Middletown transcript., 1881-09-09
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPT. 9, 1881.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.


Quarterly Conference will be held
at the NJ. E. Church on Monday after
noon.
= Alex. Maxwell has entered his
trotters, Mountain Boy and Sleepy Dave,
at the Worton Fair.
DIR. G. P. Gilpin, after ashort sojourn
among his NTiddletown freinds, has re-
turned to Chestertown.
= Hon. B. T. Biggs has been on the
sick list this week, but, we are glad to
state, is able to be about again.
Many Of our summer visitors still
linger with us, and they like Middletown,
of course. Everybody likes Middle
town.
: Alex. Maxwell has started a street.
sprinkling arrangement on his own ac-
count, to keep the dust down, around the
National Hotel.
- Isaac Jones, Jr., continues to ship
about eight hundred baskets Of peaches
Ter aar, ', tie most Of them TO Richardson
Il Robbins cannery.
- Governor Hall has issued procla-
nation setting apart Tuesday next as
day Of humiliation and prayer for the re-
covery Of the President.
= Miss Belle Pennington is the agent
for " The Progressive Age" valuable
and interesting book, which is noticed at
length in another column.
- The public schools opened on Mon
day with large attendance. The young
folks have certainly had a warm week in
which to resume their studies,
- Presiding Elder Martindale will
preach at the M. Z. Church on Sunday
morning at the usual hour Of services.
Love Feast at nine o'clock A. NJ.
- Thursday night closed the season at
Collins Beach and large number Of
Middletown young folks went down there
to participate in the closing festivities
- Middletown was beclouded with
thick smoky atmosphere yesterday. The
cause is said to have been a big forest fire |
in the neighborhood ofDulaney's Church. !
= Several baskets of luscious fruit |
made the baldheaded editor glad this |
week. The gifts were all the more ap-
preciated because they came from the
hands Of kind young ladies.
A Philadelphia salesman just from
the lower Peninsula says the oysters are
suffering terribly on account Of the
drought. If it does not rain soon he
thinks there will not be more than half a t
crop.
- Nathan Peacock has accepted a situ-
alton in the store of S. B. CHM to acquire
a knowledge Of the drug business. Mr..
Pratt, recently with G. w. w. Naudain,
taxes Mr.. PeacocK's place with M. L.
Hardcastle.
AT the TRANSCRIPT office, at two
o'clock on Wednesday, the mercury
stood at from SO to 1O4 in the shade, ac-
cording to location. Our inclination to
resign was strong, but the cry for copy"
was memorable.
We hope the Pennsylvania Sys-
tenn" will include drinking water in the
ladies' room of the stations on the Della
ware railroad. A water-cooler has been a
long felt want in the ladies' room at
the NIiddletown depot.
AsCNs AholAAOAg Vi Obs oOOA !
will preach in Forest Presbyterian Church
on Saturday afternoon at o'clock. The
Sacrament of the Lords Supper will be
administered by the Pastor on Sunday
morning at 1890 o'clock.
- Agent Jones has got the "Pennsyl-
day last week his assistant collected over
81 400 in freights in less than two hours.
Now You walk up to the office and pay
your freights in advance.
= The engine drawing the evening
passenger train south, yesterday, broke
Pleasant causing a delay Of two hours.
The train was brought down by an engine
from one of the northbound freights.
= Mrs. Annie Grubb has returned
from Ocean Grove, n. J., where she has
had very successful season. The cot
tage which she occupied is being enlarged
by the addition of twenty-four rooms, and
she expects to take it again next season.
"A refreshing rain fell to the north
and to the south Of us; Saturday evening
last, but Middletown and vicinity got but
little oft. At Wilmington the rain fell
in torrents and the wind blew a hurricane.
The storm was also heavy at Smyrna.
There was quite a copious rainfall as near
us as Odessa.
F. C. West is short of hands at the
Delmarvia Evaporator. Early in the
week he advertised in Philadelphia for
thirty girls to pare and cut apples but was
unable to get them, though he promised
six weeks employment. In our own
town at present there seems to be a great
dearth Of laboring people.
~ The painters are finishing Harry
Riley's new dwelling on Green street,
and just here we wish to remark that
Harry is going to have one of the neatest,
contest and best arranged cottages in Mid
dletown. 1t will be ready for occupancy
in a week or two, but just when the neat
est piece of furniture is to be added we are
unable to learn.
= Wednesday was the hottest day that
the "oldest inhabitant," !" or anybody, else
remembers. In Middletown the mercury
varied from 100 to lO4 in the shade during
an hour or more of the afternoon, accord
ing to location. Following is the record
of the week, at II O'Clock NJ. as made by
Mr.. E. Tatman: Saturday, 90; Sunday,
"a Monday, So; Tuesday, 90; Wednes-
day, 96 Cat o'clock 1907; Thursday, "a
Friday, 80.
- Work on the Town water works has
been commenced and the committee who
have the thing in charge hope to have the
water supply ready for sprinkling the
streets by Fair week. The works, the
plan Of which has been described in these
columns, will consist of large well, ele-
waited tank and wind mill. The part
above ground will be finished in neat
and attractive manner, and next season
it is the intention of the Commissioners
to convey the water to Cochran square by
means of underground pipes, where there
will be tasteful little fountain arrange
ment. The location OF the works il imne-
liately in the rear of the new brick build