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Middletown transcript., 1894-08-04
EDUCATIONAL.
A School for Our Peninsula Youth
Which Offers Every Advantaoe

A School for Our Peninsula Youth
Which Offers Every Advantage.
| Those seeking superior advantages in
preparatory school work. we are glad to
say need not look beyond our own state.
The Wilmington Conference Academy
located at Dover has already made the
reputation for thorough work, that schools
of greater pretentions might envy. 1t is
not college, neither does it profess to do
college work, but it proposes to lay the
foundation for higher learning and to give
boy or girl drill and training which
will give them the best standing in bust
ness or professional life. The higher
schools. where the graduates of the Acade-
my have gone, have been loud in their
praise of the work done in this school,
Many of the best young men and women
of our peninsula have been its pupils and
the patronage last year has been exceeded
by only one year in the history of the
school.
The principal, DIR. Goeding has shown
himself thoroughly qualified for the re-
sponsible position he occupies. With the
advantages of the best schools of this coun-
try and Europe. and his years of experience
in practical work, the friends of the school
may justly claim for his management
degree of efficiency seldom found in schools
of this grade. His corps of Instructors
have been selected with good care and have
come with the best recommendations of
the leading educators of our country.
The location is eligible, the grounds |
spacious. the buildings commodious, with |
all the modern appointments for the best
educational work.
The careful oversight given the students,
and the moral tone of the school is suffi- |
cient guarantee that the children of our |
best homes will be we'll cared for. We |
have not the least hesitancy in giving our
endorsement to this home |
school and hope every boy and girl ambi- |
tious to learn may be stimulated to seek |
the advantages offered them there.
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Point ON Tuesday in honor of Miss Ma
theus, of Illinois. who is a guest at E. r
Cochran's.
Rev. F. H. Moore will spend the month
of August at Lake Mohawk. N. Y, having
left town on Monday for this picturesque
resort, accompanied by his mother and sis
ter of Philadelphia.
Miss May Davis of Milford who has
has been taking summer tour in New
Jersey and Pennsylvania reached Middle
town this week. and is the guest other
cousins Misses Mollie and Anna Wilson.
Miss Lizzie Hall is at Principle, Nd,
where she will spend part of her vacation,
and later will enjoy the White Mountain
air and scenery, in company with Miss Ida
Howell, who is now at the Harvard Sum-
mer School at Cambridge.
FIJI. Hoffecker Esq. of Wilmington, was
the guest of Hugh C. Brown on Monday,
and was among the interested spectators at
the game of ball; but it is hardly presuma-
BILE that he came all the way from Will
mington just to see the boys play.
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ODESSA ITEMS.

Grabbing parties are now in fashion.
Miss Sallie Enos has Miss Matte Shor
visiting her.
| We miss DR.. Woods genial. face on these
quiet streets.
There is good deal of sickness in and
around town and our doctors are kent yery
busy.
Mrs. Hamilton Latton, of Chester. Pa.
paid Mrs. W. A. Rhodes short visit this
week.
They say blackberries are plentiful but
owing to the dry weather are ripening yery
imperfectly.
Our people must be fortifying themselves
against the prophesied hard winter, for
there are III hogs in our midst
Miss Sadie Lord is entertaining her cousin
Miss Lidie Lord. of Smyrna, and the
Messrs. Barnett of Greenspring.
We are glad to note that DR.. Hamilton!
is able to be out again. He has been con-
fined to the house nearly all winter and
spring.
The Clio carried her second excursion to
Woodland Beach on Wednesday. About
$50 persons availed themselves Of this
opportunity for days outing.
Our nearby resort St, Augustine Park
has been well patronizsd during the hot
weather. The largest number this season
passed through town on Thursday 4n route
for that placs.
Among the queer freaks that lightning
takes was one thst occurred nsar hers
about ten days ago. The bolt enssFSd the
homo q NJ T. q vsndefgzift u, th1oues
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FIRE AT MASSEYS.
Another Maryland Village Swept l

