Middletown transcript., 1898-10-29

-Gens l. i. ParKef, Well-knoW Dela-
ware railroad conductor. and his wife,
celebrated the 25th anniversary of their
wedding at Wilmington, Wednesday even
ing.
The six year old child Of Edward Segars,
living at Mt Pleasant was fatally burned
Monday evening from the effects of which
she died Tuesday. In the absence of her
parents she attempted to put wood in the
stove.
"A successful peach grower gives this
advice: Dig away the earth around the
peach trees to the depth of one foot
and look carefully for borers. Then swab
the trunk foot below and above ground
with thick whitewash, returning the soil
to the tree and banking up six inches or
foot above the level of the ground, leaving
the tree in that condition until next
spring.
John Quillen, colored. is in jail, and Bob
Americs, also black, is q fit subject for the
hospital as result of fracas Tuesday
night at Quillen's home on Kirkwood
street. Quillen objected to Bob's atten-
tions to his(Quillen's) wife, and enforced
his objections with razor. America is
pretty we'll carved up about the neck and
breast, and QuilIen is held to await the re-
suit of his injuries. .-Delawarean.
An accurate reader of the ancient
goose's breast bone prophecy says: The
coming winter is going to be snorter.
1t is to start with snow storm, which will
come in November, and the snow will stay
on the ground for the purpose of catching
and holding other snow storms that will
arrive frequently and with great vigor until
about the middle of March. Mixed in with
the output of snow willbe hail, wind and
consequent periods of zero weather.
The Trustees of the Poor held their quar-
terly meeting Wednesday morning at the
Almshouse. According to Superintendent
McCoy's report there are 222 at the Aims
house at present. There were three deaths
during the month. The payroll footed up
S41917. Orders were passed for the follow
ing amounts for the outside relief Brandy
wine hundred, $780, Wilmington hundred,
Southwest, s533.35; Southeast, $43650;
Northwest, 500 95; Northeast, S283.15; total
for the hundred, 81, ,29285; Christiana hun
dred, $50; White Clay Creek hundred,
S149.75; Mill Creek hundred, $3.50; West
Christiana hundred, $36507; Red Lion
hundred, $SS.25; St. Georges hundred,
$215.24; Pencader hundred, s92; Appoquini-
mink hundred $16O.57; Blackbird hundred.
1926; total, 81, 1923 s3. This is decrease
over the report for the corresponding per-
iod of last year of 81, 400. Lawrence Man.
cher got the contract for bread; Odessa
Creamery for butter and Patrick Monag-
han for mutton.
In referring to the subject of wheat sup
ply, the Baltimore Sun says editorially.
''The estimate of the wheat crop of the
worli in 1898 put forth by the Department
of Agriculture at Washington is 2.640,000,-
900 bushels or 1869 900, 600 bushels above the
average Of the last years and 331, ,000,0
bushels above the crop of 1897. The supply
10 uOL cAC6SSlfct III fISW OA luS
plus left over from last year, and there is
little doubt, according to the New York
Journal of Commerce, that there will be
good foreign demand for all the wheat the
United Staes can spare. There are already
indications of this fact in the continuance
IF large exports, the buying for foreign use
having been exceptionally large and advan-
cling prices Last week wheat advanced
over two cents under the influence of re-
ports showing small surpluses for export
from Russia and Australia. Corn has also |
a advanced some two cents. In view of the |
prospective good demand abroad for our
grain it is gratifying to know that our crops |
this year are probably the heaviest we have |
ever had.