Middletown transcript., 1895-01-26
PENINSULA NOTES.

Thomas W. Eliason has purchased the
Hall hotel, stables and land, Chestertown,
for $500.
At a recent meeting of the State Board of
Education, held at Dover, the Bible was
adopted as text book for public schools.
The Y. w. c. T. U. of Centerville, made
up large barrel of clothing and other ar
ticles which have all been shipped to the
sufferers in Nebraska.
Congressman Lemue Ely Quigg, of New
York, lectured in the Auditorium in Will
mington on Monday night. His subject
was The Nick of Time.'
Parkers Hotel, Pocomoke City, is fam
Gus hostelry for runaway couples. During
the past year 90 couples from Virginia have
been married at that house.
Cashier N. F. Wilds of the Fruit Grow
ers National Bank, of Smyrna, while out
driving Monday, was thrown from his car
riage and badly sprained his right arm.
E, B. Downs, Superintendent of the
Kent County Almshouse, near Wyoming,
raised prize porker that weighed 1905 lbs.
1t was two years old and was of the Berk-
shire and Chester stock.
The Cambridge local option law has been
decided unconstitutional by the Court of
Appeals. The main defect in the law is
that it prohibited the sale of liquors by
druggists, when the title was ''to regulate
the SALE" &c.
Cards have been issued announcing the
marriage of Rev. w. Oscar Hurst, pastor of
st. Paul NJ. E. Church, at Clayton, and
Miss Frances A. Price, Wednesday morn
January 30th, at $50 o'clock in the NJ. E.
church, Queenstown, Md.
Bates canning factory of Brer ford, which
has been thriving industry for the people
of that section has decided not to can any
tomatoes the coming year, much to the re-
gret of the farmers who have made this an
important brance of agriculture.
Brandywine Hundred farmers met and
agreed upon amendments to their road bill,
now before the Legislature, limiting the
tax to 25 cents on the 500 and requiring
annual elections to determine the question
of borrowing money for Improvements.
The little son of Thomas Attix, Jr., of
kenton, met with a painful accident Sunday
while playing with a hatchet, by having
two fingers nearly cut off. DR.. Virdin of
that town dressed the wound and thinks he
can save the fingers without amputation.
So great all interest has been aroused by
the religious revival in progress in the NJ.
E. Church, at Georgetown, that all the
places of business in the town and the two
hotels close at o'clock each evening, in
order to increase the attendance at the
The Cecil Whig says the Rev. Alpheus s.
Mowbray, now stationed at Newport, Del,
will likely receive call from the Elkton
VI. E. Church at the next conference. The
Rev. l. L. Wood, who is now closing sue
,essiul pastorate of three years, has ac-
'epted fiattering call from the First NJ. E.
church, of fChambersburg Pa.
Bishop C. d. Foss will conduct the dedi-
atory services in the new NJ. E. Church, at
Felton on Sunday, February 3, according
o the program prepared by Rev. H. s.
thompson, the pastor. The bishop and
thers will address platform meeting in
lie afternoon. AT night Rev. Vaughn s.
ollins, of New Castle, will preach the SER
lon.
Mrs. Sarah Donovan, relict of the late
ames Donovan, better known as Swamp
ames Donovan, died last week near Odessa,
ew Castle county, at her son.in-Iaws'.
lrs. Donovan was born near Milton Sussex
'unty, 92 years ago. Her name before
arriage was Susan Simpler. She was the
other of twelve children, of whom eleyeu
lrvive her.