Milford chronicle., 1892-03-04

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and new bridge and its approaches betv
asto1 i9 Bowers and Milford Neck last week:
ng at the farmers Of Milford Neck inten,
days, keep at this measure until they get it
'SseS eseS A contract has been made betw
Holy John W. Ratcliff the contractor
tered builder ana stine & Kramlich to do
i6 ilns wood work in building their new ho
The This will give employ to Mr.. Rat,
- ana his men during the entire sunni
WE had a conversation few days
with Rev Willard Richardson of He
ton, in the coarse Of which he told us Il
1teS he had seen Aaron Burr, who was Vi
president Of the United States from I,
. TO 1905. At the time he saw him he '
on beard a Hudson River steamer.
SOME old trees that had become an e,
sore, were removed this week from
- front of Mrs. R. H. Clarl1's property
North Walnut street last week. If t
town will notify those who have trees
sh sidewalks, to trim them out from the b,
tom, our street lights will give far mo
satisfactory service.
THE schooner Anna NJ. Reynolds w
sold last week by Geo. H. Hall, John
ay 3Hall, and VIM. Harrison Davis to Georg
RS. L. Barnes, Vim. H. Bennett,L w. Onle,
w. W. Truitt, {. E. Onley and John "
II Smith, of Girdletree, Md, at private fl
q ures. This is the second schooner sol
by Milford parties within the past yea
g WHILE driving a pair Of horses to
e wagon loaded with wood last Friday after
noon, Jehu Clend aniel, Jr., of near Lin
coin, had his right leg broken below tn
e knee, by a kick from one of his horses
J. He was assisted to DR.. Marshall's office
where the fracture was reduced aud h,
r was sent home.
+ THE following letters remain in the
Milford postOfice unclaimed Mr. F.
Asking, Mr.. J L. Black, Mrs. Katie A.
Deputy, Jas Hastings, Miss Satie Jones,
AsburY Johnson, Mrs Clemintine Loper,
Mary E. Mccormick, Mrs. Sarah Mayor,
: w. D. Menear, James Poore,P. T Work
man. A. I. THOMAS, P. NJ.
GENERAL. HART has ordered Captain
Wisweil to dispossess those now occupy
ing Compan, B drill room, and resume
drills on or before March 10th. The
order will be complied with so far as it is
possible; but the shirt factory will not be
done before April Ist, aud until then the
Company will have to lire Dorsey Hall
or drill iu Refs cannery.
ONCE more-are you interested in hav-
ing the Mispillion navigation opened to
vessels so that depth at low water of
six feet may be had out its mouth? Ifl
you are, what are you doing to get an ap-
preparation tn do the work Let us get
together Call meeting. Consult and
join in urging upon not only our Senators
and Representatives, but the River and
Harbor Committee the necessities of an
appropriation.
As an instance Of what an advertise
ment in the CHRONICLE will do, James
T. Smith, the builder, has this to say 'I
ordered small adver in the CHRONICLE
about horse had to sell. Just please
stop it. I know I paid for it month
but stop it now, for i'll week after the
was started, had dozen
applicants and disposed of both of my
horses to an advantage. Stop it now as I
am annoyed by applicants"
WANTED. "A creamery in Milford, for
which we pledge ourselves to give the
richest, sweetest, and best milk that cows
can supply. We are just pining for a
creamery, and think it sin aud shame
hat some one of Milford's rich men Tor
rich widows) don't start the enterprise.
Any word looking to the establishing of
4 creamery in Milford may be left at the
CHRONICLE office, and we will be sure to
lear Of it. 45o ALDKRNEY Cows.
AT the examination held by Superin-
endent Gray of applicants for teachers
last Saturday, thirty-one per {
sons presented themselves. About eighty a
Der cent were ladies'. Superintendent a
Cray informs MS that this is contrary to c
he general rule, as about sixty five per Y
.ent of the active teachers in the county f
ire men. In the lower part of the county d
nen generally are employed, while in the v
lortte ern part the ladies are more fire. a
Iuently found in charge.
"
WHAT has become of that committee
f Mllfords prominent business men, who
we're appointed at town meeting tc push 4
he urgency of improving our river nay
CATION They were paid to go TO Wash g
1gton and make a statement to the
liver and Harbor Committee of Congress :,
(which they did aud dropped out of
ight. Come, gentlemen, stir up and act
D this matter. Send a committee of FIVE, :
even, eleven, or a score to urge this mat =
n. We will be one to 80 and pay our
wn expenses in this matter. Talk this CT
latter over, and let some action be taken N
once.
THERE is probably more fodder, and of IL
much better quality, than has been in
lis part of Delaware for six or eight vi
ears. The prevailing price is SIS 90 per in
punches Of blades, while good 7,
,p fodder, in fairly large stacks, has
cen selling from s. to $3.50, according
size of stack. Ofcourse, at the public
lles-where long credit is given-the 10
rices have ruled above the market, as n u
ley always do. Fine timothy hay can be =
ought from SI3 to SIS per ton delivered, u u