Milford chronicle., 1888-05-18

LIGHT stiff hats, light pocket hats,
and novelties in dressy straw bats, are
among PiersoA's latest invoices oI
goods. His line of boots, shoes and
slippers has become most complete with
the arrival of his new goods.
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THE following letters remain in the
Milford postoffice unclaimed: Mrs.
Sallie Bennett. Miss Rhetiie BUrris.
Mr.. James Deputy, Daniel Miller, Mr..
Willard shoekley, Mr.. Wilbert Wat
son, Mrs. Mary e. Watson.
r. Y. WATSON, P. NJ.
NEXT Tuesday evening the ladies Of
the W. C. T. U. will give strawberry
festival in the Milford Library. A
like enterprise WAS contemplated by
the Torbert Guards, but has been aban-
doned at the request Of the W. C. 4. U.
ladies.
ABOUT one thousand shade trees in
Milford need trimming out from the
bottom, and if our commissioners do
their duty towards pedestrians, they
will see that the work is done. Limbs
low down harbor mosquitoes and shut
out both air and light
A new ruling of the pOstOfilee de-
partment provides that postal cards
that are uncalled for will he returned
to the writer at the end of thirty days,
and that advertised letters will be held
but two weeks instead of four, before
being sent 10 the dead-letter Office
FOR SALE CHEAP.-On easy terms,
a Cotton steam barge. l2O lbs. steam,
suitable for freight or truck. This is a
handy little boat, and just suited to
the Delaware trade. Dimensions: 4 #.
draft, u It. beam, and 20 fl. length.
H. NJ. ScIPLE, BordentOwn, N. J.
BASE BALL.-The clerks aud print
ers drew large crowd to witness their
scientific handling of the ball and lat
last Tuesday, and fortune placed her
favOrs with the South Milford nine to
the tune of 20 to 10 runs. Another
game will be played next Wednesday.
Jos. TRUxTON, of Lewes, has placed
orders with Milford parties for 200
cords of brush. 1t is to be used in
making improvements and building
jelties in the Delaware river. Two
dollars per cord is paid for the brush
delivered to any landing OH the Mis-
pillion.
On Tuesday evening last the mem
hers of Sakimas Tribe of Red Men
were RECALLED with white mountain
cake aud cigars through the courtesy
Of Mr.. VIM. E. Griffith; the day being
his birthday anniversary. The COM
positOrs of the CHRONICLE were SINH
larly treated.
The people who enjoy visiting the
colored camp meetings. are requested
by the prOmulgatOr of the A. NJ. e.
Church camp-John w. Fountain
to assist by pledging small amounts
that will cover the cost of lumber, aud
he purposes making a canvass before
June TO see what can be secured.
Work on roads and bridges should
be done now or at the latest, before the
middle of June; but our road over
seers too frequently think that the
appropriation placed in their hands
is for the purpose Of rewarding them
in some way. and not for the improve
ment of sandy roads or bad bridges.
1 hereby return my sincere thanks
to my many friends in Sussex county,
and especially to the strong support 1
received i'm Cedar Creek hundred, for
the valuable aid rendered in my sue
cessful application for the Office of In
spector of Weights and Measures for
Sussex county. DIR. ROBT. FRAME.
MILFORD, May II, 1888.
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FRUIT growers will do well to exam
inc into the practicability of fighting
the rosebugs,in case they should attack
the peaches this year like they did
last. Spraying the trees with London
purple would drive them off and at the
same time kill the curculio. The in
sect tribe will have to be fought by
those now who desire perfect fruit.
FISH COMMISSIONER EllwoOd r.
Norney sent four cans of young shad
to Milford on Tuesday last which con-
tanned 10000 young fish, and they
were turned into the Mispillion The
United States Fish Commission has
dOue much towards restocking the
waters of this country with food fishes.
and each State is ably secondiug the
work.
THE society of christian En-
deavor" held very pleasant sociable
in the lecture room of the Presbyter-
ian Church on Tuesday evening last.
An excellent program of music and
literature was followed by generous
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