Milford chronicle., 1912-08-16
RABBITS KILLED
AT MILTON
Milton Improving Streets. Barn Burned
On Geo. H. Hall Farm. Other News

J.. The Fox corner has at last been cut of
1t has been done in the form of semi
n circle extending from Federal street L
= Front street A concrete curb has beer
e made the Circumfer of the half circle
0 When this work was commenced there
e was much ado about il; and many were
a engaged upon the job There were two
engineers, one surveyor, one ship car
e penter, the Mayor, town bailiff, town
supervisor, two Councilmen, one hard
J ware dealer and several loafers who
. might be called on for suggestions,
should help be needed in that line. II
doesn't make a continental about the
cost Of anything in Milton. We have
plenty of money, and are going to use it.
We must say the WORK is a good Job a
creditable job, and the corner looks nice
odd and will, until the Palmer corner is
cut of in the same way Indeed, for one to
stand of some distance and look at il, ii
may suggest to his mind a buzzard with
one wing cut off, trying to making bee
line for the southern cross and Nzzaging
toward the north pole.
William Reed, of lower Broadkiln,
shipped a lot of peaches last week by boat
On upper Federal street the nights for
the part of two weeks have been made
hideous. and sleep almost impossible by
the yells of lot of dogs that a load of
Shot may probably put quietus on soon.
And the dogs-not these yelling kind
but dogs belonging to people in this town
are killing rabbits heavy with Young
/ This was done last Sunday, and four un-
born little rabbits with the mother were
destroyed. The Delaware Game Protec-
tive Association is enforcing its laws
urnTrI NT114a,r L
Milton are enforced.
The cool mornings of last week have
caused the swallows to commence their
autumnal assembly on the vane of the
NJ. L. Church getting ready for their
migration south
W. II. Chandler, of Scranton, has com |
menced the shipment of peaches from |
his orchard near town. Mr.. Chandler is |
here, supervising the work in person. |
Mrs. w. II. Chandler and daughter are |
also here, the guests of Mrs. Elizabeth .
Chandler, mother of w. H. Chandler.
Tomatoes are retailing for IS cents a
basket, and good peaches at Is cents the
same. Ten days ago FIVE baskets of nice
peaches were brought into town. and one
dollar a basket asked for them. They
rotted
On Friday evening the stable and crib
on farm owned by George H. Hall, of
Milford, and known as the Island
Farm, near Broadkiln Beach, we're en-
trely consumed by fire, with their CON
tents consisting of eight tons of "old I
fashioned clover hay, 100 baskets OF
corn and other provender. The farm is
in tenure of Isaac Marker. There was
no insurance. 5
7. p. Lofand has bought IS acres of
land near town. Consideration
private
Young ladies, in their teens, respect
able ladies and good good girls, We be-
ieve- have no business Oh the "Bowery"
after night, and the next time we know
1f these two, or any other two, of equal \
being there, we're going {
here and take them by the arms, for 4
toward their homes Girls, \
Ne know You are not thinkers We
never were girl ourselves, but we have 4
lad girls, ana We must take to ourselves
'ome credit for this virtue and respecta-
,ility today. Girls, keepoff the "Bowery" :.
Il night, OF ! II help you too
Fred Pepper has contracted to build a +
rame house for Hiram Outten in lower Il
5roadkiln.
Mrs Mary C. Maull was taken to the G
lethodist Hospital, Philadelphia, OH :.
ionday for an operation
Clement +. Hart has been appointed g
'atchman at the Winter & Prophet can n
cry and entered on his duties Monday y
ight. G
The colored camp at Lavinia began on L
unday. The attendance was small a
etter one is expected next Sunday. G
Ism II getting time for another oyster
ian on the Broadkiln or Mispillion to y
nd valuable pearl in some oyster? 1t G
ppears to be, as the governor of South
arolina said to the governor of Georgia. y
Mrs John Messick returned last week ll
ON a visit to her mother near Laurel. L
he aged lady celebrated the anniversary y
her 95th birthday on last Friday. Mrs. lC
essick reports her mother in good con- L
tlon and splendid health for one so y
yed. &c
The registration at Harbeson on Satur-
iy was "a, as compared with IS two y
,ars ago. Thus far the registration is lC
behind that Of two years ago.
The infant child of Mr.. aud Mrs. Wal "
ce Andre died on Monday and was in -
rred in Weigand Cemetery on Tuesday x
ternoon by ). j. Wilson & Son. I.
The last wife of the late Elisha Hol- -
nd, and son, the brother of the late Y
dge Charles Holland of Salisbury. /
ere dlsinterred from a country burial =
ound by 5. J. Wilson on Tuesday and Y
inferred with the husband and father /
White Chapel Cemetery -
Mrs. William H Mcgee, the victim of Y
e almost tragic poison episode of last I !
ek, IS said to yet be i'll a precarious -
ndition Y
Diapers factory will commence can b 4
X tomatoes tomorrow. The foreign -
lP for Winters & Prophet arrived on r.
Rev DR.. Behringer will hold a service -
front of Samuel ]. Wilson'S cottage OH r.
oadkiln Beach next Sunday afternoon.
,apt George KINNEY, of Philadelphia, -
1ved on his annual vacation trip on ~
,nday evening, looking well, hearty I
! prepared to battle with the mosaui- -
S of the Broadkiln. The white camp r.
" being over, Captain KINNEY will
n his attention to catching chipmunks -
ing his vacation on the old camp ~
und Il q