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Middletown transcript., 1882-02-10
The LyCeum.

irving Lvceum's cozy hall was not large
enough to comfortably accommodate the
great number of persons who came to its
public meeting on Monday evening. The
assembly was the largest that has yet at
tended any one OF these meetings. The
exercises opened with a pleasing instru-
menta, duet, (piano and cornet) by Miss
Relle Pennington and Mr.. George w.
PRICE. Miss Jennie Wright read an en-
tartainine selection which met with very
favorable reception. The Mormon ques-
tion was discussed at length by Rev. Mr..
Alexander and Mr.. w. E. Wright. Two
others were to have taken part in this dis
cnssion but were unavoidably prevented
from attending. Mr.. Alexander's address
was an able and interesting effort. He re-
via,ved Normonism from its beginning to
the present day, dwelling upon its attend
ant evils and describing wildly few OF
the terrible crimes with which its priest
hood stands indicted. He interspersed
his remarks with interesting extracts from
an article in a leading periodical, from the
nan Of one who has long resided in Salt
Lake City, in situation to become famil-
lar with the Mormon curse. Mr.. Wright
followed, reviewing the legal points OF the
case and making some timely suggestions
for arresting and finally eradicating the
evil, His address was thoughtful and en-
braced some excellent points. The au-
dience seemed to be well entertained with
the discussion. The musical selections,
beside the opening duet, consisted OF
spirited and pleasing piano duet by
Miss Addie Hazard and Miss Jennie
Wright, an instrumental solo by Miss Belle
Pennington, and second piano and cornet
duet by Miss Belle Pennington and Mr..
Price. both Of which were warmly ap-
plauded by the audience. The answers to
questions followed and closed the exer-
cises Of the evening. They were, as usual,
interesting and instructive. Anentertain-
ing program has been prepared for the
regular meeting next Monday evening.
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The BIackbird Fire

The store-house OF S. R. Warren, at
Blackbird, occupied by ]. H. Thornton.
the burning of which was noticed in our
columns last week, was insured for 81, 600
in the Cantwell Mutual Insurance Com
pany of Odessa. This is the second loss
this company has met with since its an
nual meeting in January, the first being
an insurance of 5000 on a colored church
near Taylor's Bridge, which, we learn. the
company intends to rebuild. Mr.. Thorn.
toms stock of merchandise was insured
for S1,2OO, (instead of 5000, as at first re-
ported), in the American Company Of
Philadelphia, the risk being taken by Mr.,
A. G. Cox, the Middletown agent. This
amount will about cover Mr.. Thornton's
loss. Mr.. Cox has been in the insurance
business ten years and has been unusually
lucky with his risks, this Blackbird fir,
being the first loss on any policy he ha.
issued. The Cantwell Company was very
fortunate last year, losing only So by fire
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Some FraternaI Calls.

Whenever we arrive in city or town
where there is a newspaper we go straight
to the office and bore the editorial force
for an hour, Just to see them suffer. 1t IS
soothing to our mind and relieves our
enpui. whatever that is. 1t fairly fills
with bliss all of us not previously occu-
pied by our last meal when we can get our
feet upon a reserved section OF the table OF
the editor who is writing a leader on the
" Continuity of Homogeneousness" and IS
badly stuck for a word to round off
seventeen-line sentence. 1t is worth
free ticket to a side-show to see him glare,
and suffer, and swear inwardly, and try
to hold on to the connection of his subject
while we tell him new joke that he COM
mitted to memory when boy. We
never lose an opportunity to make these
interesting fraternal visits to newspaper
offices, and when we don't have such an
opportunity for seven or eight weeks all
the life and gladness and gaiety seem to go
out of our system, and we begin to pine,
and our'friends begin to notice sadness
in our left eye that is unwonted. Whenwe
get in this despondent condition and begin
to feel like we could borrow $4,000 from
some dear friend and go to some far off
secluded spot, where none that formerly
knew us would seek us out, and where
we could be virtuous and happy during
our declining years, and give good advice
to the young, nothing will bring us back
to our plain, every day feelings but one Of
these fraternal calls, and the fun attending
it. These thoughts are brought up by the
good time we had in Wilmington on Tues
day. We got into the EUery EUenirg Of
fee first, and demoraliZed the entire staff.
Croasdale suddenly remembered that he
had an engagement with man in Phila-
delphia, and slipped away; and Valandig-
| ham asked us to excuse him while he
went out to get vaccinated. So we had to
divide our time between Humphrey and
Brown, and the hour we prevented those
two patient, suffering journalists from
working was one Of the happiest we have
spent since we attended the funeral Of a
| lightning-rod agent in Illinois, in 1868.
We would probably have staid another
hour but Humphrey said he had just re-
turned from an interview with family in
which there were thirteen cases Of small
pox. Then we thought we had better go
over and see the Morning Neacs force, as
they were new and might be lonesome.
We crept stealthily up stairs and were
terribly disappointed at finding the whole
staff with leisure on their hands. Sperry
had just lit his pipe and Reynolds shifted
quarter Of a cord OF copy to make room
for our feet on his table, and as we didnt
see much of any opening to worry any
body in that office, we soon left. We
called at the Gazette and Republican
offices, but Johnson Of the former ant
Hersey Of the latter had heard we were il
town, and had both gone home.
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State.

