Milford chronicle., 1885-03-13

I would like to have the farmers ,
grow for me this spring the Early June 5
and Marrowfat peas. Any one VINO
would like to go into the business will
please call at my factory and make ar
at once. ID. kEls'
THE Houston Canning Company are
now ready to contract for tomatoes.
They are building an addition to their /
cannery 5Ox25 feet. The establishment {
now occupies about an acre of ground, ,
ana is one of the largest in the State.
A bill has been given notice OF IN
the House, by Mr. Bennett, empower
ing the Levy Court to bridge Murder
kill at Bowers so as to give the Necks
below Frederica a short cut to Dover
It ought to be built at once. Give the
people chance.
On the occasion Of the 53rd anniver-
sary of A. f. Tuthill, c. of r., Of Sax
imas Tribe of Red men, Mrs. Tuthill
presented to her husband and the tribe
a very handsome cake. The kind re-
membrance of friends in this pleasing
manner has won the thanks Ofall who
partook of her handiwOrk.
An adjourned school M e'jng was
held in South Milford on last Friday
to consider a bill entitled an Act to
Appoint a School Board for District
.. 100, lO3 and 1O4. The Act was par
TALLY adopted, and the remainder re-
ferred TO a committee to be revised and
presented at the next meeting.
ACCIDENT. - Last Friday James
Reed, at Hog Island, near Males Hotel,
crawled up near to flock of brant'
When near enough, he rose and fired
both barrels of his gun into them. He
did not hold the gun firmly, and the
breech flew up, striking his forehead
and laying the flesh open to the bone
WE'LL PRESERVED. - Mr.. r. w. |
Davis showed us piece Of bark which
he had taken off of one of the
logs of Lighthouse. in which Mark
Davis lived in 1853 The house has
been used as a barn since l77l. The
bark was in a good state of preserva-
ton, and was taken from a poplar log
THE following letters remain un-
called for in the Milford pOstOftice
Bair & Adams, Miss Lima Burton,
John Casey, Daniel Carlisle, Miss G.
]. Holing, Mr.. G. A. HusOn, Mr.. John
NJ. Jones, Mr.. George P. Jones, Miss
Eliza johnson, Mrs. Tillie Macklin
Miss Emma Rhyme, Jane Steward.
II. A. STEWARD, P. NJ.
CHANGE. - Edward and VIM. b.
Lowery have been given the manage
ment of the Milford Hotel by their
father The boys propose to infuse
new life into the business. Mr.. JUS
tice Lowery will give his attention to
the truck farm, aud will have an eye
over the management of the Peninsu-
lar Harness Works and his ROckland
Lake ice houses.
A street market has been put into
operation in Dover. Farmers bring
their produce into town in their
wagons and take regular positions on
Looekerman street, where they sell for
cash to consumers. Our beef market
has been operated on this principal in
Milford for a long time, and il our far
mers will go to the trouble to start the
street market for their produce, 1T could
be made a success.
r RIFLE MATCH.-Last "Wednesday
2 the teams representing E and b. Com
: panies of the first regiment, shot a
4 match over the Wyoming range at loo
and 200 yards. The match was won
by E Company with a score of 1914 out
' of possible $50 points. A match was
/, shot at 500 yards and was won by b
Company. Sergeant LOwery and Mr.
{ Thomas both made a score of 10 out o.
a possible 25 in this match.
+ For many years rheumatism has af
s Iicted Mr.. VIM. H. SmOOt, proprietor
u of Shoots Hotel; but this painful dis
+ ease has never yet been able to accom-
plish more than to lay that excellen
host in the bed for a week or two at {
: time. His popular hotel is kept up t.
/ its usual high standard through th
! supervision of Mrs. S. and the corps Q
! able assistants, while rheumatism !
racking the proprietor. The hous
.e was never more popular.
d THE new Board of Town COmmii
= sioners met on Monday evening, an
organized by electing Mr.. James NJ
u Hal, president, and Geo. II. Hall.secr'
of tary. Mr.. VIM. N. Dorsey was ele'
ns ted street overseer in North Milford
n, and Geo. C. Abbott in South Milford
th Mr.. John H. APPEL and Mr.. Geo. /
er Hall are to look after the lamps. NJ
lis James Hall was appointed a cOmmi
lrt tee to visit Philadelphia and inquil
~ the cost, ETC., Of hook and ladd'
truck,