Middletown transcript., 1912-08-24

check scheme.
Glass jars are being used in a canning
factory at Lnct In this yeat for peaches in
place of tin cans.
Charged with stealing 10 dozen eggs,
Samuel Masklin, Milford negro, was
taken to the Georgetown jail.
James L. Dickson is applying for Ii
cense for the Townsend Hotel, which has
been closed for some years.
While fishing at Lewes, George Schefler
of Georgetown. caught one of the largest
star fish ever seen along the beach.
George WIhlelme and his family, OF
Wilmington, were made i'll of ptomaine
poisoning through drinking injected milk.
Tomato growers claim that the crop has
been injured in Delaware by what is
known, as the "horned tobacco worm"
The Sunday School of the New Castle
NJ. E. Church will hold a big rally day
service OH the afternoon OF September 10.
The BridgeviIle School Board has re-
elected Professor K. NJ. Wiley principal
of the High School for his eighteenth sue
cessive term.
Several tomato canneries in Kent
county have begun work, but the crop
will be a short one unless rain soon comes
to the relief OF the farmers.
The only big cannery in Georgetown
started operations Monday just two
weeks later than usual on account of the
lateness Of the tomato crop.
Three of the seven boys who escaped
from the Ferris Industrial School have
been traced to Philadelphia, the others
having been captured in Wilmington.
Charles Fischer, paroled at a recent ses-
sion of the Kent County Court to John G..
Raughley, but who ran away has been
captured and returned to the Dover Jail.
George F. Duncan, of New Castle is an
nounced as a candidate for the Democra-
tic nomination for representative to the
Legislature. George Albert Pedrick nomi.
nation.
Companies Forty-ftth and one Hun
dred and Twelfth of the Coast Artillery
of Fort DUPONT, went into camp at the
State rife range, south Of New Castle on
Monday.
Fearing the descent of Government Of
ficers motorbc4t owners on the Indian
River are putting proper equipment on
their boats and there has been a sudden
framing of licenses.
While riding to Brandwine Springs
Park on a trolley car Mrs. P. A. Hutche-
son, of Wilmington, experienced much
pain when an insect entered her ear and
which physician had to remove.
No trace has been found of the body
OF Joseph Wagner of Wilmington, who
was drowned Sunday near Salem, N. j.,
when a rowboat was swamped, throwing
him and others into the Delaware River
Rev. DR.. Alban Richey, for 10 years on
the staff of Trinity Church New York
has accepted the rectorship of Immanue
Episcopal church, New Castle and will
begin his work on October /.
After charges and counter-charges o.
political preference, the Levy Court ol
Sussex county has awarded the contrac
to lay all the cement paving around the
county property in Georgetown to al
Italian contractor, whose first bid was re-
fused.
John Brown, coIored of st. Georges, ar
rested by Constable Oakes at Delaware
City, escaped from the lookup Saturday
Zoar Camp the oldest and most popular
camp.meeting in Lower Delaware opened
Sunday with a record d-breakiug atten
dance.
DOVER, DEL, Aug. 2O-During severe
lightning and rain storm Monday after
noon throughout Kent county, lightning
struck a barn on the farm of Louis Geise
berg, near Pennington aud burned It se
the ground together with its contents. A
pair of mules were killed by the light
ming.
Canneries Opened
Several canneries in the county opened
this week and around every packing
house there is hustle aud stir. The season
opened two weeks later than usual owing
to the cool, rainy weather, which kept
back the sweet corn aad also owing to the
late spring which prevented early plant
ing. Several places started the wheel:
going at the packing houses the middle
of the week. The managers went to Bal
timore and gathered hundreds of workers
and the trains and bosts have been laden
with Bohemians who are the most depen'