Middletown transcript., 1891-11-05
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

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Town Notes.
There is nothing new in the Mid
dletown-Odes railroad project
j. B. Roberts is building stable
in the rear of his residence, Lake and
Church streets.
~ An elderly Salvation Army ex.
horter accompanied by female co
worker helda crowd of fifty for over
an hour in the square Monday eysn-
ing. Is
Have you any pieces of buffalo
robes hair in fair shape, no matter
how small the pieces We will bny
them. w. X. REYNOLDS.
-G. A. Shockley who resides at
Murphey's mills.on Bohemia Manor,
will sell at public vendue Nov. 81 his
stock Of horses, cattle, farming imple-
ments &c.
-Harrington's Concert Company
win be here next Tuesday evening
for the purpose of organizing class.
Due notice will be given of the place
ofmeeting
w. r. Reynolds has an ear of
corn with twelve nearly perfect small
ears growing around it. They were
raised on the farm Of Jacob s. Coch-
ran near here.
- Meat Cutters and Lard Presses,
(both " Enterprise and Great
American,'') Cribbing Shovels and
Corn Baskets. Best goods at lowest
prices. g. E. HUKILL.
- Washington Jones, who lived
near here ten years ago and has since
resided in Wilmington, will return in
the spring and become general agent
for the Brick Mills owned by ]. F.
Deakyne.
= The four-month-old twin boys
of Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Cats, three
miles from Middletown, died on Fri
day and Saturday respectively. One
had been sick two weeks and the
other three days.
w. B.. Croft has cured six blight
afflicted grape vines belonging to
Joseph A. Rhodes Of Odessa, with
two applications of a mixture. They
are of four different varieties and
were unfruitful during 1889 and 1890.
Mrs. w. j. Corrie the wife OF
night watchman Corrie died on Sat
urday morning after long illness.
Services were held at Union M. E.
Church on Monday afternoon, and
interment was made in the cemetery
adjoining.
- List of unclaimed letters remain
ing in the post-office, which can be
had by saying they are advertised
Harry T. Howard, Abraham Jones,
William Jenkins, Mrs, Elizabeth
Moore, Mrs. Mary E. Moore, Joseph
Pierce
George e. Hyatt, Of Wilmington,
requests all who desire to join his
Middletown class of violin students to
address him No. 1888 Poplar street,
Wilmington. He will be in Mlddles
town every Wednesday. Mr.. Hyatt
Is competent musician and is the
leader of several orchestras.
james A. Kelley, the wholesale
and retail liquor merchant at Tenth
and Shipley streets, Wilmington, has
one of the finest decorated sample
rooms in the city. His establishment
is but one square from the Court |
House. The decoration is the work
of an italian artist and is handsome.
Two hundred and fifty persons
attended the entertainment of the
Young Ladies' Guild of st. Anne's
Church, in the Opera House last Fri
day night. The Middletown orches-
ira furnished the music. The affair
netted $40. A tableaux, eight "pic-
lures from lifen and three charades
were effectively given by local talent.
These are the averages of the
scholars of Summit Bridge public
chools as prepared by the teacher,
Miss Vinie Lynch John Fisher, 100;
Bessie Fisher, 100; Fannie Crouch,
100; Leslie Carnagy, 100; Sewell
Downs, 100; Bessie Money, 90; Rachel
Bender, 9S; Boys Salmons, 96; Josie
Salmons, 95; Colonel Crouch, o.;
Herman Bender, o.; Ruth Alrich,
90.
= The annual meeting of the Women's
Home and Foreign Missionary societies of
the New Castle Presbytery began yester-
day in the Delaware City Presbyterian
Church and viii end tonight. The Mid
dletown delegates are Miss Mary Dun
ming from the Penny Cleaners Of the
Forest Church, Mrs. Edward Reynolds
from the Home society and Mrs. Charles
Derrickscn from the Foreign society. Mrs.
Heaton, Miss Tilie Murphey and Miss
Sadie Howell of Middletown, are also
present