Middletown transcript., 1908-02-01


Lake street. Possession given March 25th.
Apply to Mrs. ]. g. JoLLs.
Muslin and Cambria Underwear, Lad
les, Children's and Infants Clothes kept
in stock, and made to order.
Mrs. G. w. PETERSON.
WANTED.-For cash. All kinds OF
United States Postage and Revenue
stamps.
Fl. D. HOWELL,
Middletown. Del
g DR.. j. Allen johnson, Dentist,
QTffB Middletown, Del. Phone Is.
: Unclaimed Letters-The following list
of letters remain unclaimed in the post
Office for the week. ending Jan. 23d !:
Miss Birthia Brown, Miss Maggie Roy.
Mr.. Chas. Perkins Dead letter..
Rev. Fletcher Clark, of Philadelphia,
will preach at st. Anne's Church, to-
morrow, Sunday both morning and
evening At the 10 80 morning service
Holy Communion will be celebrated.
Sale on Wall Paper begias next Mon
day. 1900 pieces to sell from 23c. up.
All of last years styles to 60 to make room
for the new paper.
MRS. G. W. PETERSON.
FOR RENT-House and store in
Odessa, recently vacated by F. H. Davis,
opposite the blacksmith shop. Will be
rented either together or separately.
Large stable and garden. Possession
at once. Apply to
DANIEL CoRBrT,
Odessa, Del
FOR SALES White Rock pullets
and cockerels. An exceptionally fine
lot Of thoroughbred chickens, now laying.
Will be sold reasonable.
JOSHUA GRASSLAND,
Middletown, Del.
At an election Thursday night the mem
bers of the Betbesday NJ. E. Church
elected Joseph G. Parker delegate TO the
Annual Conference OF the Church to be
held in Wilmington next month and G.
E. Hukill alternate.
WANTED.-Good man to run an es-
tahlished tea and coffee wagon at Middle-
town and vicinity one with some knowl-
edge of business preferred. Address
GRAND UNIcN TEA Co.,
500 King ST.,
Wilmington, Del.
There seems to be some misunderstand-
ing as to the location Of the property adj
vertised at sheriff's sale in our last lissne.
The property is that of the late B. W.
Hutchison, and is situated in Appoquini-
mink hundred, one mile east OF Town
send, and will positively be sold on
Thursday next, February 9th.
Rev. Percy L. Donaghay, of Charle-
rol, Pa, having received q call as Rec
tor of St. Ann5s Church, this town,
some days since, has accepted, and is ex-
pected to enter upon his new field Of
labor on the second Sunday in March.
The new Rector comes highly recon-
mended.
At the annual meeting OF the Volunteer
Hose Co., held Friday evening, January
Oath, the following officers were elected:
President, J. F. McWhorter; 1st Vice
President, William 3. Hates; I'd Vice
President, Joseph G. Jolls; Secretary, J.
A. Suydam; Treasurer, DR.. J. G. Sites;
Trustees, John s. Crouch, Edward s..
Jones, s. s. Holton; Chief, ]. A. suydam;
First Assistant, William B. Hates; Sec
ond Assistant, H. Fl. Hilyard.
The TRANSCRIPT. has received copy of
the Baltimore Sun Almanac. the Maryland
Blue Book, for 1908. The new volume
is compendium of useful and interesting
information, valuable statistics and brief
and concise array Of facts and figures
about Maryland which cannot be found
In any other publication. It is valu-
able book for the busy man and is as
necessary for family reference as the
Sun paper has been for years.
with 5000 bushels OF oysters afloat
and unsold in Cambridge harbor and all
the packing houses filed to their utmost
capacity with shell stock, and very light
demand for shucked oysters, the market
there is in the worst condition IL has
been in for number Of years. In order
TO move the great supply now on hand.
packers are sending out quotations as low
ss rs cents per gallon for standards II
there is not an improvement over the
present demand, some OF the packers de-
Care the stock Of shell oysters now in
market is sufficient to meet the demand
until March 1st. Shell stock sold ut
from 80 to 40 cents bushei last week,
but at present there is no demand at
these figures. ."-Ex
A Farmers' Institute will be held in
Middletown on Wednesday, February
18th. The local arrangements will be iu
charge Of Mr.. Alex. Corbit Of Odessa.
Aside from Prof. McCue and Prot. Gran
thamofthe Delaware Experiment Station,
Mr.. Homer w. Jackson, poultry expert
from Cambridge, Ohio, has been engaged
to discuss poultry topic. An effort is being
made TO engage Miss Mary Farrell Of
Wayne, Pa, who will talk on subjects
pertaining to rural homes, and other topics
pi interest TO farmers wives and daugh.