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Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06
CARPETINGS.

PAYNE G. GREEN will make his usual spring
trip with full line Of his welLknown Carpets
greatly Increased in quality and quantity.
Ny patrons never had better chance to pur-
chase from SO large selection and at such prices
would therefore call your attention to our visit
below. VIII be at LowOry's Hotel, Milford, Mon
day and Tuesday, Mar. 1G and II, morning, after
noon and evening.
PAYNE G. GREEN.
S2s N. Second St., Phila.
p S.-Will be at Frederick March 18th ard 18th,
and Milton. March 18th and 10th.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

LOT BOUGaT.-Mr, John n. APPEL
has purchased building lot of Mr..
Frank Richards in North Milford and
he will move the old house, now stand
ing on his Front street property, on to
it,so as to give room for the workmen
to build his new brick stores and hall.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

ON TAP-Phillip Best's Milwaukee
beer constantly on tap at STEMS Cen
traI Hotel, in Milford. 1t is the best
beer in the market, and being drawn
direct from the keg, it is always fresh.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

AT the regular meeting Of the Mil
ford Building and Loan, held Tuesday
evening, March Sd, money sold as fol-
lows $500 to matured stock, ,at J and ]
of one per cent; to stockholders. $500
at 1T; $500, at 17l; 5000, at 16,and 5000,
at l5lcts. 179 shares of the 18th seneh
Mere issned.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

FARM SOLD. - The Morrison
Farm" owned by S. L. Caveriy, was
sold on Monday last by E. c. McCcl-
ley to James r. Bishop, of Selbyville,
for 5000. The tract is located about
II miles west Of Milford, contains so
acres,and has a we'll built aud commO-
diOus dwelling on It.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

THE M. E. Church Mite Society, at
Houston, was very highly entertained
on Friday evening last with some Sc
lect readings by Misses Bertha Hen
drixsOn and Edith Pitcher, two of
AIilfOrdIs rising eleeutiOnists.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

MIR. NJ b. KINNEY sold his personal
property on Monday, and on Thurs
day left with his family for Cleveland,
Ohio. his old home. Mr. Kinney has
resided near Milford for five years, and
he and his wife have made many
friends who regret that they could not
have been cOntented to stay with us;
but will unite in wishing them health
and prosperity in their new home.
Mr., Kinney thinks of visiting Florida
and perhaps making a summer resi-
dence there.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

THE new coal burning engine on
fine d., NJ. and V. Railroad has an air
brake attachment, the first ever used
on this road.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

Ice TIDE.-In 1881, there happened
very disastrous overflow along the
Delaware bayshOre; caused by the ice
banking up several feet, and heavy
easterly gale driving the floating ice
and tide over this ieeswRll, breaking it
in several places and drowning hun
dreds of dollars worth of stock. The
same thing came near happening again
last week, if the following account,
written by correspondent from Fred
erica, is cOrrecti
Along the bayshore, and especially
at Bowers Beach, was to be seen the
most wonderful phenomenon wit
messed by this generation. The flood
tides were ice-bound, nearly, ,ifnOtquite,
a mile from shoTe% About q week ago
the northeast wind sent the drifting
ice in the bay ashore, and as it mixed
with falling snow, it was hove up to
heights. 1t remained in
huge piles, many Of which were large
enough to fill a diameter twenty to
thirty feet in the largest ice house in
the State. At some places there were
gOrges, anl betgeen some were basins
of smooth ice. In many places it was
fifteen to twenty feet deep in irregu-
lar masses. There was much alarm at
Bowers Village on February l6. A
very heavy tide mounted and hurled
these great masses of ice before it, and
the Beople feared it would break over
The beach aRd go crashing through the
village; but sudden change of wind |
set the tide back and averted the dan
ger.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

| SHIPwRECK.- The officers and crew
of the schooner Lizzie c. Hickman, of
Wilmington, were landed IN New York
on last Friday by the American ship
I. f. Chapman. The Lizzie Hickman
set sail from Richmond, Va, on Janu-
AIRY Sand at p. m. on the 18th, ,encoun-
tered aheavy gale from thesouth-sOuth-
west with heavy seas lasting ten hours.
She lost part of the deck load on the
10th of the same month. All hands
were kept at the pumps. On February
4th, the English steamship Tedding-
ton from Yokohama for New York was
hailed, and supplied the schooner with
provisions. On February 5th,R south
west hurricane lasting five hours,
struck the vessel, which caused her to
leak worse than ever. On the Sth, the
stern was knocked away with the
steering gear and rudder-head. She
was then in a water-lOgged condition,
the water being up with the decks and
the seas breaking completely over her,
when signals of distress were shown
and all hands rescued in a terribly ex-
hausted condition, nearly all the crew
suffering from frOst-bitten hands and
feet. The Hickman was owned by ex-
Governor Hall, of Delaware, and was
built at Milford in 1867.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

