Milford chronicle., 1889-02-15
MILTON.

We do not wish to surfeit the readers OF
the Milton communication with religious
news but, indeed, it is the most inter
esting that is now going. There have
been sixty conversions at the NJ. T.
Church. forty of whom have been admit
ted on probation others have joined the
different churches in the surrounding
neighborhood II is a pleasure to the
pastor of this church to be able to report
| fhe benevolent collections all taken, and
a source of congratulation to the congre-
ration that its apportionment IN each IS
! filed. except the missionary department,
which will roll up its amount on next
missionary day. Prayer meetings are heIu
on each afternoon during the week at
O'Clock, and also in the evenings at
o'clock.
The fourth and last quarterly confer
ence of this conference year VIII be nelu
on Friday evening. Quarterly meeting
will take place on Sunday. Love Ieasl
will convene at o:15 o'clock, and the Rev
+ R. Crearner will preach at 1890: Sub
liect. "Hell." Rev. ]. A. B. Wilson, r
= will occupy the pulpit in the evening
AT the NJ. P. Church the extra meeting
has entered on the fourth week OF It's pro
gress. and the interest still continues. Up
to the present there have been thlrty-slX
conversions and thirty-one accesslons TO
the church. On Saturday evening last
the Rev T. II. MullineauX preached a
special sermon to seamen-wlth WHEN
our town abounds-and on Saturday even
= ing next he will preach a second sermon
to this fraternity of men in whom he ap-
pears to take an especial interest.
Next Sabbath morning the sacrament
/ of the Lords Supper will be administered
5 in this (the Milton NJ. P. Church, fol
lowed bv an experience meeting. Al
night Mr.. Mullineaux will preach or
Z Faith" as illustrated in the importunat'
: manner of the Syro-Phenician Woman
= Revival services will continue during th'
$ week.
The Levy Court has made a good ap
. pointment for collector Of this hundred
= in the person of Eli /. Collins. Mr. Col
8 Inns is a mechanic, and has long been en-
gagged in the wheelwright business IN 4
~ town.
s MIR. 7. w. Fox, who is engaged in tn
c mercantile business in this town, and VIII
recently bought farm on the Matapon
River Va. and removed thence, mas no'
purchased property in Baltimore, nd
I and will occupy it this week.
A house and lot, the property OF X. J
q !
= Saturday by ex-Sherif Purnell, under e.
% ecution process, and knocked of at S55C
h The annual meeting for the election
ct officers, etc, of the Broadkiln BUILDING
n. and Loan Association, is advertised
III take place on the evening of the 10Th.
. A meteor passed through the atmo
phere near Milton on Thursday atternoo
ay about sundown. It's direction was troi
is southeast to northwest It was witnesse
st. bv many who say it emitted shoots
of flame in its passage, and appeared TO
se not higher than the vessel 1nasts and ne
to them.
Mr.: lanes W. Ponder, the younger sc
Of x-Governor Ponder, now student
Swarthmore College, has received an a
-, pointment as one of the contestants +
Ut the Phoenix oratorical prize. He has all
been elected delegate to represent u
alma mater at the convention otthe Int
h. Collegiate Athletic Association Of Amt
lea, to be convenedin New York, and al
TO the intercollegiate Athletic Assoc
ton of Pennsylvania, to be held in Phi
Sc delphia. D. A. =