Middletown transcript., 1881-07-15
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

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RE. Lockwood's wheat crop weighed
64L pounds to the bushel.
R. Harry Eliason expects to occupy
his new dwelling next week.
= The posters announcing the grand ex-
cursion to the "Zoo" are out.
- The Semi-annual dividend at the Cit
liens National Bank is ripe to-day.
N. Simmons will soon begin the
erection of new dwelling on Green
street.
- The daily papers have had greatly
increased sale in Middletown since the
shooting of the President.
= The freight depot has been painted
and looks one hundred per cent better
than it did in its old suit Of whitewash.
- The earliest sugar corn to appear in
town was raised by Mr.. r. f. Lockwood,
who had it ready for the table full week
ago.
S. NJ. Reynolds has taken out letters
of administration ON the estate Of b. +.
Kanely, late of Appoquinimink hun
dred.
Nm There will be preaching by the rector
at st. Anne's Church on Sunday morning
next, but no services will be held in the
evening.
A street-sprinkler would bring more
happiness to the square inch than any
other thing that could be introduced into
Middletown.
Ag ID D,,rris hoe haan Survnvincr the
Wilson estate, in Maryland, this week.
The property will be offered at public
sale within a short time.
"A thunder storm, accompanied by
much wind, passed over this section on
Wednesday night, but the rain fall was
not heavy in the vicinity of Middletown.
= The comet has disappeared and will
not be back again for five hundred and
seventy-five years, according to the calcu-
lations of the astronomers. We shall not
wait up for it.
The Morning NeUS says that "Middle-
town wants her northern mail before
breakfast No, not quite that soon;
but we would like to have it little while
before dinner.
- Polk & Hyatt, the Odessa nurserymen,
have been shipping Wilson's Early
blackberries, many of which were almost
rs large as some peaches we have seen in
the city markets.
- We are indebted to Mr.. Il. Tatman for
the following daily record of the tempera-
ture, made at u o'clock, NJ, for the week
ending to-day: Saturday, 80; Sunday, 90;
Monday, SO; Tuesday, 50; Wednesday,
%; Thursday, 80; Friday, Sc.
Silver Lake is being well patronized
by bathers. We are sorry to hear that
Mr.. Fenimore is having trouble with the
l,oys again this season, some OF whom per-
sist in breaking the rules and abusing the
privileges granted by the proprietor.
: The regular meeting of the Mutual
Loan Association will be held on Tues
day evening next. The amount Of money
on hand is quite large, and those who
may want to borrow will doubtless be
able to secure some of it at q low rate of
interest.
- Grand officers johnson, Daily and
Moreland, Knights of Pythias, visited
Damon Lodge, of Middletown, on Mon
day evening last and installed the newly
elected officers. After the installation
ceremonies the lodge partook of ice cream
and cake at Col. Kate's summer resort.
- The catalogue and premium list of
the eighth annual fair of the Peninsular
Agricultural and Pathological Association
will be ready for delivery early in the
coming week, perhaps on Monday. Copies
will be mailed to all parts Of the upper
Peninsula. Those who want extra copies
for distribution among their friends can
procure them of the secretary.
- The following is list of the letters
remaining in the post Office at Middle
town, Del, for the week ending, July
18th, 1881: William Bessick, Miss Mag
gle Gfpse, George w. Noakes, Miss Lizzie
Knox, George w. Mahony, Miss Molly
McCoal, Miss Wilamina Wales. Persons
calling for the above letters will please
say that they are advertised. D. L. Dun
ming, P. NJ.
The yield Of wheat in this vicinity,
and, in fact, over much of the Peninsula,
is not coming up to expectations. Many
of those who have threshed report yield
OF only fifteen to twenty bushels per acre,
and we hear OF some yields much lower
than fifteen bushels, though not in this
vicinity. A Cecil county, Md, farmer,
for instance, is reported to have threshed
but four hundred bushels of sixty acres.
A notice in our advertising columns
will tell you all about the excursion to
the Geological Garden to be made by the
Middletown and Odessa Sunday schools
on the 26th inst. 1t will be rare oppor-
tunity to have pleasant trip and see an
assorted lot of elephants, moral bears and
things for S1.45; children half price.
Those who have never visited the 600
will there find much to interest them.
A passenger car was attached to the
early freight train down, Wednesday
morning, to connect with the " Clyde
excursion to Cape May, but nobody wen
from Middletown. The excursion wa.
not advertised here, save by bill in the
depot, and consequently very few persons
knew of it. Excursion promoters can
not get people to patronize their "grand
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS e-width-yard-
summer trips unless they make the par
ticulars public, and there is no other Ger
tain way to do this than through tn,
newspapers.
"A dog that is afraid of thunder anC
lightning, caused quite sensation at TIN
Middletown Hotel, on Wednesday night
During the thunder storm the terrifiet
animal came rushing in as though tn
whole contents of tin shop were tied t.
his conclusion, and somebody yelled ou
"mad dog!' There was some fun. Fiv
or six persons climbed on the pool table
others jumped upon chairs, and Joe Par
sons, it is said, tried to crawl into the waite
cooler, while another young man, who's
name we are unable to learn. is charral