We take the following from the
Estate Sentinel" of Dover. The par
ties are well-knOwn in Milford
Mr.. A. B. MoOre's family, of this
town, came near being suff0cated by
coal gas one evening this week. Their
sleeping-rOOm is heated by stove in
the room below. When the family re-
tired for the night, the damper was not
turned Alright, and the escaping gas
filled the slee Dipg-FOom. When Mr..
Moore was awakened, he had hardly
strength to reach the windOw apd
raise it. His wife tainted, and their
little girl had commissions. A physi-
clan Was sent for and theC soon recOv-
cred. Il WAS . close call.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

ALL persons wishing sweet potatoes
plants can contract with H. c. COrsa
for them at 81. per thousand, to be de-
iigered between May 18th aud June /.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

Town ELECTION.-Thee election fol
town officers took place OF Monday
last. There was very little contest and
the following ticket was chosen:
Authenticated Stevens.
Assessor-RObt. H. Davis.
Collector and Treasurer. D. Hill.
CommissiOners-Jas. NJ. Hall, w. N.
Dorsey, John H. APPEL, w. F. Causey,
Geo. II. Hall and Geo. G. Abbott.
We will not congratulate the men,
bers until the end of the year.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

LAST Sunday was Missionary Day
in the NJ. Z. Church. The collection
was very satisfactory to the cause.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

WANTED.-A practical tug boat man
TO buy One-half interest in a 1916 tug
boat at $1,000, or the whole at $4,000.
II. M. SCIPLE,
1O7 and 100 N. Sd street, Phila.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

! ENsILA6E.--Last summer Mr.. John
Heyd, a progressive farmer near Fell
ton, made up his mind that he wanted
a sIin, and taking a space in his barn
l0x20 feet he sided it with inch boards
twelve inches wide, these he covered
with building paper, and then another
course Of inch boards breaking joints
with the first. The brick foundation
of the barn enclosed the lower part of
the silO about two feet high and it was
about twelve feet deep. He put his
fodder cutter into the SECOND story of
his barn, and cut heavy crop of corn
fodder directly into the sllO. He esti-
mated it at fifty tons, the corn was in
good roasting ears. The fodder was
covered with plank on which was piled
eight eor9s Of green Qak wood. Mr..
Heyd says this was not halt enough,
and thinks that it was owing to the
lack of weight that the fodder, when
the silO was opened, was found to have
moulded in some places to the depth
of one foot, OtberE iee, ii WRs sweet and
good and his stock eat 1t up clean. He
partly uncOvers it and cuts 1t down
with hay knife; has had some trou-
ble from the sides. when cut down,
mouldingi but he is well satisfied with
the experiment aud shall try it again
next year.
Mr.. Heyd feeds from twelve to fif-
teen pounds to each of his cows twice
a day, and the flow of milk was sensi-
bly, increased, but he did rot think the
quality improved-that is, 1t was no
richer. He could not give the exact
cost, but thought it paid; and that, now
he knew what he wanted, could put it
up cheaper next year, when he would
weight it with sugar barrels filled
with sand and thought the extra pres
sure would keep it from moulding.
Such a plain, practical trial, carried
out with means that are at the conf
maud of any farmer, is worth whole
volume cf fi4e-spun theories or costly
experiments.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

SLEIGHINa BY MOONLIGHT. - On
Wednesday evening Of last week, Miss
May Inman, of Philadelphia, and Mr..
w. b. Lowery, of Milford, while en-
joying q sleigh-ride by moonlight after
a young horse, aad before Mr.. L. was
aware of the horses intention, he bad
gained such headway as to become un-
manageable. Miss Inman was thrown
out, her arms badly bruised ana her
head wounded. lIr, Lowery was
thrown out and dragged over the snow
for a hundred yards. He was badly
bruised, but no bones were broken.
William says that for moonlight
slegh-ride with an interesting city lady,
he will select a more sedate animal in
the future.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

