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Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02
Irving Lyceum.

A goodly number Of Members and visl
tors attended the Lyceum meeting or
Tuesday evening. Theamendment to tht
constitution changing the time of meeting
from Monday to Tuesday evening was
reconsidered and lost. The Lyceum's
time Of meeting remains, therefore, as
heretofore. The program of exercises In
cluded readings, music, answers to ques-
ton and an excellent sketch of Joan Of
Arc, by Miss Bessie Anderson. The
Lyceums monthly public meeting Will be
on next Monday evening. There will be
readings, music and discussion OF the
question " Are Agricultural Fairs bene-
fetal to community?' Six or eight de-
baters will take part and the discussion IS
expected to be very interesting. 1t IS
hoped there will be many visitors present
as the Lyceum is always pleased to have
the encouragement of its outside friends
on these public occasions. On the evening
of November 18th, the Lyceum will take
up the study of the Elizabethan Period OF
English literature. All members are
invited to prepare something relative to
the literature of that period. A critical
essay or biographical sketch Of an author
or brief reading from an author OF that
period would be in order.
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02
w. a. IT. IT.

The third annual meeting of the Della
ware Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will be held at Laurel on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 18th, l4th
and 18th. The first meeting will be formal
reception of the delegates and friends of
the pastors Of the town, on Tuesday even
ing at the NJ. P. Church. The convention
will be opened for business on Wednesday
morning at nine o'clock. On Wednesday
evening mass meeting will be held, to
be addressed by Miss Narcissa f. White,
Of Pennsylvania. Efforts are also being
made to secure the attendance of Mrs.
Hannah Whitall Smith, national superin-
tendent of evangelistic work, who will
probably give bible reading on Thurs
day evening. Local Unions are each
entitled to send five delegates to the con-
vention, and pastors Of churches, officers
of Sunday schools and temperance or
CARNATIONS are invited to send one lady
delegate for each organization.
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02
State.

= An effort is being made to establish
national bank at Harrington.
= Robert H. Fooks has been elected
clerk Of tile Farmers Bank at George
town.
- Joseph P. Moore, OF Dover, has
bought of John Fraser farm Of Ill acres,
near Smyrna, for $4,000.
: There is one government place in
Delaware that no man seems to want, and
that is the postmastership at Gumboro.
The Oratorio of "Queen Esther" will
be rendered BY local talent at Smyrna on
the evenings of November 5th and 9th.
~ Two shares of stock of the Fruit
Growers National Bank of Smyrna were
sold this week at s19O share, $50 above
par value.
A Georgetown boy eat big inackerel,
raw and just out of the salt. He did it on
a wager. A gallon of water didn't make
him happy.
= Fifteen horses were sold at public
sale at Smyrna by the Poyneer Fan Com
pany on Saturday at prices ranging from
$3.50 to $3.50.
- The Georgetown Journal, an excel
lent paper, has completed its sixteenth year
and is enjoying fair share of prosperity
and happiness.
- If the half be true that is said about
the condition of the public school building
at Georgetown, the people Of that district
ought to be ashamed of themselves.
- Several Delaware towns are following
the excellent example of Middletown in
arranging a course of lectures and musical
entertainments for the winter season.
The Smyrna Times says there is a
movement among the property holders Of
that town to advance rents for the coming
year. Smyrna evidently needs more
houses.
- According to statement made by the
Milford Chronicle of last week, sixteen Of
the principal Gamers of Delaware have
peaches, berries, tomatoes and pumpkins.
A Lecture course promised by the
Smyrna Record includes John Wanama-
ker, A. X. Mcclure, the Rev. j. H. Cald-
well, W. A. Laverty, the Rev. J. s.
Willis, the Rev. William Robinson and
Josh Billings.
= About seven years ago a Sussex man
went away to settle in the West, neglecting
to at first settle at home. Last week he
returned to Delaware and was arrested for
an old debt that had been kept warm dur
ing his absence. He settled in Sussex and
was released. Moral: Settle at home
before you settle in the West.
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02
Died of Grief.

