Milford chronicle., 1902-04-04
MILTON NEWS.

MILION NEWSs
On Thursday afternoon the cry of
fire" resounded through the streets of
Milton. All was hurry and excitement.
The conhagration proved to be i'll the
of John Barker situated on Mill
street, and used by him as dwelling and
tin store.
The short time that elapsed before the
fire was extinguished, proves the wisdom
of Town Council in purchasing this APP
paratus. There was some difficulty in
water; yet after the engine ar
rived upon the ground the building was
saved The roof rafters, and upper part
of the building was consumed to the
square. The house was slightly dam.
aged elsewhere by fire The origin is
unknown, as it occurred in the upper
part of the building, where no fire had
been.
About the same time, and while the
bells were ringing the alarm Willard Cox,
who had been ill for many weeks with
consumption, suddenly expired Mr.. /
Cox's death was not unexpected; yet it
is supposed the excitement of the ring
ing of the fire bells hastened his demise.
The funeral was held on Monday at the
residence of his sister, and interment
made in the M. f. Cemetery.
Captain George E. Mcgee & Company
have contracted with the Fisheries Com
pany, to deliver several hundred white
oak piling at Lewes.
Mr.. J. f. Blizzard has resigned his po-
sition with Mr.. ]. H. Warrington.
DR.. James A. Hopkins has erected a
wire fence in front of his lot on Federal
street.
Mr. L. B. Chandler and wife, attended
the funeral of the formers broth r, at
Kennett Square, Pa, last week.
Prof J. A. Collins has been engaged
the past week in cutting and clearing
away the dead grass on his front lawn.
Mrs Derrickson. aged rs years, died at
Lincoln on Thursday and was inferred
in the Lincoln Cemetery on Sunday. She
was the grandmother of Mr.. William
Warren, Of this town. ]. Wilson fun
eral director.
On Saturday afternoon large and en-
thusiastic meeting was held by the Board
. of Trade, in Engine House Hall. The
meeting was addressed by two gentle
men from Seaford on the subject of g
trolley line between the two towns; bu
: no definite result was arrived at
: A beautiful scenery way be looked OF
from the windows of Engine House Hal
out over the lake. It should be noticed
: by those who admire beauty.
Rev. L. p Corkran has been returue,
S to Milton for another year. He preache,
i an Easter sermon on Sunday morning
4 which was much admired. Easter hat
4 and Easter gowns were much in evidence
! and appeared to be greatly admired b
It the wearers.
J. Rev. H. S. johnson is attending tn
t annual M. P. Conference.
n The Lank Brothers, two professions
u young men of Philadelphia, who hay
n been visiting their ,latives in town fc
e few days, returned to the city on MOI
e day.
n The two canneries are fast bein
Il builded. the electric light is bein
% talked about; the trolley is in auticipa
/ tion,and a steamboat line is seen loomin
le mp through the dim vista of the comm
J. peach crop. All of these things are
an excitable character, and are muC
'e talked of by the sanguine part of tt
y community.
- In his sermon on Easter, Rev. L.
40 Corkran made departure from the ge
u eral routine of Easter sermons, whiC
y was appreciated by his congregatio
10 Instead of trying to prove the "old, o
u story" of the Resurrection of Chri.
nc which is generally done by the MAORI
IN of sermonists, he preached on the bea
II tiful theme of ''Man, and the glories
Il the Hereafter - I once asked min
a. ter why he preached a sermon on East
=, trying to prove an admitted fact, a
~ ~ knowledged by all christendom A fa
- which if questioned or destroyed, wor
'y knock the superstructure from under t
u christian religion and consign it to no
"a ingness. He replied, "The subject p
81 sents such beautiful theme for S
% mOn." We admit the correctness oft
answer, The Epworth League, unC
- whose supervision the church was dec
- ated, showed its proficiency in the flo
IT, art, by the pretty display of the ma
- flowers which were SO Hastily arrang
=; around the church, and so greatly
~ mired by the congregation.
lily Rev. George Morris, formerly of t
rv- town, but now of the NJ. P Conferen
,ev stopped over in Milton for few d.
while enroute for the session of that b.
y Mrs. Naomi Workm man, aged 08 years, d
near Robbins Station on Monday, and, Al
eSS the funeral services which were held at
ich Cauley's Chapel, on Wednesday afterno
10 the remains were deposited in the Genet
nearby. S ]. Wilson directed the funeral
CAI AS we have not properly classified this C,
the municatiOn,we may add here erratum, {
md in connection with the fire above mention
nj the merchants Of the town locked their st,
and went to the scene to render any ass
aiy ance they might be able to give. Also
1Da Milton Ihas been highly favored in all
ted fires we have known to occur, i. e., there
o+a always been a calm. At the time of the bl
ing of the buildings which stood on the
ldI now occupied by the Burton Rlock. there
nat "A calm; had there not been general conf
for ration would have swept that part of
md town. At the burning ofthe canneries
atmosphere was quiet, or the result VIC
no have been more disastrous,a s we then hat
ION means to fight fire. At the fire of Thurs
there was calm Had the wind been bl
de- ing from any point, with the velocity it
been blowing for the past few days, either
1i40 beautiful property of Captain Charles Me
vas the Goslee building, or Q. H. Atkins s
. of would have gone up in smoke Surel
has special Providence protects Milton.
- Mrs. Emma Mcgee is having her large
..SS magnificent property reprinted. D. A.
Drive out that rheumatism with Rom
VI Nerve and Bone Oil, and be sure it's the g,
MI. Inc R@mOns.