Another Maryland Village Swept by
Flames.
Massey's, Kent county. Md, was visited
by serious fire Sunday afternoon. 1t was
the largest fire in the place since the one
which nearly swept the little town out of
existence April 18th, 1888. The fire began
in large grain and freight warehouse be-
longing to the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore Railroad Company. In
| this building were stored several tons of
baled straw, 900 bushels of wheat belong
ing to S. i. Spear & Co., sixty bushels of
wheat belonging to E. NJ. Evelith and other
merchandise. 1t was at once found to be
impossible to save this building, and the
| attention of small armv of men with
fruit-tree spraying pumps commenced
work trying to save the large agricultural
implement warehouse of A. F. Huey near
by Within twenty minutes this building
also caught. but before the fire gained
headway over twenty-five carriages, wagons
and agricultural implements were removed
to places of safety. Twelve drills, on
which Bickford & Huffman, the manufac-
turers, had an insurance of $500, several
binders, cultivators and a large amount
valuable implements were destroyed. The
books, notes and papers belonging to Mr.f
Huey were removed from the safe and were
saved. 1t is impossible to form an accurate
estimate of the loss on Mr.. Huey's stock,
which was insured for $2,5O0 This, how
ever, il is thought will cover his loss.
A car on the railroad track was only |
saved by being pushed down the track. |
The track was badly warped by the heat |
and the ties for some distance were burned,
1t is certain that but for the heroic work |
of The ladies Of the town the railroad sta
ton near by would also have been burned.
As to the origin of the fire some claim that
spontaneous combustion took place in the
bales of straw, while others contend that
such thing, owing to the manner in
which the straw was stored, would have
been impossible. 1t is also claimed by
some that the wheat stored in the upper
story Of the building might and they be-
lieve, did heat and was responsible for the
blaze. The building used by A. F. Huey
was owned by Miss Minnie Massey, of
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Carnot'S Assassin.

Cesario Santo. anarchist, under trial O.
Lyons for the murder of President Carnot
admitted his commission of the crime
with which he is charged and gloried in it
He denied that he had accomplices, claim.
ing the whole credit of the horrible deed. He
bore himself defiantly throughout, and re.
mind and irresponsibilty. His confession II
of a declaration that he would kill tn e
King of Italy and his premier if he had a
chance created senstion in the courtroom.
The murder of President Carnot, he ad-
mitted, was from anarchist motives. II
am an anarchist" he said, "and l hate the
bourgeois, society and the heads of the
State"
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SEVENTH DAY ADvENTIsTs.
Their Meetings In the Cotton Church
Attract Large Crowds.

Their Meetings I'm the Cotton Churcl
| Attract Large Crowds.
Large congregations have attended til,
| meetings in the tent where the Adventist.
have been having service during the pas
week. These meetings are under the
special direction of Rev. H. E. Robinson
o is an evangelist and organizer sent
out by the Adventist Conference which en-
braces the territory of New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland aud the
Delaware Peninsula. Their teachings
differ with other Adventists in that they
have set no special time for the visible
coming of Christ. but believe His appear
ing is at hand, and that We are now in the
last days, interpreting the visions and
reading the prophecies of the ancient pro-
phets in the light of what they claim
to be truth revealed especially to this gene.
ration.
Another distinct characteristic of the
sect is keeping the seventh day as Sunday,
by which observance their followers fire.
quently keep two Sundays, since the law
of the land sets the first day of the week
apart for the worship of God, and the
whole christian world has long since united
in observing the first day. 1t is, to say the
least, rather inconvenient for the laborer,
who needs to work six days to maintain
himself and family, and who if he is a
a Seventh Day Adventist must lose a
working day of every week.
There are several evangelists with their
wives who are actively engaged in the
work here. They have no abiding place,
Dut live in tent adjoining the Cotton
Church." where they have reduced tent
keeping to fro art, and have the COM
orts and comveniences of more substantial |
houses, They give every evidence of being
iodly people. working to advance the
Kingdom of Christ. Many persons who
ire never seen at a church. attend these
meetings. and if they succeed in arousing
he thoughtless and careless and inspiring
BELIEVERS with greater devotion their coming
vill not be in vain.
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| MARSHALL p. WILDER. man Ill Amerlcs
and the wittiest man in England
took joke. A friend of mine, news
paper man, tells me that he was lately in
q small town in New York State where
Chauncey Depew, was billed to make a
speech that night, and it happened he
stopped at the same hotel Depew did. Just
after supper the editor of the local paper
dropped in to see Mr.. Depew, and the dis
tinguished gentleman proceeded to have
some fun with the country journalist. He
had fun, too, and every now and then he
rounded upa sentence againt the editor by
saying, "Oh, you can't believe everything
in the newspapers" the editor having used
the newspaper matter very largely in his
argument
After the speaking was over the editor
met Mr. Depew in the hotel Office again,
and there was big crowd present.
well, my friend" inquired the genial
Chauncey, "whaf did you think of my
speech?'
The editor hesitated moment.
+ Are you," he asked solemnly. "the
genuine Chauncey NJ. Depew?'
Certainly. Why not?"
"Are you the one that all the news
papers have been saying. was the finest
speaker, the greatest talker, the sharpest
stumper, and the brightest wit before the
public?" pursued the editor.
"Iguess Pm the one," blushed the gen.
tleman. "Why?"
.'Oh, because you can't believe every
thing there is in the newspapers"
And Depew shook hands with the editor
and called it square.
Now turn to John Balls island. The |
most extraordinary thing over there is The
Englishman's sense of humor. You have
to use search light to find it. The Amer
lean joke is lost upon him. One day met
W. S, Gilbert, the wittiest man in England
and the gruffest.
"How d. do, Wilder"
"How are you, Mr.. GILBERT"
Feeling well to-day?"
Pretty well, Mr.. Gilbert, but Pm afraid
you will not see as much ofme as you have
Indeed, now's that?"
Il lost tooth this morning."
"Ah. that's too bad. How did you loss
it?"
"And this" said Wilder, significantly,
from man who is supposed to see joke
miles distant!'-From Funny Stories
Told by Famous People," Demorest's
Magazine for August.
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TOWNSEND TOPICS.

