Middletown transcript., 1896-01-04
Local News.

Local News.
School re-opeued on Thursday after I
ten-days interim.
Remember that J. F. McWhorter ha
full line of carriage and agriculture
Implements on hand.
Mrs. Mary E. Newson, of Colts Station
died at the residence of her son-in-law VIM
Fiancis, in this town, on Tuesday, aged 81
years.
"A Leap Year party, given by the ladie
Is to be the next n otable social event in Mid
dletown, SO Madame Grundy says, and sh
ought to know.
Mrs. E. 7. Warren, of Wilmington ha
donated $2500 to endow bed in the Della
ware Hospital in memory of her son, D
Corbit Warren, who died last year.
p-W. s. Leathbury, our enterprisinl
hard ware and stoYe dealer, has ISSUED
some beautiful calenders with New Yea
greeting to his patrons and friends.
The trustees of the Farnhurst Asylum
have awarded the contract for supplying
mems clothing, dry goods and shoes for the
next quarter to John A. Reynolds, of thi:
town.
DIR. Walter Wyman, the Surgeon
General of the q. S., has heen the guest OF
Drs. Glennan and Mcdowell, at the Reedy
Island Quarantine Station, and spent New
Years day at Port Penn.
1t is getting to be quite the thing to
graduate and get position through the
recommendation of that fiue school. Col
dey's Wilmington, fDel.,) Commercial and
Short Hand College. Get Catalogue.
The offer oftwenty-fve dollars to the
Sunday y-schools of Middletown made by
the TRANscRIPT, still stands, having been
made in good faith. and any man or wo-
man will be welcome to the money who
will comply with the. easy conditions.
John Armstrong, formerly of the firm
of Armstrong & Sparks, proprietors of the
Middletown Hotel, has leased the Smyrna
House of Charles ]. Armstrong and has
assumed management of that hostlery,
having taken possession on New Years day.
Master Nolan Letherbury, son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. s.. Letherbury, has the hand
soonest Christmas tree Of the season, laden
with products from home and abroad. 1t
was old Kris gift to good boy. Master
Irving Brockson's tree is also a thing of
beauty.
MIR. Jno. P. Wilson, of Bohemia Manor
and VIM. D. Wilson of near Green Spring,
have made an exchange of farms, and on
March 1st the latter will move to the Bo-
hemia farm, and his brother will move to
"Heron," the old Crookshank HON estead
near Cecilton, which he has recently pur-
chased.
The Misses Beaston gave very charm
ing luncheon party on Monday, in honor
of their guests, Mrs. Chas. Atkins and
daughter, Miss Alene Atkins. of Milton,
Those present were: Misses Mabelle Taylor,
Martha Heaton. Mrs. James Burnham,
Messrs. Edward NJ. Vaughan and John C.
Kelley.
Life is leaf of paper white
Whereon each Of us may write
his word or two, and then comes night
"Lo! time and space enough" we cry,
'To write an epic"I SO we try
Our nibs upon the edge, and die.
Greatly begin! though thou have time
But for a line, be that sublime,
Not failure, but low aim is crime.
AT the annual election of officers the
following were reelected by the teachers of
Forest Presbyterian Sunday school We'd
nesday evening Supe rintendent, H. c.
Ellis, n; Assistant Superintendent, D. L.
Dunning: Secretary and Treasurer, DIR.
TIL, Gilpin; Organist, Miss Lena Pleasan-
ton; Bible Glass Teacher, Edward Reynol ds.
Says an exchange: Many of our ex-
changes are strongly in favor Of curfew
hell at nine o'clock in the evening to hustle
the kids>off the streets. When we were a
kid our mother used piece of barrel stave
for curfew, which brought US in quicker
than any bell would have done, and If
mothers would use these same persuaders
there would be no need to ring bells.
The ladies and gentlemen who presen-
ted the Hick'ry Farm SO acceptably in the
onera House on Thanksgiving Evening
have Welded to the persuasion of friends
and accepted an invitation to present the
MAY at Delaware City, probably Friday,
Ian. 18th will be the date. The citizens Of
delaware City should give them full
house the play and players merit 1t.
The Juuior Christian Endeavor Society
Of Forest Presbyterian Church made a
Christmas donation Of. pretty dolls to an
ohscnre mission in Wilmington; some Of
.he dolls were dressed BY the children, who
took great delight in preparing these gifts
Tor those less favorably situated in life. 1T
s : GOOD work for the children to engage
e sharing their blessings with the poor.
with the ringing Of bells and the 6r'
,,o ~ guns the New Year was ushered in
l. M;ddletown A rollick some youngster he
i too taking considerable notice already
"a seems to be quite friendly disposed
toward The world in general. There seems
- ~ ! prevalent. conviction that young 'e6
whsn he oats 4 little older, wilrdo great
thing for us, and . new year was neVe'
welcomed more heartily.