Middletown transcript., 1895-11-09
Local News.

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Exposition and Governor Watson and
staffare in attendance
Remember that ]. +. McWhorter has
full line of carriage and agricultural
implements on hasd.
MIR. Manning, of Warwick, has rented
and is occupying the o Id home of Dr. Ken
nedy, on Crawford street.
Burglars entered the store of William
F. Smalley, at Harmony, and stole two
wagon loads of argicu ltural implements
this week.
The next term of New Castle County
Court will open November IS. The trial
list embraces number of important crim-
inal cases.
The payements on West Main street are
being relaid in several p laces much TO the
satisfaction of pedestrians who have found
the discomfort of loose bricks very annoy
ing.
MIR. and Mrs. Howard L. Pyle, of Will
mington, made trip to Dover and return
on bicycles Monday, covering a distance of
102 miles, and the actual time was only II
hours.
Miss Ella Maxwelld was married ON
October oath to Mr.. Chas. Miller, of Allan
tic City. Mrs. Miller is we'll known in
Middletown, having resided here with her
aunt for several years.
1t is getting to be quite the thing 10
graduate and get position through the
recommendation of that fiue school. Col
dey's Wilmington, (Del.,) Commercial and
Short Hand College. Get Catalogue.
Indian Summer weather this week.
The soft. dreamy haze in the atmosphere.
the mellow brightness of the sunshine and
the variegated tints that Jack Frost uses in
coloring field and forest combine to make
this the most beautiful season of all the
year.
News of the death of Firman Layman, a
brother of MissEmma Crouch, of this town,
was received here yesterday morning. He
died at his home in Chestertown, after an
illness of three weeks, of typhoid fever. He
was 81 years old and leaves wife and one
child. He was the fireman on the Kent
r. R.
The society which has been organized
to look after and care for Old Drawyer's
Church, has begun some necessary repairs
to preserve this ancient landmark to the
generations yet unborn. The store that
will be set by this church in a few years
can scarcely be estimated to day. Let the
historic links be preserved.
Some of the young men of Middletown
gave very delightful little dance in the
Reynolds Hall, Thursday evening in honor
of Misses Turner and Parvis who are visit |
ors at Mrs. II " Parvis There were over
thirty present. Music was furnished by |
Prices Orchestra, and the dancing was |
much enjoyed by the participants.
Jefferson T. Whiteman of Pleasant Hill |
Mill Creek hundred, New Castle county,
claims the championship of the State, for |
husking corn. In the last nine days. while |
working for Thomas Higgins. he turned |
out 40 shocks o day and averaged seven
baskets to two shocks Recently he cut $50 |
shocks, while two men were cutting 1877 in |
the same field.
MIR. George NJ. Stevenson. Smyrnas
Caterer, who was engaged for the Browne |
Parvis We dding break fast, made raid up
on the TRANSCRIPT office on Wednesday,
and after he left the Office force made raid |
upon the box of good things he left Mr., |
Stevenson was with the Smyrna Times for |
years and he knows how to interest the |
employees of newspaper Office from the |
editors up.
The bicycle has struck Middleto wn ard |
has struck ID card. Before May Is there
will be over hundred wheels in town,
perhaps almost double that number. With
SO many cyclers it will be necessa ary to
and privileges. Already the tfmid one
feel nervous when on the streets and espec
tally at night. Lamps on the wheels ar
very pretty and protection to both the
cycler and pedestrian. Why not use them?
An inquiry was made of the TRANS
cRIPr during the past week as to certain
Duncan Beard who century or SO ago
was the maker of the high cased clocks
bhat hafV "a 1SSOht ySoio OSSOiiiC SOuiSSs 4
Duncan Beard lived in Appoquinimink |
Hundred his clocks some of which |
are still to be found bearing on their face, |
the name Duncan Beard. Appoquinimy."
Can any of the readers of the TRANSCRIPT |
give any information as to the residence of |
the clock maker, when he died, and are any |
of his descendants left in this community? |
There is clock in the Masonic Hall, the |
handywork of Duncan Beard, and Mr.. A. |
G. Cox says he was the first Master of the |
Lodge here, according to the preserved re-
cords. Others may be able to give addition
al information.
Pm walking on wager of $1,000 to |
cover 90. 600 miles in six years, to visit all |
the State and territory capitals in the
United States, to beg my faod and clothing |
as Ig,, and to bring back with::me $40 ,o0O'
said Paul Smith of the genus tramp variety
as lie stood in the doorway of the TRAN
SCRIPT sanctum Monday morning. His ap-
pearance indicated that he is familiar with
old mother earth. "But where are you to
get the. $4,000" That is easy enough;
had dog but he died; intended to put on
him an oil skin coat and advertise on his
sides .The great elixir of life" or "The
TRASscRrPr Is months to- new sub
scribers" 81 for which would receive two
dollars aday. am a photographer and
after have proven to the people what
can do, shall make dead loads Of money
in that way" and he walked out Of the
Office with So miles day smile on his
English countenance. Tha next