Jesse Williams, who was robbed OF
$1,000 in gold at the Broad street station,
Philadelphia, while on his way to Della
ware last March, to buy land, died few
days ago at South Bend, Indiana. It is
said that he has brooded constantly over
the loss Of his money and that
his death was caused by grief. twill
be remembered by the reader that Mr..
Williams had his $1,000 in gold in grip
sack and that while waiting at the Broad
street station for train he was induced
to leave his grip sack in charge of the
confederate of confidence man while
he went to the bar with the confidence man
to take glass of beer. While Jesse was
drinking his beer the thieves made off
with the gold and through the blundering
OF the Philadelphia police escaped to
New York, where they were captured
the day after the robbery. But only 1000
of Jesse's money was recovered. The
thieves are serving a sentence in the State
prison for the robbery.
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02
A Verdict OF Guilty.

The trial of those indicted for partici-
pating in the riot at Dover, on the occasion
of the visit of O'Brien's circus to that
town last spring, was concluded on Tues
day. The jury, after deliberating about
six hours, returned verdict of "guilty
in manner and form indicted as to Thomas
c. Denney and William Smith, and not
guilty as to the others" There was much
excitement over the result. Denney is
not in the State, he having travelled to
other parts soon after the riot. Those in
dicted were: Thomas c. Denney, Will
liam Smith, William Honey, Charles
Butler, Charles Ferris, Edward Ferris,
Daniel Tonllinson. Frank Pyle, Edward
Cammac. Denney having been con-
victed, it is not likely that he will return
to Delaware. ae is said to bein Colorado.
William Smith, the convicted man, is a
negro. He was on Wednesday sentenced
to six months Imprisonment, and to pay a
fine of 5000, and the costs of prosecution.
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02
Roll of Honor.

MIDDLETOwN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The following pupils have averaged 90
per cent. or above in attendance, deport-
ment and rank in studies for the month
ending October 31st.
Department No. 1.-Lottie Jones, Efie
A. Kelly, Bessie w. Anderson, Mary
Lingo, Nellie Rothwell, Sadie Pharo,
Martie Tatman, Katie Eliason, Sadie
Harbert, Lille Naudain, Philip r. Clea-
yer, William Carpenter, Stewart n.
Poole, Fred Beasten, Harry Clayton,
Charles Stengle, Willie r. Cochran.
Department No. 2. Helen Naudain,
Blanche Cochran, Fannie Derrickson,
May Biggs, Harry Hayes, Horatio Pharo,
Curtis Holten.
Department No. 3.-Robbie Comegys,
Ella Stephens, Edith Derrickson, Sallie
Wildes, Mary PIeasanton, BERTHE Johnson,
Merritt Willets, John Eliason, Hannah
Makens, Thomas Hall, Mary Ellison.
Department No. A. Edith Clayton,
lydia Echenhofer, Charlie Ann Stayton,
Minnie Vasey, Fannie Stephens, Vicie
Wilson, Lydia Hayes, Harry Johnson,
Eddie Simmons, Florence Wilson.
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02
County.


