Milford chronicle., 1903-12-04
MILlUN NEWS.

rangement before the proper authorities,
has Ieturned, and report a favorable re-
ception and a good prospect for better
mail facilities. The government has
agreed TO establish star route between
Milton and Ellendale to be run six times
a week: leaving Milton at 10 O'Clock
a. m. and arriving at Ellendale at II IS;
leaving Glendale on arrival OF the tram
from the north and arriving at Milton IN
one hour and fifteen minutes thereafter.
The Postofice Department, at Washing
for. will receive bids for this service until
December the 7th, 1908. The service 90
begin Dec. 10th, 1908, aud continue until
June soth, 29o5. This service VIII also
embrace a rural delivery along the direct
route between Milton and Ellendale, and
anv nerson living along the route may
have his mail delivered by providing a
hoy or crane. convenient for the driver
to deposit and collect mail without dis
mourning from his vehicle; and at his
own expense. The present mail system
via the Queen Anne's railroad will be
continued. viz: the mail will leave MIL
ton ri 7Io a. M, and return at 3 52 PM
/ And now comes another report of another
change bv the Queen Anne's Company;
not in the time table, but In the manner
| of conveyance. 1t is related in "unothclal
circles" that the passenger coaches Will
/ be ediscontinued and handcars substituted,
| the same to be run by relays: From
| Lewes to Milton; from Milton to Oakley,
etc. 1t is said an agent OF the company
land this gives some color to the story
is irving to hire E. n. LOtand's new
Yacht, recently launched and now an
| chored in the BrOadkiln, to put on the
route across the Chesa peake tromQueens-
town to Baltimore. Anyhow, Mr.. Lotiand
has been very active for several days, III
correspondence and otherwise, looking
to the purchase of a three-horse power
gasoline engine to go into the boat. AS
soon as he is successful IN this, no doubt
negotiations will be completed with the
company, and Mr.. Lofiand's boat may
take the place of the steamer now used
| by the railroad company IN crossing the
Chesapeake. (?)
we are admonlshed to be mot over
Jealous without knowledge" but if we
are to draw Fnv inference from the dull
ness that characterized Thanksgiving
Dav. we should say, though knowledge
NAV not be at a discount, zeal is certainly
not at a premium in our town. We eau
not saw whether the recent losses in oil
speculation had anything to do with this
| dulluess or not. But, perhaps, we had
better OF say anything about oil specua-
ton. It certainly could not have been
gambling in stock" considering the
standing OF those who were and ,perhaus,
are vet-engaged in il. o, no! It was
mere a matter of investment. 1T does
make "A difference whose 'oX IS gOred
On Friday a house on Mulberry street,
near the northern limit of town, caught
fire and was burned to the ground The
fire was caused by a defective flue. The
property was owned by James Clark, aud
| in tenure of George Salmons. The fam
| ilv lost everything except sewing ma
chine, an organ and few chairs. No
| insurance. G55
While cutting wood on Thur. day j ohm
Milby struck his right hand against the
/ top of a small bush that had been cut oil
and drove it so far into his fore finger as
to uecessitate the services of another
person in getting it out.
Bishop Coleman preached at the p. +.
| Church on Sunday, both morning ard
evening. and at ST. George's IN the aftel-
noon.
Mrs. G. w. Atkins, astera protracted
visit to her daughter Mrs. Estella Darby
of Camden. n. J., has returned home.
G. w. Atkins has returned from a
business tour in Wilmington and other
parts in New Casile and also in Hartford
and Cecil counties, Md. While in Cam-
den, n. j., last week, Mr.. Atkins spent
some time with his daughter, Mrs. .Estella
Darby.
Miss Mary Atkins, of this town, is
learning fancy needle work under hea
aunt, Mrs Maggie Fisher, 1924 Chestnut
street, Whitman Building, 7th floor 1t
is said Miss Mary is an apt pupil i'll her
business.
Ruth c. Warrington, daughter of Mr..
and MIS- John L. Warrington, of South
Milton, died on Sunday morning, aged
I year and u days. The funeral was held
an Monday afternoon at the home of her
parents, and intermeni make in the NJ .
E Cemetery, Rev. H. S. johnson con-
Quoted the funeral exercises. and Wilson
s, Son were the uudertakerS.
lThe Third Qusrterly Conference of the
NJ. E. Church, is again announced to be
held, and this time on Wednesday morn
inc at 10 o'clock.
The Jr. o U. A NJ. attended the NJ p.
! Church on Sunday evening, and the Rev.
H. S. Johnson addressed the fraternity
on subject Ppropriate to the occasion.
There are not many guhners from out
= of the State, ,botheriug this locality, y,since
J the first week of the cunning season.
The owners of land and the tenants there
of, have put their veto on the "Game
Association" couclave. and have pro-
I hibited them she use of their lands. They
f do not object to houle gunners.
We have not had taste of real winter
weather during the past weeks On
Saturday morning the lake was frozen
, over, and on Sunday morning the river
I had a sheet of ice on it, aud the ground
, a small covering ofsnow but the temper
ature of Monday dispelled the frozen
crystals.
D o, that a former friend should allow
= the malevolence of disposition and ths
. love of lucre, to sunder an association o.
, years for the paltry sum Of fisteen cents
l ''Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the
r streets of Askelon, lest the daughters O
) the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughter!
of the uucircumsised triumph.