Middletown transcript., 1896-04-04
Tong Ben has moved into his new
quarters on North Broad Street, and is
"heep glad" to get back again.

i Wednesday. the first day of April. was
a very rainy day. and 'gentle spring got
. her feet wet, and she's been giving us the
) cold shoulder ever since.
Geo. G.. Rowe, corner Main and Scott
streets. has opened up an entire new line
of Wall Papers and the prices are the low
est for the quality of goods. Get your or
ders in early satisfaction guaranteed.
PROFESSIONAL CARD.-Dr. W. e. Barnard
Surgeon Dentist office same location, OPP
posite the post Office. All operations per-
tanning to dentistry guaranteed. Odon-
tunder and Gas for painless extracting
The Loyal Temperance Legion will
| hold an Easter Festival this evening at the
old headquarters over Woods store. Ice
cream and cake will be served and Easter
eggs will be the special attraction. The
hours are from $50 to 10.
Mr. Jesse Shepherd has purchased the
DR.. Clayton Office and has leased of Capt
1 SfOuHQ StOO'1 ~
tween his residence and Chamberlain's
drug store, at thirty dollars year for ten
years, on which he will put the building
for an office.
There is to be another twenty-six days
racing at the EIkton Fair Grounds. 1t will
begin Saturday. April IL. with six races
day, $175 purses. At the close of this race
the association will probably move to the
McKane farm, three miles from Elkton. on
| the B. & o. R. R. for thirty days.
Mr.. James H. Burnham, for several
years the.night operator at this station,
is now stationed at Wyoming, the change
being made this week. in consequence of
which Mr.. Burnham has given up the
house he had rented of Mrs. Fanny Lock
wood, where he was arranging to 60 to
housekeeping.
The marriage of Mr.. Louis M. Barnard
to Miss Lizzie NJ. Clements, of Pocomoke
City, Nd is announced to take place at
the home of the bride on Wednesday
morning, April 18th, at 10 o'clock. Mr..
Barnard will bring his bride to Middle
town and will reside on Green street.
M. B, Burris, Esq, has rendered his re-
signation as Chairman of the Republican
County Committee, on account of pressure
of business. Its consideration was laid
over one month at the meeting of the COM
mittee last Saturday. hesitate Committee
will meet on Monday to fix the time for
the State Convention to elect delegates to
the National Convention.
Mr.. Merritt N. Willis has been urged by
number of friends to allow the use of his
name for County Commissioner of the
Fifth District He has concluded to be-
come candidate and needs no introduc-
ton to the Republicans of this community
whose endorsement he asks at the prima-
ries, nor to the people, Republicans and
Democrats whose votes he will want if he
is nominated.
There is verse in the Bible which con-
tans every letter in the alphabet except j.
and it is said there Is only one such. 1t is
the 21st verse of the 7th chapter of Ezra
and reads "And l, even I, Artaxerxes. the
king. do make decree to all the treasur-
ers which are beyond the river, that what
soever Ezra. the priest, the scribe of the
law of the God of Heaven. shall require of
you, it be done speedily"
The young men of Elkton give on
Monday evening next what is called the
annual Easter dance" which means
rather the after-Easter or after-Lent. The
dance given by the young men of Middle
town will be ON Tuesday evening, and the
young men of Smyrna and of Bridgeville
each claim Friday evening, April 10, as the
evening for their dance. Oglesby's orches-
ira will furnish music for Middletown and
Smyrna.
Grand Master VIM. Hutchison. accom- |
panied by Acting Grand Warden VIM.
Householder, installed the following |
officers of Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 8. I.
O. O. g.. on Thursday evening in their Hall
in the McWhorter Building: N. G., John
E. CHM; v. G., VIM. D. King; Rec. Sec, W.
E. Dixon; Per. Sec., VIM. Francis; Treas,
w. T. Connellee; Warden. Jos. G. Jolls.
After the Lodge closed refreshments were
served at Kates' restaurant.
The Delaware Conference is in session
at Chester this week, presided over by
Bishop Joyce. This body is branch of
the M ethodist Episcopal Church, presided
owe by the same bishops and has repre-
sen tation in the General Conference. 1t
is composed of the churches of colored
people of Sou thern Pennsylvania, Delaware
and parts of Maryland. The Rev. ]. S.
Holly, pastor of Dale NJ. E. Church, of
Middletown, is i'm attendance.
A social under the direction of the
Christian Endeavor Society was given at
Capt. Samuel Penn ington's on Thursday
evening. 1t was the last of the series of
those very enjoyable functions that have
characterized the winter among the en-
deavorers, and was a delightful occasion.
The program consisted of instrumental and
vocal music, q charade, readings by Miss
Alice Outcalt and recitations by Miss
Martha Heaton. Refreshments were served
from which the sum of eight dollars was
| realized.
The m embers of the Light and Water
Commission are wrestling with the question
of more revenue. The town is bonded for
$32 900, $4,000 on account of water and
$4,000 on the light plant. The two plants
combined are meeting the running expenses,
but the interest on the debt and the debt it.
self must be provided for. There is pro-
position to put meters on the lights so that
the consumers shall pay for just what they
get. There is evidently a great waste in
the use of light in the town and the saving
of that needless waste would more than
meet the money demands of the Commits
sion. The question is shall that waste be
saved in the consumption of less coal or