- Smyrna people do not like all the
arrangements at the new Philadelphia
depot.
~ Some Of the public schools Of Sussex
county have been closed for want OF
teachers.
= The Smyrna Library Association are
preparing to give a literary entertainment
during the present month.
Sheriff Lacy has sold the Bowers
Beach Hotel property, containing 81 acres,
together with the hotel, to Salem Twist,
for $1,000.
Fire broke out in the machine shops
of G. w. & S. Taylor, at Smyrna, Tuesday
evening, but was discovered by the watch
man and promptly extinguished.
- Charles Denny, collector Of the oyster
tax, reports that he has collected S3,997.97
license fees. The number Of boats at the
fisheries at Mahon's creek is forty-four.
Levi Scott, who shot and killed
Ephraim Dill, on the 14th Of January,
surrendered himself on Thursday last and
was confined in Dover Jail. He will be
tried at the next term of the Kent county
court.
"A snow slide from the roof of {
/ Smyrna machine Shop, Sunday, eei4f
pletely buried boy on the street. For
tunately for him another boy witnessed
the accident and gave the alarm, and ht
was dug out.
50 great is the quantity Of freight
shipped over the Junction and Break
water, Break water and Frankford anC
Wiconico River railroads, and the OlC
Dominion line OF steamships, that tn,
steamship company think it will be nee
essary to run two steamers, one to carr.
timber and the other general freight.
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Tho nnrnr. Fair Annual.

The annual meeting of the State Fair
Association was held at Dover on Tuesday
last. The treasurer's report was submit
ted, according to which the receipts OF the
year were SI1, ,O3OO6, divided as follows:
From ticket sales, Sc, ,126.O0; track entrance
fees, s., l,275.5O; privileges, s404.13; adver-
Using in catalogue, S6S9.O0; rent OF fair
ground, hack licenses and contributions,
S667.2 loan, 10000; capital stock and
all other receipts, S168.18. The disburse-
ments were as follows: Premiums, S5,-
304O2; printing, Ss24.79; secretary's sal
ary, S3ll.OO; advertising, S492.lO; police,
S344.6O; interest, S5O4.OO; music, S255.OO;
other expenses, Sl,753.72; furniture and
fixtures, S2.85; matured note, S945.56;
total, SlO,737.64. The report further shows
the assets of the association to be SIT ,5SS.63,
divided as follows: Real estate, Sl7, ,OO3.4O;
furniture and fixtures, S4l4.75; bills re-
ceivable, S165.4S. The liabilities are stated
as follows: Capital stock, s., ,2S5.O7; bills
payable, S9,368.44; total, S16.653.51. Pres
ident Denny made report t. the stock
holders, in which he explained why the
expenditures had exceeded the receipts.
He ascribed this to the extreme dry
weather which prevailed during the week
of the fair, making travel uncomfortable
and thus causing much lighter receipts at
the gate than were expected. The presi-
dent urged individuality of effort on the
part of the friends of the fair and advised
that efforts be made at the meeting of the
Legislature for an appropriation for pre-
miums to be paid in the stock department.
Mr. Denny was reelected president, D. P.
Barnard, Jr., secretary, and J. D. Burton
treasurer. A new office was created-cor-
responding secretary Of the State Board Of
Agriculture-tow which Manlove Hayes was
elected. The old board of directors were
reelected. The following were elected to
constitute the board of managers for the
ensuing year: John B. Wharton, John
Moore, Frank Denney, Richard Harring-
ton, William P. Seward, Harry Richard
son, VIM. G. Postles, Edmond Bailey,
Joseph Mcdaniel. The last week in Sep
tember was fixed upon as the time for
holding the next annual fair.
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SATURDAYS Storm

