Middletown transcript., 1900-03-10
PENINSULA NEWS.
Attraction Engine and Rig Breaks
Through a Draw-Bridge.
TELEPHONE USERS KICK
Mischievous Franks Causes Woman
to be Thrown Into Commissions
William t. Jones Dead-Nar-
row Escape from Death.

! Ninety-One conversions are Inc re-
suit of the revival al Milton M. P.
Church.
The Wilmington police ere looking
! for swiDdler who collected money
from some women of that society for
stamping outfits and then failed to de-
liver them.
1 ]. Milton Davidson, of Dover, has
been fe-elrcted as editor and publisher
OF the Delaware Workman, The organ
of the Grand Lodge of Delaware, A.
o. U. W, for ano.h her year.
John Behen, Jr., and John johnson,
of Dover, will transfer the large Dyer
Building in that town into a wholesale
grocery house. Mr.. Behen bought the
building las: week for $3.50.
Lodge, l. O. O. F., will erect an
oLera house in Bridgeville. The
building will be two stories high, and
will contain rooms to be used by the
lod and armory for Co. G, N. G. d.
William Richardson, son of Harry
A. Richardson, has bought the dwell
ing house of William Dyer on State
street, Dover, ard will erect ine
resid 4ncs there for himself in the near
future.
People of Dover have written let
ter to Andrew Carnegie, the Pittsburg
iron king, for a contribution to the
town library. He is known all over
The world for his lberality TO snch
matters and it is thought that he may
respond most literally to their request.
Willis H. Dukes, of Bridgeville. who
was shot in the right lung by George
Nicholas Friday evening of last week,
lies critically i'll at his home near there
and is not expected to recover. Dukes
and his wife had an alteration some
time ago. which, resulted in Dukes
shooting his wife in the hip.
The funeral OF J. Howard Love,
Fifth United States Infantry, son of
Robert Love, of ColoIa, Cecil county,
Md, whose death occurred on the 19,h
of last August at Santiago, Cuta,
aged 21 years, from injuries resulting
from a fall, took place last Saturday
from the home of his parents.
The Knowles Woolen Mills Com
nany, at New Castle, finding help |
short in that city, have made arrange
ments by which several families will
remove to that place during the coming
week. The firm will also introduce
boys into the spool room to work Oh
the night force in place Of girls.
Amanda Miller, of Sharpburg, Md.
aged 60 years. died Monday from
fright. She was sleeping Saturday
morning, when the sudden appearance
of her sister caused her to jump out of
bed and scream. Then the fell to the
floor in dying condition. She remain
ed unconscious for 40 hours ard then
died.
What might have been serious
accident occurred on Tuesday night
near Cecilron, Nd. Miss Matte Van
degrift was driving alone to the Cecil
ton NJ. E. Church when she met
George Smith on horseback, just op.
posite the team Mr.. Smiths horse be.
came frightened and collided with Miss
team, treaking the shafts
off and throwing her out; fortunately
for Miss Vandegrift the horse was
quiet one and stop Jed when spoken to.
IIer face and head We're cut in several
places and she was very much fright
eDed. Luckily there were no serious
damages.
Telephone users in several towns
down throughout the State are COM
planning of the new rate charged by
The Diamond State Telephone Com
pany for the use of their instruments.
Formerly the rate charged was SIG
year and the users could talk from one
town to the other, but the new rae is
the same per year for the town alone
but 10 cents extra for town ten miles
distant and 20 cents for twenty miles,
and so on. The users are ordering the
instruments taken ont by the whole
sale and in Smyrna alone they have all
been removed except three. People
now say that where there are only
few telephones in a town it is not