Middletown transcript., 1910-04-02

| Sunday, afternoon. Service begins at
2.S0 O'Clock. Ali cordially invited.
LosT.-On Saturday evening, March
26th, on the road leading from John B.
Bsndler's gate to Middletown, black
handbag. Finder will confer favor by
returning same to THIS OFFICE.
Railroad detective Armstrong has cap
tured an unusually large number OF bobos
during the past week. Thursday evening
be succeeded in landing four, who were
given hearings before Squire Cox Friday
morning, and sent to the workhouse for
20 days each.
The new concrete fence in front of
Bethesda NJ. E. Churchysrds has been
completed, and like all of the many inn
provements made by the Methodists to
their place Of worship during the past few
months, is decided improvement over
the old iron fence which it replaces.
Unclaimed Letters-The following list
OF letters remain unclaimed 10 the post
Office for the week ending March 24th
Miss Emma Blake, Mrs. Etha Caulk, Mr..
Roy Danish, Mr.. Norman McDool, Mr..
Enix Truit, Mr.. Alonza Williams,
The ladies Of the New Century Club
will hold Bake and Rummsge Sale to-
day Saturday in Miss Roberts store
room, adjoining Mr.. Walter Monro's store.
They will have lots of good things for
sale and will be glad Of your patronage.
Don't forget them.
Work on the new lime stone road leading
from st. Anne's Church 20 Ginn's Corner
will be resumed on Monday, and effort
will be made to complete the contract at
the earliest possible date. Mr.. D. P.
Hutchison, Of Townsend, has been sp.
pointed supervisor Of the work, and will
enter upon bis new duties on Monday.
At meeting of the vestrymen OF st.
Annss P. e. Church on Monday after
noon, the following wardens and vestry.
men we're elected Senior Warden, n.
N. Willis; Junior Warden, Jefferson B.
Foard; VestFymen, W. D. Bradford, JOS
eph Biggs, George v. Peverley, J. G.
Bragdon, Frederick Brady, William G.
Lockwood and Joseph Hanson.
Mrs. Charles Il. JoIls of Wyoming,
Federation Chairman of Civics and Fores-
try, was the guest of the New Century Club
on Tuesday afternoon, and gave an inter-
esting talk on her line Of work. The
afternoon was in charge of Mrs. II. B.
Mcdowell, who is chairman of Civics and
Forestry, for the Club. Next Tuesday
will be Tennyson afternoon, Mrs. J. G.
Sites, chairman.
BRAN
FsUCRENE HORSE & MULE FEED,
BILES READY DAIRY RATION,
BILES FOUREX (XXXX) GRAINS,
DEWEY BROS. CORN THREE D.
GRAINS,
BUFFALO GLUTEN FEED.
We would be pleased to receive your
orders. MIDDLETowN FARMS, Inc.
Superintendente spaid and Carroll have
concluded to unite and hold joint insti.
tuts Of the New Castle and Kent County
schooI teachers in Dover, November 2lst,
22d and 23d. Arrangements have been
made for the evening entertainments.
which will, undoubtedly, be the best ever
seen in Dover, including DR.. Cathell, lee
tursr, College Singing Girls, and the
Katherine RidgeWay Company.
The sale Of furniture by Mrs. II. 8. NJ.
Lockwood at her home near town on
Thursday was fairly we'll attended and
the different articles brought good prices.
Some OF the more antique articles sold
exceedingly well. Several buyers from
Wilmington we're present and were de-
termined to have some of the best pieces,
and ran the prices up. Auctioneer Hutch.
ison may well be called the ''silver.tongued
orator." from the way be called this sale.
The entertainment given by the "LittIe
Light Bearers" in the lecture room of
Bethesda NJ. E. Church was well rendered
and much. enjoyed by those present. The
opening Of the Mite boxes was feature,
the sum of $40 being secured. The pro.
gram consisted of singing, recitations,
readings, flag exercises by nearly dozen
little children, and an address by Rev.
William H. Hutchin.
Detective Armstrong spent the greater
part Of Monday rounding up q trio of
young "hobos" who arrived in town at
an early hourI on the above day. He
finally succeeded in capturing them about
seven o'clock. They we're given hearing
before Squire Cox Tuesday morning who
committed them to the work house for
40 days. They gave the names Of Harry
Carpenter, John Thomas and John Walls,
and claimed Wilmington as their place Of
abode.
On Wednesday it was decided by the
State Board Of Agriculture to offer 500
to the Delaware Corn Show and 500 in
cash for the biggest yield-$6O for the
acre yielding the most corn; $50 for Sec
ond; SO for third. The contestants for
this cash are to register with the State
Board of Agriculture and must tell how
they did it. They must show how il was
cultivated, fertilized, planted and selected.
They must do this in writing before the
Corn Show. which will be held in Dover
on December 9Th, 7th and 9th Of this
year.
Star gazers who have looked with sus.
picion upon the sun and moon and no.
ticed with alarm that for the past few
days they have been diecoloFsd with red
need no longer study on the calendar
about when the world is coming to an
end. The trouble is just plain dust. At
the Washington Weather Bureau Wednes.
day an anxious questioner was assured
that the red is caused by the recent dry
spell. The dust particles, it was said, get
into the atmosphere and together with
the dense smoke manage to blear the sun
and moon.
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