Middletown transcript., 1892-04-28
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

There will he preaching at Arm
strong's Chapel Sunday afternoon
next at o'clock.
- Pure Ground Novia Scotia lan'
plaster by the bag or ton.
s. M. Reynolds & Co.
w. r. Reynolds has just complet
ed a set of Moffat leather harness, fol
Messrs. Teasdale & Harrington of New
York City.
The young men of the town viii
give a dance in McWhorter's Hall to
morrow evening. A small number Of
visitors have been invited and an en-
joyable time is anticipated.
Might Officer Corey has ten
dered his resignation as police officer,
owing to the low salary paid, and
will in the. future act as private
watchman for several of our mer-
chants in town.
-S. M. Reynolds 8 Co., have Sc
cured the contract for furnishing dry
goods for the Almshouse. They were
able to outbid all corners. The con-
tract was awarded yesterday after
noon.
Frank NJ. Gooding, who few
weeks ago suffered severe injuries by
being thrown from horse he was
riding, has about recovered and is
able to be among his friends once
more.
Five members of the Segars fam
ily, colored, of this place have died
within a year. The deaths have gem
orally been sudden and unexpected.
Cause, supposed to be rheumatism
of the heart.
Stock is being taken in the pro-
posed cotton mill, and the gentlemen
OF the Board of Trade and the Mid
dIetown improvement Co.. hope to
have the preliminaries arranged in a
short time.
j. Frank WiIds, direct tax COM
missioner, will attend at the Registers
office, Court House, Wilmington. from
Monday the 9th to Saturday the 18th
days of May next, between the hours
of 10 O'Clock A. M. to 4 o'clock P. M.
Strawberries are in the local mar
ket, and can be had at % cents per
quart. When they become plentiful
and a half-dozen quarts can be had
for what one now costs, perhaps we
can indulge; but not now.
Mrs. Sallie GREGG, colored
woman residing in Hamtown, COM
planned Of illness Tuesday morning
and physician was summoned.
She died before his arrival. Her
sudden demise was caused by rheu-
matism of the heart.
List of unclaimed letters remain
ing in the post Office, which can be
had by saying they are advertised:
Mrs. Agnes Anthony, J. ]. Corbaley,
James Dashields, John B. Fountain,
Stephen Ford, Walter Filligame, Ellis
Hamilton, Miss Annie Redgray.
-Messrs. James E. Booth, Harry
w. Herbert, Edward J. Weggenman,
Albert ". Foster, Mahlon Lancaster
and Louis Bell of the New Castle
Wheel Club rode down the state road
to Middletown on Sunday morning
and returned atI3 o'clock::in the.after-
noon.
The Cob pipe and pearl button
factories will come to M1ddletown
soon. All the necessary cobs are in
sight and enough of the right kind
will hereafter be raised to keep the
factory running. Quite number OF
hands will be employed in these fac
tories. Members of the Board OF
Trade are elated over the suec ess oi
their efforts.
Mrs Helen T. Bullock, of Elmira
NY. lectured on "The Use of Mar
cotics,n - before large audience inthe
Opera House here Sunday afternoon.
She is an entertaining speaker, and
handles her subject with rare ability.
The lecture was given under the
anspices OF the. w. @. T. q. The
Middletown orchestra assisted with
the music.
A colored man met with rather
unpleasant and dangerous experience
at st. Anne's bridge few days ago
He sat down to rest on one OF the
stone walls which enclose the road
way and soon fell asleep. During his
alumbers he rolled over too far and
fell into the water below, distance
of about fifteen feet. The stream
was not very deep at that point, and
beyond a slight shaking up he was
nniniured. He will not slumber on
that wall again.
H L. Clayton Of Middletown,
has passed his final examinations at
the Medico-C Chirurgical College Of
philadelphia. DR.. Clayton took the
scholarship prize last year and was
farup in his class at the final exami-
nations. He win receive his diploma
at the graduation exercises to be
held at the Chestnut street Opera
Honse ON the Sd day Of May. He
viii then probably enter one OF the
Philadelphia hospitals as a resident
physician in which capacity he VIII
serve one year before entering upon
tba active duties of his profession.