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Middletown transcript., 1905-07-15
GREENWOOD WRECK SUIT

The first suit for damages growing out
Of the destruction Of part Of the town of
Greenwood by an explosion following a
wreck Of trains the Delaware Railroad
was begun in Superior Court Monday.
Mrs. Ella M. Todd suing to recover $780,
600 for injuries sustained in the explo-
sion.
None of the train crew was able to tell
what explosive the train carried, and
the court denied counsel for Mrs. Todd
the privilege of compelling the railway
company by summons to put in evidence
its records showing what the explosive
was. The Court explained that these re-
cords could be introduced later on peti,
ton to the Court under the Delaware pro
cedure.
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WARWICK

Preaching tomorrow evening at 7.30.
Miss Mamie Merritt is visiting near
Wilmington, Del.
DIR. ]. S. Merritt, of Golts,'was visitor
in town on Wednesday.
Miss Elnora R. Finley, OF Havre de
Grace, is visiting Mrs. Wilson Merritt.
Miss Emma L. Vineyard is the guest Of
her cousin, Miss Edna V. Stephens, near
Cecilton.
Mrs. Alfred Jones was caller at the
home of her daughter in Middletown on
Wednesday.
Quite number from town will go to
Brandywine Springs on Saturday via
Odessa Excursion.
1t is understood that several small boys
have been in the cemetery pulling at the
tome stones and have broken one. A
word to the wise should be sufficient.
Mr. J. Warner Brockson has patent
pending on a machine which will be
known as the Brockson Improved Corn
Cutter, Binder and Shocker. This ma.
chine is very simply constructed, there
being but little automatic machinery to
get out of order, and, according to Mr..
Brockson's explanation, it seems reason
able that it will do its work neatly.
Mr.. Henry Gillespie who has resided
in this town for several years.. died on
Tuesday at II o'clock. Mr.. Gillespie who
has been cripple for sometime, seemed
to be as we'll as usual the evening pre-
vious to his death, and when the news
reached the ears of the public il was
shock to everyone. Funeral services
were held Thursday afternoon from the
residence of his sister, Mrs. Amos Wilson
at 2 P. M; interment in Warwick Gene
terry.
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ODESSA

