Middletown transcript., 1896-09-05

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The Trustees Of the Poor of this county
are having their annual outing Of week
at Ocean City.
Mr.. Samuel A. P lit, of this town, met
Mr.. VIM. E. Coale, Of Delaware City, last
evening in that town in non-partisan dis
cussion of the gold and silver question.
The meeting was extensively advertised
and the Diamond State Band of Middle
town discoursed some of its choice music.
Mr.. Pitt advocated the merits ofthe white
metal
The Elkton Fair will open on Tuesday
next and continue four days. More inter-
est is being taken IN the Fair this year
than ever before. the number Of entries in
all departments being larger. The Cecil
County News" says some very fast horses
have been entered in the races. The entries
closed yesterday. Up to Wednesday there
had been entered: first day-first. 6;second,
10; third, IL. Second day-irst, 20; sec ond,
Is; third. r. Third day-frst.. Z; second, IL:
third. II, Fourth day-first, II; second, o.;
third, IA.
The two-weeks tent meeting held in
Prices Woods, near Warwick and con-
Quoted by Rev.C. e. Mccullough, pastor
of Warwick and Sassafras M. P. Churches,
will close with to-morrow's services. Rev.
A. d. Melvin, of Westminster, Md, for
mer pastor, will be present and preach, the
following being the program for the day:
Prayer and experience meeting at 10 o'clock.
preaching at IL, Sunday-school at 2, preach,
ing at 8, praise service at 7.30, followed by
revival service at 8 o'clock. Mr.. McCul-
Tough has been affaithful worker and the
meetings have been we'll attended. There
have been four accessions to the church as
direct result.
The dead body of William Virgins,
colored man who was shot in the riot at
Ebenezer camp meeting Sunday week, was
discovered on Wednesday, about hundred
yards from the camp meeting stand. The
body, which was found by workman on
the railroad, was in a bad state of decom-
position, ard only identified by the cloth
ing. William Tol. Henry, who with
sew eral others was arrested for disturbing
the meeting, was brought to Middletown
on Thursday by Constable Crockett, on an
additional warrant for murder He waived
hearing before Squire Ferguson, and
was committed to New Castle Jail to await
trial before the court. His plea is that of
self defence, which will probably be sus-
tanned.
The summer. the long, hot summer;
the short, pleasant summer; the wearisome,
work-a-day summer; the restful, delightful
summer of long vacations, visits and vaga-
ries; Of dull routine, with "scarce fleeting
joy between" of rest and change; of fun
and frolic; of successes and failures; of
squibbles and squabbles; of pleasure and
kindness and big ones of meanness; of un-
selfish acts; of schemes and plots and arts |
and wiles; of worry and sham and discon-
tent; of all sorts of things for all sorts of |
people, the summer of '96 has ended and
September comes laden rich with the
promises Of the campaign orator. The gad- |
a-bouts are coming home and "good byes"
and "come agains" are heard to ''speed the |
parting guest" IT'S the fall time of the |
year. the busy time of the year, and teach |
ers, pupils, housewives. farmers, mer-
chants and profession ais are again in line |
of march and the year will soon be in the |
sere and yellow leaf.