George Roe spent Sunday with bis par
ents. ----- \
Miss Hannah Truax, of Smyrna, spen
Sunday in town.
| Mrs. Polk of Wilmington is visiting rela.
tives and friends here.
Miss Mollie Gray, of near Red Lion. /,
the guest of Mrs. G. M. D. Hart.
Mrs. James Wilson, of Torrisdals, ia
spending few days with her parents.
The colored people will hold camp
meeting at Ebenezer, beginning next Sun.
day.
The rain for which we have all been
signing, come down gently for awhile on
Thursday night .> -
Misses Emma and Carry Weldon, of
Philadelphia, are spending the summer
with their mother.
Mrs. G. M. D. Hart has returned from
an extended visit with friends near Red
Lion and st. Georges.
Mr.. W. Lattomus and family, Miss Anita
Wilson. D. B. Maloney and daughter re-
turned from Rehoboth on Monday.
Prof. Herman Roe and wife went to
Scranton on Thursday. They will stay un-
til time to open the schools in September.
Mr.. w. A. Scott and wife, Miss Nina
Scott, Mr.. j. s. Lattomus and wife. and
L. L. Maloney are spending few days at
Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Salmon returned from
their visit to Easton on Monday. Since
that time Mr.. Salmon has been quite i'll.
but is better at this writing.
Prof. W. A. Hutchison left here on Mon
day morning. Cards are out for marriage
on the 7th of this month to Miss Mary s.
Loomis, daughter of Rev. B. B. Loomis, of
Canajoharie, N. Y. They will make their
home in Chicago.
Prof. Lenning of Philadelphia, was. in
town on Wednesday evening, and quite a
company gathered at the residence of W.
Lattomus to enjoy the fine music for which
the professor has such reputation. We
hope he will come again.
Rev. F. F. Carpenter and family left on
Monday for visit to Crisfeld. They will
be gone until Saturday week. The Sunday
services will be conducted by Mr..
John W. Atwef1. The Epworth League
will have charge on Sunday evening.
As Mr. George V. Psverley was driving in
town on Wednesday morning, his horse
became frightened and threw him and one
son out of the buggy. The horse ran and
became unmanageable and the other son
who was left in the vehicle had presence
Of mind enough to see that he was power
ess to da any thing and managed to jump
out at the back just in time to save hi
The wheel struck a psst with sucS fftseeeas ftsceee as
% throw the hores.> 1t was not kiIlei but
} retty badly scratched One wheel and
The single-tree were broken. and the buggy
pretty generally shaken up. The parties
we're all very fortunate, none of them be-
ng more seriously hurt than badly scared.
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DELAWARE CITY.