Miss Sarah Phillips is the guest OF Miss
Ethel L. Mailly.
Miss Louise N. Corbit left this week for
North Adams, Mass.
Miss Cornelia Townsend is visiting
4 friends in Still Pond, Md.
Miss Jessie Stats, of Taylors Bridge, is
the guest OF Mrs. l. G. Webb.
Mrs. D. W. Corbit visited her daughter
in Newark few days this week.
Miss Elya Orrell, of Brenford, is visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. Theodore Long.
Mrs. Lou Brooks, of Philadelphia, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. John Welst.
Miss Ethelda Webb has returned after
a very pleasant visit with relatives near
Townsend.
Mrs. Elizabeth Vineyard and son
Philip spent Sunday with her brother in
Wilmington.
Mrs. Arthur Giles, of Washington, d.
c., visited Miss L. N. Corbit from Friday
until Monday.
Miss Lillian Woodall, of Still Pond, is
visiting at the home of her brother, Capt.
H. V. Woodall.
Masters Spencer and Leroy Horton, OF
New York, are spending sometime here
with Mrs. Levin James.
Miss Ella Speakman, Of West Chester,
was entertained part of last week by the
Misses Williams, of near town.
Miss Mary Mcclellan, of Chester, Pa,
is spending this week with her grand.
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Kaft, of Whining
ton were the guests of her sister, Mrs.
William C. Mccoy, near town, on Sum
day.
After spending two weeks here with
her brother, Mr.. William johnson, Mrs.
Miffiin and daughter Vrena, have re-
turned to their home in Salem, N. J.
Rev. and Mrs. W. E. Gunby enter
tanned at the NJ. T. Parsonage part of this
week, Mrs Bennett, of Sudlersville, Md.
Misses Bertha, Blanche and Edith Price,
Ethel Denney and Miss Butler, of Queens
town, Nd.
At the regular monshly meeting of the
school board last week, the following
teachers were elected for the coming
term Principal, Miss Husbands; inter-
mediate, Miss Frances Aspril; primary
room, Miss Ethel Mailly.
On Thursday evening of last week the
young men of town met at the M. E. |
Parsonage and organized an Usher's |
Union. They have about twelve MEM
bers and any who have not joined are in
vited to do so. Moody. Stevens was
elected President; Fred G. Roberts, Vice |
President; Robert Douglas, Secretary;
Samuel Spicer, Treasurer.
The residents of our town were very
much surprised to learn on Monday
morning that the post office had been
broken into and an attempt had been
made to rob the place. Fortunately the |
miscreants did not succeed in finding |
much, only.a few stamps, stationary and
few other things which were of little |
value. No clue has yet been found.
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Among those who have improved the
appearance of the properties with new
! concrete pavements during the past few
weeks are J. G. Bragdon, w. r. Parker,
the st. Anne's Reetory, Mrs. Laura De-
yalinger. w. 7. Connellee, E. S. Long
| and j. III. Emerson. Several more are
| now being constructed, and we are in
! formed Han, others are contemplating
improving their properties with this
pavement.
Samuel Rea and George Wood, Of
Philadelphia, Fl. I'll. Brady and George
S. Wooley, Of Chesapeake City, Charles
B. Finley and L. NJ. Haines, Of Elkton,
and S. U. Rowland, OF Port Deposit,
were elected directors of the Elkton &
Middletown Railroad Co., at the annual
meeting held at the National Bank of
Elkton last Wednesday. Samuel Rea
was chosen President and L. w. Sch.
wartz, Secretary.
Thieves entered the bar-room Of the
Middletown Hotel Friday night of last
week and robbed the cash register and
took five quarts of the best whiskey.
Entrance was affected through one of the
window without much difficulty or noise.
The cash register was rihed Of the cash,
about S., and left under the shed in the
rear of the hotel. There is no clue to the
petty thieves, other than a broken pen
knife which they left behind. 1t is for
tunate thing for them that they were not
discovered by Mr.. Mcintyre.
One way to protect horses from flies,
says an exchange, is to rub the parts
most subject to attack with little con-
centrated oil OF rhododendron. Another
excellent remedy is assafetida one pound,
vinegar one pint. Ii the horses are well
washed with this not fly will settle
upon them as the assafptida will drive
them away. Another method is to take
common smart weed and make a strong
decoction by boiling in water. When
the infusion is cold, apply to the legs,
neck and other parts Of the body with
brush or sponge. Neither flies or in
sects will give trouble for 25 hours.
Middletown had peculiar weather last
ing the entire day Thursday, and people
found themselves carrying umbrellas to
shade themselves from the sun at one
time and then carrying them for rain.
How many rain storms there were during
the day no one was able to tell. There
were at least dozen and the number
may have exceeded that figure. Between
the rain storms the sun shown brightly.
The day was anything but pleasant.
People would 60 out carrying umbrellas
to shield themselves from the rain. Then
the rain would cease and the sun would
shine. They would leave the umbrella
in their office or in some store for safe
keeping and start out only to find that
rain was again falling and that it was nee
essary to 60 back for the umbrella.
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Elkton-Ocean City Trolley !?

According to the Chestertoua Transcript,
there is a weli-defined movement on foot
for trolley line from Elkton to Ocean
City, passing through Chesapeake City,
Cecilton, Chestertown, Centreville, Eas-
ton, Cambridge, Princess Anne, Sails
bury, Berlin and Snow Hill. The back
ers of the scheme are said to be linen of
energy, influence and wealth." Every
body will welcome the time when it
opens, If it ever does.
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ST. GEORGES

i Theodore Jones was Wilmington sisl
tor on Wednesday.
| Mrs. Truax is spending sometime with
friends in Delaware City.
| Mrs. Clark Tompson visited friends in
Wilmington on Wednesday.
Miss Ida Wright is spending week
with friends in Wilmington.
Harvey Moore is visiting his uncle, Ed.
ward Sparks, near Middletown.
/ Mr.. John Lester and family spent
Tuesday at Brandywine Springs.
David Lyman was the guest of his
brother near New Castle on Sunday.
Miss Amanda Moore is spending some
time with Miss Maybel Smith, OF Chester,
Pa.
Thomas Heiry is visiting bis aunt, Mrs.
/ Walter Smith and family, of Whining
ton.
Lester Hopkins, of Wilmington, is
visiting his uncle, John Lester and fam
lily.
Elmer Morrison, of Newark, was the
guest OF George Hill and family on Tues
day.
Mrs. Henry Lester is spending the
summer with her son, John Lester and
| family.
Miss Ida Gray spent Sunday with her
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Grimes, of
| Damascus.
Messrs. Logan, Gillfillon, Jones and
Powell, Of Newark, were visitors in town
this week.
Miss Ethel Bayer, of Delaware City,
spent part of this week with James Taylor
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Jacobs we're over
Sunday guests of her brother, John Les
ter and family.
Mr.. Edward Wise was called to his
home in Texas, Kentucky, on account OF
the illness Of his sister.
Mr.. end Mrs. Clarence Pool and son
Zadoc we're the guests of A. N. Sutton
and wife on Tuesday.
Miss Lizzie Gambel, of Wilmington, re-
turned home on Tuesday after few days
visit to her father, w. Ell. Gambel.
Mrs. David Lyman and two children
were over Sunday guest of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith, Of Chester, Pa.
Mrs. Booker and daughter Katherine,
Of Chesapeake City, spent part Of last
week with William Russum and wife.
The repairs on the locks are completed
and the boats are now making their
through trips from Baltimore to PhiIadel-
phia
Miss Annie Heiry returned to her home
in Wilmington on Saturday. after a
weeks visit to her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Heisel.
Miss Ollie Paynter who has been spend
ing her vacation with her father, James
Paynter, and sister, Miss Julia, returned
to Philadelphia on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Moore were
called to Altoona. Pa, on account of the
illness of their daughter, Mrs. Charles
Smith, who is seriously ill with typhoid
fever.
One Of the men employed in repairing
the locks, fell distance of seven feet,
breaking his leg. He was taken to his
home in Chesapeake City on the yacht,
LINDA"
Middletown transcript., 1905-07-15
BREAK IN CANAL !.

