Middletown transcript., 1895-12-21
Local News.

Local News.
Mrs. Georganna Grubb, widow, of el
Sheriff Isaac Grubb, died at her home nea
State Road on Saturday, aged 65 years.
The Middletown New Era has
young woman compositor. ."-Exchangt
And the MIDDLETowN TRANSCRIPT has tw
too.
IT. Bayard Heisel has been appoints
receiver ofth St. Georges Fruit Packin
Company with bond fixed at $40, 900, indi
eating the assets to behalf that sum.
The two Farnhurst men now confine,
in the New Castle Jail awaiting trial 70
killing Leon Lewis. have at last secures
counsel to defend them, Andrew c. Graz
having undertaken the case.
1t is getting to be quite the thing t
graduate and get position through thu
Recommendation of that fiue school. Col
dey's Wilmington, (Del.,) Commercial and
Short Hand College. Get Catalogue.
1t was truly great paper-the TRAN
SCRIPT of last Saturday-with so much in.
terest that by Monday night not single
copy remained in the Office. 1t is just such
paper as should represent the people OF
Middletown and this beautiful section OF
our glorious country. How do you like us
to-das2
Some men are very small, that is some
bipeds wearing pantaloons and claiming to
belong to the class. Such an one on We'd
nesday started out with gun and coming
across flock of pigeons belonging to Mr..
Peverley's sons and feeding in Mrs. Green's
field, fred into them and killed eight
which he grabbed up and ran to cover. The
birds had young and the act is cowardIy
one of which any sportsman would be as
hamed.
1t will soon be 1896. Many subscrip-
ons to the Transcript expire with Jan Il
and all who wish the paper discontinued
will confer favor by sending notice by
postal card. 1t takes but little time and
will be appreciated at the office as it is not
desired to have the paper go to any one
does not want it. Many subscription are
due and there is no better time to pay them
than the present. especially if they are
overdue fora year or two. Bills will be
sent to those not paying soon.
The Delaware Bank ers' Association
was organized in Wilmington on Wednes-
day with the following officers: John Pill
ing of Newark, President; D. J. Cummins
of Smyrna, Vice President; John H. Dandy
Of Wilmington Secretary and Treasurer; Jos.
H. W. Watson of Newport, Philip L. Can
non of Seaford and Preston Lea of Will
mington, Executive Committee. There
were present from Middetown Messrs.
Stephen Boyer, Henry Clayton, G. W. W.
Naudain and George D. Kelley.
Mrs. William Taylor had the misfor.
tune to lose her purse on Monday, while
on one of her little shopping excursions to
the city. The purse contained fifty dollars
in money and a diamond ring valued at
more than $400. She was going to take it
to the jewellers to have it reset, and that is
how she happened to have it in her purse
which she carried in her grip. She left the
grip for an instant on counter in Wana-
makers while looking at some goods, and
she thinks 1t must have been taken then.
That is the only way its going can be ac-
counted for. Yesterday she received |
through the mail the purse containg her |
card and +. r. ticket, but minus its valuable |
contents. A detective has been employed |
to trace the lost jewels.
President Cleveland has returned from |
his ducking expedition and so have Mr.
Pierce Biggs and Mr.. Alex. Metten. Mr.. |
Cleveland bagged sixty ducks, thirty-two
partridges. five geese and four brant, but
Mr.. Cleveland had much help. He was
shooting in Chesapeake, a good place if one
cannot get down in good old Sussex
County" along the Delaware. but the TRAN
SCRIPT is not interested in the Presidents |
game bags. The ducks that pleased our
fancy came from good old Sussex, twenty
seyen OF them, and they were prepared for
the table at Lone Manor under the SUPER
vision of the mistress of that hospitable
dents to our taste-and We know good
thing whAn we eat it and We know several
others whose knowledge is equal 10 ours.
We are willing for the President to 90
ducking again though Congress is in ses-
sioa. Congress can wait. Mr. Cleveland
is good shot and good judge Of ducks,
and SO is MIR. Metten. Those were fine.
Trimming up for Christmas" be-
comes more popular custom every year,
so much SO that the holly wreath
crowfoot, laurel mad tpine bough
are as necessary as "the stocking hung by
fhe chimney with care" That many Mid
dletown hom es are 10 lie decked in festal
trim is man ifest by The parties Of young
people who are securing the woods for
Christ mas greens and the quantities that
have already been gathered, with promise
of more to follow. The stores are decorated
with ropes of green, and from many win
dow the holly wreath looks out with
pleasant reminder of the season. The spell
of the Christmastide seems to especially
possess the women, and they are going to
make their homes bright with the spirit of
day. Ind eed it has been said that the wo-
man who decks her home in festal array,
does more to keep the true spirit of Christ
mas than the poet who writes Christmas
carol or the minister who breaches q
Christmas sermon. There would be no
Christmas anyhow were it not for the wo-
men and children,-for Christmas BEGAN |
with one woman and little child.-The
Babe in the manger.
An equal suffarge Convention was held
in the Unitarian Church in Wilmington on
Tuesday and Wednesday, and was very
vel attended by women and a few men.
Speeches were made by a number of per-
sons prominent in the cause, among whom
were: Miss Mary G. Haig. Rev. Henrietta
G. Moore. Miss Margaret Hilles and Chief
Justice Lore. Organizations have already
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