Middletown transcript., 1883-12-28
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.


Middletown station.
The banks will be closed on New
Years day. The directors Of the Citizens s
Bank will meet on Monday.
= Biggs, Clayton & Co., the Middletown
Gamers, have sold all their fruit pack Of
last season at satisfactory prices.
- Salem, New Jersey, folks are to have
lecture by r. J. Burdette on January
23d. This will be Mr.. Burdette's fourth
lecture in Salem.
Cox e. Bro. have sold six sleighs this
week. The sleighers have had fine fun and
will be likely to have great deal more
before the end Of winter.
The holiday recess of the Middletown
public schools will end on Tuesday. The
scholars have doubtless much enjoyed
their Christmas vacation.
= The Middletown Lyceum Committee
will meet at the post-office tomorrow
evening at eight o'clock. The president
desires every member to attend.
An effort is being made to organize a
stock association to buy a fine piano for
the Town Hall. About half the proposed
amount of stock has been subscribed.
~ Little Mary Given has very beauti-
full Christmas tree, which, she says, Kris
Kringle brought her. 1t has been much
admired by her friends, young and aged
The Rev. Baldwin Dean, Of Havre-
de-Grace, Md, has declined the call to the
rectorship Of st. Anne's P. f. Church, and
has, it is said, accepted call from church
in a Western State.
= It is said that one member OF the
Lyceum Committee was so much delighted
with Helen Potter's readings that he for
pot to close his store, and the front door
stood open all last night.
The little folks are soon to produce
the oratorio of "Queen Esther all by
themselves. The performance will no
doubt be much enjoyed by those who are
permitted to attend.
TIA. Bordley will start news stand
next week in G. W. Stephens grocery store.
He has announced that he will keep
stock of books and periodicals and furnish
all the daily and weekly papers at pub
fishers rates.
The mumps having closed their en-
gagement at Middletown, the measles
now have the boards. There are num-
ber of cases in the town and its vicinity,
but as vet the disease has not reduced the
attendance at the public schools.
: Victor NJ. Fountain, who for some
time has been employed with NJ. L.
Hardcastle, of Middletown, will start for
De Land, Florida, tomorrow, where he
has accepted a position as salesman with
Mr.. Dreka, formerly of Sassafras, Md.
- Through the thoughtfulness and gen
erosity and big heartedness of Colonel
Joseph Hanson, the TRANTCRIPT printers
filled their forms Christmas eve with
fine big gilt-edged cake from George Hop
kins' bakery. "The good that men &c
lives after them"
The tax collectors come very near
to being ubiquitous just now IN TINS
county. You may be sure that the
man who complains next fall that ht
couldn't find a Delaware tax collector
when he wanted one, wasn't wanting on'
very often or very long at time.
This section of Delaware, long noteC
for its healthfulness, was especially fre'
from disease among its people during TN
past YEAR One physician who has yer.
large practice in lower New Castle count.
tells us that he has written two THOUSAND
fewer prescriptions in 1888 than he wrot
during the year previous.
~ Miss Helen Potter is engaged to rea
at the Smyrna Town Hall on New Year
night. The Smyrna folks are, OF course
aware that Miss Potter gives an entertain
ment that delights an audience to th
bounds of enthusiasm. IF the weather b
fair, good many Middletown folks WI
90 to Smyrna to hear Miss Potter again.
we begin this week on this page
weather record that may prove of intere
TO many of the TRANSCRIPTS reaaer
Our weather editor has strongly objecte
TO getting up in the morning at seve
o'clock and going out on the back pore
to look at the thermometer, but we nav
at last persuaded him to do it by threate
ino to reduce his salary if he didn't
The Old Year is standing at the 90
with his hat in his hand and his thun
mon the latch. Pretty soon he will ste
silently out and will be gone foreve
This Is a very solemn thing to thlf
about, especially to the man VINO IS 100
inp for the butcher and baker, and all 7
other fellows, to come in with Dill ca
as long as a scientific lecture on the =
mensity of Space.
An old subscriber in renewing
subscription to the TRANSCRIPT lor 10
writas az follows: "Find enclosed I
dollars for which send me the IRA
SCRIPT next year. can't get along WI
ont it,, That's the sort OF man we
ioice to hear from about this tlhe ol ye
we are pleased to have man say ne ca
oct along without the TRANSCRIPT a
T5e are more pleased when he does
forget that we can't get along very
without the two dollars.
-Attbe regular communication OF uh
Todaa a. F. and A. NJ, Of Middleton
next Tuesday evening, there VIII De W.
on the Third Degree and SO much 9
that Mason's wives had better leave
kevot the front door under the mat anu
sit up to let the Masons in Ihe Mas
will be apt to be out late. Brother Mas
of neighboring lodges have been INV
tn come and see the fiery, untameo goa
Union Lodge prance on this OCCASION
after the work there will be refreshm'
in the banquet hall.
The regular weekly meeting OF lr'
T,vceum will be held on Monday even
readings, recitations and music will N
no the program. Officers will De ele
to serve during the term beginning
tbe first Monday in January A. =
has been no meeting Of the society
three weeks, there ought to be good
tendance of members. The JAM
nublic meeting will be held the
Monday in the month. An lnteres
debate will probably be the leading lea
of the program for that meeting. :
The ball this evening at the !
Hall Is likely to be very pleasant
and a goodly number Of young ioiks
-as-wWEN