Middletown transcript., 1898-03-19
1.-THE Evils of All Intemperance' is the
EndeaYor topic to- morrow at 8. 40

Christian Endeayor topic to- morro" az es1o
We call the attenti on of farmers who
4 wish to contract for pick les TO the advertise-
ment of the Philadelphia Picking Com
pany in another column.
Mr.. Henry Talbot, late Of the nrm =
Cochran & Talbot. moved with his family
this week to philadelphia where ne VIII
engage in the commission business. Mr.,
Stephen Boyer is moving into the properly
vacated by Mr.. Talbot.
! Last week the TRANSCRIPT inadvertently
stated that S12 500 was paid for the sire OF
some of Mr.. Higgins Jersey COWS which
are to be sold next Tuesday. (see ad). The
intention was to say the grandsire, Mich
ael Angelo for whom the above sum was
paid by Congressman sibly. His dam
.Eurotas" was the then greatest known
Jersey COW.
The second anniversary of the Y. M. C.
A. was carried out last night as announced
except that Mr.. F. H. Burgess, one OF the
speakers, was absent because of business
/ engagements. Addresses were made by Drs.
Moore and Wood; the vocal and instrument
tai music was very attractive. 1t is probable
that another meeting will be held soon
when Mr.. Burgess will speak and two
friends of his who are interested in the Y.
NC. A. work Mr.. Samuel D. McConeghy
| and Mr. William Parker.
1
Last week Clerk of the Peace Foard
had 1000 bushels of wheat and 1000 bushels
of corn stranded on barge on the Bohemia
River BY removing about half the corn
the barge was foated. Capt. Foard had re-
| turned on Monday evening, "having closed
up the barge business" when the hostler
in embarrassing the horse let him get
away. half harnessed to the buggy. The
horse ran down the railroad track south,
breaking from the buggy and finally fall
ing into the culvert at st. Anne's. Follow
ing the advice of Mr.. Warner Brockson the
horse was gotten out though somewhat
bruised and sore.
Representative Taylor presented to the
House on Thursday a paper signed. by
about 80 residents of St. Georges and Ap-
poouinimink hundreds, protesting against
the passage of the bill to permit fishing
: with 3-inch mesh nets in Noxentown and
Drummond's 5 mill ponds, near Middletown,
At the session of the Legislature last winter
: bill was passed providing that the small
est mesh used should be 81 inches, and the
\ signers of remonstrance desire that the
law shall remain as it was fixed at the last
session. The object is to protect the fish
in the ponds and prevent the catching of
f small ones. The bill now before the
' House was introduced by Mr.. Eiason sew
eral weeks ago, but it is likely that it will
not be passed, in view of the opposition.
The thirteenth annual session of the
Wilmington NJ. E. Conference convenes in
! Lewes on Wednesday. March 23rd. Aside
D from the two new elders to be made-one
? for Wilmington District and one for Easton
e Distr;ct-there are not to be many changes
e at least not many are expected though every
e minister in the Conference is subject to
e change at the will of the bishop. But
$ three ministers have served their charges
for five years-the full time limit. Bishop
John P. Newman will preside. He will
preach in Grace Church, Wilmington, ,to-mor'
row morning. He is native of New York
and was born September, 1926. He grad
uated from Casenovia Seminary and ined
the Conference in 184S. After some foreign
travel, he wen to New Orleans in 1864 to
establish the Methodist Episcopal Church,
, in the southwest after the war. For three
terms he served as Chaplain in the United
States Senate, and was for three seperate
terms pastor of the Metropolitan Church
OF Washington. In 1873 he was appointed
j by President Grant inspector of consulates,
and made tour of the world in pursuance
1888. He is great orator and brilliant
man.
1t would be pleasant to pass over all sad
and unfortunate events, but the public de-
| mand "to know requires them to be.re-
ported. The fair and sympathetic reporter
was called last week into one of Whining
toms many handsome and luxurious homes
together with the heartless, sensational re-
porter by the act Of the head of that house
hold. Frank Pyle. aged 50 years, President OF
the C. & ] Pyle Company morocco and pat
ent leather manufacturers, was found dead
at his home early Friday evening. He was
seated in chair with a bullet wound in his
head and pistol wound on his breast. The
verdict of the coroner's jury was suicide.
Mr.. Pyle lived in one of the handsomest
homes In the city Of Wilmington with his
> wife and daughter. His firm has always
been successful. No cause can be attributed
for the suicide save that Mr.. Pyle was con-
. siderably worried over the unhappy mar
t ringe Of a son and a daughter two or three
years ago and had just received a letter
with sad news. His home life was pleas
ant He entered his home about4 o'clock
and talked with the cook and then went up
stairs. About $50, when Mrs. Pyle re-
turned from drive with her daughter, she
went up stairs and found her husband dead
The weekly meeting of the New Cent
ury Club at the Y. M. C. A. rooms yesterday
was an afternoon with Louis May Alcott
. Meeting opened with the President, Mrs. j.
P. Cochran, Jr., in the chair. After the
' usual business Of the Club, preceding the
literary program. the president called for
Y the first No which was "a sketch of the life
5 of Louisa May Alcott" given by Mrs. w.
! r. Kennedy in a fifteen minute paper writ
2 ten and delivered in a very entertaining man
q ner showing that much care and thought
c had been bestowed upon the subject. This
: was followed by paper, Her bestknown
writings and her reputation as an Author"
by Miss Ethel Brady who told how we'll
known the writer is known through such
books as Little Women. Little Men, Jo s
Boys, &c, &c. and she spoke of her high
:. rank in the literary world. Then Miss
Pharo followed and gave a very interesting
selection from her writings, and the last
number on the program Her literary
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