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Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27
(THTRIRTNIEIsIsT IWI0IRIKIsIJ
REOPENED.

The PeninsHlar Harness Works, owned ana CON
dncted nv II Iowerv. have been reOpened IN
Jump's Block near the Bridge. new stock,
added to that saved from the Ore OF Feb. lst. mas
been opened al the new stand when VIII Oe ~ y
10 see old customers and new ones. All repairing
will be done neatly, cheaply and promptly and ail
goods will be sold at bottom prices. we mas
a customer wishes. All work guaranteed 70 give
satisfaction Thankful for past iavors IN TINS lne
OF business we hope by fair dealing, 10 secure
share Of public patronage.
s. LOwKRY, Owner.
W. W. PRETrYMAN, Manager. Mar. 10 u
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

HOTEL RICHARDSON, DOVER, DEL
Hereafter the Hotel Richardson will
be under the management OF
Mar 27-1mo A. B. RICHARDSON.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

D1ED.-On Tuesday last, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Wiley, relict of Solomon Will
ley, died at her sons residence IN
south Milford. She was in the e3rd
wear of her age.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

IF YOU miss hearing the ELS family
in their charming entertainment IN
Dorsey's Hall on Monday night, you
will be sorry for it.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

VIM. Kern's barber shop is the piece
to get comfortable shave, or your
hair fashionably cut.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

Mrs. A. WEEKS has been fixing up
for the spring trade, and her stock OF
silks.ytc., looks as attractive as apretty
Srirl
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

THIS winter was started in tail end
first. All the cold weather and snow
came in after the winter end proper,
was gone.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

DIR. N. PRATT received his commits
sion as Insurance Commissioner Tor
the State of Delaware, last Saturday
afternoon.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

THE sun crossed the line last Saiur'
dav. and he must have knocked the
chalk off, for snow fell all day on Sun
dav. and few sleighs were flying
around,
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

WHEN a Sussex county Corn King
gets sick, it takes six physicians 10 at
tend to him.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

IT looks to outsiders as if Rev. J. B.
Quigg and few more over-zealous
members of the NJ. e. Church, made
more trouble for their brother members
oftho NJ. E. Conference than the world,
flesh and the devil combined. 1t is
well to have men jealously guard their
faith, home, and those over whom they
are set to minister to their spiritual
welfare; but it is certainly wrong for
men to make charges simply on hear
say and floating reports. If there had
not been a spirit of jealousy existing
in the NJ. e. Church of FredeTica, there
would never have been charges made
against the Rev. J. lG. Mowbray. II
appears that nothing short of a sancti-
fed, unchangable and copper-fastened
saint can fill the pulpit of Frederica
acceptably, as some ministers have
hard work TO keep the congregation
from open rebellion.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

A very slightimprovement is noticed
;n business. OF course it can not be
expected to boom all over at once put
give it time, and all will be well in the
end
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

GEORGE FOUNTAIN, colored, is in
nossession of hen that laid three eggs
ON Sunday, March %, 1885. 50 john
says.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

II you are suffering from sense Of extreme
Nsariness" try one bottle Of Ayers sarsaparilla.
It Will cost you but dollar, and will do you in
ealcnable good, It win do away with that tired
feeling, and giFo you neville and energy.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

PEACH CROP. A correspondent
writing from near Denton, Md, claims
that the dry weather of last fall pre-
vented the growth of new wood on
peach trees and the forming of fruit
buds. He claims that the prospect for
a one third crop of the harder varieties
is good. Here in Milford we don't fool
with the little peach crop at this sea-
son OF the year. We let it alone, and
when the peaches are the size Ofgreen
peas, a few of our oldest and most
trusted inhabitants are led out and
ordered to inspect the trees, and make
an exhaustive report of the prospects
for peach crop. just at present our
peach growers are more anxious to
shoot the sprig tailed ducks swarming
on our marshes, than they are over
the peach crop.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

TAX RATE. - The Sussex County
levy Court has fixed the tax-rate at
forty-five cents on the hundred doi-
lars of assessment,which is an increase
over last years rate of five cents
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

SEAFoAM! SFAFoAM!-Call for Sea-
foam waters at e. GEILINGERs
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

The South Milford school bill has
passed the House.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

THE best crackers of every descrip-
ton always fresh, at e. GEILINGER's
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

READ the notice to teachers in an
other column of this paper
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

on TAP-PhiIHp Best's Milwaukee
beer constantly Oh tap at STEMS Cen
trail Hotel, in Milford. It is the best
beer in the market, and being drawn
direct from the keg, it is always fresh.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27
the CENTURY.

