Middletown transcript., 1900-04-14

: Place your orders early for q
i Flowers at Middletown Green Hous
90 you will not be disappointed.
For choice beef call at the new stan
OF John Armstrong next to Parker
Harness store. His prices are reason
/. able, ani meat tender.
The way to double-tbe profits fror
your cows is to use an American Han
Separator. Write or call on J. F. Nc
Whortsr & Son for special catsIogu
OF same.
PLANTS FOR SALE.-A 6ne lot O
Cold Frame Cabbage Plants, also othe
Vegetable Plants in season. Order
BY mail receive prompt attention.
E. ]. STEELE, Henderson, Nd.
| Music in THE AIR.-Last Saturda,
night two dalkies, one with guila
and the other with an accordion, rend
cred several popular airs around th'
depot and were listened to by a larg,
crowd who enjoyed their music. Th'
usual collection was afterwards taker
up. .7
| RAILROAD FINIsHED.-A force oi
workmen are busily engaged in elevat
ing the north-bound tracks at the depot
In sholt time the south-bound tracks
will be relaid with heavy steel the same
as the north.bound one. Work on the
same was commeI ced some time ago at
New Castle and they will gradually
work their way down the road.
!TRAMPs RAIDED. Wednes day
Constab James L. Collins raided a
gang OF tramps near the depot for
trespassing on the property of the
Delaware Raiho Dad Company. He was
successful in Capturing two OF them
and they were brought before Squire
w. r. Reynolds who committed them
to New Castle Jail fer ten days.
THIS is NO JoKE.-John Wana maker
spends nearly million dollars a year
for advertising. There are some Mid
dletown merchants who would die of
heart failure if they had 10 pay 30 cents
q week for advertising, and still they
wonder why some brother merchant
who believes in using the papers, be-
cause it pays, has snch a large trade.
We now have in the Railroad Ware,
house a full assortment of different
brands of Fertilizers suitable for Spring
Crops, and can gil your order from one
bag to ten tons on a mi .ute's notice.
Send along your wagons and we will
load them at cnca. Office hours from
6 80 A. M, till 9 P. NJ.
JESSE L. SHEPHERD,
s. M. REYNOLDS, Agent.
MEETING OF PREsBYTERY.-Th
spring meeting of the New Castle
Presbytery will bs held in the Presby'
terian Church at Smyrna next Tues
day. The Presbytery is composed Of
all the Presby terian ministers and one
elder from each church OF the PENN,
sula. Rev. +. II. Moore, D. D., and |
Mr.. FL. E. Ellison will represent Forest |
Presbyterian Church, of this TO WI, at
the meeting.
When buying wheel why not buy it
where you can get the best at lowest |
pricesp Look at some of our leaders:
Columbias, Hartfords, Ramblers, Clip
pers, IDEAL. Genevas, Stearns, Barnes
White Flyers, Syracuse, Bradford and
others. Sundries at the lowest possible
prices. Pumps, 14c; Toe Clips, Sc;
Pant Guards, &c per pair; Tire Tape, &c;
Screw Drivers, 4c; other things In pro-
portion. J. H. BURROWS, next to
Express Office.
UNCLAIMED LETTERS. The follow.
ing list Of letters remains unclaimed
In the post office for the week ending
April 9Th, 1860: Margaret
Brown, Mrs. Mary Lippel, Mrs. Lizzie
Tiller, (two); Mrs. Lizzie Wilson.
Gentlemen-H. D. Brown, E. H. Bar
rett, Sidney CostoD, (postal card);
Edward Robbins. Fourth class mat
ter, Mrs. B. Davis. Persons claim.
ing the above will please say "adver-
tised" and give date Of this list.
JOHN W. JoLLs, P. NJ.
THE CROPS. Climate and Crop
Service Report for Maryland and Delar
ware, under date Of April 10, says
"The peach crop seems to have escaped
serious injury in all sections. AS al.
ready stated, the frosts nipped some !
lowland orchards in Western Maryland
but elsewhere damage has been very
light. The buds. while not forward,
are swelling under the present warmth,
aud blooms are be. inning to show in
Charles county. Keifer pears are
heavily budded. Apples promise well,
but the buds are rather backward"
A BAD BoY.-A few days ago a
thirteen-yesr-old colored boy named
Anderson living on farm owned by |
Mrs. Walter Clayton, near Mt. Pleas
ant, set fire to the barn because be was
not allowed to have an afternoon off. |
The barn burned down causing a loss
of over $500. A warrant for the boys |
arrest was sworn out before Squire |
William e. Reynolds last Tuesday !
morning but 1t could not be served |
because the boy had been taken to
Philadelphia, where it is said he is
living With his grandmother. This is |
the same boy who while living with |
Mr.. William NJ. Holten, of near the
same place, put lot of Paris Green in |
the coffee and came near poisoning the |