Milford chronicle., 1914-07-24
STAFFORD.

visited Seaford and surrounding countr,
on Thursday night, barn on the farm
OF Edward Tull, near town, was STRUCK
by lightning. Two mules were killed
instantly, and the barn burned to the
| ground, destroying lots of wheat. grain
harness and wagons. The loss will
amount to $1,000, with only a small in.
surance on the barn.
Charles Hurley, Freeman Messick vii.
liam Weaver, Walter Lord and Crestwou
Owens, five young men of this town.
narrowly escaped drowning while GOING
on a days yachting party to Biyalye
| Thursday. After leaving Vienna the
BOYS struck a gale and were kept busy
bailing water from their boat. When
picked up the boat was nearly filled with
water, and each of the boys with life
preserver on were working hard to keep
it aAoat. They were towed to Seaford
by the yacht S. J. Cooper, of Sharptown.
The Ford touring car of S. ]. Robin
son, a young tobacco salesman of this
town, turned forward somersault when
it struck bridge on the Maryland State
Road between fredericksburg and Hur-
lock Sunday night Clyde Thompson,
Howard Morgan, Robinson and b. W.
DobsOn, were thrown several feet and
all seriously bruised and scratched. Mil
ton Coulbourn, who was driving the car.
was pinioned under the wheel, and luck
lily escaped with only a few minor bruise.
The car was literally torn to pieces.
Base ball fans here are getting the ball
fever again, and hired team will no
doubt represent Seaford in the near fu-
ture. Already subscriptions are being
circulated and several new men will
likely be hired so as to get in the race
with Milford, Lewes, Dover and Delmar.
D. w. Campbell of Wilmington, slipped
from his engine in the freight yards here
Monday, falling under his engine and
having his right leg so badly mangled
that it had to be amputated at the Della
ware Hospital, Wilmington. At this
writing he is getting along as well as
can be expected.
The School Board has elected Miss
Eleanor Amman, of Cambridge, vice-prin-
cipal of the Seaford Public School. Miss
Amman is a graduate of Goucher College,
Baltimore, and comes highly reconimen-
ded.
A crowd of business men went on a
yachting party to Sandy Hill on Thurs
day. The day was enjoyably spent in
bathing, Grabbing and fishing. The Board
of Trade will probably give a large ex-
cursion to this popular resort on the Nan
ticoke river in August.
The Crescent Club has again made
arrangements to hold a series of high
class entertainments during the winter
at Coulbourn's Opera House. Enter
tainments of a similar nature given by
the Club last winter, won popular favor
William Obier "A prosperous farmer llv-
ing near here, while loading potatoes on
wagon Saturday morning fell oil when
the mules became frightened and was
run over by two wheels. Several ribs
were crushed, and he was injured inter
nally.
The stork left an infant girl at the
home of Morris Perry and wife Friday
noon. The baby died late that evening.
Edward Hobbs, wife and son Shipley,
of Wilmington, are visiting her parents
in North Seaford.
Mrs. Ella Emery and children are
spending the remainder of the summer at
Rehoboth.
Howard F. Galloway, of Norfolk, has
been visiting his parents in West Seaiord'
Frank Gilbert, of Kentucky,is visiting
relatives in town.
!. Scott Hurley, of Philadelphia, spent
the weekend with his family on Pine
street.
Hundreds of people went on the B., 7.
& A. excursion to Ocean City which lett
here Wednesday. This is the first OF
three excursions which will be run over
this road from here this season,
William Martin, aged thirty, farmer
living near here, became insane Saturday
and relatives and neighbors were forced
to seud to Seaford for assistance to man
AGE him. Martin Shockley, constable,
drove hurriedly to their farm and brought
the man to Seaford taking him to Farm
hurst on the midnight train that night.
The mosquitoes being so bad Mrs. John
Brown left her porch, proceeded to the
house and painted her face and hands
with what she supposed was cltroneiia'
Fel5ng a burning sensation where she
had applied the supposed citronella' she
looked in a mirror finding to her dismay
that She had changed to the color OF a
mulatto. She had gotten hold OF ths
wrong bottle in the dark and had painted
herself with iodine. The black look Is
wearing off.