Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-20
MIDDLETOWN.
Special Correspondence Gazette and j

MlDDlETOWN, Aug, l5.-lne COM
mittee of the board Of trade appointed
at recent meeting to see how many
women over IS years of age could be
secured to work in the proposed shirt
factory have completed their work in
Middletown, after making complete
canvas Of the place. They report hav-
ing secured 30 persons who will work
if the factory is started. The number
wanted by the firm was 150, and the
committee will to-day make a thorough
canvas of the neighboring towns of
Odessa, Townsend, Warwick and Sass
safras to see If that number cannot be
secured. A meeting will be held in the
Opera House again at an early date,
when the committee desires to meet the
ladies who have given their names as
well as many who have not. Messrs.
Lament and Vaughn, the two gentle
men who are looking after the interests
of the firm who intend locating here,
will meet the board Of trade at a special
meeting tomorrow evening when some
thing definite will be known. There is
some talk of selling the hose house to
the shirt factory firm, and having new
one erected nearer the middle of the
| town for the use of the company, but as
yet il is only talk.
Volunteer Hose Company have re-
ceived an invitation from the fire COM
pauies at Atlantic City to attend the
fourteenth annual convention of the
state tiremans association, to be held at
Atlantic City, September Goth and 30th,
and October LIST and I'd. There is some
talk of accepting the invitation.
MIpDLETowN, Aug. 14.-The en-
trance for the Odessa railroad into the
p, w. q B. yard at the depot here was
surveyed by Civil Engineer Mahoney a
few days ago.
\. Reynolds few days ago received
a basket of peaches from his farm, near
Kenton, distance of about IA miles, on
which the eXpressage was As cents. The
eXpressage on basket of the same kind
of fruit from here to Philadelphia,
nearly four times the distance from
Middletown to kenton, is 30 cents
Just why this great difference in the cost
of shipping fruit between these places
exists, no one is able to explain.
Roller & Shoemaker of Philadelphia
had two men here yesterday packing up
the goods in the store of j. G. Bragdon,
recently purchased by the firm, and
sent to their place in that city. Mr..
Bragdon will retire from business for
while at least.
Alexander Maxwell of the National
\ Hotel secured l6 baskets of crabapples
| from tree which he had in his yard.
The yield is one of the most wonderful
| on record.
MIDDLETowN, Aug. 1S.-The out
buildings, including the barn, stables
and carriage-house on the farm of A.
Ennis of this town, situated in Black
bird hundred and tenanted by George
Ennis, were burned to the ground about
3 o'clock Sunday morning. In addition
to the buildings 300 bushels of wheat,
all the farming implements, including
thresher, stacker, &c, harness and other
articles We're destroyed. The entire loss
will probably aggregate $1,000 on
which there is an insurance of $500 on
buildings and 500 on contents. The fire
is generally supposed to have been the
work of an incendiary, as its origin can
be explained in no other way. A farm
laborer who had been employed on the
place for some time has been missing
since the fire, but it is generally thought
that he is frightened and that this was
really the cause Of his disappearance
Farmer Stevens, of near Warwick,
rides bicycle and is probably the first
one following that occupation in Della
ware who rides a wheel. He comes to
town in the evenings and does his deal
ing at the stores, returning home at his
leisure. He finds his wheel very con-
vcnient and handy TO have around.
Henry Jacobs, colored, was brought
TO town yesterday morning suffering
from a severe wound which he had re-
ceiyed during a fracas al the Mt Plea
SAINT camp late Sunday evening. He
was very weak and seemed to be suffer-
ing great pain 1t ia stated that the
party who did him the injury mistook
HIM for another person and did not find
out his mistake until too late. Jacobs
laid out in the woods all night and did
not receive medical care until nearly
noon to-day. The wound was over the
left ear and DIR. Vaughan found il
necessary TO take several stitches to
close it,
One of the two mules attached 10 the
peach wagon Of Alexander Metten
dropped dead on its way home when
just outside Of town last evening. Heart
disease was probably the cause Of Its
death.
MIDDLETowN, Aug. 1s.-Another
town meeting was held in the Opera
House last evening and was the hest at
tended of any held for some time.
Messrs. France, Lament and Vaughn of
lhe shirt factory firm met the people and
laid their plans before them, and gave
them AZ hours to consider the matter
When the committee of five report to
the gentlemen mentioned what they will
20, the latter have the same time "a
think over it, and by the latter part Of
the week it will be proven definitely
whether the factory will start or not
The required number of women to work
: in the factory has been secured.