ELECTRIC LIGHP.-The representa-
tive OF the Edison Light Company for
isolated lightjng%isited Milford on Fri
day and Saturday last, and at . meet
ing held in the parlors of SmOot's
Hotel, he explained the advantage and
cost Of the electric light to number
of our business men and capitalists.
The people are ripe for the enterprise,
and when the subscription books are
opened we hope to zee liberal blocks
of stock move off. We shall he glad
to place our name for n creditable NUM-
Der of shares; but that will depend
upon our delinquent subscribers. If
they come in and pay up, we shall
have 2 small surplus to invest.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

A debating society has been organ
ized by the teachers Of Frederica.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06
Milford Mentions.

OUR popular insurance agent, John
Fl. APPEL.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06
Report Of superintendent Of Free schools

The report of the State Superinten.
dent for 1884, shows that there are in
the State 42l districts; 544 schools and
85, ,O69 scholars; and the average mum.
ber of months taught in 1884 ,7.s7. The
average daily attendance of pupils, IT.
952; average age Of pupils, 9.64 years;
average number Of pupils enrolled in
each district, 40; average daily attend,
anoe in each school, 80; average cost
per pupil on number enrolled, So IS.
Whole number of teachers in the State,
SAG; average monthly salary, 1921.
During the year there were issued S02
certificates. of which, six were life
grade, So second grade, aud $50 third
grade; SO permits to teach were issued.
The Superintendents visited 429
schools and held q educational meet
ings. During the year, 492 candidates
for examination, of which
$50 secured certificates, and 1872 were
rejected.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

THE skating rink at Dover will soon
open for business.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06
LOCAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

PEACH, Apple. and Plum Trees. Grape vines
Asparagus roots, Bedge plants, ETC., for Spring
planting. r. S. JOHNSTON, Siockley, Del.
Feb. 20 lot.
First-class Crackers Of every description at
4. GEILINGER's BAKERY,
CHARCOAL! CHARCOALl
The undersigned would like to contract with
charcoal burners, to furnish us with 1000 or 1900
bushels Of good clean pine oak charcoal weekly.
Parties having charcoal to sell, Will do well to ad-
dress US Reference; cash upon receipt Of consign-
ments. Correspondence solicited.
J. n. JOHNSON s. Co.
3i3 s. Front st., Phia., Pa.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

"The Best" Roller
Patent 1915 S675
"Farmer's Delight"
Roller Process $500 5000
Scream of Wheat
Roller Process $3.50 $3.50
White Corn Meal, ,bu so .55
Yellow " i" so .55
Bran per ton $500 $4,000
Best Middlings " " $4,000 $25.OO
Corn and Oats
Cob Meal
LOngberry Red Whit
No. 1, new .92
Fultz Wheat .85
White Corn AS
Yellow Corn As
Oats, No. 1 40
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

A lot Of CHoIcE NEw Clown SEED at lowest
market prices, ut HAASEHsLzys, Milford, Del,
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06
PINANoEs

FINANCES
Amount contributed by districts. .S10i Ols.a
Amount Of State appropriation ........ 52,O55ss
Total amount appropriated for school
purposes ............... ... 2i3, ,104 IL
Amount paid for teachers salaries. 152,59i 81
Amount contingent expenses. ...... 54,ss7 II
Total cost Of education. ......... 2O6 91s4a
Balance on hand. ... ....... 6,I65.72
SCHOOL PROPERTY.
Value Of school buildings in 1884 w s4G0, ,956, 90
Falne Of school grounds . -. &c. 80. 9O.95s. 90
Aaiue schooi l1Inlture..... ....... .... G,iSO0
Total value Of school property. .... COS, ,O56.OO
Paid during the year for the erection OF
better school buildings. 1900
The Superintendent recommends
that the Legislature set apafe from the
School Fund, or State appropriation,
the sum of three hundred dollars lone
hundred for each county,, to defray
the expenses of the County Institutes.
That some legislation be had to pre-
vent the misappEOpriatiOn and embez-
zelment of school funds by district
clerks. That the State, especially Sus-
sex county, be re-districted, and that
the schools in towns that are practi-
cally outside of the Jurisdiction of the
State Superintendent, be brought
under his control.
COLORED SCHOOLS.
phe report shOWs that the total num-
Der of oOlored SCHOOLS in the State, out.
side of Wilmington, is 65; average
length of school term for the State, 4.S
months; the highest monthly enroll
ment for the schoUls outside of Will
mingtOn was S,4O9. The school re-
ceived from
elSis AtpFoPnauoa. '.ii:'.'.'t,.i,.ii. S4ies7,s4
eoiuTea school Ia& ..,..........,...,.... 2,Sl8Ga
From Delaware Association ......... -. sl5.25 |
The Superintendent's observation
leads him to conclude THAT the cOlored |
schools are doing an excellent work,
with many promising indications for
he future.H
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06
CHARCOAL! cHARCOALl

