Middletown transcript., 1895-09-14
Local News.

Local NEWS.
The "new woman's" latest feat was t
jump off the Brooklyn Bridge.
Oyster suppers are already announce
on the Peninsula bill boards.
Go to J. T. Stewart for watch, clocl
and jewelry repairing. Work guaranteed
Real estate business in Wilmington
extremely dull, and 800 houses are withou
tenants.
A lodge of the order of United Work
men was instituted at FELTON, Friday nigh
of last week.
The rains of Friday and Saturday were
most welcome. and very beneficial to the
late crop of vegetables.
Judge I. c. Grubb has returned from
a trip to California, Alaska and Japan
much improved in health.
The annual session of the Great Coun-
Gil of Delaware, Imp'd. o. R. NJ, will be
held in Wilmington, October 30th,
The Grand Encampment of Delaware
I. o. o. F. will meet in Wilmington Octo-
Der Is, and the Grand Lodge, October 16.
One hundred excursionists left Will
mington Sunday afternoon for the G. A. r.
Encampment at Louisville on a special
train via the B. & o. Railroad,
The sale of horses at Mr.. c. F. Crock
cts auct ion of his livery stock last Satur-
day was quite slow, and the prices low.
Carriages and harness sold very well.
Arthur M Wilson. of New Castle, has
entered suit against that city for $4,000
damages for his son who was injured in a
public display of fireworks on July 4.
Mr.. Harry Budd has the position with
G.. E. Hukill recently vacated by Mr.. Gil
pin Massey, #he He# has mere lucrative
situation at the Tascar Iron Works, New
Castle.
Rev. W. L. S. Murray, D. D., has an
nounced to his official board at Dover that
he has accepted an invitation to 60 to SAL
isbury next year. This is his fourth year
at Dover.
The 89th annual communication of the
M. W. Grand Lodge. A. F. A. NJ, of Della
ware, will be held in the Masonic Temple
Wilmington, commencing Wednesday
October I'd.
MIR. William Taylor lost this week a
horse which cost $4,000. 1t belonged to
his daughter, and died at the residence of
Mr.. Louis Fennimore, near town, on a re-
turn trip from Dover.
Miss Sylvia Moor celebrated her tenth
birthday last Saturday evening with a
watermelon party, at which she enter
tanned about thirty of her little friends in
very delightful manner.
1t is getting to be quite the thing to
graduate and get a position through the
recommendation of that fine school. Col
dey's Wilmington, (Del.,) Commercial and
Short hand College. Geta catalogue.
-WANTED:-I desire to place the agency
with some good party for the Barnes Bicy-
cles the coming wheels of '96. Those desir-
ing same please communicate with, Elliott
Bros, 1918 Market st., Wilmington, Del.
The Press Club of Wilmington gave
its first entertainment last Saturday eve
ming, upon the opening of their new quar-
tiers, and IA night in Bohemia" was much
enjoyed by the newspaper men of the city.
Mr.. James W. Lattomus, formerly of
st. Georges, and lately principal of the Eel
ton Public Schools. has gone to Lexington,
Va, where he will continue the study of
law at the Washington and Lee Univer-
sity.
This has been a very hot week, August
weather in September. The thermometer
on Thursday reached SO degrees and were
the days equal in length to those of June
there is no telling how much higher the
mercury would crawl.
The Epworth League gave the first lit
erary entertainment of the season in the
lecture room last evening. The principal
features of the program were a recitation
by Miss Julia Stats, an essay by Miss
Jessie Hukill, and music by Miss Mabelle
Taylor.
Another grabbing party from Middle
town went to Wilson's Point, on Wednes-
day, and spent the day fishing and crab
bing. 1t was family party composed OF
Mrs. M. D. Wilson and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jno. P. Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. w.
Roberts and Mr.. and Mrs. James Roberts
of Smyrna.
The Delaware peach season will be
ended in another week. The crop, as a
whole, has been satisfactory to growers,
the quality and quantity and price being all
that could be desired. The only regret is
that New Castle county came in for such o
small part.
Misses Mollie and Annie Wilson ac-
companied by their guest, Miss May Dayis,
will leave town on Monday, to join yacht
ing party on the Indian River, where they
will spend week, guests of Miss Jennie
Cullen, of Georgetown. Mrs. Cullen will
chaperone the party, which will be COM
posed of about ten ladies and gentlemen.
Miss Frances Dilworth. of Port Penn,
gave a par ty last Saturday evening in hon.
or of Miss BERTHE Vandegrift of Port Penn
and Miss Bernice Keane, of Delaware City,
nrior to their departure for the Kleinberg
Seminary, Va, where they entered among
the new pupils this week..
The forty-seventh annual session of the
q. G. of q. s., Imp,d o. R. NJ. convened at
Providence, R. 1. this week. Representa-
tiyes Rose of Newark, vandever Of Clayton
and Thompson Of Georgetown, and BRO
thern Joseph Pyle and Great Chief Of Rec
ords Messenger. of Wilmington, represented
Delaware. There were 9s representatives
from 81 states present. The TRAEscRIpr is
Indebted to G.. G. of R. Messenger for copies
of the long talks of the great Incohonee
and Great Chief of Records, and also OF
the Providence Journal, from which ex-
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