Milford chronicle., 1893-08-04


along our shores are being taken now in
great quantities. Each haul of the fish
seines lands many of these precious ari.
cles of food.
THE yacht now on stocks st LittIeton
Salmons' shipyard is about completed
and will probably be launched next week
She is owned by Charles W. Cullen, OF
Georgetown.
THE subject of Sunday evenings meet
ing of the Young Peoples Society Of
Christian Endeavor will be : "The Bless
edness of Giving" Henry c. Rudman
will lead the meeting.
THE Houston Sunday School spent
Tuesday at Slaughter Beach and the
Chapel Sunday School of this town passed
the time pleasantly there on Wednesday.
Crowds at this popular resort are OF daily
occurrence.
PREACHING on Lincoln charge next
Sabbath as follows: Slaughter Neck, at
10 30 a. m, BY the Presiding Elder, Rev
r. H. Adams, from Dover; services at
Lincoln at 90 p M, BY the pastors. K.
Heebner. All are welcome.
THE pretty little yacht "Dot," Silas
Hynson, skipper, took party to Reho-
both on Tuesday last on a fishing excur-
sion. At this writing they have not re
turned but it is safe to say they had tine
sport catching sea trout and hard heads.
THE dry spell was broken on Monday
evening when all of Delaware was we'll
soaked by a heavy rain. From the
Brandywine to Cape Henlopen the down
pour Of rain was very heavy for four or
five hours and vegetation already shows
the effect of it.
THE pastor of the Milford Baptist
Church will %. V. } preach in Lincoln on
the coming Lords Day afternoon. Sub
iect The Nature and Necessity OF Sue
cessful Prayer" Services commence I'M
mediately at the close of the Union Sun
day School session.
CAMDEN Camp meeting which began |
on Friday last has been we'll attended |
each day since. On Sunday last thous-
ands of vehicles of all kinds aud descrlp- |
lions were called into use to convey the
populace. The meeting VIII continue
over another Sunday.
THE National Hotel IS as popular as
ever ard growing more SO each day Mr..
Call is constantly making improvements
In his hotel and adding to its conven-
fences. The general public approves OF
bis management aud are showing their
approbation in many substantial ways.
John B. CANNON is having the house
on North street between Second and
Third. that he recently purchased from
lanes NJ. Hall, torn down. 1t was an
Bid delapidated building uuteuantable,
bud Mr. Cannon decided to take 1t down.
He will probably replace 1t wlth hand-
BONE new structure.
SLAUGHTER BEACH is drawing big
crowds daily. The popularity of this
famous beach is reaching farther away as
zach day and week and month passes.
The table is the finest on the coast and
Tor fifty cents you can get meal at
Slaughter that would cost three dollars IN
any good restaurant in any city.
PEACHES have sold we'll at the Milford
Station this week. On Monday prices
went as high as 81 II; OH Tuesday to
SIoo; OH Wednesday 10 SI.o7, and on
Thursday 10 SLo7. Most OF the trult
thus far has been sold to local BUYERS
and spectators, of which there are over a
dozen now at the Milford station.
THE Central Hotel is ever growing in
popularity. Its conveniences and ele-
gance in all departments are becoming
known to the public and appreciated &C
cordiug 10 its deserts. 1t is a common
thing for them to turn people away. On
Tuesday night four travelling men found
ID impossible to be accommodated at this
popular hostelry.
A general change in the mail service
went into effect yesterday afternoon. Inc
7.s4 A. NJ. and "a P. M. north bound
trains now carry local mails, Heretofore
the A.s4 was only a locked pouch. The
Il. s6 A. M. aud 8 So P. NJ. south bound
trains also carry local mails Now we
have two local mails each way, instead /
pf one and one lock pouch as heretofore
ON account of the low price of wheat
the acreage in this vicinity will be very /
nuch reduced this year. Wheat only
Vorth fifty.five cents a bushel III Miliora
hnder an administration that PROMISED
much is discouragtng indeed 10 our
lin growers. There IS but iittle pros
1t Of any advance in price ana ior ms
son very little will be sowa here this
h.
CHARLES VAN HESS PIERCE, of the
oiumbia Athletic Club, of Chicago, Him
is, who is matched to fight the light
height champion, George Dixon. at Coney
sland. on the 9TH if1st..was guest OF the
National Hotel on Monday Young
Pierce has been in training under Mr..
German, at Lewes, for four weeks past.
Pierce nails originally from Troy, y X,
the home Of The manly art of fselfdefenee. |