The snow storm Of Saturday was an old
time affair-such as oldest inhabitants like
TO SIT by nice warm stove and tell about
as having occurred when they were BOYS.
The snow began to fall at about nine
o'clock and continued through the day
without holding up for refreshments.
Then the wind blew and howled in way
to remind US of those Kansas billiards. we
have read about, drifting the snow in
great banks and blocking up the roads.
Few country people came to town to do
their Saturdays shopping, preferring to
stay at home by their comfortable fire.
sides. Our streets were almost deserted
through the day, and the merchants had a
season Of rest. The storm was one Of the
severest that has been experienced here
for many years. The snow was badly
drifted in the streets but our citizens came
out early Sunday morning and shoveled
a path for the people to reach their
churches. On Monday the sleighing was
fine but the warm sun of Tuesday ruined
If
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- Somebody writing from Middletown
to the Wilmington Morning NeWS com
plains that persons who want to pay their
taxes cannot find the collector for this
hundred. Those anxious taxables GER
tainly cannot have searched very diligent-
ly for the collector. He has been in Mid
dletown almost daily for the past two or
three months, and few weeks ago gave
notice by posters and in the TRANSCRIPT
fixing time and place for meeting the tax
payers Of the hundred and receiving their
taxes. Days were assigned for Middle
town, Odessa, Port Penn, Summit Bridge
and Mt. Pleasant. Where were those
anxious tax payers then? This ever
lasting complaint of our Republican
friends that they cannot find tax collector
when they want one is too thin. If we
could make people outside of this State
believe that we had to run around for days
and days hunting for a tax collector we
could secure more immigrants for Della
ware than we could find room for.
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The Grand jury.

The Grand Jury for New Castle county
finished their work on Wednesday alter
noon and were discharged. The court
thanked them for their services. Their
report stated that during the year for
which they were appointed they had acted
upon $50 bills, of which they had found
I30 true bills and ignored 20. The NUM-
ber of bills had been larger, but many
were of trivial nature. OF the true bllls
twenty-three had been for petty offences,
such as larceny and malicious mischief,
and often the parties charged were minors.
One true bill was found for burning out
buildings, one for arson, one for selling
goods without licenses, three for obtaining
goods under false pretense, ten for assault
and battery, one for assaulting public Off
GERS, twenty-five for carrying concealed
deadly weapons, one for highway robbery,
forty-eight for selling liquor without II
cense, four for murder, four for assault
with intent to kill, one for manslaughter,
one for assault with intent to commit rape.
More than one-half of these were from
w IllLluSCOlls 1hO Jul y AOSOiiAAiS 80
passage Of an act by the Legislature
making petty offences that come before
the court triable before some other tribu-
nal, and favored enlarging the jurisdiction
Of magistrates for this purpose. The cree
ton Of house for labor and correction
was recommended for the purpose of
getting rid of vagrants, who commit some
petty offence in order to be sent to Jail for
the winter. The jury had visited the Jail
and almshouse and found them in excel
lent order, except the insane department
of the latter, which was found to be in
convenient and uncomfortable. a reso-
luton was also passed by the grand jury,
rendering their thanks to their chairman,
Joseph Roberts, and secretary, D. B.
Ferris, forthe faithful performance of their
| dnfinG
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County,


- The crop Of Republican candidates
for the sheriff7s office is steadily growing.
Several of the witnesses in the Della
ware City church case got storm-stayed at
Kirkwood last Saturday eveningand were
obliged to remain there over night.
The annual mad-dog epidemic prom
ises to aff1ict Wilmington again this sea-
son, a rabid animal having appeared in
that city on Sunday and bit several ours.
~ The congregation Of the Odessa NJ. r.
Church recently gave their pastor and
his family genuine surprise in the way
of big donation party. A very pleasant
evening was spent at the parsonage.
The Greenbackers held a meeting in
Wilmington Wednesday evening and
discussed the Sherman refunding bill,
railroad monopoly, and the newspapers.
They don't think the newspapers have
treated them fairly.
= The Levy Court is still engaged in
revising the assessment list. AT its ses-
sion Yesterday afternoon all the old county
officers, including the treasurer, tax col
lector for each hundred, attorney, prison
physician, ianitor, engineer, fireman, ETC.,
were reelected.
= The Wesleyan Female College build
ing at Wilmington, was sold at sheriff $
sale, Friday, to VIM. Bright, one of the
mortgages, for $1,000, subject to prior
liens ofS9, 900. The school was established
in 1887, and since 1915 has been under the
management of the Methodist Conference.
Its future is uncertain.
= Colonel George W. Ortlip, proprietor
of the Clayton house, Wilmington, and
his good lady, both we'll known in Mid
dletown, were surprised by number OF
their friends yesterday evening, the occa-
! sion being the thirteenth anniversary of
their wedding. The evening was pleas
antly spent IN social converse and dane
| ing, and the host and hostess were made
the recipients of several valuable presents.
- Mr.. Watkins, at the Odessa cannery,
is preparing for the coming season s work.
He will begin making cans in few days.
He met with ready sale for the goods he
packed last season, they being Of excellent
quality. The season was not favorable for
the canning business, but this drawback
in nowise served to discourage Mr.. Wat
kins, and his operations during the coming
season will be conducted on much larger
scale than heretofore.
A correspondent of the Morning
News states that Bishop Levi Scott, the
senior bishop Of the NJ. f. Church, who
resides mile or so south Of Odessa, is
now very feeble. For two years past he
has been failing. He is now in his SD
year, and until the last two years was ac.
lively engaged in the work Of the Church
For the last eighteen months he has moi
been able to attend to business, but has
spent almost all of that time at his delight
full home near Odessa.
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The Delaware City Church Case.

