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Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

The tax payers in the district be-
twern Milford and "Potter Estate, y
on the Frederica road, would be glad
to have the Levy Couit appoint u road
0Uerseer for their section. The Tub
Mill Causeway has long since been
a nuisance, aud, if the man that
was appointed, hut who never has act
Ell in the matter, does not do some
thing soon, they propose to ask the
Levy Courtmen, Mr. J w. Kirby, to
ask the gentleman to resign. The read
is a disgrace to Delaware, and the
manner in which it is kept speaks vol
Hnlts for the low standard of education
and progress.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

Mr.. E. C. McCoLLEY is preparing
to sprinkle the streets of Milford on
condition that he receives sufficient
encouragement from the citizens. We
trust no one will refuse to subscribe
tile necessary contribution. The dust
is making life miserable in our village.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

WHY is it the John H. APPEL B. B.
nine Oithis town cannot get any games
with other clubs of the State. They
have challened several, but none have
been accepted. Send on your chal-
lenges. NJ. II. Prettyman, Sec.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

Mr. J. LowERY has commenced to
deliver ice. He furnishes at the same
rates as published on the fourth page
of this paper. Orders should be left at
Mr.. VIM. B. LOwery's Grocery store,
to insure prompt delivery.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

INTERESTING addresses at Camden
on Decoration day will find full space
In our next.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

THE DEL. MD. & VA. RAILROAD
The following officers were chosen at
Georgetown last Thursday: Directors,
N. L. McCready, Thomas Baumgar,I-
ner, John Bodine, w. H. Stanford.
Geo. w. Bishop, Geo. NJ. Covington.
Geo. w. Pnrnell, +. X. Wilson, John
7. Long, Edward w. Houston, John
w. Causey and Ebe w. Tunnel
These Directors chose the following ::
n. L. McCreRdy, President; w. II.
Stanford, Vice President; OH. HOus-
ton, Treasurer; Thomas Groom, Su-
perlntendent A. Brown General
Traffic Manager; II S. Marshall, Aud
itor; w. H. Stanford, Secretary
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

LIGHTNING BUGS Persons sitting
quietly in various places of amusement
Ia London have lately been astOnished
atseeing ayOung gentleman sitting near
them suddenly Illuminated in a mys-
teriOus manner. A moments inspec-
ton has revealed in his buttonhole a
tiny ineandescent lamp which is sup
piled with electricity by an accumu-
latOr carried in his breast pocket.
THIS unique application of electricity
to the freaks of fashion suggests a new
field for the ambition Of"dudes."
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

THE turtling season opened on June
1st. Mr.. VIM. B. LOwery shipped I'll
pounds of snappers on Tuesday last.
He is probably the largest dealer in
lower Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

PIcNICs. Frederica young peO-
pie will picnic at Stevenson's woods
tomorrow. Another will be held in
Shawnee woods"
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

THE "June falp' has come to peaches
and the ground is receiving a liberal
quantity Of small imperfect fruit, but
reports from all sections to this date
are that there is enough promising
fruit of most varieties still on the trees.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

A magnificent lot of newly import
ed Lyons Black Grenadines, war
ranted all silk. The designs are
rich and beautiful. Two qualities,
$1.25 and $3.50, which is said to be
less than half of the cost of impOrta-
ton, Before the goods reached the
counters twenty dresses were sold by
the sample piece that customers saw
in passing. We have some other
Black Goods at half price.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

Some lots of Buttons and Dress
Trimmings at nominal prices as long
as they last. New impOrtatiOns Of
Paris Buttons open.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

The new Waukenphast Shoe is
about the best thing yet that has
been done for men, if comfort for the
feet is considered. Only frst-class
wOrkmen can make them, and as yet,
we have not been able to make suf-
fcient quantities to get the price
lower than, 81; but this is a dollar
less than, We are told, is asked else
where.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

ARNOLD received this week large
number ofgreen and blue suits. They
are specially adapted for the hot wealth.
er, and it don't cost much to keep cool,
by having one Of them. He received
at the same time another large invoice
of summer under-clothing and boys
suits, with knee pants.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

