Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-04-03
MILTON NEWS.


These bright spring days cause peculiar
feeling to steal over ones frame, known in
common parlauce as "lazlhess." However
this IS easily shaken of by the ones who de-
sire 10 do something. as is evidenced by the
many who are engaged In agriculture, and
other work incident to spring life. Amongst
all Inc hustle and activity that is going on,
the l0afer and the dog are st!ll hanging around
the street corners and other haunts peculiar
20 their like.
very pertinent editorial appeared in the
Milford Chronicle of last week, aRent the
present manner Of drawing jurors. But If the
drawing OF the colOred man, Harmon. as a
juror shall in any way lead to a return to the
old system OF the Levy Court from each dis
trici furnishing the names TO be drawn for
jurors then it will have rebound to a good
purpose. Certainly the Levy Court from a
district knows the men IN his district and
would not be likely to put the name Of any
man into the box whom he did not know.
The canneries are contracting for tomatoes
for IRe present year.
Another old stable has been torn dowa on
Lavinia street. IL has been trying to fall down
for year or more but, apparently could not !;
and workmen completed the job on Saturday.
The attention Of the overseer of the road is
called TO that portion at Lavinia bridge. There
is. evidently, leak through the jamb Of the
bridge and the caving Ia OF the earth is
mak.ng it dan gerous to teams. 1t had better
.be looked after before a horse gets itsj leg
broken.
IN was known that last Friday was "Arbor
and Bird Day" but we were not in position
10 note n uch enthusiasm over the event.
L..
Eva smiths building o. Union street, near
the bridge, that was discontinued during the
winter.
jonn Wright has run wire fence for a
chlc6en pen, where he lives, about 100 yards
down Magnolia street aud on Mulberry street,
from his residence to the waste gate bridge;
thus enclosing a large piece Of low land for
poE Try purposes.
We said something last week about cheek.
Tnls quality appears to be native with those
whs remove from the country into town FOR
instance when a person builds a house behind
another persons house and wants his brother
90 remove his house that he may see down
ahe slreet, we call that cheek Is this mixed
up2 Well unravel il. Yet, there is truth
IN it.
one Of the windows in front of Charles A.
Corners store was broken on Wednesday
night and four ladies combs taken from the /
case
The shade trees on Union street, north, have /
been trimmed under the supervision Of the I
town officials.
Fred Pepper is building new porch in front
Of his residence on Mulberry street.
g. y. Atkins is painting tine inside Of David
Wil;bank's new residence on Federal street.
Capt. George Hunter is making preparations
TO move his recently purchased dwelling frsm
Wharton to Chestnut street.
Thomas Johnson is decorating the interior
OF Martin Chsndlers dwelling on Lavinia
street
James Jester had an accident occur to his
0us 81 the corner Of Broad and Mulberry
streets on Monday morning while gathering
up passengers for the station. But Mr.. Jester
has wo buses aud the other one was pressed
tHio service on this occasion.
". B. Derrlctson, liveryman, is building a
large sisSie on the property of William Mears
81 n wn.
a town lot on the corner of Church and
Federal streets will be sold on Saturday after
noon next.
Charles n. Adkins, OF this town. and
student at Dover Conference Academy, de-
livered a very interesting sermon At the N. f.
,chuych on Sunday evening
On sunday the salary OF the pastor OF the NJ.
P. Church, or that portion of 1t which re-
manned unpaid, sS2-was raised without any
lroubie. The benevolent collections Of this
church are ali paid up and Rev. McCready {
ef for conference Tuesday. II
Captain George GoodwlR made business
rip 10 Baltimore last Saturday, returning on y
Monday.
A small steamer, "Israella," that has been
sying at the dock for several days, gathering
10 IRISH potatoes around the country, left on
londay for her home at Holly Beach, N. J.
he price paid for the potatoes was 55 cents
Ter brshel.
Isaac w. Nailor, who Ihas been engaged IN
for some time, has the contract l
D build a large, commsdius and up-to-date
uilding for Harry Jester at Glendale. S
shad have been very scarce in the Broad
in ihis season. &
Joshua Carey, aged IS years, is confined to
Is home by the inhrmities OF age ana diseases L
cidsnt thereto. e
John Conoway is quite III at his residence Il
3ar town. a
Rev. r. T. Coursey returned to Milton on u
onday evening, after his household effects. b