John Anderson is very i'll with typhoi
fever.
| Invitation dance at Augustine Pier las
night.
Mrs. George W. Reybold is sojourning q
Atlantic City.
Rev. Mr.. Gassener has returned from
visit to Dover.
Miss Nellie Swan is visiting her brothe
near st. Georges.
Richard Ford of Millington Md, was in
| town on Saturday.
F. McIntire who has been quite sick for Q
week is recovering.
Miss Bessie Mills is enjoying the pleas.
ures of Ocean Grove.
Miss Hannah Swan is spending a few
weeks with her mother
Mrs. P. Joyce of Wilmington, is visiting
her mother Mrs. Caldwell.
Mrs. George C. Bennett of Harrisburg Pa,
is visiting relatives in town.
Miss Hodgman of Wilmington is the
guest of Mrs. George Green.
Wentworth Floyd of Wilmington is stay
ing at the Delaware City Hotel.
Miss BERTHE Clark has returned from a
visit to relatives in Philadelphia.
James Wills of Wilmington was enter
tanned this week by Mrs Robert Wills.
The NJ. E. Sunday School had its annual
picnic at Augustine Park on Wednesday.
Rev. Mr.. Davidson ofSt. Georges and
Rev. Mr.. Oates exchanged pulpits on Sun
day.
Miss Ethel Reybold is the guest of her
aunts the Misses Tybout at Bellvue near
Delaware City.
Howard Foard and family of Philadel-
phia are visiting his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
George Foard
Mrs. L. H. Moore and Mrs. ]. A. Vruiand,
of Philadelphia, spent Wednesday with
relatives in town.
Miss Scholl spent Monday with her
friend Miss Amos, leaving here on Tuesday
morning for her home in Baltimore.
The Misses Vickers. of Chestertown, Nd,
and Miss Julia Newton, of Virginia, are
guests of the Misses Clark at Greenlea.
The bicycle race on Saturday resulted in
another victory for H. G. Clark. In the
slow race Robert Davidson came out ahead;
Mrs. Won Culin second.
The unusual hail storm on Wednesday
did good deal of damage The ground
was pretty well covered with leaves, the
streets with water and the constant play of |
lightning followed by almost ear splitting
crashes of thunder filled ones heart with |
'ear. Some of the Delaware City folk had |
% lay in a new stock of window glass.
rhe size of the hail stones varied--(as
lsuaD some persons asserting they were as
arge as ordinary marbles, others measur-
ng off the size by half finger-long
ingers at that. We saw great many of
he first size mentioned.
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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE,
PORT PENN.

| About one thousand people spent Wed
nesday at Augustine Park where breeze!
are. if anywhere
The Methodist Sunday school at Della.
ware City. held it annual picnic there on
that day Aug. LIST, and there were excur-
>sions from Bridgeton and Philadelphia.
Although lightning was vivid and thun.
der heavy Wednesday night, there was
little rain here though it was abundant
elsewhere. and would have been extremely
welcome to us. The weather is sultry
though breezes are fine from the river and
bay.
Port Penn has been supplied with small
fruits during the entire season, thanks to
travelling venders who have come at reg
ular intervals with dewberries, black berries
and huekelherries, and occasionly, toma-
toes and osheryegetables. A wagon load of
fne and very cheap peaches, say Troths or
Early Yorks. with no prematures among
them, would be very welcome and would
probably go away empty. Some large fine
canteloupes, also exceedingly cheap, would
not be amiss, and find a ready sale.
William NJ. Mullen died at his residence,
Glenwood near here at o'clock D. m. ON
Friday, July 2sth. He had been infirm
for some years, so that his death was not |
The funeral occurred on |
and was large one. He was
eighty seven years old, and leaves four
daughters and one son. to whom he has
been an affectionate and devoted parent.
He was one of the most successful farmers
in this neighborhood. Mr.. Mullen was
warm friend of the Methodist church of
which he was amember, and there seems
o be no one to take his place. Indeed the
,hurch in this village could scarcely have
been maintained without his pecuniary
nd and real interest. He has also been
lnfailingly kindand hospitable towards the
ministers who have supplied the pulpit.
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CHESAPEAKE CITY.

John Woolford is being entertained by
Ralph Reese.
Rudolph Egee. of Wilmington, spent
Sunday in town.
Miss Foard, of Delaware City, is the guest
of Miss Fannie Foard.
Miss Mary Willis is being entertained by
relatives near Sassafras, Md.
Miss Lillian Karsner, of Baltimore, is .
guest at DR.. W. c. Karsn er's.
Mrs. Frank Goodnow, of Wilmington, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Ross
Messrs. Edgar and Frank Ellison, who
reside near town, spent this week at Ocean
Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Roth, of Baltimore,
were guests at John Beiswanger's last
week,
Mrs. George Whitfield and daughter,
Helen, of Bear Station. are visiting at q.
Peterson's. l.
Mrs. Susan Bayard, of Bohemia Manor,
and Mrs. Sarah Grose, of near Mlddletown,
were guests at Harry Bouchelle's this
week.
Miss A. Laura Jones, who has been max
ing an extended visit in Philadelphia and
other points, returned to her home last
week
Rev. Father Birmingham, of Elkton,
will preach in the Catholic Church, to-
morrow, Sunday, evening at7.45 p. m. All
are invited to this service.
Mr.. Thomas Conrey and daughter, Miss
Bessie, left on Thursday morning for New
York from which place they will sail to-day
on the steamer "U mbria'' for Ireland.
Rev. and Mrs. Wilmer Jaggard are enjoy
ing visit among relatives in Philadelphia
and other points. They expect to be alb
sent from home during the month of An.
gust.
Miss Emma Reed returned to her home
on Thursday from very pleasant visit
among friends and relatives in Piladel-
phia. She was accompanied by her cousin,
Miss Irene L. Reed
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Excursion In Eoxhnla

