Middletown transcript., 1891-03-19
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.


Town Notes.
Prof. 8. T. Ford was in town on.
day this week.
Ex-Speaker John H. Hoffeckel
Of Smyrna, is in town to-day.
49, The Moss Family will be at the
Opera House Monday, March 3Oth.
= The prayer meeting. services in
the Presbyterian Church Wednesday
evenings will begin at 7.3O O'Clock in
the future.
= A member of the firm of Wells,
Herring & Co., will be in Middletown
on Friday and Saturday, March Goth
21st, and to contract with the farmers
for the raising of tomatoes.
George Vandenbraak a young
man who once resided in this town,
but who left for Delaware City about
two years ago and afterward went to
Philadelphia, is i'll at his home in
that city. His condition is serious.
= The Harrington Boston Concert
Company who recently spent two
weeks in this town and succeeded in
forming an excellent class in voice
culture, are now located at Milford,
Del. They are meeting with success
in almost every town they have
visited.
- Messrs. E. A. Perkins and NJ.
N. Willis OF this town are now in
the South on a prospecting tour.
When last heard from they were in
North Carolina and expected to go to
Chattanooga, Tennessee, in a few
days, and are probably there by this
time. They will return home in
about one week.
At q meeting of the stockholders
of the Mutual Loan Association of
Middletown held Tuesday evening,
the following officers were elected !:
President, H. A. Nowland; Vice
President, G.. E. Hukill; Secretary,
A. 6. Cox; Treasurer, L. Darlington;
Directors, J. F. McWhorter, j. W.
Jolls, E. B. Rice, DIR. T. II. Gilpin,
M. N. Willis, Alfred Green, w. H.
Moore, Joseph Gary, E. g. Alice. The
Association is in good shape finan-
cially.
Pension day is the signal for a
general drunk in Milford. Enough
pensions have been granted to rum
suckers in and around this town
within the past two years, to make
the people of Milford dread to see the
quarterly pension day come around.
We are in favor Of pensioufng the
disabled soldier; but if the scenes
Of the last two or three pension days
are to be re-enacted as each quarter
ly pension day comes around, we
would like to see a great reform
made in the pension lists. Chronicle.
- Colonel L. F. Copeland of Harris
burg, Pa, the renowned lecturer and
humorist will lecture at the Opera
House on Friday evening, March
27th, for the benefit of the Organ
Fund of the NJ. E. Church. His sub
ject on this occasion will be "Snobs
and Snobberyn and no one can afford
to miss it. Col. Copeland lectured on
What's to Hinder" in the Opera
House the first evening of the Teach
er's Institute held last November, to
a crowded house, and everyone ex-
pressed themselves as being greatly
pleased with him.
A very pretty wedding took
place at the home of Mr.. Isaac Truax,
near Townsend. The contracting
parties were David L. Short, OF
Downs Chapel, and Miss Matte
Rash, neice of Mr.. Truax. Quite q
number Of friends from Middletown,
Smyrna and Cheswold were present.
The spacious home of Mr.. Truax was
thrown open and good time was
generally enjoyed. After the we'd
ding ceremony, at P. M, the COM
pany were invited out to turkey
dinner, followed by ice cream and
cake.
"A sociable was given at the home
of the Misses Beasten on South
broad street Friday evening, which
was attended by about thirty-fiv
friends and relatives Of of the the family :
Among those present were the Misses
Nellie Rothwell, Mamie Rothwell,
May Holten, Bessie Reynolds, Alice
Eliason, Helen Naudain, Ella Max
well, g. D. Kelley and wife, W. 81.
Houston and wife, 8. 8. Holten and
wife, Mrs. s. M. Reynolds, R. L.
Naudain and wife, J. F. Eliason and
wife, Thomas Rothwen and wife, g.
W. w. Naudain and wife, Polk
Eliason of New Castle, and others.
= Kirk Buckle, colored man en-
ployed by Mr.. Frank Pennington ON
his farm near town, has, it seems,
very decided taste for travelling at
night. This is all right SO long as he
does it in legitimate way, but he
has been in the habit of taking one
of Mr.. Pennington's horses from the
stable and using it. This the owner
did not find out until a short time
ago and he at once caused the arrest
OF Buckle, who was given a hearing
before the Squire at Odessa, and
afterwards released upon the pay
ment of the fine and costs Of the case.
He will doubtless do his travelling at
night ON foot hereafter.