Middletown transcript., 1900-04-07

M1DUAE1UWN, DELLA w All
gave him S19.79 in change. The chec
was signed with the name Of JohI
Moore, drawn on the Farmers Bank a
Wilmington, and was made payable t,
bearer. The stranger left after secur
ing the money. Later in the day Mr.
Hofmann spoke of the matter Il
others, and learned that there is nc
Robert Fraim farming in that vicinity.
An investigation was made at the
Farmers Bank and other banks, but nc
accounts were credited to John Moore.
In runaway accident at Smyrna
last Sunday night, Elva FAIRIES, Ella
Riggs, John Riley and Hugh Jones had
their carriage upset. The la1ies were
thrown out and fell among lot of old
stoves in front of Faries' store. Miss
FAIRIES right leg Was broken. Miss
Riggs skull was fractured. Riley's
head was cnt and Jones was internally
injured. The carriage was completely
demolished. The injured ladies were
carried to their homes, both in a bys-
terical condition. The accident occur
red while race was in progress and
was caused by the streets being poorly
lighted,
Mrs. Mary Thompson, aged so years,
wife of Squire Joseph H. Thompson of
Cheswold, was almost burned to death
last Monday morning. Just how the
affair occurred is mystery, as there
was but one fire in the house, and that
in an adjacent room from where Mrs.
Thompson was. She had been in iii
health for some time and it is sup
posed during fit Of dependency she
set herself afire. A daughter of Mrs. |
Thompson went to an upper room to do
some work, leaving a smaller child |
with Mrs. Thompson to watch her.
Scarcely had the daughter gone when
screams below were heard, and the
mother was seen making for the yard,
being in a mass of flames. The flames
were quickly extinguished by neighbors
but not until her breast, face and arms
were burned almost to crisp. Drs.
Smith and Stout administered to the
suffering woman, who was conscious
0ut in terrible agony.
The approval of the bill by Governor
Smith to transfer the Elkton, Cherry
Hill and Chesapeake City Electric
Railway Company S58, 900 appropriated
~ the General Assembly of 1894 to .
he Elkton and MiddletoWn Railroad
Company, practically assures the sue
ess of the road. The residents of the
second district are without railroad
ABILITIES, and have be N for years try
lg to have communication with Elkton
y rail. Now that the appropriation !.
Vill become available, upon the like !.
mount being subscribed and paid in, :,
he railway will be constructed. The
lcorporators Of the new road are John
'anks, assistant treasurer of Cecil q
Ounty; H. H. Brady, j. P. Steele and
oseph H. Steele, of Chesapeake City; u
obn M. Tucker, John S. Writ, DR.. r,
Toward Bratton, Manly Drennen, L. n
[arshall Haines, S muel j. Keys, R
rank H. Macki', W. II. Mackall, Il
olonel l. D. Davis and William II. Il
der. Il
The following real estate transfers ID
ave been recorded at Elkton: Sarah 81
+. Ennis to F. H. Moody, "Belle Hill" di
'rm, near Elkton, $4,000; W. B. Steel %
} George W. Lamm, ten acres in tf
sventh district, $425; G.. W. Lamm it
} Benjamin S. Brown, ten acres near 10
Ort Deposit, S461; James A. Now ii
nd, of New Castle, DEL, to Jesse L. NJ
lepherd, Of Middletown, $50 acre farm by
Fist district, 12 acres in Sassafras th
eek, two lots il Cecilton and "Salem
arm" Of 271 acres, in Sassafras Neck, -
800; Johu HI. Blackburn to B. S. =
rown, five acres in Seventh district, :
100; PerryvilIe Real Estate and I'm -
ovemenL Company to Annie Arm. i
rong, lots in Perryville, 5000; G.. W. ~
rtin to Frank Corrideap, "McNeal il
Arm," so acres, near Elkton. S2250; hs
. L. Crothers to Reuben Haines, I
Merry Farm" il Fifth district, $3.50; - -
A. McCommons and w. L. Clark to =
oward Reynolds, 173 acre farm in ~ ~
ghth district. $500; Isaac D. Davis ~ r,
Robert A. Scott, farm of 65 acres -
ar Elkton, $2700. = =