Milford chronicle., 1892-03-25

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,gorn bsbout 8 ye5 a pound Of wool
wS,a q pretty Secured by placip,sa
~ etgS They never mortar 30 he
- 80 p when they Re animals q :,
~ 49, 80 s IA oe,.u us Tfelation to =
staiAtruck with be-!red was in -
was pite album lie "
ago sghellzs Ailioii..ssf'.e ye--s -.-s'iies %
sSGbnins with a load Of railroad ties. They
took fright and ran away throwing him I'd
the load after his reius had broken, breaking
his right leg between the foot and snee and
otherwise injuring him Dr Layton, OF
Georgetown. who was in the neignbornood,
came 10 his assistance and rendered medical
aid. He is now al the home Of his faths2
Job Conway, 10 paiAful and suffering 1n-
diuon.
Our old aad spected neighbor = Recor
der Benjamin D. Burton, is in a 81 King con.
dition with kidney trouble at home neal
Robbins
S L, Reed & Bro. are p9tting in their new
machinery this week ". Torbert, skilled
mason from Georgetoyn, and Mr.. Rober
Russell, machiuist Of Afilford are doing the
work. They have sig he'd contracts for the
manufacture of So 600 peach baskets to be
delivered at once. This makes laborer.
happy.
Superintendent J. c. Gray is with his Goa
sin, w. S Dickerson this week, while dis
charging his duties at the several schools ii
Cedar Creek, Brosdkilu, Georgetown, ans
part Of Nautcoke hundreds.
In the course of a correspondence with a
relative in Indiana,we learn Of the death O
one of our ancestors, Micaiah Hancock, d
grandson of John Hancock, signer of tie
Declaration of independence He died re-
Gently at his sons home in Mono, Indiana
at the age of one hundred aud four years
from II attack of la grippe. He was born
near here, Oh January 9th, 1888. He served
at Lewistown in the year 1879, aud mOYed
to Ohio in 1878; aud TO Indiana in 1874,
where he died amid a large family of chill
dred grandchildren aud great grandchildren.
He leayes many relatives-among which il
your correspondence this vicinity aud
through this county and State.
Your correspondent was called by tele-
gram on Friday to the deathbed of ex- Repre-
sentative W. C. Rust, of Bridgeville, who died
suddenly on that morning about 3 O'Clock.
His wife who was sleeping by his side was
aroused by peculiar noise. She called the
servant and lifted the PROSTATE form, who
soon died upon her arm as she sat in bed,
from disease Of the stomach from which
he has long suffered He was the son 81
ex-State Senator Rust, who is very i'll and
feeble from old age, He was elected and ian
far ahead of his party to the-I legislature in
1886, where he served~his State with much
credit and care, which made for him an Gu
Yious reputation. He was again nominated
in 1888, Out was defeated with the whole
DenlScratic ticket. He leaves wife, the
daughter ofthe late N. R. Iacobs.and sister
.ot/Your correspondent, and three daughters
to mourn the loss of kind and devout hus-
band and tender and affectionate father He
was a member and officer OF high rank in the
order Of Heptasophs, from which society his
wife and family are endowed five thousand
dollars. He was also an Odd Fellow. He
was 40 years old and the last survivor of a
family of three sons, two of whom served in
the Confederate army. He, with his father,
was arrested for their political sentiment
during the rebellion, and served term in
Fort Delaware. PAUL PRY.