The Century Company Of New York have en-
larged the map OF the Soudan, published in the
March Century" and issued it on thick paper'
measuring 2ixi4 inches. The map is on the scale
Of hfty miles to the halfinch and is perfectly ade-
quate thorough comprehension OF the struggle be-
tween the English and and the Mahdi. 1t is much
fuller than any we have seen. A new edition OF
the March Century IS ready, making 2so'OOO
copies in all. The April number which is new
out is particularly ricA in portraits and views OF
the naval operations the lower Mississippi net
to speak Of Theodore ROosevelt's Legislative paper
and Colonel Richard Malcolm Johnston's dialect
story with character sketches.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

THE craze for crazy work has set one
halfofthe people crazy and ifthe craze
don't come to an end soon, the other
half will go crazy out Of sympathy
The crazy craze for crazy patchwork
of ali kinds, has inocculated even the
paper-hangers, and Mr. John .Pomeroy
is papering a ceiling in the raging
crazy style, and he is making a good
lob of il.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

The BARRIERS of Milford have agreed
TO close their shops on Sunday, on and
after the 10th day of April. They
ought to be supported and encouraged
in this movement by all good citizens.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

A young man working for Amos
Turner, while cutting wood last Sat
urday, had both bones of his leg bro
Ken by the fall ola tree which knocked
nother, which was already cut, on to
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

ALL persons wishing sweet potato
nlsnts can contract with II. G. Corsa
for them before the first of April
at 81. per thousand, to be De
livered between May 18th and June J.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

DIR. L1rTLEroN has sold the "Platt
Titus Farm" he recently purchased
to Mr.. H. Davis, of Canada. MrDaVis
has sold his farm to Mr.. o. Fenner, o.
whom he purchased it several months
,o.o
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

DOCKsTADTR & ARMsTRONd's un-
excellcd minstrel troupe will give two
entertainments in Dorsey's Hall on
Thursday and Friday evenings. There
will be a street parade each day, and a
free concert by the band about seven
O'Clock in the evening. This is one OF
the best troops that has ever been down
the Peninsula. should hear them
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

.Htt1tCtfeOt-P Page CdtGt09
books of the world, at the low
est prices ever known, together
with terms upon which books
are sent for examination
before payment to any
one on application. Address,
and make checks. drafts, or
money orders, payable to IOH
?. Q. Roxs t22ze Ss
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

OUR popular Insurance agent, John
H. APPEL.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

DONATION AND SURPRISE. - Mon
day evening last, about twenty-five in
innate friends Of Mr.. r. J., son of Mr..
and Mrs. David Lanll gave him bur-
lesque donation and genuine surprise
party at his fathers residence. Much
amusement was afforded as each pres
ent was unroled before the party. a
pair Of trousers that had done service
for many days, and bad parted with
much of the cloth in the rear, were re-
ceived from lady friend, and Mr.
Frank Davis, son of the Colonel, made
the presentation speech with eclat.
Another lady friend presented a shirt
that might be useful in the evaporat-
ing business or in hot weather, as it
was devoid of half of its caudal appen-
dage. The fun was kept boiling until
bed time.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27
Milford Mentions.

Go hear the Ellis bell-ringers.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

COUFoN-bO CENTS.
This Coupon, together with a1la "a
days from the date of paper IA which
g nppcara (niention nnTnc of napcrl ia
full payment for GuEoT'1 EllANcE above
described. This small extra Induce
uent Is simply y secure your frUmpl
mediums from which responses come.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

IM B. ALDEN, Publisher.
So Pearl Street. &ew rorka
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27
LITERARY NOTICES.
uARpERis.

