Middletown transcript., 1883-04-20
LOCAL AFFAIRS.


E. R. Cochran is having the dwelling
house he recently purchased Of Rev. Mr..
Lewis newly painted.
The real estate of the late M. E.
Walker is advertised to be sold at Middle
town on Tuesday, May 22d.
- The Internal Revenue tax collector
will soon be around in the land Of the free
and the home of the taxed.
The estore-house ofGeorge w. Stephens
is being much improved without by
coat of paint of tasteful shade.
An artist in whitewash, descendant
OF one Of the old masters, frescoed Joseph
W. Gary's meat shop this week.
= The Town Commissioners have or
dered crossing laid on Railroad avenue,
nearly opposite the passenger station.
: The tagging for the new crossings at
Broad and Green streets is on the ground
. and will probably be laid next week.
: The ladies of Irving Lyceum have
handsomely decorated the stage at the
Town Hall for Mr.. Burdette's lecture this
evening.
- The United States tax on dealers in
manufactured tobacco will be $40 for the
year beginning May 1st. Heretofore it has
been $500.
WV The Town Commissioners will earn
the blessings of the people of Middletown
if they wl1lapnt stiff license tax on street
takirs and alers.
: Nineteen members of the disbanded
Washington Lodge of United Workmen,
Of Middletown, have been admitted to
Wilmington Lodge.
- An exchange gives us full and inter
esting instructions how to cook planked
shad. Will some other exchange now
kindly tell us how wemay get the shad ?
- Many tickets for the Burdette lecture
this evening have been sold. 1t is be-
lieved that the audience will be one of the
largest that has been in our Hall this
season.
: George Knox, the first passenger con-
ductor on the Delaware railroad, was in
Middletown this week. He is now a resi-
dent of Washington and runs line of ex-
press wagons.
- There was not a quorum Of stock
holders at the regular meeting of the
Mutual Loan Association on Tuesday
evening and the funds in the treasury
were not offered.
~ Ripton, young horse that has fire.
quently trotted on the Peninsular courses,
died last week in Caroline county. He
was owned by Hon. Thomas F. Carey and
valued at $500.
: The dwelling house of Benjamin
Benson, on Green street, was sold on Sat
urday at public sale to NJ. N. Willis for
$3.50. The general opinion is that the
purchaser got good bargain by his pur-
chase.
= The Rev. Lafayette Marks, D. D., of
Wilmington, will preach in Forest Pres
byterian Church next Sabbath morning
and evening, exchanging with the pastor,
who will preach in Hanover street church,
Wilmington.
= The executive committee and those
who have been solicited to take partin the
coming literary and musical entertainment
of Irving Lyceum, are requested to meet
at the Lyceum room at seven O'Clock on
Saturday evening.
-W We learn that subscriptions to stock
of the proposed new Middletown National
Bank have reached $4,000. A notice in
reference to stock is printed in our adver-
tising columns. A meeting for organiza-
ton is to be held on May first.
- The eighth chapter Of George Wash
ington is again crowded out of our col
umns by local news matter. But there is
no hurry. 1t is one Of the peculiar merits
of our biography of George that it will
keep long time in any climate.
- The man who announced the "grand
concert at the close of the circus perform
ance on Tuesday, was one Of the most en-
tertaining clothespins with the ''consolida-
ton for this season only" Tt was worth
twenty-five cents to hear him lie.
Don't forget that Mr.. R. J. Burdette
delivers his inimitably entertaining lee
ture. "The Rise and Fall of the Mus
tache," at Middletown Hall tonight. If
YOU have not already secured seats, go
early. The doors will be opened at 7.15
and the lecture will begin at 8.
The peach trees will soon be in bios
SOM in this neighborhood. There are a
plenty of healthy appearing buds and that
is one very favorable indication of plen-
tifnI crop. If the frosts of the near future
will deal kindly with the germs big
crop will doubtless make glad the hearts
of the grower, the consumer, the carrier
and the commission man.
A list Of letters remaining in the post
office at Middletown, Del, for the week
ending April 10Th, 1888 Nichols Wagner
Jobn Wilson, Miss Sarah Smith, Horace
Stevenson, William Slaughter (2). Harry
G. Jones, artist, (3), Jonathan Hazzard(2),
RH. Cbitman, Coosa & Townsend. Per
sons calling for the above letters VIII
please say they are advertised.
- The circus on Tuesday was accom-
panied by the usual lot of swindlers and
sharpers who get living by robbing the
ignorant or unwary. From all we can
learn they didn't reap rich harvest at
Middletown though they tried various in
,,enious schemes to defraud. An hour
around circus will convince almost any
thinking person that all the bad men are
not in the penitentiary.
or. Griffenberg shipped three organs
10 purchasers this week and is building uE
a very encouraging trade in organs and
music. This is not an advertisement
We accept no favors for notices in this
column. Griffenberg offered to learn US
60 play "The Sweet Bye and Bye" on ar
accordion the other day, and we looked
upon him with such coldness that we gave
him the rheumatism in his shoulder.
The management of the Delaware
railroad is considering the advisabll1ty o
putting on an additional fast passenge1
tvain between Delmar and Philadelphia
The train would connect with all the Pen
insular branches, reach Middletown abou
10 O'Clock in the morning andsmake NJ
stons between Middletown and Whining
9on5 Returning, it would leave Phlladel
nbia about O'Clock in the afternoon l
would stop onlyBt important points an
make fast time. The train would no donD
IIa1I I,a, in the summer season and would CIV
RPeninsuiar people increased facilities
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