Middletown transcript., 1884-03-07
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

- DR.. ParVls' phosphate factory IS run |
ming with full force Of workmen.
"A good many Middletown Methodist |
folks are spending this week at Whining
ton.
- How does the new board Of town
commissioners stand on the fire apparatus
question:
= The Rev. L. w. LayfieId will preach
in the Middletown NJ. E. Church next
Sunday, morning and evening.
Does anybody know how many OF
Vennor's thirty-eight SHOWS we have
already had? Seems to us we have had
about thirty Of them.
- Some fine Clinton grapes, hermeti-
cally sealed by Miss Kitty Truitt last
summer, were sent to US a few days ago.
They seemed to have just come from the
vines.
John D. Eliason, well-known
farmer residing near Summit Bridge, was
stricken with paralysis on Tuesday, and
is reported to be in very critical con-
dition.
- The dwelling-house of S. B. Kelley,
on Cass street, is advertised to be sold at
Sheriff's sale on Friday, March 14th, at
ten o'clock. The sale will take place at
the National Hotel.
= Editing paper in bed may do for
change but we don't fancy that sort Of
luxury. A plain wood-bottomed chair
and the old familiar waste basket, and
the writing table to rest our feet upon are
good enough for us.
The Middletown Mutual Loan Asso-
citation has earned about IL per cent. on
its stock during the past year. The
annual meeting of the association Will be
held on the third Tuesday in March. The
Second Series of stock has expired.
we are glad that Colonel Hanson is
re-elected a member of the board of COM
missioners. With Colonel Hanson in the
board, Middletown is safe; while Middle
town is safe. Delaware is safe; and while
Delaware is safe the country is safe.
C, E. Hukill received and placed in
his Office yesterday new tre-proof, 10
take the place of the one the burglars
recently cracked. The burglars that
come to crack the new safe will probably
get tonic administered from shot gun.
The town election was quiet affair.
There were no great issues to settle.
There is the water and fire apparatus
nuestion, to be sure, but that has been
sleeping very soundly for some time and
will not be stirring again until there Is
another big fire.
The Irving Lyceum has arranged
nroqram of exercises for next Monday
evening that promises to be very enter
tanning. There should be large atten
dance OF members. There will probably
not be but two more public meetings o
the Lyceum during this season.
Several movings passed through
Middletown during the early days OF thi
week. To pack up ones household good
and move while the mercury is down t
about Is or 20, and the wind bowling lik
a menagerie, must be very discouraging
even to folks who are fond of moving.
Joseph C. Parker, who has long bee
engaged in harness-making at st. Georges
has leased the store room of Mrs. M L
CLAYTON, on South Broad street, Mlddl
town. and in this new and wider hel
hopes to build up good business. He
enterprising and is said to be goo
workman.
The "Humpty Dumpty Combin
ton" that recently performed at Mlddi
town has. as we see by our exchange
changed its name several times since
was here. It seems to us that "Coml
nation' such as it can't change its nan
too often. Once day wouldn't hurt 1t
reputation.
: Suspicious looking persons have be-
saen wandering about the streets in t
night time. Another lot OF burglars Ii
inc plans to burgle, may be. Our FOL
should be prepared for them' Notnil
will convince a burglar OF the error
his wav so quickly as the twitter OF we
directed seven shooter.
The Rev. George r. Brlstor' !
merly pastor of st. Luke's M. Il. Chur'
Newark, New Jersey, has recelVeu Il
+be official board of that church copy
tba formal charges against him. It's
that Mr.. Bristor is sick at ms holiie
baltimore and that if well enough ne
combat the charges against him before
Nawark Conference, which meets
latter part of this month.
Thomas Walmsley, son OF X.
Walmsley, died at his home IN @ Mlal
town on Monday, of pulmonary consul
tion in the twenty-second year OF ms
pnfore being stricken by disease ne
an energetic and hard-worklng yo'
on nnring his long illness he bore
snFarinp with great fortitude' Ihe
II nIace on wednesday,
burial was at Cecilton, Nd.
Now Is the accepted time TO P
anrino advertisements in your i
.,,snaner. If you have anything to
+hot i the place to tell the folks aoou
V.'"D ~, a board fence or poster
soad wall may be glanced at by the
but an advertisement IN tne iocai pap
raod bv about everybody IN the
,onnitv. This is the age OF newspaI
Tho band-bill age is slipping away
Middletown man who has
,oaino for the past three months wi
Shooter under his pillow wa
90 oould be a day or two ago "
he went out Win the piSVoi "
tonic and found that not one cartrids
: yould explode. He thinks he w
,'ove been in a pretty fix if burglar
na,,od on him. He will load his P
1,,itb fresh charges every week herea
1t is said that many mocking
IA not 90 South to spend the past vi
bnt fingered amid the old familiar SC
IA made themselves comfortable in
1,adges of the Peninsula. 1t strike
t5ot 4 bird that is not especially fon
cold weather, and can fly, and don't
70 nav any hotel bills down South,
than puts through the winter hereaI
I'D takes all the risks, is not as wise
should be.