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Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

THE ladies of South Milford did a
worthy act this week when they made
"A donation party for Miss Harriet Me-
Matt, an old lady close to ninty years
Of age, who previous to the late war
was in comfortable if not affi uent cir
cumstances She is entirely depen-
dent upon the charity of her friends
who are principally descendants of
those who were her associates in the
early part Of this century.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

Sudden changes of temperature always
induce physical discomfort under various
but generally colds. Iaxa-
dor will quickly rid the system of the bad
effects resulting from these changes. Price
only IS cents a package.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27
Lronp cmuncM DImEoTonY

z Church. on Railroad Avenue service:
.sGa. IN. and 7.3O p. m. Rev. j. II. Wiley
resbvterian Church, corner Of Walnut and
In Streets. South Milford. Services AZ ll.W
& and z Is p. m. Rev. Il L.Bunstein Pastor
E. Church. corner Third ard ChuroA Streets
kvices al 1880 a. m. and 7.5O p. m.
Rantist church. Rev s II. Haskell Pastor
rviees at 1880 a. IN. and p. m. Prayer Meet
s-Thursdsy Evening.
s,rasv school at the Chapel. on second Street,
'nth. at2p m. Sunday school Prayer meeting,
n Sunday in every mouth
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

THOMAS KIRBY, Of Little Creek
Del, son ofJ W Kirby, Of Milford
Neck, has been appointed to the Wolf
Point Indian Agency, in placed How
ard Maloney, resigned; and lie leaves
to try the cold and Indians in few
dave.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

REV. H. L BUNsTEIN will preach
on the question, "What is Religion ?''
at II a. IN. on Sunday morning. In
the evening the White Ribbon Army
will give a concert exercise in the
Presbyterian Church with speeches by
members of the Army. All are in
yited
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

THANKS. To those who were so
kind with marks of respect and sym
pathy for my deceased mother, Mrs
Jane Dempster, through her long i'll
ness, offer my sincere thanks. Grief
is too fresh for personal acknowledge
|ment. Mrs. ANNIE JUMP.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

GARDENERS, RENEMBER!-The A.
b. Cleveland Company, whose adver-
tisement is i'm another cUlumn.will de
iver to your nearest express orrailroad
station all seeds ordered from them
Write for catalogue.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

CARDS are out announcing the mar
riage of Mr.. VIM. E. Lank 10 Miss
Lizzie Hansel Little, on January 3lst.
The ceremony will take place in the
new home recently furnished by the
groom OH East Front-st, South.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27
BELTS BRos., Insurance Agts.

on February 7th, under the auspices
Df the Republican Club of Milford,
Rev. J. S. Willis will speak in Dorsey
ball. His subject will be "The Tar
'f," and all are invited. A Land will
Be i'm attendance.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

PROPERTY SALEs.-The Louis Pret-
lyman property in South Milford, was
purchased on Monday last through
Mr.. Frank Richards, by w r. DON
oyan for 5000.
The w. R. Donovan farm Of l0a
acres. located near Jefferson's X Roads,
was purchased by Nathaniel Pretty
man this week for 81 300. through Rick
ards agency.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

THE party who borrowed pair Of
bouble reins from Bivens Donovan's
livery stable recently will save trouble
! " returning them-so says Mr.. d.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

SHiP-CARPENTEI S are at work on
Re schooner VIM, l. Simpson, extend
bug her quarterback, putting on new
bends, and making other repairs.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

THE traction engine that passes
through our streets at any hour of the
bay or night, will be the author Of
sither fatal accident or a fire unless
he authorities take an interest in it.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

DESPITE the inclement weather on
II Eednesday night. the LihrarySunper
I the old Armory was well patronized.
Ehe receipts approximated Sl20, Of
rhich $50 WAS net
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

ONLY 60 above zero on Sunday
morning last, was the coolest day OF
|his winter so far.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27
.Arrival and peparture Of MANS.

