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Middletown transcript., 1892-01-14
ODESSA.
ODESSA, Jan. 13

ODESSA, Jan. 13.
Levi Vanhorn caught fifty-two muskrats
in one day.
Miss Lizzie FARRELL is visiting her
aunt, Miss Martha FARRELL.
William Gremminger of Chester, has
been spending a few days in town.
Miss NJ. Griffith of Smyrna, is spending
the week with Miss May Thompson.
Miss Fannie Allen of Philadelphia, is the
guest of Miss Sallie Walker
Chas. H. Shubert, D. w. Corbit, and C.
W. Lloyed have filled their ice houses
with three inch ice.
Skating has been 'indulged in during the
past week by many of our young men and
maidens.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Croft attended the
funeral of Mrs. Donavon, the sister of Mrs
Croft at Smyrna Tuesday
Mrs. Anderson of Wilmington, and Miss
Cora Reed of Centreville, Nd, have re-
turned to their homes from visit to Miss
Ida Rose.
News of the death, of Rev. T. R. Cream
er at Milton was received here on Monday.
During Mr.. Creamer's pastorate here he
made many friends who now mourn his
loss
The Watkins Packing Company began
making cans on Monday, 100000 will be
made. They intend packing corn during
the coming season. AS no corn has been
packed by this company before, the ex-
pertinent will not be carried out extensive
lY this wear.
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New Castle & Frenchtown Railroad:
In Edward Everett Hale's life of the
Rev. James freeman Clarke, occurs the
latter's description ofa journey from Boston
to Louisville in 1888.
Travelling in 1885," he says, "was
very different from what it is now. The
only railroad on which trains were drawn
by locomotives was a short one crossing
the State of Delaware. All the rest of the
journey between, Boston and Kentucky
was performed by the old stage coach or by
steamboat. L felt very vacant and unindi-
vidual till I got upon the New Castle rail-
road, where by steam we travelled sixteen
miles in an hour and ten minutes. Twi.
light was deepening into darkness hasten
ed by thunder storm which came up in
terrible might from the west, while a full
moon foated on the opposite blue sky.
1--WE flew, through the rain and light
ning in four enormous. carriages chained
together, and crossed the Chesapeake amid
a continuation of the same storm. ."-Easton
Ledger.
The road mentioned extended from New
Castle Del, to Frenehtown, Md. The
rails were made of wood covered with iron
and fastened to pieces of granite set in the
ground. The road-bed is still visible in
many places. The road was part of the
great stage and boat route from the North
to the South. When the line was in opera
tion New Castle and Frenchtown were i'm
portant and very busy towns
Middletown transcript., 1892-01-14
Attention Mnsic-LoreIs.

The New years holiday number OF
Brainard's Musical World contains,
besides large amount of interesting
reading matter, three new piano pieces
"The German patrol," by Ellenberg
SIN the Valley Polka,'' by Pehel and
"Au Matin," an elegant French COM
position by GODDARD; also . beautiful
new waltz song, "Only in Dreams, "
by Geo. Schleiffarth. mailed for IL
cents or three back numbers mailed
for 25 cents in stamp,
The Musicians Guide NEW edition
for 1892 contains. besides 212 pages of
musical information, biographies OF
$50 musicians, with 25 portraits, q
Teachers Guide" and other valuable
features, three new songs. "My Kath-
leens Coming Back" Last Night" and
"That is love-" and two piano pieces,
'Sounds from the Ballroom" and
"Stolen Kisses'-Gavotte. Mailed
free for eight two-cent stamps, or the
World and Guide, containing the above
nine songs and pieces, mailed for
twelve two-cent stamps. Address, The
S. Brainard's Sons Co., Chicago, Ill.
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Bank Directors Elected.

At meeting of the stockholders of
the Peoples Bank held Saturday,
January 9th, the following directors
were elected to- serve one year:
DR.. J. V. Crawford; Ct. W. W. Nau-
dain; Geo. L. Townsend; H. A. Now
land; q. A. Pool; Geo. F. Brady; J.
Frank Eliason; Geo. NJ. d. Hart; T.
C. Cruikshank, Stephen Boyer, R. T.
Cam, Jr., John F. Ernest.
The stockholders of the Citizens
Bank met on Tuesday, January 18th,
and elected the following directors
Henry Clayton, John A. Reynolds,
Benjamin T. Biggs, Jas. Culbertson,
Thomas Cavender, Andrew Woodall,
Joseph Biggs, Jacob B. Cazier, Ma
thaniel J. Williams.
The directors organized by electing
Henry Clayton, President; John A.
Reynolds, ce-President and Joseph
ggs,ssSecretary.
Middletown transcript., 1892-01-14
Married After Twelve Years.