First-class Crackers Of every description at
II GF1tINeER's BAKERY.
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APETT!T'S. BLOOD. PURIFIER"
ANARyEu.OUS MEDICINE.

Composed entirely of choice Roots, Herbs
and Barks prepared SO as to retain all their
Medicinal Qualities. DR. Petit does not
claim it a Cure for all diseases, but CLAIMS
lit will Cure all diseases arising from I'M
pure Blood, Torpid Liver, Disordered Nd
neys and where there is a broken down
Consultation requiring a prompt and per-
mancnt remedy, it never fails to restore
the suffering
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Apple-Tree BOrer.

A correspondent has asked us to give a
picture and description of that other vile pest
of orchardists, the apple-tree borer.
We do 50 with pleasure TIL" illustrations
below are taken from a new book,
called luxurious Insects of the Farm and
Garden by Mary Treat. The publishers,
the Orange Judd Co, New York city,
have kindly permitted US 10 copy the
picture
The horer attacks, besides the apple, the
ounce and the pear. There are several
species The one We present below Is the
most destructive Few persons are aware
says Mrs. Treat, "to what an alarming ex-
tent the insect is infesting the orchard in va
rious localities a tree becomes unhealthy
and eventually dwindles and dies, often
without the owner having the least suspicion
OF the true cause.-the gnawiRg worm
within -
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The illustration shows on the left this
worm, on the right the pupa, or the insect III
the chrysalis state, Just before ii bursts into
the fly. The apple-tree borer lives n little
over three years 1t is long lived creature.
Three years of this mischievous existence are
spent boring apple trees. The first summer
il lives on the inner bark and sap wood. II
YOU peel off the dead bark of the tree you
will find 1t and the outer wood Of the trunk
pierced with holes that seem Ia be full of
sawtiust This sawdust-lke substance marks
the borer, wherever found. The worm does
not attain its full growth till the end of the
third summer. At the beginning of the fourth
summer il comes cut a beetle, lays its eggs
and dies. Half dozen worms in the bark
of tree will girile it. They bore around
and around, and finally penetrate the solid
wood. Reading of this pest, one under
stands what pity 10 is that the pretty wood
pecker birds have been killed of.
RBaEDIEs
1t is absurd to plug up the holes where he
has already come out Brush the trees in
May with soft soap thinned with water.
Brush the trunks thoroughly, from the base
several feet up. Tho creature usually stay.
about the base. A cake Of hard soap in the
crotch of the tree whsre it will he washed
down by the rains, is recommended by Mrs
Treat. The borer hates soap like a tramp
| In the fall examine the bark, cut through
where the holes are and pick the worms out
| if possible. IL not, pour boiling water into
the upper end Of the burrow IL will soat
through the sawduss cuttings and hill thu
| worms
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War and Farming.

If war should break out between England
and Russia it will perhaps not be an I'M
mitgated misfortune to the farmers OF
America. A few DAYS ago 5000, 900 pounds
of canned meats were ordered by the British
government from firm III Chicago. The
order was for the army, In view OF the
prospect of war across the water, it is said,
too, that the prices of breadstutfs are rising.
If it really should come, undoubtedly an i'm
pulse would he given to the depressed indus
tries of the United States. Farmers would
find good and steady market at paying
prices for their wheat, oats and Indian corn
potatoes would he in demand for the same
market, Yankee hams would cross the At
lantic by the shipload; stockmen would coin
money for their beef and mutton; in brief,
there would be lively sale for everything
the farmer raises. 1t is not unknown that
years Of the blacklist depression have been
followed by years of almost unheard OF pros
perity. Ii may be, whether there come an
Anglo-Russan war or not, that 1885 will be
one of those prosperous years.
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FARM GARDEN


