Milford chronicle., 1885-01-23
STATE ITEMS.

Naval Cadet Robert Orr, recently o
the man-of.war Tennessee, has salIet
in the Marion for China on thre,
years cruise.
Rev. Aaron W. Hand has been called
to supply the pulpit of the Baptist
church of Dover, and will preach
regularly until further notice.
Willie Richards is going 70 farm the
property of Mr.. T. G. Roe. near Rising
Sun, formerly owned by A. II. Carey,
who is going to :ry orange culture in
Florida.
r. J. Belts. recently appointed JUS
lice of the Peace by Governor Stock
ley for Milton, bids fair TO make a
good officer, aud is always at his post
Of duty.
The steamer J. E. Tygert has been
put in thorough repair and will make
two trips week between Smyrna and
Philadelphia during the remainder of
the winter, beginning next Wednes-
day.
The NJ. Z. Church at Dover has been
remodeled at cost of So 600, and will
be opened for worship on Sunday next
The Rev. DR.. A. S. Hunt and the Rev.
d. w. Crouch, of New York, will
preach.
The pretty and commodious church
built by the NJ. Il congregation at
Bethel, will also be dedicated on the
same day, Jan. %. Prominent min
listers will be present. y cordial invi-
tation to all.
Tenants on the property at Cam
bridge of the p. w. and B. r. r. Co,
have been notified to vacate before
March 1st. 1t is thought the com
pany intend making extensive inn
prOvements there.
The new NJ. E church at Hepburn,
near Delmar, which was to have been
dedicated on the 4th inst, will be
opened on sunday, January 25ih.
Preaching at 10 a. III. and $50 p. IN.
All are invited.
Very fine portraits Of the late Rich
ard Harrington are on exhibition at
the studio of J. Paul Brown. 1t is said
That the Young Mems Republican
Club of Wilmington, intend to hang a
arge one in their parlors.
In consequence Of the removal of
Treats factory from Frankford to
Georgetown, there were, for some time,
quite number Of vacant houses at the
'ormer place. The town ngs heen fill
ng up very rapidly of late, however, 4
md about all the houses are now oc-
,upied.
AT the monthly meeting of the
Townsend Mutual Loan Association
IN Monday evening, money sold at
premiums ranging from thirty-five to
ifty cents. The association is in
condition. The annual d
lection of officers will occur at the
February meeting.
SALE OF BANK STOCK.-NIessrs II.
v. and d. NJ. Wilson, as executors, C
old sXty-four shares of the stock of
he First National Bank of Dover, at e
ublic sale on Tuesday last in blocks
f five shares. The lowest price real
zed was Sl53.75 per share, and the T
ighest SI55, nearly the entire sale
eing at the latter figure. The par
alue Of the stock is S10O per share.
E. w. Miller, of Dover, on wager
$50, went from the bridge in Dover :
} the millpOnd bridge in Smyrna on 4
'ot in one hour and thirty-three min
tes, on Monday last, and had twelve
linutes to spare. On Saturday next.
II wager of 500, he will attempt to n
over one hundred miles from four
clock in the morning until twelve at -
ight, in the Town Hall, Smyrna. Ei
The G. A. r. at their Annual En- =
held in Dover, appointed a Al
Dmmittee to ask the Legislature to ap-
'opriate sufficient money to erect Il
itable monument to mark the place
Antietam where the Delaware
oops lie buried. Delaware had three =
giments in that engagement-the n
t, 3rd and 4th-and they won great -
aise for their bravery and heroism.
The night express train over the III
alaware Railroad is being very well
tronized by Peninsula people, and
E doubt not it viii soon be doing a
rye way business. The more trains
e more travelling. When the Gay n
press was put on the road many per- as
MS predicted that it would not pay,
It it was well patrouized at the start
d is now generally run full while
e traffic of other passenger trains
Ems to have Increased also.
PEACHES AND BERRIES. Accord r..
3 to the statement of fruit traffic pre-
lted at the annual meeting of the
w. and b. railroad on Monday, the
ach shipments over the company's
ads during 1884 amounted to 9, ,G3l
r loads, and the berry shipments to
A car loads. The total revenue
m the peach and berry traffic was -
5,Gl3. In 1875. the year of the great y
lch crop, the road received from
1t traffic S3l6, ,52S %. The shipments
berries last year exceeded any pre-
ling year.
'he Snow Hill Messenger" states
It the change Ofname of Poplar Post
ce, Worcester county, lately made, A,
Ironshire, was in respect to the
mory of Martha Tronshire, the last a
he name. This lady was the grand V
Iher of Hon. Geo. w. Covington, u