Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1891-09-04
MILTON.

If any little town on this peninsula IS, or
should be remarkable for morality, PROVIDED
that morality is the result of ecclesiastieal
Influence. that town ought to be called the
''oueen city between two hills" or as the
fluent correspondent of Every E9eHfHg puts
it "seven miles from nowEere"-we always
allow for transient visitors. TO the point
there has been a camp meeting going on for
about four weeks under the charge OF Kew.
7. r. Mitchell, an Allenite, and, by The way
fine colored man, good preacher, spen-
did singer. To make our FIRST paragraph
apropo, we will say that Milton has three hne
churches run by the Caucasian race and near
town there are two cSiOred churches, VIZ; the
Alleuuites rud the NJ. K. ColOTed. AS has
been stated the Allenites have heid CAM
meeting Il will be necessary Just mere Ior
me 10 digress a little. The Rev. G. W.
Smith is an NJ Z, I met him one month ago
en- route for his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. week
he removed to Milton. He is a hne man
and a member of the COlored Republican
State Committee, of Pennsylvania Mr..
Smith removed to Milton last week. !
have interviewed several Of the church
members in regard to Mr.. Snith leaving
Nassau. and thew ali say Mr.. Smith is too
smart man for the Nassau colOred folks.
BE that as It may, Mr.. Smith is here and
proposes to make things lively for the Al
ienites. He, acting officially, has-so have
Il from Observation-Disclosures for the
school building in South Milton, which they
will take possession of next spring, the pres.
eut old building having to be used for school
purposes this fall. In the meantime, IN the
grove surrounding the building Mr.. Smith
will hold an outdoor meeting commencing
on Friday evening. A stated meeting OF the
officials will be held this evening at the
residence of the pastor, which may possibly
change the program somewhat.
A case Of murder occurred near Milton
on Wednesday Of last week in dispute BE-
tween William and George Walker, sons of
William Walker, alias BILLY Dead" The
facts as far as can be known are: George
struck William with a spade, fracturing the
frontal bone at the conjunction of the left
suuarmus and coronal sutuie5, which re-
suited in death in seventeen hours after
wards. Drs. 7. A. and Robert Hopkins
were summoHed. Knowing the case to be
a desperate one, these scientists summoned
DR.. w. ]. Hearu, member of the faculty OF
the University Of Pennsylvania Iogether
these gentleman visited the young man. tre-
phining his skull, and did everything that
medical knowledge could do to save the
Young mans life He died in seventeen
hours after the fatal blow. A cOroner's
Jury rendered a verdict in accordance with
the facts above related. The remains were
inferred at Reynolds Churchyard on Fri
day. AFTER the AuueIdi NOuStdDiG (uuIdu
of Milton, brought the murderer to town,
where he acknowledged the deed and was
committed to Georgetown Jail by Squire
Chandler. There is much sympathy ex-
pressed for the family, as the father has been
SIOgssssco1gbOs lRieHtfS for some years, and
the mother is now frantic with grief oyer the
loss Of both Of her boys.
M. P. services for Sunday, September 9Th,
REYNOLDS, Io.3 90 a. m, Weigand's Chapel, g.
D. m, Milton, 7.3O . m. Evening services
through the week changed from to 7.3o p.
m.
Mrs. B. W. Kindley is away visiting her
former home-Belair, Nd, and Baltimore
City.
Miss Beulah Gilbert who gave the elocu-
tionary entertainment at the IA. P. Church,
on the goth ult- has. after a few days so
iourn with the pastor and his wife, returned
10 Baltimore. where she viii again eHgage
10 elocution IN the Womens' College OF that
city.
Rev. ]. A. Weigand and family have re-
turned nom a visit to Pitisville, Md.
Mr.. Edward Wiley sprained one Of his
wrists quite badly on Monday.
Milton Sept. ?, 1891. D. A. {.