Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-07-05


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HEADACHES are often relieved by wear
~ ing properly fitted glasses. Have YOU
eyes examined, free OF charge, by DR. LeoI
e.' Smith, Scientific Optician Of Washington
=" d c., now located at the National Hotel
aT Milford. All glasses guaranteed to b
90 satisfactory.
lie THE regular Monthly Official Meeting
er at the Avenue NJ f. Church on Friday
i'd night, July sth. The Sacrament of the
8 Lords Supper will be administered al
" the church on Sunday morning. Mission
az airy day at the Sunday School Epworth
g. League service at 7 O'Clock promptly.
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z THE Pennsylvania Freight Agent here,
" Mr.. W T Vaules, estimates the crop OF
IS peaches from this station to be go. 900
q baskets. The estimate, according to our
own rough one, is rather low. There
d will be at least 775.oo1 baskets from this
station If not little more even than this
: JAMES LISTER went before Esquire
Cullen on Saturday last and swore he was
afraid OF jones Hopkins. He was held
in one hundred dollars bail. Hopkins
then swore bis life against Lister and
proved he had threatened him, He. too,
= was held in OF e hundred dollars bail to
keep the peace.
ON Sunday asst during an electrical
storm, lightning allied a valuable horse
belonging to man by the name Of Davis.
near Marsh Hope Bridge. At the same
time a mule was knocked down but he
was not going TO die by a little thing
like lightning, so after an hour or more
he got up and went about his routine as
Of yore.
THE dental parlors over the First
National Bank formerly occupied by DR. /
| F. l.. Grier, are now occupied hy Dr.. l
| George Messick. who is ready for bust
uess in his line of profession. All mod
ern appliances are used ami only the best
work is allowed to leave him as finished
He will be glad to attend all who may
favor him at his new Office
THE illustrated sermonelte in the Sun
day School of the Baptist Church on the
coming Lords Day morning will be upon
The Decalogue " Subject of regular
morning sermon is, The Relation of !
Law and Gospel The third sermon Of /
1.-THE Life of Our Lord" series will be /
preached in the evening. The discourse
will open with 'His Conservation to His \
Public Work" S
SUSSEX COUNTY has more peaches this
year than for a decade past. She actually a
has more peaches than two wears ago,
Some sections, notably Milford and Bridge \
vile, have not as many as two years ago a
but Glendale, Georgetown, and other 7
points i'll the southern part of the county L
have big crops this year while two years e.
ago they had scarcely any. Taken as a ID
whole Sussex has the largest crop for ten al
years. je
IT is said that some summer hotels will a.
employ social lubricators" during the di
present season. A social lubricalor," it c.
seems, is woman who in return for her nj
board and lodging binds herself to amuse le
the guests. It IS doubtful, however, If the Al
scheme will work. A nice preseutable W
nan would be much more apt to amuse W
he women. While, on the other hand, W.
+ the Social lubricator" tries 10 amuse m
he men she will very quickly hear from m
he wives. oil
DURING a severe storm last Saturday, wi
Mrs, Lille Jackson, wife of Mr.. Stephen Pr
acksoE of Principle Furnace. was struck III
" lightning and instantly killed Mrs to
acksou was in the act OF removing a hi
10th and line from tree in the yard ad- an
dining the house when she was struck of
Ter face was badly burned and part of rel
he bar on her head was burned off One cl,
hoe was torn from her foot. Mrs Jack re.
on leaves a family of five small children. OIL
he youngest being four weeks old. he
-e H,
THE semi annual meeting of the So of
iety of Christian Eudeavor was held
nesday night Reports of work for the
lst six months were presented, the treas Gu
rer's being very Ell ,ouraging Then an Tor
lection was entered into for officers for yo
ie ensuing six months which resulted as go
blows: President, w + Lauk. vice pres me
lent Cora Pitcher, secretary, lila Z Rosa we
easurer, S c. Evans, Jr The business ma
eeting was followed by a social enter OH
inment during which refreshments were vol
rived var
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WILLIAM C. Powders, an undertaken ser
this town. was arrested on Saturday the
st at the instance of Secretary Frazier sue
the State Board of Health. He was TO
larged with violating the State laws in tad
ling to obtain burial permits and also mar
report deaths to the Recorder of Deeds enc
Kent county. Esquire Cullen caused sho
III to pay fine Of ten dollars aud costs me
two cases There were many other IL
arges against him but Secretary Frazier stra
1 not care to press them. In future The fort
" is to be enforced to the letter and alto
dertakers had better be careful and II y
Ike this as a warming. an
sho
FIVE cows were killed-in the pasture Med
Id, by lightning on Sunday morning ~;
1t on the farm of Elias Shockley, near ~ -
dar Beach. They were in herd of 81 =;
ven which belonged 10 Elias Shock -
rs son Mark aud only two ofthe seven 80
re uuinjured. These cows were not - -,
ar any trees and four Of the seven died e si.I
itantly and the fifth one made two or WY. W.
rec hounces aud was dead. One of ru.s
sm had grass between the lips that had ~
It been bitten off and there was not az
IT or burn on any one of the FIVE. but II
of them were swollen 10 almost twice mon
eir normal size. urda
THE season at the sesshore is rather we'll
ckward this year The cool weather bnt
5 kept people away from the cool dr~;
'e1es OF me sea o1t no" Inc WeatheI it WI
'nises 10 De mnch warmer ana next Mr..
Elk large eroWas can De looked ior al to Of
Seas,le le ~ 3,ausnset Pe ,i. quir