters. The article was
accompanied by asmall branch containing
number of healthy-looking peaches.
Owing to sickness in the family o
Rev. w. L. S. Murray he was unable t.
attend the International Sunday Schoo
Convention, which assembled in Toronto
on Tuesday, and to which he was choseI
a delegate.
- The Y. L. NJ. I. c., (young ladie
mutual improvement club) of BayarC
Institute, held their annual reception a
the residence OF Miss f. Tilghman, ol
Thursday evening. The affair was yer,
enjoyable one.
Much of the sickness incident to tn
summer season is caused by over eating
If people would eat sparingly, (particu
laryofmeatsandso some kinds sofv6getables)
and keepin agood humor, during th
cheated term, . the doctors could go off 70
vacation.
There will be Love Feast at the NJ
E. Church at nine o'clock a. m. on Sun
day. Rev. Mr.. Shippers will preach i
the morning and Presiding Elder Martin
dale in the evening. Quarterly Confer
ence will be held at the church at min
o'clock Monday morning.
The following is the list of letters re
manning in the Post Office at Middletown
Del, for the week ending ] une 18th, 1881
Miss Elizabeth Johnson, WIN. Williams
Matthews Woles. Persons calling for til
above, will please say that they are adve
tised. D. L. Dunning, p. NJ.
The TRANSCRIPT is glad that an effol
Is TO be made to break up the whistlin
nuisance and other bad conduct noticabl
among few boys during entertainment
in the Town Hall. Those who patroni1
entertainments naturally expect prote
ton from all unmannerly annoyance
and we intend to do our share of preachin
in behalf of the public.
The New Orleans University Singer
(eolord) gave concert IN the Town Ha
on Friday evening Of last week to a we
filled auditorium. The singing seemed
be highly entertaining to the audienc
The bass singer who sends his voice dow
70 low that you would think he could n
get it again without sending small bo
after it, was along.
At congregational meeting of Fo
est Presbyterian Church, held on MOI
day, the plans and specifications for Il
church improvement, made by Graha
A son, of Wilmington, were submitt'