THE Peninsular Fruit Evaporators
Association didn't convene in Dover
on Tuesday, which was the date of its
annual meetiag. None of the officers,
and only five members were found
wandering the streets of Dover in
search of the convention. The eOnsti-
tuition makes nine members quorum.
1t also states, Art. 1. Sec. Ist "The
officers of this Association shall be A
President, Vice President, Secretary
and Treasurer who must he members
in good standingand who shall be elect
ed annually, by ballot at the first reg
ular meeting in June, and shall hold
their offices until their successors are
chosen" Milford was represented by
five persons, of whom only two are at
present members of the association.
The officers of last year will. in the
opinion of some, need to hold over un-
I'll next year, seeing that no election |
was had on the first Tuesday in June. |
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. Our mar
ket is well stocked with fruits and veg
etables. Strawberries have sold at five
cents per quart all this week. Cher
ries are now selling for seven cents
per qua t. Raspberries are worth ten
and twelve, and gOoseberries are COB
bled up at almost any figure asked.
Apricots will bein market about the
last of next week.
Early peas are selling for ten cents
per quart. Onions at five cents Der
bunch. Radishes go slow at five cents
per bunch. Cabbage is high for this
market, the price being ten cents per
head. New potatoes have not been on
sale yet, but old stock is high; the
price standing at 81 per bushel.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

DELAWARE, MARYLAND s. VIRGIN
IA RAILROAD.-Beg Beginning Wednes-
day, June 18th, 1883. Passenger trains
leave RehOhOth at ITO q. IN. and 2. 10
p. m, arriving at Harrington $50 a.
m. aud 4.20 p. m, connecting with
trains of Pennsylvania Railroad due
at Philadelphia LA p m, Baltimore
2.2O p. M, Wilmington 1905 y. m.
Trains leave Harrington for RehOboth
at ll.55 a m aud 50 D. M Trains
lraving Philadelphia at $50 a. m. and
800 p. m, BaitImorr 30 a. m. and
y 10 p. NJ, Wilmington 9.lO a. m. and
400 p. m, connect at Harrington with
trains due at RehOboth at 2.30 and Z As
p. IN.
Passengers coming on train leaving
Philadelphia l1.50 a. M, Baltimore 8
3Oa M, Wilmington l. O5 p. m, are
due at Harrington at 3.3l p. m. But |
cannot reach RehobOth earlier than |
by leaving Philadelphia 8 90 p. m,
Baltimore 1910 p. m. Wilmington 4. 90 |
?. m. A. BROWN
Traffic Manager.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

THE town commissioners have been
widening North street, in North Mil
ford, from Front TO Third street.
Many shade trees were sacrificed, bnt
they could not be spared, as the inn
Provenent was a necessity. Now let
them go up to the Oaks and repair
that street; then visit the mill dam
along the railroad, and finally railroad
avenue and make the much needed re-
pairs, and the CHRONICLE will an
nOunce their good deeds to the citizens.
After sll, tie appreciation of our fell
low beings. and a satisfied feeling Of
having done our part well, is all that
this will amount TO, so let the work
OF improvement and pr0gIess 60 on.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

ABOUT midnight on Monday the
family of Mr.Samuel Hammond, living
about II miles southwest of Milford
were aroused by one or more burglars
who found entrance to the house
through the kitchen window. One
of the daughters noticed an unusual
smell that proceeded from the chl0ro-
form used by the marauder and then
heard a stealthy step in the hall she
called to her father that some one was
in the house and Immediately, the
thief hastened down stairs and out of
the house. The girl ran to her cham
Der window and saw him pass around
the house whittier be was followed by
Mr.. Hammond and the sons to a point
beyond the barn, where be escaped
into the woods. Nothing has yet been
missed that lie could have taken. of
his form, gait and other evidences
enough is known to make it possible |
hat this neighbOrho0d will become |
warm for him ere many weeks.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

Children's and Misses Trimmed
Hats, ready to put on, for $3.50,
S1.75 and 50, and upwards. These
come from our own work rooms.
Ladies ROugh-and- Ready Bon
nets and Hats, all colors and black,
for 25c.
l78 dozen sprays of fine flowers
at 25c. a spray, for millinery and
corsage. These are about half price.
There is new counter for 8 and
12c. Satin and GrOs Grain Rib
bOns, Of which we have all colors.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

-Four styles Gentlemen's Suspend
ers, made in our work rooms
at Oak Hall, Is, 25, 40 and
SOC,
Balbriggen Underware, SIZE; used
to be SOC. Good Night Shirt
75c.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

Mr.. SAMUEs J. HITCHINs, who
some weeks ago sold his farm near
Houston, and emigrated to Missouri
has returned to Delaware. He struck
Missouri about the time the recent cy-
clone did and Mr.. H, concluded that
the climate would not agree with him
and like q sensible man ordered his
goods, which he had previously sent,
re-shipped to Delaware, came back
here by first train, and has bought
through J. d. Hendricks, the VIM. Ii.
Lands farm Of ia acres, one mile
north Of Staytonsvile, and removed
his family thereon,
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

