Milford chronicle., 1883-11-30


!. e. G. Hegeman has accepted posi-
/. ton with John Wanamaker. of Phiia
dclphia, and is located at the "Turk
. ish Goods counter" in the linen de
partment.
ON Thanksgiving of last year Their
was sleighi' & in Milford; this year eX
) cepting the cold of two weeks ago, on
fall weather has been most balmy anC
delightful.
THOSE of our subscribers changing
their place of residence on Jan. lSt
should give notice of the same to us, st
that they may receive their papel
promptly.
THE amount of rainfall for this yeal
is far below the average for the DELI
ware Peninsula, and in consequence
the springs are lower than they have
been in many seasons.
A reunion of the surviving members
of the First Della ware Battery is being
arranged for February %, 1884. The
men are widely scattered and the
whereabouts of many of them are un-
known.
An upstate gentleman riding into
Milford a few weeks since remarked
/ that the town looked ''as though il
had had its face washed. there were so
many houses freshly painted and so
much fixin' up"
r. w. d. Albury, w. S. Phillips,
! w. A. Jacobs. Eli r. Sharp and Thos.
Pepper have been appointed a COM
mission to assess damages for the right
of way for the sussex Midland railroad
/ through Sussex county.
On Tuesday next at p. m. the Pen
insula Fruit EvapOratOrs' Association
will meet in Dover in semi-annual ses-
sion. The secretary says that full
meeting is desirable for the cOnsidera-
tion OfimpOrtant matters.
C. W. KERN. G. S. X; B. B. Dep
uty, G. G. f.: w. J. Morgan. repre-
sentative of Diamond State Circle. and
j. w. LeCompt, of Lincoln, left here
on Thursday to attend a special ses-
sion of the Great Circle, held in Will
mington.
Mr.. DAVID c. BENNETT, of Bay
Ridge Long Island, who visited Della
ware last week with two brothers has
bargained for farm near Lewes He
proposes to put one Of his brothers
thereon for Time, and make an effort
in market gardening.
REMARKABLY red sunsets and sun
risings have caused much general
comment this fall. In Rayway, Nj,
a few weeks ago the sky was so red af-
ter dark that the fire engines started
for Plainfeld, under the impression
that that town was all in flames.
TREAT, at Georgetown. is bound to
have the best that money can procure.
He has secured the services of Mr.. H. |
w. Lindall, late business manager of
the Wilmington Morning 8eloS, who |
accepted the position of manager at
Treat & Co.'S. Grand Depot, and en-
tered upon his duties last week.
WoRKMEN engaged i'm cleaning out |
the stables of the Eagle Hotel, at /
found the remains of |
human skeleton. They had been eX-
cavating the earth so as to fill it up |
with gravel, and found the bones at
depth of three feet. 1t is not known
how the skeleton came there.
New school houses dot the two low
er counties of our state, with pleasing
frequency. GumbOrO has recently
a new one, and Millsboro
has erected a building for school pur-
poses that does her credit; yet Har-
ringtOn has the honor in having erect
ed something new in style, cOmmOdi-
Dus and beautiful to look upon.
RUNAWAY Y.--James HammOnd's
team ran away on Tuesday last, and
running out of town pas. Mr.. H. w.
McColley's residence, it cOllided with
he carriage of Mr.. w. H. Picker,
breaking one wheel, but inflicted no
urther damage. Mr.. Picker's carriage
vas in charge of deaf lady but she !
vas not injured in the collision.
THE fish factories on our cape closed :
work this week for the winter, and the
peratOrs, seventy men in all, left for Z
heir homes in Connecticut, Next
pring they expect to return in full
Orce and resume operations, and also
ngage in the manufacture of the scrap
nto fish phosphate. When in its full I
apaeity, this undertaking will give Z
mployment to over two hundred
len.-Light.
PARTIES interested in Fruits, Flow :
rs and vegetables should send to a.
[. PURDY, of Palmyra, n. Y, for his
/, J page catalogue OF plants trees, &c.
ruits, Grapes, Strawberries, Raspber- =
es, Blackberries, Russian Mulberry, =
G.. &C. are very fine. He also nnh-