Middletown transcript., 1898-05-07


The new pipe organ Is being placed in
the NJ. E. Church. The organ recital win
be given Tuesday, May 18th.
i THE things my denomination has ac-
complished" is the Christian Endeavor sub
ject for Gas tomorrow evening.
Bishop Coleman preached at St. Anne's
T. E. Church on Sunday evening and con-
frned class of thirteen persons.
AT the regular monthly meeting last
Friday evening of the Epworth League the
officers were reelected for another year.
1T is expected that the Rev. DR.. Mum
son. Chaplain of the Delaware regiment.
win preach at St. Anne's Church to-mor-
row evening.
Mr.. ]. B. Maxwell will spend Sunday
in Middletown, and will sing with the
choir of tue Forest Presbyterian Church at
both services. In the evening he will sing
a tenor solo.
-FoR SALE.-A fine farm of "a acres, Is
acres woodland, nice dwelling, good gran
ary and stables, orchard and vineyard, not
far from water and rail facilities. Terms
easy at private sale. Inquire at TRANSCRIPT
t I Office. 6 eee
Captain EIiason and Mr.. J. M. Nau-
dain. of the Tolcbester Company, both well
known in MiddIetown, are TO be congra.u-
lated upon The launching of the new
Steamer, Susquehana, full description of
the boat having been published in the
TRAHscRIPT when it was contracted for.
The christening was done by pure, clear
water from the Susquehana river.
AN exchange says the newspaper field
is wide field of roses and thorns. When
you roast the preacher the uugodly
smiles, when you roast the ungodly the
preacher smiles. Ifyou roast the saloon
man the teetotaler smiles, when you roast
the teetotaler the saloon man will willingly
set .'em up. Ifyou swear, you are wicked
man, and if you pray you are hypocrite.
If you venture an opinion you get cussed.
and if you don't you are nonentity. The
preacher knows one thing, the saloon man
another. but the newspaper man is expected
to know it all.
The Levy Court ofNew Caslle county,
has fixed the capitation tax at so cents.
This is the first tax levied under the new
law as passed by the General Assembly.
John H. Rodney, the attorney of the court
was in conference with it concerning its po-
sition on the capitation and poll tax ques-
tions. The capitation law does not mem
tion the poll tag, and says that the capita
tion tax shall be collected by the county
collector in each hundred. The law does
not repeal the poll Tax law, but it would
have relieved the Levy Court of problem
if it had done so. Mr.. Rodney seems to be
in favor of wiping off Of the poll tax assess
ment by the court. 1t is possible that the
new law win be so amended as to allow the
abolition of the poll tax assessment.
The trial of Ezekiel T. Cooper. editor
of the Milford Herald. began in the Federal
Court on Thursday before Judge Bradford
on the charge of having aided VIM. N.
Boggsin stealing 1000 of The SLOT 600
lost by the Dover National Bank. District
Attorney c. N. Vandegrift represents the
prosecution and L. C. Bird, Esqr., and
Senator GRAY the accused In drawing the
jury three men weie challenged by each
side: Charles Cannon. VIM. H. BIase and
A. q Padberg were objected to by Mr..
Vandegrift, and Mr.. Bird challenged John
H. Roffecker, Charles E. Dubell, and
Thomas Naudain. The jury 10 try the case
is as follows: Richard T. Cam. Red Lion
hundred; Joseph E. Holland, Cedar Greek;
Jacob s. Graham. Mispillion; Benjamin F.
Gray, Broadkiln; J.. Thomas Price, Red
Lion; Frank II. Diehl, New Castle; Viii
liam A. Jester, Red Lion. Bernard Duross.
Mil Creek; Harry A. Dennison. New Cas-
tie; Samuel Mcdaniel, Wilmington; Nelson
J. Pierson, Milford; and Isaac 7. Parker.
Wilmington.