= Odessa has an excellent literary
society and reading circle.
- The congregation Of the Brandywint
Baptist Church has built a new parson
age.
- Frank c. Stidham has announced
himself as a candidate for the Republican
nomination of Sheriff.
= J. q. Stuckert, A. D. Taylor and
Albert Silver have been elected trustees
of st. Georges Presbyterian Church.
- Senator Bayard will delever an
address at the anniversary Of the Bayard
Legion Of Wilmington November 9th.
The house of Joseph Heisle, of st.
Georges, was robbed, October 26, of $50 in
cash, the earnings of his children in the
cannery.
Lord & Polk's steam tug "Anna'
broke her shaft while towing on the river,
Friday Of last week, and was taken to
Philadelphia for repairs.
1t is said that new morning penny
paper is soon to be started in Wilmington.
1t will be independent in politics and will
be run on the cooperative plan.
= Coroner Smith on Monday held an
inquest at Townsend on the remains of a
black man named Sykes, of Blackbird
Forest, whose death was caused by a
fall from wagon.
- The Newark NJ. E. Church is being
thoroughly overhauled. The pulpit plat
form is to be enlarged, new carpet will
be laid, new walnut pews put in and the
walls and ceiling frescoed.
William f. Smalley, of White Clay
Creek hundred, has sold his large mill
near Christiana to Platt & Elkinton OF
New Castle, for 5000. The mill will be
greatly improved and new machinery
added.
= Wilmington is infested with insolent
and disorderly loafers who congregate
upon the street corners and insult and
annoy decent people. They are particu-
larly offensive in front of the Opera House
during entertainments.
= Mrs. Amelia Polk Foote, the widow
of the late Rev. George Foote, Of this
county, died at Wilmington on Friday Of
last week of diphtheria, aged p years.
She was married to Mr.. Foote in 1855,
when he was pastor of the Pencader Pres
byterian Church.
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02
A Dangerous Custom.

The custom of leaving kerosene lamps
burning all night in stores and other un-
occupied rooms is dangerous one. At
PerryvilIe, Nd, recently a druggist who
left lamp burning when he closed his
store returned an hour later and found
the counter on fire and the room full of
smoke. The lamp had exploded, and the
stock and building would have been
burned had not the druggist returned at
the time he did. Put your kerosene
lamps out when you close your store or
Office. You had better be visited by burg
lars than have fire from the lamp you
leave burning to trighten burglars away.
The chances of the one misfortune are no
greater than of the other. The kerosene
lamp is a dangerous contrivance, anyway,
unless it is handled with great care and
only the best quality Of oil burned in it.
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02
Telephone Line.

The Elkton Correspondent of the Will
mington Morning Ne'OS says: "The
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Com
pany are proposing telephone connec-
ton from Baltimore with Havre de Grace,
PerryvilIe, Elkton, North East, Port
Deposit, Chesapeake City, Chestertown,
Bel Air and other points in this vicinity
with a telephone exchange at this point.
The project is ultimately to connect with
Wilmington and Philadelphia via the line
already established to Newark"
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02
Examined For Color Blindness

The inspectors have been examining
employees ofthe Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore railroad in Philadelphia re-
Gently concerning their eyesight, and as a
consequence twenty-six were laid off, in
Guiding two well-known engineers, one of
whom has spent almost his entire life in
the employ of the railroad company. The
chief stumbling block was the distinction
between green and blue. The inspectors
car went down the Delaware railroad
Tuesday to examine the employees of this
division. Morning NeqCs.
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02
Horse Thieves About.

The store and stable of c. w. Chandler,
at New London, Pa, were burglarized on
Wednesday night. Silks, revolvers and
other valuable goods were stolen from the
store, and 3-year old bay horse with
black name and tail, white hind feet, and
star in the forehead, with set of harness
and buggy with red running gear, were
also stolen. A reward of $50 is offered
for the thief and goods. George Thomp
son OF Claymont also had horse and Ger
mantown wagon stolen the same night
A reward ofS25 is offered for the team and
SIS for the thief.-Morninq News.
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02

