Milford chronicle., 1915-06-25
MILTON NEWS.

tenn, AlOMu On NNAAnNeNdJr anu "a
the afternoon of that day Town Council
called a meeting at which the bids fol-
the building of the system were opened.
There were three One for SIS. 500; one
J for Sl9 900; and one for S24, 400. As the
bids were in sections, i. E., the different
parts of the works were made as separate
bids, and as these had to be tabulated
and reduced to a whole, nothing was
ldone on that day as to awarding the con-
tract. The bids were given to the engin-
eers to do this latter work, and report as
to which bid is the cheapest. Council
will meet again when the engineer is
ready to report.
After July 1st, the Sussex Safe, Trust
Title and Deposit Co., will pay 4 per
cent. interest on deposit.
A man called at the shoe shop of John
Crouch ,on Thursday, after pair of shoes
he had left for repairs year ago. Mr..
Crouch had pair in the shop for whom
he had no owner The man recognized
the shoes as his.
Mayor R. B. Hopkins and Councilman
Welland NAPLES, were arrested-or per-
haps we should not say arrested" but
waited on by the bailiff with the formal
itv of an arrest-on Friday morning for
violating the town ordinance in not blow
ing the whistle of their automobiles at
street crossings. They both paid the
ane and costs $500 without trial.
At a recent meeting of the trustees of
the NJ. P. Church, that body decided to
buy the property of Mrs. L. A. Culver,
on North Union street, for a parsonage.
Miss Hester Derrickson, "a former school
teacher of Milton, but now of Salisbury
Md. was married on Wednesday to Mr..
Wilbur D. Davis, of Prime Hook, Del.
The ceremony was performed at the res
idence of the brides parents, at Sails
bury.
Tunifer F, Case, manager of the Chan
dler Farm. at Milton, died in the Milford
Hospital on Thursday afternoon of Bright
Disease, aged about forty years. The
remains were sent to the home Of his
parents at FELTON,, and sepulture made at
Barratt's Chapel. Deceased leaves a
widow and eight children.
Tohn H. Davidson is doing the joiner
work on the new steamer now on the
stocks.
The Draper Cannery is so crowded with
peas, that the force of packers is COM
PEELED to work well into the night, and
in one or two instances all night, to keep
up with the work.
Ira Hazard, who was taken to Jetfer-
son Hospital few weeks ago, and opera
ted on for appendicitis, returned to Mil
ton last week completely cured.
The election in Milton Consolidated
School Districts, will be held on Satur
day, June 26th. There are three COM
missioners to elect for three years.
The residence of Frank Gray on North
Union street, was visited by lightning dur
a1arfrir CT of AWndfTaC-
day night The lightning followed the
electric light wire, entered the building,
and smashed the meter. No other dam
age was done.
Mrs. Sarah +. King is visiting relatives
in Philadelphia and Camden, N. ].
Mrs. Clarence Mustard of Camden, n. |
T., is the guest of her parents Mr.. and |
Mrs. w. B. Morris
Miss Annie Manship has returned to
her brothers. home in Albuquerque. n. |
M, after trip to the San Francisco Ex-
position, and the Grand Canon.
Children's s Day was observed at Unity |
NJ. +. Church on Sunday last.
Tyndale's Camp will open on July "a, |
and continue ten days.
David Dorman, a former resident of
Milton, was a weekend visitor. Mr.. |
Dorman came to town to supervise the |
setting of tombs at the graves of his par
ents and sister, who lie buried in the NJ.
+. Cemetery.
Some people are the paragons of curl
osity. They will go to the postofiice |
while the mail is being changed of an |
evening, and watch all postals that go |
into the several boxes; and twist and /
crane their necks, and almost stand on 1
their heads trying to read the writing on
the cards. This is not pretty particularly |
or young ladies.
. Mrs. Ida Fox's big store was completed |
less than a year ago. The roof leaks so
badly she is now having another one
put on top of it, out of the same kind of
material. The first roof was put OH the
wrong way, although it was done under
the orders of man who knew everything
about mechanics-or, thought he did.
On Sunday morning the Rev. Holland
his congregation on their
number considering thehigh temperature
of the weather and expressed a desire
that they would keep awake; and we
thought we could keep ourself awake by
the others nodding. And we
did. After all, it is pretty hard for
man who has been at work all the week
to sit in a warm room for two hours with
out getting sleepy. A class meeting fol-
lowed by a sermon, and the sermon pre-
ceded by many preliminaries, takes con-
siderable time.
committee was appointed at the NJ.
P. Church, consisting of fifteen males
and females, to solicit subscriptions for
the new parsonage.
To show their contempt for the laws of
the town, and to caricature the State laws,
certain individuals are practicing blowing
the horns of their automobiles all the
way through and over the town. Town
Council should arrest such persons for
and as being a nuisance.
Last Sunday we noticed where certain
persons had sit in a front porch on pub
lie street, and expectorated tobacco saliva
copiously upon the pavement Pretty {
sight in a civilized community
A big rain Sunday, about noon, and a
lesser one in the evening did not prevent
Children's Day services being observed |
at the NJ. + Church on Sunday evening.
A good time was had
Mrs. Alice Ellingsworth is improving
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