The trial of the Delaware City church
case, in the Superior Court Of New Castle
county, ended on Tuesday in verdict for
the relators, or against Mr.. Phillips and
his officers. The greater part of Tuesday
was consumed in the examination of wit,
nesses for the relators. The charge Of the
court, delivered by Judge Houston, was
brief, and to the effect that it was for the
iury to decide which set of officers had
been regularly elected on April 18th, 1881
The Jury retired at four o'clock and in ter
minutes returned with their verdict. Le
us hope that this disgraceful controversy
is now at an end.
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Bishop John f. Hurst, D. D., LII. d.

Bishop John #. Hurst, ID. D., LII. ID.
At the next session of the Wilmington
annual Conference, to be held in Middle
town, DEL, March Sth, 1882, Bishop Hurst
has been appointed by the board Of bishops
to preside. He was elected bishop at the
General Conference held in Cincinnati,
Ohio, May, 1880.
"He was born in Dorchester county, Md,
1884 His preparatory studies were at
Cambridge academy, Md, after whlch ne
entered Dickinson College and graduated
with honors at the age OF twenty.
After teaching two years in Heddlng In
stitute he went abroad to study and travel,
when he completed his theological studies
at the Universities of Halle and Heldel-
berg. In 1858 he returned to this country
! and was received into the Newark Confer
| ence and spent some years IN pastoral
work. He was elected principal OF the
theological department of the German
Mission Institute, at Bremen, Germany
and subsequently,, upon its removal 70
/ Fran nkford-On-the-M Main, as Martin BlDlica
Institute, he acquired quite reputation
for its able administration. In 1871 he re-
turned from Germany and was elected tC
the Chair of Historical Theology, IN Drew
Theological Seminary, at Madison, n. j.
When Bishop Foster, President OF Drew
was elected to the Episcopacy, in 1877, Or
Hurst was unanimously elected by th'
trustees as his successor, retaining, now
ever, the Chair of Historical Theology
He early demonstrated eminent fitness TO
the position, both as a skillful educator ant
wise administrator of its affairs.
AS a preacher he has a richly doWere'
mind, and gives evidence in his scholarly
discourses of being eminently spiritual
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Personal,

Miss Annie V. Reeve, of Wilmington,
was the guest of Miss Anna NJ. Freeman,
a day or two this week.
= Miss Mary A. Crouch, of Dover, is
spending few days in Middletown, the
ouest of Miss Anna NJ. Freeman.
j. Thomas Budd, long useful resi-
dent of Middletown, will remove with his
family to Wilmington on March 25th.
~ Mrs. J. w. McCabe, widow Of the
late DR.. McCabe, formerly rector of st.
Anne's Church, is visiting friends in this
vicinity. Mrs. McCabe is a resident OF
Elkton.
H. G. Conrad, Esq, late editor Of the
Wilmington Morning NeiCs, was in town
on Wednesday and made the TRANSCRIPT
a pleasant visit. Though still feeling g
warm interest in journalism, (like every
one else who once experiences few Of its
pleasures and pains), he will devote him
self hereafter to his old love-the law pro
fession.
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MARYLAND Matters.

