Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-02-14

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SAMUEL j. Wilson'S hearse horses were
Jet black but now mouse colored
Clipped. See
Your correspondent being a correspond
ent to the Cumberland 4AHigaRiaH, has
received a beautiful gilt frame picture of
the correspondents, which number S..
This fine picture was taken last-August at
the banquet givea-by the editor, Mr.. Sny-
der, to the correspondents in Cumberland.
G w A. intends to be in the group the
next time.
The revival that's been in progress for
four weeks past in the M E Church is
still going on. The evangelist left last
week after two weeks labor The pastor
/ in charge, Rev w. T Valient, is carrying
the meeting on and is working and praying
for the salvation of souls. The members
that have ears to hear go and here and help
work.
Presiding Elder Adams was present at
the quarterly conference of the NJ. E,
Church last week and preached in the re
vival meeting, also again on Sunday even
ing.
The effects of the late storm can be ma
terially seen in and about our town The
streets were cut in cutters and the overseer
has been busy carting away the sand that
washed down off the hills, costing the town
about fifty dollars. A great number of our
cutters and curbing being of stone and
brick or the loss would have been terrible.
lsreal Purnell, one of those five old COL
ered men, the bark rosers for fifty years
for ex-GOv. Ponder, mentioned in previous
letters, who is now eighty-four years of
age, came within hairs breadth of losing
his life Friday night of last week during
the storm, Israel left his home to go to
Cedar Landing for his boat that had been
stolen. He got her on a stake at old or,
ehard in the dark and the rain was coming
down in chunks upon the old dar<y's head,
bateau capsized midway the creek, but
Israel swan ashore like young buck-a
a remarkable case There are but few
better darkies living than this venerable
negro.
J. S. BesWlc{, the roller mill owner and |
steam saw mill owner, of Greenwood, !
came to Milton last Tuesday and purchased |
SEQ bushels ofwheat and-his bigfeur horse
teams are now hauling it, Mr. Barwick
bought this lot of David Wltbank and
will buy up all that is for sale in Broadkiln
to run his mill which has a capacity of forty
barrels of flour per day.
During the tremendous gale of wind and
rain which came down in great sheets last
Thursday morning the schooner John A.
Lingo (St. Paul became detached from her
and went bow foremost into the
quiet home of our jolly butcher Joseph M
Fields, by the river front, running her
long snout Oib-boom) into his kitchen
chimney taking it off, and the lavatory was
placed bodily in the wrathful waters of
Buttermils creek, which with the three
mill ponds above US emptying their waters
into it seemed that the banks would be
overlooked Four more cedars on our mill
dam gave way to the cyclone
"a little nonsense now and then,
Is relished BY the best of men.
This is an old saying and a true one, but
now and then we hear Of a crank who
.laims that he does not approve of any !
and yet he doesn't speak a word
If real common sense in a weeks time, and .
lasn't sense enough to know it.
Around me shall hover,
In sadness or glee,
Till life's dream be over
Sweet memories of thee y
Our old and respected friend, Harry Dut- s
on, 10 years of age, after a very short ILL y
ess passed into the great beyond Monday =
t p. m. at his daughters homein Milton, ''
nd was inferred at Whites Chapel We'd
esday at ? p. m.
A long train of scoops on wheels, with
rules tached,-fourteen teams and TWEEN. IN
y-five scoops-with their drivers, passed
trough town last Monday enroute for q
queenstown, halling from the Rehoboth :
anal, where they have been used for two a a
ears. This entire paraphernalia is to do -
ork on the new railroad that is being W
lilt from Queenstown to Denton by con w
actor Merritt "
The special meeting of the M P Church
Weigand's Chapel continues with una
ited fervor and spiritual manifestations. Ri
he church has never experienced such ne
orous awakening Already a great ma
any conversions have been made and the
stor, Rev. 6 R. Hodge, must feel very tn
Ippy over the results of his remarkable co
angelical work He has the love and Nc
TEEN Of our people irrespective of creed or -e'
The meeting in the M. P. y.
nurch in town made good start this =.
eek by the aid Of class leader Reed g,
It'll meetings will go on for a short time 6rs
lie town people would not wait longer for abs
.irs to begin ays
A bicycle tour by Frank Carey. Yorke is
nnewiI and Charley Darby to Smyrna.
ppi1lg at all the towns on the way. wask 1
de this week. Do