Middletown transcript., 1891-05-14
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

We can beat them all in Wall
Brushesl G. E. HUKILL.
- The Quickstep base ball club
will play a Smyrna nine at Smyrna,
on Friday afternoon, May 22d.
The Mite Society of the M. E.
Church will give sociable at the
parsonage on Friday evening. Every
one is invited to attend.
The Ladies' Mite Society of Sas-
safras NJ. E. Church, will hold a
strawberry festival in the Town Hall
at that place, on the evenings OF May
Goth, 21st and 22d. All are invited.
AT meeting of the Town Com
missioners Friday last, the town tax
rate for the ensuing year was fixed at
65 cents on the $10O-the same as last
year.
Ex-Governor Biggs has purchas-
ed 1000 baskets in anticipation OF
big peach crop. We sincerely hope
that he will have use for every one OF
them, and have to purchase as many
more.
- There are still few persons in
town who think the pave-wash is
good for nothing if not to flood the
street, to the very evident discomfit-
ure of passers-by.
- The meeting in McWhorter's
Hall tomorrow evening will be an
important one, and should be attend
ed by every taxpayer of the town.
Let there be full attendance.
We have been shown number
of branches taken from peach trees
during the past week and all have,
been full of healthy young fruit. 1t
is doubtful if the trees will hold one
fifth of the fruit now on them, should
it mature.
- Engineer Frank Rose met with
an accident at the electric light sta
ton a few evenings ago. In some
way he caught a finger of his right
hand in the machinery and mashed
it badly. DR.. II. Vaughan dressed
the injured member.
"A strawberry festival will be
held on the academy lawn in Odessa,
Wednesday and Thursday evenings
next. The 4th Regiment Band will
furnish music and the proceeds of the
affair goes into the treasury of st.
Paul's NJ. E. Sunday-school.
= The evening mail Saturday was
nearly an hour late owing to an acci-
dent on the road at Porter's. A
freight car ran into an open switch |
and for a time blocked the track, but |
it was put back in position by the
train men before the wrecking train
which had been summoned, arrived.
Mrs. Thomas Massey will shortly |
commence the erection OF a brick |
store and dwelling on the site Of the
building, recently removed out Of
town. The new structure will be Of
brick, with frontage Of 81 feet and
a depth of GA feet, and will have three
stories front and two back. The
building, when completed, will be
quite an addition to this part of the
town.
The scholars Of the Forest Pres
byterian Sunday-school will be treat
ed to free entertainment in the way
of magic lantern exhibition at 7.3O
this evening in the Sunday-school
room. The scenes will be entirely
different from those shown some time
ago and will comprise views of the
Yosemite Valley, the big trees OF
California, and of Rome, Paris and st.
Petersburg. The entertainment will
be free and everybody is invited to
attend.
- In pursuance of previous notice
there was another town meeting held
in McWhorter's Hall on Monday eve
ming, to hear the report Of the com
mittee of five appointed on the or
ganization of a Board of Trade. In
the absence of DIR. Vallandigham, j.
Thomas Budd was made temporary
chairman. The report of the COM
mittee was read, and adopted by the
meeting. 1t provided that a Board
of Trade be organized, whose object
at all times should be to further the
interests of Middletown and vicinity.
Any one wishing to join the Board
could do so by paying % cents as an
initiation fee and 10 cents monthly
dues also that the following officers
be among the members of the Board
A president, vice-president, secretary,
treasurer and five directors. The
last named are to constitute an execu-
tive committee, whose duties will be
fully and clearly set forth in the con
stitution and bylaws of the organiza-
ton. 1t was decided that as soon as
fifty members were secured that an
organization should be effected, and
tomorrow, Friday evening, was Sc
lected as the time for the next meet
ing. Several members were secured
before the meeting adjourned, and
those constituting the committee to
do this work have secured more than
the necessary number already to Or
ganize. Every citizen of the town is
requested to be present at the meet
ing in McWhorter's Hall, tomorrow
evening at 8 o'clock. !