Evening journal., 1900-08-14
NEW BOAT LINE
IS APPRECIATED
Sussex People Kept Busy At
tending Camp
CLAY SHIPMENTS ARE HEAVY
That Becoming an Important Industry
in MiltOR-lntereSting Stories
Of Sea Captains
CLAY SHIPMENTS ARE HEAVY

Milton, Aug. 1.-THE expectations
and fond desires of citizens, are now
being partly realized by the advent of
a steamer to the Milton docks. The
transport Massapel1ua commenced run
ming last week, connecting with the
steamer Pokanoket at Drawbridge.
This is not what the people of Milton
desire, but it is the best they can get
at this time The freight Of last week
was small; it is expected to increase
rapidly. Peaches appear to be late in
ripening, and owing to this fact, the
shipment thus far has been light. The
best quality at this writing Cruesday)
are selling for 60 cents per basket, and
others at 20 cents.
The tug Suparta came to Milton on
/ Friday with two vessels in tow. She
is yet at the dock. The regular trips
OF the Massapequa from Milton viii be
made on Wednesday and Saturday, the
time Of day being regulated by the tide.
She will connect with the steamer at
Drawbridge one hour later. Returning
the boat will leave Arch street wharf
4
Philadelphia, $1.25; round trip, $500.
The colored camp at Hazards
Woods near town, began on Saturday
evening. On Sunday there We're many
, persons in attendance. The number of
white persons attending this camp is
less than In former years.
The camp at ZOar opened on Friday,
This is an old camp ground, and en-
] 10 "a al fs 80 haA
vicinity on account of the spiritual
good that is accomplished on its hal
, lowed ground from year to year.
The camp at Gravelly Hill will COM
.mence on August 25, it will be under
the supervision Of the Rev. Nehemiah
Bennum, and the Rev. A. J. Perry.
The Rev. W. w. w. Wilson, of Dam
bury, Conn, with his family, arrived in
| town on Tuesday, and is visiting his
p brother S. ]. Wilson and family
The steamer Massapequa is expected
= to take an excursion to BrOadkiln
Beach on Thursday
1 Daniel Knipe and wife, after spend
4 in several days as the guests Of Cap
= tain John Fisher and family, have re-
!. turned TO their home in Philadelphia
= Geore Adkins and wife, of Philadel-
- Edward Blizzard is at home nursing
d the cramps.
e The proprietor of the Hart House
= Luke Clendaniel, will run a bus tC
t Zoar camp next Sunday, and on any
] other day that n sufficient number oil
persons wish to go to make load.
John Ponder, Democrat hundred
committee for Broadkiln, has rented oi
, James Palmer, the Office formerly oc-
q cupied by his father, Ex-Governor
f James Ponder, and will fit it up for ;
4 Democrat club room.
q When six or eight sea captains o
g Milton happen to meet in town after
e prolonged absence, it is really interest
ing to see them congregate together ol
some street corner, or under the avn
ing of some store, and relate the ex
perience of the past months. They cai
tell you of the beautiful senOritas o
Cuba, the spreading banana trees AM
D. the orange groves; not now in tn
II pristine beauty Of anti-bellum days
Is butwith their demolished haciendas
" their devastated fields and abandonel
/ fora.
Robert Vaughn and wife, of Camden
n. j., the visiting friends.
The cutting and delivering Of pilin
still continues to be one of the indus
n tries of Milton.
a Schooner Golden Rule, Captain Soul
Y. after having been newly repaired an
D. loaded with piling, caught on the doc
n. at Sculls wharf and careened over IA
s. enough to fill her with water and sin
her. Shells being unloaded.
Noble Ellingsworth, of Philadelphia
Is home for three days
II. o. Lockerman, of New York, wa
the guest of his sister Mrs. LUX
he Clendaniel on Saturday.
The shirt factory of Douglass an
White, which has been closed for tw
ts weeks on account of hot weather an
r. camp meetings, resumed operations o
n Monday.
s. The schooner John A. Lingo Is loat
ID. ing canned peas for Philadelphia.
er Robinsons cannery in North Milto
d. is engaged in canning corn; but fro,
an present prospects the pack will
he light.
on Mrs. Sallie Ponder is having Il
til cement pavement around her hon
nd residence torn up, and will replace
tn with new one.
he The shipment of clay is getting to
to an important industry around AIilto
lily The farms contiguous to the upp
part of Broadkiln river abound Wi
ed, clay Of a superior kind. This is beir
.th sold 10 northern markets. The schoo
m er Fannie, Captain Reed, is now loa
ing this article at Blacks Landing, f
Bridesburg, Pa.
Captain John Fisher left on Mondi
to Join his vessel at Boston, Mass.
te- Miss Alice Robbins is convalescil
eet from a severe attack of typhoid fev,
of The drive pump has become a NJ
be- sance in Milton. There are, at leal