NoRTH-II:24 A. NJ, and 600 P. NJ.
SOUTH o4o A. NJ, and 3:3s P. N.
Mail leaves the Post Office twenty minutes
fore each train
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

I will be at the office of Hynson &
Richards February 1st 2nd and 3rd, to
|eceive payment of electric light bills
br January. W. T. JOHNSON.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

A new Dayton wagon will be sold
eheap. Apply to Pierce & Carmean's
hew hardware store.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

ON Sunday morning next Rev. J. S.
willis will preach to the congregation
BIT Laws Church; beginning at 1870
o'clock.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

ON our 2nd page to-day will be
iound striking and instructive Illus
ration of the comparative worth Of
he various kinds of baking powders
how in the market.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

A large decked-over sturgeon boat
will he built this winter and spring by
Litneton Salmons for James Hudson
md others.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

THE funeral on Sunday afternoon
list Of Mrs. Jane Dempster's was
hrgely attended.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

IF you have loss by fire and are
Insured, that is ''Tweedle Dee" If
gou are not ensured, then 1t is "Twee-
Die dunn"
ID r.r.-,c Rpoe Insnrnnce A Ania
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

THE place to get cheap secondhand
sIothiDg is at W. E Lank's.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27
MILFORD MENTIONS.

Coal only $500 at A. X. Hall &
.on's.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

PUT up your wood stoves and save
.n expensive coal account.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

If Milford had an industry like
unto the business Of Richardson &
Robbins in Dover, who are packing
unusually large quantities of poultry
and plum pudding this winter, our
laboring classes would find a means of
adding to the public wealth by steady
employment. The firm spoken of
above, receive a carload Of beef tongues
every ten days from Chicago. which
they proceed TO can, and which gives
employ to several people through the
winter.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

THERE are now hanging in the
Milford Post Office samples of pen
drawings by Prof $. w. Martin. of
New York City, who is stopping at
the Dorsey House, of persons, that are
worth inspecting. The Professors
work, done with pen and ink, and
which is said to withstand the fading
process Of time, il wonderful. Com
mon photographs are transferred and
enlarged to life size pictures, and he
don't ask for any money until the
work is completed and satisfactory.
He also teaches commercial and orna-
mental penmanship.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

To every reader Of the CHRONICLE
we PROFOUND this question, namely I:
"Have you paid your subscription for
thecurrent year ,orare you in arrears?'
If vou live away from Milford, set right
down and write letter in which en-
close the amount due according 20 the
date printed either on the wrapper, or
by your name on the paper. 1t is
these little amou nts on which the suc-
cessful publication of the country
newspaper depend. To call or send
out bills. necessitates' an expense Of
several dollars per day, and if you
have an interest in either the paper,
its editor, or their joint prOsperity,you
will not forget this.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

AS the "coaW question has assumed
such serious aspect, Capt. A. X. Hall
& Son, dealers in that precious article
in Milford. rise to state, that the last
lot they received was sold at IS per ton.
They have some furnace coal they eau
sell for 81 so per ton, and about ten
tons Of lump coal that they would sell;
but probably before spring it will be
bought by the jewellers of Milford for
the purpose of settings in jewelry and
personal adornment. This will not
positively he the case; but if the price
at the mines continue to grow up, it
may make the "bIack diamond" a
costly luxury, instead of a necessity.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

"WHo made man ?" asked teacher
ola little Sunday School shaver. "Mr.
Tieidler," came the prompt reply.
"Oh, no, my little man. Don't you
know better than that ?'' YES he did, f,
too :" said the BOY, "for heard sister
say that half of the young fellers of
Milford were made and padded by
'Treidler." Well. tie little chap was
about half right, any way, for Treidler
certainly is the popular merchant
tailor Of Milford Even this early he
is looking around after the prospective
spring fancies.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

LAST week Edward Hall while
hunting for ducks on the marsh near
the New Wharf" saw a white hawk
that has been familiar to that locality
for several years, and which has been
shot at many times before, Mr.. Hall
had the good fortune to kill it last
week. The hawk measured nearly
six feet from tip to tin of its wings
and those who have been familiar
with it, think its age is about twelve
years 1t was purchased by VIM.
Humphreys who will have 1t stuffed.
Milford chronicle., 1888-01-27

NS'psl JrLLIprr. WRIGHT s Co.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-04
Swallowed the Thermometer.

