Milford chronicle., 1915-10-08
MILTON NEWS.

Home, home, sweet, sweet home,
BE 1t ever so humble,
There's no place like home"
So wrote John Howard Payne many
years ago, and he had every reason tc
know of what he was writing. And we
s.sre back to old Milton again. After a
Two weeks vacation, and needed recuper-
ahc07 we are taking up our business
.agRlu as of yore.
The water works system is progressing.
The mains are all laid except at a few
points where connections are to be made.
'qPoTk on the tank is going ahead, and
''Eork was begun on the power house this
week
AT an adjourned meeting of the Town
Council held on Wednesday evening, the
snformal decision TO install an electric
lighting system was affirmed and w. w.
1~euwell awarded the contract to do the
work for $500 The money is about all
Caised by private individuals who are
giving their notes to the banks, and the
banks will advance the money. 1t is ex.
spected that the legislature of 1917 will
pass an Act giving Town Council power
20 5ond the town for an amount asked, at
A liberal percentum per annum, to indem-
---y 49, NAeANNA9 ADA lAlE dlllOuuL VI llDuEN
advanced. There can hardly be the shad-
Ow OF doubt that the citizens are secure
IN advancing the money for this needed
work, as it would be next to impossible
20 elect legislature that would refuse to
pass such a bill. And indeed all indica-
lions now point to an assured fact that
Milton will soon havea water system and
.sn electric lighting system of its own,
'wzth no franchise granted. We are, ma
turally, more interested in the electric
lighting plant as we are now paying $500
a year for lighting the town and getting
nothing.
The great Lyceum Festival which hos
been staged for year, to take place in |
,AaS ton at the expense of guarantors, will |
ee held in School Auditorium Oct. 21-23. |
<. f. Bacon and family have removed
10 Dagsboro, where Mrs. Bacon has been
engaged as primary teacher III the public /
schools.
c. w. Fisher has his new building on
Federal Street enclosed.
The foreign help that have been en-
gagged at Winter & Prophets caunery
packing beans, returned to their homes
last week.
A G. Raught and wife are visiting in
New York, and their son, Roland. has
returned to school at Pauling, N. Y.
More egg and poultry buyers are en-
tering the field, in and around Milton.
Rev. Frank Cain, of Kennydville. Md,
was visitor at Milton on Thursday. {
Harry Manship has moved his family
to Wilmington. and the house he vacated ,
on Chestnut street, is now occupied by !
Harry Martin d,
Mrs. Pricilla Stockley has removed
rom Milton and will reside with her
laughter in Philadelphia
Noble Ellingsworth of Wilmington, is !
n town and will sell his household goods :
It an early date.
Thomas R. Wilson of Prime Hook,
md other parties have been shipping :
Quantities of pears, from the Milton 4
station. 1
Mrs. c. A. Conner is quite ill with Is
tomach troubles.
II. I. Burton has built an annex to )
he rear of his residence on Federal street A
nd workmen are painting the same. Il
Weldon NAPLES is having his home on "
hestnut street repainted, by Frank l
utten. 81
Thomas Wilson of this town, aged 79 th
ears, while driving a spirited horse near
edden was thrown from the wagon di
I'd had his shoulder blade dislocated. ne
e is able to be about, and is staying We
it'll one of his children in the country. at
Miss Bertha c. Armstrong, Miss Mary te
amer, Miss Sarah Armstrong, Mrs.
ay Atkins Sentmeu, Walter Doughton, he
= T. w. Tomlinson and DR.. Robert da
:. romlinson, all of Wilmington, Del. We
d Mrs. Della Burton, Of Lewes, spent !.
It week at the Atkinson Cottage on by
oadkiln Beach. All claim to have me
joyed themselves in an amazing man