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Middletown transcript., 1894-04-28

second daughter, Lydia, to Mr.. Harry Gray.
A large company of friends and relatives
were present to witness the ceremony
which was performed at $50 by Rev. 0. S.
Walton, amid the beauty and fragrance of
apple blossoms which formed the decora-
tions.
The bride was beautifully attired in
cream henrietta with lace and moire trim
mings and carried bride roses and lillies of
the valley The bridesmaid, Miss Katie
Hayes, sister of the bride. wore cream hem
rietta and carried roses. The groomsman
was Harry Hayes, brother of the bride.
after congratulations and much merry
making, an elaborate supper was served
and at late hour the young couple
started for their new home, on farm near
Red Lion.
The gifts were numerous and both hand
some and useful.
Among those present from Middletown
were, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hurn, Miss
Lidia Hurn, Miss Ida Houstdn, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Gary, and Mr.. and Mrs. W. H.
Johnson.
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WRITTEN SPEECHES.
Senator GRAY Thinks They are a Great
Bore.

Senator Gray Thinks They are a Great
| Bore.
Senator Gray, of Delaware thinks that
written speeches read to the Senaterare are
great bore and waste of time, and he
proposes that the Senate shall adopt the
following addition to its rules: sNo Sem
ator without unanimous consent shall read
a speech, nor shall he read from any book
or paper except it may be to quote an
authority or illustrate point or rrgument
which he is m aking" Some of the nm.
written speeches delivered in the Senate
are in their length and monotony as tedious
as any written speech, but then the general
expectation that the end is not far off sus-
talns the hearers, but the piles of manu-
script in sight whenever the owner of a
written speech breaks forth intospontanious
oratory forbids the hope that there is rest
or respite for the hearers in tbs near future.
A written speech may read as we'll or bet
ter in the Congressional Record than a
spoken one, and serve excellently for cir
culaton among trusting constituents. 1t
usually takes up the time of the Senate to
no purpose and in fact is not intended to
instruct, entertain or persuade the audi
ence to which it is addressed, There is
much, therefore, to be said in behalf of
such rule as the one with which Senator
Gray would stifie the eloqueuce of unready
tongues and smite Senatorial courtesy v
below the belt.
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TRUSTEES OF THE POOR.


The new superintendent Takes
Charge.
David Mccoy, the newly elected superin.
tendent of the New Castle County Aims
house, took charge of the institution, lieu
George w. Groves, whose term of Office ex.
pired Wednesday. The occasion was the
first regular meeting of the new Demo
cratic board of trustees.
The following contracts for supplies were
awarded: Gasoline Trade De-
partment, Atlantic Refining Company, 12l
cents.
Mutton-John H. Hopkins, II cents.
Tobacco-George Steinicken. % cents.
Bread-J. B. Taylor, q cents the pound.
Dry goods-William Huber.
Ice-Consumers' Ice Company. 80 cents
the 100 pounds.
Coal-Charles Warner Company S4. OF
and 4.12 the ton.
Shoes-M. Monaghon.
Beef-M. ]. Gallagher, fourquarters,
$40 the 100 pounds; hind quarters. s5 the
100 pounds; shins. 2! cents.
Groceries, George w. Gray. Wilmington.
The salt mart proposes were rejected.
Drugs Harvey Spruance.
The awarding of the beef contr act
caused division of the trustees on party
lines in the aw arding VOTE After the mo-
ton by N B. Culbert to award the con-
tract to NJ. j. Gallagher Trustee Willets
discovered that W. D. Wilkins bid was
at lower figures than Gallager's, and he
moved to amend the motion and award
the contract to wilkins. The amendment
was lost and the original motion was adop-
the by a party vote in each case. Wilkins
bid was S4 IS hundred pounds for fore
and hind quarters and $2 so a hundred
pounds for shins.
In the case of the gasoline contract
lower bid was refused to award the con-
tract to the Atlantic Refining Company's
department. In this case the as
sured quality of the gasoline furnished by
this company decided the ward.
The payroll. amounting to s42s II, was
allowed.
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TOWNSEND TOPICS.
DANIELS--NAYL0R.

