Middletown transcript., 1891-10-15

services in the Methodist Church
next Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day evenings. All are invited to
come.
- The marriage Of Miss Carrie
Johns to Mr.. ]. l. Smasher,
OF Philadelphia, win take place
next month. The wedding will
be very quiet on account of the late
bereavement of Miss. Johns family.
- The Friday afternoon services
will be resumed in st. Anne's Chapel
tomorrow at 8 O'Clock. And on Sun
day next the annual collection will be
taken to provide fuel for the winter.
= Next Sunday morning Mrs. N. M.
Browne president of the Wilmington
Conference Woman's Home Mission
ary Society will present the interests
of that work to the congregation OF
the Methodist Church. The public
is invited to attend.
- The economical Levy Court al
lowed a committee of five to receive
a days pay with mileage for meet
ing held in the City Of Wilmington,
when the committee might easily
have settled the question whether or
not stand should be erected on the
Court House grounds, at meeting
held during the same week.
- The Grand Hibernica and Dublin
Dan Comedy company, which is to
appear at the Opera House next We'd
nesday evening is the same company
that presented "The Two BARNES"
here several years ago. The pro-
prietor of the play has two companies
on the road, and both give exactly
the same show, only under different
names. The company is very highly
spoken of everywhere.
- DR.. y. G. McCoy's handsome bay
gelding, Fascination, took second
money on Thursday, in the 2.27 class
trotting race at the Pimlico meet in
Baltimore. His record in the heats
was second in first heat, first in
second, and third in third. The
gelding trotted the first mile without
break in Q 26, and the second in
$50. D. Fl. McCray's bay mare,
Sadie NJ, took second money in the
2.22 class race, winning the first heat
in 2.35I. Both of these horses will
trot at the races here on the 14th inst
= At an early hour Tuesday morn
ing people began to come into town,
and by 10 o'clock the street were fill-
ed with a big, good-natured crowd,
whose sole object was centered
in one thing, that of seeing the
circus. They came from far and
near, and as usual the vast majority
of the visitors were colored people.
The circus parade came off at noon,
but owing to the late hour at which
the company arrived it was very
short and lasted only little while.
A number of colored men were
drunk and one or two disturbances
arose, but none of them were serious
We congratulate our M. H.
Church folks of this town on the en-
gagement Of Madame Fry's Concert
Company for one of their rare musical
| and literary entertainments to be
held in the Opera House Monday
| evening next, October 10th, at 8
o'clock. This concert will be given
for the benefit OF the Organ fund,
and we trust will be patronized by
everybody. Madame Fry's Company
are artists in their line, and gave one
of their delightful concerts here
several years ago to a crowded house
They come with the very best en-
dorsement. Their entertainments are
first class in every particular, and
embrace vocal and string quartettes
by herself and daughters, with selec
tions from classic and STANDARD
| music. rendered in the most exquisite
and artistic manner. An excellent
programme of solos will also b'
presented for voice, violin and flute
and Prof. Currie will entertain tn
audience with humorous and drama
tic readings.
i The twenty machines in tn
shirt factory which were put up ten
poralily that the lady employee
might get the benefit Of some exper
ence in the business before the fat
tory starts up, are running every da
and there are already more appl
cants than machines. This, how
, ever. will be obviated as soon as th
factory building is ready as abou
: 100 more machines will be added
The work turned out is excellent an
, the lady instructress, Miss Hampton
, states that il excells that turned on
, in many factories that have been
) operation for years. The lady en-
, ployees are very much pleased wit
: their work and there will be no diff
culty in securing all the help neede
) when the factory is ready to start ul
A number of the operators who weI
In merely to become acquainted wit
: the work, have already been place
t on the payroll.
I' wedding at Chesapeake City.
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