Middletown transcript., 1896-03-21
MIDDLETowN, DEL. MAR. 21. 1896
Local News.


Miss May Holten gave taffy pulling
toa number other friends on Thursda.
evening.
j. Charles Armstrong, formerly proprie
tor of the Smyrna House, has leased th'
Central Hotel in Wilmington.
Rev. F. II. Moore will deliver lecture
on Travels in Russia" at Zion, near Elk
ton, on Monday evening.
-PosrPoSED SALE.-The sale by Mrs
Anna Laura Truax, administrative, was
postponed to Tuesday, March oath, at
o'clock p. m.
Mrs. Susan Spear Milloway, Of Will
mington, formerly of Smyrna, died on
Friday of last week, and was buried on
Tuesday. She was IA years old.
Tuesday was st. Patrick's day, and a
very mild day it was too The weather
man doubtless made mistake and gave us
Tuesdays weather on Monday.
The vernal equinox has passed and the
time for the singing of birds has come; the
sound of the fish horn is heard in the land,
but ethereal mildness' is not here yet.
Daniel Brown and John J. Swan, the
two keepers of the State Insane Ayslum.
convicted of causing the death of Leon
Pisa, an inmate, were sentenced to one
years imprisonment and a fine of$400 each,
the minimum penalty under the law.
John P. Springer died at his home in
Wilmington on Monday, aged rs years. He
was Clerk of the Peace of this county for
two terms, being appointed by Gov. Sauls-
bury in 1870 and re-appointed by Gov.
Cochran in 1875.
The weather on Monday was full of
variety, rain, hail, slush and sleet. The
outdoor scene was one of general discom-
fort, and bad alike for man and beast.
March did his very worst onThursday, and
gentle spring. always backward enough has
been ashamed to show her face ever since
NIL X Long, having reached the
55th milestone in the journey of life. was
given pleasant surprise party by his
fellow knights of Damon Lodge, No II,
K of p on Tuesday night. The orchestra
was also present and music, social converse
and refreshments were the fe atures of the
evening.
i The Chinese laundry-man. ToEg Ben,
expects, to return to Middletown and will
open laundry on North Broad Street in
the building now used as w. W. Freeman's
tonsorial parlors, who will move his pa ;e
of business to Vest Main Street having
rented the old Office of NJ. WiliIms. ad-
joining Echenhofer Bros. Tong Ben's many
patrons here will welcome him back.
"A newspaper is always printed in a
rush says an exchange. There is always
something in it that should have been left
out, and something left out that should have
been put in. It is sometimes too quick TO
act. but with all its faults and shortcomings
there is more education in bright, newsy
paper than there is in q noyel. You will
find the brightest boy on pratical, sensible
every day questions is the boy who reads
the newspapers.
-Devalinger & Bro. shave rented the
store in they Town Hall which for ten days
past the have been fitting up as store for
Groceries, Meats and Provisions, similar TO
their stores in Elkton and Philadelphia.
They expect TO have their opening next
Wednesday. This branch of the business
will be under the direct supervision Of Mr..
Henry DeValinger who has rented the
property occupied by Mrs. H. Appleton.
Mrs. J. B. Foard gave Pink Tea to
number of friends on Thursday evening.
Fourteen persons were seated at the table.
The guests we're: DR.. and Mrs. c. L. VAL
landigham, DIR. and Mrs. Thos. H. Gilpin,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Derrickson, Miss
Lowber, Mr.. Alfred NJ. Chamberlain, and
DR.. J. C. Sites, besides the members of the
family, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Foard, Misses
Bessie and Adda Foard, and Miss Belle
Joyce.
The will Of John Wise, an extensive
lumber dealer of Wilmington, who dad
last week, gives number of bequests to
Wilmington charities and Methodist beuey-
olences To Asbury M. e. Church, for use
by the official board in any way 1t may de-
termine $500; Bishop Taylor Missionary se-
ciety-to aid in the work Of spreading
Christianity and Methodism in Africa
k6oo: Home for Friendless and Destitute
children, Wilmington. $500; Home for Aged
Women. $500. Other charities in Whining
ton and ID the various societies Of Asbury
cburch. $1,000. The residue Of his estate.
which Is quite large, be bequeathed to his
two pieoSs and other relatives and friends