Middletown transcript., 1882-03-24
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAR. "a, 1882.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notas

Conference closed.
Middletown seems destined to have
the greater portion of her seasons amuse-
ments all in bunch.
A crossing on South Broad street at
the corner Of Green would be appreciated
by good many people.
Subscribers who change their post
office should notify us promptly, giving
old address as we'll as new.
Ground has been broken and material
is being delivered for Mrs. L. A. Wilson's
new dwelling on South Broad street.
A number of our young people at
tended pleasant sociable at the home of
Mr.. Thos. Lavender, on the Manor, We'd
nesday evening.
Philip Less, the clothing man, and J.
G. McWhorter, dealer in agricultural i'm
plements, now occupy R. A. Cochran's
new Main street block.
- About thirty of the Morning NeiUS'
"most prominent citizens of st. Georges
hundred" were taken up to Wilmington
Tuesday to be assessed.
A correspondent complains Of watered
milk. Perhaps he does not take into con-
sideration that this is wet season, and
that cows cannot always be kept in out of
the rain.
= The annual school election will be
held at the Academy on Saturday, April
1st, between two and four o'clock in the
afternoon. Two Trustees to serve for
three wears will be elected.
Prof Ford will meet his class in voice
culture at the LyceuIn room on Monday
evening at half past six. The class is to
be reorganized for another term and
there is room for a few new members.
1t is estimated that the population Of
Middletown has increased nearly two hun
dred during the past year. There were
thirty empty houses within the town linz
its year ago now there are only two or
three.
- Mr.. Andrews, special agent for the
Rochester Mutual Relief Society, has Sc
cured fifty members for the Middletown
branch of the society. A. G. Cox is the
Treasurer, as we'll as the agent for the So
ciety for Delaware.
A lot of noisy boys marched the
streets Sunday night, engagingin variety
Of dsorderly conduct. Can Middletown
afford to be turned into bedlam for the
sake of paltry thirty dollars month to
pay good policeman?
- Middletown has been fortunate in es-
Gaping the smallpox and many other af-
fiictions that have fallen upon our neigh
boring towns during the winter, but we
have had to endure another visitation of
"Uncle Toms Cabin"
AS we have recently received several
newspapers with blue pencil marks
around articles about various "Grand
AggregatiOns" breaking winter quarters,
we presume that Middletown is to have
few circuses during the coming season.
- Mr.. J. B. Fennimore has recently put
in full set of new and improved nachin-
cry at his popular Willow Grove Mills"
and has card in our columns this week.
He is enterprising, makes good flour,
and deserves the patronage of the public.
A number of persons who buy the
TRANSCRIPT regularly on Saturdays
failed to get copy Of our last issue, be-
cause our edition was exhausted earlier
than usual. The more certain way to get
the TRANSCRIPT regularly is to subscribe
for it.
Col. Hates, Joe Gary and Harry Fish
er went on ducking expedition to the
Bohemia, Wednesday, starting at 2 O'Clock
in the morning. Joe wanted to go in
peach wagon, but it was finally decided
that a mill dearborn would be large
enough to bring the ducks home- And it
was. They got five.
"A list Of letters remaining in the post
office at Middletown, DEL, for the week
ending March 18th, 1882: Miss Laura E.
Burris. G. W. Davis, Miss Elizabeth
Rollens, William Smith, Isaac SorcKerm,
VIM. Franklin Taylor. Persons calling
for the above letters will please say that
they are advertised. D. L. Dunning,
P. NJ.
-After the exercises pertaining to the
M. E. Sunday school, Sunday afternoon
at O'Clock, Mrs. Amanda Deyo, of New
YORK. will address the school and all who
NAV be present, on the subject of National
Prohibition of the liquor traffic by con-
stitutional amendment. Revs. Alexander
and Kennedy will be present. The pub
lie is invited.
At the annual meeting Of the Town
Hall Company on Monday, Messrs. J. M.
Cox, R. A. Cochran, J. R. Hall, Samuel
Pennington, James Culbertson, ". n
Moore, and DR.. Barr were reelected di-
rectors. At subsequent meeting of the
board J. M. Cox was elected President,
Samuel Pennington, Secretary, and j. K.
Hall, Treasurer.
Whilst Messrs. Henry Clayton and
Jack Naudain were driving to town yes
terday one OF the-bolts that hold the shafts
to the axle came out, causing the horse to
become unmanageable. He broke loose
from the carriage before Jack could reach
his head. and ran to Middletown with the
shafts. The accident occurred near tht
Fair Ground. The horse was not injured
beyond a few scratches.
Whilst Rev. Mr.. Milby was here a
Conferenee. thieves broke into his smoke
house, at Denton, and stole all his meat
Heathens wouldn't do as mean a trlcK a
that. They'd have starved first Iher'
is no case on record where heathens hav'
stolen their minister's pork, though the!
have occasionally made pot-pie out OF tn
minister himself; and yet we spend grea
deal of money annually to make the hea
then better.
Among those who will remove witt
their families from the country to Middle
town, this spring, are Henry Clayton
Mount Pleasant, to the house on Cas-
street now occupied by Rev. Mr.. Lewis
r. r. Lockwood, Of the Levels, to tn
bouse on Green street occupied by MI
Miller; j. Thomas Budd from the Brad
cottage to the house on Main street, rt
Gently occupied by ]. NJ. Earnest; ]. I
Deakyne, from his country home to Nj
Hukill's house on Crawford street, no.
occupied by William Taylor. H. c. Ell
son will take the house vacated by Nj
Budd.
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