WV 1t is proposed by enterprising citizens
of Centreville to start paper, or box
board mandatory. Subscriptions for
the enterprise are being solicited with
success.
- The bill to incorporate the Chesa-
peake and Delaware Bay ship canal com
pany was reported favorably by the
committee OH corporations in the Mary
land Senate Wednesday.
Nv Henry A. Wise, of Crisfield, son Of
Mr.. John E. Wise, belonging to family
of good standing, went to his room on
Monday, stripped himself, and shot him
self through the heart twice. He was
about "a years old. A letter was found in
his clothes stating that he was tired ot
living, and that he blamed no one for his
apt
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Withal his efforts to elevate the standard
of pulpit ability, by example and as a
teacher over theological students, he seeks
to blend the practical elements of the gos-
pei as the most effective means of present
ing and winning souls to Christ.
Verysoon after his return to the ministry
his busy pen began to produce rich fruit
age, and though but in the meridian OF
his life he has written some works of great
and enduring value. Indeed, take them
as a class and they give evidence of high
ly cultivated mind. He is not only dis
tinguished as writer, but as translator.
We enumerate the principal publications,
bV no means all, taking pamphlet vol
umes, The first work issued while still
Young was his " History of Rationalism,
which at once led to his recognition in the
literary world. He is prolific writer and
translator; is the author of " Martyrs to
the Tract Cause, = /" Outlines of Bible His
tory,'' g Life and Literature in the Father
land. y" Outlines of Church History" and
"Our Theological Century" " and has trans
lated and edited Hagehbache's History
of the Church in the Eighteenth and
Nineteenth Centuries" Van OoSterZee's
"Lectures in Defence of Johns Gospel
Lange's Z" Commentary on the Eplstle to
the Romans,'' and the Moral Essays Of
L. Aneaus Seneca Perhaps his latest
works, "The Results of the Nineteenth
Century," published by Harper, and two
volumes Of g Church Theology" of which
" Harman's Introduction to the Script
ures' is the first volume to be issued by
our Book Concern will prove his crown
ing efforts as an author. His choice by
such large vote of the General Confer
ence indicates that the Church recognizes
his worth and work in the realm OF litera-
ture, pulpit and platform, and in conduct
ing the endowment project of Drew The
ol0gical Seminary to its present munifi-
cence with prospect of being ample enough
to Weld an income to meet all current ex-
penses. In person, medium height, well
built, with bright and CHEEKY counten-
ance and bearing evidence of much cul-
ture and refinement. Remarkably affable
and companionable and yet dignified."
w, l.. S. MURRAY.
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FIFTY YEARS SUCCEss.-The great
Philadelphia house Of Bailey, Banks q
BiddIe has lust completed the fiftieth year
of its existence. While in this time its
business has constantly enlarged, the past
year was by far the most prosperous ofall,
During the holiday season the spacious
store was thronged daily for weeks and
the force of statesmen doubled. The sue
cess of this firm is due to an admirable
union of the old time conservative Phila-
delphia spirit with the most enterprising
business methods. 1t is now everywhere
recognized as one of the leading business
houses of the United States and well de.
serves its prestige.
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Roll OF Hnnnr

The teacher of the Levels school re-
ports for her scholars the following roll of
honor, in recitations, 100 being perfect:
Miss Mamie S. Rothwell. 90: Master
George p. Moore, go; Miss Nellie p. Roth
well, 50; Miss Bessie B. Rothwell, 9S;
Miss Martie L. Tatman, 9S; Master John
P. Rothwell, 97 Master G. Wallace At
well, 96.
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MARRIED.

JOHNSON N-THoMPsON.-Atthe the NJ. E. Par
sonage, Odessa, on Thursday, Feb. I'd, by
Rev W. H. Hutchfn, William johnson and
Miss Sarah L. Thompson, both of New Castle
county.
GARTEN-PENNING the llth
ult, bv Rev. John Numbers, at his residence
i'll Millington, james Garten. of New Castle
county. Del. and Miss Adela Pennington, OF
Queen Annes county, Md.
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Every one has a will and mind to
think for himself, yet many will go about
hacking and coughing until friend re-
commends DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup for
that cough.
Middletown transcript., 1882-02-10
Business Gossip.

DEATH to rats, mice, reaches and ants; PAR
soS's ExTERMINAToR. Barns, granaries and
households clearedin a single night No fea1
of bad smells. Best and cheapest vermin
killer i'll the world. Sold everywhere.
INvIGoRATING FooD FOR THE BRAIN ANI
NERVES is what we need in these days of rush
and worry Parker's Ginger Tonic restores
the vital energies and brings good health
quicker than anything you can use. Trt-
bbne See adv
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DIED.

HOPKINs.-On Wednesday morning, sth
inst, Jennie Banks, infant daughter of Geo.
s. and Lizzie NJ. Hopkins, aged nine months
and ten days.