Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1905-08-26
PENINSULA PARAGRAPHS

PENINSULA PARAGRAPHS
John and Harry Cole Of Bombay Hook,
killed 800 pound shark on the meadow
last week. The shark came through the
break at high tide and was unable to get
out.
Mr. W. G. McNatt, Of Sassafras, Nd.
sued the Kent County Commissioners for
the death Of his horse before Justice
Calder. He claimed that the horse was
hurt by breaking through bridge near
Colts. The Justice gave him $50 dam
ages.
Bishop Coleman is opposed to Episco-
pal clergymen marrying runaway couples.
He has served no formal notice upon
them in this diocese bnt saws he has re-
quested hs cergymen from time to time
to be careful in marrying strangers. He
expressed his intention of not marrying
runaway couples.
Alta meeting Of the Board of Directors
Of the Clayton Public Schools Monday
evening, Mr.. J. Frank McBee OF Oakland,
Md, who has been principal of the Oak
land Public Schools, was elected princi-
pal Of the Clayton High School to succeed
Prof. H. H. Murphy who resigned to be-
come the head OF the Denton, Nd.
Schools.
Large quantities of watermelons are
being shipped from Wicomico County at
this time. During the past 10 days
about 200 car loads have gone north from
stations on the r. G. & A. Ry. and num-
Der Of vessels have taken cargoes to Balti-
more and Washington. Prices are high,
ranging upon $500 per car load. The
growers are reaping harvest.
Peaches Of specially fine varities and
pickings are bringing as high as So. so per
carrier in New York and Boston. Can
taloupes are being shipped North in i'm
mense quantities, and New York is pay
ing SLIP per crate Boston 81 so. OF one
loaded train of fifty -four cars, forty-two
contained middle session potatoes and
ten contained cantaloupes. About three
carloads of cantaloupes are shipped each
day from Clayton.
Sealed proposals are being received BY
Lighthouse Inspector Comely, of the
Fourth District, Philadelphia, for the
erection Of the permanent lighthouse, at
Taylors Bridge. Bids will be opened
September 9, and works will begin at
once on the new structure, which is
known as the rear Reedy Island Range
Light Station. The contract was let last
month for the front station to a Milford,
Del, contractor for $4,000.
Mrs. Charles NJ. Henderson, wife OF the
second president of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railway Company, passed
through this town Wednesday morning
on a speciel train on the way to the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania Hospital to have
an operation performed. Mrs. Henderson
was at the summer home Of her husband
at Easton, Nd, when she was taken i'll
and al operation was deemed necessary.
The train consisted of the car Schuvkill.
the private car Of Mr.. Henderson, and |
day coach
Mrs. Susan Bratton, widow Of Daniel |
Bratton, Of Ekton, Md, died on Monday |
night at her home there in her seventy
fourth year. Mrs. Bratton was membt |
Of the Reesesfamiy OF Cecil County. Her |
husband, Daniel Bratton, was one OF the |
largest land owners in that section She |
left the following children; Dr. Howard |
William D. Bratton, proprietor
Of the Cecil County Netcs; Eliza Gonce, the |
wife Of John F. Gonce; Ellen Booth, the
wife of William Booth and Mary and |
Susan Bratton, all OF Elkton.
A level-headed exchange says: LEARN
this one thing learn it early in life and |
earn it well, that the man who does not |
believe as you do is not always fool.
The fact that you hold views not to ac-
,ord with your neighbor is not proof /
positive that you are right and he is
wrong. now is it any evidence that your
leighbor is insincere. II this were not
rue, then all smart men would belong
q one party and all good men to one
church. And if all belonged to one party
md one church they would break up
both party and church."