Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-01

SWEET potatoes are plenty and low
priced. The best sell for % cents a
peach basket.
THE w. c. 7. C., meets with Mrs.
James Goslin, North Walnut st, next
Monday evening at 100
IT is a good thing to know where to
get good cooking. Go to the WOmen's .
Exchange, Jumps Block.
MILFORD BUILDING x LOAN AssO-
citation next Tuesday Dues received /
Saturday afternoon, Monday and Tues
day.
SOME men are born to feast and not /
to fight; so to feast, go to the Women's
Exchange, Walnut street, Jumps |
Block.
Mr.. THOMAS DILLON, father of Mrs
Frank H. Kramlich, died at Walker
vile, Montana, Thursday, February
18th, after short illness.
THERE has been few winters as dry /
as the present for several years. Cold /
weather with high and dry winds have
accompanied the drought.
CAPTAIN JOSEPH DICKERsON, who
was missing all last week, has turned
up in good health and is now in charge
of his schooner, the Sallie Purnell Bes
wick.
ENGLISH snipe were feeding OH
Woodall's meadow last week. This
appears to be favOrite feeding ground !
for these birds in all moderate winter
weather.
\HARRY PIERCE's application for the
instruction in the profession of trained .
nurse at the Bellevue hospital has been
a .cepted, and he is likely to be called /
there anytime.
THE O. X. Shirt factory is now over
stocked with work. They are increas-
ing their number of operators every |.
day, but they still have a number of
machines vacant
Mrs. REEDY has finished taking her
annual inventory of stock, and is now
preparing her beautiful store for the
spring stock, which will commence ar
irving this month.
HERsHEL NJ. HOLLAND, Geo. Davis, [
Herbert Cooper and John Hallett were
delegates from the Milford Order to the
State Council of the Jr, O. A. NJ, held
at Laurel last week
JOHN Roach has been great suf
/ ferer from blood poison, (which resulted
from picking a splinter out of his hand
with a knife point that had been used
in butchering a pig.
THE young gentlemen of Milford,
gave a dance in the New Century Club
rooms, last Friday evening. 1t was
very pleasant occasion and was much
enjoyed by those present.
ANOTHER week of unusual demand
for the CHRONICLE got the edition of
last week down to less than dozen of
the lot left over Come again, friends,
your demand will he supplied.
MARRIED.-MissA Anna Morgan and
Nehemiah f. Ciendaniel, both of &C.
dar Neck. were married by the Rev.
Louis E. Barrett at the parsonage, Tues
day evening, February rs, 1901.
ON Thursday last the Light and Wa
ter Commission, purchased one of the
prettiest pieces of white cedar ever
t brought to Milford. 1t is So feet long,
aud will be settled and used for drying
) hose.
TOMORROW afternoon the members
!. of Company b, LIST Inf N G. D., will
take the 4l2 train for Wilmington, and
will leave that night with the regiment
for Washington, d. c., to take part in
the inaugural parade.
THAT Cedar Beach road from Milford
to the church in Cedar Neck, would be
worth fortune as a sand pit; if it was
located near any of the great cities. As
it is, and where it is, it is a nuisance t.
. farmers and citizens generally.
THE dry and cold weather has beer
favorable to small fruit growers, anC
farmers who get their work well in dur
10 ing the winter February has been az
ideal month to take dead wood out o
Al briar berries, trim orchards and hau
out brush.
THE old residence on Adam Brede
u meier's farm just east of town, has bee
moved to new site, and an additio
will be built to it by Mr.. James H. Blu
Ter. While the work is being done, NJ
and Mrs. Bredemeier are stopping wit
Dir. and Mrs Merit Warren.
DIR. JIG. STANTON, Of North Milfor,
has been admitted by the State Medlc
Board of Delaware, as a regular pra
ticing physician on a certificate frol
he the New Jersey State Medical Boar
Ie- and license to practice was issued |
.ax Clerk of Peace Downs, last Tuesday,
-eu MR.. PAINTER SHARP lost a nor
a'e Friday last that was twenty-nineyea
on' old He had owned him twenty-eig
a'e years and three months. Mrs Sha
aru has been driving him since he was 70
yer years old. His family thought gre
"iu deal of him, and had him buried ON t
eni farm.
30 - DAVIS r. GRIER, had a surgical Ope
ton performed by Drs. Marshall a
Prettyman last Tuesday, that requil
the cutting of large part of his SC;
and extracted piece of the skull-bO
Ord The trouble was caused by an absc
eul- IN the left ear, which broke and drail
the into the head. 1t was the second ope
ad- ton, and it required ten stitches to 5
5ood up the opening. The abscess is the
irst- suit of the grip"
tire
az SENATOR KENNEY has succeeded
having the conference committee
crease the amount named in the Ri