Middletown transcript., 1886-09-23
LOCAL AZ !. AFFAIRS. Al Z
Town Notes.


= Has anybody seen frost yeti 8
The Sussex Democrats primaries are
to be held next Saturday.
- Samuel Pennington offers fine lot of
peach trees in another column. -
- Go see Parker before you buy q
blanket. All kinds Of Horse Blankets.
- The sun rises tomorrow friday at
$40 and sets at 5.54: the moon rises 1.45
morning. al i. saaiia=
= Summer ended last evening at 10
o'clock. twill long be remembered for
its wetness. q ,'. ;stl 3,.. y ,t
.a Mr.. w. FL. Johnson and Mr.. Geo. w.
stephens have had the electric lights put
in their respective stores. ia.t
- The worten fair now going on has
been very successful and the Association
will come cut money ahead.
Mr.. G. y. Vandergrift, of McDonough,
Ii building large barn. Mr.. John Nor
Iison is the contractor and builder.
- Mr.. Samuel Pennington is having
large and coifmod BARN built on his
farm near town. Miller, Stevens q Co., are
the contractors. S.
. The Parlor and Cook Stoves OF Harry
Davis are handsome and more complete
than ever. Next door to j. @. Parkers
Harness Store. t5i-fl-tsa.t=i
- A patent has been issued to Mr.. Vic-
tor Lord, of Odessa, for impro we'd
mechanism for preparing rock, etc, for
fertilizers and cements.
- Mr.. A. N, Keigwin has evap GRATED
xbeut Il, 900 baskets Of peaches at his two
factories this season. He will return to
Iyiimiugton on Tuesday. .64x5a
~ The Rev. DR.. Tullidge will officiate
in ST, Aane's Church next Sunday morn
ing and evening. in the absence of the
Rev. J. Beers who is gone on visit to
New Yo TX and vicinity.
= New Castle Presbytery will hold its
nsxt9reguliU1 meeting la the Central
Church wilmington, Tuesday. October /
5tb, at 7.sO p. m. 1t will be opened with
asermon by the retiring Moderator Rev.
Geo. A. PAUL., OF Delaware City. s5l's5 8
- Big corn isinow coming to the front,
and Mr.. George 81. Houston is way up on
the front seat and as "smiling as a basket
of chips' with sample of yellow corn /
from his farm near here. The ears meas
ure Is inches, have 20 rows, and average
"a grains of corn to the row; making |
grand total OF 1850 grains to the ear. He
thinks his farmer friends will have hard |
work to beat his exhibit. He ought to
take it to the State Fair. ee:'
1.-THE prospect could not be BETTER"
said one of the managers Of the State Fair,
the other day. "In fact we have not met |
with any discouragement. Delaware has
been specially blessed this year in spite
Of the poor peach sorops in isouie sections
Our cereals have turned out well and Ne |
haze no disease ahapng IoufI aiye stock.
with good weather the success Of the |
Fair is assured. At this early date there
are enough applications on file to make
good show. The superintendents are In |
quiring for more space for exhibits, and
more stalls and pens are being built"
"A warrant was issued on Tuesday, |
on the oath Of Frank Jones, Of Middle
town, for the arrest of Charles Jones, his |
brother, OF Hamtown. HI Frank says his
brother on Sunday last, threatened TO
Gcut his heart out, 4 and that he did cut |
him in the back with q nursery budding |
Knife, beat him on the head and In the
face with his fist and very seriously In
jured him. DR.. Kennedy was called In |
and dressed the wound but Frank was
not able to get about until Tuesday and
80 was unable to get . warrant for his |
arrest until that day.
- The trained horses Of Prof. Bristol |
which were at Grand Opera House, Will
mington, last week were marvels Of in |
telligence and such troupe Of educated
animals cannot. be done justice in the
narrow limits of local paragraph, They
all went through their parts at the simple
word Of command, and seemed TO do their
work with pleasure and not from fear OF
their masters lash. Denver, the little
trained mule, who was the funny man.
of the company seemed the most intelli-
rent and did the most difficult feats, and
by his antics kept the large audience in
roars Of laughter "A Jaw gof the feats ac-
cornplished were ringing bells, sitting in
chairs, swinging, seesawjng and many
other things which one would scarcely
believe possible for q quadruped to do IL
he had not with his own eyes seen him
do it. The horses were Of various breeds
and selected for their good points as re-
CARDS intelligence rather than for the fine
.strains from which they were bred.
Those who did not see these horses miss
ed 4 treat that is not often offered the
amusement loving public.
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