Middletown transcript., 1881-09-23
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

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bed with an attack of nialarial fever.
The town people, as usual, have suf-
fered much from dust during the Fair.
= Several runaways have occurred
during the week, but only trifiing damage
was done.
Butter has been unusually scarce in
the local market for several weeks. The
price reached 35 cents this week.
Mr.. J. B. Booke, conductor on the
Delaware railroad, represented his road,
in the absence Of Supt. Mills, at the Fair.
A committee has been appointed to
drape the NJ. E. Church for Sunday SER
vices, in token of sorrow for the late Pres
ident.
The advertisement Of S. M. Reynolds
Il Co., announcing the opening of big
stock Of new fall goods, will appear next
week.
Mr.. T. J. Craven, Of Salem, N. j., at
tended the Fair on Tuesday and Wednes-
day, and acted as Clerk 10 the judges i'll
trials of speed.
= Thieves made raid on Samuel Pea
cocks chicken house, Saturday night, and
carried away about one hundred and fifty
pounds of Fair poultry.
- Our hotels and boarding-houses have
been taxed to feed and shelter the many
visitors this week, but we believe all were
pretty well taken care of.
On account of the death of the Presi-
dent the Board of Education on Tuesday
ordered the public schools closed during
the remainder of the week.
A gospel temperance meeting will
be held in the lecture room of the NJ. p.
Church on Sunday afternoon at o'clock,
P. M. Music by the Sunday School choir.
A pleasant social hop was given in the
Town Hall by a number of the young men
Of Middletown on Wednesday evening.
About fifty couples participated in the
festivities.
: Mr.. E. R. Cochran's building lots on
South Broad and Green streets are being
bought up by persons who intend to
build. Desirable locations may soon be
scarce on Broad street.
= Good order has been maintained in
town during the Fair. Thomas Peacock
has filled the Office of special police in an
acceptable manner. There have been
few intoxicated people on the streets.
A number of our young men who are
proud of their muscle have had a
round with the striking machine this
week. johnson, the hardware man,
scored 1860. Joe Gary, the butcher, tried
to smash it to pieces, but did not succeed
by about 1000.
- The street fakirs have been driving
lively business every evening of this
week, and have been doing power Of
bowling, as we'll. One of them has sup
piled many of the boys with these little
whistles with which to initiate birds and
animals, and now you will hear it for
few weeks.
- The churches will be draped in
mourning for the Sunday services in token
of sorrow for the late President. At the
M. E. Church in the morning Rev. Mr..
Murray will preach from the text: " There
+. is a prince and a great man fallen." At
Forest Presbyterian Church the pastor will
preach sermon appropriate to the occa-
sion.
The Forest Presbyterian Sunday School
had an enjoyable picnic at Cool Spring
on Saturday last. The weather was little
threatening in the morning but the sun
soon came out, driving away the clouds
and gladdening the hearts of the little
folks who had their thoughts fixed on the
prospective enjoyments. The day was
spent pleasantly.
- The official list of premiums awarded
at the Peninsular Fair will be published
in the TRANSCRIPT of next week. As it
requires considerable time and labor to
prepare this list for publication, it cannot
be given to the public earlier. Copies of
the paper containing the list will be on
sale at the post Office and at Wilson's cigar
store, in Middletown.
- List of letters remaining in the post
office, at Middletown, Del, for the week
ending September oath, 1881: Asi Benia
anderson, Moses Moses z 7. Gella5ril1e Gela5r Miss Celia
Daley, Charles J. Evans, William Essex,
Mrs. Julia Gooden, Miss Mary Harris,
Miss Hannah Hurn, Mrs. Ellen Leonard,
Mrs. Sallie A. Smith, Felix Perkins, VIM.
B. Pierce, Capel Williams, Miss Mary
Walker. Persons calling for the above
letters will please say that they are adver-
tised. D. L. Dunning, p. M.
- The news of the death of the Presi-
dent was not received in Middletown un-
til Tuesday morning. Those who had
read the dispatches from Elberon, in the
evening papers of Monday, could not
have been surprised, and yet the an
nouncement that the end had come pro
duced a great shock. Everybody wore a
ly countenance. The post office was
in mourning, and numerous fag'
displayed at half mast. The public
were closed for the week.
ing TO misunderstanding between
cials Of the Delaware Railroad com
I'd the Secretary of the P. A. & P
Jon, the time of leaving Of tn
rain going north during the Fai
ted on the programme 7.30 P. M
should have been 100 P. NJ. o.
of this error, which was not dis
until wednesday, number 0
on people had to stay over nigh
town. We regret the error yer
perhaps if it had not occurre
nington people would neVe
out what a nice town we ha
County.
rnington Morniag Nescs hf
fifth-assistant exchanged
riqerator over night 10 kee
ing.
Of DR.. Joseph Chandle
Christiana hundred, vi
lars on Saturday nigh
Citing an entrance by BORN
window shutters. They oI
u few knives. forks and son
hoe store of D. u. Choate,
vas entered by burglars Q
vdning 81 early On sundt
II his stock Of ladies and chi