Grabbing, fishing and boating parties are
among the diversions which Middletown
hosts offer their summer guests. One OF
the most delightful affairs of this sort
being at Foxhole on Thursday, when the
sisters, cousins and aunts of our popular
townsman George +. Wilson spent the day
Among those present were: Misses Mollie
and Annie Wilson and visitors. George F.
Wilson, Rev. c. Frame. Mr.. and Mrs
Unruh and guests. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. p.
Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Roberts. of
Smyrna; Mr. and Mrs. W. Roberts, Mr..
and Mrs. James Roberts and Mr.. and Mrs
W. B. Wilson,.
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Is 1t Fair.

There has been great deal of huckster-
ing done on our streets during the last few
months, especially in foreign fruits. We
have dealers in our midst, worthy citizens,
!. who in the way of taxes and patronage of
the water and electric light plant and all
the financial interests of our town, bear
their share in everything that contributes
to the material good of the community,
and they are deserving the patronage of all
our citizens and ought upon the principle
of right and justice to have it. Our dealers
sell good reliable stock, at fair prices, while
much that is offered by the street venders is
as inferior as it is cheap. If we want any
favors, we get them from our home dealers,
and when We have cash to pay, they are
the ones who should get it,
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PENINSULA NEWS.

JoshuaL. Beauchamp. of Denton, dice
Friday Of TYPHOID fever, aged fifty years.
The old colonial dwelling house of th,
Sudler family was burned in Some rse
county Monday.
Caroline county will have new high
school building ready for occupancy
when the fall term begins.
Mr. Robert s. Emory. near Chestertown
sowed about an acre of oats last fall as an
experiment, and this spring cut the crop
harvesting about seventy-five bushels.
Two pre- ach growers in Kent county, Nd
have already shipped nearly twenty five
hundred packages of peaches, which have
averaged them ever dollar package.
The Chestertown creamery paid fifty
cents per hundred pounds for milk til e
past month; Locust Grove SIS cents; Ken.
nedyville IS cents: Still Pond IS cents Fair
lee Sc cents
The local talent of Pocomoke City,
headed by professionals, intend giving the
popular drama. "The Mountain Pink" in
the Salisbury Opera House early in the
month of August.
Services at Wye comp-meeting have be
gun. There are about fifty neat frame cot
tages on the ground, many Of which have
two stories. They inclose a rectangular
IL so1, tok IL i
accommodations for worshipers.
James H. Morgan, who for over forty
years had been in the employ of the Phila-
delphia. Wilmington and Baltimore Rail-
road Company at Elkton, died suddenly
last Sunday morning of heart failure, in
the 72d year of his age. Mr.. Morgan had
been in poor health for months past and
his death was not unexpected.
Captain E. Ney Dodson reports what is
probably the heaviest yield of wheat ever
known in Talbot county. 1t was raised by
L. s. Cherbournier near Easton. On four
and a.half arres of land that was last year
planted in sugar corn, he raised 250 bushels
good wheat and Is bushels rakings, an
average of more than fifty-eight bushels to
the acre.
The annual convention of the Farmers
Alliancesof Maryland wilk be held in
Salisbury August 14th. Heretofore the
conventions have assembled in Baltimore.
DR. Elzey. president of the State Alliances
will deliver his annual address on the
evening of the 14fh, to the public. Messrs.
Denning and Turner. officers of the Al
lance, will deliver lectures.
The people Of Snow Hill are now getting
ready for the establishment of the water
works az that place. A civil engineer is
now at work ON the plans for the works
and the location of pipes, and within
short time the town will be able to adver- !
tise for proposals for putting in the plant.
This is one of the results of the big
fire which swept Snow Hill some time
ago.
The melon growers of Kent county are
new combating an entirely now enemy TO !
the watermelon Within the past ten days
crows have been doing great destruction. /.
They attach the largest melons just before
they are ripe. One of the largest melon I;
growers in the county several days ago
carried out from the patch over one hum
dred of his finest melons which had been
50 badly pecned By crows as to be entirely
worthless.