Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06


Last wear the Wilmington police made
7577 arrests, as compared with 1906 for |
1916.
The Delaware Legislature will con- |
yene at Dover on Tuesday next, jan |
uary 2.
San.pel Brown. colored, was fined
800 for peddling liquor on the streets
of Wilmington.
In fall at The Palmer Home, Dover,
Mrs. Skidmore, formerly of Seaford,
fractured a leg.
Wilmington Council has directed the
Street and Sewer Department to equal
ize trolley service.
It is estimated that the United States
has expended $49, 600, 900 in trying to
capture the Mexican bandit, Villa.
William Irons, co!ored. aged 80, was
found frozen to death in a shack in
which he lived in South Wilmington.
Judge Rice has reappointei Edgar l..
HAYNES and Samuel H. Bayard Will
mington Park Commissioners for five
years.
Twenty prominent Dover residents
have been cited $40 fine for operat-
ing their automobiles without 1917
license
State Treasurer Swain, State Aut itor
Roe and Insurance Commissioner Will
son, assumed their offices at Dover,
Tuesday.
The compulsory attendance law has
resulted in large increase in the num-
Der of pupils attending schools in Cecil
County, Md.
The Newark Post, Of Newark, Del,
announces that after January "a the
subscription price of the paper will be
raised to $l so per year.
Frederick Schaeffer, alleged to have
forged the name Of George Grant to
three checks for $50 each, was held in
$500 bail in Wilmington.
Ralph I. Coursey, aged 25, is at the
Homeopathic Hospital, in Wilmington,
suffering from the effects of poison
tablets taken in mis- axe for headache
tablets.
Frederick Schaeffer, of Wilmington,
was held in 5000 bail ny the General
Sessions Court, Monday, on a charge of
obtaining money by passing three checks
for $40 each.
A horse and buggy belonging to
Steward L. Beck disappeared from one
of the Main streets Of Delaware City and
was discovered next m orning, abandoned
below McDonough
Plans are being formed for New Cas-
tie county baseball league to embrace
EIGHT clubs as follows: Middetown,
Delaware City, Port Penn, Newport,
New Castle, Newark, Odessa and Pen
lyn.
Muskrat hides started at 25 cents this
season and ;re now bringing 80 cents
each. Some Delaware trappers are
catching over 500 week and the marsh
rabbits are taking the place of other
meats in the market.
Mr.. Harold ". Horsey, of Dover, has
been elected captain Of the Delaware
College baseball team for the coming
season Ilorsey graduated from DoveI
High School in 1913, and was active II
high school athletics.
Records were broken last year in tht
matter of corporation charters filed il
Delaware. The total for the year re
ported at the close of business, wa
2,542 Last year the total was 1872;
and in 1914 were 1923. The ten-yea
average is about 800.
James F. McIvor, 25 years connected
with Wilmington newspapers, and l.
years with The Evening Journal; wa
presented with reclining chair by Tn
Journal staff upon his retirement to he
come clerk in the office of the clerk O
Peace John l.. Wright.
In recognition of his services as pas
tor of the church during the past fou
years, the Rev. Vaughn S Collins
O. I Cl,,rot WI
mington, at the services on Sunda
was presented with purse Of $50. Dl
Collins thanked the members of the cor
gregation.
Alexander Johnson, colored, has bee
lodged in Jail at Galena for an atteml
to kill another negro and for killing
horse. Another colored man had take
Johnsons girl out driving. Johnso
seized revolver and followed then
Fiilg at the man he missed him an
killed the horse
Clerk of the Peace, w. E. Wright,
Geyrgetown, has issued maria z
license to John W. Bennett, aged
years, of Broadkiln hundred, and Mr.
Virginia c. Lynch, also of Broadki
hundred, aged 65 years. They are tt
oldest couple that have applied for
cense here this year.
There is talk Of forming stock con
pany to build large ice plant at Sc for
There is need of such a plant t. tai