The devotee OF the rod and line will be eoubly
interested In the april 'Harper's which will con
tain charming full-p paged illustration by Alfred
Parsons OF Wordsworth's sonnet written on blank
leaf Of a copy Of THE Complete Angler" and an
interesting paper on "Fly-ashing." by Mr.. II. P.
Wels,an authority on the subject,with hne Illus
tration Of an eight pound brook trout and num-
Der Of diagrams showing how to hold the rod and
to cast. book on the same subject by this writer
is in press by Messrs. Harper Brothers.
AMERICAN AGRIcULTuRIsr.
The American Agrieulturist" for April, 1885,
opens with spirited full-page engraving entitled,
sThe Frs; Trout Of the Season." There are one
hundred other large and small engrnvings OF House
plants, Farm Convenienees Sheep, Bavarian Oxen,
shetland Ponies, sebastopol Geese, Whistling
Ducks. etc.
There is great variety Of original articles per
tanning to Farm, Garden and Household from the
ablest writer's Of the country in tseir particular
spheres Of labor. The Household and Domestic
Departments of the April number are unusually
full. The sameis true Of the Boys and Girls De-
partments. In fact, this is really the most pracli-
cal number Of this periodical issued for several
years. This may be inferred from the titles OF some
Of the articles, such as follows Setting ont Cur
rant Bushes, Cultivation Of Barley Early Peas,
Spring Seeding for Grass, Permanent Pastures,etc
d. W. King, the well-known architect, begins with
this number q series Of House Plans for the Coun-
try. The cover page gives beautiful view, repre-
senting the Return Of Spring. Yearly subscription,
s1.5O. Single numbers IS cents. 75l Broadway,
New York.
GAsKELL's HANDBOOK.
We have just received from the publishera handy
LITTLE volume entitled, 'Gaskell's Hand Book Of
Usefal Information" >" It contains Calculations
Trade Secrets Rules, Business Forms. Legal Items
and Statistical Tables OF practical value for Me-
chanics. Farmers, ,Lumbermen, Bankers. Book keep
ers Politicians and all classes Of workers in every
department OF human effort, from the household to
the mandatory; and q compilation OF facts FOR
ready reference Oh almest every subject It is In
fact portable encyclopedia.
1t is nicely gotten up,and will be sent to any ad'
dress by mail postpaid, on receipt Of 20 cents by
GRo. ". oaILyIE, Publisher 23O Lake St, Chicago
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

THE District Grange of Kent and
Sussex counties will convene in the
hall of Midland Grange, Georgetown,
Thursday, April 2nd,at , o'clOck,p. m,
continuing in session two days. Pa
irons attending this meetingcan upon
application, purchase round trip tickets
at all stations on the d., NJ. and. V. r.
R., good until Saturday 4th at the fol-
lowing rates:
From Harrington, 80 cents; Milford
60; Lincoln, so; Ellendale,4 40; Robbins
85; Redden, 25; Lewes go; Nassau, So;
Coolspring,5O; Harbeson, 80; Gfavelly
Hill, 25; Selbyville, 20; Frankford, 60;
Dagsboro, 55; MillsbOro, 40; Stockley,
rs. A. n. BROWN, Sec.
CAMDEN, Mar. 24, 1885.
Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27

WYOMING ITEMs.-On last Friday a
Band Of Hope was organized at this
place with fifty-two members. On
Monday evening Prof. Wesley Webb,
g. w. G. T., with a number Of Good
Templars from Dover, organized
lodge of Good Templars with twenty
one members. The lodge promises to
be a success.-Harry Moore, Of
Moore's Mills, is very ili,and but little
hopes are entertained of his recovery.
MartlndaIe, of Dover will lee
ture on Temperance in the NJ e.
Church, on Sunday evening next. B.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-07-09
How We Judge a Novel.

Nearly all the stories printed to-day
have in them an attempt at something
beyond the mere telling of a tale with
trappings of scenery and puppets to
bear out the illusion. But we do not
examine this scenery to know if it is
real, or stick pins in these puppets to
learn if they are merely stuffed dolls
to play upon our fancy. liz this we do
ourselves an injustice. both losing the
fine flavor of a good novel and failing
to penetrate the tinsel and stage eff
fects of a poor one, in much the same
way as q befuddIed drinker swallows
We. Cliquot and champagne cider with
the same approval. Then, too, in order
to catch a page or two of ''conversa-
tom or faction that is valued only
as it carries forward the plot, we are
prone to run hastily over descriptive
writing hat paints a vivid bit of land
scape with cameo fidelity and beauty.
Or a chapter filled with life and color
is voted dreary and slow because only
indirectly it aids in tangling the
threads of the a 1t is the
amount of ethrill" in the concluding
chapters and the agreement in doc
trine and sentiment of the writer with
the readers personal beliefs and tastes
that settles the novel as good, bad or
indifferent.-The Current.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-07-09
The Murderers of + iIippo Caruso In Chica-
go Must Hang.