The " Herald-Democratn published
at Leadville, Colorado, in it's issue Of
Thursday, January 18th, contained
the following:
Tuesday evening a very quiet
wedding took place at Justice Quig-
ley's office. The interested parties
were George W. Satterfield and Miss
Lille P. Lingo, of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia. Quite romance is connect
ed with the marriage. Twelve years
ago the two were engaged to be mar
ried when something intervened
which prevented the nuptials being
solemnized. Their ways in life di-
verged, and for years they never
heard of each other. At last circum-
stances led to reconciliation and on
Tuesday evening the bride arrived in
this city at s O'Clock, and in half an
hour afterwards was married"
Both the bride and groom are we'll
known in Middletown, the former
having resided here a number of
years. The friends of the couple ex-
tend congratulations and wish them
much happiness.
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An Improved Pleasure Railway.

Mr. j. b. Maxwell of this town has
just Invented an improved pleasure
railway, which, if it operates success
fully, will probably do away entirely
with the now popular toboggan slide
and prove valuable addition to the
many means Of affording pleasure to
an amusement-loving public.
Mr.. Maxwell has ha1ke plans for
the railway in his mfad for some time
but said little about it until he be-
came convinced that it would operate
successfully. For the past week he
has been busy preparing model for
the new invention and now has it
about completed. The frame work
of the model is of wood while the
track and sides which will guide the
cars is of tin. The whole is a very
neat piece of workmanship and a
credit to the builder.
The railway is in the form of an
ellipse. The station or where the
cars start is at one end, and after
travelling completely around the
ellipse two or more times and travers-
ing spiral addition at each end, the
cars stop within a few feet of where
they started. They will run a greater
part of the distance by gravity but a
cable will be used to operate them
successfully. A billiard ball will
move just half way around the model
in fifteen seconds, and a dozen can
easily move over the track together
without interfering with one another.
Miniature cars will be provided for
the model and with cable the con-
Germ will be ready for operation.
Mr.. Maxwell has applied for a patent
on his invention and his application
will probably go in this week.
The railway enlarged from the
model will be about 200 feet long and
100 feet wide and the complete dis
tance over the track will be about
three-quarters of mile. Twenty
cars, each carrying four persons, will
be operated at once and it is calcu-
lated that the entire distance can be
covered in less than three minutes.
The concern is arranged in such a
manner that all the cars will move in
the same direction and collisions will
be practically impossible.
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Personal Matters.

= Mrs. John W. Jolls spent Sunday
at Chestertown, Md.
Edward Pearson of Philadelphia
is visiting friends in town.
W. j. I'll. Lingo of Wilmington
was in town Tuesday.
= Miss Mabel Parvis visited friends
in Wilmington last week.
L. C. Vandegrift, Esq, of WIZ
mington, was in Middletown Monday
Miss Blanche Cochran is spend
ing a few days in Philadelphia,
among friends
- Mrs. David Allen and Mrs. J. c.
Wilson visited Wilmington friends
yesterday.
- Mr.. and Mrs. l. N. Mills of Clay
ton, spent yesterday with William
Taylor and family.
Attorney-General John Biggs
and wife of Wilmington, spent Sun
day with Ex-Governor and Mrs.
Biggs.
= Mrs. VIM. Clendaniel returned
home Saturday after spending week
with relatives at Chestertown.
Geo. Echenhofer has returned
home from a successful gHnning e1-
pedition in Northampton county, Va.
= Miss Helen Naudain visited Will
mington friends during the past week
and was in attendance at the dance
in Eden Hall, in that city, Thursday
evening.
Fl. s.. Donnell and T. Bayard
Heisel returned home last week from
a months visit through Florida, and
the former is now spending a few
days in town before starting for Bos-
ton.
= James B. Cochran left yesterday
for New York, from which
place he will sail for San Domingo on
1t is stated that he is
acting with New York firm and will
large plantation in that far
off country for them.
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TO BIZ SOLD FOR TAXES.
THE BAY HEAD MARSH COMPANY
WILL MAKE USE OF ITS CHARTER
TO COLLECT OVERDUE TAXES.

