Middletown transcript., 1883-01-12
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes

Services will be held as usual at st
Anne's Church on Sunday.
The monthly meeting Of the Mutua
Loan Association will be held on Tuesday
evening.
J. M. Cox & Bro have had taken ant
framed number Of large photographs o
their new carriage factory.
A goodly number Of Middletowners
will 60 down to the Inauguration of Gov.
ernor Stockley on Tuesday next.
An effort will be made to secure Bot
Burdette, the Hawkeye Man, for a lecture
in Middletown Hall during the winter.
- The individual deposits of the Citi-
zens' National Bank of Middletown, at
the date of its last report, were S21O, ,625.42.
DO not forget the public meeting of
the Irving Lyceum on next Monday night.
Only ten cents to get in and nothing to
get out.
1t is not likely that the person who
wrote Beautiful Snow ever had to go
out in the morning and shovel bank of
"beautiful snow" off the sidewalk.
The big snow storm caused all the
trains on the Delaware Railroad to be late
on Wednesday. The train from Delmar,
due here at eleven A. NJ, was two hours
behind her time.
This morning was the coldest of the
winter. At Tatman's corner at o'clock
the murcury was at six above zero. The
lowest previous record at the same place
was u. Yesterday morning at the muir
curry was at IA.
- If there is one time more than another
when a man regrets being old, and bald
headed and married. it is when the ground
is covered with white, crisp snow and the
merry jingle Of the sleigh bells comes to
him DER and DER.
A number of Mr.. H. A. Nowland's
friends went to Dover on Monday to urge
his claims to the office of State Treasurer.
They returned on Tuesday, seemingly
very hopeful that Mr.. Nowland would be
the successful candidate.
~ George w. Stephens will about the lst
of February, open a grocery store in the
Stephens building on Main Street, lately |
occupied by F. G. West. George is an en-
terprising young man, and will doubtless
build up good business.
A special meeting OF the directors Of
the P. A. and P. Association will be held |
at the associations room, in Middletown,
on the Goth instant, at 2.3O o'clock. The
annual stockholders meeting Of the same
association will be held one week later.
A list of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Middletown, Del, for the week
ending January 4th, 1888. G. R. Canafax,
Miss Anna Covy, Miss Sallie Garrett, c.
r. Pugh. Persons calling for the above
letters will please say they are advertised.
- Trustees of the Forest Presbyterian
Church were elected on Monday as fol-
lows: Messrs. Andrew Eliason, A. p.
Crockett, D. L. Dunning, John NJ. Roth
we'll, r. T. Cochran. The first four were
reelected. R. 7. Cochran fills the vacancy
caused by the death of R. A. Cochran.
= Feed the birds. When the ground is
they are dependent upon
charity. We would about as leave take
our chances in the sweet by and by with
the man who fed the birds and neglected
the heather, as with the man who spent
dollars for the heathen and neglected the
birds.
= The hired sky-searcher of the TRAN
SCRIPT has been carefully examining the
planets since Christmas in order to make
a forecast for 1888. He hasn't got his re-
port quite ready, but he now ventures the
prediction that the year is going to be
great one for floods, fires, riots, twins and
other calamities.
Mr.. William E. Evans, of near Middle
town and Miss Rosa Hand, Of Chester
County, Pa, were united in marriage at
the Howard House, in Elkton, Nd, on
Tuesday of this week, Rev. w. E. Avery,
officiating. Immediately after the cere-
mony the happy couple left for Washing
ton, where they will spend few days.
- A correspondent ofan exchange, writ
ing from Gumboro, Sussex County, says:
"Our schools are now in first-class order,
with two Middletown ladies as teachers.
They give good satisfaction" The Mid
dletown ladies referred to are Misses Ida
Howell and Mary Budd, both graduates !
of the Middletown schools, under Profes-
sor Wright.
- The congregation of the Forest Pres
byterian Church, and other friends of its |
pastor, Rev. Mr.. Alexander, will be l
pleased to hear that he has declined his {
recent call from the official board of the {
Green Ridge Avenue Church, Scranton,
Pa, and will remain in his present pas ,
toral field. Forest Church could i'll afford I
to lose SO popular and capable pastor. ]
- The snow fall of this week is the
heaviest of many years. The fall at Mid ]
dletown on Tuesday night was about
twelve inches on level, and an additional
fall of about two inches came on Wednes- {
day night. South of as the fall was heav-
Ter, reaching Is inches on the lower Penin-
sula. All trains were delayed. The ,
sleighing is excellent and promises to con-
tinue 50 for some time, and our town and
country folks are enjoying it.
A public meeting will be held by the
Irving Lyceum on Monday evening next
at 7.3O o'clock. The question, "Should
the office of State Superintendent of Pub
lie Schools be abolished" will be dis
cussed by six OF the Lyceum's most able
debators, and there will also be several
readings or recitations. The music conf
mittee is expected to have something
pleasing for the occasion. The officers Of
the society hope for big audience.
A New York song publisher has sent
the TRANSCRIPT pamphlet containing
one hundred of the popular melodies of
the day, including cover the Garden
Wall" "The Old Mans Drunk Again.
"Who will Scrub when Mothers Gone"
ETC., etc. The only person on the TRAN
SCRIPT who aspired to be warbler was
killed by the editor last spring, so the book
is of very little use in this Office. 1t ter
rible to think Of the woe and desolation
the Sweet Singer Of Wilmington might in
fiict upon his community should copy
of this pamphlet Of one hundred wild war
bles fall into his hands.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Citizens National Bank of
Middletown, on Tuesday, Messrs. Henry
CIavtop John A, REYNOLDS, B. T. Biggs,