The patient, German who under
stood but little English, was admitted
to the hospital for a fever not yet
diagnosed, says DR.. NJ. Singer of Gal
weston, Tex, in the Medical Record. AS
soon as he was seated by his bedside I
introduced the thermometer into his
mouth, enjoining him at the same time
not to bite or swallow it. Standing in
front of my patient I saw the thermom-
eter disappear in his mouth, while at
the same time motion as of degluti-
ton was performed by the man. When
I recovered from the shock such sight
gave me I requested my patient toopen
his mouth. Sure enough the instru-
ment was there no longer, and when I
asked the man in German what he had
done with the thermometer he answer
ed that he had understood me to say
that he should swallow it, and of course
he had obeyed orders.
I snatched a blanket from the bed
and spread it on the floor, then making
the man lie flat OF his stomach on the
bed with the head hanging down over
the edge oft, I told him that unless
he wished 10 die he should introduce
his fingers as far down the throat as
possible and make one supreme effort
to return that thermometer. This was
quickly and efficiently done, for in less
time than it takes ne to relate il the
thermometer was reGW"gitated, and fell
safe and sound on the blanket. I took
the precaution of tying thread to my
instrument whenever it afterwards be-
came necessary to take the temperature
of this or any other i:cight-minded
patient.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-04
THE HOME OF YELLOW FEVER.
Spanish Soldiers Swept Away by Companies
in Cuba.

ST. JAGo DE CUBA, September 12-
Yellow fever reigns supreme both in
this city and at the military hospital
outside.
The La Autonomia, of this city, yes
terday published the following item:
"Of ninety-six men of the battalion of
San Quentin, on dutyin Santo Espiritu,
% have fallen victims to the yellow
fever, II more have been attacked with
it and of them are dangerously i'll. OF
a detachment of nine men on duty at
Parades, spot noted for its salubrity
and good sanitary condition, all were
attacked and seven died of the fever.
The mortality has been terrible"
The Ell Pals, Of that city, one day re-
ported twenty-four deaths from it.
Both natives and foreigners have been
swept away. The epidemic has been
sweeping the island. The terrific in
roads made by yellow fever may be
gathered from the following: Out of a
full company of men all but eight have
been swept away in this city. The is
land of Nassau, knowing the danger,
has declared a forty-day quarantine
against US.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-04
BLOWN TO PIECES IN BEAUFORT.
The Fearful Fate Of Cotton Gin Engineer
His Fireman Killed, and Two Boys.
Especial to News and Courier.

CptClIE W ANGh > dIIO SOuIlGI.
BEAUFORT, September 2S.-The
boiler in Mr.. Politzer's gin house explod-
ed this afternoon about 8 o'clock, proba-
bly, on account of want of water in the
boiler, as few minutes before the en-
gineer was packing the pump. The
explosion carried the boiler and parts
ofthe engine from the engine room and
through the end of a store owned by T..
A. Scheper and occupied by J. w.
Allison, furniture dealer. The piston
head was blown the entire length of a
block and struck a house and came
near killing Tolly, shoemaker.
The engineer and fireman were both
instantly killed. The engineers head
and chest, with some other parts of his
body, were found on the roof of an
adjoining building.
Two boys by the name of Aston
were on the street sixty feet from the
the engine room, and one of them was
instantly killed and the other died
about seven o'clock this evening. The
engine and boiler will be a total loss.
Mr.. Scheper and Mr.. Allison are the
heaviest losers. The damage to the
building is about $500 and the damage
to the furniture in Mr.. Allison's store
is at least $500.
The scene cannot be described. The
rear end Of the store, where the boiler
entered, looks as though railroad
engine had run into it. The boiler is
lying in the centre of the furniture
store.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-04
They Took q Whole Car.

[Greenville News, September 26.l
One of the passengers on the north
bound Air Line passenger train Mon
day afternoon was J. Christopher Fitz-
gerald, of this city. Mr.. Fitzgerald
returned last night, and to Daily
News reporter he told of a remarkable
case Of yellow fever scare on board the
train. One entire first class car waslbc-
cupied by a gentleman and his wife
bound from Birmingham to Baltimore.
They were afraid Of the fever contagion
so much so that when they left Biz
mingham, the gentleman purchased
eighteen first-class tickets for himself
and wife, thereby securing the exclu!
sive use Of the car for the trip. In that
stately and reserved but doubtless per-
fectly safe style they made the journey.
while the ordinary passenger rolled
along in crowded cars subject to the
attacks of any stray microbes that
might be wandering around IN the
malarial atmosphere of the Blue Riuge
and the Piedmont escarpment.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-04
Another Great Estate Swindle in New
York.

