Middletown transcript., 1891-04-30

- There VIII De preaching al arm
strong's Chapel on Sunday Afternoon
at O'Clock, by Rev. F. Fl. Moore.
= Arthur Johns, Jr., has recently
purchased New Mail safety bicycle
and proposes to smash all past re-
cords-his own, of course.
80 Herbert J. Smith, formerly OF
this town, who has been attending
lectures in pharmacy in Philadelphia
for the past two years, has graduated
and at the commencement exercises
on Wednesday night received his
diploma.
= List of unclaimed letters remain
ing at the post-office, which can be
had by saying they are advertised
Miss Mary Daniels, Mrs. NJ. Colds
bough, William H. Hover, Frank
johnson, Miss Walter Rastlet, Miss
Annie Shriver.
Tong Ben, the laundryman, has
made some alterations and additions
to his place of business and he now
has much more room than formerly
His business is increasing, and judg-
| ing from the smile which Ben wears
he must be getting wealthy.
: The Hose Company turned out
Monday evening for practice and to
try the new gum coats which they
recently purchased. The hose was tax
en- up on the roof of s. NJ. Reynolds
& Co.'S store, and water was thrown
for considerable distance. In taking
the hose down it feel on small feed
er to the electric light wire, which
connected with one of the main wires,
and caused all the lights in town to
go out. After the break was discov-
cred and repaired, which took over
an hour, the lights came on again.
= At meeting held on Tuesday
evening the Glover Leaf Lawn Tennis
Club was organized, and the follow
ing officers were elected Miss
Blanche Cochran, President; w. g.
Lockwood, Vice-President Miss Hes
ter Jones, Secretary and Treasurer.
The colors of the Club will be blue
and white and it is probably that
suits will be purchased. The lot at
the corner of Green and South Broad
streets, has been secured and will
make an excellent place. The Club
has seventeen charter members.
Five of our prominent business
men will go to Philadelphia to-
morrow to confer with a well-known
firm of that city in regard to estab-
fishing shirt factory in Middletown.
Efforts of a similar nature were made
some time ago, but in vain, and it is
sincerely hoped that it may be sue
cessful this time. Middletown needs
a boom and good industry would
do much toward creating one. Let
everyone do what they can toward
bringing the factory here and we do
not think they will ever regret it.
= Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Price
celebrated the fifteenth anniversary
of their wedding at their residence q
few miles from town, last Friday
evening. Quite number of guests
from Middletown and vicinity were
present and the evening was passed
very pleasantly in social amusements. |
At a late hour refreshments consist |
ing of ice cream, cake, fruits, etc. |
were served and those present did
ample justice to the good things pro
vided. The guests left FOR
about 12 o'clock, after wisl il
and Mrs. Price many more anuiveE-
saries of the same order.
Harvey Rose, son of Mr.. Frank
Rose of this place, is employed in
Wilmington by the city electric light |
company and goes up to his work |
each morning and returns home on
the midnight train. On Tuesday |
evening after coming home, as he |
started in the back door of his house |
he was roughly grabbed by a man
who was standing back in the dark |
and leaning against the lattice work
of the porch. The young man fortu-
nately had his revolver with him, and
quickly pulling it shot at the stranger
at close range. The latter, doubtless
being unprepared for this sort of
treatment, ran off, and as there was
z.I-r o,,o l,,,1Jo+ ~ +bo rax,olx,ar IN, tho |
first place, Harvey couldn't have the |
satisfaction of giving him a parting !
salute. The next morning blood
marks on the porch showed that the
bullet had taken effect. Harvey was |
close upon the man but the darkness
made it impossible to ascertain if he
was black or white. His object was
doubtless burglary.