Middletown transcript., 1899-06-24
MIDDLETowN. DEL JUNE "a. 1893
Local News.

I -DR. W. q. BARNARD, SURGEON DENTr
Office Southeast corner of Main and Sc
street..
BICYCLE FOR SALE.-A lady's irst-cla
wheel at one-third cost.
LOUIS NJ. BARNARD.
Copies made from Tin Types or al
4 other pictures of any description at Trim
lere's Studio.
100000 Tomato Plants at so cts. p
1000. E. J. STEELE, Florist,
Middletown, De
The sermon by Rev. e. c. Atkins, {
Gentreville, Md, in Bethesda NJ. E. Churc
on Sunday morning last was well received
Don t forget the entertaining and in
structive Bethesda Epworth League. Meet
ings every Sunday evening at Gas o'clocl
The government has purchased Is
acres of land near Delaware City and
permanent artillery post is to be locates
there.
St. Johns College, Annapolis, has con
ferred the degree of D. D., on the Rev. R
Irving Watkins, of the NJ. E. Church a
New Castle.
The latest thing in butter making il
the Wheeler Gravity Cream Separator
Price from 81 to s11.0o. For sale by
]. f. McWHoRTER & Son.
IF you are going out of town for an out.
ing leave your address at The Transcript
Office and the paper will follow you. It is
the only way to keep posted on town
affairs.
DO you like ice cream? Do you make
your own ice cream? Ifnot, the TRANSCRIPT
is advertising book of instructions given
away under certain conditions. See ad. in
another column.
81 will tell you what to hate. Hate
hypocrisy, hate cant, hate Incidence, OPP
preston, injustice; hate Phariseeism; hate
them as Christ hated them, with deep,
living, God-like hatred
AGENTS WANTED To take orders for
my specialties in Roses, Shrubs, Fruit and
Ornamental Stock. have few specialties
that sell at sight. Write for terms. G. L.
Yates, Rochester, N. Y.
Mr.. C. F. Crockett has built new pavi-
lion at Chesapeake City, music every after
noon and Tuesday and Friday evenings.
Ericsson steamers run daily excursions.
Best of order. Public invited.
james II. Smith gave party to his
adopted daughter on Friday night of last
week at his home east of town. About
thirty five young people from town were in
attendance and pleasant time was spent.
Last Saturday Governor Tunnel APP
pointed Frank E. Maloney State Collector
of Oyster Revenues to succeed the late
Jacob G.. Lewis. Mr.. Maloney was the
former proprietor OF the hotel at Bowers
Beach.
AT a meeting of the Town Fathers
Saturday evening Squire w. R. Reynolds
was elected collector of town taxes by the
votes of Messrs. Allen, Cochran and Rowe
ed Mr.. Naudain to be reelected.
Rev. w. F. Corkran, d. D., presiding |
elder of Easton District, will fill the pulpit |
in the NJ. E. Church tomorrow evening |
The quarterly conference will be held at |
9 o'clock, Monday morning. Love feast |
will be held tomorrow morning at 930
Burglars visited Middletown's post
Office on Friday night Of last week and |
stole about $3.50 in stamps and six cents |
from letter. Entrance was effected by |
breaking a transom over a rear door. |
Postmaster Jols thinks it the work of some |
one in Middletown.
-Adjutant-G General Garrett J Hart act
ing under instructions from Gov. Tunnel, |
has granted permission to the First Regi- |
ment, Pennsylvania Division, United Boys |
Brigade, to encamp, fully armed and |
equipped at Brandywine Springs from
July 1st to Sth, inclusive.
The Delaware Avenue Baptist. Church |
says Of its call to Rev. F. Burgette Short
"But for the unsolicited initiative of Mr.. |
Short and his aforesaid representations, no
action concerning him would have been
taken by this church, Thus another
preacher-politician seeking notoriety "gets
it in the neck"
Sunday last was the opening of Angus.
tine Park for the summer and trial excur-
sion was run from Philadelphia by the
frhf nnffa ,har frnrr1
Middletown spent the day at this resort.
The season has also opened at Woodland
Beach and a steamer is making regular
trips between that place and Philadelphia.
-Postmasters are directed to open all
letters upon which postage has not been
paid, to ascertain the name of the writer.
To avoid this no one should fail to have
their name and address printed on one
corner of all envelopes used for mailing
letters. This office affords everyone an
opportunity to have this done at a very
trifiing expense.
Wilmington was the centre of severe
electrical storm from to II O'Clock Tues
day evening, accompanied by high winds
and heavy rain. The storm was heaviest
in radius of 15 miles north and south of
the city. Only the edges reached Middle
town. Three fine coach horses were killed
by lightning on the Levi C. Bird farm
near Fort Delaware, the coachman and his
helper being stunned. The wheat field
of Charles Megginson near New Castle was
laid low and in some places looked as fit
had been rolled by heavy roller. A
veritable cyclone passed through the
property Of Mr.. Carter near the New Castle
trolley road and the apple trees were twist
ed of as II they were but reeds, while sew.
eral were uprooted. The adjoining resi-
dsnce suffered much In the same manner.
This il occupied By Mr.. Burris and the
trees we're torn out by the roots. Barns
were blown down and much damage done.