ELKToN, Md, July l2th.--On account
of break in the st. Georges locks of the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, traffic
through the waterway has practically
been suspended. The. Philadelphia and
Baltimore steamers are running to either
side Of the locks and there exchanging
their freight and passengers. The great
est annoyance to the Ericsson Line Com
pany is the fact that. because of her
length and draft, the Lord Baltimore can
not be turned ON the lower level and has
to be backed from Delaware City to St.
Georges, aided by two large tugboats. The
steamer Penn, although the same length,
does not have any trouble to turn on the
upper level, as the canal is wider and the
channel deeper.
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Middletown transcript., 1905-07-15
CHURCH NOTES

Bethesda Epworth League meets in
the lecture room OF the NJ. E. Church
every Sunday evening at 6.45 o'clock
Everybody is invited to attend. The
topic for tomorrow evening is \: ''The
Message of the Flowers" Matt. 6:2S-34
James 1911. Leader, Miss Elizabeth
Holten.
The Young Peoples Society Of Christian
Endeavor Of Forest Presbyterian Church,
meets every Sunday evening at 6.4E
o'clock. A cordial invitation is extended
to everybody. The topic for tomorrow
evening is !: ''The Message Of the Flow.
ers." Matt 6:27-34 James 1911. Miss
Deakyne, leader.
Middletown transcript., 1905-07-15
NOTICE--REMOVAL

DIR. W. E. Barnard, Surgeon Dentist,
has vacated the Anderson property, and
removed his offices and residence to the
property recently occupied by the late
S. NJ. Reynolds, next door to the post
Office.
Middletown transcript., 1905-07-15
NOTICE--DrvIDEND |
Ctr1zEx,s N.r,oNu RAW

CIT1ZENS NATIONAL BANK,
MIDDLETowN, DELAWARE, July Sd, 1905.
The Board of Directors have this day
declared a semi-annual dividend OF
THREE (3) PER CENT. clear of Taxes,
payable to the Stockholders on and after
July 10Th, 1905.
JN0. S. CROUCH, Cashier.
Middletown transcript., 1905-07-15
NOTICE. NDI

THE New CASTLE COUNTY NATIONAL BANK
ODEs A, DEL, July 9th, 1905.
The Directors have this day declared a
seini-annual DIVIDEND of THREE PER
CENT. Payable on and after the u inst
JOS. L. GIBSON, Cashier.
Middletown transcript., 1905-07-15
NoTIcE---DIvIDENDl

The PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK
OF MIDDLETowN,
Middletown, Del, June oath, 1905.
The Board of Directors have this day
declared dividend of THREE (3) PER
CENT, for the last six months, payable on
and after Saturday July 9Th, 1905.
G. D. KELLEY, Cashier,
Middletown transcript., 1905-07-15
CURRENT PRICES

MIDDLETOWN GRAIN MARKET.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY JOHN W. JoLIs.
Wheat-No. / "a Corn
No. 2 81 Yellow, shelled 81
Timothy Seed $2.65 I" cob 49,. sc
Clover Seed tb 102c Oats ............... 81
MIDDI FLOWN PRODTJCE MARKET
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THE TRANscR1Pr $l.OO per year
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-19
Do Not Suppress a Cough.

