Milford chronicle., 1905-08-25
MILTON NEWS.


president OF the Maryland annual confer
ence, took the stand and preached a
good sound dOctrina and theological SER
mon At times the pathos of the minis
ter was So touching as to bring tears Ia
the ewes OF lus hearers. For eighty min.
utes Mr. Little was listened to with ran,
attention by an intelligent and apprecia-
tive congregation. Rev r T. COursey
electrified the camp one evening last
week by sermon, to large gathering.
delivered in his own happy style. On
last Sunday morning, the Rev. EbOn
Baldwin. of Cla' ton. preaching: in the
afternoon the Rev. Caybourne Phillips,
OF Christ Church, Baltimore. astonished
the congregation with a sermon, remark.
able for length and in the evening, after
some select singing by the Rev. r. 7.
Goursey, the Rev G. l. Humphrey con
cHded the preaching for the day. 1t is
estimated there We're 1900 people on the
ground and good order prevailed. OF
course tine ladies were there in their stv-
lish garments, which were much admired
by the men. The boarding tent was
busy during the day, and the rush for
supper was so great that it was late in
the evening when that meal was over
and then many went away without being
accommodated. One man. who is sup.
posed 10 have been 100 stingy to pay FIVE
cents for admission to the grounds,
hitched his horse on the outside and-it
is said-stOe his way in. While he was
gone some one ran into his carriage and !
broke a wheel into ''smithereens" The /
reader can draw his own moral The |
camp will continue over another Sunday. |
and as the camps in the lower part of the |
county will have ceased by that time, a
big day is expected at Lav'nia's. We
don't wish our readers to become sur
feited with camp meeting effusiOns, but
necessarily we shall Cd. W have to give
them another item next week, and then
we will let camp meetings alone.
A company, consisting of three families
OF Bohemians, came from Baltim04e to
Milton last week to work in Anderson d !
Co.'S cannery. They are all females. and
range through all grades of age, from the 7
nursing child up. They are located at
Mt. Ararat, all in one small house, with
the floor for bedstead and straw for bed '
ding. They are happy Town Council 1
has excavaied portion OF Front street
near the Big Store, and filed the ex-
cayatiOn with crushed stone and covered ID
at with earth. This is to improve the v
street.
Rev. Charles A. Behringer. rector of b,
the Church OF st. John Baptist, who en- ''
Joys horseback riding, rode out to LAWN
las Camp last week and hitched his cf
horse inside of the circle. Now no one
thinks for a moment that Mr.. Behringer or
lid this out of any dlsrespect for the
amp or It's supporters He is too much to
II a gentleman to violate the rules of anv
Mr. Behringer is a young CIR
nan, and but recently assigned to this d.
own and IN lr i ~
nth the rules and regulations of a Sus-
ex county camp meeting sol
Twenty persons went on the excursion Wr
o Rehoboth on Thursday. D.
Miss Ida Moore, of Denton, Md. has -.@
cen visiting the Mrs. Mary and Lottie Ma
Velch 4
Miss Estella Smith, of'Broadkiln, was visi
nlted IN marriage with Mr. John Mes A
ok, Of Slaughter Neck, on Thursday y
'ening Of last week. The ceremony que
as performed at the NJ P. parsonage T
Y the Rev G. j. Hooker. inc
David X. Lindle died at his home near
rick GIanary on Friday morning OF gas ~ ~
us aged % wears. Funeral services VIII
ere held at Slaughter Neck Church on ter,
inday morning, and seputure made in ],
e adjoining cemetery Rev. J. w. NJ.
'ettyman performed the last sad rites ,'i0i
ID ;. ). Wilson x Son inhumed the re- MS
aims. II
Rev. William Wells Wolfe Wilson. who inc
lded in the spatterdOcks of the Broad ,
In during his boyhood, and grew to anu
ans estate in the town of Milton. grad Fl
ted at Dickinson College and became is tn
Methodist minister and witha a fine II,
IN, preached at the NJ. +. Church on 4,u
nday morning on which it does not 'Oi'
come us to comment. Mr. Wilson is VIE
W stationed in the "City of Elms." Pa
New Haven, Conn. There were no and
Ter services at the NJ. E. Church dur -
the day on account of the camp meet vi
. ' '''''' ten il
Hiss Ida Moore, of Denton. has been with
guest OF the Misses May and Lottie To,
IN Monday morni,o boa ooo;5o.4 from
urred that resulted in the death of Ge'
known citizen Of Steyensonville, a his p'
urb OF Milton. The facts follow
Monday morning John 0. Clifton.
Rufus EllingswOrth were hauling
leplanks for bridging across the road.
planks were loaded on a one-horse Bears
ON, one end Of them running over the Sigma
r at the hind part of the wagon, the Of
,r end running over the foreboard of
wagon; thus forming an inclined
e spring seat was placed on top
bison which the two men sat. While
ing along the road the wagon jolted. Clay
seat slipped, and Mr.. Clifton was S Var
wn between the wheels. The hind 10 sDe,
Ell passed over the right side of his g ~.
and across the breast. He was u 'iI'
. to his home by Mr. Ellingsworth denly
n. w. White, who came to his assis moved
land physician sent for, but he died in Rrit
irty minutes and before the phvsi
arrived. Deceased was 65 wears. S
lbs and % days of age Funeral
ces We're held at Reynolds NJ. P
ch on Wednesday afternoon by the ~
G. j. Hooker, assisted by the Kew. ~
Coursey. and the remains were de- 4
ed in the adjacent cemetery by S.
llson and son, undertakers.
steamer on coming up the river on
day, had her propeller to refuse
She was, however, brought to the -
and workmen worked on Saturday
and Sunday 10 repair the damage. -