Middletown transcript., 1883-01-26
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

- Jacob Cochran shot an OWL on Satur
day that measured over four feet from til
to tip.
There will be preaching by the paste
at Armstrong; Chapel on Sunday after
noon at 2.3O o'clock.
- The stock of clothing of Philip Less
who has been in business in Middletowr
for several years, is advertised to be SOLD
by the Sheriff on February 9th.
AT Tatman's cerner during this weel
the thermometer at A. M. has registered
as follows: Monday. I8; Tuesday, 8
Wednesday, s; Thursday, 80; Friday, 20
= George G. Rowe, the paper hanger
will go on his business tours hereafter in
lettered wagon that looks like the We
hicle of an advance agent for patent medi-
cine firm.
- Colonel Joseph Hanson has returned
from his pleasure trip and is looking as
healthy and good natured as usual. He
visited Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York
and Albany.
The Town Commissioners have APP
pointed the following board of health for
Alluul6gOhus LII ShdAAABOi
G. E. Hukill, T. w. Buckle, N. Williams,
W.P. Biggs. The board has not yet or
ganized.
= Robert Hardcastle, of the firm of
Hall, Shenk e. Co., Philadelphia, has gone
to Florida to remain until April first. His
health has been poor for some time and
he goes to the land of orange groves to
recuperate.
A list of letters remaining in the post
office at Middletown, Del, for the week
ending January 18th, 1888: Jerome Bid
die, Edward Daniels, Andrew Hurn.
Persons calling for the above letters will
please say they are advertised.
- The peach trees are in blossom, down
in Florida, and the Jacksonville Times
has announced the reception of sprig
containing twenty-six blooms from a
Baker county tree. Baker county is be-
low the frost line and peaches are mar
keted there in May.
- An Odessa correspondent in this issue
of the TRANSCRIPT supplements our re-
port of the st. Paul semi-centennial cele-
bration with an interesting communica-
ton containing many important items
about the jubilee that we were unable to
get in time for our last issue.
- The extra meetings at the M. E.
Church, which are growing in interest,
will be continued during next week.
Prayer meeting at two o'clock every after
noon. The classes will meet at GAS in the
evening and prayer meeting will follow
at 7.3O. Rev. A. T. Scott is expected to
preach on Sunday evening.
- Mr.. Joseph Biggs started for the West
on Wednesday, where he will spend the
remainder Of the winter, mainly in Col
orado and New Mexico. The main pur-
pose of his trip is to visit his son, who has
resided in Colorado for several years, but
at present is connected with government
survey corps in New Mexico.
Mr.. Charles Tatman, Jr., left Middle
town on Monday for an extended tour in
the South. He will visit brother resid-
ing at Vile Platte, Louisiana, whom he
has not seen for forty-two years, and will
spend short season in each of the princi-
pal Southern cities. He expects to return
to Middletown about the first Of March.
Middletown will not ask for much
attention from the Legislature this winter.
We learn that the Town Commissioners
will present a petition praying that power
be granted them to borrow money to pro-
vide the town with means Of protection
against fire. This is good move and the
petition will no doubt be generally signed
by our property holders.
we are informed by good authority
that our report last week OF the caucus
ballot for State Treasurer was not correct,
and we are furnished by the same good
authoritya tallX-sheet Of the vote which
gives the following result: First ballot
Houston, IA; Nowland, 10; Cavender, ..
Second balIot-Houston, Is; Rowland, lO
Cayender, 2; blank, 2. Our first report
gave the Sussex man 16 on the second
ballot.
Mr.. M. N. Willis has gathered his
ice crop and is happy. He has about 500
tons in his house and expects to supply
Middletown and Odessa during the sum-
mer. In the melting months the regular
visits of an ice wagon to ones door are
welcome visits indeed, and we have no
doubt but Mr.. Willis enterprise in this
direction will be rewarded by the general
patronage of the towns he has arranged
to supply. Previous to the beginning OF
the simmer season he will publish card
of rates.
Lord & Polk, the Odessa phosphate
manufacturers, have begun shipping
uTruxillo Guano" south, where they
have made large and rapidly increasing
demand for their fertilizers. On Tuesday
and Yesterday cars loaded with "Trux-
iIIo,, and consigned to persons at Norfolk,
Va. left the Middletown depot. the
frno have now on the track here one hum
dred tons Of rough bone from Chicago
From the present outlook their business
this year will be far more extensive thah
last year.
Those who were endeavoring to Sc
o,re Mr.. J. Burdette for lecture N
Middletown Hall during February have
learned of the Redpath Lyceum Bureau
that his dates are full until April nrst'
Possibly he may be engaged for an early
date in April. "Bob's'' fame is bringing
him more offers of engagements than he
oon accant and more filthy lucre than ne
can spend. Those who have never heard
him discourse on the "Rise and Fall OF
the Mustache" should hear him the nrst
opportunity, if they don't want to miss a
good thing.
Several of our exchanges have per-
hans done an injustice to our esteehieu
friend Hoffecker, of the Smyrna It"es'
in the manner in which they have com
mented upon our little article OF last week
entitled. "Bald Credentials" OF course
the whole thing was joke at Brother
Hofecker's expense, as every body VINO
roads the TRANSCRIPT well knows, put
some of the things that appear in this
naner. intended for mere bits Of pleasantly
sound like they had been written in dead
earnest. after they have been oolleo
down" or added to by some OF our e1