Middletown transcript., 1891-07-16

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Friday evening and continuing unit
all is sold.
"A meeting Of the executive com
mittee of the Board Of Trade viii b,
held tomorrow evening, at whicl
Mr.. w. r. Polk will be present tt
present some facts In relation to |
new project which viii be of interes
to the entire community.
~ Rev. F. III. Moore will deliver {
course of sermons during the coming
month on The Summer Trip to the
Rivers of the Bible" The first viii
be preached next Sunday evening
and will be on 1.-THE Euphrates. :
On the following Sunday his subject
will be :. The Nile, and on Sunday
evening, August Cd, "The Jordan"
.Messrs. W. P. Biggs and his
brother, Joseph Biggs, were out
driving one evening last week when
the horses became frightened and
ran away, throwing both the gentle
men OUT The former was thrown
into thorn hedge and was badly
used up, while his brother was more
fortunate and escaped injury. The
horses were stopped before doing
serious damage.
A petition has been sent to-day
to Postmaster-Gene Wanamaker
asking for change in our mail facili-
ties. The request is made for mails
on the trains going north at 7.49, 800
and 1925 A. M, and for mails on
trains going south arriving here at
12.45, eli A. M. and $40 p. M. The
petition was signed by 1877 town peo-
pie. A large area of country receives
mail through this office and the
change will be Of great advantage to
fruit shippers at this time as well as
to the neighborhood In general.
= The Sunday-school Of Forest
Presbyterian church will hold its an
nual picnic at Augustine Pier next
Tuesday. Those who are to furnish
teams for conveying the school to
that place are requested to meet at
the church by $50 o'clock, or as near
that time as possible. The intention
now is to start at 2 o'clock, so as to
arrive at the Pier before the sun be-
comes very warm. The school win
be treated to ice cream and cake
sometime during the day. We have
been requested to state that the
lunch baskets should be properly tag
ged by their owners to prevent them
getting lost and to save unnecessary
= Mr.. j. T. Budd has received from
the Division of Pomology of the De-
partment Of Agriculture, a request
FOR specimens of the different varie-
ties Of peaches grown in this neigh
borhood. The object of the Pomolo-
yist is to examine the fruit and take
models of them for the use of the
Department reports. The request is
made that a small branch with
caves and fruit shall be cut and sent1
70 as to show the bearing wood as
veil as the one-year old wood. Mr..
3udd is prepared to forward to the
'omologist any specimens which may
,e furnished. This may be impor-
ant to the peach-growers in the line
4 discovering remedies for yellows
md other diseases.
- In addition to the races already |
announced to take place at the Mid
lletown driving track on Wednesday
Lfternoon the Goth inst, the mana
,ers, w. r. Reynolds and e. r. Coch.
an, Jr., have arranged for q 100
yards dash for the State champion
hip, to be participated in by several
# our fast local sprinters and prob
.bly one or two from other places, in
luding Lewis Hance of the Warren
athletic Club, Wilmington, the pres
mt holder of the Bates Challenge
Jup. A great deal Of interest is
,eing shown in the contest and it |
will no doubt draw large crowd in
tself. Middletown possesses some
,ood sprinters and it will not be sur
'rising if, after the coming race, the
tate championship cup will be held
y some of our boys.
At the instance Of prominent |
'each growers application has been
made to the Superintendent Of the
Delaware Division for q passenger
oach to be attached at this station |
0 one of the early morning freight |
rains, as was done in 1s75-76, for the |
ccommodation Of buyers along the |
Delaware road and its branches, who |
Iesire to make their headquarters at |
his place during peach season also,
or the like accommodation Of many |
t the owners of farms in Kent and |
queen Anne's counties, Md, and
outh of this place who are resident
q and near Middletown. The Super
ntendent replies as follows while
We would be very much pleased to
.ccommodate these gentlemen we
annot consistently attach coach to |
uri freight train as our business |
PROMISES to be very large on this line
nd our siding capacaties are very
United, and it viii require the best
we can possibly give. We
,elieve this would be an impediment,
s the shifting Of such cars would be a |
ontinual annoyance and would con-
ume more or less time.n Judging
rom his reply the Superintendent is
lot at all anxious to accommodate |
he people who ship over his road
quantities of fruit and other |
produce. The passenger coach would
lot interfere with the shifting of cars |
my more than any other car does,
md would facilitate the business of |
10th growers and buyers. By plac-
ng a car on the early freight Middle
own would be greatly benefited and |
he railroad company would suffer |
light Inconvenience.