Middletown transcript., 1900-12-01

II AT Seaford the Delaware Railroad
Company is building new passenger
station.
Samuel H. Baynard, Jr., of Whining
ton, has registered as law student with
! City Solicitor Conrad.
Eden Lodge of Odd Fellows will give
e an old-time country fair in Wilmington,
beginning December II.
John Finn was Monday held under
: $500 bail, charged with breaking into the
saloon of Mrs. Mary Logan.
Because boy who had been employed
but short time was promoted over
others the rivet boys working for the
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company struck
Monday.
DR.. J. G. Cooper, of near Camden, set
the leg of valuable horse, which had
been broken on boat in being brought
from New York, and the fracture is
healing nicely.
An effort will be made to have the bar
received from the mouth of the Broad
kiln River, near Milton, as last
week the steamer between that town and
Philadelphia struck for four days on the
bar.
Henry Neall, colored, of Delaware
City, picked up telephone wire lying
on the ground at Jones Guthrie's resi-
dence, on the New Castle road Monday,
and fell dead. The wire was across the
power wire of the New Castle trolley |
line.
] At the recent election the vote for the |
! two candidates for inspector in Pencador
Hundred was tie, and the Court de-
clared vacancy. Governor Tunnel /
has filled the vacancy by appointing
George G. Brown, who was the Demo-
cratic candidate.
An old frame barn at the lower end
of Rockford Road, owned by the Joseph
Bancroft & Sons Co., was partly de-
stroyed by fire about noon Monday.
The loss was not large. The barn had
been used as a sort of workhouse but
nothing of much value was kept in it.
Some pity was felt at the whippings at
New Castle Jail Saturday for John Anker
and William Bradley, who each received
ten lashes. They had stolen perfumery
from P, W. & B. freight car. Anker is
between IA and Is years, while his COM
panion is older. The younger lad was not
lashed very severely.
The Red Man, monthly publication,
in the interests of the Great Council of
Delaware. Imp'd. o. R. NJ, will make its
appearance about January 10th next
William H. Kramer of Wilmington will
be the publisher and James Hargis of
Wilmington, editor. William Carter and !.
Charles Gropp will be his associates.
The Wilmington City Railway Com !
pany has made an experiment in length s
ening cars. The two eighteen foot cars t
received from the Roxborough line have @
been cut in two and spliced and made {
eight feet longer. The cars, which will 2
run on the Delaware avenue line, are t
Nos. and 10 and the latter is still in the {
local shops. O
Shortly after she had alighted from
car at Tenth and Church streets, Will
mington, Saturday night, Miss Carrie
Mclaughlin, of No. 1O11 Church streets, a
was attacked by an unknown colored u
man, who accosted her and asked what g
street he was on. Her screams attracted .
Sergent James B. Tucker, who was in the II
vicinity and the man fled. A diligent y
search failed to locate his whereabouts. D
The Medical Examining Board repre- !,
senting the President and Fellows of the 6,
Medicale Society of Delaware, will meet Fl
at Dover on December 11th, 18th and II
18th, for the purpose of examining can n
didates who may desire license to prac-
tice medicine and surgery In the State n
DR.. P. W. Tomlinson of Wilmington, is .;
of the Medical Council, and DR.. n
]. Fl. Wilson of Dover is secretary of the =
Medical Examining Board
An easily turned double gas burner was 7
for the death Sunday morn n
ing of Thomas Kenimann, 64 years, of O
Dover Mr.. Kenimann was visiting his Il
daughter, who lives at No. 1121 Olive c.
street, Philadelphia. He retired on Sat- n
urday night, but on trying to awaken b
him Sunday morning he was found to be is
dead. The room was filled with gas, I
flowing from an open gas jet The burner Il
has two openings to allow the attach Of
ment of gas stove. v
The trial Monday of DIR. Thomas C. u
Moore, one of the most influential prac-
ticing physicians in the State, and a per-
sonal friend of ]. Edward Addicks, re-
suited in his acquital on the charge of 81
bribery at an election. DR.. Moore had n
already practically vindicated at the polls C,
month by being elected by the people of Ii
Smyrna as their representative in Cen Il
eral Assembly. When Attorney General n
White and Deputy Attorney General c
Cooper called the case and DR.. Moore n
pleaded not guilty, there followed great p
cheering in the Court room, which Chief "
Justice Lore tried in vain to suppress. E
Application will shortly be made to the =
Board OF Pandons for the release of "
James Johnson and George HUT, negroes, =
convicted of the crime of numbering :,
Noah Benson at Delaware City ten years y
ago and throwing the headless body into =
the canal. The petition is now out and =
an attempt will be made to have the 4
members of the jury who convicted the
negroes, sign the application for their re-
lease. Several jurors have expressed
their willingness to sign, while Others
have stated that they think the men c'
better off where they now are. It is con-
ceded by some that johnson and HUT y