Middletown transcript., 1891-02-12
Townsend Topics.

TOWNSEND 1OplCSs
What we want is a good night watch
man.
= Miss Cora Collins is quite sick at her
home.
- Miss Lena Peachy, is the guest Of
Miss Mollie Moore.
~ Our street lamps need looking after ;
some of them give very poor light.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Reynolds were
the guest Of friends in Wilmington last
week.
= Miss Addie Hayden of Taylors
Bridge, was the guest of Miss Mary Watts
on Sunday.
- Mrs. Mary Carter of The Cliffs, near
Chestertown, Md, is visiting her brother,
John Townsend.
Miss Emma Hayden Of Taylors Bridge,
was the guest of Miss Estella Vandyke on
Sunday.
NV Mrs. L. B. shockley and children OF
Lincoln, Del, is visiting her brother,
William Shockley.
- Mrs. Sarah Dickinson died at the
residence of her son, james l.. Dickinson,
last Wednesday night. Her remains were
taken to Wilmington Saturday morning
for burial.
- Charles Beaven, infant son of Charles
F. and Annie L. Hubbard died Saturday
evening at a few minutes of seven. Funeral
services were held Tuesday afternoon at
the house; interment in Townsend
cemetery.
Thomas Lattomus had very bad
fall on Friday morning. He was in the
act of ringing the bell at his home on the
morning OF the fire when clerk pulled the
rope which rings the bell from the store.
The bell struck him above the eye and
knocked him to the ground. In falling
Mr.. L. sprained his ankle badly and
received slight cut over one eye.
+ A birthday surprise was given Miss
Estella vandyke last Friday evening by
her many friends. 1t was q complete sur
prise to her. She was called to the door
by knock, and was startled on opening
it to see about fifty of her friends
who informed her that it was her birthday.
Music and various kinds Of plays were in
dulqed in until after twelve, when they
departed, wishing Miss Estella many happy
returns of her birthday. Refreshments
were served from 8 until II by the COM
mittee in charge. The company which
numbered about seyenty-fye came from
Blackbird, Taylor's Bridge, Green Spring,
Townsend and Sassafras.
AN INcENDIARY FIRE.
What proved a serious fire ~
CURED about five O'Clock, last Fn-
day morning at the store of w. A.
Scott in the new building, but lately
finished by Geo. M. D. Hart. The fire
was discovered by William Brambie, sales
man for J. 8. & w. Lattomus who sleeps
over the store. He was awakened by hear
inc the window fall and thinking some one
was trying to break in the store he got out
of he'd and went to the window facing on
Main street and was hori6ed to see flames
and smoke bursting from side window Of
the place. He partly dressed and gave the
alarm. The citizens quickly responded to
the cry of fire, and went to work with q
will to try and save the building. They
succeeded in putting the fire out after
about twenty minutes hard work. 1t
was only by the system they used in
getting the buckets Of water to those who
were in side of the building and on the
ladders on the outside, that the building
was saved. The fire is supposed to have
started ON the second floor, and burned
through to the store room and if it had not
been discovered when it was nothing could
have saved the town from a destructive
fire. The office and lumber yard OF ID. b.
Maloney is only separated from Mr.. Harts
building by a driveway, and if the fire
had spread to the lumber yard the whole
side of Main street would have been in
ashes to-day. The damage to the stock
and building is about $500. The origin OF
the FIFE is q mystery, but is supposed to be
the work of an incendiafy. It was just
one wear AGO t, the very night that the
other building on the same site was totally
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