Middletown transcript., 1895-03-16
LITTLE LOCALS.

Tomorrow will be st. Patrick's day!
-Get your roast for Sundays dinner from
'.ong's Show Beef
March has given us samples of all sorts
of weather this week.
The sound of fish horn is the char
bnger of spring" which we hail with ioy.
If it is tender beefsteak you want
set it from that "Show beef at J. K Longs.
Quite number of Middletown people
are expecting to spend Conference Sunday
in Smyrna.
The pretty spring costume has already
appeared on our streets, and the up-to-date
girl is as ''chic" as ever.
-Middletown can boast of as pretty
window gardens as can be found anywhere.
Mrs. Shepherds, and Miss Roberts being
among the most attractive.
George W. Ingram has sold this week
for Edward Key, of Baltimore, a farm Of
PA acres near Henderson Caroline county,
Nd, to J. T. Shallcross, price, s250O.
The sleet yesterday gave everything
outside an appearance of crystal beauty.
lcicles hung from the branches of every
tree and in spite oflowering skies and ra in,
the world was beautiful to look upon.
The exodus from our town has already
egun. Frank Rose has moyed his family
10 Wilmington. Charles Sharp and several
other of the rail road men moved to Town
scEd this week, and others are packing up.
fhe funeral cortege of Corbit Warner
passed through town at noon yesterday.
The friends of the deceased come down
from Wilmington on shecial train Sup
e"iItendent Holiday furnishing his private
car for the occasion.
The gas blower that has been in use in
F"rest Presby yterian church for the pa st II
Years has failed to furnish light on several
occasions recently. and the congregat ion
Las decided to use electric lights hereafter.
arrangements are now being made to have
.l,c lights put in at an early date.
w. B. Biggs had the misfortune to lose
!. 'ther valuable horse on Thursday, "Hap-
iy Russell" his bay colt that gave such
n mises as trotter died after days ILL
less. Mr.. Biggs has lost five mules and
40 horses within six weeks. The veter-
.narials have not named the disease.
MIR. Shannahan. the Contractor for the
T., well has reached a depth of $40 feet,
VIII the ten inch pipe, and he feels confident
e.. $ we'll will furnish an ample supply of
!. ter. The pump was shipped from Au-
!. ra ILL., last week, and is sexpected to arrive
ally day. The capacity ofthe pump is 400
gallons per minute.
Rev. F. H. Moore entertained the Ju-
hi,r Christian Endeavor Society at
l..e home of the President. Mrs. George
G. Rowe, Tuesday evening. There were
about 35 present who enjoyed the gen.
cr"us hospitality of their pastor Refresh
i"ents consisting of ice-cream and cake
we're served, and general good time was
The order of the evening.
The educated horses were exhibited in
The Opera House this week, much to the
and entertainment of our peo-
! 'e. The schools closed at three o'clock
Gle afternoon in order that the pupils
might attend the matinee performance.
The feats of the horses and tricks of the |
.ules were surprising, and "horse sense"
y rs never better displayed. The atten.
dance was very good.
The eclipse on Sunday night may have |
b.en great success viewed from some
but not here. The indications |
carly in the evening were very promising, |
but as the appointed hour drew near
clouds began to gather and finally so hid
the moon that we only knew when the |
eclipse was total by the ''horror of great
darkness that came upon the earth. This
was the first total eclipse of the moon since
1891.