Middletown transcript., 1883-12-14
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

IOWn NOISSs
The new Catholic Church will soon be
under roof.
- Smyrna folks have bought upwards
Of thirty seats for the oratorio, Tuesday
evening.
w. K. Lockwood, of Middletown, has
sold upwards of S4OO worth Of fat hogs to a
Wilmington firm.
A great number of seats for the Helen
Potter entertainment, December 9th,
have been already sold.
- The ladies of St. Francis Xavier
Church cleared about $3.50 by their recent
fair and festival at Warwick.
The Middletown Lecture Committee
will meet at the Post office on next We'd
nesday evening at eight o'clock.
= The Rev. H. BALDWIN Dean, of Havre
de Grace, will preach at st. Anne's Church
on Sunday next, morning and evening.
- The tradespeople Of Middletown are
certainly prepared to suit all tastes in the
matter of Christmas presents this season.
= s. M. Enos and w. F. Shallcross,
purchased large lot Of poultry in Vir-
ginia this week for shipment to Philadel-
phia.
Walter E. Hart, of Townsend, has
bought great deal Of poultry this season
and is advertising for more to fill orders
for Christmas.
= Travel over the Delaware railroad is
very brisk. The annual pilgrimage Of
Peninsular shoppers to and from Phila-
delphia is about at its height.
Reserved seats tickets for the oratorio
of Queen Esther may be bought at West
Il Carroll's drug store. Many have been
sold for both evenings of the entertain
ment.
= The proceedings of the recent con-
vention of the Delaware State Temperance
Alliance, at Middletown, have just been
issued in pamphlet form from the TRAN
SCRIPT job Office.
- Winter hasen't got here yet He may
be fooling along, taking his time on the
way, but he will get here sure. 1t is not
necessary to advertise for him as " lost,
strayed or stolen.''
- The Irving Lyceum's next meeting
will be December Both, when the semi
annual election of officers will be held.
Next Monday evening the Lyceum will
give way to the oratorio.
The Christmas and New Year cards
showed this season are very pretty and
MANY of them are far more costly than
ANYTHING in the same line that was offered
for sale in Middletown last year.
A number of young men who are
fond of the dance have arranged to give
grand ball in Middletown Hall on the
evening of December 28th. About four
hundred invitations have been sent out.
The directors of the Citizens National
Bank will meet for discount on Monday
December oath and Monday December
3lst. The banks will, of course, be all
closed on Christmas and New Years day.
"My SON." said worthy farther at the
beginning Of the New Year, Z" make a
resolution now that you'll hereafter pay
as you CO." But father" replied the
offspring, "if I make that resolution, and
stick to it, I can't CO."
A. P. Shockley, Of Elkton, who for
nu0D6T Ol years kJdlob has pun NiioA''SN WV
Christmas turkerys which Hamilton Diss-
ton, Of Philadelphia, presents to his en-
ploves, has commenced his annual search
for turkeys for the same purpose this year.
He wants 1900 of them.
- Damon Lodge, Knights Pythias, Of
Middletown, will hold Pythian Fair and
Festival in the Town Hall on February
10Th. 18th, 14th and 18th. 1t is to be big
affair. A town lot on West Green street, a
sleigh, carriage, buffalo robe and long
list Of other prizes are to be disposed
of by chance.
The monthly meeting of the Middle
town Mutual Loan Association will be
held next Tuesday evening. The money
in the treasury will be offered for sale.
Now is a good time for the prospering
renter to build himself home. He can
borrow the money Of the Mutual Loan
Association and pay it back in a way that
he will hardly miss it.
The most favored route proposed for
the connecting link Of railroad between
Odessa and Nfiddletown is that which runs
along the north bank of Appoquinimink
creek from Odessa to the Delaware rail
road, thence by the side Of the Delaware
railroad to Middletown. NJ. B. Burri'
surveyed this route on Friday and Satur
dav last. 1t is about the only practicable
route proposed.