Middletown transcript., 1891-08-06

Odessa, will preach at Port Penn next
Sunday.
- Ex-Superintendent .Bessey of
Odessa, will enter the medical depart
ment Of the University of Pennsyl-
vania the first of October.
The long bridge over st. Augustine
creek is undergoing repairs and will
be closed to travel on Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday next, August
18th, 18th and 18th.
- William Harris, colored, was ar
rested this morning charged with
trespassing on the property of George
+. Brady, Esq. The case will come
off before the Squire this afternoon.
- James Thoroughbred the negro
fiend who will pay the penalty for his
misdoings on the gallows at Dover to-
morrow, has wife living at this
place, and he himself for some time
resided in this neighborhood. His
reputation has never been as good as
it should be and he has been under
arrest here more than once.
- The peaches are now beginning
to come in in good style. AS good
peaches have been shipped over the
Delaware rail road this week as were
ever seen before, and the prematures
seem to be all gone. Whenever there
is a very heavy crop there are always
many prematures. Good peaches
will be shipped from this time till the
end of the season, and there will be
plenty of them.
w. r. Reynolds, the popular har-
ness man, will offer fine lot of first
class harness at public auction at his
store on south Broad street, opposite
Cochran Block, on Saturday evening,
Aug. 18th, at half past seven O'Clock.
This lot of harness comes from some
OF the best Philadelphia makers. To
those needing a new supply OF har-
ness rare chance is offered at this
sale.
= With the addition of regular
mail car on the first train north in
the morning, and a lock pouch on
the GIG train in the evening our
mail facilities have been made
better than ever before, fact which
cannot fail to cause genuine satis-
faction to every resident of this
neighborhood. These changes were
doubtless brought about by the
petition of the Board of Trade sent
to the Postmaster General short
time ago. The complete schedule.
giving the arrival and departure Of
the mails, will be found at the head
of the local column.
- Commission merchants in Phil
adelphia allow the shippers 81 cents
for each basket, and allow them to go
with the fruit. BY marking your
peach baskets with tags instead OF
painting your name on them your
baskets will cost you very small sum
of money. Given 10000 baskets of
peaches to ship, you buy 1000 bask-
cts for $4,000, and make your first
shipment. For these baskets you
will be paid in Philadelphia 800 90.
You purchase through your Com
mission merchant 1900 other baskets
for $4,000, and make your second
shipment and for these you receive
5000. When you have shipped TO-
600 baskets you will stand as follows :
Z, 1000 new baskets, $4,000; 5000 bask-
cts bought in Philadelphia, $24O, a
total of $3.50. You have sold at the
end of the season 10000 baskets for
81 cts. $3.50 or an entire cost for the
10, 900 baskets of $50.
An Every Evening correspondent
writes: No little excitement was Great
ed early Friday evening by the re-
port that burglars were trying tc
force an entrance in the rear of Q
Main street residence, whose oc
| cupants closed up a few days ago fol
| a few weeks stay at Rehoboth. A
crowd collected and the entire police
force proceeded with tremolous steps
and drawn revolvers to investigate
It turned out that the colored woman
in charge of the house had left tht
key on the kitchen table and goine
| out had closed the door and the dead
latch prevented her getting inside
again. A colored man with lantern,
who had climbed to second-story
window SO he could go down and
open the kitchen door for the woman
was the supposed burglar, and he
may thank goodness that his identit!
was discovered as soon as it was, OF
he might now be corpse"
On account of the races beint
postponed from last Wednesday t.
Thursday afternoon and the threat
ening weather which prevailed ol
that day, thus preventing a ver!
large attendance and making fas
time impossible, the managers OF tn
Gentlemen's Driving Track have de
cided to give another series OF race
on Saturday afternoon, August 10th
commencing at i o'clock. Beside
| the O. 55 and 8. rs classes there will b
a match race between DR.. j. G. Nc
Coy's Gypsey Girl, 2.22a, David Nc
| Crea's Sadie NJ, OF Chester, Pa, an
Fascination, 2.26, Of Maple Vale,
Stock Farm. This event promises T.
be very interesting and will prove
drawing card for the day. Ther
viii also be a free for all !" class 10
which the premiums are $40, % an
So. Will R. Brady, who won tn
100 yards dash and the silver meda
at the last races has been challenge
by B. Howard Craddock, who was hl
only competitor, and the two wi
cover the distance again. The Cit
zens' Cornet Band will furnish music
| and the regular admission fee OF 2
cents will be charged.
Three gentlemen who are note
fishermen left this town fe'