Middletown transcript., 1898-04-16

more or less, 10 yet safe.
Bishop Newman insists that Rev. D. i.
Corkran shall go to Laurel while the ofic-
iaIs there unanimously protest against ac-
cepting him. and say mo salary"
Mr.. Ed. Strickland, train dispatcher in
the railroad office at Clayton. and Miss Al
berta vandegrift OF near Delaware City, were
quietly married last Thursday evening in
Trinity P. E. Chapel, by Rev. +. L. Wells,
the rector None but a few Of their friends
were present.
The grand jury in the Federal Court
has been engaged this week upon the Boggs
case. The evidence is said TO. be startling.
The petit jury has been discharged -un-
til Thursday next, and it Is doubtful II any
are tried at this term. Subscriptions for
attorneys fees for the defeuce of some OF
Boggs associates are being solicited.
ST. Anne's P. e. congregation at the
annual meeting on Monday ele cted the fol-
lowing officers: Senior Warden, II. n.
Willis; Junior Warden. Harry A. Now
land; Yestrymen, Stephen Boyer. William
A. Comegys, N. J. Williams, M. N. Willis,
A. M. Chamberlaine, ]. B. Foard, George
v. Poverty and William g. Lockwood.
On Thursday March 31st. Rev. G. q.
Grise. of Chestertown, Md. was summoned
from the sick bed Of Mrs. Milbourn, his
wifs,s mother. to the death bed of his father
al Roxana. Del. His father was buried on
SUNDAY and on MondBy before reaching
home he received telegram announcing the
death of Mrs. Milbourn which occurred
during his absence.
The Pool Brothers-Messrs. Clarence,
Howard "a. and Frank r. Poole, near Nc
Donough, are moving their last years crop
of wheat this week. having sold at SO
cents. The heavy rains of last summer
caught part of their crops in the shock aud
it was October before they finished thresh-
ing. They have together over 1900 bushels
to deliver which amounts to over seven
thousand dollars.
awarded to the E. /. DUPONT de Nemours
Company, of near Wilmington, the con-
tract for furnishing $15.0o0.000 worth of
powder, and the mills are working at their
greatest capacity to turn it out. The COM
pany is building a new mill in the lower
yard and is also having new machine
manufactured to make prismatic powder,
which will be the largest in the world. The
company has also increased the wages OF its
| employees in consideration of their faithful
| services.
"A Pennsylvania exchange says: A lady
asked If etiquette required one to knock as
4 tho door of an editors sanctum? II you
are coming to pay your subscription or
bring in nice juicy item of news, don't
| atop to knock, but walk right in as If you
| owned the place. IF on the other hand,
| you are on collecting or begging tour, you
| should make the fact known through the
| window. and then knock at the door until
the editor opens it. Ifhe does not open 1t
i in an hour call again.
/ According TO an official estimate made
in the Treasury Department. the present
population of the United States slightly ex-
ceeds n, COO, 600. This indicates an annual
increase of more than 2,000. 600 since the
last Federal census was taken in 1890, when
the total population of the country was
tound 10 be more than 62,000,000. We are
now within Two years of another Federal
census, at which. it is reasonable 10 antici-
pate. the total population OF the United
states will exceed $4,000 900.
| The ladies of the w. C. T. U. were very
well pleased at the result of the illustrated
lectures given by Miss Stewart under their
auspices on Monday and Tuesday evenings
Miss Stewart is a pleasant talker and the
views presented were choice and well de.
scribed. The receipts might have been
larger but the balance was on the right side
of the account and the ladies feel encour-
aged. Unfortunately the bad boy was in
evidence. Some of the ladies had to sit uE
with him and his peanuts. He and the
nuts are a nuisance and should be shut ou
of the hall.
The Y. M. @. A. are contemplating on
or two entertainments to meet their indebt
ness. The White Rose Minstrels, Of Smy
rna, d local company. most highly spoker
of, offer benefit, and Prof. 8. T. Ford, th'
well-known elocutionist and impersonator
offers an engagement for Friday evening
April 22nd. Chaplain McCabe says Of Prof
Ford's entertainments: II have hear
; Prof. Ford in his readings and impersona
tions. Every time hear him be makes m,
feel year younger. He makes me laugl
and cry, that does me good. I expect t
5 hear him every opportunity have to do s.
: and if l can hear him forty-one times more
{ / may fill out my century and celebrate m
. one hundredth birtoday."