Milford chronicle., 1896-01-31
MILTON.

gathered there as was on Monday at the
mass meeting held in the hall Of the public
school building in behalf of the northern
route for the Queen Anae's Railroad to run
from Denton to Milton Many Of our
most Interested men all along the route, far
mers, mechanics, captains, merchants, doc
tors, lawyers, editors, all went, and are
willing to put their shoulders to the wheel
of this great terprise for this section that
has for so many years been left out in the
cold At this meeting ten able and infu-
entail citizens were appointed to wait on the
company at an early date
On the suburbs of Milton, South side, is
nice little truck farm for sale containing
100 acres, more or less This nicely located
farm belongs to Mrs. Mary H. Mason, the
writer's mother, and is now tenanted by |
VIM W. Mason This place is bounded |
on the north and east by the State road and |
on the west by Paynter's mill pond, on the
south by woods of Ex-Governor Ponder, and /
has on it good peach orchard, but DID, and
a mansion house and Sc, eral outbuildings
in fair repair, and has an insurance on it
for $3.50, and is within one-quarter of a
mile of the sur, eyed line of the Queen
Anne's railroad For further particulars,
address George w. Atkins, Milton, Del
P o. box 70.
Owing to the epidemic we had in Milton
three weeks back, the public school of Ell
lendale was closed all of last week, caused
by the teacher, Mr.. Wise Warren, haling
from Milton It's well to be careful, but
this is pruning it down fine.
Perhaps what might have been a great
was averted by the expert
hand las a fire extinguisher) of Mrs Annie
Ingram last Thursday evening at her !
home in South Milton. While lighting the l
parlor lamp, the head of the match flew into
a lot of grass on the table. In an instant
there was a big blaze, and the carpet and /
blinds and other things inl the room were
badly burned
Rev. George R. Hodges mother has read a
he Bible through thirty-two times carefully :
and studied the chapters as she read, and =
las read it several times promiscuousIy =
The old lady is 90 years old :
Ira Hazard has fenced in his lot in the ;,
ear of the old home with a six foot chicken II
wire fence and built large hennery. He $,
las purchased large quantity of fine stock
md will this year engage in the poultry and &C
gg business. Good for Ira. &c
We find our pen growing rusty, our r
mind likewise, and recognizing that in y
his arena of usefulness life calls for earn y
stness and not for regret, and obey the -
luminous and once more jab my pen to -
he bottom of a nearly empty ink bottle
nd bring forth that instrument that is
mightier than the sword" laden with a A.
wv, very few, drops of ink and a dead fly an
r two to let the many readers of the good IS
ID CHRONICLE know am still 6. w. A. W,
Robert Beardsley has built to his already
Mammoth mill long ware house for stor- Sc
ig dry lumber and in the northwest end Br
IT. Beardsley has fine office built St
The revival meetings will begin in the
/. P. Church Sunday evening next prov CT
ence permitting, This meeting has been
cid off owing to the Weigands Chapel
ttra and our epidemic. no
The material for the shirts at the Doug =,
IS & White factory has been coming an
ady cut; but now George R. Millsr's ser as
ices of Lebanon, Pa has been employed to
e is a cutter of broad experience and is m,
wing genuine satisfaction The machines of
-e running on full time and their orders mi
re many. We
The special meetings of the M. E Church
lat HAYS been in progress for two weeks
lder the auspices of W. T. Valiant and
SISTED by the evangelist J L. Creamer, -.
D to date have not met with much success. tic
Last Saturday seemed to be oyster day ne
the mouth of Broadkiln creek where the NJ
othsome bivalYes abound in large guam To-
lies Some fifteen teams were on the
each opposite the oyster beds. Steven W, vs
nd Garrett, Sockum and Hitch Mosely
-ought home twenty bushels, it is supposed re-
ne hundred bushels in all were caught ca
nends let them lay until they get larger.
George B Atkins, the youngest painter
town and the artistic carriage decorator, W
as opened shop above Lemuel Watson's M
shop near the bridge. be
The schooner Lydia and Mary, the square by
lded vessel of Captain J. B. Scull, is the pc
rst one to load at our docks in 1896, and eli
lis cargo of wood belongs to Ex-Governor tn
onder. ey
Mr.. Editor, the reason we can't meet a
ian who has money when we are collect
ig for your paper, is because we are in the 81
anne boat travelling the same direction.
The last of the great tomato and peach
ack of Counselman & Fisher for 1896
as shipped this week to Philadelphia on
,aptan Scull's square ender.
George L. Mcgee left for Philadelphia -,
st Friday.-Recorder of Deeds Morris and er
life, of Georgetown, and Samuel Luther SO
lack visited relatives here on Sunday
Irs. Emma Burton is visiting in Will
iington this week.-Mrs.. B Frank Gray
at her old home this week in Frankfort
18th her father whose illness called her - p'
Irs. Mary Hodge, of North East is paying
er sou, Rev. G R Hodges visit, and
$50 her daughter Catharine Hodge, whose y
lness has been given in my former letters
nd we are sorry to say Miss Hodge is lit "
e, if any, better Mr.. and Mrs, VIM c
rettyman are visiting relatives In Phila- II
elphia this week and witnessed the mar
age of their granddaughter, Miss Alice
learn, of Philadelphia, to Mr. Samuel Prim
,se, of Baltimore Mrs Janetta Mustard .
nd son. Clarence, are visiting in Angola
his week l. Mustard is at Marion above n
hiladelnhia- work inc at his trade