Milford chronicle., 1907-08-16
MILTON NEWS.

skies after a very successful season II
was estimated that fully 1000 persons
were present on Sunday evening One
of the remarkable things was the num-
Der of women with auburn hair in at
tendance. There were the usual number
of accidents to teams caused by reckless
driving, or too much liquor. There were
many tenters from a distance this year
Through the courtesy of Captain George
E. Magee the members Of the NJ. +. sum
day Schools, and all other people OF the
town. who would accept the invitation,
made an excursion to Broadkiln Beach
on Friday on the three-mast schooner
rugged steamer, Marie Thomas. Ice cream
and refreshmeut were.served on board OF
the steamer. The vessel left Milton at
8 o'clock a, m, and returned at 8 o'clock
p. m. The day was cool and pleasant
and six hours of solid enjoyment were ex-
perienced by the excursionists beside the
pleasure of the voyage by water.
Arthur Shockley, of near Reynolds,
while unloading wood at the railroad
station last week, had the tier to fall on
his team, breaking one of his.hOrse's legs.
In order to put the animal out OF its
misery, the ever-handy Constable Bar
sugia shot it.
The Steamer Marie Thomas brought
cargo for Goodwin Bros. q Conwell, and
GLASS lars for the ROYAL Packing Company
last week
Anderson & Co., Of the river cannery,
are receiving their cans, via NJ. D. & V.
Railroad.
Wesley Coverdale has been elected
janitor of the public school building at a
salary of SIS per month.
DR.. Edward Vaughn, of Middletown,
has been visiting his mother and sister.
Joseph Walls has put new curbing in
front of his residence.
James Ponder, attorney-at-law of Will
mington, was a Milton visitor last week.
John Walker has built porch in front
of his residence on Mulberry street, north.
The noon train on the D. M. & vi
Road missed connection at Glendale on
Saturday with the NJ. D. & V. road, and
twelve passengers were obliged to hire
conveyances to bring them to Milton.
Captain Stephen Abdill, of New Jersey,
is a Milton guest.
L. Perry Dutton, agent at StOckley
Station, aged Al years, s months and %
days. Funeral services were held on
Sunday afternoon at Bethesda by the
G. S. Thomas, and sepulture made at
Sand Hill Cemetery by S. ]. Wilson a.
Son.
Charles Burton, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Jones, died at the home of its
grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Burton,
on Federal street, on Saturday morning,
aged s months and 20 days Funeral
services we're held at its late home on
Monday afternoon by the Rev. G. R.
McCready, and interment made in the NJ
E cemetery by S. J. Wilson & son.
Rev. Edward Atkins, of Nashville,
Tenn, visited Milton on Friday. He
was accompanied by his father, Rev.
John Atkins, aged So years, and a former
resident OF Sussex County. The latters
object in visiting Milton was to again see
his two aged brothers Thomas Atkins,
aged 80 years, and P. Page Atkins, aged
81 years.
In coming from Harbeson to Milton on
Friday, Dr. r. T. Wilson was thrown
from his carriage and had one of his
ankles broken. DR.. Walter Hunter rem
dered assistance.
Robert Vaughan and his son, Charles,
of Philadelphia, caught three bass, weigh
ing from one to two pounds each on the
lake last week. There are the first fish
OF the kiud we have known caught there.
The following Philadelphia visitors are
now in Milton, enjoying the camp and
the pleasures of Broadkiln Beach Arthur
Conwell and wife, Miss Edith Wilson,
Henry NOut and wife, nee Miss Fannie
Oliver, Frank Manship and Miss Annie
Manship and many others
The colored camp will begin at Lavania
Wood on August 25th.
On account of the S25 State tax on soda
water fountains, William F. Starkey,
druggist, has discontinued his.
After having raised the second smoke
stack at the works of the Royal Packing
Company on Monday in taking down
the sheer pole, it struck and broke one of
the guys, and the stack fell in the yard,
and across some piling, breaking it about
elf off, eight feet from the top, and
wise battering it up 1t will be re-
~ ~ ,7fore being raised again.
he hah load Of fine tomatoes was in
he wsMonday, selling for 90 cents a
feels