Middletown transcript., 1895-10-12
PERSONALITIES


Miss Allie Mckee was in Philadel.
phia on Thursday.
i Miss Clarabel Wilson is spending a few
days in Philadelphia.
| DIR. T. H. Gilpin spent several days in
Easton. Nd, this week.
Geo. L. Townsend, Jr. was among the
visitors to Middletown this week.
Hugh c. Browne, Esq. Of Wilmington
is a frequent visitor to Middletown.
Miss Lydia Echenhofer was in Phila-
delphia yesterday OIL business bent.
| Mrs. Jno A. Reynolds, Jr. has returned
home from visit to Newark friends.
Miss Viola McWhorter has returned
home from visit TO friends at Glasgow.
Mrs. John Townsend spent Wednesday
in town, the guest of Mrs. Maggie Smith.
Mrs. George w. Stephens and little
folks returned home to Chester on Monday
Miss Cora Massey, of fChestcrtown, Md.
is visiting her cousin. Miss Mary Dunning
Mrs. Frank Reeves, Of Atlantic City
was guest at Mrs. i. S. jones' this week.
Mrs. A. E. Shepherd has returned
home from visit to friends at Cherry Hill
Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler, Of Stanton,
were guests at Mr.. John Drummond's this
week.
Mrs. Natalie Jones. of Wilmington, is
guest at Mrs. Henry Clayton's on Cass
street.
Mrs. John W. Roberts, fnear Smyrna,
visited her mother, Mrs. Manlove Wilson,
this week.
Mrs. William Cannan, and Miss Matte
Taylor of CeciIton, Nd, spent Wednesday
with friends in town.
Prof. W. B. Tharp was in town this
week. He has gone to Johns Hopkins to
take special course.
Mrs. N. M. Browne, of Wilmington,
spent several days in town this week, the
guest of Mrs. William Taylor.
MIR. and Mrs. J. G. Stats, of Fairlee,
Nd are making little visit at her
),
Miss Mary Price was in Philadelphia
several days this week, in attendance
upon the funeral of Mr.. Frank Murphy.
Mrs. VIM. Kates was called 10 Camden,
n. J. this week at the bedside of her brother
ipslaw, Mr.. James Kates, who is critically
ill.
Miss Helen Price entered Goldey's Col
lege in Wilmington, October 1st. and is
taking course in short hand and type
writing.
Mrs. Scott, of Millidgeville, Ga, who
spent the summer with her mother at Mr..
Henry Appleton's in town, returned horne
on Wednesday.
Mrs. G. Lloyd and Mr.. Herbert Hart
Boyd, of Philadelphia, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. J. NJ. Vandegrift at Elm Grange,
near McDonough.
Miss Lottie Jones starts for Atlanta
to-day with the Peninsula Press Associ-
alton. which takes its annual outing at the
Cotton States Exposition.
Mrs. V. L. Culbertsor started yesterday
for Baltimore, where she will attend the
National Convention of file Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.
Mrs. Fannie Vasey and little grand
son Master Bit,le went to Philadelphia
yesterday, the latter having taken up his
abode with his parents for the winter.
CoI II T Johnso,, NTH !, cor, To-
left on October 3rd for his home in Little |
Rock, Ark. after months visit to his |
father-in-law, Mr.. James Vandegrift, near
McDonough.
Rev T. Wood spent the day yester- |
day in Philadelphia and preached at the
Union Meetings" at Grace NJ. e.
Church, Wilmington, last night. He
spends tomorrow with old friends at st. |
Johns NJ. E. Church, Cecil county, Md.
Gloucester at Elkton.
The directors of the Cecil County Agri- |
culture Society have decided to lease the |
fair grounds and track to syndicate of
Philadelphia horsemen, known as the |
maryland Racing Association" for per-
iod of twenty-six week days.
This decision was reached after heated |
debate and by vote of 5 to 4. 1t is said |
that the sum to be paid for the track by |
the racing association" is $3.50 or 800 |
per day.
1t is expected that Oden Bowie, Jr.. will |
serve as judge, and Thomas Finn. now
the starter at Asaphs, will start three days |
and his assistant, Mr.. Ferguson. the other |
three days each week. About 5000 people |
are expected to attend each day and 400 |
horses to take part in the different races,
Arrangements have been made with the |
P. w. and B. Railroad for rates aud for |
two special trains to leave Broad Street |
Station, Philadelphia, each day for Elkton |
When it became known that the track |
was to be leased it created surprise, as the |
matter was thought to have been definitely |
settled at q meeting of the directors on |
September IA. when the vote stood to 4 |
The racing men worked to secure the ad-
ditional vote to carry the project through.
BASE BALL.
The game of ball at Townsend last Fri
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