Petit Jurors for the November Term
The following petit jurors were drawn
by Clerk of the Peace Cochran and Pro
thonotary Maxwell Tuesday morning:
FIRST WEEK.
Wilmington-Amos A. Eastburn,-
Frank Z. Gallagher, Alonzo Christy.
Appoquinimink-W William a. Scott,
William W. Lyman.
Black ekbird-Samuel C. Derrickson, Will
liam Cumnins.
Wesley J. Husbands,
Joseph D. Talley, George W. Weldin.
Christiana-William Thompson, John
Lowther, George D. Thompson.
Mill Creek-Thomas NJ. Robinson,
Jesse James, Edward Mcdonald.
New Castle-Henry NJ. Moore, Joseph
P. Blackburn, William A. Gordon.
Pencader-William H. Herbert, John
G. McIntire.
Red Lion-Janes w. Marcy, John
Beck, James II. Hudson.
st. Georges-Zenas P. Longland,
Eugene G. Mailey, Fredus P. Vanhickle.
w ulI6 SldJ CI66h-EodLlu6I w IlSuI' Olsy
William T. Wilson, George Steele.
SECOND WEEK.
Wilmington-George Reed, A. D. Van
dever, Charles Hagner.
Appoquinimink-J Henry Hanson,
James McCarter, George w. Atwell.
Black bird-Jacob X. Bile, Robert n.
Warren.
Brandywine-David Lindsey, William
A. Talley.
Christiana-Francis w. Law, George NJ.
D. Lyman, Isaac S. Talley.
Mill Creek-William Harkness, Al
pheus Pennock, Bernard Duross.
New Castle-Daniel R. Boyce, Richard
T. Appleby, Eli c. Foster.
Pencader-William R. Rees, Edward
Courley.
Red Lion-James B. Clark, George T.
Hill, Charles Corbit.
st. Georges-Thomas F. Dillworth,
James McMullen, Joseph Shippers.
White Clay BeclzIey Herdman,
Sames Crossan, Samuel M. Donnell.
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02
DROWNED IN BEER.
Concerning this Popular Beverage Tw
Men Express their Minds.

"The fact is sir, and you may stick pin
there that the people of this country are
likely to be drowned in a flood of lager beer, =
shouted an enthusiastic teetotaler the other
day into the ear of your cornered correspon-
dent. That German drink has struck us
hard 1t is the second deluge."
Yes, and the worst of this beer-dTn king
business is that it gets up kidney troubles,
as Il heavy wind raises the waves" added Il
city physician, who had a knowledge of the
times and tendency to metaphor. 1.-The
midnight schooner leaves behind it q wake
of furred tongues, headaches, torpid livers,
nausea, and all that, and lays the foundation
of Bright's disease
This melancholy fact accounts in part for
the increasing sales of BENSON'S CAPCINE L
POROUS PLASTER, which atonce mitigates
these SYMPTOMS. Price p cents. Ask your
physician about it.
Seabury & Johnson, Chemists, New York.
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02
MARRIED.

9th ~ at the District Parsonage. smyTna, by
Rev I. E. Martindale, Curtis B. Smith, of
Spruance City, and Miss Carrie Reed, of
Smyrna.
TOWNSEND-LYNCH the residence
of Mrs. Elizabeth Postles, in Milford, October
23rd, by Rev H. L. Bunstein, Theodore
Townsend one of the editors of the Milford
Chronicle, and Miss NJ. ]. Lynch, both of
Milford.
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02
II 5000 YARDS OF CARPETS! I


Our Carpet trade has increased that have been
PEELED to enlarge Carpet Department. We have
beautiful Carpet Room filled with the best MAKES and DE-
SIGNS the market produce Our stock consists of Tapes
tries Body Brussels with borders to match Ingans Persian
Damas Rags and Hemps all of which make and lay the
best when desired We have also line Of Floor Oil
Cloths Coco Matngs Rugs Mats Stair Pads Stair Rods Car
pet Fetng, Window Shadings, &c.
Remember you have fifteen thousand yards of Carpets
ect FROM therefore where you get just what you
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02

A LonDoN surgeon says, only one fash
ionable woman i'll 500 can draw full
breath with all her clothes on, and that
all women should give up tight lacing,
and take DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup to
strengthen their lungs.
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02

NJ /. HARDCAsTLE the enterprising mer-
chant in the Town Hall, has just received a
large stock of seasonable goods that you
ought to go and see.
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02

THE BEST LINE of Black and Colored Silks
on the Peninsula, at W. H. MOORE & Cos.
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02

WE guarantee both Lucas" and "Wads-
worth's' Pure Lead and Oil Ready-Mixed
Paints. No other Paints equal to these. Sold
by G. E. HUKILL,
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02
Business Gossip.

