Milford chronicle., 1893-11-17

; Of A. have ordered 10000 bricks for the {
oundation OF their new lodge building.
The opera "Faust' was rendered in the
Oners House. Dover, by the Labodie- Rowell
Opera Troupe on Wednesday evening last
The Norma Giee Club of Dover. it is an
will give one of their notable en-
at Frederica on thanksgiving
night.
The Middletown Athletic Association have
ordered their paraphernalia, and VIII soon
have their room equipped with all the ac-
of drst-eiass gymnasium.
The sureties in the Dougherty tax collee-
ton case, ia regard to which the Chancellor
granted a preliminary injunction FRIDAY
last were bonded Saturday morning in the
sum Of $4,000.
The confirmation of the sheriff's sale of
Troop B. armory to the State of Delaware ior 4
$40, 900 will be opposed by contractor John |
Mulvena, its builder, who holds a second |
mortgage Of $500 against it
At Kiamensi, Del, Monday afternoon last,
Roy Hopes, aged fourteen years, was shot
and instantly killed by a companion. Inc
hovs were firing at a target, when Hopes
got in the way of the gun, and was accident
y shot in the heart,
New Castle is the only town in Delaware
outside of Wilmington having steam hre
engine. Delaware City has hand engine
Middletowu, Dover, Newark, Smyrna and
Milford have good water supplies and hose
companies.
The store house owned by Jacob R. God
win in Millsboro and occupied by John W
Derricksou was burned with all its contents
early Thursday morning. The fire was be-
yond control when discovered. The goods
were partially covered by insurance.
The third Quarterly meeting for George
town circuit will be held November 25th
and Goth Quarterly Conference VIII oe
held at the pastors residence on SATURDAY
4 25th at 10 a. M, aud the Presiding Elder
Rev. R. H. Adams will preach at Bethesda
on Sunday, goth az ? 80 p. M
By the resignation of George R. Walls, as
sistant keeper of Heulopen Light, Captain
Thomas Hasting Of Laurel, is transferred
from Ship John Light to Henlopen. Cap
tain Hastings will move his family from
Laurel to Lewes in a short time.
A stock company is now being formed to
build a new hotel on the late Rodney prop
ertv, corner Front and South streets, III the
town of Lewes. The materials are being
procured and a beginning will probably be
made soon. A large part of the stock is al
ready taken
State Commissioner Henry c, Conrad an
nounced on Monday that the Delaware
building at the Worlds Fair had not been
sold. William c. Ross, a Chicag real estste
dealer, was to buy it for $500, but as he die
not have the cash the sale did not ta&s
} place: There Is 10 purchaser for the build
ing ncw.
Prof. John R. Sweeney, whose pathetic anC
} mellifluous voice was heard at the conveu
ton of Sunday School teachers at Newark
} on Thursday, the 10Th inst. was teaches
= of music in Dover at the breaking out of th'
late civil war and it was he who wrote th'
celebrated song Delaware, My Delaware,
so we'll known to the veterans of our State.
small shell fish called the "borer" i
! destroying the oysters in our bay. It perfor
ates the oysters shell and sucks its life blood
The "borer" made its appearance about ter
, wears ago, and ovstermeu say if their ravage
d coutinue as in the past two years, it will b
$ of no use to plant oysters in these waters
r Some bed owners have lost in the neighbo1
hood ofS2,ooo or $1,000.
AS might have been expected after tn
4 recent peach crop, which sold at starvation
V DTlcGS, III IuduY lualhuGGog d uuulbGA VI AANA
Ii county Md, peach growers are already pull
o ing out all OF a portion of their orchards
g Mr., Eugene Bonwell, of near Still Pond, ha
d taken out one orchard and is saving tn
i trees up for IRE wood. Other growers wi
It take out large numbers of trees during tn
e fall and winter.
- The Episcopal diocese of Delaware cor
=, vened at St. Paul's Church, in Georgetown
,s on Monday, November I3th, at O'Clock
Il the evening. Rev: Albert R. Wake
= preached the convocatiou sermon. At !
,s O'Clock Tuesday morning Bishop Colema
a celebrated Holy Communion and Re-
i Charles E. Murray. of St. Andrews deli'
sr cred the sermon. The business session b.
"a gan at H. 80 O'Clock on Tuesday, when in
portant questions were discussed by the de
4 egates. The convention closed on Tuesda
=. Aiizpah Lodge, A. o. U. w, of Smyrr
was visited last evening by Grand Mast
Sc Workman A. B Jones and Grand Record
,h c. r. Woods. At its next meeting the lodl
will admit eleven persons to membeTshi
a. Courtland c Montgomery of Wilmiugto
1d received his commission, on Tuesday las
IN from Governor Reynolds, as recorder
Of deeds for New Castle County to succe'
a James T. Shallcross, whose hve-years-ter
has expired.
&c
III ton vs. William F. McIlvain. commissi
merchant of Wilmington, comes up befo
i, Justice Monaghan tomorrow. The fiji
20 charge of selling without license has be-
met by Mr.. McIlvain, who has icens
The charge of exposing rabbits for sale
the city before November 18th, which t
old law prohibits is met by the fact of
repeal by the new law. The game Associ
Z. tiou claims that the last law enacted is u
a constitutional. Peter L. Cooper represei
ter the Game Association and James W. Pc
rs der Mr, McIlvain.
ng
In the presence of his daughter. and
erY spite all efforts to prevent him. Johann c
nd Aker, a prosperous baker of Delaware Ci
ing committed suicide by shooting himself
the head Monday night last, Aker went
ull his daughters room aud told her that
lay was going to kill himself, Her cries broui
ALL the iourneymau baker up from the bake
ing but Aker repelled him with force. "You
to too late" he yelled, and then he fred
lst- fatal shot, the ball eutering his brain, a
TX, causing instant death. Aker had be
ais slightly demented for several years.
of was 10 good business circumstances, a
eir had an insurance of $1,000 on his life.
ed The services connected with the re-opl
in ing of the venerable Prince George Chur'
To situated near DagsborO on Sunday last, W
av. most interesting and impressive Early
at the afternoon people began to gather fl
various parts of the county. By the ii
les appointed for service, p. m, the spaciC
for church was densely crowded in every p;
imp Many persons were unable to get inside a
,e9 coutented themselves with standing as NJ
on as possible to the doors and windows.
The responses and music, under the Il
ow of Millsboro choir, were hearty and insf
of ing. The service was read by the Rev.
w, Wells of Millsboro, aftSr which Bish
Coleman preached the sermon, IN which
alluded to the many associations eonuee
with the ancient building, and the
&c changed and Interchangeable character of
~ Cospe! aud the Church. He also read an
a.,s teresting letter from Rev. John Linn Mex
a .a wi offciated here many years ago,
M, wi ich he gave some facts in the history
ea the church. It was erected at1east $50 ye
o;a1 ago, It had fallen somewhat into decay,
,ost has now been repaired and made fit for i
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