2O-inch Black Satin parasol,
lined in various cOlors, ten gilt ribs,
handsome natural stick, Spanish
lace trimmed. Price, $S.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

15-yard lengths Of Summer Silks,
S5 to Csc.
Glace Changeable Silks, Csc.
New India Silks, black grounds,
small white figures, very handsome,
at $1.50.
A fair Black Silk is going now
for 75c., and quite a good ore for a
Dollar.
IfyOu will pay $3.50. We have q
quality Of the Bellon make tat We
recommend, and will ask you to rec
Ommend after wearing it.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

The Madras, Nottingham, An
tique, and Tamboured Curtains are
in usual abundance.
Furniture Coverings begin at
1870. a yard, and some of our Gre
tonne are the cheapest we ever had.
Handsome Antique Curtains,
$3.50 per pair.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-08

Ladies' English SOlid-color Brilliant
Lisle Hose, SOC.
Ladies COlOred Hose, 128c.; hith-
ertO 25c.
Ladies Long Balbriggan, French
foot, 20c., hitherto Bic.
Ladies Fancy Hose, a fifty cent
quality for 25c.
Mems full regular made, (German)
BrOwn-mixed, 12Ic.
Mems English Striped, full regular
made, 18e.
Chiidren's full regular made, at Is,
20, 80, S5c., worth double.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-29

half Of the door revealed the 500, 600
animal to view Maud came forward
with coquettish manner and rested her
head on the actress shoulder, the arms
of our young Belgian cousin clasping the
neck of the 2.10 IA mare in loving en-
brace, Mr.. Bair looked with evident
pride on the affiliation between the
actress who has captivated the hearts Of
the American people and the horse
which has trotted the fastest mile ever
recorded and is booked to do it in EOS
or better within few weeks.
Maud S. playfully nibbled at the clus-
ter of Marechai Mel roses at the corsage
of the visitor, and Rhea in the ecstasy of
the moment showed her disregard for
all rules governing valuable horse flesh
by freeing the bouquet from its fastening
and holding it out for the horse to eat.
The buds, leaves branches and all disap-
peared in the twinkling of an eye, and
but for the alacrity of Bair the florists
wires would have been swallowed with
the blossoms. The mare was then led
from the stall and deyored few minutes
to capering around her admirers, and as
she was taken back to the stable Mile.
Rhea said: ".Oh, how beautiful. Iwish
she were mine.n
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-29
AFAlTHFUL SWEETHEART.
How Miss Birdie McNIurty Met Koderigo at
the Trysting Place.

How Miss Birdie McMurty Met Koderigo at
the Trysting Place.
From the Chicago Times.
The heather bloomed gaily along the read
side; the hum of insects and the voices Of
birds filed the summer air. By the brook
that nppled merrily down the mountain
side stood o young man, tapping impa-
iently with his cane tiny foot that peeped
out from beneath his checkered pants.
Brushed carelessly away from his white
forehead were two sunnily-golden locks,
and number five hat was perched jauntily
on the back Of his head.
will she never Gomez" he mutterei, in
low, earnest ton.s; "never come to hear the
sweet words of love that are waiting OIL my
lips for herr"
A fish rose to the surface of the brook.
looked at the young man and went away
tired.
Il will seek her," he said; but as he
turned to 60 pair of cleaning arms we're
thrown around his neck and two rosy lips
were puckered up for a kiss.
So you have come at last?" he said.
looking at her fondly
Yes, replied the girl. Birdie McMur-
try never breaks promise. told mamma
that she would have to hang out the clothes
herself to- day, although it nearly broke my
heart to leave her at such time"
Good heavens" said Roderigo to him
self, Il had forgotten that it was Monday. 7"
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-29
ALaWyer 0f Great Note.

