Middletown transcript., 1903-08-29

A
young st. Lawrence trotting mare Sadi
Wilson for $40O. This mare is said t
De one OF the fastest trotters on the Per
insula, having already record of 2.2(
and it is believed she will heat this in
very short time. Mr.. Wilson raised th
mare, having owned her mother, Mabe1
her sire was Lawrence H., OF Dorcheste
County, Md.
National Lodge, No. 80, l. o. o. F., Q
st. Georges, attempted to catch the mem
oers oil Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 8, O
this town, mapping on Thursday evening
ABOUT dozen members of the ST
Georges Odd Fellows dropped in on tn
local lodge without having announced
their visit. Although surprised, tin
members of No. 8, were not asleep, ant
an enjoyable evening was spent in hear
to heart talks and some other things.
I The Secret Service has discovered .
new counterfeit $40 silver certificate
The general appearance of the note i
said to be excellent and calculated tt
deceive even careful handlers of money
1t is an imitation of the series of 1901
check letter D, Tillman registry, bear
the portrait OF Hendricks, and apparently
printed from plates of photo-mechanica
process. Three specimens of the note
have been seen bearing, the nrmbe,
7,Ol9,34S.
Real estate agent, George w. Ingram,
reports the following sales during the
past week: The farm of Mr.. John w.
Denney, on the "Choptank Road" con.
tanning l75 acres, to Mr.. Elliott, OF
Philadelphia, for a consideration OF
$1,000. The ''Martin Lane Farm" sit.
uated near Pert Penn, containing 27O
acres, to Mr.. John w. Denney, the pur-
chase price being $500. Also a house
and lot in Port Penn, the property of
Mr.. Lane, to parties in Trenton, N. ].
The season for catching oysters will
open next Tuesday, with the advent of
the month of September, the rule being
that the months containing an "r" in the
names are the only ones in which oysters
should be taken. AS yet only a vague
idea as to the outlook can be obtained,
but it is said that from present indica-
tions there will be some pretty good
dredging in the Delaware and New Jer-
sey beds. The oysters should begin to
come to our markets day or so after the
dredging begins.
William Mowatt, of Philadelphia, was
drowned at Augustine Park on Sunday.
He was on the steamboat Columbia, and
as the boat approached the wharf, Char
les McNicholl's hat blew off and Nc
Nicholl dove overheard after it. Mowatt
feared that McNicholl would drown and
plunged in after him, with fatal result.
Dredging for the body was at once be-
gun, but without result. Coroner Nc
Cormick and his deputy, John R. Kilmer,
were at Augustine Park Monday after
noon looking into the matter.
Mr.. Charles Rouse, living in Apo
quinimink Hundred come to town Sat-
urday afternoon, hitching his team
beneath the National Hotel shed. After
being with his landlord, Mr.. N. j.
Williams, half an hour, Mr.. Rouse started
TO get his horse, but found the team had
been stolen, and although diligent
search has since been made for it, the |
team has not been found. The horse was
a bay, weighing 1000 pounds. The car
riage was York wagon, red running
gear with very heavy wheels and the
harness was new. Although there has
been many complaints made by the |
farmers, OF this section about robes,
whips, ETC., being taken from their ve-
hickles while standing in different Sec
tions of the town during the past few
this is the first horse missing,
and it will undoubtedly be found in few
days, and the thief receive just punish
menf.
The lifeless body of Frank Pierce, col
ored, was found lying along side of the
platform at the railroad station in this
town at 10 o'clock last Friday night
The unfortunate man had evidently fallen
asleep while sitting on the platform, and
was struck by freight train which
passed through this town at $50 o'clock.
The only scar found by the physician
was scalp wound and foul play was
at first, but at the inquest
which was held on Tuesday very little
evidence was given, as the man was ap-
parently alone when the fatal accident
occurred, and the jury returned verdict
that the deceased met his death from
.ome cause unknown to them. Frank
had peen in the employ of Mr.. Jesse L.
Shepherd for several years and was one
,f the best known colored men in this
section. He was aged 4S years, and
caves a wife and Il children. Funeral
services were held from his late home on
Monday afternoon.