Middletown transcript., 1897-10-30

"A Everybody thinks OF lots OF Smar
things to say after it is too late.
Remember the Simmons and Elocun
Ministries at the Opera House on Monday
night. See reader on first page.
Mr.. Wm. A. McCrone near McDon.
ough has HoIstein heifer year old las
spring which is giving a gallon of mill
daily. Another calf began sucking her and
brought her to giving milk.
But few pass by Mrs. Massey's jewelry
store without stopping to look at the win
j dow. It is always attractive but was neve
handsomer than to-day. Someone there
has excellent taste as buyer and Mrs
Massey's goods are always reliable. See the
window.
About thirty gentlemen of the town
and vicinity held preliminary meeting
Wednesday evening in the room SO long
occupied by Mr.. Thos. E. Hurn in the
Cochran Block to arrange for the organiza-
ton of a club, renting this as club room.
They viii meet this evening to perfect the
organization.
The citizens of Wilmington have
| ordered beautiful silver service punch
bowl with silver goblets as a present TO the
government boat Wilmington named in
honor Of the city. The design is very
beautiful. II was gotten up by Mr.. s. P.
Baynard, the Wilmington jeweler.
Mr.. W. II. Yoshell, proprietor Of the
McDonough Mills makes announcement
through the TRANSCRIPTS advertising coli
umns that he has leased the Brick Mills
near town where he will crush feed, dc.
He has established at this place -four
exchange where farmers can get -four in
exchange for their wheat without the
trouble of waiting, He asks share of the
public patronage.
Our coast was visited by the worst
storm on Monday for the past ten years.
For week wild North East storm swept
the coast doing great damage to land along
the shore as we'll as to shipping. Inland
the storm has not been SO severe. Along
some of the Delaware 4Bay streams water
overf1owed the land submerging wheat and
corn fields the waves curling and breaking
with the water six feet deep in some places.
At Ocean City the loss will be $4,000.
Mr.. s. S. Holten has gathered from
three acre lot near town II loads of corn on
cob, As bushels to the load, making 165 bu-
shells or 824 bushels of shelled corn per
acre. He believes the corn will average Is
bushels to the load or 91s bushels per acre.
Who can beat this? And yet the croakers
said last spring the corn crop must be
short this year. Croakers often know as
little as other people and sometimes less.
Many of the farmers around Middle
town are troubled because of the fly in the
wheat There has been very little of this
insect in this section for several seasons and
its appearance is an annoyance since it may
do great damage Mr.. r. w. Cochran yes
terday visited his three farms and he says
the fly has not been so bad for ten years,
many places of two or three feet being en-
tirely killed. This is especially true of fall
low seeding. Cooler weather will be most
welcome.
Squire Reynolds court has been quite
busy this week. On Monday George Hyn-
son, coIored, was arrained, charged with
stealing a watch from brakes auction
room. He was held in 5000 bail for court
which was subsequently furnished by
Joshua Clayton of Thomas and JaaeSA-Is
Warren. On Tuesday 1t was James Browns
turn. His wife Rachel charged him with
non-support. Instead of being held in
bond for the support of his wife he was
fined $1,000 and costs. What did Rachel"
get out of it?
Good apples Certainly have them
and you shall have some of them" has
been the answer to inquiries about the
Adamic fruit when the taste ran that way.
But alas they all forgot the poor editor un-
til Mr. James Shallcross made similar
promise. His promise was kept. 1t was a
fine little gentleman, scion of the old
sto ok, who called at the TRANSCRIPT ofic e
on Saturday last with a basket of sweet
Smiths Cider apples and another basket of
luscious H fer pears. Mr.. Shallcross has
the vote of the TRANSCRIPT as fine gentle |
man and successful horticulturist every
time an apple or pear disappears.
Mr.. JESSE L. Shepherd was caught in |
the great storm at Atlantic City where he |
went on Saturday to visit his wife |
and sister. Communication was cut off |
with the outside world on Sunday except |
by telegraph and part of the time wires |
did not work. Efforts to get away on Mon
day were fruitless. On Tuesday Mr.. Shep-
herd took naptha launch for six miles |
over waves that promised to upset the |
small craft every few minutes, to get stuck |
in the mud, thence to barge and polled to |
land to walk four miles to station, ten |
miles from Atlantic. Mr.. Shepherd ar
rived home Wednesday morning and says
''no more Atlantic City for me-"
The vitality and tenacity of life, at |
times SO brittle, is often surprising. For |
months Miss Blanche Messick only daugh- |
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Messick, has been
battling with disease. She has made
fight for the young life SO sweet that
has aroused the deepest sympathy and hope
for her. recovery throughout the town.
But strength seems almost exhausted and
hope for her recovery has almost fed yet
the hope Of life remains. and every
friend would rejoice with exceeding joy if
it may be a restoration to health again.
The parents and brothers have the heart
felt sympathy of the whole people.
White potatoes will be high this winter,
and growers will receive good prices for the
crop. Last year this staple article of food
could have been bought for 25 cents BUSH
Ell and now they are bringing from ~ cents
to $1.00. This rise in price has been caused
by the shortness Of the crop and the fact
that there will be foreign demand and it is
expected by the commission merchants that
thousands of bushels will be shipped to Ire
land and to other European countries. The
crop in New York is almost total failure,
while that in Virginia. Maryland and. Della
ware is not as large as last year. One year
ago farmers of the neighboring states were
feeding potatoes to their stock. because the