Middletown transcript., 1882-02-17
LOCAL AFFAIRS
Town Notes.

- Inc answer 10 Gl6 DlDl6 pllZAl6, re-
Gently printed in the TRANSCRIPT, is fifty.
= Rumor sayeth that Middletown will
have another church wedding on the I'D
inst.
A number of Middletown sportsmen
attended the pigeon shooting at Elkton
yesterday.
= Thieves recently appropriated eight
of Colonel Billy Kates's finest chickens,
which he was fattening for Conference.
A meeting Of the board Of managers
of the P. A. and P. Association will be
held tomorrow afternoon at two O'Clock.
IS. S. Holten is adding story to the
back building of his dwelling and other
wise improving his property on Cass
street.
Joe Gary captured only two ducks
on his last expedition to the Bohemia, and
somebody was mean enough to appropri-
ate one Of them, the day after his return.
- An unusually large number of valen-
tines passed through the Middletown post
office on Tuesday. The comic variety
were circulated pretty freely by the mis-
chievous.
- The answer to the puzzle in verse,
published in the TRANSCRIPT last week,
is: The whale that swallowed Jonah.
It is very old puzzle; not quite so old
however as the aforesaid whale.
= Since the good weather came, the
carpenters have made noticeable headway
upon Rev. Mr.. Lewis new dwelling on
South Broad street and will soon have it
enclosed, ready for the plasterers.
Many of our readers will doubtless
want extra copies of this issue of the
TRANSCRIPT to send to their friends
abroad and show them how the preachers
are to be disposed Of during Conference.
~ On account of the severe storm on
Monday evening the attendance at the
T4yceum meeting was less than a quorum,
and the program of exercises arranged for
that evening was postponed till the next
meeting.
= The regular meeting of the Mutual
Loan Association will be held on Tuesday
evening next. Stockholders who are i'll
need of money will then have an opportu-
nifty to borrow some at a reasonable rate
of interest.
- April weather has prevailed during
the past week. The following is the record
of temperature for the week, taken at
O'Clock, A. NJ: Sunday, "a Monday, 54 I;
Tuesday, AZ; Wednesday, 80; Thursday,
42; Friday, so.
Work upon Mr.. Charles Beasten's
new house on South Broad street will
commence about the first of April. 1t will
be a handsome improvement to that
section OF the town. Miller, Stevens &
Co. expect to do the work.
"A Union temperance meeting will be
held in the M. e. Church on Thursday
evening next, at 7.30 o'clock. Rev. Mr..
Murray, the pastor, will address the meet
ing. Other ministers are expected to be
present and to take part in the exercises.
The public is invited.
- Everybody in town seems to be pre-
pairing for Conference. Houses are being
improved without and within, the ladies
are as busy as they can be with arrange
ments to accommodate seventeen people
in a house built for ten, and we have not
seen a live chicken in two weeks.
We have seen tax-collector Lynch in
town frequently this week, and we hope
,those ap xious tax payers who wrote the
Wilmington Morning NeWs that they
were extremely uneasy about not being
able to find the collector are not still COM
PEELED to 90 around with their taxes in
their pockets.
E. Reynolds, Esq, formerly editor OF
the TRANSCRIPT, paid our new office a
visit Yesterday, and entertained US with
some pleasant incidents ofthe time when
the paper was printed on hand press, and
the editing, composing, press-work and
business of the establishment were all
done in one room.
Mrs. w. L. Buckle, while ascending
flight of stairs, Tuesday, fell and received
n severe cut upon the scalp. She was
alone in the house. From loss OF blood
she became unconscious and remained SC
for nearly half an hour, before her condl'
ton was discovered by her neighbors
DR.. Chamberlain was called and dressed
her wound.
Prof Ford will not again visit his
Middletown class in voice culture untl
the week following the meeting OF Con
ference. In the mean time, the class VIII
meet every Monday evening at half pas
six for practice, selecting at each meeting
a teacher from the class. They hope e
make such rapid progress as to surprise
the professor when he returns to resume
his instruction.
- Country editors have many amusing
experiences and it is well that they arr
generally patient and forebearing men
A few days ago travelling solicitor for an
agricultural paper came into our room
while we were in the middle OF an edl
torial on the political situation, with thre'
printers yelling for copy, and asked th'
use Of our type writer, on which we wer'
working, to write a letter to his mother
Strange to relate, he still lives.
Since our notice Of the strawboar'
industry last week we learn that one
our enterprising business men has 70
some time been investigating the pusl
ness. and may conclude to engage IN
bare. So our people need not be SURPRISED
70 hear of the early erection of straw
hoard factory in Middletown. We hay'
been little slow about getting into man
ufacturing, but the time is not far distant
we believe, when our town will boast
dozen thriving manufacturing enterprises
The condition of Main street durln
the past two months has been bad. IN
means Of making it firmer in future win
tors calls for the careful consideration 9
+bo Town Commissioners. The constan
travel cuts the street in holes, and the I'll
ing of them with dirt from Church hill
oniy temporary, and in the end, exper
sive remedy. The street ought to b
sbelled. If this were done, the expens
in keeping it in condition would thereafte
be light. Peninsular towns that hav
sbelled their streets properly are trouble
with neither mud nor holes in then
But to be satisfactory the "shelling" mus
be done thoroughly-deep enough
make a solid bed. A coat OF shells aboV
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