Evening journal., 1891-08-11
ABOUT NEW INDUSTRIES.
Representatives of Manufacturing Firms
Preparing to Iocate-Mature Peaches
Coming.

Representatives of Manufacturing Firms
Preparing to Locate-Mature Peaches
Coming.
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
MIDDLETowN, Aug 1.-THE enter
prising firm OF Young Smithheld & Co !,
Of Philadelphia, sent two Philadelphia
men to Middletown last week TO look
around the place with view TO locating
q shirt factory here. The visitors were
shown around the town by G. e. Hukill,
Frank West. +. r. Cochran and William
Taylor, and said that they we're very
much pleased with the place. Two build
ings were found which would do very
well as a location for the factory and
either could be secured. The men dis
cussed the advantage of the town. aud
the visitors returned home very much
pleased with the place and promising to
meet the Board of Trade at a special
meeting next Friday evening. The
factory viii employ $50 hands aud
1t remains with the people alone whether
1t will come here or go somewhere else
Wells Herring h Co , are here prepar-
ing for their busy season. They expect
to put up from 20, 600 to 30, 600 cans Of
corn day, and will employ $50 hands
most of whom will come from Baltimore.
Some fine peaches were shipped last
week and realized good prices. The pre-
mature fruit is not 80 plentiful as 1t was
week or two ago, and the growers say
they think that the later varieties will
mature properly, and will turn out better
than was expected three weeks ago
i Eliza Empson, better known as Kitty
Empson we'll known and respectable
colored woman, died at her home in Ham.
| town, about Z o'clock Saturday morning,
aged 80 years She has lived there for
several years, and had been In ill-health
| for four months
Large crowds of both white and col.
ored people have attended the colored
camp meeting being held for the last two
weeks near Mt. Pleasant. Del The camp
will close TO morrow evening. The best
Of order has prevailed throughout. and
the meeting has been a success.
All trsmps are warned to keep out OF
the town under the penalty OF being ar.
rested and sent TO New Castle jail by
the Board Of Town Commissioners The
co mmissioners have had signs printed
and they have been posted around town
/ by Officer Crsddoek The tramps have
become such a nuisance that they will be
/ tolerated with no longer, and Will here
after be treated in the same manner that
they have been at Dover and Smyrna
| Superintendent Griffin will hold an
examination for second aud third grade
teachers certificates in Middletown on
Saturday next
| j. G.. Braydon has sold out his stock OF
drugs to Philadelphia firm and will re
tire from business. After the firm which
made the purchase has removed its
| goods the store will be closed
Levy Court Commissioner Jolls has
given notice that the long bridge over
st, Augustine's creek will be closed tc
travel on Tuesday Wednesday and
Thursday of next week, while some ex-
tensive repairs are being made
Mrs. Julian Cochran and daughter,
Lucie, are sojourning at Spring Lake
John A. Eliason will leave tomorrow
morning for Atlantic City, where he twill
stay one week.
Miss Elizabeth R Hall is visiting
flionds in Beverly, N. j
Miss Lettie H Price is the guest oil
Mas Mollie Purnell in Philadelpuia.
Mrs. Ella R. Cochran is visiting friends
and relatives at Chester, Pa.
/ Miss Daisy Naudsin is soiourning at
Cape Henlopen City for two weeks.
/ Miss May Cochran and Miss Bessie
Reynolds returned home yesterday from
Philadelphia where they have beer
spending their vacation.