WILL MAKE USE OF ITS CHARTER
TO COLLECT OVERDUE TAXES.
John H. Rodney, Esq, has applied
for an injunction restraining the
managers of the Bay Head Marsh
Company from selling marsh lands Of
Miss Julia N. Clark and Miss Emma
Clark for taxes levied by the Com
pany and which are still unpaid. At
a sale of the same property for the
same cause the Misses Clark were the
purchasers. After they had purchas-
ed the land they refused to pay the
tax levied by the company to provide
for further necessary work on the
embankment The land is now
advertised for sale by the managers
according to the provisions of the
charter Of the company.
Mr.. Rodney claims that the tax
which the managers are now trying
to collect was levied before his clients
owned the property. Such, however
is not the case. The land is part of
Augustine Marsh, near Port Penn,
and was embarked by chartered
company. By the terms of the char
ter the managers are empowered to
sell, for term of years, to the highest
bidder, the land of any owner who
shall not have paid the marsh tax
assessed to him, the purchaser to pay
the tax levied and unpaid, and to hold
the land for term of years agreed
upod at time of sale.
There are many of these companies
along the Delaware Bay and River,
nearly all of which are working under
charters granted by the Legislature.
The charters all have similar provis-
ions as to the collection of taxes and
quite number of sales for taxes have
taken place. Usually the land belongs
to several persons who are individ-
ually unable to reclaim it from the
overflow of tide-water and they join
themselves together under the pro-
visions of charter in order that they
may be able to accomplish unitedly,
what they could not do individually.
The Bay Head Company's bank
was erected and kept up for number
of years more by individual effort
than otherwise, but the continued
refusal Of those who have received
the most benefit, to pay their portion
of the expense has worn out the
patience of the managers, and the
provisions of the charter are now
being made use of to collect overdue
taYnG
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Coming Sales.

January ~, 1S92.-Personal proper
ty, stock, farming implements, etc.
of Mrs. H. A. Sinnickson, near Sassa-
fras, Md. Abram Hayden, auction
eer.
February 2.-Stock and imple
ments of Thomas Murphey, on his
farm one-half mile from St. Angus
tine, Cecil Co. Md.
February s9.-Stock and imple-
ments of Thomas Murphey, on his
home farm, one mile from Middle
town.
A. Hayden, near Taylor's Bridge,
will sell his personal property, farm
ing utensils, etc, Wednesday, Febru-
ary TO-
Wednesday, February 17.-stock
and farming implements of Edward
Blomer, one mile from Port Penn.
s. M. Enos, auctioneer.
Thursday, February 1S.-Stock and
farming implements of William How
ington on the road leading from
Odessa to McDonough, mile from
McDonough. S. NJ. Enos, auctioneer.
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St. GEoRaEs
THINGS THATHAVE HAPPENED IN
THE LITTLE TOWN DURING
THE WEEK.

4 ST. GEORGES, Jan. 18th.
Mr. Thos. Bird who has been making
an extended visit to friends in Baltimore
and Washington, returned home last week
Every day q number of the race-horse'
stationed at DR.. McCoy's new track arr
driven through town while being exercised
/ by their trainers.
The steamer Elizabeth of the Philadel'
phia & Baltimore Line, one day last week
made the run from Philadelphia to Della
aware City in hours and 10 minutes.
Mr.. c.. E. Wright engineer on the New
York & Baltimore Transportation CO..
fleet of steamers, with his newly-made
wife are paying brief visit to his parents
in this town.
The sociable given in Odd Fellows Hall
on Thursday evening was a great success,
and will be followed by another on Thurs
day of next week, which will wind up
with supper at the Union Hotel.
The ice in. the canal and river has seri-
ously interfered with the shipping Of grain
from this place. About twenty thousand
bushels of corn are held by the farmers in
this vicinity, awaiting the opening Of
transportation.
The new styles of postal cards recently
adopted by the Post Office Department
were placed on sale at the post Office here
on last Monday. The larger size known as
style &C., has met with great favor at the
hands of the business men,
Mrs. Sallie Wright, widow of the late
Samuel Wright, who is lying very i'll at the
residence of her son, George Wright, on
Broad street is the oldest person living in st.
Georges. She was born on Feb. LIST. 1906,
and has children, grandchildren and great
grand children to the number of Al now
living.
The fall of snow and cold snap of last
week delighted the hearts of many of our
residents. Every day the streets were
lined with sleighs of every description,
while the younger element repaired to the
coves of the canal where they passed the
time in skating and Shedding. The cloudy
weather of Sunday and Monday brought
hopes of an increase in the snowfall which
were completely dashed by the rain of
Tuesday. 81.
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- Arrangements for the fair and
supper to be given by Volunteer
Hose Company in the Opera House,
beginning February End, and closing
February 9th, are going steadily on,
and the affair gives every promise of
being successful. Besides the booth
where the method of voting by the
Austria liam ballot system will be ex-
planned, the model for the toboggan
slide, which Mr. J. B. Maxwell has
just invented, will be exhibited, and
these two things alone will bring
great many people to the place. Con-
tributions will be gratefully received
by the firemen, and any ladies who
wish to assist with the supper will
oblige the members by being present
at the Hose House tomorrow even
ing at s O'Clock.
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O, 6 M. RAILROAD.
THE COMPANY AT LAST SECURES A
RIGHT OF WAY-THE DAMAGES.