Just before the supreme court ad-
journed Chief Justice Waite said of an
argument made in the case Of the states
of New York and New Ham oshire
against the state of Louisiana: This is
the finest legal argument ever heard"
And Associate Justice Miller, who took
his seat on the supreme bench in 1862,
and therefore antedates all the others,
said concur in that opinion" The
A. Campbell,o of New Orleans. He was
member of the supreme court of the
United States when the most famous of
its present members were unknown,
He held his place until the war broke
out, and then he left the union and the
bench with his state. He is
very old man; his
form is thin and bent, his skin is in the
parchment state and his hair is as white
as the driven snow; but a great mind
looks out through his keen bright eye
and a great soul controls bis fragile body.
He is a lawyer to the core; in some re-
spects one Of the wlsest, broadest, deep
est and most learned in the United States.
He has neither the presence, voice nor
tongue of the orator, but when ho speaks
III MS tDln, QellDeraCe, measured zones,
never wasting word, the Sudreme
Court of the United States listens as it
listens. to almost no other man. Mr..
Campbell is obsorbed in his work. He
has no eyes or ears for anything or any
body not Immediately concerned in the
case in hand. He lives very quietly in
New Orleans, surrounded by one of the
finest law libraries in all langua-
ges in the world. He is a profound civic
LAWYER, with Justinian at his tongues
end, and al the same time a common
lawyer, competent to battle with the
best of that class. His memory is as
wonder full as George Bancroft's. He
apparently remembers every scrap of
g h say or heard and ne has
that he can bring them forth at will.
This is what makes his dry monotomous
arguments SO well worthy of the praise
great lawyers give them. Fiowery tropes
and .magnlloquent metaphors would be
out of place with such learning. Once
retained in a case he becomes a recluse.
When he emerges from his books he
has absorbed that case with all it's bear
ings, either of his own side or the other.
Washington Correspondence Philadel-
phia Record.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-29
Two Swell Turnouts.
New York Letter in the Cincinnati Enqui,

Ne" YORK Letter IN the CiHclnnad enquirer.
1t is now fashionable for . New York
women to drive on the bridge. They
drive well, too, Here are couple of
dne girls, rosy.cheeked, full-muscled,
gracefully seated in basket-wagon, one
of them driving and both Of them en-.
joying the rapid motion and looking un-
conscious of their charming tasteful ard
well.chosen toilets. Their bonnets, Fan
chons, are of black,,straw, bedecked with
floating punches of narrcw ribbons be-
hind the left ear matches the trimmings.
They wear jackets, black and dark
brown, and these are braided. The braid
is gold alternating with black. The
linen collar around the neck is band.
The ribbon encircling it is narrow,
bright tinted and tied on one side. The
robe over the lap protecting the skirts
of the dresses is in stripes of gay color.
There is no stiff or studied air about
these girls. Their hair is blown up
from their foreheads and they handle
the reins and guiue their pony with an
unconscious, unstudied grace. for it is
perfectly easy, They sit we'll in their
wagon.
One fits by in q low phseton lined
Will udfh Diue Ciotu. IeE c1acnlllau
and footman on the box wear dark blue
coats, White knee-Dreeches and yellow
top boots. The carriage robe that covers
her black silk skirt is of dark blue cloth
stitched around the edges with lines of
yellow silk. A little yellow skye-terrier,
with red collar and gold bell, sits on
the seat beside the lady. Its carriage
coat is blue braided on the edge with
gold. The yellow shade Of the un-
dressed-kid gloves worn by the little
dogs mistress matches precisely the
color of her pets silky hair. The horses
are brown bays with black banged tails.
The harness is black leather, stitched
with yaIlnw and hrasa mounted
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-29

source of much amusement to him.
cone day last summer" said he. II WAS
doing some work near my house at
Fruitvale when an Irishman came along
the street, and, seeing me there, jam
med his face against the pickets of the
fence, and called out cautiously: "Soy,
Pat, can't yees ship into the kitchen
wiGort missus seein' Nv yees and git me
bit Of bread?' The poor fellow looked
hungry and honest, and went in and
got him some of the best the cook could
give me. When brought it out he was
the most grateful man you ever saw, and
congratulated me on my shrewdness in
making such good haul without being
caught ard losing my place.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-29
A Hard Working millionaire.
=.


Orrin Gowell, large owner in the
Manzanita hydraulic mine at this city, is
worth in the neighborhood of 81 900, 900.
He owns considerable valuable property
at San Jose and has palatisl home at
Fruitvale. He spends several months of
each year in Nevada City, and is one of
the most industrious men on the coast
He dresses as commonly as does the
humblest laborer in his employ, and no
man around the mine gets to his work so
early in the morning or stays so late at
night as he. He doesn't stand around
with his hands in his pockets like some
superintendents and foremen that we
know of, but with pick and shovel puts
in as many "licks'' in q day as though
his situation depended upon the indus
try he displayed. A few evenings since
friend was rallying him good-naturedly
on his lack Of "style," when he laughed
heartily, and said that it was sometimes
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-29
Did Sumner Have a Present.
ment of His Death?