nANIELs-NAfLoE:
A pretty home wedding took place at the
RESIDENCE of William Naylor, near Town:
send, on Wednesday evening at O'Clock.
The contracting parties were Miss Bertha
second daughter of Mr.. NayioF ana MT.
George Daniels son of W, J. Daniels. Of
this place, The parlor was beautifully
decorated with flowers and eyergreens. In
one corner an arch was tastefuiiy ar
ranged, horse shoe formed OF apple bios-
soms was suspended from the centre with
white ribbon, and plants were artistlcaiiy
grouped at the base. II was here that the
bridal party stood during the ceremony
Miss Beulah Nailor, sister OF the bride was
maid Of honor and L. W. Lattomus was
WAS aroomsman. Mrs. Gardner shockley,
sister of the groom, presided as the organ
Rev. r. r. Carpenter was the officiating
clergyman, The bride was robed in fawn
Oolored lansdown and carried brides roses.
The maid OF honor wore cream albatross
There were nearly . hundred guests presen
mostly relatives and friends from this
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PENINSULA NEWS.

Frank Pinkerton, the well-known pro
prietor of the Gilpin House at New Castle
died Saturday.
A site has been selected for the new indie.
pendent Episcopal Church of Dover, which
is to be erected at an early date.
Messrs. Bitter & Luesher, are not only
running their hosiery mill on full time,
but oyertime-until 8 o'clock at night. r.,
George W. Kennedy, colored, residing
near Centreville. had two goslings hatched
under the same goose, with four legs each,
few days ago.
VIM. L. Pritchett has purchased the
undertaking business of VIM. E. Smith, at
Dover. Mr.. Smith retains the furniture
and picture business.
Miss Sarah Schnerderman, of Philadel-
phia, has instituted suit against Jacob
Goodman, an employe of ]. T. Mullin &
Son. of Wilmington, for breach of promise
She claims S., 500 damages.
There is hardly a vacant shop or business
place of any kind in Smyrna that has not
been occupied in the past six months, and
the same can be said of dwellings. This is
very gratifying state of affairs
A small bottle, containing needles, hair,
coal oil and quantity of roots, was un-
earthed by young man whsle digging
garden in Elkton last week. 1t is thought
that is was placed there by some negro con-
jurer for the purpose of tricking the family
Mr.. Preston R. Anderson, of Ingleside.
Md, has sold his crop of peaches for 1894
from 1000 trees to MI. Jos eph E. Wilson
for twenty-five dollars. Some growers in
Kent claim that they would sell out at
starvation prices" but are not rushing as
yet to put their orchards on the market.
Belle Boyd, distinguished as Confederate
spy during the late rebellion, gave lecture
in Centreville one evening last week. She
was we'll received by large audience who
listened with interest to her graphic descrip
tions and thrilling anecdotes. She has both
gifts and graces, and is a success as lee
turer
The police commissioners of of Whining
ton have ramed an ordinance to be SUBJ |
mitted to the next city cnuneil meeting. 1t |
prohibits ony girl under II years from at |
tending public picnic. ball or dance
house after Sp. m, without the presence of
of parent or person over twenty one
years of age. standing in the relation of |
guardian ofthe girl.
Richard the third and Grover Cleveland |
are the high sounding names of two AL
berton, Howard county cats, which for
and size are remarkable. Dick is
10 years old, while Grover is junior by
half as many years. and they weigh II
pounds each. They are accomplished aero
bats and perform many tricks for the amuse-
ment of the villagers. They frequently
catch rabbits and other game in the thick.
cts near their house, although they never
care to wander from their own fireside ex.
cept on these short hunting trips. Elmer
NJ. Hahn, principal of che Ellicott City
High School, is the owner of these cats.
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DELAWARE CITY.

