Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-08-21

o on the cOlOred excursion train. y sun
Y day train run regularly would pay the
4 railroad company.
TIE Harrington ENTERPRISE
o chronicles the arrival of twenty-five
s tramps in one day. No doubt these
gentlemen enjoy their summer excur-
= sions. but it is a severe tax on those
c who have to board them.
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TIE colored people will hold a Union
Church camp-meeting at Lincoln, conf
4 nencing September 5th, and holding
. over two Sabbaths for the benefit OF
their church. They anticipate rellg-
. ious and financial success.
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PUBLIC SAbE.-On Wednesday, the
2Gth of August. Mrs. J. w. c. Gard
uer will sell at her residence near
towns lot Of farming utensils, a COW,
horse, carriage, etc. Also lot of nice
household furniture See posters.
ALL Patrons OF Husbandry in Della
ware should try to attend the great
Interstate picnic at Williams Grove,
commencing August 3l-t. The rail
roads will give low rates Of fare, and
| no admission is charged to the
grounds.
THE steamer J. f. Holt will leave
Milford next Sunday morning at eight
o'clock for the lighthouse, and will
arrive home that evening at about
eight. Excursion tickets are only fifty
cents for adults and twenty-five for
children.
CHURCH SERYIcEs.-Tbn Rev, Mr..
Bonner, who is visiting his mother.
Mrs. Eliza Bonner, near Milford, will
preach in the Episcopal Church next
Sunday al halepast ten a. m. and adj
minister the Holy Commnnion. All
are invited to attend.
WE expect to make an application
by deputy pegt week to each ofour de-
linquent subscribers for The amount of
their subscription for the present year
/ We hope they will be prepared to re-
spond promptly, We must have the
money due Us, or shut up shop.
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TIE Milford High School were I'M
able to get possession of the lot they
have rented next to Mr.. Thomas Cu=
halls before January LIST, so they will
open school in The same building
where they were last y;aF. They will
build as soon as they get possession of
the lot.
THE Beard Of Education for South
Milford met on Tuesd4y evening, and
awarded the contract for importing
the schoolhOuse to james w. Abbott
Gnr S275. MI Abbott was the lowest
bidder. He will go to work directly,
so as TO have tAe building ready 10y
September l4lh.
THE following letters remain uns
called for in the Milford postcnice
Mr.. f. Anderson, Mrs. Elizabeth Bur-
ton, EIrs. Fanny Dounely, Martina
Fisher, SlF. II. Hess, Mr. H. Lipechtz,
Mrs. Eliza u, Masden, Mrs Nary D.
Kelley, Mrs. Arthur Smith, Mrs. Ema-
line shoclzIey, W. H. Thomas, Mr.. H.
Vincent, Miss George A. Wasten.
r. A. STEWARD, p. NJ.
REMEMBER that the printer needs
some cash wherewith to smooth the
rough and uneven pathway of busi-
ness, and if yoHr peaches have brought
you ready cash, remember that the
year is more than half passed, that the
printer has tIusted you for seven
months, and that you certainly can
afford to pay him in advance for the
balance of the year. If you can not
trust him, why should he trust you ?
So come in aud leave us a dollar.
LAST Tuesday the Grand Circle Of
the b. U. met in annual convocation
at Wilmington. The following menu
bers from Milford attended the sessions:
/ q. s. X, c. w. Kern; G. j., b, b.
Deputy; G. w. D., J, C. Hall; G. w.
N, e. e. Detroit G.. II. T., !. VIII
kins, represented Lincoln. They had
a splendid session and the order is
growing fast. b. b. Deputy was
elected G. C. W. for the State. The
delegation returned on Wednesday,
OUR oystermen are anxiously con-
ming over the oyster laws to ascertain
the exact time when that luscious BIZ
valve can he taken from our creeks.
It's hard TO tell much about the law
on This subject, as so many acts are
nassed that conflict one with the other,
or are made to fit one locality and not
another. For just this reason, the laws
of the State sh0nld be published I'D
two or more papers in each county as
soon as they are signed by the Gov
ernor.
TREAT & Co., of Georgetown, have
n contract to furnish 100000 wooden
nie.plates with crimped edges exactly
like tin plate. The advantages
claimed for tie wooden plates are that
Won can't burn the pie and the bottom
crust will not lie soggy. They are
r nleased with the change of ownership
e Of the railroad and expect to doat least
. n quarter more business on account Of
it. 1t costs them four cents less to gel
I barrel Of syrup from New York than
. it did before.
PEOPLE not familiar with TN
, amount of wheat grown in the vicinity
of Milford often wonder how SO many
-. mi fhreshera are solo