After a trial which lasted eight days Fill
ippo Caruso's murderers have been awarded
death penalty. The jury decided that Azari,
Gelaidi and Silvestri were the generators of
the crime, while Bayc and Mercurio, their al
legged conspirators, were pronounced not
guilty. Til jury found no difficulty in arriv-
ing at a verd ct, which they returned. Bave
and Mercurio having been informed of their
probable ~acquittal awaited the return of the
jurors with smiling faces, the others seemed
stolid and indiff rent as to the fate in store
for them.
About one hundred and fifty persons, mostly
Italians, had remained in court to hear the
verdict. Immediately upon the verdict being
read, Bave and Mercurio, at a signal from
the counsel, took seats to one side. An in
terpreter then translated the verdict to the
convicted men. They heard the words of
sentence in their " tongue without the
movement of a muscle and accompanied the
baiIiff back to tEeir cells with stolid faces ap-
parently unmoved. Indictments against
Baye and Mercurio were nolle pressed and the
Judge ordered them discharged. The trial
lasted eight days and excited unusual inter-
est owing to the horrible details of the crime
and the manner in which the murderers were
discovered. 1t will be remembered that the
body of the murdered man was placed in a
trunk and shipped to Pistsburg. The murder
was committed for money.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-07-09
Eyemnt from Taxation.

There is in New York City 1865, 694,-
060 worth of real estate exempt taxa
ton. OF this S17S, 1914, 060 is city prop
erty, S12. $40, 900 is United States
property. $40. 211, 500 is church proper
ty, and 1913. 94S, 500 comes under the
head of miscellaneous, belonging to
schools, libraries, and charities. At 2
per cent-and the taxrate in New York
City is usually higher than that-the TX
empt church and miscellaneous proper
ty would pay nearly 81, 5O0,0 900 a year
toward the expenses of government.
AS it does not pay it, others must, and
in this way secular realty is made to
pay, by force, 81, 500. 900 year for the
support of churches, etc. This is
pushing the exemption doctrine pre-
ty far. The same rule prevails, in
preportionate measure, throughout the
country. And that it does prevail,
and with little or no protest, is a strik-
ing proof of the tolerant and kindly
feeling of the American public toward
religious and educational enterprises
of all sorts.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-07-09
An ImDertinent Mimic,

Young ladies who expect attentions
from young men should not keep a too
well-educated parrot. A family in
Nashville has a parrot noted for it's VOL
.derful powers of initiating the human
voice. The family also has a daughter
whose especial duty is the care of thu
parrot.
The young lady has a friend, a young
man, who called at thehouse oneevening
and pulled the door bell. The parrot,
sitting in an upstairs window, heard the
jingle of a bell and called out:
$50 to the window!" The young
man was startled.
He looked at the windows below and
found them closed. He pulled the bell
knob again.
"Next door!" shouted the parrot, in a
voice not unlike the young lady's.
The young man looked up and down
the street in a puzzled sort of a way, as
if ii had suddenly dawned upon his
mind that he had made a mistake in the
house. Concluding that he had not, he
again rang the bell.
SEQ to the housed" cried Poll from
his perch in the upper window.
"What house?" exclaimed the young
man, angrily.
"The workhouse!" shrieked the par
rot. The young man concluded to leave
for his boarding house.-Youth's Com
panaor.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-07-09
oozEMArs AeRIoUz1URAL CONGRESS.
A Gathering tina Promises to Cdu Together
Manu- Prominent Aariculttrfsks.

A Gathering ~ Promises to Call Together
Many Prominent A0ricMltnrtsts.
Washington dispatch: COMMISSIONS
Colman's convention OF representatives
from agricultural colleges and kindred in
situations early in July promises to be a
notable gathering. The commissioner, in
opening the proceedings, will take occasion
to elaborate his views about agricultural
education. He takes the ground that
closer relations between the department
and those institutions can be mutually
beneficial. T. is his hope to be able to en-
list them in the experimental work, sending
to them new seeds and plants and receiv-
ing from them reports on the result OF
these trials, which may be made public
through an annual volume from the de-
partment. These agricultural schools have
land attached, and such an arrangements as
the commissioner hopes to make would
give all the advantages of experimental
farms in the various sections OF the coun-
try with varying soils and climate. Mr..
Colman expects to enlarge greatly the
scope Of this experimental work. He will
try to enlist the diplomatic representa-
tives OF this government, through the state
department, in the work OF collecting new
varieties OF seeds and plants in all oun
tries, to be sent home for trial.
He thinks there is a great mission
Tor the department in showing the
farmers of the United States new crops
which can be raised with a profit He be-
lieves hat many things now imported can
be raised successfully. He will even go into
the realm Of medicinal plants and see if
herbs and banks which are now imported at
great cost cannot be produced in this
country. In these projects he desires the
cooperation OF the colleges and societies,
and he believes he can show the agricultural
professors how they can make their insti-
buttons much more popular than they are
now by embarking in this work with him.
Prof. Dodge, the department statistician,
will read a paper on applied science as q
factor OF rural prosperity. Prof. Chas. E.
Thorn, Of Springfield, o., will present his
views upon the preparation ofexperimental
reports for popular use. Prof. F. G. Adams
is down for an address on the Importance
of teaching agriculture in the common
schools. Prof. E. Wicks, the new president
of the Michigan agriculture college, will dis
cuss industrial education. DR.. Salmon, OF
the bureau Of animal industry, and Prof.
Sanders, OF the department, will present
papers. These are some OF the features OF
the programme not fully arranged.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-07-09
The Giants of Patagonia.