Mr., and Mrs. Alex. FARRELL visited friend
in Newark this week.
Mrs L. H. Moore has returned to he
home in Philadelphia
Miss Annie Schunder mas retnrued from
visit to Philadelphia.
William Davidson is making improve
ments at old homestead
Mrs. William Ellison is staying with q
sick friend in Wilmington.
Mrs Emma Robertson spent several days
this week with relatives in Philadelphia.
Mrs Charles Pancoast spent Monday
and Tuesday at her old home In Salem,
NJ.
| Mr.. F. Newkirk and wife of Wilmington.
were guests of their brother, Alex. FARRELL.
this week
Samuel Lewis, of Philadelphia. was in
town this week owing to the indisposition
of his mother.
Old Glory Council, Jr., O. U. A. NJ, will
attend divine service in a body, at the
Episcopal Church on Sunday evening.
Misses Hattie and Annie Cheairs antici
pate leaving Delaware City, this week, for
a visit to Swathmore, Pa and Trenton.
NJ.
William Steel, who has been i'll for some
time, died at his home. OH Adams street, on
Wednesday The funeral took place on
Friday.
The iron fence recently purchased by the
Methodist Church was injured to such an
extent in hauling, that fears are enter
tained as to the advisabiity of using it,
Misses Nettie and Madaline Colburn were
in town or Saturday. Mrs Colburn and
Miss Nettie will return for the summer sea-
son about the middle of the month. Misses
Ida and Madaline will not arrive until
June 1st
Joseph Bruner, of New York, died here
on Wednesday at the residence of his
brother Frank, on Clinton street. The
funeral took place on Friday, interment at
Delaware City cemetery. The Golden
Eagles attended the funeral.
John Vail well-knnwn and highly re- |
spected farmer, of st. Georges hundred,
died on Saturday aged 81. The funeral oc-
Cured on Tuesday, interment at Forest
Presbyterian graveyard. Mr.. Vail leaves
4 wife and several children to mourn his
loss. Two of his sons, Thomas and Will
liam, also daughter, Mrs. George Foard,
reside in Delaware City. Another son,
samuel, resides on farm in Dutch Neck
near Delaware City.
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GRAND MEDAL CONTEST.
To be Given in the Opera House Mon
day Night.


day Night.
The third Demorest Medal Contert will
be given in the Middletown Opera House
Monday evening, April 30th. There will be
nine contestants, and an unusually pleas
ing program has been prepared. The first
of these contests was given four years ago,
the successful contestant being Thomas
Cochran, Jr. The second was given two
years later, when Miss Martha Heaton won
the prize.
The rules governing these contests are
| laid down by Jennings Demorest who inau-
gurated the movement, and it is imperative
that the regulations be strictly followed.
There must not be less than six nor more
than ten contestants in class, they must
be between the ages of IL and 25, with no
determinations as to sex. The recitations
must be selected from books specially ar
ranged for this purpose. The judges must
be three competent, disinterested persons,
unknown to the audience, to each other
and the contestants. They receive printed
Instruction. as to how to gauge the excel
lence of the speakers, marking them high or
low according as they excel in memory.
gesture, pronunciation, voice, style and
general effect; the one who has the highesl
average receives the prize, handsome
silver medal, offered by Jennings Demorest.
There can be no injustice nor partiality
shown.
The members of the w. c. T. U. who |
have this entertainment in charge, have |
been tireless in their efforts to have each |
contestant reach point of excellence, and |
have carefully and conscientious!y given
the same training to all
The spirit of envy or jealousy should
have no place in the ranks; the prize will
be awarded to the one who merits it, and |
only one can win it. However, each men,
Der of the class will be presented with agift.
1t is earnestly desired that all who are
in education and temperance will
be present on Monday evening. The pro-
gram will consist Of vocal and instrumen-
al music. Prices orchestra will also be on
hand. Admission all over the house 26 cts.
Children under II 10 cts.
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The Circus.

Monday was fine day for circus show.
and there was, as usual, great variety
of visitors in town to witness the perform
ance in the ring and cut of it. But con.
trary to the popular belief that circus will
always draw crowd, there was not the
numbers in attendance that are usually
found there. The hard times have struck
circus goers as well as other people and
many who cameto town that day had to
content themselves with viewing the pa
rade only. The elephant. the monkeys and
the clown and the acrobatic feats were suf-
ficiently attractive to set the children wild,
and the parents and guardians who were
called upon to go that they might take
care of the children" seemed to enjoy it
as much as the little folks.
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A CHICKEN SHOW.
An Interesting Scene at "Locu.
Iayyn,,

