Middletown transcript., 1881-08-12
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

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- The engine drawing the eleven O clock
train north broke down at Brenford
Tuesday, causing delay Of nearly two
hours.
= One more "Clyde" excursion tc
Cape May will be run this season, on Aug
9th. and a car on the Delaware railroad
will connect with it.
A few peaches are passing over the
Delaware railroad. One car load, we be
lievA, has been the highest shipment for
any one day, thus far.
ANY of our readers who desire addi-
tional copies of the Peninsular Fair Cata-
logue to send to their friends can get them
of the Secretary, ready for mailing.
1T is noticeable fact that the dustier
our streets become the more cattle are
driven through them. Before the rain,
three droves a day on each Of the principal
streets was a fair average.
- The following is the daily record Of
the mercury at u o'clock m, for the week
closing to-day, as made by Mr.. E. Tatman
Monday, ~; Tuesday 81; Wednesday,
50; Thursday, rs; Friday, IS.
= Our correspondents must not think
hard Of us when we sometimes cut their
little jokes from their communications
One would be funny man is about all a
newspaper can stand-and live.
= The pastor being absent, there will
be no Sunday services at Forest Presby-
terian church until further notice. There
will be prayer meeting Wednesday even
ings and Sunday School, as usual.
The bald-headed editor will go to
Ooean City tomorrow to attend the meet
ing Of the Peninsular Press Association
on Monday. If he has any fun down
there he will tell you about it next week.
- Saturday evening brought a refresh
ing rain, which was followed on Sunday
and Sunday night by repeated showers.
The rainfall was copious and the growing
crops have been greatly benefited thereby.
A white potato weighing twenty
seven ounces was left at the TRANSCRIPT
office one day this week. Lord & Folks
"Truxillo Guano' has the credit Of help
ing it reach such great weight in potato
councils.
- Fairs will soon be in season. That of
the Kent County (Md.,) Agricultural So
ciety will come first, opening on Septem-
Der 18th. The Peninsular Fair, at Middle
town, will begin on the Goth ofSeptember,
and the Dover Fair will open on Tuesday
of the following week.
IS. S. Holten is doing a big trade in
watermelOns that come from Salisbury,
where the crop is said to be immense.
The watermelon is a very luscious fruit,
and it is perfectly safe to "look upon it
when it is red, y if you don't look upon it
too extensively.
- The steamer "Clio' will not make
tri-weekly trips between Odessa and Phil
adelphia, as announced in our columns
last week. Her schedule has been
changed, and she will continue her regular
semi-weekly trips as per time table on
our fourth page.
- The TRANSCRIPT suggests that our
farmers and business men hold meeting
at an early day for the purpose of discuss
ing the most practicable means of fbuilding
a creamery here. Our columns are open
to all who may have anything to say on
the subject.
A tract of land containing 900 acres,
belonging to the Wilson estate and situ-
ated in Blackbird hundred, will be sold
at trustees sale at the National Hotel, this
town, on the 3lst inst. The land is fully
described in an advertisement elsewhere
in our columns. Messrs. Geo. Gray and
Geo. v. Massey are the trustees.
F. c. West will, on Monday, move
his stock OF drugs into the large store
room, known as No. 3, in the Town Hail.
The room has been neatly and tastefully
fitted up for the purpose, and will make a
handsome drug store. The store now
occupied by Mr. West will be hereafter
used entirely for the grocery business.
- List Of letters remaining i'll the post
office at Middletown, Delaware, for the
week ending August l3th 1881: Frank
Eliason, Mrs. Nathaniel Faust, Mrs.
Benz. Gould, Thomas w. Geary, Mrs.
Martha Gadest, Mrs. William Kinsley,
Miss Harriet Rhodes, Jos. Shippers, Miss
Margaret Downs. Persons calling for the
above letters will please say that they are
advertised. D. L. Dunning, P. NJ.
We learn that two horses were stolen
from the vicinity Of Sassafras, Md, last
night. One was taken from the stable OF
George Tarbutton and the other from the
stable Of Fl. Rosen. The former resides in
the village of Sassafras and the latter is 8
farmer in the vicinity. The post office
there having been robbed on the same
night, it is presumed that the horse thieves
and postoffice-burglars are identical.
No more excursions to Ocean City this
season, we learn. Last summer this re
sort was 4 very popular one with our peo
pie, but, owing to the policy of the rail
road company in not selling excursion
tickets good from Thursday till Monday
it's number of Middletown visitors has
greatly fallen off this season. Ocean
Grove, N. j., seems to have attracted quite
a number of our health and pleasure
seekers.
= The pasturing of cattle in the public
roads near Middletown has come to be
nuisance, and none the less 50 because
small colored boy in one suspender, whC
is generally asleep somewhere in tht
shade, is in charge ~ Of them. Crop.
along the roads have been broken into
and farmers must keep their outer gate
closed all the time on account Of thes,
wandering cattle. Aside from the annoy
ance to farmers, the pasturing of cattle OF
the public highways is a nuisance to trav
elers and it ought to be broken up, ifther
is any law on our statute books to reaol
the case.
Mrs. Margaret W. Grpin, cOnsort Q
the late Henry II. Gilpin, and mother 0
DR.. Thos. H. Gilpin, of Middletown, die
at her residence, near Elkton, Nd, Of
SUNDAY afternoon last, in the Goth year Q
her age. Her remains were inferred a
Elkton on Wednesday afternoon, Rev
Mr.. Alexander, Of this town, conducting