LADIES' DRESS CLOTHS and Coatings in great
variety. at W. H. MOORE & Cos.
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02
OTHTNC!.

the completion of the sales of Clothing have
increased and there why should not
double the increase this fall and winter We expecting it
and have put in stock that end We have missed sale
this fall That saying great DEAL but why should we,
stock large and adapted to all Children Boys Youth
and Menand with prices to suit all So you there
thing very wonderful in not missing a sale.
CassimeresOur stock of Foreign and Domestic Cass-
complete and have tailor that fit you This
man Mr. James McCogan formerly of Chester Pa He has
year. and his work esfe the fact that he
man who understands his business pIf you want suit
of clothes equal in style and Workmanship those you get
the cities you can get them here a much less COST
RgPLEASE GIVE US A CALL!
oamtf III MOORE e co.
Middletown,
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02
NOTIGEI

A LONG LIST OF FARMS have been placed
a with us to sell. We think we can now
suit everybody who wants Farm, with re-
gard to size, price and terms. Our Descrip-
tive Circular of Sixty Farms will be issuedin
few days. If you want to buy farm on
the Peninsula come and see us OF write is us.
SCOTT & CO., Middletown, Del.
ARNER HITCHCOCK. Manager. oct26-tf
Middletown transcript., 1883-11-02

W. r. MOORE e co.
Middletown, Delawar,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-02
DIR. Alayo's Lecturt.

Wherever DR.. Mayo has lectured in
the South he has been heard by large
and interested audiences. Memphis
will do no less. To night every citizen
who is interested in the growth and
prosperity of the new Memphis. will
take pleasure in showing, by his pres
ence, grateful appreciation of the
noble, generous spirit which has
brought DR., Mayo to Memphis. For
three years, and more, he has given
his time to the cause Of Southern ed
ucation, talking to the people for nine
months Of the year and talking for
them the remaining three months, in
the great cities of the North. The
value of this work to us is beyond es.
innate. Thousands of dollars have
been directed into channels of the
greatest usefulness in Southern cities
and towns, to say nothing of the great
awakening from old and dead methods
to those which are new, fresh and
life-giving. In his lecture, "The
South at School," delivered in many
Northern cities and towns, before au-
diences numbering eight and ten
thousand, DIR. Mayo said such words
as these of the South and her people:
If the public could really know the
whole truth aboutthe South at school,
as it can be seen by any wise and
friendly observer who goes there in a
spirit of love, the cause of education
would be lifted up through all its
borders, as one of its great Mississippi
steamers would be speeded on its
downward voyage on a full wave,
swollen by the melting SHOWS of Min
nesOta and the mountain slopes of the
far oil wilderness that holds the springs
OF the Father and Mother of waters.
And ii anybody asks me, Are the
teachers, the children and the school
public OF the South prepared for such
a visitation?' | answer, go and seeI"
AS for myself, | can say that | have
met nowhere in any country a wei
come more hearty, a confidence more
affecting, an 0penness of mind and
heart more hopeful, an appreciation
even of the most ordinary effort, made
in good spirit, more cheering, than
among the Southern people"
The man who sees US with a vision
so large and clear, and WHO, with
noble self.surrender, gives up home
and friends that he may be able to
help us-this man deserves the best
that we can give him. Let it be a
full, hearty and generous hearing on
the occasion of this, his first public
lecture in Memphis. Let there NOT
be the ieproach of a vacant seat in
the theater tonight. The lecture is
free, and DR.. Mayo is gifted with a
rare power of speech.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-02
A ROSPEROUS ROAD.
lake shore Stockholders ia Con.
VenttOn-DireCtOrs Elected
Presidents Report,

