Middletown transcript., 1891-08-13

"a acres, was sold by Sheriff Simmons
Tuesday. Jesse Hause was the pur-
chaser, for $4,000.
4 u s. M. Reynolds and Co. OF this
place, were, a few days ago, awarded
the contract for furnishing dry
goods to the State Insane Asylum at
Farnhurst, for the coming quarter.
zap Loper, colored, who has
been in New Castle jail for year past
where he was sent for beating a
4 policeman on Front street, Whining
ton, returned to his former home
here on Monday.
An invitation has been received
by the Volunteer Hose Company OF
this place, to attend the 14th Annual
Convention and Grand Firemen's
Tournament, to be held at Atlantic
City on September goth and 30th, and
| October 1st and ID.
A Yankee inventor has patented
a device to prevent whips from being
stolen from carriages during the alb
sence of their owners. To the butt OF
the whip is secured a small ring, which
protrudes through the whip socket.
A little paddock attached to the ring
completes the device.
- An auction sale Of harness will
take place at W. R. Reynolds store
on Saturday next, August 10Th, at
$50 o'clock in the morning, and at
7.30 in the evening. These goods were
received from first-class city manu-
facturers, and can now be seen at the
above named place. The list includ-
es single and double, and heavy and
light weight harness. Do not fail to
attend the sale, both morning and
evening.
- Messrs. Edward Graves, Thomas
Reed, of Philadelphia Fred Brady,
Of Middletown; Fred Haines, OF Elk
ton; U. s. Colmary, H. H. Brady, Jr.
and Bennett Steele, of Chesapeake
City, are away on two weeks pleas
ure cruise down the Chesapeake Bay,
stopping at various places, and max
ing COLCHESTER their final resort.
w. B. Croft has decided to put
his remedy for peach yellows on the
market and has taken q Wilmington
gentleman into partnership with him
for the purpose of manufacturing the
article. He is now looking around
for a suitable building and as soon as
this is secured will begin operations.
He expects to be able to have the
remedy for sale by September 1st.
The mixing process only will be car
ried on here as the different ingre-
dients will be manufactured else
where and shipped here to the order
of the firm.
-"I am fifty years old, and this is
the first time ever was arrested"
said a travelling umbrella mender
named Lindley to Officer Craddock
on Tuesday morning, as he was being
ushered in the direction of the lock-
up. The stranger arrived in town
Monday evening and by Z O'Clock
Tuesday morning he had managed IT,
get pretty full. When he tried to
walk it took the whole pavement
and when he tried to stand still it re-
quired something even stronger than
his breath to hold him up. Five
hours in the lookup sobered him up
considerable and when he got out he
was sadder but wiser man.
- The managers Of the Gentlemens'
Trotting Course, who propose holding
a meeting here on Saturday afternoon
next, feel greatly elated at the success
achieved in their venture, as there is
considerable interest being manifested
by owners of local trotters, judging
from the manner in which the entries
are coming in, and they anticipate
being able to give a very successful
meeting. Among those already on
the books is the stallion, Grover c.,
who made such grand showing at
Baltimore last fall. The exhibition
trot between Sadie NJ, Gypsey Girl
and Fascination is sure to prove an
interesting event, as they are all
/" shining lights y in the grand circuit
and are well matched in speed and
endurance Sadie NJ, having just re-
turned from Cleveland, where she
closed very successful season. The
other entries are not open to pub!ica-
tion as yet but we are assured there
are some good ones, and should the
weather prove favorable a large
crowd is expected The track is in
such condition it can be in readi-
ness in an hour after hard rain. A
grand stand has been erected for the
of at least $50 people.
A new gateway more convenient to
the town was opened just previous to
the last race and the managers are
sparing neither time nor expense to
make the grounds as attractive as
possible. The meeting on the 29th of
Of July was failure, from a financial
standpoint, owing to the heavy rains
and consequent postponemnt, and
the managers have concluded to
charge general admission Of 25 cents.
- During the burning of the whea t
stacks on Mrs. Wallis place Monday
evening, the house of Henry Waters,
a wellknown and respectable colored
man, was entered by some person
and the bureaus in the second story
bedrooms ransacked. The thief left
before the inmates of the house re-
turned, but some persons who hap
pened to be near saw him and recog-
nized him as Rensey Waters, a
grandson of Henry Waters. The boy
was arrested the next morning by
Officer Craddock and charged with
the burglary and also of knowing
something about how the fire origina-
ted, but strongly denied all knowl