When you have a cough do not
try to suppress it, but remove the
cause. The cough is only symp-
tom of some disease, and the dis
ease is what you should cure, then
the cough will stop of itself. The
most common cause of coughing is
a cold. Anodynes will promptly
suppress the cough, and prepara-
tons containing chloroform, OPT
nm, ETC., are used for that purpose,
but they do not cure the cold.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy on
the other hand does not suppress
the cough, but relieves it by remov-
ing from the throat and lungs the
mucus which a%bstructed the breath
ing and allaying the irritation and
tickling in the throat. It also opens
the secretions and etfectually and
permanently cures the cold as we'll
as The cough. For sale by V. B..
Diehl, next door to P. O.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-19
OBSCURE PASSAGES.
Lines Whose Meaning Was Tot Clear
to Their Authors.

Lines Whose Meaning Was Not Clear
to Their Authors.
A writer in London Truth recalls that
Browning, when asked the meaning Of
q passage in "Sordello," replied, "Well,
! know the poem had a meaning to me
when l wrote 1t, but what it was I
cannot now say" The writer goes on to
quote parallel answers of Coleridge and
Of Goethe, which comforted him long
ago, when he first transcribed them.
Coleridge wrote the greater part Of
book 2 Of Southey's "Joan of Arc and
annotated the long passage begin.
ming, maid beloved of heaven" thus:
These are very fine lines, though / say
it that should not, but hang me if l
know, OF ever did know, the meaning
of them, though my own composition"
Lord Francis Egerton, when translat-
ing Faust" wrote to ask Goethe's ex-
PLANTATION Of a passage which puzzled
him and received the reply that the
poet himself was at a !. loss for its
meaning. Surely" runs his answer
to Lord Francis, 'you at twenty-four
should know better than 1 at seventy
four the meaning Of a passage / wrote
at your age"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-19
4 Very Close Call.

81 stuck to my engine, although
every joint ached and every nerve
was racked with pain," writes G..
W. Bellamy, a locomotive fireman
of Burlington, Ia. II was weak
and pale, without any appetite and
all run down. AS [ was about to
give up ! got a bottle of Electric
Bitters, and after taking it I felt
as we'll as I ever did in my life"
Weak, sickly, run down people al
ways gain new life, strength and
vigor from their use. Try them.
Satisfaction guaranteed by V. B.
Diebl. Price so cents.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-19
Understanding Poker.

The women believe that every man
knows all about poker, but only a few
men do. 1t is true. however, that near
" every man pretends to understand
Che game thoroughly. When there is a
poker joke at a theater all the men
smile and look at their women folks
with a sort Of pity, but the fellows who
smile know very little about the game
and are afraid to play it, for in almost
every little social affair connected with
chips and pairs there Is a tin horn
gambler industriously engaged in work
ing chumps. The few men who really
understand poker have a habit Of win
ming the money Of the men who pre-
tend to understand it, SO the large d d
jority of men know nothing about the
game further than that a good hand is
bard to gat-Atc5iisuR Globs.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-19
RISKY SURGERY.
Danger For the Doctor Who Inocu
lated Empress Catherine.

Danger For the Doctor Who Inocu-
lated Empress Catherine.
incubation against smallpox precel-
ed the modern method Of vaccination
and was attended with a good deal of
danger. Thomas Dimsdale was the
foremost advocate Of incubation. He
inoculated Empress Catherine Of Rus
STA. This was in 176S. There was on
siderable danger to life in undergoing
this artificially induced disease. The
czarina, therefore, arranged that dur
ing the whole course of the illness of
her son and herself there should be re-
lays Of swift horses kept constantly
ready attached to carriages all along
the post road the nearest way out Of
Russia.
Catherine told Dimsdale elat if bad
symptoms displayed themselves he was
not to remain to look after them, but to
fly for his life without delay or COM
junction. She well knew that he would
not be safe if she or the heir Of Russia
died in his hands.
She gave him an order of the most
urgent kind from herself to the sue
cessive postmasters not to delay him
for a minute on any pretext. Dimsdale
received a fee Of about $4,000 from
the empress and other gifts besides.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-19

ralcons-hawks, the largest species
can compress their features and look
very slim if they think it necessary to
do so. AS to the owls, they can hump
up into any position they think most
suitable. 1t is useless to look for these
self preserving traits in any Of the fam
lily kept in geological collections. for
the birds are SO accustomed to see
large numbers of people passing and
repassing or standing in front of them
that they treat the whole matter with
perfect Indifference. They know that
at a certain time their food will be
brought to them and that they are 9th
erwise perfectly safe. Then the rap
torres in a wild state have a bloom on
their plumage like the bloom on a
bunch Of grapes. which is not often
seen when in captivity.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-19
BUILDINGS IN MINIATURE.
Architects often Make Clay Models
of Important Structures.

