Milford chronicle., 1914-01-09
MILTON NEWS.


Passengers who are obliged to chang,
cars at Glendale for Milton, are exceed
ingly exasperated over the condition OF
travel between the two stations in that
town. Wednesday and Thursday night:
before Christmas there were many pas.
! sengers on this line. One of the evenings
| was stormy, and there being no lights tC
! see by, some of the passengers in max
/ ing the transit got into the mud, Others
/ into Reeds basket factory; and one
man nearly pulled his wife's coat off in
/ trying 70 get her out of a mud hole. The
women who were compelled to be in this
/ mess are indignant Now the blame for
/ this condition in Glendale lies some
where, or with some persons, or corpor-
/ alton. and should be remedied. For
our part, we have long since quit max
[ ing a night train to Glendale; we would
rather ia ke daylight when we can see
what we are doing.
Mrs. Sarah E. King left last week to
visit her relatives in Philadelphia and
Camden, n. J.
Mrs. Mary Carey, a teacher in the
public schools Of Laurel, has returned
to her work after spending the holidays
IN and around Milton.
Richard Elliott and wife, of Phiadel-
phia, spent a part of the holidays at
the home of Mrs. Virginia Atkins on
Federal street.
At twelve clock on Wednesday night
the contract held by the Georgetown
Electric Light Company for lighting the
streets of Milton, expired by limitation.
About the middle of December the con-
tract to light the streets for another
three years was awarded to the Milton
Light Heat and Power Company of this
/ town, at Sl.00 per light per month.
/ There are forty of them. The George
/ town Co. will not allow the Milton Co.
/ to use its poles, and on Thurs ay took
off the bulbs and returned them to the
/ town. The Georgetown Co. must. how
ever, furnish five lights to the town,
/ beside lighting the Mayor Office and
/ the engine hOui for the privilege Of its
! franchise. On New Years Day the
Milton Co. commenced to string its wires
on the poles of the Delaware State tel
ephone Co., and there was but slight
| inconvenience to the public during the
process of the change.
j. Leon Black. Assistant Trust officer
at the Sussex Trust Company, has been
re-appolnted notary public; and is also
/ appointed to issue automobile licenses.
| The Milton court has been busy during
/ the past week. While this business was
an aftermath of Christmas, Christmas
| was not responsible for it. Twas the
| result of pure cussedness. We are pay
/ ing taxes nowadays to support a jail
system, and many people wouldn mind
the cost half so much if they knew that
certain individuals, whose names we
need not mention, were occupying cells
at their expense.
Extra meetings commenced at both of
the Methodist churches on Sunday.
The public schools rs-opened Monday.
Mrs. Hettie j. Wagamon has three
lemons of moderate size on her lemon
tree; and it is in bloom again. Of course
the reader will understand this tree is
is kept in room of moderate tempera-
ture and not exposed to the weather
Joshua Hemmonds died near Oakley
on Sunday of Bright's disease, aged 20
years, 8 months and 19 DAYS. Funeral
services were held at Oakley on Tuesday
afternoon by Rev. Rice, and interment
made in the adjoining cemetery by S. J.
Wilson & Son.
John W, the 5-months-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel Thomas, died near Over
brook on Monday. Funeral services
were held on Wednesday afternoon, at
Whites Chapel, by Rev Kelso, and the
body inhumed in the adjacent cemetery
by S. J. Wilson & Son.
Robert Morgan has removed from
Mulberry street into the home recently
occupied by Lee Robinson, pear the
Douglass White factory. v
The schooner Jacob Ackers. of Maur-
ice River, n j., loaded with corn last
week for New Jersey.
Miss Lille NJ. Reed, daughter of
Benjamin Reed and wife, of Chestnut
street. and Harvey Campbell, son of
Isaiah Campbell and wife, Of Coolspring.
were married on Tuesday evening, De-
cember Both. at the NJ. p. parsonage by
the Rev. F. A. Holland
Miss Estella E. Virden, daughter of
Peter Virden. of Box Elder, Wyoming,
and Weldon NAPLES. son of Charles G.
NAPLES and wife, of Federal street were !
joined in wedlock at 1.2O O'Clock p. m.
on New Years Day. The ceremony
was performed at the home of the bride
on North Union street, by the Rev. T. |
Webster, and witnessed only by the rel |
atives of the contracting parties. The |
bride and groom Immediately left on
rraddinC fOur which will inaft7Io Mount