Middletown transcript., 1899-09-30
DEL, SEPT. 80, 1899
Local News.

a bargain. Inquire at TRANSCRIPT once'
yogeIs' sweet mixed pickles 10 cents
bottle at Armstrong; guaranteed first-class
The canning factory of ]. H. Preston q
Co closes to day having put up 500, goo cans
DIR. W. E. BARNARD, SURGEON DENTIST
Office Southeast corner Of Main and Scot
streets.
Mr.. George v. Peverly is improving
bis residence on South Broad street by a
coat of paint.
-Armstorng's brand of sausage and
scrapple are unexcelled in quality and
price.
"A word to the wise is sufficient" Wise
people keep their blood pure with Hoods
Sarsaparila and make sure of health.
Before placing your order for Coal con-
suit James L. Warren who is selling the
best Lehigh Valley at lowest market prices
The cool nights of the past week have
created quite demand for light weight
overcoats, and even fires have felt comfor-
able.
The annual report of the Commissioner
Of Pensions at Washington shows that Della
ware has 2,743 pensioners, who drew last
year $401, ,615.
The railroad company has large force
of workmen filling in the lower bridge at
st. Anne's putting in culverts as at the
upper streams.
500 pots of chrysanthemums and car
nations, also a fine lot of Hyacinths and
other bulbs for sale by e. ]. STEELE, Florist.
Middletown, Del.
John P. R. Polk former law partner of
the late Thomas F. Bayard and we'll known
in Middletown, died in Charlotte, North
Carolina, Monday.
-BoIdin,-The Great Black Faced Magi- |
clan, will be at the Middletown Opera |
House, Tuesday, Oct. Sd. Don't miss him. |
He performs many wonderful tricks,
e, R. Cochran, of Middetown, Del, is
putting up saw. mill on the Ridgely tract,
near Smithville, on which there is said to /
be three million feet of timber Exchange.
BRICKS FOR SALE.-I have for sale |
Kiln of Hard Red and Arch Bricks, suitable |
for paving and building purposes.
N. ]. WILLIAMS, Middletown.
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.
From October l, to November 6, every
distributing post Office in the country will /
weigh the outgoing and incoming mails. |
The extra work may make little delay in i
Office business.
1t is one of the oddities of life that /
mothers whose children have made ducks
and brakes out of their lives always think
themselves capable Of telling other parents
what to do with their children. 1
Attention is called to 140 acre farm
on the road leading from Odessa to Thomas
Corner. This farm with improvements is
for sale by J. r. 7. Whitman, No. 2325 Park
Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. See advertise
ment for full particulars.
"
the Poor was held as Farnhurst Tuesday.
Superintendent Mccoy reported 228 inr
mates, 169 whites, and % colored. The
monthly pay roll amounting to $399.17,
was ordered to be paid.
Coal For SEPT:-We cannot afford to
offer our customers coal ofdoubtful quality,
viii itpay you to take the risk of an un-
certainty Our prices win be as low as the
lowest. and our well known superior high
grade. G. E. HUKILL.
-ReY. Francis Burgette Short, of Will
mington, left for Madison, N. J., Monday
morning to take course at Drew Theolo-
gical Seminary. He comes home every
Friday evening and devotes Saturday and
Sunday to the affairs of Epworth NJ. E.
Church.
There viii be no services at Drawyer's
Presbyterian Church tomorrow, Oct. 1st,
the Congregation wishing to attend "the
opening of Forest Church." Services here
after in Drawyer's Church will be held in
the morning at 1880 o'clock instead of
afternoon.
Mrs. R. B. Mckee has secured the ser.
vices Of first-class miliner and is prepared
to do the best work. Goods are first class
and prices reasonable. The display Of fall
millinery at her opening on Thursday was
especially artistic and pretty. Give her q
call and get her prices.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Dayett celebrated
their 68th anniversary at the residence of
their daughter, Mrs. Margaret A. Tull, in
Wilmington on Wednesday. The groom
Is 30 and the bride SO. William T. of GIas.
gov; Nathan H., of Christana; and John
W., of Cooeh's Bridge, are sons of this
worthy couple.
Dr.J @. Mccoy, of Kirkwood, has purr
chased Of Scott Newman, Of louisville. XIV.
Boralma, promising young trotter, for
SO 900, the highest price ever paid for a
3.year-old trotter in Kentucky. On Tuss.
day Boralma, at Louisville won the Ken.
lucky Matron Stakes for year old trotters.
value $1,000. Time216, 2.15, 21s.
The formal re-opening Of the Forest
Presbyterian Church W. take place to-
morrow, Sunday, October first, when ser
vices with special music will be held in the |
main auditorium, both morning and even
ing. A special feature of the morning
service will be the unveiIing Of the memor-
iaI window In honor Of the late Rev. John
Patton D. D., By bis little granddaughter,
Mildred PISTON. A cordial invitation ID |
extended to AL.