New YORK; September 27.-The fol-
lowing statement over signature of
Alexander E. Orr, President Ct the
Produce Exchange, was announced on
the floor of the Exchange this after
noon:
To the Members Of the Gratuity
Funds-Gents esterday afternoon it
came to the knowledge of the trustees
of the gratuity funds that Counsel VIM
r. Forester, Jr., was suspected of hay
ing committed similar frauds to those
practiced by BeGell, the forger. An
investigation proved this to be the
case. The register Of New York has
pronounced thirteen mortgages aggFe-
eating S16S,00O, as having fraudulent
certificates of registration. Investiga-
ton is still going on, and members Of
the Exchange will be advised of fur
developments. Last evening Pinker-
tons detective agency were instructed
to arrest VIM Foster, but as yet nc "a
port has been received from them.
ALEXANDER E. ORR.
This statement was not complete
surprise to the members Of the En-
change. Foste, who had offices in the
building, and who had long been legal
counsel for the Exchange, had not been
seen around there since last Tuesday
evening. He went away then, saying
he would return next morning. He
enjoyed the implicit confidence Of his
associates, and just how he became
first suspected of going wrong is not
yet known but it became known
yesterday on the floor that he had alb
seconded with a sum of money that did
not belong to him. The amount varied
according to the imagination Of the
gossipers, but the exact amount was
not known until the builitin issued
this afternoon.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-04
An Ostrich Race.

A writer in the Providence Journal
gives some interesting facts in regard
to an ostrich from near Los Angeles,
CAL, owned by DR.. J. G. Sketchley. He
has sixty acres devoted to ostriches,
having imported thirty pairs of these
birds directly from Africa, landing
them at Galveston, Tex. he also
brought with them four Madrasese men
and women; these people being tho
roughly familiar with the habits of the
ostrich. Their food is corn and alfalfa,
the latter kind of California grass, of
which atleast half a dozen crops are
frequently cut off the same ground in
one season. These ostriches weigh
from 300 to 400 pounds each. The male
bird is black and the female gray, and
they are valuable chiefly for their
feathers, the finest of which sell for s4
apiece. according to this account, while
good common feathers bring 5000 a
pound. The price of full-grown pair
of birds is from 500 to $500, and young
birds, six months old, cost from $3.50 to
5000. They are a very long-lived crea-
ture, sometimes reaching the age Of
eighty years. The article closes with
the following account of an ostrich
race:
At command from the doctor, one
of the Madrasese keepers opened the
door Of one Of the pens, and, in re-
sponse to the Doctors call, two superb
ostriches came running to him. After
caressing the gentle creatures for few
moments, he showed them a handful
offigs, of which they are extremely
fond. Two of his men then restrained
the birds by placing nooses upon
each of them and walked to the
other end of the course. Then, at
signal from the doctor, the birds were
released, and the race began. Itseem-
ed to me these birds covered fourteen
feet at every stride. Like the wind
they came, their great necks stretched
forward and upward to their utmost
length, their wings, like arms, working
with a motion similar to that made by
their legs, and filling the air with a
mighty sound like the rushing of a
whirlwind. Nearer and nearer they
came, their speed increasing with every
moment, till was almost terrified lest
they should run us down, feeling GER
tain that we could not withstand the
shock. They kept we'll abreast for
nearly half of the distance, and then
one began to forge ahead. He steadily
increased his lead till within a few feet
of US, when he turned his head, and,
seeing that his competitor was consid-
erably in the rear, he slackened his
pace, and, jogging up to the doctor, re-
ceived his reward in figs and caresses.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-04
SOUTHERN ENTERPRISES.
The Wave of Fortune Rolling on in Spite Of
Yellow Jack.
From the Baltimore Manufacturers
Record.