An Interesting Scene at Locust
| Lawn.''
| One of the most interesting places We
Diapers Chicken rancho" at Locust
Lawn" There the feathered tribe have q
settlement all their own, consisting of about
one and half acres of ground, closely
fenced in, and very much built up. There
are 20 little houses, mostly "broodefs, I"
in which the little chickens are put after
being hatched out in an incubator. These
brooders are very interesting. They are
little red-roofed houses, arranged in rows,
with pear trees, forming avenues on either
side. Zach brooder has its own little front
yard with wire fence about two feet high,
and within this enclosure the fedglings are
placed on leaving the incubator in flocks of
100 each. The brooder door is open, and
the chickens go in and out at will, just as
naturally as they slip under the wings of
the old hen. Indeed the brooder seems to
take the place of the hen to perfection, in
everything but clucking But that, even
AA"J w odPPiiCo iOiiS, IlS lilSe-
nuity of yankee woman who invented
a brooder may invent "clucker' too.
Mr.. Draper has had over 1000 chickens
Matched this spring, and has them of var
ious sizes. some of which have already |
made glad the heart of New York and |
epicures, and at the rates of |
40 and SO cents per pound must have made
glad the heart of the producer also.
Mr.. Draper is devoted to his poultry,
paying minute attention to their diet,
and other sanitary regulations.
The Plymoth Rock, Buff Cochin, and Light
Bramahs are his favorite breeds. He uses
he VonCulin incubators, which he regards
IS superior to any one on the market
1t is privilege to visit his wellkest and
beautifully arranged premises.
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DELAWARE COLLEGE.

The InvestigatingComm to Report
Next Month.
The committee appointed by the Board
of Trustees of Delaware College met at
Newark Wednesday and began the inves-
tigation of the affairs of the college The
entire committee was present and Chair
man Lewis C. Va ndegrift presided.
The witnesses included the local trustees
of the college, number of prominent
citizens of Newark, several members IF the
faculty and President. Raub himself. All
gave their views concerning the college and
the manner in which its affairs were being
conducted.
The committee will prepare its report in
time to present it at the meeting of the
trustees, to be held some time in May
What the outcome of the investigation will
be no one will be able to tell until the re-
port is presented.
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community. Those from distance
were Mrs. Wendal and Miss Wendal

community. Those from a distanct
were Mrs. Wendal and Miss Wendal
Mrs. Eaton, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Bratton
Elmer Nailor and Herman Nailor, all o
Wilmington; and Mrs. James Wilson, O.
Torrisdale. After the ceremony hand
some collation. was served consisting Of
poultry, ice cream, cake, etc. The presents
we're numerous and useful Mr.. and Mrs
Daniels will make their home on a farm
about six miles south of Smyrna. We ex-
tend our congratulations.
Mr.. G. NJ. D. Hart and wife are visiting
friends in Maryland
Miss Daisey Lockerman has accepted a
position in Wilmington.
D. B. Maloney, has purchased the Clay
ton property on South street.
Mr. Jacob Stats, of Sassafras, has moved
here and will engage in butchireng.
Mrs. James Wilson, of Torrisdale, is
spending few days with her parents.
Mrs. Carpenter came home on Friday
from an extended visit with her parents at
Cape Charles. A committee of Ladies met
at the parsonage:and.prepared supper which
was ready when she arrived, few gentle
men dropped in to complete the party and
the evening was very pleasantly spent
The dwelling of D. P. Hutchison came
near being burned ON Thursday morning
The hired girl filled the can on the gasoline
stove and allowed some of the gasoline to
drop on the stove. and, when she lighted it,
the flames reached the ceiling which was
low sheathed. 1t caught fire and had it |
not been for H. N. Smith who ran in and |
carried the stove out, and with the assistance
Of small bucket brigade extinguished the
the fire, the results would have been much
more serious. Mrs. Hutchson was COM
pletely unnerved and it will probably be
several days before she will recover from
he shock.
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Skipping-Rope Danger.

The announcement of the death of little
glrl In New York from excessive exercise
with the skipping-rope calls the attention of
parents to real danger, This exercise in
moderation is healthful to the child and
encouraging to the shoemaker, but exceed
ingly dangerous when 1t comes to trials Of
endurance or when little girls exhast them,
selves in an effort to achieve record and
make great number ofjumps. Deaths from
thislcause have occurred before, and in
many cases where the result is not fatal the
health of the child may be greatly impaired
1t would be well, therefore, for parents a
this season of the year to exercise some
watchfulness in this regard
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They Want Names.

