Milford chronicle., 1905-02-24
Short Items Of News.

Elk Sheriff Wilds, Smyrna's Oldest
citizen, died at his home there last Sat
urday. aged SO years.
Conference is only a little way in the
distance it meets in March in Grace
Church in Wilmington.
Charles NJ. Hammond has been re-
filling his lime house this week which
holds seven thousand bushels.
J. Frank DOlan, who pitched for the
Milford base ball club last season, has
entered Manhattan College, New York,
and will pitch for that club.
The members Of Milford Council, No.
8, Jr. o. U A. NJ, are requested to be
present on Wednesday evening, March
1st, Refreshments will be served.
A car load of pillow repairs was un-
loaded by w. A. Humes & Son this
week. They get in a carload of new
plews and a carload Of repairs each
spring.
The personal property Of David R.
Smith, deceased, will be sold at public
sale at his late home between Stay
louisville and Greenwood, on Tuesday,
March 9TH.
Chief of Police Charles Macklin was
50 years old last Friday and he enter
tanned the Firemen's Band and several
friends at his residence that evening in
honor of the event.
Armel Quillen, tenant on the Eng
land farm located near Spring Mills,
Kent county, has paid to DIR. James q.
Stanton, of Milford, the owner, $500
rent for the year 1904.
George S. Avery has been in the Vir-
ginia counties Of this Peninsula for ten
days and returned this week. He
brought back with him half-a-car load
of pigs of choice stock.
At recent meeting of the Delaware
and Maryland Children's Home Society
held in Dover, it was decided to change
the name of the society to the Delaware
Chill iren's Home Society.
Rev. ClareneeT. Wilson, con of Rev.
J. A. B. Wilson, has been transferred
by Bishop Spellmeyer from st. Luke's
Church, Newark, N. J., to Grace M.
E. Church, Portland, Oregon.
The 42nd annual session of the Della
ware Conference will be held in What
coat M. E. Church, Dover, beginning
Wednesday, March 29th. Bishop John
f. Berry, of Buffalo, N. Y, will preside
Frank Whelen, the well known news
paper man, and a former resident Of
Milford, will resuscitate the Smyrna
Call. He has secured the plant and
moved his family there. The first issue
under his management will appear in
March.
The revival meetings at the Bethel
Church is meeting with success. The
Young peoples Christian EndeavOr will
be held on Sunday evening at Z O'Clock,
and the pastor will preach the same
evening on "FOr What We Should
Labor"
John Henry Van Gesel died at his
home in Denton, Md, on Monday
morning, February Goth He was son
q, DO. NJ. Van Gesel, of Smyrna, and
we'll known about here. He leaves
widow and one daughter, Mrs. William
Anderson.
A Handsomely printed catalogue Of
farms for sale, with much interesting
information about this part Of Della
ware, and handsomely illustrated, is
issued this week from the CHRONICLE
lob printing rooms for Charles M. Ham
mond, who is engaged in the real estate
business. 1t is a handsome booklet.
The annual meeting of the Milford
Building and Loan Association was
held LAST Tuesday evening when the
annual statement was laid before the
stockholders in attendance. A new
series of stock was authorized to be is
sued and the usual interest rates estab-
Iished for those who desire to withdraw
or repay loans.
In another column we offer an OppOr-
tnaity for any reader of the CHRONICLE
to get a fine fountain pen at very
small cost. Any one paying for the
CHRONICLE for one year in advance
and fifty cents additional, can get one
of the best makes of pens now on the
market. A real IA karat ren for only
50 cents is the offer.
We have just received one Of John
-. potato and onion set
css. We are aston
y prices quoted.
70 good seed PO-