Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-06-12

BILDERBAcK is doing an immense il
T. cream aud soda business. His IRONS al
neat and inviting and his cream Is til
best made by anybody anywhere. A
= the many favors Of syrup for soda and
halt dozen different havors of cream an
ices are at the disposal of the public.
Z THE administrators of George II. Towns
end sold the real estate at puhlic sale las
/, Thursday morning at 10 O'Clock in iron
3 of the Windsor Hotel. 1t containe'
r. 1871 acres of good land and was soil
i subject to the widows dover aud a mort
: gage of 5000. It was struck off at S2oo'
! above the mbrances-or total valu'
7 Of s., 500 90.
7 You are kindly invited TO call at ou
store on Tune IS, I6. II, IS, 10 aud 20
1896, and taste the celebrated Van Camp
Boston Baked Pork aud Beans. prepared
with tomato sauce, aud you will be sur
prised at the exquisite delicacv of this
superb and appetizing article. Served
hot or cold Will be served by lady al
] w. Adkins Store, Milford, Del.
THE Fourth Of July celebration is as,
sured aud a grand day is in anticipation
to the thousands who will celebrate with
us All the stores of the town will give
up all business and assist in celebrating
this day, which means so much to the
liberty loving people of this and all other
less favored nations Come to Milford
on the Fourth and enjoy the celebration.
A large party of Milford people passed
last Sunday at Bowers Beach. II was an
ideal day-the wind blew fresh from the
south east and the temperature therefore
was delightful Mr.. Maloney has made
many improvements aud he served an eie-
CANT dinner-which we were told was
ouly sample of the daily fare. Bowers
has two steam boats stopping there al
most daily and is growing popular.
DR.. MARrINDALE will preach a special
sermon on Sunday morning at the Az
enue NJ + Church appropriate to Chill
dreu's Dav and the annual Children's
Day collection will be taken. At two
O'Clock there will be baptism of infants
at the Chapel Sunday School and Bap
tism at the Avenue School at three . m
At night the exercises entitled "Our
Young Crusaders" will be given. All
are invited.
VIM. HEvALow had an arm and two
ribs broken, one shoulder dislocated, his
head cut and his body badly bruised last
Tuesday, by a colt which he had hitched
for the first time to a light buggy, He
had not put breech straps on the harness,
and the wagon running up on the colt,
caused it to run away 1t threw Mr.. Hev-
allow against fence and fell over on him.
It happened in front OF his home at
Church Hill.
THE Union Sunday School of Shawnee.
B. + B. Woodall, Superintendent, will
hold its Children's DaY exercises in the
grove sdioining the schoolhouse, on the
afternoon of the last Sunday in June.
All the Sunday Schools of Milford, LIN
coin, and their viciuities are cordially Inc
vited to be present aud take place on
the program for part in the exercises. |
The public also are cordially invited
Services will commence at three o'clock. !
GOVERNOR WATSON. accompanied by |
his staff, visited the Marine Hospital at
Lewes last Friday, where they we're roy
ally entertained by the perintendent'
at a banquet and by trip around the
harbor in the Government launch. In |
the evening the entire party went to Re-
hoboth, where they we're guests of the
Hotel Henlopen until Saturday morning
There is no pay attached to a staff posi-
ton, but a royal good time and lots of it
is a concomitant.
OUR SICK Mr.. Frank Richards has
been very i'll this week and under the
care of DR.. Lawrence Cahall and DR.. N.
Pratt. At present writing his condition
is very critical
Mrs. Joseph Gorby has been sick for
several weeks. She is 70 years of age
and is suffering from general debility
Mr. John Redden, aged 90 years, has
been very i'll for week past. His heart
threatened to stop beating simply be
cause it was nearly worn out. He is
much better new and hopes are enter
tanned OF his getting out again even If
he is ninety-two years of age.
ONE of the largest funerals held in
Milford for several years past was that OF
Tohn w Fountain, colored man, who
died while visiting i'll Camden. N j., last
week-aud who was buried last Sunday
afternoon. He was a prominent secret
society man, aud had organized several
lodges of colored Odd Fellows aud beue-
fetal associations. He was also closely
identified with one ofthe colored churches
of Milford, and for years was employed
as a section hand on the d. M aud V.
Railroad For these reasons his funeral
drew together about fifteen hundred col
ored people to pay their respects 10 his
memory.
MR.. GEORGE POTTER, aged II years.
of Frederica, came to Milford on We'd
nesday and submitted to an operation by
DR. J. S. Prettyman, Jr., for a cataract.
Mr. Potter has been totally blind for ten
years aud eight years ago submitted to
an operation at Wild's Eye Hospital,
on this same eye, which
was not successful. As soon as the oper-
alton was completed on Wednesday Mr..
Potter could see nicely at once. This
was only for an instant however, as
bandages were put on the eye that closed
out all light. If Inflammation does not
set III Mr.. Potter's sight Will be restored
for all time.
STRAWBERRIES are now about gone
and blackberries are commencing to come
in in small. lots. Strawberries have paid
as we'll asusual this season, notwithstand-
ing the fact Of their coming from all sec
tons at the same time. The sudden warm
weather which came in April from Flor
ida TO Maine started vegetation all at
once aud the markets Of the whole coun-
try we're over supplied, forcing prices
down Black berries promise to pay bet