Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-02-13
nIlItara TOM.

Correspondence OF the Commercially
Fresh fab are rather scarce.
The coal trade ia on the increase.
Plenty Of grain coming into market.
Milford has nine secret organizations.
Oysters plenty, at 90 cents per bushel.
Land buyers have stopped visiting Milford.
The dancing mania RACES fnriously In town.
The aristocracy of Milford IL on the decline
Surprise parties are much in favor this winter.
Venus Is now visible at midday, on Front st.
Staving-The new style Of gentlemen's crAvats.
There is not much travelling by the cars to
Milford.
Milford has no apparatus now for e1tinguish-
ing fires.
Chat is chat, but it takes grsenbacks to buy
fire engine.
The Giee Club of Milford are talking of re-
organizing.
Milford is going to have fac billiard saloon
in the Spring. .
There are no improvements to mention the
present week.
Our Juveniles are INDUCING in the wicked sport
OF cock fighting.
Croquet and base ball players have commenced
their famous pastime sports.
There il a large quantity Of pine wood on our
wharves awaiting transportation.
Our oystermen are OF peace and quiet reigns
along the Mispillion.
We never hear anything in relation to the La
dies Aid Society Of this place.
Several scholars from the Seminary school will
go north to college in the spring.
Glendale. our neighboring village, has grown
wonderfully in the past two years.
The ladies OF South Milford have organized .
sewing circle for the benefit Of the poor
The champion shooting belt Of Milford still
remains in the possession Of Russell Holmes.
The Free-B Born Sons OF Levi and the Daugh-
tiers Of solomon are in fiourishiug condition.
II Milford had decent town hall, our citizens
might often have opportunities of enjoying first
class entertainments.
Spelling matches are all the rage at country
school houses and are numerously attended by
young gents from Milford.
Miss Sallie z. Fisher has a splendid and well
regulated school at New Castle, and is highly
spoken Of as a lady teacher.
What we need in Milford is . town market,
where on certain days butchers and others can
display what they have TO sell.
Girls of the period on our streets now wear
their shAwls with one end thrown over the left
shoulder and go it with dash.
Our bailih should turn his attention TO the
street walkers OF the female persuasion. who in
fest our streets at late hours OF the evening.
1t is contemplated to have Christ Church, of
this place. completed the coming spring. The
dome it is said will far excel that Of the new
NJ. E. Church.
Milford seems bent on keeping up it's bad
name for rowdyism Every Saturday night
indeed, eyery night-Young America reyels in
his icentousness.
The commission men Of Philadelphia and New
York are already sending out their 'feelers"
amongst our frut men, inqulrlng about the pros
pect for peaches, &c.
The Mission Band connected with the
Presbyterian church OF Milford gave an enter
tainment, on Saturday night last, in the gymna-
stun room of the seminary.
J. Lowery h b Y. Collins, fur merchants, of
this town. sold on Monday last. to Hitchcock,
Dermody ( TO- Of New York, ffty-nine alous-
and hre hundred rabbit skins.
One Of the greateat REVEALS ever known in
this neighborhood, is now in progress at the
Milford Neck NJ Il. Church. under the manage
ment Of Joshua Bennett, Esq.
The Mispillion Lighthouse will soon be re-
established A letter from Capt, G. Caster
Smith. Lighthouse engineer, to 4 gentleman
in Milford, states that he is now having the
building framed, and that he expects to get on
the site carly i'll tho Spring as the weather
will permit. L. D. W.