Middletown transcript., 1904-12-03

to be used for the special election for
Representative on December 9th. The
special registration days will be to-day
and the following Saturday. On these
days persons who have acquired resid-
ence in the hundred or who have become
of voting age since November Sth, will be
permitted to register in order to vote on
December 9th.
Miss Cora Seaberry of New York will
lecture in the NJ E. Church ON Wednes-
day, December 14th, at 7.30 P. M. Mrs.
Seaberry is a National organizer of the
w. C. T. u, and is remarkably fluent
speaker. She spoke here in the Spring,
and all who heard her then will no
doubt be anxious to hear her now. Her
recitation 1.-THE Greed Of the Bells" was
so beautifully rendered that it alone is
well worth going to hear. The public is
cordially invited to hear her. Admis-
sion free.
Mr.. John P. Mcintyre has just COM
pleted one of the most handsome and best
equipped pool and billiard rooms in the
State, and on Monday evening next, De-
cember 9th, the room will be opened to
the public. This new addition to the
Middletown Hotel is situated on the South
end OF the main building, and has all of
the modern improvements. The room is
"a by so feet, has steel ceiling and side
walls, electric lights, steam heat and
toilet room, and the floor is covered with
;inoleum. The pool and billiard tables
are new and superior to many in the pool
rooms of our large cities.
Wednesday evening, November 23d,
the home of MIR. and Mrs. james Sartin
was the scene of a pretty wedding, the
contracting parties were Mr.. Walter G.
Bryson. OF Elkton, Md. and Miss Sarah
]. Hover, of near Glasgow. The officiat-
ing minister was Rev. Wm p. Taylor
Tie ceremony was performed at 7.45 P.
NJ, with about 65 guests, relatives and
friends of the bride and groom, who had
assembled to witness the ceremony and
wish the young couple happy voyage
through life. The guests tarried a few
hours, partaking of refreshments and ex-
changing social greetings.
Mr.. Paul Weber has purchased the
bakery business OF Mr.. Herman Mashe-
wits, and will take charge of the same
nextweek Mr.. Weber's many friends will
be delighted to learn of him resuming
business at this old stand, where he cat
cred to the people for SO many years, and
always pleased his many patrons.
An invitation to hold the next session
Of the Wilmington Conference in Grace
Church, Wilmington, has recently been
eS tended, but it is merely an invitation
to use the magnificent church home at
Grace for the sessions, and does not in
clude any provision for the entertain
ment of the ministers and laymen. The
invitation OF Grace Church was accepted
and the conference will be held there,
but the preachers and officials will have
to look out for individual invitations and
offers OF Wilmington hospitality, or will
pay their own way for tile first time in
the history Of the Conference
The local shirt factory after laying
idle for II months was purchased about
two months ago by Messrs. McCabe and
Hudson, and although these gentlemen
have only had the plant for short
while, they have succeed in securing be-
tween so to 40 operators, and the factory
now presents busy scene. This. is in
deed GRATIFYING to every person of our
town, as many families and the majority
Of our business houses are greatly bene-
fited by the money put in circulation by
this plant. We hope to see the number
of operators increased to 100, and from
the satisfactory reports from those now
at work, as to the wages paid, we believe
this number will be reached.
As the result of fight at the Stidham
House in Odessa on Thursday afternoon
Samuel Benson and Elzie Ponzo, colored,
are in the workhouse, and Mr.. William
Huntington is badly bruised and disfg-
ured about the head and face Huffing-
ton passed the colored men while out
driving, and hearing one of them make
some insulting remark, he returned to
the men and demanded an explanation,
when both Of them Jumped upon him.
After knocking him down, they kicked
him in the head and body, and had it
not been for assistance coming to his aid,
he would have probably been seriously
injured. The negroes were arrested and
in default of $500 bail were sent to the
workhouse Friday morning
In the Wilmington City Court on Tues.
day morning, Henry johnson ami John
White, both colored, were arranged on
the charge of larcency Of a gun, valued at
$lS, the property of James Downes of
near Mt. Pleasant, and an overcoat valued
at $1S, the property of Leslie Carney.
Before any testimony in the case was
heard Assistant Solicitor Baldwin Sprin-
ger asked the court to dismiss White, as
there was no evidence in the case to con-
meet him with the taking of the articles.
The court dismissed White. James
Downes testified that on last Thursday
night his house was broken into and
several articles, including his gun and an
overcoat belonging to Leslie Carnegy, who
was visiting at his house at the time, were
stolen. Downes identified the gun pro-
duced by the court as being his property.
Leslie Carneg identified the overcoat
John White, colored, who was arrested
with johnson on Friday evening, testi-
fed that on evening while he was sitting
in poolroom at Second and King streets
johnson asked him to pawn the gun and
he did SO. johnson said that he bought