Milford chronicle., 1883-01-26

thanks of this Office for cream puff
which were delicious 10 the taste.
a baker Mr.. g. is a grand success.
No disposition has yet beer mad
of the ill-fa ed brig GOidfinder, hos
crew was all frozen to death at sea. Sh
still lies in the harbOr at Lewes.
AXE have, within the Past-ten day
printed a new line of legal blanks, o.
the very hest paper used for this pun
pose and are dispOsing Of them at yer.
low rates
Miss Anna Beebe went North, tw,
weeks since, with her cousin Mis-
Mamie Benedict, at whose home il
Oran ge, New jersey, she will visit fo
several weeks.
MR.. HARRY CLARK has bought tn,
E'Edwa d Belts" property for 5000. 90
He will improve the buildings, by re
pair and paint which will make it q
very desirable property.
herby give notice that I shall pro-
ceed to cGllect the Town, and the
School tax for the past year by process
of law, on o. before Feb. 10Th, 1883, if
not paid before this date.
$. NJ. SIMPLER.
THE many fearful di asters that
have occurred since the opening Of the
year seem to suggest that We have
fallen upon the frayed edge of time,
though Mother ShiplOn missed the
fulfllment of her prophecy in 1881.
BLAIR's factory will commence
making strawberry baskets about the
middle of February. This work would
have commenced this month, but the
heavy snow fall prevented the draw
ing of gum timber out OF the swamps.
Mr.. ROBERT CAREY, of Milton, has
erected a monument in that place to
the Carey Family, and Mr.. Thomas
Atkins, of the same place has perretua-
ted his name and that of his family by
building a vault, and erecting a mOnu-
ment also.
THE efforts of our Methodist friends /
t. make their extra meetings success, /
are being crowned with success. Sew
eTal have been forward and many are
interested. The church, on fair even
ings, has been well filled,
SCHoENBERG & Co., have COM
menced to make cans They have six
men at present at work making two
pound cans. This firm lost about
s2,SO0 on tomatoes last year and they
will consequently not payas high rates
fJr tomatoes this season.
THINGS are getting quite serious be-
tween the young men of Milford and
the young ladies of Frederica if we
are to judge by the literature they
read. One of the aforesaid young
men, who regularly visits the latter T,
town, is making a careful study of a /;
book called, Love Made Easy, or
how to Court 4"
J. w. ABBOTT & BRO, have con- /
tTacted to build go ton schooner for
Milford parties. She will be used in
our creek trade and will be launched
in the month of May. The keel was
H. Deputy A. X. Hall, Holland & :
Son, and George Reynolds each have +
an eighth interest i'm her. 4
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PROBABLY on or before the year 1850 !,
there will be a railroad built between :,
Dover and Milford, via, Frederick II
and probably on or before the same r
date the Ship Canal may he commenced e.
The surveyors are now at work re- ~
the ChOptank route between =
the two bays, aud will finish the :,
other routes in the spring. :. =
AT a meeting of b Company on y
Jan. 18th, the company decided :,
to hold their third annual dress drill -,
and reception, on February 10th and ~,
the following were appointed a Il
Capt. G. w. Marshall, -
Privates Sparkln and Edward Matth- -,
ews to make arrangements for the ",
same. n,
VALENTINES DAY is less than three
weeks distant, and we hope that every
one who has a morbid appetite will re- al
ieve their narrow brains 10y studying ~
through the mails their spite, envy or o'
to those who will either not SC
pen the missive, or if they do, will he III
ignorant of the sender. The govern ST
nent will be the gamer by the amount OF
If the postage. Pl
REAL ESTATE SALEs.-Messre. G. ba
y. Treat Il Co., have bought through ne
he agency of Downing & WagamOn, III
! timber tract of "A acres, near Red dc
len, of DR.. VIM. Marshall Price flo
400 cash. Through the same agency, SC
he same parties bought three weeks pc
ince, a timber tract of 2954 acres. Just th
Outh of Glendale, of Col. c. S. Wat frt
On. Price 81, $50. s
THERE is a rumor afiOat to the effect
hat the Pennsylvania Company will tel
ear up part of the bed of the DOrches- m;
er & Delaware Railroad and change to
is course so as to connect with the Co
Delaware Road at Harrington instead NJ
# Seaford. This would make the road dr.
un between fredericksburg and Preston Co
bout miles from Baltimore and Da
would shorten the route from New Otl
FORK to Baltimore. VIC
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A VERY painful accident happened Co
o Mr.. James G. Hastings, baggage arc
master on the J. & B. Railroad, on an
friday of last week. He was assisting th,
o couple up the train and while in the tel
ct of coupling his foot slipped, and the inG
ight arm was caught between the kn
raw-heads. The arm was fearfully wa
lashed. He was put under the in he
uence of chlOrofOrm to ease his int
lfferings, and was then moved to ha,
iewes for the physician and surgeon me
} examine his wound. in