Middletown transcript., 1902-01-04


= Larimore, of Centreville, Md, Mr.. AM
Mrs. G. w. Peterson entertained larg'
: number of their young friends last Fri
}. day evening. The 25 couples or NOR
4 who were present spent most delightful
evening. Dancing, games and othel
amusements We're INDUCED in, and at !
late hour the guests were invited to the
dining-room, where sumptous repasi
was served.
Il Damon Lodge, No. IL, knights oi
, Pythias, has elected the following officers:
C. G., VIM. A. Hnkill, Jr.; v. c., P. L.
! McWhorter; Pre-, DR.. G. a. Richie; NJ.
w., I'll. 8. Beasten; K. r. & s., JOS. G.
Jolls; M. F., G. Ellis; NJ. Ex., L. B. Lee;
M. A., W. B. Hates; l. g., j. w. Dickin-
son; o. g., 7. s. Fouracre; Representative
| to Grand Lodge, H. S. Beasten. The
Installation of these officers by the
Grand Chancellor win take place later.
/ A horse belonging to Robert Eaylor
near Townsend has evinced the hu-
man trait of revenge in quite a remark
able manner. The horse had been kicked
while in its stall by another horse that
had broken loose in the stable Friday.
The horse that was kicked slipped its
halter and walked to the stall of its as
sailant, paid the animal back in its own
coin. 1t required several stitches in sew
ing up the cut made by the avengers
shoe.
The citizens of Middletown and vicin-
ity will have the rare privilege of hearing
the well-known Rev. DR.. Sheldon Jack i
son in the Forest Presbyterian Church,
on Friday evening, January 18th. DR.. |
Jackson is known as one of the most |
energetic and successful of the mission
aries, who have labored in the extreme
Northwestern section of our country,
and the recital of his experiences in
Alaska is intensely interesting. Details
will be given later.
The Postmaster General and the Civil
Service Commission have agreed on regu-
lations under which rural free delivery
carriers are to be covered into the CLASH
fed service. The regulations were pro-
mulgated yesterday and will become eff
fective about February LIST. The depart
ment has decided to have paymaster in
each State to attend promptly to the pay
ment of the rural carriers. Under the
new system the rural carriers in Delaware
will be paid from Wilmington.
Mr.. Charles DeValinger who will take
possession Of the National Hotel on :
March 25th is contemplating many i'm ]
provements to the West End hotel dur. j
ing the coming year. Mr.. DeValinger
will add steam heat and bath rooms, and ]
newly furnished the entire house. He ]
will also erect building at the north end |
of the main building which will be used ]
as a kitchen, and with these and other {
improvements, the National will be one ]
of the best equipped hotels in the State. q
A defect in the chimney of the Office
of Messrs. ]. F. McWhorter & Son
caused the sheathing around the stove
pipe to ignite last Saturday afternoon, :
the Volunteer Hose Company was not
long in making its appearance, but the
hames had been extinguished before they a
arrived. The fire was discovered by Mr.. a
w. H. Johnson, who quickly give the c
alarm, and as soon as the fire whistle was &
blown, a large crowd gathered, but soon
dispersed when they learned the fire was d
,nly slight one. Il,
Postmaster Jolls has just forwarded his n
-eport for the quarter ending December, d
'lst, 1901. The receipts Of the Post T
1ftice for the month of December were b
'509 and for the quarter 1873. For the Il
month and quarter Of 1900 "
he receipts were $427 and 81 ,2S5 respec- OF
lively. This is an increase of seven and N
half per cent for the quarter and nine b
cen per cent for the MONTH The first n
Iuarter OF Mr.. Jolls' term, that ending al
september 30th, 1898, the receipts we're al
j l,21S showing an increase Of over thir- sc
cen per cent. al
The Week of Prayer will be observed :
y the Forest Presbyterian Church. and :,
ervices will be held on every evening of -
Iext week, excepting Saturday evening, y
'eginning at 7.30 o. clock. The subjects Ia
or prayer will be: On Monday enening, sc
anuary 9th, The Vision of God in AZ
'hrist; Tuesday, January 7th, Our Nation; 81
Wednesday, January Sth, Our Churches; W
thursday, January 9th, Christian Mis- M
ions; Friday, January 10th, The Family 70 lo
nd the School. On Tuesday evening, " y
anuary 9TH, the Rev. S. Beatie Wylie, y
New Cassie, will officiale. A cordial an
lvitation is extended to all. -,