Middletown transcript., 1900-06-16

}, LOST. 80 Young hound. femal
please advise William Warren, Middl
town.
THE COUNTRY around was neyt
} more beautiful than at presen
: Wheat harvest next week. Fine raj
Thursday night.
For the choicest beef in town 60
John ArmstroIg's. He has just wha
you want. Also full line of groceries
Remember his new store.
| SAWMILL BURNED.-Mr. J. Ora
Taylor had the misfortunate to hav
his saw mill burned down last weeI
situated near Greenwood, DEL. los
about $4,000.
SAVE YOUR FARE.-Your railroad
fare to Wilmington to attend the Elks
Carnival next week, need cost yor
nothing. Reference is made to the ad.
vertisements Of Ross, Millard F.
Davis, j. Warren Bullen, j. T. Mullin
& Son.
BIRTHDAY.-Mr. j. NJ. Vandegrift,
Of McDonough, celebrated his 81 BIRTH.
day yesterday. He was in town and
called at our Office ard is quite hale
and hearty for a man of his years. We
hope he may see many more miIestones
in life.
For SENAToR.-The political card
Of Mr.. David W. Colpitts will be
found in the TRANSCRIPT columns
this morning. He asks the Demo-
cratic voters of Pencader and St. Geor-
ges to endorse him for State Senator
at the primaries and fully expects to
ask all the voters later to do the same
at the polls, for he is a hustler and
they ''eet there".
LETTERS. The follow
ing list Of letters remains unclaimed
in the lost flee for the week ending
June 18th, 1860: Ladies Miss Idea
Jones, Miss Mary Z. johnson, Miss
Mary E. Sipple, Miss Lydia M. Smith,
(Returntd dead letter.) Gentlemen
Ollie Berton, J. Chambers, George
Deningson. Persons claiming the
above will please say advertised" and
give date of this list.
JOHN W. JoLLs,P. M.
NEW MAIL ROUTES. Genera Hart
though Senal or Kennev has secured
for Townsend three free delivery mail
routes which will be great accomo-
1ation for the people there. The first
is 275 miles, west, with Edward Latto.
mus in charge; lhs second is 264 miles
.ong; east, with Hubbard Townsend in
charge; the third the old Deakyne Star
route, ,26 miles, with Benjamin Hutchi-
ION in charge. These will start July
Lst at same time as all of Kent county
A MARROW EsCAPE.-A very pecu-
lar incident, and strong additional
easons for the erection of safety gates
It the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal
Bridge, at Summit Bridge, took place
N Tuesday night last, the particulars,
s reported to Us being as follows: Mr..
Richard L. Naudain, farmer living
wo miles south of Middletown, had
wo valuable young mares at a stock
arm near Newark, and it is supposed
be animals somehow escaped from the
asture field on Tuesday evening and
roceeded to make their way home.
About 10 O'Clock at night, the bridge
3nder, Mr.. ]. Fletcher Kane, was sig
aled by an approaching vessel to open
he draw, when he discovered them I
lst in time and drove them, as he sup
osed off, but before he could turn the
ridge they we're back and stepped up
n the then moving structure. Mr..
Jane was in peculiar and very enl-
position-a position needing
uick thought and good Judgment
nd he resolved to proceed with his
uties, trusting to the good sense of
le animals and their instinct to re-
lain quietly on the high open draw.
he hUIses seemed to realiz5 Gheir dam
arous position, and were accordingly :
good" walking fru.n one end Of the
ridge to the other, taken look into
le dark, deep abyss below them and
len going to the other end. Three
r fo1r times did they ke the j1ur-
ey thus, the kind-haarled bridge, ten
er all the while shuddeling lest their
eight on the far eud of the draw
Guild be too heavy and cause crash,
ntil the bridge was again turned back
Dd all was well. The horses we're
.abled and Mr.. Naudain got the tru-
nts yesterday morning, none the
'oIse for their peculiar adven ture. {
mother plea for safety, sure. New
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