Milford chronicle., 1893-03-24
Mr. Lore for ohief Justiee.

Governor Reynolds has appointed
Hon. Charles B. Lore Chief Justice
Of the Superior Court Of this State
TO fill the vacancy Occasioned by the
death of Chief Justice Alfred p. Rob
inson.
Mr. Lore was informed by tele-
graph of his appointment, and his
commission forwarded by mail
THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE.
Charles Brown Lore was born
March l6, 1881, at Cantwell's Bridge
| (now ODESSA, Delaware, where his
father, Eldad Lore, who died in 1850,
was engaged in farming and in the
wood and lumber business. He was
a man Of exalted character and ster-
ling worth noted for his general kind
ness and especially for his benif-
cence to the poor, and was the de
scendant Of a family Of Cumberland
county, n. j., settlers of tie 18th
century in which locality, too, the
ancestors of his wife, Priscilla C.
Lore, were pioneers Of the same per
iod.
Charles B. Lore, after obtaining
the rudiments of education in his ma
tive town, and preparing himself at
the Middletown Academy, entered
Dickinson College,at Carlisle, Pa, in
lS4S, and graduated there in 1852
with the degree of A. b., and the
hOnors of his class. He studied
with Judge John X. Findlay of Phil
adelphia, for a short period, and re-
turning to Delaware, was elected
Clerk ofthe House Of Representa-
tives in which position he served un-
til the end of the session in 1851.
Immediately after the close of his
term lie turned his attention to the
ministry, and the Methodist EpiscO-
pal Conference, accepting him on trial,
assigned him to the Princess Anne
Circuit, in Snow Hill District East
ern Shore, Nd, where he remained
one year.
At the expiration of that time he
withdrew toWilmington ,andresumed
his law studies with the late Daniel
NJ. Bates, Chancellor of Delaware,
and was admitted to the bar in No
vember, 1861. About the same time
he ran for member of the Legislature
on the Democratic ticket. In 1862
he was appointed by Governor Bur
ton commissioner of the draft to
raise troops the Union Army and
canvassed the county of New Castle
for that purpose.
On the 29th Of September, 1869, !
he was appointed by Governor Cove |
Salisbury, attorney general of the
State for term of five years. He |
Mr.. Lore was one of the incOrpor-
ators and is a trustee of the Home
for Friendless Children in Whining
ton, and since 1867 has been a t"us-
tee Of Delaware College.
lie is,and has been throughout life,
a Democrat, an untiring worker in
politics as in his profession, and has
4 strong hold upon the sympathies
Of the people, commanded both by /
MS abilities and the genuine kindli-
less of his heart and manner. He
'eceived the nomination of his party
or Congress and was elected in No
'ember, 1882, by a large vote and
m November 9th, 1884, was re-elec-
ed by vote of 1864, against his
I2,97S He served on :
Ae committee on claims and on the :
pecial committee on American ship
and ship-owning interests, }
the FOrty-eighth Congress, and {
royed an active and efficient men,
er Since retiring from Congress
e has devoted his attention exclu-
.vely to the practice of his profess \
on. 4
In 1880 and again in 1892, Mr.
ore was elected a Presidential elec -
'r on the Democratic ticket in this .
tate. n
Mr.. Lore was married in 1862. to h
ebecca A. daughter Of Josiah Bates,
Friend of Mt. Holly, N. j., and has J
le child, Miss Emma Lore.
It is extraordinary that sensible men can :.
dergo the torture Of cutting and soaring II
the cure Of piles when one box Of Old
nis Pile Ointment will cure ther1 without
in. 25 cents.