Middletown transcript., 1901-08-03

We will put your Furnaces and Hea
ers ID order. We have frst-class mel
| We will do 4 seeu and as ioWas any on
Better do it now than wait till you mui
have the use of your heater, then every
body will want their work at salnestimt
MIDDLETowN HARDWARE House.
When the farmers have. daily ma
delivery at their DOORS telephones j
their house; trolley cars passing thei
gates; Electric lights on their fence post
and macadam roads smooth as asphalt
they will need only a few other things t
make hfe thoroughly enjoyable. -ES
change.
The Young Peoples Society Of Chris
tian Endaavor of Forest Presbyteriai
Church, meets every Sunday eyenin
at 6.45 o'clock. A cordial invitation
extended to everybody The topic 70
tomorrow evening is Gaining by Los
ing" Mark 10:28-30. Leader, Mis-
Myrtle EOuSu0dl.
Messrs. j. F.. McWhorters and son, ar
among our most progressive business men
and contribute much Of their success il
business to the free use Of printers ink
Their ad. occupies the entire fourth pagt
of to-day's issue, and while the ad. is no
a lengthy one, it tells It all in nut shell
See their new ad. next week.
1.-Two colored boys, John Robinson and
Perry Fields, Of near Summit Bridge
we're arrested by Constable William 7
MoneySn Wednesday on the charge o.
entering and destroying the watermelon
patch of George Mathews. They were
taken bsfe5e Magistrate Reynolds on
Thursday, and small fine imposed.
NoTIcE Having retired from the Fer
tilizer Business I take pleasure in refer.
ring and recommending all my friends
and former patrons to Mr.. Jesse I,
Shepherd, for the purchase Of Fertilizers
manufactured by G. w. Graflian & Co.
which | have sold during the past Il
years, as he will have charge Of theil
business in the future.
! G. P. COCHRAN.
i1iiddletown, Del, June 10, 1901.
Itis reported that this has been one d
the best seasons for potatoes in the his
tory of the Delaware Railroad. The
company has banded an unusually large
number; taking the potatoes from the far
.mers Of the Peninsula to the city mar
skets. Some days the rush was SO great
that it was with difficulty the company
handled the business offered. The rusI
appears to sbe over now, but some are
still being handled.
On Thursday night OF last week, bur.
glars entered the house Of Miss Mary
MaloHey on the Maple Grove" farm,
about one mile north Of town, and when
morning dawned and the robbery was
discovered it was found many articles
had. been stolen, consisting Of coats,
,e.litaess etc. to the amount Of several
dollars. Entrance was effected by a
front windows and it is thought the
robbery was committed by someone
fallriiiasa with the premises.
Harry Buck, colored, created lots ol
excitement iii Odessa Friday evening BY
Shooting a Woman by the name of DENLY,
also colofed. Buck, was wanted BY
the authorities and Constable James L.
Collins, and his deputy J. R. Brown
located him in Odessa, and while trying
to evade the. officers, Buck requested
the DENLY woman to allow him to enter
sher house, which she refused and he
Immediately drew a revolver from his
pocket and fired. The ball entered the
upper lip Of the woman and passed
through her nose, also effecting her left
eye After the shooting he managed by
the assistance of his mother to escape to
Delaware City, where he boarded a
trolley car for Wilmington, and while the
State detectives are working on the case,
so far they have. not located him.
The unfortunate woman was sent to a
Wilmington hospital Saturday morning
and is reported to be recovering. Bucks
mother was arrested and given hearing
before Magistrate Reynolds, and paid a
fine of $1,000 and costs for interfering
with the officers.
JamesT. ShaHcross, member Of the
State Board Of Agriculture, reported
Thursday that anthrax has been stamped
out entirely in the lower part Of the
county. As soon as the outbreak was
called to the attention of Mr. Shallcross
he engaged Veterinarian Harris Nc
Bowel fof near MiddletGTn, and they
began preparations to combat the an
thrax. All the infected cattle were
quarintined and as soon as they died the
carcasses Nere cremated. The-remaining
cattle were confined andp close watch
was kept to observe any symptoms Of the
fatal disease should they appear. For
the past ten days there has not been a
new case discovered in the lower part Of
the sscounty Although about ninety
cattle died Of the disease. Three cases
were foundain lAppoquinimink hundred,
but the largest number was discovered in
BiaEkbird hundred, where the disease
tappearedsin herd owned BY Yin.
cent. O. Hill. Mr.. shallcross says he
knowssnothing Of a reported meeting Of
Farmers to be held near. Townsend to
take action about the prevalence oi
anthrax.
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