Middletown transcript., 1881-04-22
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes


H. Lord & Folks telephone line is now
connected with their new office, on Rail-
road avenue.
= Irving Lyceum may decide to give
public entertainment in the Town Hall
about the first Of June.
= Isaac Jones, Jr., who has had four
months siege of sickness, is once more able
to be at his place of business.
- No town on the Peninsula has more
substantial improvements under way,
this spring, than Middletown.
- The ice cream season has fairly OPEN
ed, and we hope our young men will do
all they can to make trade lively in that
line.
4. 6. Cox is at his desk, entirely re-
covered and ready to sell you a carriage or
issue You policy Of insurance on your
house.
= Trade in agricultural implements is
brisk in this section. A large number of
selEbinding reapers are being sold al
ready.
= The regular meeting of the Mutual
Loan Association was held on Tuesday
evening. Money sold from par up to five
cents premium.
= The NJ. e. Sunday school had some
excellent music last Sunday, and the Su-
perintendent promises something still bet
ter on Sunday next.
= Several articles prepared for our local
columns last week were unavoidably
crowded out, and we give those that are
not out Of season place this week.
= Batcheller & Doris circus passed
down the Delaware road early on Thurs
day morning, on which day it exhibited at
Smyrna. It is advertised to exhibit at
Elkton, Md, next week.
= Miller, Stevens & Co., the carpenters,
are building fine dwelling for Geo. W.
Houston, near Mount Pleasant. 1t will be
remembered that Mr.. Houston's house
was destroyed by fire last winter.
= Frank G. West has purchased the IN
terest Of his former partner and continues
the grocery business under the old name.
He informs us that his trade has more
.han doubled since he has moved into his
new quarters.
~ The NJ. f. Sunday school choir will
meet in the lecture room of the church at
7:3O o'clock, Saturday evening, for practice.
\ full attendance is desired. There will
be cornet accompaniment to the vocal
music on Sunday.
= Evening services will be resumed in
Drawyer's Church, Odessa, Del, next
sabbath. Rev. w. G. Alexander, of
Forest Church, has engaged to exchange
with Rev. w. V. Louderbough, for both
the morning and evening service.
a new advertisement Of Browning's
Philadelphia clothing house will be found
in this issue. Mr.. S. w. Boyer, gentle
man who has large acquaintance in this
neighborhood, and, in fact, all over the
Peninsula, is a leading salesman in this
house, and will always he glad to see his
friends.
a number of disorderly boys congre-
gate about the post office nearly every
evening and make "Rome howl'' to the
annoyance of all who get there early and
have to wait for the mail. We are afraid
there are several parents in Middletown
who are sparing the peach tree limb to
100 great an extent.
- Tn order to make room for the heavy
rush of spring advertisements, and at the
same time not curtail our usual assortment
of reading matter, we issue six column
supplement with the TRANSCRIPT this
week. We will accommodate our adver-
tising patrons if we have to print supple
ment as big as a barn door.
= The old frame building, recently oc-
cupied by Harry Fisher as barber shop,
was moved this week to +. r. Cochran 's
nursery, where it will be used as pack
ing house. Col. Kates' old stand was
moved to the rear of the Middletown
Hotel, where it will be turned into an
out-kitchen. sic transit Middletowns IS
shanties.
The praeticability of opening Cass
street through from Main to Green is
being discussed by some Of our citizens
who are interested in the improvement Of
uiddletown. Should this be done it will
omen some of the most eligible building
sites IN the town, and the new street
would doubtless soon be built up with
handsome residences. We shall refer to
this matter more fully at another time.
Prof North, Of Philadelphia, visited
Middletown on Saturday last, and formed
a class in vocal music, numbering about
ffty. He will give his first lesson on
Tuesday next, from eleven O'Clock a. m.
TO eight o'clock p. m, at the Presbyterian
church, In the evening he will give in
strumental lessons. ourpeople are taking
much interest in music now, and the ar.
ranqement with Professor North offers an
opportunity for vocal instruction at a very
moderate price.
st. Anne's Sunday School had its
Easter Festival on Tuesday afternoon. The
scholars were, Of course, all present, at
tended by a goodly number of their
narents and friends. Ice cream, cake and
oranges were supplied in abundance, more
+bou could be consumed, and all had q
deliqbtful time. We might suggest, if we
were member of the congregation, that
if would add to the attraction Of the school
4 the room was put in thorough order and
supplied with proper seats and other ap-
purtenances of such schools.
= Col. Hanson's Office is no longer son
the side walk" On the contrary, he is
lust ~ costly fixed now as anything you
ever heard Of A large sign over the pave
ment. another over the door, and gilt let
ters on the window curtains will tell you
plainly where the headquarters Of "Joseph
Hanson, Commission Merchant" may be
found. Going in you, you find one of the
neatest and most tastefully furnished
offiees on the Peninsula. The floor is COW
cred with cocoa mating, niekle-piated
parIor heater shines in the corner nke q
new Bland dollar, handsome CLOCK ticks