Milford chronicle., 1915-05-14
LEWES.


The town commissioners are getting
their property on the canal side o
Front Street in readiness to plant gras.
seed and trees, and also making ar
rangements with the Daughters Of 1872
to place their monument there. It was
dedicated last year, and now stands on
the vacant lot owned by Charles II.
Maull. A foundation will be erected
upon which the monument is to stand,
and grass and flowers set about it,
making the spot directly across from
the new federal building one Of the
prettiest in town.
The new federal building is com
pleted and the postmaster has moved
in. II is a handsome structure, and a
building the people of the town feel
proud Of Walton Virden has been
awarded the contract for planting grass
seed around the building.
The first sheepshead caught around
these parts i'll number of years was
caught by Hollie Lynch at the Break
water last Monday. The fish was
about eighteen inches long, and weighed
ten pounds.
The Mattice Stock Company has been
presenting frst-class plays to large
audiences in the auditorium here. On
Saturday night they played Princess of
Patches" and on Saturday afternoon
there was a matinee entitled Because
She Loved Him So" On Tuesday
night they gave Tempest and Sun
shine" and est. Elmo" on Friday
night.
The town has had quite lot of excite
ment the past week over the robberies. |
On Monday State Detective Thomas
and Sheriff West were called to Lewes |
TO help the town authorities in locating |
thieves that broke into the Thompson & /
Martin clothing store on Sunday night. /
That evening while the officers were in
town, thieves stole a horse and carriage
belonging to w. H. Prettyman. This is
supposed to have been the thief that
was frightened away from VIM. A. Rus
sells stable. Wayne Brewer who was
passing the Russell stable at the time
saw someone light a match, and imme
diately went and called the owner. Just
as Mr.. Russell got on his back porch, he
saw a man jump out of window and
run down an alley and thru L. +. Ross 5
garden Il is thought the fellow was
after Mr.. Russells horse, but being
frightened away, went and got Mr..
Prettyman's horse instead. The Hotel
Rodney was broken into, and hundred
dollars worth OF JeWelry was stolen from
Miss Mamie Baird, of Norfolk. At
Robert Dodd's, in Rehoboth, the meat
house was robbed, and about fifty
chickens were stolen. On Monday
night several of the citizens formed a
party, and on Tuesday night
they went to look for the thief who
stole the horse. Near Seaford they
found him, and they found the horse
and carriage, too, and the clothing from
Thompson & Martins, and Miss
Baird s jewelry, as we'll The thief
gave his name as William Allen. He
was given a hearing in Squire Registers ]
office on Wednesday. and was COM
nitted to Georgetown Jail. Those of
he scouting party we're: Eb and Arthur +.
Lynch, Frank Johnson, and Charlie V. 3
ones. 2
The men of the Lewes life saving +
tation found a horse hitched to a tree T
IN the Capes on Saturday afternoon. 1t t
lad been there some time, for it had
,awed large hole in the sand. Frank y
ohnson was sent for, but he could not
IDENTIFY it - nobody around here, it I
Gems, has ever seen the horse before. il