Middletown transcript., 1891-02-19

farm of Nehemiah Burris q short dis
tance from town and will engage IL
agricultural pursuits.
All notes falling due at either o.
the banks on Sunday or Monday mex
must be paid on Saturday, as the
banks will be closed on Monday, ii
being legal holiday.
- The Hose Company will proba
bly, have parade some time to-mor-
row afternoon, in order to remind
our people once more of the enter
tainment in the evening for Their
benefit.
| - List Of unclaimed letters remain
ing in the post-offlce, which can be
had by saying they are advertised
Mary R. Culp, Clarence Evans, Theo
dore Lambert, Mrs. John Randins
Alice Scott, Sadie Warwick.
| Mr.. E. A. Perkins left town this
morning for Central New York where
he expects to purchase car load OF
fresh cows. They win be shipped to
Middletown and sold at private sale,
and in fact many of them have been
bargained for already.
| -Asmall tree whose branches twine
around fagman Murray's cozy little
house at the depot here has attracted
some attention the past few days by
coming out in full bloom. The bios
SONS are yellow, but the name of the
tree is not known.
Five members of Major John
Jones' Post of Middletown and the
same number from Colonel Andrews
Post of Odessa, are attending
the annual encampment Of the De-
partment of Delaware g.. A. r. at
New Castle to-day.
- There will be a sale of young
western horses at the hotel stables OF
Armstrong & Sparks, Middletown, at
10 o'clock Saturday, February 2Sth.
Some Of these are young mares with
foal The sale will be conducted by
Jester & Mcdaniel, the well-known
horse-dealers of Wilmington, who
sell nothing but good horses.
A drama, entitled "A Milk-maid's
Convention, will be given by the
"Y girls at the W. G. T. U. head
quarters over Woods grocery store,
on Monday, February 23d, at g.
o'clock, to which you are all invited.
The entertainments of high order
and we can assure our readers It win
be pleasing and entertaining. Ad
mission only 10 cents. Refreshments
will be served afterwards by the
maids.
w. r. Reynolds will sell at
public auction at his store In Middle
town Saturday next at Q o'clock r. H.,
a lot Of good harness of every des-
cription. There harness are of good
quality, but as it is well-known fact
that at all auctions some things sell
for less than their real value, so it
may be taken for granted that some
body will get some rare bargains at
this sale. Mr.. Reynolds will also offer
some good carriages.
= About eighty persons assembled
at the M. e. Parsonage last Friday
evening to listen to a musical and
literary entertainment and enjoy the
privileges Of attending a "high tea"
afterward. The musical and literary.
part of the program began at 7.45
o'clock and lasted over an hour. It
included singing by the church
choir and readings, recitations, etc.
Mrs. w. H. Moore and Miss Mollie
Burris each read a very good selection,
and little Edith Petherbridge gave a
pleasing recitation for which she was
warmly applauded. Rev. Alfred
Smith made a short address and
spoke of the good work being done
by the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society. A very pleasing part Of the
program was reading, entitled
The Preachers Appointments" by
Miss Emma Cotton of Chester, Pa.
Miss Cotton also sang several solos
which greatly pleased the audience.
After this part Of the entertainment
was over the pastor stated that the
ladies had prepared the "high tea"
in another room and invited all out
to partake Of the things on the table.
The /" high tean was q letter T
hung near the ceiling. Following is
the menu In French, which was very
tastefully arranged on piece of paper
cut in the shape Of T, with a piece
Of yellow ribbon at the top:
aTn
Cafe en- Lait.
Sandwiches, Frontage, Biscuit,
q La Princesse. q Ia creme. de Mer.
Gateau. stras de Creme gelle.
Fromage.
The total receipts Of the entertain
ment and "high tea" amounted to
$3.50, which will be used for the
benefit OF Foreign Missions.
A Murderer's Body Stolen.
The body of Frederick Young, the
eighteen-year-old negro, who, with
Jessie Proctor, was hanged at Dover
last Friday, and subsequently buried
in the Kent county almshouse burial
ground, near Camden, has been
stolen, and is thought to have been
taken for dissection. Young and