Architects often Make Clay
of Important Structures.
Although the architect is still the
most important person in the planning
If any big public or private building, he
often depends on the model maker n
not the craftsman to show his patron
just how the structure will look when
completed. The model maker, in other
words, takes the architects drawings
and makes an exact counterpart Of the
building on a small scale in clay.
When a theater is to be constructed,
for example, such q model is made with
the greatest minuteness, and every de-
tail is looked at from the point Of view
Of the stage, thus avoiding the posi-
bility that when it is too late some Of
the seats will be found quite out Of
range Of the performance. In other
buildings architectural details that ap-
pear excellent OH paper are thus some
times discovered to be ~inharmonious
with the character of the structure as
a whole and a be changed before the
actual process Of their construction has
started. By the use of models, in fact,
nothing is left to chance and every
body can express his objections before
the work is too far advanced tic make
the necessary changes seriously expen-
sive.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-19
THE KING GANDER.
Don't Shoot Him or You'll Get as
Crazy rs Il CoOt.

S"cA'
Never hear tell Of a king gander, I
s'pose? No; most folk hain't. The
sharps that write the bird books says
there amt no such thing. but I know
better. I've seen one.
There amt never but one king gan
der ut a time, same's a country never
has but one king at a.time, but a king
gander's Il real king, that's what he Is.
1t amt jest because he's the biggest
gander of any or the knowin'est. It's
somethin' more. He's kind Of a sa-
cred gander. he is, and there amt a
wild goose that flies but knows it.
He's captain Of 'em all, an it's only the
pick Of the geese that flies With him.
Ner that amt all neither. What do
you s'pose became OF that big king gan
der Bill shot? Ever hear of Il dead
gander bein' carried off by his flock,
restin' on their backs an them n-honk-
in out a regular buryin' dirge? Well,
I've said enough. Fact is I've said all
[ dare say.
But l tell you this: If v you have
a chanst to shoot d king gander don't
you do it. 'Tain't good luck. If you
don't believe it look at my brother Bill.
He killed one-leastways he shot him
and then what happened? Only the
Lord and Bill Huckins knows. An
Bill III never tell. Why not? Cause
he's been as crazy as q eoot ever since
yes, sir, crazy as a coot!-Outing.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-19

Sioux Falls Press: Yesterday the
Press announced that w. J. An
drews has sold a half interest in
his grocery store in this city to
MIR. Milliman Of Canton. Later a
second deal was closed by which
Mr.. Milliman takes the entire
stock, and will henceforth be close
ly identified with the business in
terests of Sioux Falls. Mr.. An
drews has not announced his plans
for the future. He has been in
business in this city for a number
of years, and has no immediate in
tention Of leaving Sioux Falls.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-19
4 TEST OF NERVE.
One of the Ways In Which Indians
Duel to the Death.

--. " DuC AZ ~ !" -.-1taH
Among the Indian tribes the method
of fighting duels differs. There are
some tribes where a challenge to a duel
means inevitably that both men must
die. When an Indian feels %aggrieved
he demands a combat, The day for the
same is fixed far in advance and is
made the occasion Of a little celebra-
ton. The entire tribe assemblies. The
braves sit in a circle, behind them their
sQuaws and the young bucks.
The offended man is armed with a
rifle or a shotgun. The challenged
principal is unarmed. AT a word both
men arise and face each other, the I'M
armed man barring his breast to the
bullet of his adversary. With eyes
riveted on the little round hole at the
end of the barrel pointed at him, the
doomed man must face the protracted
ordeal Of expecting death at any in
slant without the least sign Of weak
ening. The executioner may hold his
gun as long as he pleases in order to
try to break down his enemy. He may
raise it and lower it Or hold it steadily
on the man under the frightful strain,
but not even with an eyelid must the
unfortunate betray his anxiety. AT
last the gun cracks, and the bullet
speeds its way and the victim lies dy-
ing. The slayer hands the weapon to
relative or a friend of the deceased and
is put through the same ordeal.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-19
P. 4. BLISS, Editor 1 Proprietor.
SUBSCRIPTION 500 PER YEAR.

Hoaord Spirit: Pierre is all that
fancy painted ia city full Of
genial, hospitable, broad minded,
royal good fellowr. 1t isn't exact,
~ a "cheap. town, either 10 its
own denizens or to the stranger
within its gates. Board aud room
at the Locke $14 per week, at the
R~iyerview $40 to S12 aud rarely
below So at any private house.
But domestic service costs the
Pierre housewife sc a week and
board with fuel and many other ne,
cessities corresponaingly high.
And when one reflects that the
whole state pulled Pierre's leg ali
summer he cannot be surprised
or blame her-ifl.she learned the
trick herself.