Middletown transcript., 1900-11-10

The Wilmington Teachers Institut
began Monday in the High School. AG
dresses were made by well-known educs
tors.
Policeman Matthew Tobin saved th
life of an unknown woman who starte
to walk In front of a Delaware railroa
train at the New Castle station Wednes
day morning. The woman was SO dea
that she did not hear the approachin
train.
In the report Of the chief engineer o
| the United States Army, it is shown tha
that of the 1899, ,4S8. 16 on hand June 6
1900, for Christiana river improvement
the sum Of $282, ,222.52 was un-expendet
on July !, 1900. The report shows mucl
work done on the river during the year
The Wilmington City Railroad Co. ha
signed the agreement for its laying o
tracks on Washington street bridge ant
members of the Levy Court will sign tn,
agreement at their convenience. Worl
on the tracks must be begun within si1
months after that unless delayed by liti
cation.
The case of Howard M. Wilkinson
the clipping druggist Of Dover, did not
come up for trial at this term Of court
The reasons are that Wilkinson had moi
arrived in time for court, according to
his bail-bond, and the other is that his
wife had not appeard against him. The
matter will doubtless be dropped.
A lizard, three and half inches long,
passed through spigot into glass at
the residence of Joseph Fetherstone, 404
West Sixth street Wilmington, on Mon
day. It caused great shock to Mrs.
Featherstone, who was drawing the
water to drink. The experience empha-
sizes the danger Of drinking water in
the dark.
Superintendent McCoy's report Of the
New Castle poor house at Farnhurst
shows that during the last quarter 81
people were admitted, 80 discharged and
% died. There are now 200 inmates,
classified as follows: White women, 13;
white men, Ill colored men, 8; white
children, H.. colored children, 8; total,
white people, 1856; colored, "a.
The Diamond State Telephone Com
pany has just added the following new
exchanges to their system: Denton,
Ridgely, Queen Anne, Hillsboro and
Cordova, Nd; and Mahon's, Del. The
line to Mahon's has been an expensive
one to construct and was built princi-
pally for the convenience of the oyster
men doing business in Philadelphia. The
rate from Dover to Mahon's is Is cents.
Sheriff Taylor Monday sold the follow
ing Wilmington properties to George L.
Brown, attorney: Of James D. German,
between Fifth and Sixth and Madison
and Monroe, $500; Of Robert and Mary
Jane Pyle, Ninth west Of Adams, $500;
Real Estate Development Co., No. 1908
Church street, $500; Susanna Moore, JEFF
ferson north Of Twelfth, $2050; Miriam
Land and Improvement Co., Christiana
hundred, $1,000.
The trials Of DR.. T. G. Moore and
Frank Reiman, of Smyrna, have been
postponed until Nov. 26. After the case
had been postponed and the witnesses
dismissed, it was. too late for them to
return to their homes in Smyrna by reg
ular train, and DR.. Moore chartered
special train at his own expense and in
vited the witnesses, both for and against
him, to return home with him-they
went, too.
J. Danforth Bush, secretary OF the
Delaware Game Protective Association,
has issued a notice calling the attention
Of sportsmen to the provisions OF the
game laws in this State, that no quail,
partridge, rabbit, pheasant, or Woodcock
shall be killed except between November
10Th and December 31st, inclusive, under
penalty of S. for every bird or rabbit XII
led out OF season. Also that non-resl-
dents are required to obtain licenses from
the Game Protective Association to per-
NIT them to shoot within this State.
A bold but unsuccessful highway rob
berry was attempted near BTidgeville Fri-
day night. G. P. Swain, prominent
Republican, was away from home and
expected on the O. clock train, but did not
come. The driver was returning home
when, reaching very lonely part OF the
road, two masked men jumped from the
bushes and commanded the team to halt.
The driver in the vehicle said He is
not here,'' when they re-entered the
bushes. Mr.. Swain being an active poll
tician and nominee for the Legislature,
it is supposed the highwaymen thought
he was returning home with money tor
campaign purposes.
Complaint has been made against the
methods of the Kent County Protective
Association, an organizations chartered
by the state to insure farmers and Dusl-
ness men, of that county against Durg-
lars. Although the association now mas
over $500 in its treasury, six ropperles
have occurred in its bailwick and no
reward has been offered or effort made to
help the losers, who are Isaac n. MIL,
pear orchard robbed Of several hundred
trees; Louis A. Levy, distillery robbed
four times, each time Of a large sum OF
money; C. w. Barger, shoe store robbed
OF $75 worth Of goods.
Some one recently asked the question;
''What is a frienda' 1t isa person who
viii inconvience himself for you; It is
the man who will sit by your bedside
when your frame has been wrecked by
disease. It is the man who will come to
you when the muttering thunders growl
along the sky. 1t is the man who viii
say; Don't be discouraged, see you are
in trouble, let me help you" 1t is not
the man who will talk nice to you Tor