Milford chronicle., 1914-11-13
MILTON NEWS.

told you so !" And as is usually the cas-
with their Il told you so, the resul
was just the reverse from their Il tolC
you SO" Well, we must acknowledge
the past election to have been one of tn,
quietest we ever experienced. No wrang
ling, no disputing and no drunkenness
There were 737 votes cast, four of which
were thrown out as being imperfect. Thi.
is thirty-four less than the registration
And now the whole thing is over, and
everybody appears to be satisfied, whe-
ther they are or are not. All will now
resume work, with an eye fixed on two
years to come.
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Jones, mother of Mr..
| James Jester with whom she is stopping
at the Jester House, suffered a stroke OF
paralysis on Tuesday.
W. H. Chandler, with wife, of Scran-
ton, Pa, is the guest of his mother Mrs.
Elizabeth Chandler
Irwin Burton has torn away the front
part of his residence, near Sleepy Valley
and will rebuild it to the back of the main
building.
Irwin c. King has had his residence at
the end of Milton Lane repaiuted
Captain Charles Burrows, as admins
traitor sold the personal propertp of the
late Captain Eli Burrows, at public sale,
on Saturday, at his late residence on
Chestnut street
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vaughn have re-
moved to Philadelphia to spend the win
ter
Hog cholera is still keeping those who
have porkers uneasy, and many continue
to kill. John T. Crouch butchered his
on Thursday; the two weighing respec-
lively PA and 296. These pigs were put
up on the first day April, and weighed
fifteen pounds each. They have made
phenomenal growth, gaining 490 pounds
in months and days. An average of
over two pounds a day.
A metal roof has been put upon the
of Frank Carey on Broad street.
A forest fire was raging in the vicinity
of Redden on Wednesday and Thursday
filling Milton with clouds of smoke.
a band of gypsies passed through Mil
ton on Thursday, and encamped to the
South of town. The women are now en-
gagged in getting they can out of the
simple ones of Milton 20, yes we
have a few of them left
Mrs. Salie Atkins, of Baltimore, after .
a protracted visit to Milton, has returned /
to the city. A short time after Mrs /
Atkins came to Milton, she slipped on [
the stairway at the home of Mrs Han .
nah Carey, where she was visiting, and .
broke an arm. She requested the writer /
at that time to say nothing about the ac-
cident. as she did not wish to needlessly .
alarm her children in the city AS the
incident is closed and Mrs. Atkins is now
with her children, we violate no promise
in mentioning the accident Mrs Han
nah Carey accompanied Mrs. Atkins to
Baltimore, and spent two weeks in that
city, returning home of late
Rev. William ShOckley, cOlOred, hav-
ing come into possession ofthe John Bur
ton property, corner Front rnd Walnut
streets, is having the same put throagh
4 course of repairs. The main building
ias been raised from its bed in the ground
he intermediate sheds have been torn
away, and while we are not informed as
% the extent of the work, the evidence
S the locality will be metamorphosed.
Ice and frost in plenty last week.
Abel Pettyjohn, of Philadelphia, was a
Milton visitor last week
The Milton Shirt and Overall Factory
,losed on Saturday.
Joshua Tingle is having porches put in
ront of his property on Walnut street.
Rally Day services were held at the
Methodist Churches on Sunday. After
he hustle and excitement of the sum
ner vacation, it takes some time for the
'eople to get sobered up and settled down
o real church work and from the attend
nee on last Sunday morning the expec-
ed enthusiasm had not materialized. ,
hut il may come later.
The cool weather is making people
baudon their summer Kitchens and re-
love their stoves to where they may =,
ave more comfortable quarters. The
reat fault of m my of our people ap-
ears to b their desire to linger too long :
] the summer kitchen. They will stay
lere shivering and shaking to keep
ut OF the house as long as possible
nd then wht the damage is done and
ley have COZ ira ted pneumonia or pleu-
sy, they will move and blame their
bad colds" on the weather.
TIE plOie schools of Milton are not
! session this week, on account of the
tate Teachers Institute being held at
Over. And soon it will be the County
institute held at Dover
Two cases of criminality came before !.
squire Collins on Saturday; the offen- u
ers in each being released, on bail, for u
leir appearance at court The cases
ere of such a character as not to be pro L
table reading for the Chronicle.
The Milton Grange will have a grand o
ir and exhibit of farm products, in Carey z
Darby vacant storehouse on Saturday
ternoOn and evening. The public is h
'rdially invited to attend. =,
David H. Belts died at his residence
lree miles from Milton, on Thursday, v
Bright disease, aged 63 years, $ months C
i'd II days. Funeral services were held
! Saturday afternoon, at his late resi- P
,nce, by the Rev. Frank Holland, and
terment made in the Belts Cemetery, tc
: $. J. Wilson aud son. al
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Jones, mentioned
owe as having stroke of paralysis at "
e Jester House on Tuesday the 3rd inst,
ed at that place on Sunday, aged SO 50
ars, months and 29 days Funeral H
rvices were held at Reynolds Church
Wednesday afternoon. by the Rev 81
ank Holland, and sepulture made in SC
e adjoining cemetery by S. J. Wilson
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