Middletown transcript., 1883-11-16
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

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ners to stay off their lands.
= The Rev. H. Baldwin Dean, Of Havre
de Grace, Nd, will preach at st. Anne's
P. f. Church on Sunday next.
There is occasionally a slip between
funny man and his audience, it seems,
and the audience is not apt to take it as
joke.
Herr Dobler has engaged the Town
Hall for slight-of-hand performances Sat
urday, Monday and Tuesday evenings.
He advertises to give prizes to his au-
dience.
This day has winterish cast of coun-
tenance. It came in cold and is appar-
emily going out colder. The mercury
was down to eighteen at seven this
morning.
The monthly meeting of the Middle
town Mutual Loan Association will be
held on Tuesday evening. The receipts
of the month will be offered at sale in the
usual way.
~ The people OF Middletown and its
vicinity are having excellent health, as
they have had all through the late sum
mer and the present fall. The doctors are
feeling badly for want OF exercise.
- Tickets for Mr.. Riley's lecture, on
December third, will be on sale at the
Middletown post-office after the goth
instant. You can secure seat in advance
of the lecture without paying extra.
A part Of the real estate Of the late
Daniel Stevens, in Odessa, offered at pub
lie sale by the administrators on Saturday
last, was withdrawn for lack Of bidders.
It will again be offered during the
winter.
Henry H. Appleton, Of Odessa, has
written for the Smyrna Times of this
week a valuable paper on " Yellows in
Peach Trees" We will reproduce the
article in the next issue Of the TRAN
SCRIPT.
= The Rev. s. H. Griffith preached at
st. Anne's Church last Sunday, morning
and evening. Professor Hewitt, of Phil
adelphia, performed on the new organ,
with which the congregation are much
pleased.
- The Agricultural Insurance Company
Of Watertown, New York, paid to s. G.
Downs, few days ago, s465, being amount
of loss on his stable and contents burned
last September. The adjustment was sat
isfactory.
- Sixty to seventy sweet school
maams will be among US for three days
of next week. Now, young men, here is
chance to make yourselves useful. Show
the girls around and have them enjoy
their soiourn in Middletown.
= The frame of the new Catholic Church
was raised on Thursday. The ceremonies
Of laying the corner stone will take place
on Sunday next at ten o'clock. The Rev.
Father Murphy, Of Washington, D. G.,
will preach in the Town Hall.
The Rev. Father Murphy, President
of Gongaga College, Washington, D. e.,
will lecture in the Catholic Church room
in the Town Hall, Monday evening
next, on "The Open Bible" The lecture
is free and the public are invited.
The first real touch of winter was
felt this week, and the cold wave seems
to hang on as if it liked US pretty well.
Vennor says the weather is going to be
changeable for month or two, and that
is tolerably safe guess for Vennor.
According to the game laws of Della
ware any unlicensed person selling or
exposing for sale in the State any quail,
partridge, woodcock, pheasant or rabbit
will be fined five dollars for each bird
sold or exposed for sale. The licenses are
issued by the Clerk of the Peace at cost
of SIS.
At the NJ. E. Church last Sunday
morning the Rev. Mr.. stengle preached
an able sermon in commemoration of the
four hundredth anniversary of the birth
Of Martin Luther. Presiding Elder Mar
tindale preached in the evening. The
congregation was large morning and
evening.
William Green, Esq, has given to
st. Anne's Church an eligible corner lot
on Cochran and Church streets, for par
sonage site. The Vestry will begin work
on the parsonage in few weeks. 1t is to
be neat frame cottage, similar in style tc
some Of the cottages recently built in the
Southern part of the town.
The credit of the pretty and tasteful
floral display on the stage Of the hal
Thursday evening is due entirely to the
ladies of the Lyceum and their friends
who loaned them flowers. This is ar
unfavorable time of year to attempt t.
make floral display but the ladies sue
ceeded admirably in their efforts to make
the stage attractive.
- The cunning season in Delaware
opened yesterday. The annual pilgrimage
of city sportsmen with fancy guns ant
silver-mounted pocket TASKS will nov
begin. Asa rule, these city sportsmen ar
not very destructive to game, though the.
occasionally shoot COW that happens tt
be fooling around in the neighborhoot
when they fire at a covey Of birds.
Packers say that canned tomatoes ar
now selling below cost of production
The Hartford county Gamers are charge
with causing the decline. They ha
heavy packs and many of them were CON
pelled to put their goods on the marke
because they could not get advances fror
Baltimore commission merchants. 1t
very likely that there will be an earl
advance.
- The December public meeting c
Irving Lyceum will be held on the secon
Monday in the month. On account OF M
Riley's lecture in the Town Hall th
meeting on December third will
omitted. The following question hs
been proposed for discussion at the NEE
ing: (which causes man the create
worry, woman or business2" The wome
will all want to hear that discussed, an.
way.
- Mrs. Mary L. Cox returned to-df
from the meeting Of the Women's Chri
tian Temperance Union of Delaware,
Laurel. The meeting was very interestir
and profitable. The old officers were T
elected and plans made for active tempe
ance work among the women Of q
State. Miss Narcissa E. White made