The Patagonian, in the upper part
of his body, is of a huge build. His
trunk and head are large, his chest
broad, his arms long and muscular.
On horseback, he seems far above the
ordinary size of man. When he dis
mounts, however, it IS seen that his
legs are disproportiOnately short and
slender; they frequently bend outward.
His walk is heavy and numbering.
These are the well-known peculiarities
which are found in the Tartars, and in
all races of men who spend most of
their time, like the Patagonians, on
horseback. But it is only a little over
two centuries since the horse was in
troduced into this region. The natives
who were first seen chased the swift
guanaco and ostrich over their i'm
mense plains on foot. Such activity
required long, straight and muscular
legs. 1t is not too much to suppose
that the total change in their habits
of life, which has occurred since they
became a nation of hOrsemen, has de-
tracted at least two inches from their
stature. Adding these lost inches to
their present height, we the
giants who astonished the companions
of Magellan, and yindlcate the mar
ratives which later writers have dis
credited-Science.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-07-09
TIE PROSPERITY OF Peru.
Report of the Committee appointed by the
President to Yisit South Anserica.

Report of the Committee Appointed by the
President to Visit South America.
The commission appointed by the presi-
dent to visit South American countries in
the interest OF the of the United
States, has reported under date of April
25th, to the department Of state, the re-
suit of it's observations while at Lima,
Peru. In a communication to the secre-
tary Of state, accompanying the report,
the commission says: "The political situa-
ton in Peru is not such as to make a mis-
sion, like that upon which we have the
honor to come either satisfactory or con-
elusive. But as we are gratiied to be able
to report q cordial reception by the pro-
v~isional government and from the people,
Notwithstanding the fact hat they feel
somewhat aggrieved at the failure OF the
United States to exercise the good offices
for their benefit during the recent war with
Chill. This delicate subject wasnot alluded
to officially during our visit, but in private
conversations complications of three and
four years ago were spoken of in such q
manner as to leave the impression that
our government in their opinion did Peru
more injury than good. However, there is
still a most friendly sentiment, which has
been stimulated by the attitude OF Minister
Phelps, and desire to secure intimate inter-
national commercial relations between the
two countries. The people privately talk
of annexation to the United States. The
newspapers openly advocate p~rotectorate
over Peru by our government as the best
mode of securing internal peace, and there
nave been many other suggestions made in
the same spirit. Commerce with this
try has dwindled down to almost nothing
in comparison with its former magnitude.
This is accounted for by enormous decrease
in the purchasing power OF Peru and by
the fact that the steamship company which
has the monopoly on the west coast OF
South America uses its influence n regu-
lates its freight tariffs so as to direct trade
to England. 1t is the opinion of every mer-
chantin Peru and of members of the govern
ment that these conditions cannot be
changed until there is direct communica-
ton by steam between the posts of this
country and those of the United States. 1t
is said to be cheaper to ship goods from
New York by way OF Liverpool and Ham
burg around the Horn to Callao than by
way of the Isthmus, while a passenger pays
1915 in American gold for transportation
from New York to Valparaiso. We were
formally presented to the president April
goth. Mr.. Commissioner Thatcher pre-
sented General Iglesias with an autograph
letter of the president OF the United States
and delivered IN address, to which the
president replied. At the conclusion of the
ceremonies we were invited to be present at
Il private reception room, where we were
presented to members OF the cabinet and
attendants.