Middletown transcript., 1882-02-10
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 10, 1882.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

one Of the Town Hall stores, on Tuesday.
= Mr.. and Mrs. George s. Hopkins lost
an interesting child by Group on Wednes-
day.
- Those who had horse and sleigh
thoroughly enjoyed the snow while it
lasted.
- Prof. Ford's class in voice culture will
meet at the Lyceum room this evening at
$50 o'clock.
- Stock has brought good prices at the
public sales held in this section during the
present season.
- Echenhofer & Long have returned
from Kentucky with a lot Of young mules
for private sale.
L. P. Mcdowell & Son will have a lot
OF young western mules for private sale
at their stables, 18th inst.
= The committee on Conference enter
tainment have nearly completed the ar
duous duty assigned them.
- The sale of the Wilson estate will
doubtless bring a large number of land
buyers to Middletown on Monday next.
Johnson, the horse clipper, has re-
turned to his old quarters at the National
Hotel, and has a card in this issue of the
TRANSCRIPT.
IS. NJ. Reynolds, executor, sold at
Warwick, Md, on Monday, house and
lot, estate of the late Mark Manlove, to
Alexander Mcneil. The price paid was
$3.50 cash.
The real estate of Martha Whitaker,
deceased, consisting of a house and lot in
Odessa, was sold at administrator sale on
Saturday last, William Polk being the
purchaser, at S4OO.
Next week will be week Of public
sales in this vicinity, one being announced
for nearly every day in the week. Those
in want of good stock will have plenty of
opportunities to buy it this season.
The carpenters are fitting up the in
terror Of Mr.. r. A. Cochran's new Main
street stores. 1t is not known yet who
will occupy them, but as they are desira-
blv located it is not likely that tenants
will be hard to find.
- The merchants are already replenish-
ing their stock in anticipation of lively
spring trade. We are glad to learn that
the winter trade of Middletown was'better
than the merchants hoped for. They
all seem well satisfied with the results of
the past year.
The Middletown and Elkton railroad
scheme is being agitated again in Balti-
more 1t is stated that sufficient subscrip-
tions have been offered to build the road
provided Baltimore subscribes an addi-
tional $4,000. The Maryland Legislature
will probably be asked for an act author
izing the city to subscribe the $4,000.
The following is a list of letters re-
manning in the post-office at Middletown,
Del, for the week ending Feb. 18th: B.
S. Biddle, Mare Baira, Chas. Cosden, Mary
Ann Gibbs, Mrs. Maggie Logiuer, Miss
Anna Reel, Miss Carolina Williams or
Davis. w. w. williams, 2. Persons call
ing for the above letters will please say
that they are advertised. D. L. Dunning,
p. M.
Prominent fruit growers in this vicin'
itv express the opinion that the prospeci
for peach crop the coming season is very
good. 1t is little early to speculate
about it but the Wilmington dailies are at i
and we might as well have something tt
say on the subject, too. But we shall no
estimate the number of baskets to bt
shipped from Middletown until the tree
are in blossom.
When the TRANSCRIPT fails to reacl
subscribers they should not lay the blam
at this office, but where it belongs-witl
those who handle the mail on its travels
Our system Of mailing is now such tina
a name cannot be overlooked, and
TRANSCRIPT for every subscriber on it
list goes into the Middletown post-ofic
every Friday evening. When our pape
fails to reach subscribers promptly W
shall be glad to have our attention calle
to it.
William R. Rothwell, our auctionee
and collector, has decided to take the at
vice Of the late Horace Greefy, anu {
West" He will locate in either Indian
or Illinois and engage in the real esta'
business. He is an energetic and actlE
,vounr business man and will doubtle'
succeed in whatever he undertakes in h
new location. Though the TRANsCRIF
hates to see him go away, he has its be
wishes.
"A special meeting Of the stockholde
Of the Peninsular Agricultural and L
molooical Association will be held t
morrow afternoon at one O'Clock, to CO..
slider the Indebtedness of the Associate
ana the best means Of paying it of. III
stockholders meeting will be followed
a meeting of the board of managers,
which president and secretary to ser
the ensuing year will be elected. II
time for holding the next annual falr W
also be fixed at this meeting.
The congregation of the First Presb
terian Church of Northern Liberties, B'
tonwood street, below Sixth, Philadelph
at a meeting held on Tuesday evenln
7th inst, decided by an unanimous Ve
to invite Rev. w. V. Louderbough,
odessa, Del, to become their pastor. 0
odessa friends, and their neighbors, tc
would be very sorry to lose so genial
gentleman as Rev. Mr.. Louderboug
who during his short sojourn in Odes
has gained a host of friends among G
people.
1t is the opinion Of the TRANscRI
that Middletown would be a very desi
BILE location for box-board factory, su
as is now in successful operation NJ
Easton, Md, and is soon to be started
enterprising citizens Of both Chesterto
and Centerville. The Easton factory
paid very large dividends to the sto
holders, and the enterprise has greatly b
Gifted the farmers and laboring people
the community. Thus it has attracted
attention of the capitalists of Chesterto
and Centreville, and similar factories
soon to be erected there. The box-boa
are manufactured from wheat straw, t
.affording a home market for all the stl
the farmers can raise. Certainly the
agricultural section surrounding Mid
town offers superior advantages for
an enterprise, and we have no doubt
If an effort were made here, sufficient
ftal could be secured to give Middletf