Middletown transcript., 1899-05-06
~ eane of iramns 80 raided bY on


o. ing laid new pavement in front OF M
N N residence on West Main street. and tht
b yard fence is to be replaced with new one
s An interesting memorial Of Mrs. Mar
& ion Price and her labors in the Sunday
e school and church was read in the Sunday
= school last Sunday afternoon by Miss Mary
& F. Burris
Ellen johnson, colored, was brought to
h Middetown on Thursday. charged with
3 iisnrderlv eendnet and nsing nrofane IAN
!, guage ON the streets Of Odessa Ellen Plead
{ guilty and paid the fnes and costs which
= amounted to $4S5.
+ Mrs Lydia Watson a former resident q
this town, died at the residence Of her
daughter, Mrs John T. Gears, at Mt Pleas
ant, on Thursday in her 10th year. Fun
eral services will be held at the home q
/ Mrs. Harry Riggs. on Lockwood street,
Saturday afternoon at - P. NJ.
Who in Middletown represents the
Society Against Cruelty to Animals? One
day this week horse attached to carriage
stood tied under shed without food or
water for twenty. four hours, while its
owner evidently ate and drank. When re-
monstrated with The two,legged animal
said some people are awful particular.
The remains of Capt. Sidney D. Stuart,
who was killed by the explosion at Carney
Point, N. j., on Saturday last were taken |
to West Point on Wednesday for military |
burial. An escort from the 2l Pennsyl |
vania Volunteers accompanied the body to
| Philadelphia, where a detachment from
the regular army awaited them. Internlent
was made at sunset
| The owners of a Western Maryland
peach orchard of sixty-thousand bearing
trees, has made standing offer 10 any EN-
ployee on the farm Of one dollar cash for
each live bud found in the orchard, One
man last week marched, in wearing two
peach blossoms in his hat. but they bad
been found on bough which had been on
the ground and protected by the snow
so did not come under the conditions. The
Maryland mountain peach crop will be a
total failure.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph T. Parsons were
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called to Chestertown yesterday by the
death of Mr. Parsons father, who died Of
paralysis, Thursday morning, at his resi-
dence near Chestertown, aged 81 years. Mr..
Parsons was the first Republican Sheriff
elected in Kent county, Nd, and perhaps
the first Republican official of that county.
While feeble in body for some time his I
memory and mental faculties have been
remarkably preserved. Services to-day at ]
10 o'clock and interment in ChestertoWn !,
cemetery. Besides his son Mr.. Parsons
leaves three daughters.
One aim of the Home Missionary So
ciety is to procure, with reputable families, t
homes for destitute children. In addition /
to the 1900 for whom they have already r
procured homes in the last sixty
years and the 275 who are now comfortably s
placed in homes, they have at the present .
time under their care. awaiting homes, 1
about twenty. five boys aud girls ranging /
in age from three to ten years. Persons
who desire and are suitably recommended !,
to adopt or raise any Of the children can !
secure all necessary information by address :
ing Rev. ]. p Duffy. D. D., sup't of the )
Home Missionary Society, 533 Arch St., !,
Philadelphia. Pa.
On Tuesday evening Grand Master of Il
the Grand Lodge Of Delaware. A. F. IA.
NJ, DR.. J. Harmon RAe. paid bis annual o
official visit to Union Lodge, No. 5. The a;
attendance was good, there was work in the 81
third degree. the wants of the inner man al
were fully met, and the evening was spent
very proftably and pleasantly. Col. Enoch Q
Moore, of Wilmington, accompanied Grand
Master Rile. There were in attendance
Thomas P. Riley, Colora, Md, and w. W. in
Black, Laurel, Del, members of Union is
Lodge. Among the visitors were John al
Gray. Of Colors. and George Brockson, o.
Cecil Mahoney, Frank Reynolds and Thos Sc
Fluharty, Of Clayton. C
Thomas Deakyne, died at his home at -
Blackbird on Sunday last, aged 76 years. 7, !,
He had congestive chill on Wednesday @
previous to his death and never regained e'
He had been justice of "
the peace for over 40 years and member 81
of the Friendship Methodist Episcopal %
Church since young man. Mr.. Deakyne u
had been married about 81 years and his ~
wife and five children-Mrs. Virginia Hay pc
den, Thomas Deakyne. Mrs. Elmer Cats, W
Mrs George Warren and Harry Deak yne- 70
survive him. Funeral services were held Y
1t his late home on Wednesday under 10
charge of Rev. L. w. Layfeld and inter- er
ment was made in the church burial )"
ground. In
On The trial list for the May term Of :, :,
Court which opens Monday. May 22d there =
are 81 cases of which 81 are new. On the =
list are 2S cases, IL of them for 4
divorce as follows: Charles d. Jamison VS.. =
Kate Jamison. Walter M. Mckay vs.. Annie =
). Mckay, Roland W. Ripperger vs.. Ella I.
Ripperger, Mary E. Primrose vs.. Henry
Primrose, Lottie w. Beerbrower Us. William
Margaret NJ Baldwin VS.. JOS 81
hua Baldwin, Lillian E. Bennett VS.. Will 4
liam f. Bennett, Carrie A. de Shazo VS.. l.
Joseph B. de Shazo. Mary A. Walls VS..
William s. Walls. Lottie C. Middleton vs. e
James Thomas Middleton. Lucy A. Bartlett Y
vs.. George L. Bartlett, Lille Mclaughlin p
vs.. Samuel Mclaughlin. "
The following special jury has been :
drawn for the case of Wilcox vs. the Will
mington City Railway Co. which is fixed =
for trial beginning next Monday in the 4
Superior Court for the February term: ?.
Wilmington hundred. Charles F. Thomas, Y
Joseph Davidson, George w. Gray; Brandy. Y
wine, Joel Cloud; Christiana. Abram Arm 4
our; Mill Creek, Joseph Derrickson, win.
lam A. Morrison; White Clay Creek, Will E
lam F. Griffith. Joseph H. Caleb New L
Castle. Patrick McGrory, James w. Denn- G
ing; Pencader, James M. Downs, Harry Io
Ellison, Edwin S. Armstrong; Red Lion, B
William D. Mullen; st. Georges, Clarence
E. Poole, Isaac J. Woods Frank B. Wat q
kins, Merritt N. Willets; Appoquinimink, 8
Richard L. Naudain, Edward Graves, John .
W. Denney; Blackbird, Robert N. Higgins, =
George w. Mattiford.