Middletown transcript., 1916-03-18


pet.
According to new city directory es-
innate the population of Wilmington is
$4,000.
George w. Brown, fisherman of
Lewes, Wednesday caught 125 herring
in his seine.
A meeting was held recently at the
Elkton High school to organize Par
ent Teachers Association.
Lieutenant U. NJ. Diller, U. S. A., is
making the annual Government inspec-
ton of the Delaware militia.
In barn-loft play, Fred, 1O-year-old
son of J. N. Nevins, Of Seaford, ran a
pitch-fork through his left foot.
Comptroller Clark has informed the
Levy Court that outstanding taxes due
New Castle county amount to $13O, O4O.94
Because of the new water plant erect
ed at Milton, a movement is on foot to
increase the present tax levy of $500 a
year.
Many people who had their properties
destroyed by the recent fire at Selhy-
vile, will replace them with brick
buildings.
Union Cemetery Company, Of George
town, has elected W. F. Tunnel, presi-
dent, and George w. Bennum, secretary
and treasurer.
Harrington Lodge I. o. o. F. No. 35
will hold public installation in the Odd
Fellows Hall in April Exact date will
be announced later.
Thomas Davis, chairman of the Stu
dents Loan Fund c ,mmittee of Della
ware College, announces that $1,000 has
been added this week.
Examinations of Sussex county fl
nances by Levy Court committee dis
closed that the county owes SIS, ,301
more than it possesses.
Charged with setting fire to her home
in Denton, Mrs. Caroline Lord has been
held under $4,000 bond for appearance at
the April term of Court.
Four weeks, friends and relatives of
Captain Robert Coulborn, of Laurel,
have been making an effort to find out
if his ship has been reported.
Because the citizens of the town have
not backed him in his progressive wo *,
Mayor R. B. Hopkins, of Milton, refused
to be candidate last Monday.
Twenty thousand dollars additi' a.
good roads bonds for the improver 1t
of Kent county highways have 5e n
authorized by the Levy Court.
G. Richard Lind, of Wilmingt1
graduate of Delware College, has Len
appointed assistant supervisor ii Jhe
Media Division of the PennsyVal
Railroad.
Judge H. C. Conrad, of Georgetown,
Is being urged as a delegate to the
General Methodist Conference, 1T Sara
toga Springs next May, from v lining
ton Conference.
The Newark Sewer Commission and
Town Council are working out the de-
tails for extension of the sewer system
for the benefit of Delaware College, at
cost of $4,000.
DR.. W. o. Sypherd, of Delaware Col
lege, was one of the speakers at the
annual banquet of the Harvard Club of
Delaware, held at Hotel dupont on Sat
urday evening last.
Ground has been broken for the new
Science Building at Delaware College,
to cost $3.50, 900, which will be known as
Wolfe Hall. in memory of DR.. Theodore
Wolfe, for many years a chemist at the
college.
Clifton Lofand, a farmers son shot
an animal which he saw crawling up
the bank of Prune Hook Creek near
Milton, one day last week. 1t proved
to be an otter weighing 25 pounds. Its
fur is said to be worth $1OO.
The annual inspection of the Della
ware College Cadet Corps will be held
on May l. The inspectors are United
States Army officers. The time of in
spection generally marks the highest
point of efficiency in military tatics.
At the meeting of the Delaware Col
lege trustees Tuesday, Dean E. Laur-
ence Smith was elected secretary of
the faculty to succeed Prof. Robinson,
resigned, and his salary for extra duties
as dean and secretary was increased
from 81, 600 to 81, 45O a year.
Several of Harrington's crack shots
met at the Town Hall, last Monday
night, and organized gun club to be
called the Kent Gun Club. Harrington
has the honor of claiming two of Della
wares crack shots as citizens. Messrs.
L. R. Beauchamp and E. Richards.
Deputy Great Sachem, Harry Z.
Elliott, of Lewes. with his staff con-
sisting of A. L. Marvel, the Rev. ] ].
Bunting, John Moore, Albert Chipman
and George Weaver, paid their mid-win-