The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-11-22
NEWS OF NEW
CASTLE COUNTY.
Interesting Items Of Gener.
al News From the
Towns South.
MlDDLETDWN.

Mrs. William A. Green Of Crawford
street, met with rather sad expert.
ence while in Philadelphia this week.
She and Mrs. II. 6. Devalinger haG
gore up on a shopping excursion in
the morning and Mrs. Green carried
a small hend-satchel in which was
her pocket book containing about $26
in money, her return railroad ticket,
besides her handkerchief and some
other articles. While making a pur.
chase she placed the hand-satchel be.
side the stool on which she sat at the
counter, and upon reaching for it to
| get her money, was much surprised
and shocked to find it was gone. She
believes the satchcl, together with
its entire contents. was stolen
! by some sneak thief who had
been watching for favorable oppor.
tunity.
Mr.. Samuel Kelley, son of Cashier
George ID. Kelley, who has been in
| declining health for some time start.
cd this week for Orlando, Florida,
where he will sojourn for some time,
hoping thereby to regain his health
and strength.
lNeyer before were 'old maids" 50
much in evidence in our town. Tho
idea of holding q convention has been
acted upon, and il you want to see
what Middletown can do in that line,
do not fail to go to the Opera House
Convention on Thanksgiving night
Go without vour supper, if need be,
you can get all you want after get.
ting there.
The "Autumnal Social, given at
the residence of Mrs. James l.. War
ren on Crawford street, on Tuesday
evening, was a very successful and
most enjoyable event,
LETTER FROM A FARMER.
Sir: What ia wrong with the Della.
ware Railroad? 1t seems not to be
able to furnish more than half enough
OF cars to accommodate the farmers
In getting their grain to MARKET and
this seems to be the worst year we
have had.
There are how thousands of bushels
of wheat that have been sold more
than q month since and the Farmers
still have their grain on hand sold.
and cannot get 1t to market. This
has put the farmers, IN many cases to
serious Inconvenience. Many of them
bought their phosphate, to be paid
for tie first TO November Wheat
sold from first to middle Of October
and no cars vet.
At Mt. Pleasant there are now not
less than 10000 bushels of wheat
waiting fer cars to ship in. What is
wrong? Is it mismanagement, or has
the trade OF the road increased to
such an extent all at once that the
company has not got the cars: Isee
by the papers the Pennsylvania has
ordered quite number of new cars
built. but they were too late in doing
50.
If there is no change the farmers
will be driven to make other arrange
ments. Fortunately, in the location
Of Middlct0wn, they have water con.
veyance at Odessa, and ia the neigh
borhood Of Mt Pleasant and Kirk
wood they have the canal, and il this
con tinues the farmers will be driven
to make arrangements to ship their
grain by water.
The railroad company cannot plead
poverty for | see by the papers that
lately the Pennsylvania Railroad has
declared an extra dividend of one per
cent. Would it not have been better
to put some Of this extra dividend in
freight cars at least year ago? We |
ali know that the Pennsylvania
leases and controls the Delaware Rail.
road. There must be mismanagement |
-su.I ewhere' A Stakeholder. 2
Middletown, Del, Nov. 10Th, 1901.