Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03

--Laundered Shirt waists are among the
new attractions at Mrs. Geo. w. Peterson.
Mrs. G, W.Peterson will haYe her OPEN
ing of fashionable spring millinery next
Thursday.
Alexander J. Hart has been appointed
Police Commissioner Of Wilmington for
six years at salary of $500 year.
The Erodelphian Society will hold an en-
tertainmeut in the School House Hall, at
Friday eveningApril 9th 8 o'clock
Pm.
John F. Quigley. one of th builders of
Machinery Hall at the Philadelphia Cen
tennial Exposition. died in Wilmington
Saturday.
Mrs. ]. B. Bratton is having her spring
opening of millinery to-day, and is show
ing the trade some beautiful designs in
trimmed hats and bonnets.
Jas. T. Mullen and Sons of Whining
ton, known to the clothing trade far and
near, have an important announcement in
| this issue of the TRANSCRIPT.
-"Uncle Toms Cabin" W as played in the
Opera House Wednesday night, by the
Stowe Dramatic Company. There was
fairly good house and th ose who saw it were
pleased with performance.
Governor Tunnel has reappointed the
following members of the State Board of
Health:Dr. Robert .Ellegoodsussex Co.Dr.
E. W. Cooper Kent; DrAIexander Lowber,
New Castle
The new gunboat,. Wilmington, is a
flyer. She earned bonus of $4,000 or
over for her builders, the Newport News
Ship building Co. on the occasion of her
official trial run this week.
Miss Lizzie Reed, daughter of Grandon
Reed, Esq, and Mr.. George Marker, both
of Sandy Branch, were married at the M.
E. Parsonage, in this town Thursday even
ing at seven o'clock by Rev. I. L. Wood.
Morris Eliason, oldest son of Mr.. J. F.
Eliason, of Mt. Pleasant, sprained his an
kle very badly last Saturday and is disable
by it. his physician having put his leg in
plaster paris case.
Mrs. Geo. W. Pc tersen announces that.
she is prepared to do all kinds of dress
making, cutting and fitting by the chart
system being his speciality. Goods over
15cts per yard bought of her cut and fitted
free of charge.
The Y. NJ. C. A. anniversary last FRI
day evening was well attended, and the ex-
ercises were interesting. The query has
been raised though, "where were the
young men2" There was small delega-
ton from Delaware City, present, but the
home society seemed to have few to the
front.
The W. G. T. o. had a Neal Dow cele-
bration, Thursday evening in lieu, of the
regular M E. prayer meeting. Papers were
read by W. z. Barnard, Mrs Harry Jones
and Miss Charlotte Jones, and Miss Grace
Parvis gave recitation. Rev. I. L. Wood
lGnade brief address and the exercises were
much enjoyed.
The New Castle Presbtery will meet in
Forest Church of this town on Tuesday.
April 20. A meeting was held in the lee
ture room of the church Wednesday even
ng to arr ange for the entertainment Of the
delegates, mini sterial and lay. There will
be from rs to 100 present. The Olivet. Church
difficulties will be one of the important
,,otko~. ~, A. D.osbr&or,, Ro ankkIa
"A blizzard with heavy fall of snow,
in the central west, a tornado in Oklahoma,
and floods in Mississippi are among the
weeks records of ills. We don't have these
things in Delaware but we have what is as
bad or worse. we have bad, bad politics,
the worst kind and the mos. of it to tn
square inch of any state in the Union.
-Goyernor Tunnel will name a State
Librarian next week, and there is warm
contest for the position, the candidates be-
ing Peter G. Gruwell, the present incum-
bent. Charles Denney, David Walls, Ed
ward Atkinson, of Kent County, and Char
les Carl Smith, Edward Benjamin Wiley
and ex-Sheriff Martin, of Sussex county
DO you ride wheel? Do not, if you
have reached the sere and yellow le af per-
iod of life, say you are too old. Mr.. Glad
stone, the "Grand Old Man" of England,
now in his eighty-seventh year says he has
mastered the wheel, and now rides the fiery
and untamed bicycle. So do not be dis
courged but get wheel. J. C. Parker is the
man to fix you up and start you well.
in the United States Senate few days
ago, Senator Burrows, of Michigan present
ed petition from T. Marsh Williams, of
Smyrna, and 105 other citizens of Kent
county, Del, praying for the appointment
of joint commission to inquire into the
political conditions existing in this State
averring that they are not those of Re
publican form of government, as contem-
plated by the Constitution of the United
States. The petition was referred to the
committee on Privilege and election.
The Tenth Annual Sunday School
Convention of the State of Delaware will
be held in Hanover Presbyterian Church
Wilmington, on Thursday and Friday,
| April 22d and 23rd. The Convention is
composed of delegates from all the Sunday
Schools in the State of the Methodist, Pres
by terian, Baptist and Reformed Episcopal
denominations. Entertainment will be
| provided and special railroad rates have
been made. The various Sunday Schools
are urged to select their delegates at an
early date.
i. N. Mills Of the State Game Protective
Association has sent to the Legislature a
bill that is intended to strengthen the ex-
listing game laws. 1t Itprohibits the killing
of partridge, quail, grouse and woodcock
between January 1st and November 1st;
wild goose, swan, brant or wild duck be-
tween April 18th and October 1st; reed,
ortolen and rail birds between February
1st and September LIST; also night shooting
and the use Of swivel or punt guns. The
bill also makes it unlawful to purchase
game for sale or profit without license. All