Middletown transcript., 1895-05-25
Local News.

Soft crabs are next in order on the Pc
ninsula bill of fare.
In anticipation of large crop of fruit
fruit jars are on the rise.
There are seventy-fve men at work a
Fort Delaware, which is being rebuilt.
Don't forget the festival Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, May 29th and 3Oth.
Wild Azalias, sometimes called wild
honeysuckle, are blooming in the forests.
Thursday, May 3Oth. being legal holi.
day, the Banks will be closed to business
The band boys festival will be the at.
traction next week. Remember the dates.
st. Paul's NJ. E. church, in Whining
ton, celebrated its semi-centennial this
week.
The latest report of the census super
visors of Wilmington gives the city pop
ulation Of 66,163.
The protracted cold. wet weather is
bad for corn, and that that is not up yet,
is by far the best off
Will make low price on Peach Baskets
in carload lots Address James A Evans,
Georgetown, Delaware.
The Levy Court of this county has
fixed the tax rate for the ensuing year at
fifty cents on the dollar.
The Mercury is on the rise again, and
the man who feared we'd have no summer
at all, is in better spirits.
j. F. Nc Whorter is improving his
premises on North Broad street by having
the front pavement relaid
'Tis now the impecunious youth
Is reveling in clover.
'Tis chilly for ice cream, forsooth,
And the oyster seasons over.-Ex.
The Delaware Association of Funeral
Directors met in Wilmington on Thurs
day, and elected Joseph Enos, of Odessa,
President
Mrs. Mary A. Walker. mother of Rep
resentatiye Francis M. Walker of Mill
Creek hundred died Friday of last week.
in her 10Th year.
The bills sent out are for the purpose Of
soliciting payments. There are more to
follow unless payment is anticipated at
the TRANSCRIPT Office.
The Union Veteran Legion, of Will
mington, has offered protest against the
dedication of Confederate monument, at
Chicago, on Memorial Day.
For SALE:-The property on the South
west corner Broad and Green streets, the
residence of the late Charles Beasten. Ap-
ply on the premises after May 25th.
After deadlock of three weeks the
New Castle town council elected city tax
collector on Tuesday, G. T. Tobin being
the successful man. Iti the best paying
office in New Castle.
Tuesday was one of the most disagree
able May days on record. 1t rained and
rained and rained, and gentle spring more
than got her feet wet, she was drenched,
and chilled to the heart.
Theodore H. Harman, of Wilmington,
died Monday afternoon of typhoid fever,
aged 81 years. He was son of the late
Joseph N. Harman, and member of the
firm J. and J. N. Harman.
The Tennis Club has prepared a very
nice Court on South Broad Street. and this
popular game bids fair to be more popular
than ever among Middletown athletic
young ladies and gentlemen.
-Tramps are numerous in this section.
Hardly day goes by that does not see a
number of these wayfarers who stroll the
streets and get their living off the sympa-
thy and credulity Of the people.
Mrs. Mary G. Kelley, of Wilmington,
has invented and patented dress makers
measure for cutting glove-ftting patterns,
which is attracting the attention of the
fashionable modists far and near.
John McKeown, of Newark, while
sleep under the influence of drink, drove
into the Christiana with horse and bug
gy at the Orange street wharf last Satur-
day. He and the horse were drowned.
The new time table on the Delaware
Division and its branches went into effect
this week. The B. & O. has also made
changes. The corrected tables will be
found in the advertising columns of the
TRANSCRIPT.
IS. M. Reynolds purchased handsome
bay horse in Philadelphia last week, but
in attempting to drive him on Monday,
found him rather unmanageable, and after
two buggies, the creature was
sent back whence he came.
There were at least two happy looking
couples in Middletown last Sunday. "Knee
deep in clover" is too meager a metaphor
to describe their bliss. In heaven with the
door SHUT, and lights turned down,is only
of their rapture.
The Epworth Convention, in New Cas-
tie this week, was the most enthusiastic in
District The attendance was very large.
and the occasion was one to be remembered
by the delegates and visitors.
Bishop Coleman is an indefatigable
worker He spen last Sunday in Sussex
county where he visited number of
He rode 30 miles, ate his dinner
on the road, preached three sermons, made
several addresses, and confirmed two
classes.
Miss Agnes Cochran gave a very
tea party at her home. Peoria,
near town, Thursday evening on the occa-
sion of her birthday. There were ten of
her Young friends present, only girls
invited, and the evening was delightfully."-
spent in dancing, music and games.
The fag end of ofhousecleaning is reached
at last, and if there is one stray little mi
erobe, disease germ or moth-fiy left in Mid
dletown, tits no fault of the housewives.
They have waged a valiant war against the
powers of dirt and darkness, and now, some
of them at least, are. looking for new
worlds 10 conquer.