Middletown transcript., 1902-01-11

Unclaimed Letters. rs.-The following List
of letters remain unclaimed In the posi-
Office for the week ending January I'd
Miss Harriet Jones, Mrs. Fannie Marvil,
Miss Sarah E. Northford, c. M. Barke,
(postal card. George Demby, Isaac Gil
ten, Yfon Taoorsky.
Don't forget the entertainments TO be
given at the Middletown Opera House,
on Tuesday evening, January 10th.
ssWoodcock's Little Game" il spoken Of
as being most pleasing drama and the
Middletown Public Library should add q
good sum to its treasury. Tickets are
on sale at w. s. Letherbury's hardware
store.
As result of despute over eating raw
oysters last Saturday night, one Of our
sports is minus $3.50. In contest for
supremacy his opponent ate 13 plates Of
raws, while he was compelled to give up
the race after he had gotten on the OUT
side of ten plates, and the winner ex-
pressed himself as being very indignant,
as he did not get what he called "mess," /"
and is anxious to make another match,
but chubby" will not enter.
Mrs. Lemuel B. Lee met with what
might have proven serious accident
Wednesday afternoon. While walking
in her back yard she fell heavily to
the ground, but fortunately there was no
bones broken. Her hip was badly bruised
and she is confined to her bed, but her
many friends hope she may soon recoVet.
Mrs. Lee met with similar accident o
few years ago-falling and iniuring the
same hip while visiting near Dover, but
soon recovered.
The Juvenile Minstrels will make their
appearance at the MiddletoWn Opera
House, Saturday and Monday evenings,
January 18th and 10th. This company
has given performances at Dover and
other Peninsula towns during the season,
and have had large audiences at all Of
their performances. Admission, Is, rs
and 35 cents. Tickets will be on sale at
w. S. Letherbury's Hardware Store after
Monday, January 18th.
The presence of the Rev. Sheldon Jack
son, d. d., in the Forest Presbyterian
Church on Friday evening, January 18th,
will doubtless attract large audience.
He has record for heroic devotion to
the cause Of missions, that make all Of
his utterances on this subject of great
weight among thoughtful people. Those
who hear him will listen to one Of the
most impressive and interesting speakers
on the subject Of Missions" A collec-
ton will be taken to defray expenses.
Miss Mary Nowland gave tea Friday
afternoon from to o'clock to her young
friends. The table was beautifully dec
grated for the occasion. Among those
present were: Misses Mary Williams,
Justine Peverley, Helen Cochran, Susie
Foard, BERTHE Cochran, Louise Cochran,
Grace Parvis, Helen Brady, Adele Coch- |
ran, Julia Lockwood, Mary Townsend,
Helen Townsend, Louise Mcdowell, Eliza
Green. Messrs. Julian H. Foard, Joseph
Comegys, Cuthbert Peverley, Morton |
Steavens, Fred Crouch and George Kelley. |
At the annual meeting Of the Volun- |
teer Hose Company held Friday even
ing, January Sd, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year; presi- |
dent, ]. F. McWhorter; vice president,
W. B. Gates; second vice president, j. E. |
CHM; secretary, Joseph G. Jols; treas
urer, DIR. J. G. Sites; trustees, J. S. |
Crouch, John w. Jolls and E. S. Jones;
foreman, H. s. Beasten; first assistant,
Fl. M. Black; second assistant, Fl. G. |
Eliason: pipeman. ]. r. Brown. assis- |
tants, r. I. johnson, N. P. Crouch, F. "A. |
Lewis, W. A. Hukill, Jr.; ianitor, Charles
NJ. Starger.