The United State, Commissioner OF AgIl-
culture. Hon George b. LoriHg, has made
public hi, report for l,si. 1t Is work 81
600 pages II is exceedingly valuable, and
onght TO be IN tho band, Of all farmers. They
might secure it IN some way by applying u
their members Of congress
The report is divided into departments, as
those Of botany, Chemistry, forestry, enlo-
molo,ry. etc Much is said, too about the re-
suit of experiments made at the propagatmS
grounds of the Department Of Agriculture al
WASHINGTON The Xlnka, or Japanese per-
,immOn Is one Of the new fruits tried there
The success with it has been gratifying. 1t
will grow in many parts of the country, and
is much superior to our native persmmou
In many localities it has already been propa-
gsted and in few years it VIII doubtIts, he
common in our markets The silk industry
is another new enterprise of whose futur" IN
the United States great hopes are expressed
# is really regarded rs of much Importance
in tLi, rrpor Thousands of women in VII
larcs and ON farms are now trying to produce
the raw silk. The majority OF them meet
failure. That was to be expected at first
Yet if they do not give up t. Encouragement
in the start. hut keep trying, even II 4 takes
three on four years. they are bound to sue
coed AT last There is no doubt at all that
silk culture can he made profitable industry
among the country people, to 20 along with
butter making, poultry rearing ana small
fruit producing IT can he made more profit
able than these.
Much is 10 be- learned, however our eli
mate is far more trying on the worms than
that If Italy, France or China. Then, too,
il is necessary to know what variety of nul-
berry in thi, county is best adapted to their
feed We must find out what specie, of
worm will best endure our extremes OF eli
mate Perhaps it will he necessary 10 de
velop a distmctively American worm AMI
American mulberry for the successful pro-
duction of American silk. All this viii re
ouire time. The Department of Agriculture
at Washington should take it ON itself to
solve the problem for the people.
Among reports Of the different bureaus in
this volume that OF the United States ento-
molOrist is one of the most vital. Numbers
Of new insect pests have been lately dlscov-
cred They are so many that the farmer Is
put to it to keep up with them. The new
ones are described and their pictures taken
! in this report Methods Of destroying them
are given.
The live stock breeder and .,airyman will
also find here information of the greatest
value From 1860 to 1885 the value of our
agricultural products increased from Sl,bOo,
| 600 WO TO $3,GUO, 100000.
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Sold by D. Lorriaux.
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The nuts are inside the scales Of the
cone, In the third year after the tree
flowers the cones come to maturity. 1t IL
one Of the hand,omcst ornamental trees ever
grown, hcSidcs the value of the nuts. These,
like almonds, are used for dessert and in
cooking. The trunk of this beautiful confer
rises straight from 80 TO 20 feet, without n
branch: then it throws of luXuiiant foliages
in a parasol-top shape. The wood is valuable
rs timber This would be a great addition to
our southern pines, both Tor It's use and
beauty. Ii will not, however, grow i'll the
northern states The cold kill, it,
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First we present an illustration of the
beetle. You Will know it by the brown and
white stripes upon its back; two white, three
brown. The learned name Of the creature is
raperda bivittata. The beetle appears in
May ind June and lays It's eggs at the foot
of the tree in June. II flies only 10y night
In two weeks the worms hatch, and begin
boring into the bark. The Iarya. or young
worm, is about nh inch long when full
grown larger at the head than the tail.
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Chicago, Alton e. St. Louis Railroad

Lightning Express Denver Express and Kansas Wi.y
and and Toilet INSTRUMENTATION run daily, except sunday
Kansas CITY and ST. Louis Express going south runs
thromgh without change of cars. Morning train 10 81
nns has free chair cars and evening train through
se'FO'' ~ " JAY W. ADAMS,
Ticket Agent C. g. \. Railroad.
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The GRAPE CURE.
SAL-MUSCATELLE
IN AMERICA
Without the Expense of an
European Journey!
the suffering.

The crystalcd salts sbtaurd IN pure state from
cranes aud choice fruit in portable paIatnhlt rlp'
form are now presented Ia the public Of America ~
The graudrst rcsolycnt of impure blood corrtctur 81
the liver and regulator Of the bowels-thc natural pre-"
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Many Kansas farmers are arranging to use
hay and straw burners, to take the place cf
stoves for coal and wood