Middletown transcript., 1888-09-13
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

- Mr.. JOnn ClayJon OF near GOWn IL
the owner Of colt one year old that
weighs $50 pounds and is 16 hands high.
w. T. Conellee d Co., of the Cen.
tral Grocery, are the only authorized
agents for the Middletown Creamery
butter.
- The telephone cable under the ca
nal has at last been fixed and direct COM
munication can now be had with Will
mington and elsewhere.
= There was very heavy rain in this
section on Saturday afternoon. The
streets were flooded for a time, and in
some places we're almost impossible.
- Last Saturday was not as peaceful as
election days generally are in Middle
town. There were one or two fights dur
ing theday and ore man was cut up pret-
ty bad.
A block and fall is being rugged at
the Eagle creamery for the purpose Of
hoisting ice into the refrigerator. A new
cement floor will also be put down in q
short time.
- The handsomest crate OF peaches
shipped from this point this season, went
to President Cleveland on Monday eve n
ing last, with the compliments of George
W.Lockwood.
- Reports from all parts OF the State
tell us that the late peaches have been
greatly damaged by the heavy rains of
the past week or two. The tomato crop
has also suffered.
The price paid for peaches by Messrs.
Willis & Scott during the past week has
been all the way from 10 to 35 cents per
basket. They have had more than they
could handle sometimes.
= The Oliver W. Wren Comedy Com
pany, are to appear at the Opera House
this evening under the auspices of the
Volunteer Hose Company. This troupe
is well spoken of by all who have seen
them.
- There have been several arrests DUR
ing the past week. A tramp who had
imbibed little too freely, without wait
ing fer invitation EEiittattieH walked walked d
house in town and reclined for while
on the sofa. The residents were badly
frightened but Craddock was called and
the tramp sobered up in cell.
Smyrna and Dover played at Smyrna
yesterday. Hodson and Magee were the
battery for the Doverites and Carter and
McGrawley for the Smyrnaites. The score
stood to at the end of the ninth inning
in favor of Smyrna. MIR. o. B. Voshell
umpired. There was large crowd upon
the grounds and the game was thought
to be the best played at Smyrna this sea-
son,
= We urge our farmers to exhibit the
products of the farm at the approaching
September Oath to 29th. Every arrange
ment has been made to accommodate the
displays, and we hope that strangers wis.,
iting the fair will be permitted to see. a
full line of the agricultural products for
which our Peninsula is famous.
~ The managers of the Delaware State
Fair are sparing neither expense or labor
in their determination to make the COM
ing exhibition surpass, in every detail,
anything ever attempted, of the kind, on
this Peninsula. Preparations are being
made for the accommodation Of thirty
Thousand visitors, and unless stormy
weather should prevail, we have no
doubt this number will be increased.
= Some person or persons entered the
cellar under the grocery store of John r.
Dawson, on last Saturday night or early
Sunday morning, and stole about $50
worth of meat. There was lot of hams
in the cellar but it is supposed that these
escaped the notice of the thieves as they
only took some shoulders, side meat and
fish. Mr.. Dawson has an idea who the
miscreants were but is not positive.
- Mr.. L. Clarence Scott and Miss May
Jones, both of this place, we're married |
on Monday morning in Wilmington,
by the Rev. Alfred Scott of that city, a |
cousin of the groom. Immediately after |
the ceremony they left for Philadelphia
They arrived home Tuesday evening |
and took up their residence in the house |
formerly occupied by Mrs. Peacock, on
Main street. THE TRANSCRIPT wishes |
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott much happiness dur
ing their married life.
workmen engaged in removing the
debris of the Methodist Episcopal Church |
at Cecilton, which was demolished by the |
recent cyclone, found a tin box containing |
two bibles and copy OF the Baltimore
Sun. The relics were sent to the Office |
of the paper by Rev. E. G. Atkins, pastor
e ~, he Ss that L
the date of the paper could not be deter.
mined exactly, but as it was published
at the southeast corner of Baltimore and
Gay streets, it must have been printed
between the years 1889 and 1850, in as
much as in 1881, the Office was removed
to its present location" The church was
built in 1850 and the paper was probably
ofthat date.
On Saturday evening about 10
O'Clock double team which was driven
by Geo. Tayman and man by the name
of Ferguson of Cecilton, and which had
been left in the National Hotel yard,
broke loose and becoming frightened,
started down the railroad in the direction
Of Townsend. They ran nearly to the
culyert at st. Anne's before they were
noticed by any one. Alfred Warren and
son who live near the culvert heard them
coming down the track and went to see
what was the matter. A freight tram
was coming around the sharp curve there
and Warren signaled for it to stop. The
engineer applied the air brakes and the
I'll
train came to stop but not before strik-
ing the horses, knocking them from the
track and upsetting the wagon they were
to. The horses kept on and one OF
them started over the culbert and got
caught in the ties. About this time
another freight came around the curve
ON the same track in which the horse
was laying. This was also signaled and
stopped, but afterward passed by on the
other track. After several hours Of hard
work the horse was gotten out. The
leader in one of the hind legs was broken
and it was also cut very bad. Had not
Mr.. Warren and his son rendered the