Milford chronicle., 1904-02-26
MILIUN NEWS.


As has been previously stated in a COM
muuication of ours, the Rev. L. P. Coch-
ran has been unanimously invited by the
last Quarterly Conference to return as
pastor of the NJ. Z. Church for another
aad fourth year. Mr.. Corkran is one of
those genial ,whole-souled men that one
meets seldo II on this sphere Certainly,
he has his oppCsers, as all good men who
try to do their duty in the pastorate have.
Yet his ciality ought to outweigh any
thing that pr judice may advance to his
detriment, especially When that prejudice
has been engendered by a lack of coin
cidence of views. The writer believes
that minister has duty; aud part of
this duty is to condemn anything he be-
lieves to be wrong and to preach it down
as far as he is able. mo compromise
with evil" should be his motto. Mr..
Corkran may have gained the ill-will of
some of his laymen by his uncompromiz-
ing propagandism. but even if this be
true, he has gained the respect and good
Will of them who are are yet "of the
household of faith" Integrity aud con
sistency is what III ost people admire ,and
such Mr.. Cochran has. His return as
pastor of the Milton N. Z. Church will
be cordially welcomed by the people, as
a body.
The shirt factory of Douglass & White /
closed on Wednesday morning of last
week on account of the extreme cold. 1t !
re-opened on Monday of This week.
The 400 hens of Messrs. White q John
son, are not paying these enterprising
gentlemen much. The eggery was built
at the beginning of winter, aud the re-
ceipts from eggs have been small. How
ever, his innovation is a new business to
both hens and projectors, aud the bash
fulness of the hens must be overlooked.
The gypsy band that has been en-
camped near Beaver Dam, broke camp
on Thursday and removed farther south.
They are said to have received consider
able patronage from Milton, and from t
persons from whom an intelligent pub
lie would expect better
DR.. W. P. Jones af Ridgeley, ,optician, ?
was in town on Thursday, after an alb t
sence of several weeks, on account of 1
illness, attending to the wants of his pa
irons.
Worthy w. Jones, a veteran of the \
naval service, had a stroke of paralysis Z
a't week, and is yet suffering from the =
effects thereOf y
James Morris was arra1gned bef re 7
Squire Collins on Saturday evening on y
/ charge Of embezzlement. It appears s,
hat Morris alias "Spot" engaged to o
wreck the schooner Stetson & Nelson L
hat went to pieces in gale las, fall, for
20. Afterward he was employed by the n
'wners of the vessel, COnwell & Rey "
lolds,to sell tke old sails and rigging, for F
which service he was to receive one-half =
i the proceeds. Morris sold the wreck.
ge for $4,000, and on his return home gu
tated he was robbed in a res. .auraut, and
ould not pay the owners their share. d"
uit was brought by w. w. Conwell, an
lanager of the Milton National-one gu
the owners-and "Spot" was required -,
give $500 bail for his appearance at en- T
'urt. Reuben Donovan entered as
1ndsman.
Since the above has been written, we
iderstand an amicable settlement of the S
Sc has been made. Dr
The rural mail delivery that was to be- ns, o.
II from Milton on March 1st, has by for
me means miscarried, and will not be- $50
4; and the route to NAPLES that was rua "a
be discontinued on March 1st, has been NO
Tered continued-by the POstoffice De- Ida
-tment. yea
,. w Atkins, Mi.ton's travelling sales D, DAD
n, has been unable to travei during at,o
past week. He is on a trip to Chin pro-
eague this week. olde
usiness pursued its usual course on IN Il
22d; only the banks were closed mne