Evening journal., 1891-11-25
ITALIANS COMMENCE WORK.

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But Road Commissioners win Interfere.
Eev. Vaughn smiths BuriaI-New
buildings for Townsend.
special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
MIDDLETowN, Nov. 25. - Twenty
Italians have commenced working on the
Middletown and Odessa railroad and
forty more are expected to arrive at
Odessa to-day on the steamer Clio from
Philadelphia The Road Commissioner
are hustliug. They have secured counsaI
and Will lay an INDUCTION on the railroad
as soon as it reaches the public road
We will stop their great road or will
know the reason why we can't, said a
road commissioner TO the EVENING
JOURNAL correspondent last night.
The first earth on the new railroad was
dug at Odessa last Thursday, where
the road terminates at the Lord and
Polk Chemical Company's factory.
The remains of Rev. Vaughn Smith
who died at his residence in Wilmington
Of general debility, on Saturday after
noon. arrived here on the H. SO express
train, yesterday morning Undertaken
j. q. Emerson, conveyed the remains to
the M. E. Church, where the funeral
services were held They were condueted
by Rev. j. B. Quigg Of Wilminpton
assisted by Kevs. N NJ Browne. 7. Z Mar.
tindale. J. d. @ Hanna, Dr. w l.. 8. Murray
and DR. John Dobbins. The services were
impressive and appropriate and were at-
tended by large concourse of relatives
and friends of che deceased from vii.
mington and Middletown. The pail bear
ers were sons and sons-in law Of the de.
ceased. At 1.45 o'clock the body was
placed in the grave beside that of his
son, Henry Houston, who was killed on
the railroad about seventeen years ago
Mr. Smith was pastor of the NJ Il
Church here about eighteen years ago
and the news OF his death was received
here with the most profound grief by all
who were acquainted with him and
knew his sterling merits.
Several linsmen from Philadelphia are
removing the Middletown telephone ex
change from DR.. a. Vaughn's office to
the Office of Levy Courtman John w.
Jolls
Apple trees were in blossom in Nc
Donough on November 49,
The wedding of Frank |. REYNOLDS
formerly of this town but now residing
in Pittsburg, Pa, and Miss Susie w.
Williams of near Odessa, is announced
to take place Wednesday, December 2.
The ceremony will be performed in the
Presbyterian Church here, at 3 o'clock,
by Rev. F. H. Moore.
Brutal Howard King, colored, who
feloniously assaulted 6-year-old Carrie
Boyer on John M Clayton's farm near
Mt. Pleasant about two weeks's ago. has
not yet been captured. Constable Reed
has made several searches for the brute
but all to no purpose
William Il. Jackson, brother of |
Governor Jackson of Maryland, with his /
wife and daughter, Miss Mary, Of Sails |
bury. Nd, spent Sunday with Rev, n.
Nj. Browne and family.
Rev. Rollen A. A. Sawyer of Mont
Clair, N. j., preached in Drawers Pres
byterian Church, near Odessa, last Sun
day.
number Of new buildings and places
for business are about to be erected at
Townsend w. Shockly and @. D
Wells will build new dwellings.
Pritchard will build a restaurant and
James q. Carton has blacksmith shop
under way.
The Ladies Mite Society of the NJ r
Church will give reproduction of "Ye
Old Fashioned Deestrict Skule" in the
Opera House tomorrow evening. Pro.
lessor Bartholomew Barbones, d. D., LII.
D., Q. o. D., is the teachers name. aud a /
good time IS expected on the occasion.
w. P Reynolds will erect new house |
at Townsend.
Several new members have ioined the
Townsend Cornet Band.
Thanksgiving services will be held to- |
morrow morning in all the churches
Miss Mabel Taylor, who has been very
N with imembraneous Group for several |
weeks, is now getting along nicely.
cat at the Middletown Hotel thrives
On raw oysters
Joseph Smith Of Salem, N. j., is visit
ng friends here.
James Cantwell of Andover, Mass. was
IN town yesterday afternoon.
Miss Helen Naudain is visiting friends
IN Wilmington
Miss Viola Ennis is spending two
weeks with friends and relatives in Phil
sdelphia.
Clarance Clayton, clerk in the Re
,order's office, Wilmington, is Ill at his
nome on Cass street
Mrs David d. Eliason Of Wilmington
IS visiting Mrs John r. Gearson, Main
street.