Middletown transcript., 1897-09-04

-Mr. Johns. Ash was Chester visito
last Sunday.
Miss Hattie Barnard. Of Chsswold.
visiting her brothers.
4 -Ex Levy Courtman Robert B.Simplel
of Blackbird. was in town yesterday.
| MIR. R. r. Bailey of Philadelphia Is Wis
iting his sister Mrs. J. P. Cochran, Jr
Mrs. Il. B. McDowell's mother and sis
ter, of Monticello, Ind, are visiting her.
| Mrs. Hess, of Baltimore. and Mrs. Da
Wis, of Still Pond. are guests of DR.. and Mr.
w. E. Barnard.
Mrs. Milnor and Miss Emma Jones ar
being entertained by Miss Evelyn Kible
| of Bohemia Manor.
Miss Lucie Cochran is entertaining Mis-
Elizabeth Hanson of N. Y. and Miss Anits
Houston of Philadelphia.
j. E. Hendrickson, of Philadelphia, en-
ioyed rail bird shooting with Mr.. J. T
Sballcross this week.
Miss Mabel Houston returned to hel
home in Philadelphia Saturday after spend
| ing several months at her grandfatheps
| Mr.. Ennis.
The young men OF Ghesapeake city
| gave dance Wednesday evening. Misses
Helen Clayton, Emma Jones. AIDA Foardl
Messrs. John Parvis and Fred Crouch were
among the Middletown guests.
Mr.. Samuel Biggs, son of President
Joseph Biggs of the Citizens National Bank
returned home on Friday, Aug 9th, snf
fering from an afaiction with his eyes. He
has been in Mexico number years where
he holds responsible railroad position
and feeling run down recently went to
Southern California for his health. His
eyes beginning to fail him he came home
and is now in Philadelphia under special
| medical treatment.
DIR. Horace Vaughan spent Saturday
and Sunday last with his mother and sister
in Milton. He witnessed the starting Of the
| first excursion out of Milton on Sunday
afternoon over the new railroad. A full
train of eight cars was run to Queenstown
and back. Those who have had railroad
facilities for years, all their lives, can
scarcely appreciate the enthusiasm of the
citizens of this pretty little city on the banks
of the Broadkiln over ''our new railroad" /"
Mr.. George Il. Kelley. who nineteen
years ago left Middletown the scene of his
boVhood days then young man of nine
teen, returned on Monday to renew his ac-
quaintances of yore. He finds many old
friends with cordial greetings, glad to see
him. He isconnected with the Union Pacific
Railroad and stationed at Butte. Montana.
The TRANSCRIPT was favored with call
and is indebted for interesting souvernires
of 'tthe Overland Route" Mr.. Kelley will
visit an aunt in New York City and his
brother and sisters in Chicago.
Prof W. L. Gooding, principal Of the
Conference Academy. filled the NJ. E. pull
pit last Sabbath Morning, delivering most
learned and logical discourse. DR.. Good
ing is one of the leading educators of this
peninsula and in physical proportions as
well as in intellectual and spiritual force is
growing to look more like the wise head of
larger institution than our Capital Acad-
emy. He made pleasant call at the
TRANSCRIPT Office Monday morning. The
Dover "lndex" refers to his visit as fol-
lows: among the pleasant incidents of
the yisit o + the principal of the Conference
Academy to Middletown last Sunday was
q call upon his teacher of early days,
Henry A. Nowland, ofSt. Georges hundred.
Mr.. Nowland was, in his young manhood, +,
one of the best teachers in Kent county,
Md
--0ne of the largest and most pleasant
social gatherings of the season was the
reception given by Miss Mary Shallcross at
Beiieview,n the heEse ef
her parents, last evening to nearly hun
dred of her friends to meet the guests of
her house party. who have been with her
some days. Dancing and games were in
dulged in by those who preferred, moon
light condolences on broad piazzes were
more inviting to others, the younger the
moon the closer the confidence. Prices
Orchestra furnished the music. Those Of
the house party were: Miss Sara W. Jones
and Mr.. Jesse Jones, of NorristowD; Miss
Alice w. Mather and Miss Emma G. Town
send. of Philadelphia: Miss Elizabeth R.
Shallcross, of Torresdale; Misses Rae and
Sara Knight, of Somerton; Mr.. F. H. Bay
mum. Of Chester; Mr.. Lewis Walker. Of
Philadelphia; Miss Florence Jones and Mr..
J. @. Frank Jones, of Conchohocken; Mr..
William L. EIiason, Mt. Pleasant; Mr.. J.
Pearce Cam, Kirkwood, and J. T. Shall
cross, Jr.