CLEVELAND, May 2.-The tenth
annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Lake Shore railway was held to.
day. The Directors elected were
VIM. II. Vanderbilt, Cornelius Van,
derbilt, VIM, X. Vanderbilt, Angus.
tus Schell, Samuel f. Barger, John
b. Burrell, Darious o. Mills, and
Edna D. Worcester, of New York:
John Howell, of Cleveland; VIM. L.
Schell and Charles NJ. Reed, of Erie;
Rossellas Brown, of Warren, and j.
a: Wade, Of Cleveland,
President yanderbilt's report shows
that the total earnings are eighteen
million two hundred and twenty. five
thousand dollars, an increase OF a
quarter of a million. The net earnings
are seven million one hundred and
sixty thousand dollars, an increase Of
seven per cent. A dividend wasEpaid
of eight per cent. The operating ex.
penses were sixty and half per cent,
a decrease Of two per cent. The
first mortgage debt has been re-
duced quarter of a million, leaving il
twenty two millions; the second mort.
gage debt increased from fourteen
millions six hundred and sixty.fye
thousand t9 tBekty QUE million one
hundred and ninety-two thousand BY
exchange OF six millions FIVE hundred
and twenty seven thousand second
mortgage bonds for one hundred and
forty thousand five hundred sharrs
preferred and one hundred and tvs. ;.
four thousand eight hundred skAres
common stock of the Nickel Plate
A controlling interest in this involves
an increase Of four hundred and ffty-
six thousand dollarg in annual fxed
charges. Total funded debt, forty,
three million one hundred and ninety.
two thousand dollars; increase, six
million two hundred and seventy
seven thousand dollars. The direc.
tors will meet after the vote has been
declared and re.elect all the officers
OF last ye9g, y"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-02

QUITE in keeping with the general
spirit OF enterprise and progress which
ohsractizes Memphis this year a land
and timber company has Just been
organized with a capital stock of
$l,OOO,OOO. The incorporators, direc-
tors and officers are all we'll known,
energetic citizens, and they have not
only the means to go into this UNDER
taking with confidence but the repu.
tation of succeeding wherever they
direct their capital and energies.
Mr.. H. M. Neely is president; j. W.
Cochran, vice president; 7. H. Mil.
burn, treasurer and f, w. Royster,
secretary. The other incorporstors
are Fl. A. Montgomery, Jas. Lee, jr.,
N. M. Jones, j, D. Milbura, Louis
Hanauer and S. H. Brooks. This is
strong combination Of wide awake,
energetic men who see here an op-
portunity to engage in large and
profitable business. The Company
will do general land business in all Of
the States, and seek to establish Mem
phis as the great land and timber bus
mess center Of the Mississippi Valley.
There is a fine opening for such an
undertaking and it will doubtless take
rank among our leading enterprises.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-02

Mr.. Jay Gould was detained at st.
Louis yesterday to testify in what is
known as the Poplar street track suit,
Action was brought to compel the
Missouri Pacific railroad to satisfy a
judgment obtained against it for the
rental of the Bonneville branch. Mr..
Gould b7u't a man of large affairs, did
not recoiirc, as much Of the details Of
transactions by which the branch was
obtained as opposing counsel seemed
to expect, Be this as it may, the OPP
position brought out the statement
from Mr.. Gould that he expects to
makea direct line from st. Louis to
Memphis, in order to give the Seney
system of roads an entrance into st.
Louis, which they are very anxious to
effect. This, it may be remarked,
does not necessarily imply the build
ing of new road. The Knobel
branch from Forrest City supplies the
missing link without going much out
of the way. This may yet constitute
part Of "a trunk line connecting St.
Louis with the Southeast, via Mem
phis. 1t has been the studied policy
of st. Louis to flank and go around
Memphis for many years, but this will
have to be changed. The broader
policy of Jay Gould, looking to the
general business of the country rather
than to the narrow interests of any
particular locality,Will compel a recog-
milton of Memphis as an important
railroad center Of the future, and the
chief manufacturing snd distributing
point of the central Mississippi valley.