Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1905-09-16
PENINSULA PARAGRAPHS

Governor Lea has appointed Roman
Tammany, Democrat, justice of the peace
and notary public at Lewes.
Edward Salmon, of near Georgetown,
fell from a riding fodder cutter last FRI
day catching his left foot in the machin-
cry and cutting it off at the ankle.
An important meeting of the pastors
OF Wilmington district has been called
by Presiding Elder Rev. A. s. Mowbray,
at Union M. E. Church, Wilmington, for
next Monday, September 18th.
The Kent County Levy Court in session
on Tuesday, after hot fight, granted
franchise to the Smyrna, Kent County &
Delaware Bay Traction Company. At
first the vote was 6 to 3, but later it was
made unanimous.
During quarrel over woman in
Wilmington saloon Monday afternoon,
James Mitchell, colored, shot and fatally
wounded Isaac Anderson, also coored.
The latter died in an ambulance OH the
way to the hospital.
Mrs. Charles Roadway, while preparing
supper OH Thursday evening, left her II
months old baby playing on the porch.
On going to look for him she found him
in pail of water, head first. The little
one was unconscious over half an hour.
Professor James E. Carroll, superinten-
dent of Kent county public schools, has
decided to hold the next session of the
Teachers Institute in Smyrna, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday, November
22d, 23d and 24th. The evening enter
tainments will consist of Hon. Frank
Dickson, lecturer; Gamble Recital Com
pany and Lyric Male Quartet.
The Smyrna Town Council in session
Friday night by an unanimous vote,
granted the Smyrna, Kent County and
Delaware Bay Traction Company, who
propose to run trolley line from Clayton
to Woodland Beach, the right Of way to
construct and operate trolley lime
through the whole length OF Commerce
street. The meeting was characterized
by more than usual interest.
Fodder saving time has arrived and
farmers are searching with fine tooth
comb for reliable and thrifty help. Ma
thaniel Thomas, of Milford, DEL, how
ever, breaks all records for ''help wanted"
advertisements. He says in an advertise
ment in the Milford Chronicle: II will pay
three dollars to men who will pull as
many blades as I will; but if they fail to
pull as many as do, they are then to re-
ceive only $3.50 per day.
Governor Warfeld on Friday last
signed the death warrant OF John NJ Sim
pers convicted at the March term of
Court, on his own confession, of the muir
der of the late Albert Constable on Aug
gust 18th, 1905. The Governor fixed
Friday, October Goth, as the day for Sim
pers' execution which will take place in
the Jail yard at Elkton. Shippers by the
terms of his sentence will be taken to
Elkton on October 18th, and hanging will
follow three days later.
The finance committee of the proposed
Union Hospital of Cecil county has made
an appeal to many Of the citizens OF that
county in the shape of circular letter,
asking for contributions for the institu-
ton. The amount in hand at present
is about $500, only $500 less than the
amount required to be raised before the
State appropriation of $4,000 will be pay
able. 1t is believed that the required
$500 will be forthcoming within the next
few weeks.
American farms will produce bigger
and better crops and return more mil
lions in revenue to the farming interests
this year than before in the history Of the
country. All kinds of crops have pro-
crossed to the stage where this prediction
may be made with scarcely the slightest
chance that the final official. figures will