Middletown transcript., 1892-06-09
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

LOO.AL AEEAlhO.
Paris Green and London Purple
at Vaughan's Drug Store.
Augustine Pier opens for the sea-
son of 1892, on Thursday evening,
June 23d.
Several Middletown young ladies
have formed a cooking school and
propose holding occasional meetings
to take lessons in the culinary art.
Monday was observed as a holi-
day by the colored people and they
were in town during the day in large
numbers. Officers Craddock and
Duncan kept the crowd moving and
there was comparatively little corner
loafing.
The Children's Day services in
Forest Presbyterian Church will be
held on Sunday evening, June 18th.
An excellent musical program has
been prepared and those who are to
take part are very busy practicing,
in order to make the exercises a sue
cess.
1t is stated that DR.. J. G. Mccoy,
owner of the kite-shaped track at
Kirkwood, will offer the most valu-
able prize ever awarded to cyclists, to
the wheelman who can break the
worlds record mile on the above
track. The contest will be open to
all American wheelmen.
The Annual Service in Old st.
Anne's Church will be held, if the
weather will permit, on Sunday, June
10th. at TO- 80 A. M. Should it be too
wet that day, the services will be
postponed till the following Sunday.
The public are cordially invited to o'at-
tend this old historic spot and join in
the worship.
Mrs. Richard Ferguson has never
fully recovered from a severe attack
of the grip. which first caused her
trouble on December 18th, last. She
has improved the past two weeks,
but even now is only able to sit up a
short time each day. She is very
weak, and her recovery is slow.
A very heavy rain fell in this i'm
mediate vicinity Saturday afternoon,
and the streets and roads were Hood
ed. 1t was the heaviest rain fall for
many years, and rather remarkable
feature was the fact that Middletown
was the very centre of the storm. In
nearby localities the storm was very
light and frequently no rain fell at
all.
The last dance of the season was
given in McWhorter's Hall Friday
evening, and was attended by about
twenty couple. Prices orchestra OF
five pieces furnished music, and dane
ing was kept up from O'Clock until
midnight. There will probably be
no more dances given by the young
people until after the opening OF
Augustine Pier, when the usual num-
Der Of private dances will be arranged
for.
Talbot Ennis, young coioreo
boy, was arrested on Monday fol
carving a razor. At hearing before
ESQUIRE Ferguson the boy stated that
he had been using the razor in the
morning and had forgotten to leave
it home. A defective pocket through
which the weapon dropped to the
street, was the cause Of it's being dis
covered. A fine Of 81 and costs settled
the case.
The granary on the Bradford
farm. tenated by w. 81. Short, in
Middle Neck, was destroyed by fire
early Friday morning, together with
it's contents including over 5000
bushels Of corn. The grain was to
have been shipped the following day
and vessel was lying at a nearby
wharf to take it to Baltimore. The
fire was undoubtedly of incendiary
origin.
Johnson's Minstrels appeared a.
the Opera House Monday night be
fore a small audience. Some features
of the show were very good, ant
among these the musical blacksmith
and the youthful contortionists de
sarve mention. There are twent.
members in the company and the.
remained in Middletown from Satu1
day night until Wednesday.
Anybody can freeze their owl
loo cream in five minutes, and for al
expenditure OF two or three cents.
the preparation to be frozen is places
in tin bucket or other receptacle,
can be readily CONCEALED by puttinl
II in a pail containing aweak dilutiol
~ sulphuric acid and water. Int
+bis throw handful of Glaubers salt
and the resulting cold is SO great tina
Toe cream or ices will be frozen soli'
in a few minutes.
w. v. Hawke, who was membe
of+ha Middletown base ball club -tw
wears ago, has, it is stated, signed
Contract with the Reading, Pa, clu
at ! salary of $500 for the season
Hawke attracted considerable after
tion while playing here, by his fin
work. He differs from most ba
nlayers, in that he is quiet and ger
tlemanly, two qualifications too Sc
dom found among professions
players.