Middletown transcript., 1892-06-16
Rev. ]. Beers. Rectc
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

= Augustine Bridge is off for re
pairs until Wednesday, the 22d inst
A missionary meeting represent
ing both the Foreign and Hom
societies, will be held this evening il
the Methodist church at 7.45 O'Clock
The fourth annual commence
ment exercises of Port Penn public
school will be held in the schoo
house at that place, on Friday, June
oath, at 7.45 O'Clock.
w. v. Hawke, formerly Of Mid
dletown, is pitching great ball for the
Reading Club. Recently he pitched
a fourteen-inning game against the
Pittsburg Club and only seven hits
were made off him.
= The flag raising over the Port
Penn public schools will take place
tomorrow, the nth inst. An address
by a well-known speaker will be de-
livered and the exercises promise to
be very interesting.
The evening service in st.
Anne's Church, during the hot
weather of the summer, will consist
Of " Evening Prayer" with a short
address on "Subjects for the Times"
The address next Sunday will be on
Recreation"
Douglas Lockwood, the six years
old son of Mrs. Richard Lockwood,
fell from the top of box four feet to
the ground a few days ago and broke
both bones in his right arm. Drs. r.
B. Mckee and Fl. L. Clayton attended
the lad and dressed his injuries.
Henry johnson, a well-known
colored character was arrested this
morning for attempting to steal
money from John Freeman. Johnson
is wanted for several small thefts and
all of his misdoings will probably re-
suit in his being sent to jail.
- The Annual Service in Old st.
Anne's Church will be held, if the |
weather permit, next Sunday, June
10th, at 1904. NJ. Should it be too
wet that day, the services will be
postponed till the following Sunday.
The public are cordially invited to at
tend this old historic spot and join in
the worship.
- The work of improving our
streets has been going steadily on the
past week, and the first layer of rock
has been put down. This will be
covered with dirt and pressed down
with a 30-ton roller. A covering Of
very small rock will finish the road.
The grading is perfect and the new
street will be great improvement
over the old.
= Messick's cheap cash store under
the town hall is acquiring quite
as bargain centre, and
the inducements offered to buyers
are certainly tempting. They adver-
tise no LEADERS " but the goods on
the counters carry the price mark
and no discounts are offered to any
one. Mr.. Messick is so far much
pleased with his prospects in Middle
town.
M. L. Hardcastle has decided to
dispose Of his entire stock Of goods at
cost, and close up his business. All /,
sales will be for cash and the goods
will positively be sold at cost, as fail
ing health obliges Mr.. Hardcastle to
business. A quantity of
the goods will be sold at auction
next Saturday night at 8 o'clock.
The first ripe tomato of the
season plucked from garden vines
was shown us on Monday by Mr..
John Armstrong of the firm of Arm
strong g. Sparks. 1t was grown in
heir garden and was seven inches in
of a nice bright natur-
Il color, and in no way premature.
10 far as we have heard this is the
irst tomato raised in this vicinity
his season that has acquired a
natural state of ripeness.-
The Sunday school OF the Forest
Presbyterian Church will hold their
nnual Children's Day service on Sun
lay evening next, June 10th at 7.30
}. M. The order of exercises is very fine '
nd the Middletown orchestra will Z
i've their assistance on this occasion. t
n the morning the pastor, the Rev.
!. Ell. Moore will preach sermon ap- ,
to the day. All are cordi-
.lIy invited to attend these services.
A passenger on the 4.S1 north n
ound express last Friday afternoon. !
ell from the car door to the station {
,latform as he attempted to alight. q
ie was unable to shield himself in 3
nv way and his face struck on the 5
latform. His nose was badly cut o
nd his face bruised in several places.
Re was picked up by some bystand-
q and his wounds bathed until the
rival Of physician. The injured v
an was on his way to Baltimore, v
,d was able to continue on his n
,urney on the arrival of the last O
7ening train. J
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