Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-06-05

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were pretty.
MONEY sold at the last meeting OF
the Milford Building and Loan Asso-
citation at the following rates:
$500 to matured stock at of one per
cent. To stockholders, S40O at ISL
S2O) at IS, and $500 at l53
WHEN you want to insure any OF
your property be certain and insure 1t
ia a good, sound, reliable company.
Insure it with a reliable agent and in
case of loss you will have no trouble.
JOHN H. APPEL.
MISREPRESENTATION ofQueen Esther,
at Georgetown, is said to have cost the
parents of the children and perform
ers for their costumes betYeen 500
and $500. But they seem to think that
they got the worth of their money.
THE thlOng Of persons that went to
the Tub Mill Church last Sunday after
noon to hear Rev. ]. S. Willis, would
have filled two or three churches of
its size. Many did not get out Of their
carriages. as it was impossible to get
into the building.
ON and after June Is regular trains
will run through to RehOboth. On
! the same date daily afternoon eX-
press train will be run over the D. NJ.
& Va. r. r. making close connections
with afternoon express over Deiayare
road at Harrington.
THE schooner Emma Robinson has
been raised out Of the Delaware Bay,
and is now in the dry dock ct Will
mineton. The hull Of the vessel was
found TO be sound with only one eX-
ception. which was stove when she first
went on The beach at Cape May. The
rigging is badly injured, and the entire
loss caused 10y the wreck will approx
innate 81 600.
TnE steamer, J. +. Holt, has COM
menced running batween Milford and
PHILADELPHIA. She left Scribner's
Wharf on Monday last, and left Phila-
delphia on her return trip last night
She will leave Milford every Monday
and return every Thursday until the
business juslilies more frequent trips.
She is 70 feet long, 20 feet wide, and
81 feet depth Of hold.
MILFORD enjoys what but few towns
of this Peninsula are favored with,
viz: a free delivery of mail to mer-
chants. Mr.. X. a. Steward distrlb'
utes the early mail that goes down on
the locked pouch to Lewes on the
night train and comes back on the
early morning mail, to the business
men: which enables them to get two
mails each day from Philadelphia.
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For years Swan Creek, or Tub Mil
Branch, has been regarded rs not nav
igable, but Captain Buzzard undertook
last week to demonstrate that it is.
It took an extra gang Of men and
stout hawser to heave his vessel Opb GU
Friday highland the Captain believes
that it will he many days before far
! mers in the vicinity of the Tub Mill,
will land their lime at that point.
ON Thursday evening, May 29th, Mr..
and Mrs, Frank Richards invited
about twenty-five of their little friends
to spend the evening with them. The
children enjoyed the party greatly and
so did their parents and guardians,
who turned out in force ito take the
children home" But Frank and his
lady made them all welcome to both
fun and refreshments, and there was
a good time all around.
ABOUT a year ago the D., NJ. and V.
= railroad erected new and very pretty
station at Houston, bnt they stopped at
that point. The station has been I'M
furnished and unused during ali of FAST
winter and spring. Lady passengers
: are compelled to either stand out III
the inclement weather, or seek shelter
in n neighboring store while wait
ing for a train. This condition of af
fairs should be changed.
s G.. II. TREAT has left at our Office
e samples of his new berry baskets and
e crates. He furnishes Il rough crate
Il with thirty-si baskets to 60 with the
fruit for 30 cents, and an ordinary 3:
mart crate with baskets Cor G7 cents
His rev veneer basket at S4 per thous
|, and to 60 with the fruit is pretty ant
r cheap, aud ne ssIls . good substantial
basket for $3.50 per tlOpsaRd. Mr.
John Archer is his agent.
r THE missionary meeting at th'
!. Avenue Church on Thursday evening
u was well attended. The principal ad
Il dress was made by Mrs. Butler, VIII
was. with her husband, the pionee
r. missionaries to India twentC-nln
!, veara ago and their lives have beel
I largely spent IN the missionary hel'
a in HindoostaD and Mexico Her &C
counts OF the different countries 81
had visited and their degradation an
tt suffering from heathenism were ful
le of interest.
= LAST Saturday was big day 10
Frederick. The town was full OF pee
nile who went 60 see the parade an
TX witness the decoration ceremonies, a
II the speaking stand several hnndre
a gathered aud they were entertained D
al Rev. ]. L. Mowbray in twenty MN
ute address, which was one Of the mo-
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