Middletown transcript., 1899-06-10
Local News.

There is only one person you need
manage, and that is yourself.
White Leghorn Eggs so cents per set
ting. WIN. R. REYNOLDS.
-Childreh's Day at Armstrong Chape
tomorrow afternoon. Cordial greeting tt
all.
-DR. W. E. BARNARD, SURGEON DENTIST
Office Southeast corner of Main and Scot
streets.
Copies made from Tin Types or any
other pictures of any description at Trink
lere's Studio.
The Festival at Armstrong; was wei
attended and quite success. $500 were
the net receipts.
Shirts. 1Oc; Cuffs, 4c; Collars, &c. AL
work guaran teed to be the best.-Lee Sing,
North Broad Street.
The Odessa correspondent gives an in
teresting report of the reunion at Old
Drawers last Sunday.
The stewards of Kirkwood M. E.
Church are holding festival, last evening
and this Saturday evening.
A reunion of the members of the last
Legislature will be held in August. The
June date coming at harvest, was postponed
Don It forget the entertaining and in
structive Bethesda Epworth League. Meet.
ings every Sunday evening at 6.45 o'clock
IF you are going to marry, you need a
nicely gotten-up invitation. Call at the
TRANSCRIPT and get our prices and see
samples.
"A sturgeon weighing $50 pounds and
measuring eight feet ten inches long was
caught In the Susquehanna River at Port
Deposit few days ago.
The latest thing in butter making is
the Wheeler Gravity Cream Separator.
Price from 81 to $11.0O. 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. 1t is
the only way to keep posted on town
affairs
The school election came last Saturday
and went with few knowing or caring for
the event, seemingly. Messrs. G. D. Kelley
and E. s. Jones were reelected commits
sioners.
The man who is always condemning
newspaper and saying that nobody reads it
always knows what is in it soon after it is
issued. This is one Of the mysteries of
newspaper life.
A GENTS 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.. G. T. Crockett has built a new paw
lion at Chesapeake City, music every after
noon and Tuesday and Friday evenings
Ericsson steamers run daily excursions
Best Of order. Public invited.
A man acquainted with Bombay Hook,
is authority for the statement that there
are three men living in sight of each other
on the island, who have go children-one
%, another 20 and the third 1S.
One day the past week berry train was
run from Delmar to Wilmington, distance
of ninety-seven miles, in eighty-seven min
utes, including q stop at this station for
water, where nearly four minutes were lost.
The closing exercises of Miss Hodges
Select Primary School were held yesterday
afternoon. The little folks did their en-
thusiastic teacher full justice and the
mammas present were very proud of "my
child"
This season has demons trated, says the
Sentinel, that asparagus is much more
profitable to the grower than Strawberries.
Strawberries at rs cents to 81 crate, and
asparagus at $1.75 to 50 marks wide
difference.
The bondsmen for Levi C. Scott tax
collector of st. Georges Hundred are Alex
ander Maxwell, M. B. Burris and John 7.
Dickey. For Edward Hart, Appoquini'
mink, g. M. D. Hart, John s. Lattomus and
Henrietta v. Parvls.
AT the annual election of Union
Lodge, No. s, A. F. & A. NJ, on Tuesday
evening the following were elected: w. M.
Jos. @. Jolls; Sr. w., J. Fl. Hastings; Jr. W.,
Jos. A. Suydam; Treasurer, Jos. L. Gibson;
Secretary, A. G. Cox.
Ont of respect for the late p resident Of
the Pennsylvania railroad, Frank Thorn
son. whose death occurred Monday, the
superintendent's Office at Clayton and the
Wilmington Office have been draped in
mourning and the flag placed at half mast
The reunion, once-a-year service, at Ole
st. Anne's, just south of town, will be helt
tomorrow morning at 1890; sermon b.
Rev. w. J. Wilkie. rector. 'Tis said there
are those who attend no other religious
service during the year, vet faithfully oh
serve this one.
As is usual at the time of the year wheI
the warm weather sets in there is notice
able falling of in attendance at the chul
ches. If some woman would start the ia
of wearing loose wrappers to church o
warm Sundays and some man would com
out in soft shirt and no collar, othel
would probably follow their example an
ministers would have more hearers. Th
person who stays away from church an
Sunday school on account of the ht
weather win probably some day have
more terrible heat to deal with than d 81
gersd In the Church. h.-Ex.