Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-10-18

Ieorge ID. Prentice says IN MS arucle D
Shall we meet again ?'' eve shall e.
meet again, Clemanthe." Il
Mr. Frank Manship, son Of Postmaster \
NIanship, has purchased from his CHI
ployer, Mr.. Paul Will, the meat market i
at No. As, South street, Philadelphia. L
Frank has been employed i'll this business {
for the past five years, and must be ac-
quainted with it. He is a bright boy ,
and will undoubtedly make his mark in /
the business world. We call him "boy" /
but he is of that class who storned Sebas-
tapol.
Last week the plaster was torn from
the ceiling of the colored schoolhouse,
aud the room ceiled with lumber. School
opened on Monday under the supervis-
ion of Miss Adele c. Neal, of Hampton,
Va.
Since the late frosts people have been
busy digging their sweet potatoes and
getting the fodder from their corn. Some
of the corn has been stripped very green
and the yield will be injured thereby.
Mrs. Louisa Burrel, the new proprie-
tress of the Hart House, has cleared away
the old fence from around the building,
and cut a door direct through into the
reading-room. By this improvement the
reading-room can be better heated.
Mr. James Collins was taken to the
Pennsylvania Hospital last week to I'M
dergo an operation. Mr.. Collins is a
pensioner of the Civil War, and has suf-
fered much of late with his disease.
On Friday Mr.. Harry Robinson shipped
a load of corn and feed to Cape May, via
schooner Rio Grande.
The platform of the Queen Anne's
railroad at Milton Station, is becoming
dangerous, and unless it is repaired soon
some one may get broken leg.
Rev. DIR. Lewis, of Westminster, Md
filled the pulpit at the NJ. P. Church on
Sunday evening.
A regulator has been put into the prin
cipal's room of our Public Schools by J.
B. WEIGH, the horologist.
There will be a Sunday School Rally
Day Service" held at the NJ. E. Church
Oh next Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
There will be a special program prepared
for the occasion; and the parents of chill
dren are especially invited to be present.
Protracted services, under the manage-
ment of the Rev. L. P. Corkran, COM
} menced at Zion NJ E. Church on Sunday
. evening and will continue for two weeks
= and perhaps longer.
John B. Gere died at the residence of
5 his sister in Lincoln, on Saturday of con-
= sumption, aged about forty years. The
e funeral services we're held at the house
j of his sister OIL Monday afternoon by the
Rev. J E Hills, and sepu' tlre made in
e Lincoln Cemetery,S. J. Wilson embalmer
y and director.
d. Katie NJ Collins died on Saturday at
e the home of her sister, in Lewes, of con
); sumption, aged p years, 5 months aud 6
F days. Funeral obsequies we're solemn
y lied at the house on Tuesday morning,
If and interment made at New Market Gem
rs etery near Glendale. S. J. Wilson I'M
= dertaker.
n We have heard of a certain young lady
in town, that can do but little when she
20 comes home from the factory, but stand
u before the glass and admire herself. She
is pretty. Her mother has bought her {
n chair of convenient height that she may
re sit and admire herself, and it is said the
= = mother got up the other morning ant
t. found her daughter before the glass a
I'd 3 80 a. M.
fa Two little girls on Chestnut street have
" been caricaturing their older sisters
he They are about eight years old and Cr2s
"a themselves in long dresses, with a becom
ing train, and with the train in thei
IN hands they make merry for the on-look
ut ers.
de live very II ear Mr.. Starkey, the drug
re- gist, and was much amused few morr
=. ings since to see Mr.. Starkey out in tn
lis garden going down on his ground Xix
p. Pat Maloy" was going down on tn
IT. boulders." But Mr.. Starkey was a
~ right and is industrious. suppose h
oy got out on this particular morning think
ing I would not see him. But he wa
on doing the job nicely. Every "once an
on a while" he would raise up, put his han
where his stomach ought to be and mo
ice his heated brow. Mr. Srarkey is indu:
trious.
NTiss oura PaIIOus Of paoufort 6
to G was married to Mr.. Henry Bactl
las of Atlanta, Ga. Miss Bellows is a dat
Inc ghter of Mrs. Martha Bellows, an
' granddaughter of Capt. Joseph c. A
to kins, of our town and sister of ex-Stat
Treasurer G. H. Atkins. They are
et- visit their grandfather's family on the
a way to Atlanta, and will reside in Beat
ter fort, S. e.
me Schooner Golden Rule, Captain PETIT.
john, is unloading a cargo of coal f,
,a.o Isaac W. NailOr.
for Contractor 1. w. Nailor is excavatir
and laying the foundation for the ban
ave of the Sussex Trust, Title and Safe D
.a,, pOsit Company in this town.
his The Wagaman Brothers are tearir
Y. away the old Paynter Mill, with Il
purpose of making a better one 1t
understood that Mr.. Abbott, of Milfor
oir, will do the job. We know Mr.. Abbot
ain and we know he will do a good job {
md the Wagaman Mills, but he must ha,
his workmen of the right stamp.
I'd Conwell q Co. paid p cents for
to matOes to-day Tuesday,. The seasC
tav is late, but they shipped over 500 ba
,a;r kets.
|, Mrs. T. P COrkran, the accomplish,
en- wife of our esteemed minister is, II
in week, visiting friends at Glendale. Lii
nm coin, Milford and other points.
dse The ladies of the NJ. P. Church
an Milton, will on the 18th and Goth
the this month, hold a "cOnundrum su
the per-" The menu will be served in u
and tO-date style. There will also be b,
rosf gain counter, and for the amuseme
and of all an art gallery. Five cents a
cent mission will be charged to see the VIC
The derful works of art. Proceeds for bei
brt fit of the NJ. P. Church.