Middletown transcript., 1893-09-09
LIVELY GOSSIP FROM OUR aREeU.
LAR coRREsPoNDETs.
PERSONAL PAR0GRAPHS
Breezy Briefs From odessa. townsend,
Port Penn, Delaware City, chesa-
peake city-o Other Items Of Interest
From Our Neiehborins Towns and
Hamlets.
ODESSA ITEMS.


Miss Eta Mcvey, of PhiIadelphia, is the
guest of Mrs. w. R. Davis.
Miss Carrie Dudley. of Philadelphia, is
visiting Miss Natalie Woodal.
Miss Belle Fletcher, Of Wilmington, is
spending this week as the guest Of the
Kisses Lloyd.
Perry Rose, Of Wilmington, spent last
week in town.
G. W.. Griffenberg, of Summit Bridge,
spent Sunday with his parents here.
Miss Ella Walker, of Philadelphia, is
visiting MRS. q s.. Brooks.
Master Frank ogram and sister, Miss
Clark, of Hockessin, were the guests Of
Prof e. C. mote this week.
mrs. Harry A. Griffenberg and MRS. C.
Frank Griffenberg, Jr.. of Chicago, who
have been the guests of G. r. Grifenberg
and family, returned to their home on
Tuesday accompanied by Miss Fannie
Griffenberg who will spend month enjoy
ing the wonders of the White City.
MT, and mrs. Frank Baker and sen Harold
who have been the guests of the Misses
Baker, have returned to their home in
Philadelphia.
Miss Nay Enos who was some time age
elected teacher in the Townsend Public
Schools left on Monday for her new field
of labor.
Miss Anna Lord, of Philadelphia, is visit.
ing her mother MIS-. Anne E. Lord.
The Kisses Ella and Matte Gremmingel
are spending this week with Philadelphi.
and Jersey friends.
Miss Lidie Gilch has returned to Wes
Chester State Normal School where she viii
resume her studies;
L. Scott Townsend, of Wilmington. spen
last week In town.
William T. Potts and George Stidham, o
Philadelphia. are down here on gunninl
expedition.
Edwin Read, of Rec order Shallcross
Office, Wilmington, is the guest Of Charlie
r. Shubert at Long Island. Ed has beer
again at his old pursuit of last years yaca
ton, that of fshmonger. His host eve
with an eve to business knowing from ex
| perience the success of bis city friend witt
the housewife started him out in the pisca
torial business on Wednesday. But thi
time the ex-commissioner accompanie'
his guest ostensibly for the purpose of see
ing how the young pen driver managed t
rid his wagon Of the scaly monsters.
George Hallman paid Dover a brief visi
on Thursday.
Charles K. Gibson, a former student 9
West Chester State Normal School, left O
monday for Philadelphia where he wi
attend Pierce's Business College.
A number from here attended the ten
meeting now being held at Uuion Churc
I on Sunday
MRS. John Whann and daughter, mis-
Elya, of Philadelphia, visited mrs. Anne J
Lord few days this week.
John Whann, Jr., of Philadelphia, is th
guest of Roy Roberts.
Baker Br.ss. this week shipped 5000 case
of canned corn by the steam barge Harr
to their warehouses in Philadelphia 4
make room in their packing department
here for the enormous seasons work.
| George w. Polk who has been attendin
to the shipping of peaches from his farr
in the lower part of the state returned t
his home ON Wednesday.
Mrs H. J. Shape has returned from
visit among friends in Virginia.
| i'll. Gibson spent monday in Philadeiphi
mrs Eliza Appleton is the guest of ]. 3
Hoffecker at Smyrna.
Howard Brooks machinist, of Phila
delphia, had his hand injured while |
work one day last week and is now gues
of his father, Captain e. s. Brooks, avail
ing the recovery Of the injured member.
! Owing to the incompleted state of on
school building the schools did not ope
this week, but it is hoped that they will b
in readiness by the first of October.