Milford chronicle., 1907-05-24
SHORT LOCAL BRRVlTIES.
Items Of Interest in Paragraphs About
Milford and Vicinity.


The blackberry fields are in full bloom
now.
Milford barber chops will be closed
Decoration Day.
Peas are looking very good and many
are already in blossom.
The peach and pear prospect in this
part Of Delaware is not very cheering.
The storm last Sunday night was pro.
life in heavy rain and vivid lightning.
The Milford High School com.
mencement will be held on June 18th.
Spring chicken, wafIies and straw
berries is steady diet for Milford peo.
pie now.
The early variety of strawberries are
ripe and sell in Milford from 10 to Is
cents per quart.
Next Thursday is Decoration Day
and It will be observed in Milford by
the q. A. r. and Militia.
The annual convention of the Diocese
OF Delaware will be held at Georgetown
on Wednesday, June 9Th.
The w. e. T. U. meets with Mrs. c.
M. Hammond, on Lake View avenue,
next Tuesday evening at 7.3O o'clock.
g. N. Wright, formerly of Delaware,
was seriously injured in a runaway &C.
cident near Miffiintown, Pa, May 18th.
Frank Whelen has changed the name
of his newspaper from the Smyrna Call
to the Delaware Call. It is advocating
.he adoption Of local option.
Ananias johnson, who is EMPLOYED
It the Caulk Laboratory in Milford,
'Orked three hundred bottles last Mon. !
lay afternoon In seventeen minutes.
Who can beat it. I
Jesse Hellings Of Dover, commander c
I the Department Of Delaware, G. A. Z
&, has appointed William A. Truitt, l
I Garfield Post, No. Z, Of Milford, e
'hief Mastering Officer on his staff. r
In the Superior Court in Wilmington Il
ne petition Of divorce in the case of 9
larry r. Hall VS.. Samuel George Hall, q
motion Of Daniel o. Hastings, coun- Il
d for the complainant, was dismissed. o
The Town Council will buy two bonds L
July lst for the sinking fund one is a' =,
ought with interest from bonds now =
sinking fund, the other is bought by -
le earnings of the Light and Water -
H.
The Postmaster General has issued -,
order or notice that all rural mail 70
rriers have the right of way on all on
e county roads, and that all other car. -
lges >0r cOnveyances must surrender ~
alright of way to the rural carriers. w
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Smith Of Gu
lurel have been unanimously chosen ne
Delaware's commissioners as custO- sh
ms Ofthe State Building at the James he
yn Exposition. They have accepted FAY
proposition and took charge Of the for
ilding last week. on
1t meeting Of the Delaware His lol
ical Society, in Wilmington Monday ior
hit, Henry G. Conrad presented the VII
iety with a copy of a sketch Of the sn'
called MOors of Delaware, written sIr'
Judge George P. Fisher, as a contri- sur
ion to the Milford Herald, in June, 700
! bar
t the annual session Of the Philadel. 49, 49,
a Conference Of the African Metho. -. -
Episcopal Church, held in Bethel ~ as
lrch, Philadelphia, last week, Rev. a., %
leo. DOrce, pastor Of Bethel Church, -"
ford, was transferred to Laurel. He -,
be succeeded here by Rev. w. S. tror
le. ~.
he Levy Court Tuesday, completed atta
lists Of road overseers' allowances a'';.
the roads Of the central county 49,
this year, get the following appor- - ,
ments: First district, $1,000; Sec ~ ~ =.
81, $40; third 81 1886; fourth, 81 ,sO5; e'' ~ "
, 81 1886; sixth, 81, ,62O; seventh, g.. 49,
eighth, 81, 1926; ninth, 50 ,215; tenth, Goan
0. Total, 1920. Geop tEel'