Middletown transcript., 1882-03-17
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.


Town Notes.
- Our friends in the cities need not get
alarmed about the peach crop Of 's2. 1t is
still safe.
= Rev. Mr.. Alexander preached at
Drawyer's Presbyterian Church, Odessa,
on Sunday.
Isaac Jones, Jr., has enlarged and
improved the office in his warehouse on
Railroad avenue.
- The Levy Court will consider all
questions relating to roads and schools on
Tuesday, March 2sth.
L. W. Roberts & Co. expect to re-
move to-Sudlersville, Md, where a store
is building for them.
Agricultural machinery from Western
and Northern factories is beginning to
arrive in considerable quantities.
- Geo. w. Izgfan went to West Vir-
v ginia this week to close the large land sale
recently noticed in these columns.
- The painter has begun his work early
this season, and the dingy buildings are
fast being Frightened in tasteful colors.
1t is worth dollar to hear Jake
Foster tell about the peculiarities of the
Chinese, and he won't charge you cent.
- The branch Of the Rochester Mutual
Relief Society, recently organized here,
/. has over forty members, and is still grow
ing.
Geo. w. Ingram, real estate agent,
has sold for Duval Gibbs, farm on the
Levels, 100 acres, to S. G. Clary, of Ohio,
for $1,000.
- The agent of P. 9. Greene, one Of our
Philadelphia advertisers, will be at the
National Hotel with samples of carpets on
the goth and 21st insts.
- Miss E. s. Chadbourne will appear at
Middletown Hall on Thursday evening,
SOth inst, under the auspices of the Lyce-
um. Tell your friends about it.
A pleasant social hop at the residence
of Mr.. John T. Wilson, on the Levels,
Wednesday evening, was attended by
number Of Middletown ladies and gentle
'-lslan.
NV JameS T. Shallcross has just put in
improved machinery for can making at his
cannery, and expects to pack fruit and
vegetables dn much larger scale than last
season.
- Prof Fprd's class in voice culture.
which suspended its meetings for a few
weeks on account of Conference prepara-
tions, will resume its course Of instruction
on Wednesday evening next.
- March reminded us yesterday of his
erratic disposition by giving us a pretty
little spring snow storm. The fall was
several inches in depth, but it will disap-
pear under the genial sun of to-day.
= The Irving Lyceum will hold its reg
ular weekly meeting Monday evening. A
program of exercises promising to be unu-
sually entertaining has been prepared.
The questions out will be called for.
- Middletown is expected to make
great stride in the way of improvements
during the coming building season. Per-
haps there will be more handsome dwell
ings built during 's2 than in any year of
the towns past history.
IF. G. McWhorter occupies one of R.
A. Cochran's new Main street stores as an
agricultural implement depot, and The
the clothing man, who will remove to it
at an early date.
- The TRANSCRIPT has half ton Of
coal in its cellar, that belongs to Johnson,
the grindstone man. 1t came through
little mistake of the carter's. The next
time he makes similar mistake we hope
he'll have ton aboard.
hn foi ~
on Thursday evening, March Both. Miss
e. s. Chadbourne in choice literary selec-
tions, and music by members OF the
Lyceum. Reserved seat tickets will be
on sale at the post-office early next week.
R. A. Brice, of the firm Of J. E. Hen
Erickson & Co., the Philadelphia commits
sion merchants, was i'm town this week
and made sale of fourteen head of fine
beef cattle for W. A. Hukill, of Odessa.
The stock averaged about 1400 pounds
The sale was made to a Philadelphia
butcher.
Sam. Sanford announces that he is
coming with his combination to play "Ten
Nights in Bar-room,' at Middletown
Hall, on Friday Evening next, 24th inst.
Sam is Justly popular on the Peninsula,
and will doubtless have good house.
He IS said to be supported by an excellent
company.
- The following is list Of the letters
remaining in the post-ofice at Middle
toxin for the week ending March 18th
Mrs. Laura Wood Burke, Mrs. $. r.
Emerson, Warner Guy, A. J. Goldshor-
.ough, Alfred Herrick, Hester Lewis, John
r. hammers. Persons calling for the
above letters will please say they are ad-
vertised. D. L. Dunning, P. NJ.
In another column we give Mr.. Hart
ley, the postmaster at Sassafras, an oppor-
tunity TO reply to the charge that he over
looked A buadle OF TRANSCRIPTS in the
mail bag and sent them back to Middle
town on Monday morning. The statement
was made by the clerk in the office here.
We know nothing further about the matter
than that our Sassafras mail was sent to
the Middletown post-office on Friday
evening and did not reach our Sassafras
subscribers until Monday. Postal en-
ploys, like the rest Of mankind, are liable
to make mistakes, but too often their mis-
takes are the result OF gross carelessness.
Church Improvement.
A congregational meeting OF Forese
Presbyterian Church was held on We'd
nesday to consider the question OF i'm
proving and enlarging their church edl-
a nrTrr.