Middletown transcript., 1892-09-29
ST. GEORGES ITEMS.

= The rains of last week have bee
most opportune for the farmers, VIII
are busy preparing the ground TO
seeding now that The soil is in con
dition to be worked, The tomat
crop has also been somewhat stimu
lated by the refreshing showers, am
the cannery is running on fair time
but will fall behind on their estimat
of their years business.
= Last Thursday evening numbe
of the friends of E. T. Stapleford ans
wife, rendered them a "surpris4
party" and to the number of go or u
called on them that evening to cele
brate the 35th anniversary of th,
wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. Stapleford
They were amply supplied with deli
cacies and the evening passed yer,
pleasantly with refreshments, music
laughter, singing hymns, sc. Mr.
and Mrs. s. were the recipients o.
many handsome and useful presents
Rev. Henry Runner, who has beer
travelling in Europe for the past si1
weeks sreturnedr to- St. Georges or
Tuesday. The vessel upon which he
arrived in New York on Monday, was
detained in quarantine for "a hours
through failure to secure an inspec.
tor to examine into the health of the
passengers and crew. Rev. Runner
has been very much benefited by his
trip and accompanied by Mrs. Runner,
will in a few days leave for his charge,
in Parkersburg, West Va.
- Misses Alma and Fannie McWhor-
ter, two young ladies well known to
st. Georges and Middletown Society
were very severely injured in a run
away accident in Wilmington on Tues
day evening. While fifiilie driving driving on West Fest
Fourth street, near Van Buren, their
carriage collided with heavywagon,
wrecking one wheel and causing their
horse to run away. The young ladies
were thrown out and Miss Alma had
an arm, and possibly her skull, frac-
tured, while Miss Fannie escaped
with several severe cuts on her head
which required to be sewed up. For
while it was feared that Miss Alma's
wounds would prove fatal, but a tele-
phone message received here yester-
day stated that both young ladies
were comparatively out of danger.
- Joshua Richards, one of the old
est residents of this community, died
at the residence of his daughter, Mrs.
Sallie Grassland, near town, on last
Wednesday afternoon, aged rs years.
He had been unwell for several weeks
but it was not until a day or two be-
fore his death that the illness was
thought to be serious The funeral
services were held at the house on
Sunday afternoon, the Rev. Geo. l..
Hardesty Of the NJ. E. Church, ofic-
iating. The pall-bearers were six of
his sons, Henry, Joshua, James,
George, Frank and William. Another
son, Joseph, and one daughter, Mrs.
Sallie Grassland, survive him. Inter-
ment was made in Bethel Cemetery,
AT the regular meeting of Nation
al Lodge, No. 80, I. o. 0. F. on Tues
day evening, the following officers
were elected to serve during the COM
ing term: Noble Grand, William C.
Wolfe; Vice-Grand, Cleaver Bryan !;
Recording Secretary, H. G. Clark ;
Treasurer, g. W. Simpler Janitor,
Joseph g. Grassland; Trustees, Joseph
Heisel, J. Richard Grassland and
Cleaver Bryan. The newly elected
officers will be installed in Office on
Tuesday evening, October 18th, 1892,
by District Deputy Grand Master,
Frank R. Householder. The Dist.
Dep. has also announced the following
dates for the installation of officers in
the remaining lodges in his district.
Washington Lodge, No. 5, New Castle,
Oct. 3rd, Patrick Henry Lodge, No:
II, Delaware City, Oct. 5th, Good
Samaritan Lodge, No, 9, Middletown,
Oct. 9th.
- Quite a number of our citizens
are complaining Of the miserable con-
dition of the streets in this town.
They have not been thoroughly
cleaned for years, the only cleaning
they do receive is when some member
of the Town Council wishes to have
the street cleaned in front of his
property or when one Of them wishes
to- use the accumulated. muck for
fertilizing his land. The only repair
ing done has been to the sidewalks
in front of the properties. of members
of the Council, many of which were
in far better repair than those that
were neglected, and are still. On the
streets proper, about a dozen cart
loads of oyster-shells dumped into
holes in the road-bed every year con-
stitutes all the repairs to them. Yet
Councils receive sufficient money
from the Road Commissioners, every
year, to keep the streets in a clean,
smooth and healthy condition. In
their present condition they are
menace to the public health and a
disgrace to the town, and were there
less. chicanery and trickery in the con-
duct of the elections of town officials,
and more Of public spirit and good
will shown, there would be more need
ed work done and less favoritism and
jobbery than there is at present.
Miss Bowman, of Wilmington, is
the guest Of John v. Vail-H. G. Tay-
ior and family of Wilmington, spent
Sunday with his father, A. D. D. Tay-
lor.-W. W. Stapleford and wife of
Philadelphia, are visiting his father,
E. T. Stapleford, near town-Mrs.
Joseph Heisel visited her. brother. T.
H. Armstrong at Middletown, who is
ill with typhoid fever, on Sunday
Nr IT, p;obordcon and Master Nor