Milford chronicle., 1913-12-19
MILTON NEWS.

octoqenarian has passed away,
Anotne1u "wednesday, December 10, 1918.
WIFI ,TiiSI;au B. Tomlinson.. ageu o. yeais, -. ?
Wins Wllitls and "A days, died. he was porn porn
moH'n3; nra;sed near Frederica' Del ana
ana Md Mrs. Lydia Burton, OF near tna'
niaIli'e early in life. About the oegin-
place, % the Civil War he formed a part
ming - ,gith his brother-in-law, Daniel
nersniP and they made money rapidly
Br Burton the period of high prices then
unuei nv dealing IN country produce,
reis1 &C. He sold his interest to John
WOW, y,1.,1an and then moved to Milton
b; ~ ~ he he, engaged in business and poll
whei ,yhich he was successful, and for
ues, - he was known as one of the best
yeai.ocratic politicians in Sussex county.
Deino y.as elected to the Levy Court, and
ne "1 - tbe lower House in the General
slso slso.s,blv. and held term as postmas-
AsSS.,; 5,,r;ng the Cleveland administration.
!Sl.o, teI ua' w. Fisk Townsend resigned the
rt-of-the-P Peace Office, Mr.. Iomlnson
- appointed by Governor Hall to sue
~s S"sd him for FIVE years, and after that
&C. &C. he returned to Milton, and has de-
ua.sd his attention to managing his
tus ',,s In both Kent and Sussex counties.
~ wife died a few years ago, and shortly
~ .ssr he lost his eyesight entirely, and
s..rired some one to assist him about
ny has continued to attend to his farms
IN the aid of his assistant who ex-
Ig,a;ned the conditions to him on the spot,
I-d the results have been always salts
Eo.orv as when he could see for himself
ne last illness was of short duration
nd he died in the hope of blessed inn
1,ortality. He left two children: Mrs.
VIRGINIA. Atkins, widow of Charles H.
sttins and w. T. Tomlinson, Esq, of
New York City. His estate which is
considerable, was devised to his children,
and they are named as the executors.
His funeral was held on Friday afternoon
irom his late residence, and the remains
we're laid to rest beside the grave of the
wife of his youth.
At the last meeting held by the Town
council of Milton, on December 9th, the
H6re ordinance" was repealed. 1t con-
Acted with the charter, and they imme-
datelv enacted another ordinance, which
sved a maximum fine of SIS and min
mum fine of SIS for offence against this
law. On Saturday w. W. Conwell was
rited to appear before the mayor to an
swer to a charge of violating this ordi-
nance. in that he had a roof put upon a
brick building out of a material said to
he inAamable. Mr.. Conwell was fined
sl5 which he refused 70 pay, and was
committed to the county Jail. On Sat
nrdav afternoon he was taken to George
town; or, rather Mr.. Conwell took the
constable to Georgetown in his automo-
bile. Several reports of the proceedings
there have been current; one was that
habeas corpus proceedings were taken;
another that a stay was granted until
Mr.. Conwell's attorney could have time
10 prepare the case; but, the facts are,
that Mr.. Conwell returned home bring
ing the constable with him. The people
are asking ques ions which are unan-
swered, as to how it is to work, that a
man can pay a fine of SIS, and put any
kind of a roof on a building regardless of
the town laws. The roof is there, so what
are we going to do about it.
Last week Roderick Reynolds butch
cred a fine pen of hogs, which weighed
$50, 523, sol, 48O, 431, Ala, 3S9 pounds.
He has l9 cans of lard and 800 pounds of
sausage.