Middletown transcript., 1881-03-18
FRIDAY AFTERNooN, MARCH 18, 1881
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.


week.
- The mechanics are all busy with their
spring contracts.
= This has been good week for fres b
fish and book agents.
= Mr.. w. P. Biggs moved into his new
dwelling on Wednesday.
= The foundation for Mr.. Harry Rileys
new house, on Green street, is going up.
- After long "spell of bad roads we
are at last getting out of the ruts and mud.
- Work on the new brick building Oh
Broad street, west of the bank, will be
commenced in a few days.
A goodly number of Middletown peo-
pie attended the entertainments at Odessa,
Friday and Wednesday evenings.
- The reports of the Citizens National
Bank, and New Castle county National
Bank Of Odessa, appear this week.
- Mr.. Geo. S. Hopkins has purchased
the bakery and confectionery of E. Jeffer-
son, and has already taken possession.
- Rev. Mr.. Murray left home for con-
ference on Tuesday, and Messrs. 7. E.
Hurn and A. G. Cox, on Wednesday.
= Rev. w. C. Alexander will preach
next Sabbath morning to young men. The
public are cordially invited to be present.
= The windows Of the Middletown mer-
chants are handsome to look into just now.
The display of spring goods was never
finer or larger.
- The parlor entertainment by the la
dies of the NJ. E. Church will probably
take place on the evening of the firstt
Tuesday in April.
- Just as we were going to press we re-
ceived a telegram from Rev. Mr.. Murray
stating that Rev. C. A. Hill, Jr., will
preach in the NJ. E. Church on Sunday.
- DIR. G. g. Chamberlain, who has
been connected with the drug business for
the past thirty-five years, calls attention to
his pharmacy, in our advertising columns,
this week.
&C. Hall has been through town with
early-crop cat fish, and expresses the belief
that there will be an abundant yield. 1t
seems the cold weather didn't affect the
buds in the least.
= Colonels Hickman and Smith, of Lake
City, Colorado, friends of DR.. w. G. B.
Lewis, also of Colorado, but now visiting
his parents here, were in town from Satur-
day until Monday.
1t is thought the next NJ. Z. Confer
ence will be held in Middletown, an invi-
tation to that end haYing been extended to
the preachers now in session at Lewes.
Set all the hens you can this spring.
- Love affects young men in various
ways. Not long ago one walked out of a
Middletown church with his girl at his
side, leaving his hat behind, and tried to
put his umbrella on his head. There is
hope for him yet.
- The amended charter of the Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of st.
Georges and AppOquinimink hundreds
has been granted by the Legislature, and
the new name is, "The Cantwell Insur-
ance Company" That's several inches
shorter, anyway.
- Mr.. Vandenburg, of Holland, sugar
beet grower of wide experience, will adj
dress the farmers on the subject of beet
culture, at the Agricultural room, to-mor-
row (Saturday) afternoon, at two O'Clock.
He will doubtless be able to give our farm
ers much valuable information on the su-
gar beet question.
= Steam power will be introduced in
the TRANSCRIPT office at an early day,
an engine having already been ordered
from the mandatory Of B. w. Payne &
Sons Corning, n. Y. With steam power
and an additional press for our jobbing
department, which we shall put in within
a few weeks, we believe our facilities
will be equal to all demands.
= The following properties are adver-
tised to be sold at Sheriff7s sale, at the ho-
tel of Samuel Peacock, in Middletown, on
the 29th inst. The frame store-house for
merly occupied by T. E. Lindley; dwell
ing-house on Main street, belonging to
Rachael A. Whitlock twelve acres of land
in Pencader hundred, and frame dwell
ing in Odessa, belonging to VIM. B. Croft.
Before leaving home for conference,
Rev. Mr.. Murray, of the NJ. E. Church,
promised to send a good preacher to fill
his pulpit on Sunday next, and cautioned
his congregation to take good care Of him,
give him plenty of chicken and send him
back early on Monday morning. There
fore, we suppose services will be held at
the NJ. Z. Church on Sunday.
Middletown, Del, has more houses
for rent than any other town of the same
size on the -Chestertor0n Tran
script. we guess not. You only think SO
because you see eight or zen houses adver-
tised for rent in this paper. The fact is,
our people, when they want to rent a
house, advertise it in newspaper, instead
of sticking placard on the door, that not
one person out of every hundred in the
,o,,,n,rDitu will read