Middletown transcript., 1900-02-10

h0uses MONDAY, Iueeday anu euues
dap evenings Of next week.
II Mr.. J. w. Voshell, formerly of nea
this town, has assumed the manage
ment of the FELTON, Hotel, at FeltoE
b Del.
y DR.. ]. C. Sites, Dentist, Office. Pen
ington Building, opposite Messick'i
8 store. Painless extraction. Gas ad'
D ministered and Obtunder used.
j. w. Watkins, formerly Of Odessa,
but now IF Smyrna. has resigned as
, manager Of the Farmers and Mer-
chanis' Steamboat Co., of Smyrna.
j Dissolved PARTNERSHIP. AS ill
be seen by notice elsewhere given, the
arm nf Reynolds & Copp, merchants,
has been dissolved by mutual consent.
Mr.. Reynolds will continue the busi-
ness which he expects to push to It's
fullest capacity.
!,
musical entertainment in connection
with an oyster supper will be given by
the members and friends Of Warwick
M. P. Church, on the evenings Of Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday, Fehru-
ary 81, 81 and %.
| OFFICERS INsTALLED-Mjddie
Council. No. 2, 2,-Jr.O.U.A. M. installed
the following officers at their regular
meeting last Monday night : Coun-
cillor, o. NJ. Matthew; v. c.. F. A.
Peabody; P. c., William Wright;
Chaplain, W. D. Kates; A. r. s., Lee
Curry; Trustee. o. Nj. Matshewsi
Conductor, E.. Johns n; Warden, E.
Solaway; j. s., w. L wis; o. Isl, H.
Downty.
A LARGE MoNUMENT.--The Thos.
Davidson Co., of Wilmington, are put
ting up a large monuO mt to the late
Ex-Governor John P. Cochran, in the
family lot at Forest G metery. 1t is Of
Vermont granite, six feet one inch
square at the base and 26 feet high,
witch carving on the second base and on
the tablets 1t is the largest monu'
ment in the cemetery.
WILL MOVE To DOVER. .-Evange-
list II. G. Scudday, of Texas, who has
been holding meetings with great sue
cass at Bethesda M. E. Church, this
tDwn, will remove his tamil to Dover,
hiv;ng been SO highly pleased with the
Safe Capital during his engagement
there. lie should have delayed his ar
rargements until he had seeD and
known Middletown and her citizens.
OFFICES CONNECTED. The firm of
Shepherd & Reynolds will shortly
have their two offices connected with
private telephone wire. A new pole
has been erected near the railroad
Office which will carry the wire from
there across the railroad where it will
swing through Midiletown on the
electric light poles. This Improvement
will ave the trouble of sending a man
back and forth and will be very con-
yenient for the firm.
UNCLAIMED LETTERS s-The list of
unclaimed letters remaining at the
Post Office, and which can
be had by saying they were advertised,
is as follows: Mrs Mamie Black, Mrs.
A.. ]. Emerson, postal cald; Miss \
sesie Jenkins, Miss Maggie Price. Mrs. I
Abagal Vandyke, Miss Amanda Will Y
Iiams, Auston Blake, Charley Bolter
postal card; Philip Graetwitz, John a
Lockwood, r. B. Thomas M. D., re-
turned to writei; DR.. r nero Thom- :
rasso, NJ. D.
THE NEW BUILDINGs.-The cold and
wet weather retardsb Hiding operations.
Mr.. L. c. Scott is pushing the building
,n South Broad street. two doors ftom l,
rHE TRANSCRIPT office. Justice of a
he Peace Reynolds will occupy the n
irst floor, and Miss Hodge the second
With her kindergarten. The Diamond
state Harness Factory's new build s
ng is being pushed as rapidly as possi- Y
Die, as like Mr.. Scott's nants, the =
Messrs. Parker'S hope to get in their = =
new building by the twenty-fifth of \
,f March, moving day, E
HOSE HOUSE IMPRovEMENTs.-Th +
second story Of the Volunteer Huse :
House will shortly be greatly improved.
Among the improvements will be new r
'teel wainscoting to take the place If G
The paper now on the walls and ceiling. s.
After the improvem snts are made the G
looms will be great deal more cheer
'ul for the members. The improve
nents we're decided upon at the last :. =.
meeting Of the company and commit =
zee is now seeking estimates for the
work. The steel wainscoting will be
he first Of its kind to be used in this ri
neigh borhoOd.
FREIGHT WRECK. - The freight D
rain running every day from Perry
Vile to Clayton and passing through
his town early every evening, was in a J
slight wreck last Saturday night rectly B
in front of the depot. The wreck was n
caused by the trian parting and Ehen
the two parts came together there was ! !
q smashur. Two cars-one fat car
and the other box car-were reduced
to kindling wood. The track was
blocked for over an hour, and caused :
the evening passenger trian an hours !
delay 10 leaving Middletown. The box i
car was loaded with white potatoes S
which we're scattered over the tracks,
and were eagerly gathered together by )
several people and taken TO their homes.
No one was injured in the accidant