John Pilling, Gen. T. f. Armstrong
William Cooch, H. H. McMullen
James Garman, Commissioners ap
pointed by Chief Justice Comegys tc
assess the damages accruing to land
owners along the route of the Odessa
s. Middletown R. R., met in Middle,
town at the National Hotel Tuesday
morning for the purpose of assessing
damages to private properties within
! the town limits. The first award
was to Chas. s. Roberts, $3.50 for
one-sixth of an acre, and $25 addi-
tional for damage to roadway along
his line, making total of $175. w.
J. H. Lingo was allowed $15 and A.
P. Crockett, Mrs. n. J. Williams, ex-
Gov. Biggs, r. H. Foster were allow
ed $50 each for the right of way
through that part of Lake street
which passes over their private prop
erty and which has never been con-
demned and paid for by the town for
public use, as street. Captain Pen
ington was awarded $500 for the use
of a parcel of land 234 by 150 feet,
situated near the railroad and to be
used for depot and yard purposes.
The right of way is practically Sc
cured and there is apparently moth
ing to bar the progress of the work.
Miss Mary Merritt, who asked for an
Injunction which would restrain the
Company from building along the
public road in front of her farm has
compromised by accepting $25 for
her reversionary rights in the public
road and $75 for about one-sixth of
an acre of land which will be neces-
sary to the Company in the construc-
ton of curve where the railroad
diverges from the public road toward
Lake street. This amicable settle
ment practically leaves the injunc-
ton case without a foundation as
Miss Merritt was the only landowner
along the road who had not already
given up the reversionary rights
which all landowners have in adjoin-
ing public roads. This being the
case she only could ask for an injunc-
ton and as she has compromised
there is no one to carry the case
further.
The railroad people were jubilant
when they succeeded in compromis-
ing the case with Miss Merritt and
thought they had everything their
own way, but in less than 10 hours
after the meeting of the Commission
on Tuesday the Road Commissioners
had received word from Dover that a
restraining order had been granted
in their case as we'll as in the case Of
J. K. Williams, an abutting land
owner. The Road Commissioners |
say that the case will not be abandon
ed, but will be fought to the end.
Middletown transcript., 1892-01-14
Temnerance Workers.

Lady Somerset and Miss Frances E.
Willard will, in a few days, assume
editorial charge of The Union Signal
the organ of the Worlds Womens'
Christian Temperance Union, publish
ed at Chicago. Lady Somerset is very
much interested in the work of the
cause in America. This will probabl y
induce her to take up her permanent
abode in this country.
Miss Frances E. Willard is well
known here as lecturer of great infu-
ence. She has many admirers in Mid
dletown. Lady Somerset is an English
woman who is possessed of great
wealth and who has devoted her life to
the cause of temperance.
Middletown transcript., 1892-01-14
Frances-Naudain Nuptials.

Robert NJ. Frances, one of the Off
,cials of the Tolchester Steamboat
Company, was married to Miss l..
Louise Naudain, on Tuesday, Janu-
ary 12, at P. NJ, at the home of her
brother-in-law, Capt. W. C. Eliason,
President of the Company, No. III
Conway street, Baltimore, Md. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. w.
r. Stricken. Masters Houston Nau-
dain and Willie G. Eliason, Jr.,
nephews of the bride, accompanied
them, carrying baskets of flowers.
Only the members of the immediate
family were present. The bridal pair
are now on an extended trip to New
York and Boston.
Middletown transcript., 1892-01-14
Death of Rev. 7. r. Creamer.

