Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1914-06-05
MILTON NEWS.

Wills grass anu all eNrau eOuS sur
stances have been removed and on Ne
moral Day it presented clean and com
meuda5le appearance. Memorial Da
was observed in Milton perfunctorilv. an,
not with the eclat We have seen in bv
gone years. The mercantile business o
town, ran in its wouted channels. aut
none OF the trades was entirely suspeu
ded. The bank only was closed during
the day aud the postoffice. except for
time iu delivering and dispatchiug the
mails The stars and Stripes" and
other bunting was DISPLAYED from many
residences; but, perhaps. the prettiest
sight was the steam launch X-i0-U-S. Law
eng al the dock trimmed up and down
her stays with miniature flags. and above
all Old Glory waved. Ati0 50o'clock
meeting was called in School Hall. at
which Captain g. +. McKee, presided
Speeches we're made by J. n. Lark. Pro
thono-ary IS. H. Welch. and others Ex-
state Senator /. A. Drexier. OF Bethany
Beach. delivered the Grafton, which was
pronounced by couuisseurs In literature
10 be not only good. bu. ver1 good At
Ter the services IN the Hall. the IT, D. /
a. A. u. tagged the graves Of the dead I
heroes. The women OF the town. hay
lng previously decorated the graves Of
their owed ones with flowers The alb
sence Of band was couspicu0usiy notice
able The Harbeson band had promised
10 be n attendance. but al a late hour
sent lis regrets that il could rot come
The -est Of the day passed pleasantly.
he races at p. Wilson 5 Driving Park
were well attended, and no accidents
marrel the occasion.
This evening closed with a grand rhis-
key tournament, said to have been intro :
duce1 by a man arriving in town from I
the city with seven quarts OF whiskev :
They were a slippery crowd so slippery =
that the bailiit could not get hold OF anv a
Of them.
The case Of the principal Of the Mil
ton Public Schools, who was fined S bv
our Jastice-of-the-Peace for correcting a
refractory pupil, has been taken in hand
by the Board Of Education who will ap-
peal the case 20 the Court Of General
Sessions at Georgetown. .
Las, week the Board Of Fducatio. re- ia
elected the following teachers Principal. H
Howard II. Williams; vice-principal. N
Theodore Johnson; primary Mrs Stella
Bacon all of Milton; and elected Miss Ne
Clara Mears, OF Milton. and Miss Emma ev
Ralph Of Cambridge. Nd. assistants. Pr
AT the late colored A. u z. Confer rel
ence hed in Philadelphia. the Rev. D Fe
!. Blackstone, who has been In Milton Or
for I'VE years, was removed % George oil
town, and the Rev Dickinson. Of Con Wit
cord, was removed 70 Milton. Rev IN
Dickinson delivered his salutatorv az tor
his church in North Milton on SUNDAY lait
Dr. Z. B, Hopkins has had the foun- Ter
Iati9H laid Tor an otlce adjoining his II {
iwelling on Mil street. ref
Pr9thonotary ". H. Welch has been hell
confined to his home on North Union ?
dree;. during the past week by illness sey.
Prot Fearing went snake hunting u
ast week He captured one about three hav'
eet long on Friday on Chandler street Rse
nd now has sore hand. the result OF 10
okinS the stick into his hand while Dok ire
le 1; into the snake Nj
Edgar WEIGH has returned home after her
-veF4! week absence In Wilmington relig
nd Philadelphia Sew
Dr. Sheridan p Manship. Of Philsiel- Clan
hla, spent Decoration Day as the guest sum
Anton. aud was entertained By Mrs. JoI
ieE!ue Collins talui
MISS Ida Ponder and niece Mss S,-,r, Cree
ouler, are Milton visitors iii
The cripple along the head waters OF re-u-
s aroadsi.n. near the bridge. has been Fa
cared OH, which much improves the p. K
'p9a-ance, and the sight to the Ar5er- vile
9 canHery is now unobstructed. NJ;
water lilies are making ,he.- aDoas-- 60
Zee 20 the surface Of the lake. and vii ~.
Oh Pee one 90 the attractions 81 the sea -. -
y IS Agnes Lacey. a student At Bank -. ~ $
s.1ess College Philadelphia is home
q "ai.e with her parents ana other -, -,-'
ends fully
'eA ID how great a matter li,t-. fire 30.
kiudieth
IN last Tuesday, the 75.h ut the iuterc
20 wud brought out and develon-d a s-i--r-
lat had been smou.iering week freshr
eth the dead leaves Of Lavinia Wood worth
z Are came down on both the white Gus y
2 eoiorel camp meeting tents and York
8 lor me scantness of the leaves and pat-io
iops AZ A. i = Issul q. miS1' have been Slis.
enbled and s,,s,,t ,i o.-'l el people apols
~ ground aud the white peoDle nIo,r-5 Mrs
ad OF the FIRE. and 70 the west n th.;- was he
Is and thus stayed the confederation Thei
: ground floor Of the wood IS about here o
~ an over. Chiggers ,.icis and other two-ce
-iln are, doubtless, 10 a great extent ings. y
-TJyed' but the timber is not In iur-d The
u near the camp ground The IRE gradus
crlsped the leaves OF the under Shooi
Hth. and of the trees a short di,ts,c- ,.f,..-a
1at they VIII bud and bloom again. diolor7
VIA howers and hucSieberries are diolor
A III lAila season. a C4umu of nine ufv4-
per TO the south. and near the all 9r-siJ
has suffered the most. AND no ISL
der. It is the habit Of the railroad T.f';-
pany,o or the train hands. OF some one .,i1is ?
to tire this clump Of timber al ieast f..
e each summer; and It is really won 7. Hr,
al where anything is found 10 burn do-a q
ould probably be an advantage to the and &c
2 If this patch Of pines we're cut -,
n. Inc
B Carey has sold his launch Mar il'sn ?
{ TO John Walker. Iay
IS. Joshua + Short has had erected n i. /.
i'd Fellows Cemetery, to the mem &c, 1..ee >
IF her late husband, a fine u1onu- -\u- ~; ?
Of dark Quincy granite. W. Y ~ re
le x Son, Of Milford, are the build go .'g:.'
yton Reed, living in the suburb of ION, r
i, informed US he had a chicken hen l-a~I en- "a
II egg IN pigeon box. and the pig N ,lial Il
lowered and Matched the egg. This 80 -s1l
little out Of the course Of natural 'i's y Is
it week work was resumed ~, ~ Orlan