Middletown transcript., 1896-02-08
Next Friday win be St. Valentines day

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| Remember that ]. F. McWhorter ha
. full line of carriage and argricultur'
Implements on haad.
| $40 per month and expenses paid goo
men for taking orders. Steady work. Al
| ply the Protective Nurseries, Geneva, ny
Mrs Jane Webb, of Port Penn, ha
bought the real and personal propert
willed to her by he late husband, Mr.. "
C. Webb.
Mr.. Joseph Biggs was elected Presiden
of the Citizens National Bank in place G
Mr. Henry Clayton, deceased, at the meet
ing of directors this week.
Rev. Albert Chandler united in marriag
on Wednesday, Feb 5. at the Townsend M
e. Parsonage. Mr.. ALBERT Johnson an
| Miss. Hanna B. Helveston.
Mr. and Mrs. William Scott celebrate,
his 72d birth day on Monday by famil.
dinner, participated in and enjoyed b.
their sons and grandchildren.
1t is getting to be quite the thing t,
graduate and get position through thu
recommendation of that fue school. Col
dey's Wilmington, Del.,) Commercial ant
hort Hand College. Get Catalogue.
-Middletown seems to give cold shonl
der to shows. The Empire Theater Stool
Co., billed for Monday and Tuesday eve
nings did not get an audience either night
and the stereoptican variety did not NEE
expenses the week previous.
Patrick Neary is busy constructing the
new st. Augustine road at Port PENN and
the Delaware Construction Company ha:
commenced work upon the new jetty al
Liston's Point The two give employment
to quite number of men in the village.
Burglars broke into the store of W. A.
Lofland at McDonough on Thursday night,
rifiing the store. They fastened the stair
way door so that the clerk could not get
down, though he was not awakened, and
proceeded to pack up and get away with
the goods. The loss is said to be between
$4,000 and 100000.
The young ladies of Forest Presby terrain
Church very materially assisted last spring
in raising the funds to put electric lights in
the church by series of sociables al which
silver offering was taken at the door.
They we're so successful and entertaining
that it has been determined to repeat them.
The first viii be given at the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Frank McWhorter, TIL urs-
day evening next.
Poor Caleb Jane can't help it. He
promised his readers to discontinue his
abuse of the TRANSCRIPT. He did so just
Month, but he cannot keep his word.
Last week his principal editorial ~ was a
slur at the TRANSCRIPT, and this week he
goes out of his way in the disguise of a
communication, prepared in his Office, to
notice the editor. Poor Caleb Jane, the
growler and old granny.
1t was year ago on T thursday that
the memorable blizzard came. This year
it was rain and wind storm, almost
hurricane. 1t was most severe to the north
of us. 1t rained for nearly twenty four
hours, the heaviest since May 1894 In
New York and Philadelphia the wind was
very severe. blowing down buildings and
overturning carts OIL the streets. The
rivers overHowed their banks and num-
ber of lives have been lost
One of our farmers brought to town
last week two peach baskets of eggs, and
carried home $l5-a weekly occurance.
His opportunities are no better than other
farmers, except that he protects his
chickens as he does the other stock on his
farm, from inclement weather, by proper
shelter when cold or wet. He sees that his
chickens also haye the necessary ingre-
dients with their food, and does not hesi
tate to gather glass when found in sufic
lent quantity, and takes home and crush as
he does shells, in his bone mill. Many far.
mers are always in the drag because they
will not see after the little details, Smyrna
Times.
The Grand Jury on Thursday bough
in indictments of murder in the second de-
gree againts Daniel Brow N, John J. Swan
and Michael Lynch, the Farnhurst atten-
dants, charging them with causing the
death of Leon Pisa on October last. One
count charges Swan as principal, and
Brown and Lynch as accessories; another
charges Brown as principal, and Lynch
and Swan as accessories; and last charges
Brown and Swan jointly. In the first two
Lynch is mentioned as accessory, but he is
not mentioned in the last count. Two bills
for assault and battery upon Lewis SLaws,
Daniel and Robert Kenyon are
brought against Lynch. Wednesday next
was fixed as the date to begin trial:
Mr.. James Downs, Of Mount Pleasant,
was summoned to. Downs Chapel, Kent
county, on Monday because of the illness
of his father. Mr.. Joseph G. Downs, who
died early Tuesday morning, the last sur
vivor of family of seven brothers and two
sisters. Mr.. Downs was born ON Nov.
Is, 1878, and was married on Feb. 27,
1874, to Miss Elizabeth Luff. who with
three sons, James Downs of Mt. Pleasant,
and Fletcher and Charles w. Downs CT
Downs Chapel. survive him. Mr.. Downs
has had remarkable health, never having
had physicion until last fall when She
was taken with rheumatism. He took cold
which developed into pneumonia and was
taken worse on Jan. %. Mr.. Downs was
one of the kindest of husbands and fathers
a good neighbor, moral and upright citi-
zen. He died with the hope of christian
and all that was mortal was laid to rest on
Thursday in the old Kenton Church yard.
CHURCH CHIMES.
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The Y. P. s. G. E. of Forest PRESBYTERIAN
Church meets every Sunday evening in
the Lecture room at 8 45. Topic for Sun
day evening Feb 9th "Chrisl,s Warnings