Middletown transcript., 1886-03-19
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

for both blondes and brunettes.
&C. N. Dodd has contracted to bull
a large barn for J. ]. Williams at
Augustine.
Two Extremes.-Eggs are selling
ten cents a dozen in Jackson, Ga, an
coal at SIS ton in San Diego, Cal.
No better advice could be given
youth than John B. Coughs last words
"Young man, make your record clean.'
- DR.. Carroll has been appointed
member OF the board OF health in place Q
DR.. Chamberlain, resigned.
Very pale shades of pink are agail
fashionable, and some very choice mil
linery and dress fabrics are shown il
them.
All the section hands of the ra ilroa
were busy Sunday repairing the tracks
and raising the road bed, which will b.
raised from 81 to 9 inches.
Rev. Mr.. Stengle occupied the pul
pit Of his new charge in Wilmington Oh
Sunday. He will not remove his family
from Middletown before next week
A Kansas man "points with pride
to the fact that his wife has worn one bon
net for Is years. The feeling with which
the wife points to the husband has moi
been described.
Rev. Mr.. Alexander preached ser.
mon about that unruly member the ton
que, on Sunday evening, in which he sci
In- nF vhNIa krr1 kI,ew
clearly and with much force.
- The Methodist preachers have passed
through the ordeal of their first sermon,
and the criticism of their work has been
passed upon by the congregations. Prea-
chers and people will now settle down to
earnest and effecti We work.
--"Marsh rabbits are plentiful in Mid
dletown market. They sell for five cents
apiece. Our experience is that they are
not such bad eating when you don't know
what they are, but when the waiter sings
out tmush rat" we don't care for any on
our dish.
= Mr.. Brady, Of Delaware City, will
erect barn on the Dickinson farm. He
will also build large barn on the Kanely
farm. Mr.. Brady contemplates putting
up an elevator at the Frog Town crossing.
Miller, Stevens & Co. are to do the work.
The MiddIetown Hall Company held
their annual election for directors at the
Town Hall on Tuesday, March 18th. The
following gentleman were elected direc-
tors: James M. Cox, Samuel Pennington,
j. B. Deakyne, D. L. Dunning, James
Culbertson, VIM. II. Moore, w. w. Will
son.
- This is a Caroline county school boys
composition on girls: Girls are the only
folks that have their own way every time!
Girls is of several thousand kinds, and
sometimes one girl can be like several
thousand girls If she wants anything.
This is all know about girls, and father
says the less know about them the bet
ter of ] am.''
= Bishop Mallalieu while speaking at
Conference of the lamentable ignorance
which prevails in some parts of the south
west, said that upon one occasion candi-
date for admission into the ministry on
trial In one of the frontier States in an
swer to the question" What is English
grammar" replied, g 1t is that unknown
power Of Almighty God which has never
been discovered by man, but is sometimes
seen bubbling up on the surface of the
water"
On Monday morning Mrs. Knight
was driving colt on Geen street when a
piece of tin became attached to the wheel,
the rafting ofwhich frightened the ami
NAL and he started to run away. The lady
retained sufficient control OF him to turn
him into the fence and he was stopped
when the carriage became wedged in be-
tween the fence and the tree. The horse
then used his heels very freely, the lady
being wedged in between the carriage
and the fence, but with no serious results,
Assistance being at hand the horse was
quieted and the lady extracted from her
perilous position. Neither Mrs. Knight
nor lady companion received any serious
injury. The carriage was very much
broken.
The Mutual Loan Association, of
held its thirteenth annual
meeting on Tuesday evening, February
10th, 1886. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: President,
81. A. Nowland; Vice President, 6. E.
Hukill; Secretary and Treasurer, A. q.
Cox; Directors to serve for three years,
Jas. NJ. Cox, DR.. T. Fl. Gilpin, D. J..
Dunning. All money sold at par. State
ment for the year end ing February 10th,
1886.