Middletown transcript., 1882-01-13
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
TOWN Notas

promises to be numerous in the vicinity OF
Middletown this season.
= We are indebted to EUery EUenin0
for our report Of the meeting of the stock
holders of the Delaware Railroad, at Do
yer, yesterday.
~ The evening passenger train coming
north, Wednesday, killed mule belong
ing to George Deakyne, short distance
south Of the station.
Geo. W. Ingram, real estate agent,
has sold the farm of John Ambruster,
near Mt. Pleasant, 2S2 acres, to David
Warren, for $4,000 cash.
- The Middletown musicians who
played at Kent county (Md.) hop, last
evening, after three hours fun with a
baulky horse, had to come home by rail.
- The Middletown Library is being
very well patronized since it passed into
the charge of the Lyceum. Miss Nathalie
Kennedy is the efficient and obliging Ii
brarian.
= The regular monthly meeting of the
Mutual Loan Association will be held on
Tuesday evening. There is plenty of
money on hand for stockholders who want
to borrow.
The question selected for debate at
the regular monthly public meeting of
Irving Lyeeum, February 9Th, is: " How
shall the Government settle the Mormon
Question:"
IS. M. Reynolds & Co. have completed
several improvements to their store-rooms,
including an open stairway leading from
their main store to the clothing room on
the second floor.
w. L. Walker, Danl. Mitchell, of
Middletown, and Winter Caulk, James
Reynolds and Scott Stats, of Warwick,
started yesterday for Florida, where they
propose to spend the winter.
- 1t seems we made an error of ten
years in referring last week to the age of
Charles Tatman, Esq, President of the
New Castle County National Bank of
Odessa. He is in the ninetieth year of his
age.
- Those who secured a share of the ice
crop while it was ripe now think them
selves lucky. The prospect for another
chance at it is not bright, yet there may
be good bit Of consolidated water before
spring.
- Mr.. S. R. Stephens has put in a new
floor and otherwise improved the interior
Of the store occupied by F. G. West as
grocery. Mr.. West is selling his grocery
stock at auction, intending to discontinue
that business.
: Having just closed a contract with
r. oil
proprietors of the well-advertised /" st. Ja-
cob's Oil" it gives us pleasure to say that
we have found them both prompt and lib
eral in their dealings with the TRAN
SCRIPT.
- Rev. Mr.. Lewis and Mr.. r. T. Lock
wood represented Washington Lodge, of
Middletown, at the grand lodge meeting
of the Ancient Order of United Workmen,
held in Baltimore this week. DR.. Kenne-
dy was also selected as a delegate but was
unable to 60.
"A number of Middletown young peo-
pie attended social hop last evening at |
the residence of Mr.. F. P. Cochran, near |
Galena, Md. The affair was very pleas |
ant one in every respect, if we may judge |
by the praises given it by those who at
tended from Middletown.
- Those having standing advertisements |
in the TRANSCRIPT nl1Gst hand in changes |
before Wednesday at noon, to secure in
sertion in the following issue. Adver-
tisers who want frequent changes may |
save themselves disappointment by past
ing this item on their desks.
~ The Lyceum' piano was on Saturday |
successfully moved from the Town Hall |
to the Lyceum Hall. Owing to the mar
row stairway leading to the Lyceum Hall |
the removal of the instrument was by no |
means an easy matter, and there is gene |
raj feeling of satisfaction that it is done |
with.
- Messrs. Biggs, Clayton & Co. now
have a quarter of million of tin cans
stored in their packing house ready for
the vegetable and fruit season. During |
the summer the firm will perfect their ar
rangements and put in the necessary ma
.chinery for packing meats and poultry
next winter.
~ The Middletown class In voice cul-
ture on Thursday evening elected Miss
Jennie s. Wright as a delegate to Prot. |
Ford's entertainment at the Opera House, |
wilmington, on the 26th inst. The enter
tainment will consist of readings and reel
tations by pupils from his classes through
out the State.
The privileges Of those who were sub |
scribers to the Middletown Library prevl-
ous to its transfer to the Irving Lyceum
are in nowise affected by the change. At |
the expiratioR OF their term Of subscrip-
tion. however, it will be necessary for
tbem to become members of the Lyceum
in order to enjoy further use Of the
books.
-Rumor has it that Bethel church.
over in Maryland, is soon to be the scene
of another brilliant wedding. As at the
last one. the bride will be daughter OF
Delaware and the groom a Marylander'
but only by adoption. Well, the steady
and Growing demand for the hands Of our
New Castle county girlsis evidence enough
that they make excellent wives
THE following is list OF letters re-
vnaininp in the post-ofice at MlddletoWh'
neI for the week ending January l4th'
1sa9. Mrs. sallie E. Hall, Mary Hayes
Rebecca Jones, Mary B. Peirce, Emma
Postel, Miss Mary Smith, in care oI MIS-
cherries Smith. Persons calling for the
above letters will please say that they are
advertised. D. L. Dunning, Z. NJ
The NJ. E. Church of North East, Md,
has recently undergone extensive repairs,
and the reopening exercises will be held
on sunday. Rev. Mr.. Murray, former
,,ostor ~ the church, will 60 to North East
to-morrow to assist in the services. His
pulpit will be filed on Sunday by Rev.
1r. kennedy, in the morning, and by Rev.
MI. LayfeId, Of Bethel, in the evening
Thieves are still at work in the ooun-
trv around Middletown. One night TINS ms
week a piece Of herring gill-net' about zoO
Yards long, belonging to McComO OlAS-