Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-11-14

IS postmlstress at Argo, Sussex Co., |
BY the Postmaster-G General.
TIE Cedar Beach road il now the
pest public road leading to Milford;
hard as floor and well rounded up.
DIR. WATT will lecture next Thurs
lay evening on 1.-THE Mistakes Of Our
You don't want to miss 1t.
FRANK DAVIDSON will be at Ar
nory Hall again, Nov. 2e. He al
ways has a fine high-class entertain
ment.
The grown members of tile Chapel
are expected to meet tonight and ar
range for the Sock sociable to be held
on Thanksgiving night.
KENT County Court met at Dover
last Monday in adjourned session, and
several civil cases and three
indictments for murder.
THE CHRONICLE and a first-class
farm paper will be sent from now until
January 1st, 1904, for $3.50. Call soon
and take advantage of it.
LEON PITCHER has resigned as sec
ond lieutenant of Company B, LIST Inf.
N. g. d. An election to fill the va
1ancy will be ordered soon.
A basket containing ten sweet pO-
latoes which weigh 80 pounds, was left
at the CHRoNIcLE Office last Saturday
by Mr.. Howard Belts. Who can beat
this,
Misses Mabel and Gertrude Smith
will give musicalea at their home this,
Friday, evening, Nov. l4th, for the
benefit Of the organ fund Of the Presby-
terrain Church. Admission 10 cents.
CORONER MARSH, of Sussex county,
was in Milford this week looking up
The drowning case of young Punell
last September He thinds 1t should |
have gone to him instead Of Kent
county.
Hoes in Milford have been afflicted
with some disease within the past two
weeks. Mr.. John White, in the Fourth
Ward, has three large sty hogs sick and
several others in various parts of the
town report the same troubles.
THE Steamer Emma Refs picked up
a log while coming up the AIipillion
that disabled one Of her propellers. 1t Il
was difficult job to remove ii; and, it
was that which caused her late depar-
ture last Monday morning from Mil
ford.
A party consisting Of Edwsrd Call.
Of Milford, Homer T, Belts, Of Fred
lea, and D. H. Frazier Of near Milford,
have had weeks shooting geese and
ducks on Rehoboth Bay. The fowl
were there by thousands, and they had
great success.
AT the monthly meeting Of Town
Council, held last Monday evening, Mr..
Frank w. Davis was unanimously
chosen to fill the vaucancy in Town
Council, caused by the resignation Of
Mr.. III w Satter6eld. who moved to
Dover last week.
THE Methodist Protestants, OF Green
wood, will in few days begin the
erection of new church edifice, which
in design will be Ofmodern gothic style
Of architecture. The plans are now
being prepared by Architect Charles
q. Fisher of this town.
HARRY B. WINDSOR returned this
week from a trip along the Rappahan-
mock river, in Virginia; where he has
been prospecting for a place to cut
holly. He will leave in ten days, ac-
eompanied by Howord Marvill for Vir-
ginia, to commence operations
A freight train was wrecked on the
lower end Of the D. M. & V. railroad
last Tuesday about noon, by the break
ing of an axle under freight car. This
caused the passengers on the north
bound afternoon train to be delayed
until the last train north on the Della
ware railroad went up.
On the HShawnee Farm, +" owned b,
Geo. H. Hall, and in tenure of MI
Charles Short, fine crops have beer
produced this year-and as an exam
pie the cabbage crop is fair sample
This week he has been selling cabbag
trimmed of all green leaves-to tn
merchants of Milford, some of whic
have weighed fifteen pounds,and mos
of it from eight TO ten pounds.
THE reputation Of DR.. Watt as TO
chile and witty speaker, is well estal
hshed in Milford. The subject of h
lecture: "The Mistakes Of Our Neigl
bors," to be delivered in the Avenl
NJ. E. Church. Thursday, Goth inst
invites us to hear something in light
: vein, both spicy and versatile. Tickle
: % cents. For the benefit Of churC
s furnishing fund.
A Sock Sociable will be held in Il
Chapel Thanksgiving night. Adm
It sion py a Sock-obtained only fro
o members of the school, on certain co
-e ditiOns explained by the membei
3 Singing, music, speaking by scholat
and others. Refreshments served fl,
Any one bringing a sock with d certa
to amount of money admitted, No o
s. admitted without the sock.
Is PUBLIC SALEs.-The admflistra-
Is of Avery Tribbitt, will sell two hor
and other personal property al his Ii
home at Coursey's Mills, on Nov. q
C. next
at A farm of 76 acres, located n
~ Glendale, and owned by John Mid
YES will be sold at p. m. on the premi
ur just after the personal property is {
posed of on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1902.
dv adver. and posters,
nd Wanted At Once.
10000 White Oak Ties.
'se $4,000 Red Oak Ties.
y Geo. ii. Hal