Middletown transcript., 1898-12-31
No handsomer calendar was ever put
out than that issued by Messrs. J. Frank
McWhorter q Son.

NO handsomer calendar was ever pu
out than that issued by Messrs. J. Ffanl
| McWhorter q Son.
George McCleary, aged II years, did
yesterday morning from consumption
which marked him months age for il;
victim. He has been quite a sufferer
having seen little.of the bright side of life
He was small for his age. His uncom
planning patience made for him many
friends among old and young. Funneal
services on Monday afternoon at 2 O'Clock
The home of United States Marshal
John Cannon Short, in Wilmington, was
the scene Of an interesting event on Tues
day evening, when the Marshal's daughter,
Miss Lille Elizabeth Short, and William Z.
MeIlvaine, of Stockley, Del, were united
in wedlock. The nuptial knot was tied by
the Rev, w. Il. s. Murray, Phi. D., of St.
Paul's NJ. e. Church, in the presence of
many relatives and friends.
AT the entertainment by the White
Rose Minstrels in Smyrna on Christmas
night (Monday) the receipts were $163.OO
At the Middletown Opera House the same
night company from Philadelphia had
the receipts attached for board. The diff
ference-the one was advertised thoroughly,
the other scarcely at all. There was
brief notice in the TRANscEIPr at the hour
Of going to press but no posters.
st. Barnabas Church, the pretty little
Protestant Episcopal building at Marshall
ton, was totally destroyed by fire Sunday
night last. The church was frame struct-
ure situated on hill and a. considerable
distance away from water. The fire was
started by coal oil stove exploding in an
ante-room. The carpets caught fire and
the building was soon in blaze. The fire
followed the oil along the floor and soon
caught TO the pews. The loss is estimated
at $1,000.
The Christmas music which was rem
dered in the Forest Presbyterian Church,
will be repeated on tomorrow at the morn
ing and evening services. Three special
selections will be given at the latter service.
In the morning the subject of the Rev. f.
Il. Moore's sermon will be "The Bells of
the Old and of the New Year" and the
subject of the evening service will be
"Life's Voyages" A cordial invitation is
extended to all. The annual collection for
the Board of Ministerial Relief will be
falcan at the morning service.
-On Saturday evening several gentlemen
were sitting in the Office of Squire Rey-
nolds when one of them picked up from a
desk revolver which had been taken from
some colored man and while making in
quiries concerning it began to snap it, and
at the third or fourth pull there was q
report and bullet had entered the table
upon one end of which the Squire was
sitting. It is said the man who fred the
revolver felt his strength oozing out at his
finger tips and he sent out and got dose of
"vaIerian" His friends are amused at the
s'valerian" on Christmas night.
A dapper stranger, representing himself
as friend of Mrs. Botkin, left Dover Tues
LAY after failing to accomplish his purpose.
He claimed to be California railroad man,
and after exhibiting a roll of transportation
IN all trans-continental systems and abus-
ing J. P. Dunning and shielding Mrs.
.Botkin, he asked to see Cashier Walter
Morris, of the Farmers Bank. This
created stir and everybody thought Nor
ris' deposition or attendance at the trial was
demanded. The stranger, however, wanted
only check on San Francisco bank
hnnored, displaying his transportation as
evidence of good faith. Upon being re-
fused he tried the First National Bank, but
was likewise unsuccessful. He left town
declaring that Mrs. Botkin had twenty
millions back Of her and would 60 free.