The Rev. T. R. Creamer died at
Milton Sunday evening of a dropsical
affection after an illness of ten weeks.
He had been a member of Wilmington
M. E. Conference since 1878, and
among the charges served by him
were Parsonsburg, Delmar, Deals Is
land and Odessa. He was finishing
the fourth year Of his pastorate at
Milton. A widow and eight children
survive him. The funeral took place
yesterday afternoon.
Middletown transcript., 1892-01-14

Under the will of Mrs. Eliza Cloud,
admitted to probate at Wilmington
Monday she divides her estate,
amounting to probably 5000, be-
tween the Home for Friendless Child
rem and the Home for Aged Women.
Levi n. Clark of Lynn, Mass, a
brother of the late William d. Clark
of Delaware City, died at his home in
Lynn Tuesday evening. The funeral
viii take place on Friday.
Middletown transcript., 1892-01-14
l0 Head Of Fine Cattle

Consisting OF IS cows of which .----AA---AA
IL are excellent mixers, and two fair milk
ers, 8 selected heifers from by best cows.
One 2-year old bull, nearly pure Holstein.
Lot of shoats, Chester County and Poland
China cross.
A fine lot, also some pigs OF same breed.
FARMING IMPLEMENTs.-Four Farm
Wagons. with hay rigging , .Dearborns, I
Family Carriage, Phaeton, In GOOD order |;
l Sleigh cutter Duilo; Deerlng B.nuer. s.
nearly as good as new i six-foob Deeting
Mower, used only one season. as good as
new. one ofthe best machines IN the world !;
perfect order, new last faI cost $95 steel
tooth Horse Rake in good order Il Dickey
Cutting Box, will cut and Slice corn stalks
for ensflage have cut l2O0to 1860 bushels
per day with this machine with two-horse
Pelton power, double cog gearing In good
order Grain Fans, 2 Hand Corn Shelters, 1
will shell from 500 to 500 bushels per day II
mond SuIkey Cultiyator. Edmjston &
Waddell Sulkey Cultivator, Lot OF Hand
CuItivators, Advance and South Bend Plows,
Twin Harrows, Potato PlOw. one of the
best made. ! Portable tank on truck,
wagon Harness. II sets of Plow Harness,
lot of Single and Double Trees, Forks, .shov.
els, Spa des, Hoes, Days, Corn Knives, Tree
Trfmmers, and many other articles too
Lot OF Household furniture, consisting of
Bed Steads, Lounges, Refrigerators, Bed
Room Wood Stove, and many other artfc les
too numerous to mention.
TERMS-All sums of $40 and under, cash
On all sums over that amount a credit of IL
months will be given by purchaser giving a
bankable note with approved endofser.
NJ. N. WILLITS,
s. NJ. ESos, Auctioneer.
NB-.No goods to be removed until con.
ditions are complied with, In case a pur-
chaser shall not comply With conditions and
Otherwise he will be held liable for any los
which may thus occur. NJ. N.WILLIrs.
fan7-tS
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Hon. j. A. j. cresswell,s win.


The last will and testament of the late
Hon. John A. J. Creswell was admitted to
probate in the Orphans Court of Cecil
county on Monday last. It is comparative
ly brief, occupying but two pages of legal
cap paper, and bears date September l.,
1886. The testator deyises all the proper
ty he inherited from his father and mother
in and near Port Deposit, in three equal
parts third to Caroline M. Heald,
another third to SidneysA Taylor, and the
remaining third, share and share alike, to
Lizzie C. Boynton, Austin Boynton,
Edwin Boynton and Sidney johnson. All
the remainder of his estate he bequeaths to
his wife, Hannah J.,R. .Creswell, whom he
names as executrix of his will. His estate
is estimated to be worth from $75, 900 to
100000. The property in and near Port
Deposit is estimated to be worth about
$50, ,OO0.-Elkton Appeal.
Middletown transcript., 1892-01-14
MARYLAND Matters.

Captain William Pryor of Elk Neck, is
dead at the age of 80.
Miller R. Barton of Newark, died Thurs
day morning of pneumonia, in the 57th
year of his age.
w. W. Busteed and Olin Bryan have
purchased the Messrs. Roberts interest in
the Centreville Observer"
Rev. Father Murphey of the Elkton
Catholic Church, became victim of the
grip few days ago and died on Friday
from the effects of his illness.
The Cecil Democrat announced edi-
torially Saturday that State Senator, John
s. Wirt's name will be presented to the
Maryland Legislature as candidate for
United States Senator from the Eastern
shore.
Middletown transcript., 1892-01-14
Meeting of The Farmers Ii

Meeting of The Farmers Institute.
The Farmers Institute of New
Castle county will meet in Newark
next Monday, January IS, 1899.
tuberculosis will be the subject dis
cussed. There will be papers by DR..
Ewes and by specialist on this dis
ease and DR.. J. J. Black will discuss
the medical aspects Of the question.
Animals affected with the disease
will be examined killed, inspected
after killing, and then burned to
destroy the germs of the disease
Middletown transcript., 1892-01-14
FOR RENT

The dwelling house on Main street, now
occupied by j. Thomas Budd. Possession
given 25th of March next.
Apply to WIN. r. COCHRAN,
janl43m MIDDLETow N, DEL.