Record.
Reports to the Manufacturers Record
show that the past week has witnessed
the consummation Of a large number of
great enterprises in railroad and indus
trial circles throughout the South. The
faith of Northern capitalists in South
ern railroad securities is shown in the
placing of $10,0O0,OOO Of bonds of the
Georgia Central Railroad through
Drexel, Morgan & Co., and the nego-
tiations, now reported as closed, for the
purchase at S3,0O0,0O0 of the Kentucky
Midland Road. The Plant Investment
Company has subscribed for portion
of the bonds of the Alabama Midland
Road, which probably insures the early
building of that line from Bainbridge,
Ca, to Montgomery. A number of
large contracts have been let during the
week for important extensions of old
roads and the building Ct new ones, in
dicating great activity in railroad con-
struction throughout the South. The
Pioneer Manufacturing Company, of
Birmingham, owned by the Thomas
Iron Company people, ofPennsylvania,
will build duplicate furnace of the
one lately completed, and also l5O-ton
rolling mill, at cost of probably over
$500, 900 coal mining company has been
organized at Cordova, Ala; Chicago
capitalists will build a 81 900, 900 central
sugar refinery in Louisiana, with short
railroads to adjacent plantations; St.
Louis capitalists have purchased coal
lands in Texas for about $500, ,0GO which
they will develop; in Richmond ST.
1000 cotton seed oil mill company
has been chartered; 15,000-spindle
cotton mill will be built in Georgia;
Philadelphia iron bridge works have
secured a location for a plant in Rea-
noke, Va; $4,000 worth of machinery
has been ordered for complete bolt and
nut works in Decatur, Ala; quarry for
$1,000 carloads of granite. These are
but a few Of the leading items reported
in this weeks Manufacturers Record.
There are many L. !ller enterprises,
including electric light and water
works, ice factories, flour and saw mills,
&C., showing that even the yellow fever
scare has had but little effect in check
ing the South's great industrial devel-
opment, and now that the danger of
the fever spreading has about died out,
still greater activity may be looked for.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-04
Williams, Black s. Co. Fail.

NEW YORK, September 2S.-The fail
ure was announced in the Produce Ex-
change this evening of Williams, Black
& Co. The firm is one of the best
known business houses down town, and
it's credit heretofore has been high,
holding membership in the Produce,
Coffee and Cotton, and until quite re-
Gently, Metal Exchanges. The firm
was well-known in all branches of
trade. The amount of liabilities could
not be learned to-day. One of the
members Of the firm was seen and de-
clined to even estimate the amount.
BY a disinterested party it was esti-
mated that they would reach millions.
A member of the firm assured the su-
perintendent of the Exchange that his
house would settle in full tomorrow.
This failure is connected, it Is thought,
with the Chicago wheat squeeze.
THEIR EMBARRASSMENT ONLY TEN
PORARY.
New YORK, September 29.-The
failure of Williams, Black & Co., COM
mission merchants of No. l Warren
street, whose suspension was announced
yesterday on the Produce Exchange,
was only temporary embarrassment
and before the exchange opened this
morning member of the firm called
on Superintendent Howe and an
nounced that the firm was ready to
settle with their creditors in full. The
firms trouble was caused by the fact
that its surplus capital was locked up
in margins.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-04
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for octo.
ber.

The institution which has done so
much to foster art in America, 1.-THE
National Academy of Design" has its
history we'll told by A. S. Southworth,
in the opening Article of Frank Leslie's
Popular Monthly for October. 1t is
illustrated with views of the building
and portraits of it's President. Ladies
will read with pleasure "The Gowns of
the Butterflies" full of suggestions and
hints to study combinations Of color and
texture from Dame Nature. In these
days, when Shakespeare Bacon are
strangely mixed up by the skillful
literary art of an accomplished man, it
will be gratifying to have brought to-
gether "What is known about Shake
speare,' and this is done in a very read
able article; and whether he wrote the
plays that have olways borne his name,
here, at least, are facts relating to them
which all admit. THE Indigenous
Animals of the Andes" treat of that
Llama family which gave Peru beasts
ofburden and feeces for the garments of
Incas and common people. A lady tells
of visit to far-of ''Tangier," the town
that England once held, and which
would even now be an important hold
beside Gibraltar. "Three Days on the
Summit of Mont Blanc" gives picture
of what our martyrs for science, even
in these days Of modern Improvements,
are compelled to endure. The stories
and adventures in the number are all
attractive and well illustrated, and
some, like Venezuela and Great
Britain" by Almont Barnes, of no little
value. .---..