Middletown transcript., 1888-10-18
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

Miss Clara l.. Cochran is visiting
Mrs. Knight, near Cecilton, Md.
Mr.. e. b. Rice has very fine dis
play Of fruits in front of his store.
- Miss May Unruh, of Wilmington.
spent few days in town this week.
Miss Clara G. Eliason, Of Whining
ton spent few days in town this week.
Henry Moore, oolored was arrested
on Monday for rleafing on the street cor
ners.
VIM. @. Graves, Of Rising Sun, Md,
has accepted position with 8. M. Rey-
nolds q Co.
Mrs. D. W. Eliason, of Wilmington,
is spending few days in town this week
with relatives.
- The Citizens Cornet Band are going
to serenade Mr.. and Mrs. William
Bradford in Middle Neck this evening.
The Bonbright Comedy Company
in Nerve" are to appear in the Middle
town Opera House on the evening OF
November 9th.
Rev. w. G. Alexander and Mr.. d: l.:
Dunning left town Tuesday morning to
attend the meeting of the Synod Of Balti-
more which convened in New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washing
D. G., on Tuesday evening.
A Republican meeting, under the
auspices Of the Young Mems Republican
club Of Middletown, will be held in the
Opera House Friday eve, the 10th inst.
q. 81. Treat, of Georgetown and e. g.
Bradford Esq, Of Wilmington will ad-
dress the meeting.
= Messrs. Spur and Perkins want the
farmers to buy more cows and so send
them more milk. We think after all
the trouble taken by these gentlemen to
start an A No. l Creamery, an effort
should be made to accommodate them in
the manner desired.
On Tuesday night last some horses
belonging to Mr.. Eli Dickinson OF near
Armstrong; Corner, strayed on the rail-
road track and one of them, fine black
mare, was run over by freight train and
killed. Two others received very severe
injuries, but will not die.
A short trip to Delaware City on
Monday, revealed the fact that E. A.
Stout, gives you first class dinner. A
man feels very much like doing some-
thing for the host, who feeds him well,
in these days of poor hotels, and If Mr..
Stout and the town are benefited hereby,
we certainly are none the poorer.
Crazy Jane, a trotting mare, the
property fl. w. Jolls, formerly owned
by Rem Clayton, one of the former pro-
prietors of the National Hotel, died on
Monday night, presumably of old age.
Jane used to be hard to beat, having
trotted we believe down in the 3O's. From
her age, A,we judge she was also hard to
kill.
- The Fish Commissioners of Della |
ware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, met
in Philadelphia Monday, to settle the
date for closing the sturgeon fishing season
In Delaware Bay and River, and also to |
consult the best advantages Of Delaware
River and its fishing interests. The date |
concerning the close of the fishing season |
was not settled and the Commissioners
will meet again soon.
- List OF unclaimed letters at the Post |
office Middletown, for the week ending |
October 11th &C. J. JohnsonS W. MIN
ner, James McCarter, Thomas G. Sharp,
Hennie Thomas, Mrs. John Thomas,
Mary Willis, Alex White, (2,) Jacob K.
Trowery, Annie Daston, Cora Daily, s.
F. Apgar, Mrs. F. G. Grier. Persons
calling for the above letters will please
say they are advertised.
: The Middletown police force were in
active service on Saturday evening last.
Isaac Jones, George Jones and Alex
Thompson, all colored, were arrested for
drunkenness and disorderly cond uct and
placed in cell to repent. They remain
ed over Sunday and Monday morning
were taken out and given hearing before
Squire Fasey. AfteF pfsayyiHg AEaes asad /
costs, something over S12, they were re-
leased.
quite q stir was caused in Dover on
Saturday last by law suit between a
man from Middletown and Robbins, the
owner Of the circus. Some of the circus
employees had taken advantage of the
Middletown man in three card monte
game to the amount of S35. The suit was
brought against Robbins to secure this
sum. The plaintiffs plea was that Rob.
bins was accountable for the actions of his
agents. Rather than carry the case
further compromise was effected upon
the payment of $25 by the circus proprie-
Times.
- Granville q. Gillespie, Familiarity
known as Buck, !" died at Dover, Del,
Monday, from injuries received while
driving Delaware Bashaw on the track of
Elkton Fair Grounds. The body was
brought to Middletown yesterday morn
ing on the nine o'clock express and taken
to his fathers home in Warwick for
burial. Deceased was 40 years Of age, and
had acquired quite reputation as sue
cessful handler of horses. Buck drove to
victory some Of our old fayorites on the
Middletown Fair Grounds, notably Andy
johnson, and later Tom Bayard. He
was well known in this section.
Mr.. Geo. w. Wilson, Of Broad and
Thursday, Oct. 1lth, of apoplexy. He
was buried on Monday afternoon at
Forest Cemetery. The funeral was very
large. Services were held in the M. e.
Church and the sermon was preached by
Rev, r. II. Adams. Remarks eulogistic |
of the character of the deceased were
made by Rev. Joseph Beers, Rector of
st. Anne's P. E. Church, and Rev. W.
@. Alexander of Forest Presbyterian
Church. Good Samaritan Lodge No. 8,
I.O.O.F., of which Mr.. Wilson was the
Oldest member, attended his funeral in
BODY and the burial ceremony ofthe order
was observed and was very impress
,iye. In the death OF Mr.. Wilson the
valuable and respected
citizen.
Pursuant to a call of committee
meeting of Democrats of st. Georges Hum
dred. was held on Tuesday evening at
the Hotel of Chas. W. Lloyd in Odessa,
e., tho yurnose of naming a Hundred |