Middletown transcript., 1891-10-15
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

Town Notes.
Don't wait for cold weather, but
have that robe lined now. Robes
lined and trimmed at low prices. W.
r. Reynolds.
The Clayton Call tells the follow
ing yarn about Postmaster Cox. 1t
saws: Postmaster Cox, of Middletown,
who has been inspecting the post
Offices in the lower part OF New
Castle county, was in Smyrna last
week. He had started for Green
Spring, but got on the wrong road,
and before he knew it was in
Smyrna.
When the early Delaware divi-
sion train arrived at Kirkwood
Thursday morning a colored man
named Geo. Gordon jumped upon
the train, followed by Benjamin
Thompson, also colored, who claimed
that Gordon had robbed him OF q
valise, some clothing and his bank
book. Recorder of Deeds Shallcross,
who under the state constitution is a
conservator Of the peace, arrested
Gordon and left him at New Castle.
One of the neatest and most
artistic pamphlets ever published by
any Of the great business houses OF
the country is now being sent out by
Messrs. Strawbridge and Clothier,
the great dry-goods firm of Philadel-
phia. Like everything sent out by
them it bears the stamp of original
ity. It displays some of the points OF
view In and around their great estab-
lishment at Market and Eighth street,
and shows the good taste SO notice
able in all articles disposed OF by
them. The firm viii be glad to mail
one of these useful papers to any
one who will write for it.
One of the features of the per
formance at Mains show here Tues
day was the running Of Gus Guerro,
the champion 4s-hour runner OF the
world. At the afternoon performance
Mr.. Main offered purse to any
amateur who would race Guerro for
400 wards and beat him. The
challenge was accepted by B. Howard
Craddock, local sprinter, and con-
adorable interest was shown in the
event by the crowd. The contest
came off at the concert after ths
evening performance and with q
start Of ten yards on the two hun
dred Craddock won by about on
ward. Mr.. Main promptly paid the
young man the money.
-. Lee Hanley on Sunday rod
from Wilmington to Middletown il
one hour and thirty-seven minutes
beating the previous record (seedf
by four and one-half minutes. d
continued on to Dover and returned
home by wheel, making a centur
run in nine hours and fifty minutes
including stops and delays.-Mornin
News. The News is in errer, q
Seeds time for the distance mad
last April was 1 hour thirty-nV
minutes and forty seconds, or tw
minutes and forty seconds bette
than the time made by Hanie!
Seeds best previous record was on
hour forty.two minutes and thirty
five seconds.
Walter L. Mains show which 9.
hibited here on Tuesday was the be
that has ever visited Middletowl
The performances were well atten'
ed. both afternoon and evening an
eyery one was pleased The bar
hack riding was above the averat
and the clowns were not unsuccessf
In their efforts to amuse and deligl
the audience. The bar acts and q
leaning and tumbling acts were 9
hest that have ever been seen hel
and the hippodrome and other rae
are unexcelled. The best feature OF {
show is that It was strictly moral a.
no fakirs of any kind were seen
the grounds, which is somethil
yarv unusual in a travelling compal
a. that class. Every body is poll
and everything new and attracti'
waiter L. Mains show is one OF :
many travelling in this country too
that deserves the patronage Oh =
people. -,
An old silver maple tree IN fre
of Howell,s carriage factory, VIII
had become decayed and whose df
~ usefulness had about passed aw
become q victim Of the axe last =
dav In splitting the lower secti'
az the big tree it was discovered u
the original sapling which had p'
planted thirty-five years ago. q
from which the tree had grown,
as nerfect in the heart of the old {
AZ Il was the day it was first set 0
even the small twigs which
grown from it and been trimmed "
nerfect in every way. The wood
the inside tree was. heavy ana
the appearance Of being petrin
but could easily be cut by Q kn
The piece taken out Of the tree
ahout the size of a walking ST
ana "a now in the possession OF
A. Ennis, who proposes having
vanished and preserving u -
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