Middletown transcript., 1897-05-15
Roses are canning ii bloom.

ditnOSt Steauy uOWu pOuE Oh WeuHeSud1
and Thursday.
The New Castle. Newport and Viii
mington Passenger Railway Company can
go ahead now and build its road.
The M. e. Sunday School at teachers
meetingT Thursday night decided to celebrate
Children's Day on the first Sunday in June
The mother of Rev. n. L. Phillips. late
rector Of Christ Church, Delaware City
died Thursday at Charleston, s. c., aged
100 years.
The TRANSCRIPT is indebted 10 Hon.
Martin B. Burris for a copy Of the pre-
posed new Constitution. the result of the
work of the convention.
IF property owners would hang their
front gates to swing inside their yards, a
great nuisanee-gates left open across side
walks-would be avoided.
John Biggs Esq, Trustee, ,advertises the
property of the lSte Mrs. Martha E. Clay
ton in this town Pr sale June 9Th. For
description for tie property 'see advertise
ment.n
C. W. Kern, the reading clerk of the
House of Representatives of the General
Assembly, died at his home in Milford of
consumption, aged So years. Chaplain e..
g. G. Vincent was chosen to succeed him
as reading clerk.
David E. Buckingham has been rein
ststed to 81, 900 position in the Interior
Department at Washington from which be
was removed by the recent Democratic ad-
ministration. Mr.. Buckingham is a Della
warean and an old soldier.
Isaac L. Adkins, of Milford, well known
throughout the State, was found dead In
his room at the Eutaw House, Baltimore
on Thursday morning. The coroner made
an investigation and decided that death
resulted from acute gastritis. He was
thirty-nine years old and at various times
had been travelling salesman for Whining
ton and Philadelphia firms.
at Georgetown and BridgeYille careful
examination of the orchards shows that
the frosts killed about three fifth of the
buds of late varieties and one half of the
buds of early varieties. This leaves fruit
sufficient to make the crop paying one,
unless the buds which are alive are affected
to such an extent as to cause the June drop
to be abnormally large. The apple crop
promis es the largest for years.
The Peninsula Campmeeting and Sum-
mer School Association has elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, r. FL. Adams;
Secretary, v. s. Collins; Treasurer, J. 7.
Vanburkalow; Directors. C. M. Marshall.
w. D. Wilson, J. E. Graham, J. D. Reese,
E, @. Atkins and T. B. Schellenger. The
summer school at Rehoboth will open on
July 9th and close on August 9th. Camp
meeting will probably begin on August 7th.
Mrs. M. G. Barnett will have her sum-
mer opening of millinery next Thu rsday
and Friday. Watch for q handsome dis
play of pretty summer hats and bonnets
in the newest summer styles, and at popu-
lar prices. Hats for the little folks spec
ialty. Children's day will soon be here;
don't wait till the rush to get the new hats.
1t don't cost any more to select them now.
Keep your eye open for Mrs. Barnett
window next week.
The Kelly Match Manufacturing Com
pany will soon begin operations in the
works of the Oy-Hydrogen Company in
Wilmington, owned by ]. Edward Ad-
dicks, and in which he never made any gas,
Twelve match machines will be put in op-
Grafton, and each machine will turn out |
1000 matches a minute. capacity almost |
double that of any other machine now in 1
use. The inventor of the mac hine is Alex |
,nder Kelley, who was at one time en-
oloyed by the Diamond Match Compan y.
The farmers at Odessa and from the
Tharves along the Maryland rivers. are |
hauling their corn to .Middletown and
,ther shipping poiRts on the railroad |
Iomething never done before. It is the |
freight rate. The rail road charge is now
five cents hundred pounds against seven |
Ind half recently and a much heavier |
charge few years ago. At cents bushel |
IN wheat and 2.S on corn with the speedier |
ABILITIES for reaching the grain elevators,
he railroads can more than compete with |
water transportation.
"A Middletown MISS of tender years |
who has been visiting with her mama this
week, has special fondness for the red |
ipe strawberry. One morning the hostess
was stemming a fine box of the delicious
fruit for luncheon, only the ladies being at
home. The little mouth smacked in i'm
lgination and the eyes and berries grew |
arger every minute until courage came to |
lsk to sample one. Several were sampled
'efore the stemming process was through |
md the berries were set away for luncheon
1esert. At the midday meal our little Miss
,ould not eat much thinking of the dish
If berries to come later, and finally the
hostess went after the desert. She re-
urned and set down the dish. The hos.
ess, the mama, the little loyer of red ripe
all looked into the dish and /
hen at each other. Finally the mother
Iaid, daughter, you did not eat those ber-
'ies?" mo, mama, only one" ""But one,
"Only one at time, mama"
'Tell me, daughter, did you eat all those
berries2" Mama. ate just one and went
away and then I went again, and obi ma
ma, after while went back and there
was not berry in the DISH"
Mrs. Margaret Ellis. of New Jersey,
National Superintendent of Legislation of
The W. G. T. U. made temperance address
in the M. E. Church Wednesday evening
'he- is one of the most popular and
pleasing platform speakers of her sex, and
las many friends and admirers in Middle
own, where she has ON several occasions
made very able speeches for the cause of
but none more telling than her
Wednesday night lecture, which was not SO
much lecture, however, as it was face
o-face, heart-to-heart talk with mothers
nd fathers, christian men.and women, of
heir responsibility in this great rafnrYn |