Middletown transcript., 1886-03-05
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town. Notes.

Morality Snoulu pe lne Polar sIar ol
science.
Three things to fight for: Honor,
country and home.
Three things to think about: Life,
death and eternity.
Three things to govern: Temper,
tongue and conduct.
= Not "gentle spring." but "Dip-
therial Spring"
The sun rises tomorrow Saturday
at 6.2 and sets at 5.57.
The Steamer Clio will probably re-
sumo her trips about the last of this
month.
Mr.. George +. Wilson, of near Mid
dletown, was relieved of his stock of
smoked meat one night recently.
- The Rev. w. G. Alexander will
preach at Armstrong Chapel next Sunday
afternoon at half past two o'clock.
= The, craft that can weather these
March gales without injury to some
point of their good health is well built
indeed.
: Hopkins, the baker is an artist in his
calling as is shown by the beautiful effects
in pastry made by him for recent we'd
ding in town.
= Rev. J. M. Lindale of the Whining
ton Conference, will occupy the pulpit of
st. Pauls, M. e. Church, Odessa, Del, on
Sunday (7th) preaching at 1880 a. NJ and
7, P. NJ. y
-"Truth is stranger than felton,"
therefore, the more fictitious statement
appears the greater the presumption of
its truth. If this is not logic, where are
we to look for it?
- Messrs. L. p. Mcdowell & Son have
just received carload of Western mules
and horses. The lot is a very fine one
and we advise all those who wish to
invest in such stock to give them call.
= The sermon next Sunday morning
in st. Anne's Church by the Rev. j.
Beers will be on " Lent, its shams and its
reality" and in the evening on Christ's
prediction of what was to occur at Jerasa-
lem. F5
= There are, too many night prowlers
around Middletown, and there is trouble
ahead for somebody if they do not take
themselves of. Hardly day passes but
that we hear of some petty theft or at
tempt at thievery.
= Town election is over and the country
is safe for another year. The new board
has already drawn its coat and entered
upon the discharge of its duties. The
new members have had plenty of advice |
already. We forbear any further COM
ment.
List of unclaimed letters in the
post-office at Middletowu, DEL, for the
week ending Feb. 27 :--Wm. Brown, Miss
Kate BraInble, Jno. T. s. Evans, VIM.
r. Fleming, Mathew Jones, Miss! Louie
Ryan, Frederick w. Smith, Mrs. Emma
Turner, Mrs. Ruth e. e. White.
About thirty young people enjoyed
a masquerade party at the house of Mr..
c. F. GriffInburg in Odessa, Wednesday
evening. The hours were spent pleasantly
with games, ETC., and refreshments in the |
share of ice cream and cake were dis
posed of. The party dispersed about two
o'clock.
- The Ladies of st. Anne's Church |
have been busy lately in furnishing and |
getting into order the front rooms of the |
rectory for the occupation of the Rector
and his wife, and they are now comfort
ably settled in them. The remaining
part of the Reetory is occupied by Mr..
Tsaac Davis and family
-" Old Tax Payer" can have his COM
lnunication whenever he calls for it. He
Is not much of man to sneak behind an
title and find fault with an
other who does his duty fairly we'll, at
least, and earns every cent he gets any
way. When will people learn to sign
heir name in writing to newspaper
- The Sacrament of the Lords Supper
will be administered in Forest Presby-
erian church next Sunday morning by
he pastor Rev. W. c. Alexander. Pre-
paratary lecture on Saturday afternoon at
hree o'clock when the Rev. William I.
pastor-elect of the newly organ
zed Presbyterian church in Wilmington
will preach.
A meeting Of the new Board ot.Town
was held Tuesday even
ng. DIR. Parvis was elected President
md t. H. Massey, was elected secretary.
"A clergyman who married four cou-
Dles in one hour the other evening re-
marked to friend that it was "pretty
asst work." "Not very" responded his
'riond only four knots an hour"
"A warrantee deed is of no account
lgainst these March gales. About half of
Cochran square is inside our Office win
lows and two-thirds of South Broad street
s deposited in Queen Anne's hollow.
Some people may doubt this story, but if
he wind blows as hard another week as
has this we feel quito sure that we will
'e called upon to record greater wonders
han these in regard to the weather.
- The terrapin supper and art exhibit
ion by the ladies of st. Joseph's Catholic
,hurch, on Monday evening, March Sth,
'romises to be great in every particular.
imported statues, and pictures by the old
fAftSbOlS hObCu eS dhAOhe5 oiS AAAs~ /
sctral treats, and the terrapin, and
ysters, and chicken salad and other good
hings to cat need not be recommended
8 the knowledge of the excellent quality
+ these viands when prepared by the
aides of the Catholic Church Is WIDE
Ipread.
Prof. A. J. Deyoe, the Jersey meteo-
ologist has big storm down for the
after part of this week. He says:
March will enter remarkable warm and
,ggy, and remain so until the Sd. On
hat day a severe storm will form back of
he Rocky Mountains, simultaneously
With another one in the Gulf OF Mexico.
'hese two storms will concentrate their
nergies over the State Of Virginia about
he 5th, causing floods in the Southern J