Milford chronicle., 1891-05-29
ON THE PENINSULA.

N.s.
= like quantity last Saturday. They hay
about 400 gross made up.-SenffNeA
Il The drawing Of tent lots Tor the Candle
K Union Camp Meeting viii take place O
= Saturday the 9th day Of June, at O'Clock
!, Price of tents 81 and SI4 The camp vii
+ begin Tuesday, July 2Ist, and close Satui
= day, August Ist.
r The joufneymen bread bakers Of Whining
r ton, seven.y-fve in number are on astrike
) for shorter hours and an increase in wage
!, They demand ten hours day except Frida'
and Saturday when they agree 10 give j.
hours a II cents per hour overtime Thel
demand also $40 and SIS per week. At pres
. ent they receive s. to SI2 and board.
! Mr.. Peter S. Faucet, went to Petersburg,
: Del, the home of Governor Reynolds, las
Saturday 20 ask for the appointment Of Re
corder Of Deeds While in the act Of getting
out Of his carriage at the Governors resi-
deuce he was seized with a stroke of paraly.
sis which affected his left leg and side. He
was taken home on the evening train.
The Board of Directors Of the Delaware
: Hosiery Company of Dover, Delaware. de-
cided at their last meeting to issue SO, 600
additional stock, making the amount oftheir
active working capital 100000 The major
ity of this additional capital viii be taken by
prominent Philadelphians, limited amount
Of shares having been reserved for Delaware
investors.
Last Thursday was return day in Sussex
for the Convention election. The election
officers were on hand with their ballot
boxes, but the usual crowd was lacking.
There was no ginger cake, no candy, no
corn balls, and none Of the Accomplishments
Of an old fashioned return day. This was
due to the character of the election and the
busy time Of the year.
All the outbuildings on the property of
VIM. H. Belts, in AIillsboro, were destroyed
by fire on Thursday afternoon last. Two
corn houses belonging to Daniel Burton, but
occupied by j. Z. Bryan, were also destroyed
with 2 bushels of corn belonging to Bryan.
AIR Belts lost I25 bushels Of corn, a lot of
fodder and ton Of phosphate. Mr.. Bryan's
household goods were damaged and Mr.
| Belts residence took fire but was saved by
hard work His household goods were nee
essarily damaged some.
The funeral of w S. AfcNair of Whining
/ ton, on Tuesday, was largely attended Sniyth
/ Post accompanied by other Grand Army
veterans and Hiberiau Fife and Drum Corps
was present Services were conducted at
the residence of his son, No. GIL Monroe
street. by the Rev W. P. Swartz, and at the
grave bv the Grand Army Of fhe Republic.
The concluding ceremonies including a
salute, which was fred by Smyth Post Guards
| There were many handsome floral offerings
Burial was made in Wilmington and Brandy
wine cemetery.
In the Morning Ne70s of Tuesday ex
County Collector Iohu J. Dougherty pub
! lished over his signature an advertiser & no
tice reading as follows
'The undersigned takes this method of
| informing the taxpayers Of the Northern
district of the city of Wilmington that through /
the advice of counsel, he will collect no more
county taxes after this date"
This action is taken in view of the dispute
thst has arisen over the right of the late
collectors to collect the taxes remaining on
their duplicates after the passage of the Five /
Commissioners bill. It is claimed by some |
lawyers that the bill abolished the office of
county collectors entirely, while others con
tend that while this is true It does not re-
lieve the late collectors of their financial re-
sponsibility for the taxes remaining on their 4
duplicates, which they are bound TO collect. /
The other ex collectors of the county are /
proceeding with their collections, as usual,
Meanwhile Jhr. Z. G. Bradford, attorney |
ofthe Levy Court, is making careful exani-
nation of the bill. with view to preparing
an opinion for the courts guidance.
John II. Bewley, recorder of deeds for
Kent county, died on Tuesday last at his
home III Smyrna. He had been in failing
health for some time, although he was able
to be in Dover the early part of Nay, He
was about seventy years of age and had
been troubled with kidney disease. Mr.,
Bewley was native of Queen Anne county
I'D, and went to Smyrna when boy. He
was always closely identified with the DEM
ocratic party. For many years lie was en-
gagged III the mercantile business at Smyrna,
and at one time was a large property holder.
He was a delegate from this State to the
celebrated Democratic National Convention
at Charleston in 1860, when the party split
and made the election of Abraham Lincoln
possible. He had also been a delegate to
other Democratic conventions and had rep
resented his party in the General Assembly.
He was postmaster at Smyrna during Cleve-
lands administration. On February II, 1888,
Governor Biggs appointed him trustee of
life of Delaware College, and on March 10,
1890, the governor appointed him recorder
of deeds for Kent county to succeed Pres
ley Spruance. Hr. Bewley's term would
have expired in 1895.
lT. Bewley's wife, who was a Hiss Jefler-
son of Smyrna and one daughter survive
him He was a member Of the Methodist
Church and a man who was held
in high esteem by those who knew him.
The funerals of the two railroad victims
last Sunday were largely attended, That of
Miss Maggie Newman took place at O'Clock ,
from her late residence on New Street. {
About 100 of Richardson & Robbins EN-.
ployes met at given place, and each wear
ing spTig of evergreen, marched IN body
to the house, where they filed past the
remains, taking a last look at their deceased I
comrade Miss NewmaR had for years been ,
subject to severe spells Of sickness. and had
talked Of her possible demise.
She had told her associates what she wanted
done in such an event, and had selected
from among them eight young ladies TO act
as honorary pail bearers. One of these was y
unable to attend, and six of them complied {
with her requests, as follows: Misses Zada j
Wells Hattie Cole, Fannie Campbell, Annie {
Boyer, Martha Kersey and Essie Cole. They {
wore cream dresses, with sailor hats to c
match, aud we're very prominent among the I
sable dresses of the rest Of the cOrtege. The Y
bearers were Edward Milbourn, Charter
Pepper, John Hayes, VIM. Townsend,
Maurice Miller and John Clark, The shop
hands formed in lire and followed the
remains to Christ Church. where services
we're conducted by Rev. /. W. Gibson. and
Interment was made in the Episcopal Gene
terry. After the casket had been lowered
into the grave the hands filed past II, dropping
in their piece Of evergreen. At the close OF
these services the large concourse of people
went at once to Mr.. Benn's funeral which
look place at the residence of his parents on
Avenue at $50. Services were
conducted by Rev J. A B. Wilson. The
bearers were Edward and George Milburn,
Edward Baker, Harry Forkum, James Hair
rngton and WILDER Hammoud The cere-
nony of viewing the remasus was repeated
by the factory employees, as we'll as the
march to Lakeside Cemetery, the place of
nterment, and dropping the emblem of
into the open grave. 1t is esti-
mated that at least 500 people were present
1t the latter funeral, and nearly that number
1t tile FIRST A brother Of Miss Newman
who lives in Washington was present at the
uue ral he and another brother being her
1nlv known relatives. She left a will dis
posing Of her effects and providing that after
he funeral expenses are paid the balance Of
sum of money which she had invested
should go to the Episcopal Sunday School
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