Mr.. Hayden, late chief engineer ofthe
senate, tells curious story Of the last
days of Charles Sumner, which has
probably never appeared in print. Mr..
Hayden, as chief engineer of the senate
had scat in the senate chamber direct
ly at the right of the vice president.
From the place where he sat he had the
seat which was occupied by Charles
Sumner in full view. Mr. Hayden oc-
cupied his seat in the senate continu.
ously for the last two hours of the last
day which Mr.. Sumner spent in the
chamber, and be tells this interesting
story:
"I shall never forget saws Mr.. Hay
den, "the last time that Mr.. Sumner
WAS in the Senate. was sitting in my
usual place when / saw Mr.. Sumner
rise, take his hat and cane both in his
right hand, as ne was often accustomed
to do, and start to leave the chamber.
AS he rose from his seat he put his left
hand quickly to his left breast, as if in
pain, and seemed to press it hard. Then
he stood, / should say a full minute.
casting his eyes around the entire range
familiar face. He then, standing there,
deliberately surveyed the whole Senate,
and then started for the east door. AS
he started, he dropped his left hand
from bis left breast. As he reached the
east door he once more put his left
hand to his breast, with quicker motion
and inclined bis body slightly
to the right. Once more he
turned, and I can see the wonderful
| expression upon his face now. 1t turned
first pale, deadly pale, then became 9
pearly gray. should never have known
the face was that of Mr.. Sumner There
was upon it an expression of pain, but
a deeper expression of agonizing sorrow
He stood few seconds in this position
surveyed once more the whole senate
floor, Strengthened himselfa a little from
his partly inclinging positionto ward the
right, and darted through the eastern
folding doors as if shot from cannon
He never entered the chamber again
In two days he was dead. l could not
account for Mr.. Summers strange con-
duct, and that terrible expression on hi
face. II haunted me. Tie next day j
learned that he was sick and the mex
that ne was dead, and it occurred to me
in moment, that possibly Mr.. Sumner
as he stood there with his hand upon hi
breast, and surveyed the Senate cham
Der, might have had presentiment tina
that look was the last which he was eve
to give upon that body, and it was"
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-29
The Ghost Of Tehachap1.

Farmers Journal.
Railroad engineers are queer fellows,
and are as full of superstition as an egg
of meat. Last week, while the big
ninety-ton engine was filing her tank at
the depot, a Journal reporter and
Engineer Drifting, who has taken seven
Of these monsters down to Tehachapi,
had the following conversation:
''Did you ever take train up the
Iehachapi grade at night meac since
the horrible accident?" asked the re-
porter.
=" Yes, | made tri ip over that part Of
the road the last time / was down."
replied the engineer, "and, SO help me
God, | never want to see another sight
like the one | witnessed that night"
What did yoa see, if might ask?"
We'll don't like to talk about such
things, for I'm different to most Of my
brethren, and don't believe that spirits
visit this earth; but what l saw that
night almes st convinced me that they do
on some occasions. had had a very
hard days work, and the night was one.
OF the most fearful that ever saw on
the mountain, and I've been over the
road more than a thousand times.
Well: just as we were passing where the
cars Jumped tue tIdCk, my ureman-
| the young man IN the cab now-called
| my attention to man lying on the track
| only a short distance ahead. It was
| only lnomert's work to stop the engine
| we didn't have train. The COW
| catcher was within about three feet of
| the body when we stopped. l thought
it was some poor tramp who had fallen
| down and frozen to death. ] could see
| the body just as plain as l see you now,
but when l got down and went in front
| of the engine couldn't see the sign of a
man, nor where one had been. This
was sticker, for there were several
inches of SHOW on the ground and had
any one been there I could have seen
| the print IN the snow l was SO much
astonished that could not speak for a
| few minutes. AT last my companion
asked if he was dead l told him there
was no one there, and he replied: whats
| the matter with you? l see him right al
your feet This caused me to take a
second look, but not the sign of q mar
could l find. got back into the cab
and, strange to say, | could see thatbody
| just as plain as day l sent my fireman
| down and watched him. He walked all
over the body, and came back with the
whitest face l ever saw on a human
being. Neither Of us conld speak 6
word. 1t was terrible; SO started u.
the grade, determined to get away from
the horrible thing. When we passeC
over the spot where the body seemed tc
be never heard such yells in nv life
They came from both sides of the road. ;
. They both stick to the story, and sa,
| others have seen IT,