Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
The local Maseps

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planned hearty welcome for Mr., Sipe
and extended invitations to other lodges
of the vicinity to attend.
Farmers in a western section Of
Maryland have found a way to beat
the local option laws. Thousands Of
gallons of cider were made Z in that
section last fall, and the farmers have
discovered that by running it through a
cream separator the water is extracted,
leaving little but the pure alcohol re-
manning.
The total amount subscribed to date
to the Caesar Rodney Statue Fund is
So, S73, which the committee considers
reassuring, inasmuch as no personal
solicitations have yet been made. 1t
has been-the purpose of the committee
to let what they call 'the popular de-
SIRE to contribute express itself before
an active personal canvass of the state
was begun.
Drake Arkool, formerly of Paoli, Pa.
has been selected by the trustees of the
Workh3use to manage the Workhouse
farm, and his annual salary will be
1900 This is new position created
by the trustees and was considered
in view of the fact that they have 460
acres of land under the management of
the prison.
People around fredericksburg, Md,
especiallyin lower Caroline county, are
greatly alarmed over a mad dog which
was finally killed Tuesday. 1t bit
Tilghman Collins, of fredericksburg, Md,
attacked several hogs of Harry Merri-
ken and Samuel Callahan, of Federals-
burg, and also got among Callahan's
chickens, ducks and turkeys, killing
several fowls.
Lying out in the cold for forty-eight
hours, Joseph Drecco was rescued by
wood choppers who heard his means
and found him suffering from broken
leg. The man had dragged himself
iearly mile through the icy waters of
n Cyprus Swamp. Drecco is one of
band OF colonists who have bought con-
siderable land around Whitesville, in
sussex county.
A large audience greeted Bishop
Kinsman at Christ P. E. Church, Dover,
unday, on the occasion of his visit to
the church for confirmation. The
bishop also visited 81. Paul's Chape',
Camden, Sunday afternoon, Lut there
we're no combinations. The bishop will
make Dover his residence during the
coming week and will officiate at Christ
Church next Sunday.
While Mrs. John Reed, of Seaford,
was preparing dinner Monday, the
water-back on the boiler of her range
exploded with a savage report, Mrs. !
Reed was injured painfully and the
kitchen was wrecked. The range and |
the cooking utensils on it were blown |
to pieces and thrown around the roo y.
A portion of the boiler was thrown sew
eral feet and was hurled past the |
woman's head.
Excitement prevailed in pool parlor
at Bridgeville, Wednesday night, when
DR. Frank R. Palmer, it is alleged, at
empted to shoot Grover Dickerson,
VINO had chided the doctors chauffeur
or running his automobile without a
icense. Frank Dimes obtained the re-
Oliver after Dickerson had knocked the
physician down, and in the scuffle that
Harry w. Brown was shot
through one hand.
S',ator Williams last Thursday in
1roduced the Statewide anti-racing bill,
which, if passed, will wipe out betting
On racing in Maryland. 1t will be bit
5erly opposed by the friends of racing.
President Campbell has been given a
which proposes placing racing
on high plane in Maryland and also
proposes the imposition of a heavy
license, which will net the State Q
revenue of $1OO, 900 or more a year.
The schooner Abbie H. Gheen,
Delaware boat was blown ashore and
wrecked sunday night, on Hog Island,
Va. The crew of seven men were
rescued by the life-savers Sunday, in the
midst of a driving gale and with the
at zero, after they had
citing to the rigging for hours. The
vessel was bound from Norfolk to New
FORK with a cargo of lumber. The
Gheen was built at Frederick, in 1880.
With all the wheels of the motor
truck in which they were riding stuck
fast in muddy Sussex county road and
with water running all around them
from heavy downpour Of rain, party
Of Greenwood young people who had
been to Milford to see a basketball
game were com elled to stay on the,
truck until daylight, and the chauffeur
could see well enough to get farmers to
help get the big machine out of the
mire.
The committee appointed to settle
the differences between the du Pont
Road. Incorporated, and the owner of
the Peach farm, few miles south of
Lincoln, met I'd closed his work last
Friday. The arrangement proposed by
the committee was acceptable to both
parties of the controversy, and the
deeds were passed for the property,
The boulevard, 'in passing through
the farm took 164 ocres Of land, some