Middletown transcript., 1891-07-02
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

Town Notes.
The steamer Richard Stockton
has made arrangements to touch al
Port Penn during the summer
months.
Rev. Samuel j. Milligan OF Phila.
phia, will preach in the Presbyterian
Church at Port Penn next Sunday,
the 5th inst.
We were shown yesterday three
cherries that had grown close togeth-
er and each one was ripe and perfect.
The bunch was quite curiosity.
During the past week. the farm
ers have been busy in the wheat
harvest, and there is but very little
wheat now standing in the fields. The
indications, we are told, are for an ex-
cellent yield.
w. A. Hukill, auctioneer of Will
mington, will sell the farm near
Smiths Mills, known as the Perkins
farm, at private sale, within the next
sixty days, to close the estate. He
will be pleased to furnish any par
ticulars desired. See advertisement
in another column.
Prof. W. B. Tharp of the Acad-
emy, on Tuesday, received the sad
news of the death of his father at
Harrington, Del. He had been i'll
for some time, but his death was
very unexpected. Mr.. and Mrs.
Tharp left for Harrington few hours
after receiving the news.
- The funeral Of Miss Matilda Arm
strong took place Sunday afternoon,
with the services at Armstrong;,
Chapel and interment at Forest
Cemetery. Miss Armstrong resided
near Red Lion and had been an in
valid for many years. She was a sis
ter to Benjamin Armstrong, we'll
known farmer Of this neighborhood.
The Kings Daughters gave a
pink and white tea y in the Presby-
terrain Church yard Tuesday evening.
Chinese lanterns hung around the
yard furnished light and made the
grounds present very pretty appear.
ance. The tables were literally
patronized and twelve gallons and
a-half of cream were sold. The affair
netted $50, clear of expenses.
- Eureka Council, No. 1, Jr. O. q.
A. NJ. of Wilmington, will attend the
Fourth of July celebration here on
Saturday and have issued a circular
to its members giving them notice to
that effect. The uniforms to be worn
will be straw hats and linen busters,
and the men will carry red, white
and blue umbrellas. Hyatt's Mill
tary Band. also of Wilmington, will
accompany the Council,
= While in very ugly temper,
Sarah Kale, wife Of Richard Kale,
colored, on Saturday, procured re-
volver and threatened to kill her
husband and also their two children.
Her threat was not carried out, how
ever, and she was arrested by Officer
Craddock late in the day and placed
in the lookup to think over her mis-
doings. She was released on Sun
day, but will not return home. Rich |
ard is now searching for housekeep-
or.
A receiver has been appointed to |
settle up the affairs of the Annual
Benefit Society, enc ef the many
orders that recently sprang into exis-
tence, but which, like the rest of
them, found its business suddenly
brought to halt. The Society had
about ninety-five members in Mid
dletown. 1t is claimed that the
members will receive part of the
amount they paid in, perhaps seventy
cents ON the dollar, but while this is
possible, it is hardly probable.
= The novel experiment of hatch
ing partridge eggs under common
hen has been tried by Thomas Scott
of this place, and with much success.
He placed nine of the eggs under a
domestic fowl some time ago and
now has six, healthy young par
tridge's, two Of them having died
after Matching and one of the eggs
failing to hatch at all. They seem
perfectly contented with their lot
and the mother hen is none the less
satisfied with her brood, although at
times she looks at them in wise
way, as If there was some doubt in
her mind as to whether they belong
ed to her or not.
The first shipment of peaches
from the Middletown depot this year
was made on Tuesday and the fruit
was picked from the orchards of
Edward Draper, near town. In the
afternoon of the same day Samuel
CHM shipped twenty baskets. All
the fruit was premature and OF the
Early Alexander variety. This is
probably the earliest shipment of
peaches ever made from this station.
In 1885 the first shipment was made
by r.. L. Truax on July 14th, and in
1883 d. W. Shockley made the first
shipment for the season on July 9th.
All the fruit now being shipped is
premature, but the season has open
ed and peaches win continue to be
shipped from the Middletown station