Middletown transcript., 1904-07-23

A sneak thief entered the Chinese laun
dry of Loan Wing on North Broad street
Wednesday night, and took ~ from hi
pooketbook. An entrance was made by
breaking one Of the front windows and
although Wing was sleeping in the same
room, he was not aware OF his unwel'
come guests presence.
There will be and important meeting
of the local lodge of the A. 0. q. W., on
Tuesday evening next. Master Work
man Edward F. Kane, of Wilmington,
will be present, and it is expected that
information respecting the new change in
rates of assessments will be made. 1t is
hoped all the members will be present.
Fertilizers and fertilizing materials Of
all kinds are higher now than they have
been for five years, according to the state
ment of local agents. There is general
advance of ftom $l.0O to $1.50 per ton.
The demand was larger this spring than
ever before. Theextra demand OF ferti-
lizers by the cotton growers has contrl-
buted largely to this state of affairs.
Wheat threshing in this vicinity which
has been considerably delayed on account
OF wet weather, has started up in earnest
the past week and the threshing rig is a
busy machine in these parts. On an aver
age wheat is turning out muchlbetter than
it did last year and farmers have little to
complain. Wheat on general average
| is turning out from 90 to 25 bushels an
acre.
Miss Sylvia Moore gave porch party
Tuesday evening in honor of Miss Alice
Windell of West Chester, Pa, and Miss
Jeanette Mclaughlin of Whining.
ton. Miss Susie Foard, Miss Mary Now.
land, Miss Helen Cochran, Miss Helen
Brady, Miss Gertrude McCrone, Miss
Justine Peverly, Miss Julia Lockwood,
Miss Frances Aspril, Fred Crouch, Jul
ian Foard, Sydney Peverley, Theodore
Rothwell aud George Lockwood were
present.
The largest yield of wheat threshed in
rural New Castle County this year was
raised by Mr.. R. A. Cochran on the road
leading from Middletown to Townsend.
From one field of 5S acres Mr.. Cochran
received an average Of IS bushels pei
acre, and from 120 acres he received an
average Of 30 bushels. Mr.. Cochran is
one of the many progressive farmers in
our section, who always produces large
crops, but from what information we
have obtained from various sources, his
yield of wheat cannot be surpassed.
G. B. Taylor, clerk of the Board oi
Town Commissioners, OF Millington, Nd,
telephoned to W. H. Baker, general man.
ager Of the Diamond State Telephone
Company, of Dover, asking him to noti-
fv the authorities Of cities and towns
which have so generously helped the fire
sufferers, that clothing and provisions
are no longer needed. While not soli-
citing funds, Mr.. Taylor stated that
money could be used to advantage by the
residents who lost their all. President
Ahern and the other officials OF Milling
ton are extremely grateful for thel aid
which has been given so literally to the
stricken community.
If any one was desirous of a real hot day
he got it Tuesday. The temperature was
high and the day was what might be
called scorcher, without any stretch OF
Imagination. During the greater part of
the afternoon the temperature ranged
from 81 to 9S, and there was little breeze
stirring. In the late afternoon the sky
was clouded for time, and there was a
slight breeze. One of the chief occupa-
tions of the day was to watch the ther-
mometer and talk about the heat. Early
in the evening there was slight fall in the
temperature accompanied by breeze,
which made matters little more pleasant,
but the weather continued warm.
Miss Dora Price entertained number
of her lady friends at Porch Party" on
Saturday afternoon, in honor of her
guest, Miss Grace Heller, OF Cumberland,
Md. Games and other amusements were
INDUCED in and greatly enjoyed by the
guests. Among those present were
Misses Grace Heller, Blanche Wright,
Maria Nowland, Martha Heaton, May
Holten, fiola Ennis, Sallie Cochran,
Agnes Cochran, Marie Lockwood, Julia
Lockwood, Miss Durkee, Cornelia Town
send, Martha Townsend, Lydia Cochran,
Mary Cochran, Mrs. Jesse L. Shepard,
Mrs. Edgar Clark, Mrs. Henry Schroeder,
Mrs. Gray Taylor, Mrs. Eugene, Sites,
Mrs. L. g. Sterner, Mrs. Reese Parker,
fffrs. W. f. Barnard, Mrs. e. Lindsay
Cochran, Mrs. Rose Kennedy, Mrs. Fan
ME Lockwood and Mrs. c. J. Freeman.
All of the machinery, fixtures, etc., in
the Middletown Shirt Factory were sold
at public sale yesterday to j. B. Messick
for a consideration Of $3.50. Two years
ago this property was purchased by
Weil-Haskill, Co., the price paid by them
being $1,000. At this writing Mr.. Mes
sick has not decided just what he will do
with his new purchase, but we feel con-
fident that the plant is in good hands,
and every possible effort will be made to
get it in operation. Had some OF the
Philadelphia parties who came here to
bid on the property purchased it, it
would in all probability have been moved
away, and all prospects of it resuming
operation would have gone also. But
now that it is owned by one who is
deeply interested in every effort for the
good of our town and the surrounding
vicinity, we do not believe it will be long
before the machinery will be running.
MIDDLETowE-0DEssA MACADAMIzED