Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25

= tory Of the First Delaware Regimen
for sale at the CHRONICLE Office. TIL
:. history gives the name of every battl,
n the name Of every man wounded q
70 killed and the position of his compam
. during the late war. Many incident
y y of camp life are interspersed, and tn
% official reports make the pamphle
% a valuable one to the survivors.
,6 A sneak thief entered the residenc
C Of Mrs. Elizabeth Sharpe East From
! street and stolea gold watch and chain
C a pair Of gold bracelets, earnings ,breas
Plus and a finger ring, on Thursda,
evening of last week The youn,
ladies were entertaining company il
the reception room, and the thief mus
have been familiar with the premises
Us he passed up the stairs and into th,
bedroom TO get the icwelry.
We asked several merchants thi.
week how this years holiday busines,
compared with that OF last year. Mrs
Reedy report her sales as about TWEEN
ty per cent more; Gsilinger nearly
forty per cent more Stewards large
increase over same week last year
and similar reports from nearly every
other dealer VINO is alive for business.
Those men who never advertise are
the only Cnes who are complaining Of
hard times.
TRULY there is no reason why the
colored population of Milford should
not be provident aud thrifty class,
and as sample Ct what they can do
when there is a disposition to do WELL
we mention Stephen Mitchell, who
butchered two hogs last week that
weighed 4S4 and 523 pounds, respec-
lively. Another colored man named
/ Spencer Willis, butchered two that
weighed 9O3 pounds. These men are
day laborers. and 10y frugality they
have raised enough pork to last a
whole year.
ELLENDA S. DiclersOn has
sold two building lots to parties who
have obligated to build residences on
them within six monlhs.--Mr. Fitz-
gerald of Philadelphia, is buying pine
wood here, 10 be shipped to thar mar
ket. Mr.. Wilbur Short, of Philadcl-
phia. will pass the holidays with his
parents In this town, and enjoy few
days hunting. The cows at John
Shorts sale brought good prices. as did
all of his animals. Mrs. w. S Dick
erson is still visiting in Milford, the
CUES; of her brother, DR.. Collister.-
four correspondent omitted to put the
first page of his letter into the envel-
Ope; so the above are the only items
from Glendale this week.-Mrs.
POULTRY SHIPPED.-To persons not
familiar with the poultry business of
Delaware, the figures are astounding.
We have not the space to give the de-
tails of the shipments that go from
every town on the Peninsula, but we
give the business of Milford as a fair
criterion. About ten tons of turkeys,
geese, ,ducksand chickens were shipped
from here during Thanksgiving, and
on Saturday last james Hudson
shipped $500 pounds; John e. Pretty
man 5000; A. J. Maloney about l, 600
aud a number Of small shippers sent
a total between them of . 900 pounds.
This is dressed poultry alone and does
not include any of the regular dealers
such as Holland & Son, G. H. Hail
and d. S. Thompson, who ship many
pounds Of live poultry every
week. There will be more heavy ship
ments of dressed poultry next week.
FREDERICA.-Last Saturday a hor-
rble accident befel q child named
Oracle, that had been leftin the kitchen
Of P. T. Carlisle's residence by the
1o0lf, who had taken the child to raise.
The family heard cries from the child
aud going to its assistance they found
It envelOped in flames. II is supposed
that she had been playing with the
fire and by SO doing set her clothes
blazing. III lis terror the child ran
through two rooms, and set the uphol-
.tery of the furniture in each room on
ire, finally falling at the foot Of the
,tair5 a roasted mass Of flesh. Every
hing possible was done to save the
,hild's life and alleviate its pain, but
{ finally died after two hours Ofagony.
At one time the excitement was in-
ense, as it was feared that :he fire
night get start, which would have
,aused a serious conhagratioD; as Mr..
Carlisle's residence is the largest in
Frederica and is built of wood
On Saturday afternoon the fodder
tacks on the farm of Edward Jackson
lbout three and a-halfmiles from Fred
ricl, tenanted by Dennis Ross, took
ire from spark fsom . chimney and
hen ignited the barn and other out
of which were consumed,
ogether with their contents, ] 900 !.
,ushels of corn, a quantity of wheat
md a wheat threshsF belonging to
Ievan WILLIAMS. The stock and farm. !
ng implements were gotten ont.
PERSONALS.
Mr.. James p. Lofand and w. Pratt /,