Middletown transcript., 1891-07-23
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

Town Notes.
- The premiums offered for the
races next Wednesday, are on exhibi-
tion at W. r. Reynolds store.
Mr.. Alfred Crockett of near town
on Monday shipped the finest peaches
that have been sent from here so far
this.season. They were of the Mary's
Choice variety and were not only fine
in appearance but flavor as well.
= List of unclaimed letters remain
ing in the post-ofice, which can be
had by saying they are advertised :
Mrs. Mary g. Mrs. Liddi Fields, Geo.
Lloyd, Miss Macy Stubles, Mrs. A..
Vanhorn, John Vickers, Esq, Edward
Wredon.
The second of the course of SER
mons entitled, "The Trip to the
Rivers of the Bible," to be delivered
by Rev. F. Fl. Moore in the Forest
Presbyterian Church, will be on Sun
day evening next, at 730 O'Clock.
His subject will be The River Nile. !"
- The eleventh year of the Misses
Hebb's boarding and day school for
young ladies and girls, Wilmington,
will begin September 22d, and end
June 18th. Pupils will be received at
any time and will be charged from
the date of entrance to the end OF
school year. See advertisement in an-
other column of to-day's paper.
= The auction sale at No. 4, Coch-
ran Block, of watches, jewelry, silver
plated ware, cutlery, dry goods and
fancy articles has been well attended
since it commenced. Every article
offered has been sold, often at one
quarter it's value. The auction will
continue this week, Saturday night
being the last. Persons wishing to
secure bargains should attend this
sale.
The races to take place at the
Gentlemen's Driving Track next
Wednesday afternoon bid fair to ex-
eel in every way anything of the
kind ever given here before. The
managers are sparing no pains to
make it success and the races given
by them last fall was good sample
Of what they can do when they try.
DIR. ]. @. McCoy's Gipsy Girl, "
s.s4f, and Fascination, the wonderful
three-year-old are some Of the at
fractions of the day.
A Hull can-making machine with
capacity of making 500 cans per
day has been purchased by Mr.. w.
8. Letherbury and put in operation,
and he has already turned out sever
al hundred of them. The machine is
operated by one man and the cans
turned out are the best. Mr.. Lether-
bury has received orders for more
cans than he has on hand, but will
probably be able to fill them faster
in a short time. His travelling agent
has been very successful 80 far and
has secured numerous customers. Mr'
Letherbury states that should the
venture prove success he will prob
ably go into the business on larger
scale next season.
Two horses attached to a heavy
farm wagon loaded with empty bar
rels and driven by Stephen Lofand
ran away just outside of Odessa, Tues
day morning, when the driver leff
them alone for few moments. The!
ran through Odessa and were finall!
stopped the other side Of the cause
way over Drawers creek by SOM
colored men, but not before they hat
completely wrecked q carriage whicl
hanpened to be on the road. Th
barrels were scattered along the way
Init were afterwards collected by Mr
Lofland. The picnic wagons OF tn
Presbyterian Sunday-scnool wer
passed by the runaways and NOR
than one came near being wrecked
A colored man driving Mr.. Richar'
Naudain,s wagon In trying to get on
Of the way OF the horses turned shon
around, breaking the wagon an
necessitating stay in Odessa until
could be repaired.
Probably the largest yield
wheat In this section is that OF Nj
Devine. near Warwick. Mr.. Devin
has finished threshing with the TO
lowing result: From twenty-nin
acres of fafIoT he thfeshed eleye
hundred and thirty bushels, an ave
aae of very nearly thirty-nine busf
els Der acre. From forty acres
stock-ground and fourteen acres
wheat stubble he threshed l,s'
bushels. an average Of more tina
twenty-five bushels per acre. Son
% the wheat was sent to the mi
.wbere 1t weighed 62i pounds p'
hushel. Mr.. Devine informs us thf
tbis wheat was threshed by M
Albert Prices new machine and
clean enough to ship without Ia
Ming and he believes that 1t wi
overrun in weight enough to increa'
the number of bushels at least III
II such is the case his yield VIII
about s,eoo bushels from ss acres
general average Of about thirty-ol
and one-third bushels per acre.
any other farmer has q big crop !
wheat we win be glad to hear ITO
him.