Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-04-30
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Special Correspondence of Gazette and journal
MIDDLETowN, April 23.--Joseph W Gary
of this town. died at the residence of his
niece Mrs, I. II. Hurn. yesterday morn
ing, in the nth year of his age. He had
been ill since about the last Of February,
and his death was due entirely to old age.
The deceased had been a member Of the
NJ. ID. Church of this town all his life and
was regular attendant upon all the SER
vices. The funeral will take place Friday
afternoon ut o'clock.
The town council have given Henry
Jefferson of Hampton the contract for
removing the slops, garbage, &c, outside
the city limits. Bids were received for
doing the work, and he being the lowest
bidder secured the contract.
Josiah Blackaway is having frame
dwelling house removed from his farm
near town TO his lot near here. The work
Of removing will take several days and is
being done by William Downey
Charles A. Craddock is now the mes
senger hoy and mail carrier ut the depot
in the place of w, r. Wilson.
MIpDLErowN, April 27.-Mrs. Eliza An
derson, widow Of the late Charles Ander-
son, died at her home on Main street at
go o'clock last night. She had been ill
for some time and early Friday morning
was taken suddenly worse, but fingered
until last night. The cause Of her death
was heart trouble. Mrs Anderson was a
member Of Forest Presbyterian Church
and was looked up to rs a good Christian
woman. She leaves two grown daughters.
Josiah Blackway recently undertook to
remove small frame dwelling house
from his farm three and a-half miles from
town, to Il lot in this place. Seventeen men
were employed for four days and at the
end of that time, as considerably less than
one-half of the distance had been covered,
the owner thought il would be the cheaper
plan to build house. Accordingly the
old one was torn down rs it stood in the
road and the MATERIAL or part of it,
moved here. There is still a big pile Of
lathes plaster, &c, lying in the road and
Is source of great annoyance to travellers.
The road commissioners should have ii
removed at once
Mrs. Elizabeth Harrison, who was re-
Gently sent to Jail i'm default Of $50 bail,
Tor keepinga disorderly house on Lock
wood street, has been released on the
payment Of the fine, and is now liv-
ing in Odessa Her release was brought
about through some of the klnd-hearted
ladies Of this town, who raised the amount
to pay her fine and who desired to give the
woman chance to lead better life.
The town commissioners have sent bill
to Dover acquiring the railroad company
to place safety gates at the Main street
crossing,
A slight frost the last three nights has
caused considerable apprehension as to
whether the peach buds have been injured
but the farmers generally are Of the
opinion that no damage has been done
them.
MIpDLErowN, April 2s.-The town com
missiuners have drawn up bill and sent
it 70 Dover, asking the Legislature to
authorize the borrowing of $4,000 for the
purpose of enabling the town to put in an
electric light plant of its own. The bill is
SO worded that it will be necessary to hold
town election one month after its pas
sage, so as to secure the sentiments of the
people in the matter before the money
can be borrowed. The electric light plant
now in operation was put in for five years
and the time will soon expire. There has
been some talk of the town putting In
plant of its own, but these are the first
steps ever taken toward the contamination
Of the purpose. 1t is generally thought the
bill is good one, especially as it gives the
people chance to express their opinion
on it in fair and open manner.
A large Philadelphia firm who short
time ago established a factory in down
state town for the manufacture of a certain
article, has become dissatisfied with the
way things are going on in that town and
is looking at Aliddletown with view to
locating here, A party of Middletown
business men went to Philadelphia to-day
to confer with the firm in regard to the
matter, and 1t is to be hoped that an agree
ment can be made whereby the concern
will move here.
MIDpLETowN, April 29.-An order of the
Excelsior Benefit Society, another Of the
many ''get-rich-qu organizations
which have recently sprung into existence,
was organized here Monday evening with