Middletown transcript., 1891-04-23

& Sudler, the well-known wholesal
commission merchants of Philade
phia, appears in another column.
= There is general impression il
the coal trade that the lowest price
of the present season have been seen
and that with the continued curtail
ment of output the markets for Goa
will be in good shape to advanc,
prices before long.
= The funeral of Fl. D. Howell tool
place last Friday afternoon. Tht
services were conducted in the Pres
byterian church by Rev. F. H. Moore
and the interment was made in Forest
cemetery. The pail bearers were j
B. Deakyne, D. L. Dunning, Henry
Ellison, Edward Reynolds, DR.. I. II
Gilpin and Samuel Pennington.
= The Elkton Baseball Club or
ganized for the coming season, in the
office of Justice Scott, on Monday
last, with Clinton Mccullough, presi-
dent; Geo. r. Ash, vice-president
DR.. Howard Bratton, manager, secre
tary and treasurer The club has
| fourteen members.
= At meeting of the Town Coun-
Gil Monday evening Ward Jefferson,
colored man residing in Hamtown,
was awarded the contract for remov-
ing garbage, slops, etc., outside the
town limits, he being the lowest bid
der. All the town people will find it
necessary to do will be to place the
slops or garbage in a barrel and by
notifying the contractor they will be
promptly removed.
: Since the decision of the Inter
State Commerce Commission the rail
road officials require all fruit or
vegetable packages to be weighed
and marked, as no packages will here
after be carried, the weight of which
is estimated. This is practical null
LITIGATION of the decision, especially in
the case of asparagus and other per
ishable vegetables. Formerly aspar-
agus was carried in old berry crates
and estimated at the same weight as
berries, although it is much heavier.
Many growers think this will SO in
crease the expense ef Haa q rlz zetings as Is to
render the growing of asparagus un-
profitable.
= Mrs. Anna W. Clayton, widow of
the late Joshua Clayton who died at
the home of her son Joshua, Bohemia
Manor, on Tuesday evening of last
week, was the daughter of the late
DR.. Jas. L. Clayton, and sister of
Mrs. Smithers and Mrs. Ha1nbly, both
of whom recently died at the home
of Judge Lewis, in Elkton. She was
the oldest member of the Clayton
family, being in her seth year at the
time of her death. For twenty-five
years preceding her death she suffer
ed from rheumatism, and in that
time had not left her home. She
leaves two sons, Charles and Joshua.
The funeral took place Friday.
: The prospect of large crops of
peaches and wheat is very encourag
ing, not only to the farmer but to
thsse engaged in other kinds of bust
ness. On this Peninsula we all de
pend upon the farm to make bust
ness lively. During the last four or
five years crops of all kinds have
been very short and the farmer, the
merchant and the mechanic have all
been compelled to keep close to shore
in their business ventures. Many
have failed to make expenses and
there has been great
anxiety and trouble. With bright
er outlook for the future many cares
will be removed or lightened and it is
with thankful hearts that our people |
view the luxuriant fields of wheat |
and the peach orchards which prom
Use to yield so abundantly. On Mon
day wheat reached the highest figure
in ten years, viz: $1.25 per bushel.
The news from Europe indicates al
most an entire destruction of the
growing wheat by inclement wealth
er and when we consider that this
will increase the demand for our
wheat our farmers seem to be in a
position which they have not occu-
pied for many years. Corn is higher
than it has been for ten years, but it
IS probable that the price will fall |
rapidly when the new crop comes on.
Nearly all the grain which was raised |
On the Peninsula last year has been
sold and shipped and farmers are
now hoping for good fruit crops
which will sell for good prices. This
hope will probably be realized as
here is at this time no Indication of |
serious damage by the frosts ten days |
ago. Taking everything into con-
sideration the outlook is hopeful.
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