The Russell Art Publishing Co., of 92s
Arch street, Philadelphia, desire the names
and address of few people in every town
who are interested in works OF art, and to
secure them they offer to send free, Cupid
Guides the Boat" superbly executed
water color picture, size l0x13 inches. suit
able for framing, and sixteen other pictures
about the same size, in colors, to any one
sending them at once the names and ad-
dress of ten persons (admirers of fine pic
tures) together with six two-cent stamps to
cover expense of mailing, etc. The regular
price of these pictures is $1O0, but they
can all be secured free by any person for
warding the names and stamps promptly
NoTE.-The editor of this paper has all
ready received copies Of the above pictures
and consider them really "Gems of Art +
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HERE AND THERE.

Christopher Columbus. the Eskimo babv
born at the Chicago Worlds Fair, died at
the San Francisco Mid-winter Fair Inst
week. The climate was too eneryatinp for
him.
An inventory of the estate of Edwin
Booth shows the personal property of the
dead tragedian to amount in the aggregate
to s602,675.
Mr.. =, G. Pendleton, of Washington, D.
T., has tame swan, which he captured one
day while out hunting, that answers to his
call and is very domestic running along
with the tame geese and animals of which
he is owner.
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wonders in Muslin Underwear.

CORSET CovERs.-Plain Corset Covers, 15c;
with Hamburg trimmings, &c. 39c. and
SOC. All with V-shaped Neck.
NIGHT DREssEs.-Ladies' Plain Night
Dresses, 35c. With tuck and ruffle trim
ming, SOC. With tuck and Hamburg Trim
ming, 70.
WHITE SKIRrs.-These Skirts all have
tucks and are trimmed with Hamburg EN-
broidery. The prices are remarkably low,
49,, 63., 75.. 81. 90, s1.15, $3.50
LADIES DRAwERs.-With three tucks and
ruffle, 25c., with two tucks and lace, 25c,;
six tucks with Hamburg, 49,; seven tucks
with Hamburg, very fine quality, 6S. six
tucks with Hamburg and inserting, zoe.
&a-STOP! Ladies, can you make these
Garments at these prices. The extremely
low prices do not mean inferior quality
We can please you both in cost and quality.
S. NJ. REYNOLDS & Co.
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PERSONALITIES

. Little Lines About Men and Wome
and What They Are Doing.
Mrs. A. M. Browne is visiting in Phils
delphia.
Mrs. w. J. Barnett was in Philadefphi
on Tuesday.
Mrs. Annie Griffith, is visiting friend
in Maryland.
j. J. Hofecker of Philadelphia was il
town on Sunday.
Frank Wingate, of the Dover Irde1
was in town on Monday.
Mrs. Lydia Alston is visiting her son
j. Cowgirl Aston, near town.
Mrs J. NJ. Naudain of Baltimore, is Wis
iting at her fathers w. H. Houston.
Mrs. William Pennington of Smyrna
visited Middetown friends this week.
Miss Belle Appleton attended the Hall
Hofecker nup -ials, at Smyrna, on Wednes-
day.
Miss Addie Hazard spent several days
with her mother, in Philadelphia, this
week
Harry Tatmam of Philadelphia; spent
Sunday and Monday with his parents in
town.
DR.. w. Z. Barnard and Miss Dora Gull
bertson visited Still Pond friends on We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Burris spent Sum
day in Upland Pa, the guest of Dr. T. J.
Bowes.
Mrs. and Mrs. A. P. Jones, of Ches-
void, spent Sunday and Monday with Mr.
and Mrs. j. L. Parsons.
William Frances, the genial grocer is
employed with w. T. Connellee in his
new store opened last Saturday.
Miss Lizzie Malalieu of Millington,
who was guest at Mr. J. W. Jolls last
week, returned home on Tuesday.
We learn with pleasure that Dr. H. B. |
Mcdowell who has been located at Wash |
ngton, Ohio, for several years, will return |
o MiddletoWn
Mr.. Edward Vaughan has returned |
rom visit in Milton, and has resumed |
lis place at the Pharmacy, quite restored
o his usual health.
Mrs. John Clendaniels of Chestestown,
md her sister Miss Sadie Schreitz were Wis
ting in town this week. Miss Schreitz will
pend the summer at Bar Harbor.