Middletown transcript., 1916-02-05
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items Of
the Past Week
In THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

Days getting longer.
Old Sol getting stronger.
Grounding Day Wednesday.
Getting acquainted with 1916.
Delaware River fishermen are hopeful
of good season for sturgeon, as there
is prospect of a strong demand for
caviar this season.
The recent protracted warm spell
caTsed fears down the State for the
coming years fruit prospects as tending
to bring on too early budding.
Francis A. Beckley, of Wilmington,
an engineer on the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, has been placed on the company's
retired list after Al years of service.
In a rough and rather uninteresting
basketball game the Wilmington Con-
ference defeated Newark High School
Friday night, by the score of 80 to IL.
Special Agent Frank Stout up to last
week had collected total of $741, ,020. 05
from delinquents in non-support cases
tried in the City Court in Wilmington.
James Doris, a railroad detective,
arrested Mr.. and Mrs John E. Young,
of near Port Penn, on the charge of the
larceny of copper wire at Carlisle Pa.
-Ex.
The automobile rural mail route from
Middletown will be discontinued and
two wagon routes established in its
place. The salary has been raised to
$1,000 each.
John Brown and Esau johnson, ne
groes, arrested by State Defective Nc
Coy for the alleged larceny of hides at
St. Georges, were held for Court by
Magistrate Sutton.
Unclaimed Letters. The following
list of letters remaining unclaimed in
the Post Office, for the week ending Jan.
27: Mrs. Mary C. Benson. Miss Emar
Gleaves, D J. Braody.
James w. Foster, superintendent of
the County Hospital, at Farnhurst, has
turned over to the Levy Court more
than $500 received from the sale of pro-
duets at the county farm.
Mr.. James D. Davis, Jr., of Galena,
Md, was in town Friday last, having a
1916 6-Cylinder Buick on exhibition, and
while here, sold cars to DR. E. M.
Vaughn and J. C. Bragdon.
The Delaware College Athletic Coun-
Gil Tuesday night gave dinner at the
Hotel DUPONT to the 1915 football team,
the men in college who have won their
cd" in any line of sport AMI the 1915
Scrub football team.
At meeting of the Law and Order
Society on last Saturday afternoon, it
was decided to change the name of the
society to "The Better Government
League" No meeting of the League
will be held this week.
Mrs. Margaretta Jones, widow of the
late William Jones, living on Anderson
street, nearly 95 years old, had the
misfortune on Tuesday, to fall in her
yard and fracture one of her ribs. Mrs.
Jones is the oldest resident of our town.
The steamer Clio, which for four
years has made tri-weekly trips be-
tween Odessa and Philadelphia, has
been sold to the Bush freight line, of
Wilmington, and will be used as a
freight steamer between that city and
Philadelphia.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Summit
Bridge M. E. Church, will hold supper
in Carnagy's Hall. on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, February 9th and
10th. Proceeds for the benefit of the
church. Oysters, poultry, ice cream,
cake and homemade candy for sale.
Bishop Kinsman has announced a
preaching mission in Sussex county,
with services February to 9, at George
town; February % to "a, Lewes and
Milton; February 25. Delmar; February
q to March l, Seaford; February 27 to
March 1, Bridgeville; March % to 26,
Milford.
Many thousands of dollars for the re-
lief Of Jews in the war zones of Europe
were collected IN Wilmington, last
Thursday, on the day set aside by
President Wilson and Governor Miller.
Pledges amounted to $3.50, 900. At one
down town Office building, persons who
stood in line gave $4, 5000 and $50, 900
came in checks and money orders
through the mails. The sum collected
by the many who stood on the street
corners with tin contribution boxes has
not been announced.