Milford chronicle., 1916-02-04
MILTON NEWS.

The Milton water works.system is now
about completed On Wednesday water
was pumped into the tank and on Thurs
day il was thrown into the mains, and
the FIRE plugs tried; and it looks as though
Milton had good job. The work has
not yet been accepted by the town but
will probably be in few days. We had
expected that great enthusiasm would
mark the completion of the water works,
but we we're, as usual mistaken. One
man. who was loading his wagon in the
rear of S. ]. Wilson'S store when the
water was thrown over the building and
fell on him, exclaimed; Water works
be d-dl Is this the way they dor"
Other people walked along the streets
nonchalently while the FIRE plugs were
throwing the water. and eyed them crit
ically. On Thursday evening Mayor R.
3. Hopkins gave a banquet In honor of
the occasion, at which all the captains in
town were present. 1t is not known
which of these will be chosen to com
mand the works.
On Friday evening the Milton Volun-
teer Fire Company met for re-organiza-
ton; Charles A. Virden was elected presi-
dent, J. Leon Black secretary. and j. NJ.
L.ank treasurer. Samuel Fithian was
chosen FIRE chief, with power to appoint
subordinate officers.
The special election advertised to take
place on Saturday last, was duly held
The question voted on was For Hog
Pens, or Against Hog Pens" There
were 179 votes cast-160 for hog pens and
19 against The result of this election
shows that the people of Milton like
~. - .-,.e.
ing hogs within the town limits that
caused the people of Milton to vote as
they did on Saturday, but question that
lies behind the hog question. A question
Of the db1IdPHeRt O(TIgkkS 0fcitfzeHSkib. |
Miss Margie Fisher, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Fisher, and Lewis Lane, !
both of Milton, were quietly married at
the M. p. Parsonage in Lewes, on Jauu- |
ary 81, 1916, at us o clock, Rev, Allen |
Huldman performing the ceremony. The |
groom was attended by Lemuel Palmer
Jr., as best man, while Mrs. Lemuel 1
Palmer, Jr., was matron-of- honor Mr.. /
and Mrs Lane will later reside in Milton. |
BY virtue of an order of the Orphans |
Court of Sussex county, Joseph L. Cahall,
as trustee, offered for sale on Saturday in
front Of the Jester Hotel. two tracts of
land, No. 1, consisting of farm of go
acres, situate in Lewes and Rehoboth and
Indian River hundreds, was purchased
by DR.. W. P. Orr, of Lewes, for S805 90
No. 2. lot of land in the town of Harbe-
son 5Ox200ft, was bought by Veasey Bros
for $4,000.
Bids were received by Postmaster Mus
tard mp to Saturday evening, for carry
ing the mail on a messenger Route"
between Milton ard Ellendale once a
day. To leave Ellendale on the arrival
of the II 09 train for Milton; and to leave
Milton about O'Clock to connect with
the 4.36 train going north. Several bids
were received which were forwarded to
on Monday. We hope to be
able to chronicle next week that the
route has been opened.
Lawrence Crouch, who has been con-
fined to his home for two weeks, is now
able to be around
lanes Belts, town treasurer, is con-
from an attack of grippe, and
vas able to assist at holding the special 4
Election on Saturday.
George Hill and family, of near Mil a
ord, were weekend visitors at the home
# Wallace Voshell. /
Mrs Martha Warred has returned from
visit to Ellendale and Oakley. a
A mad dog scare Oh Sunday attracted
ONE attention. The strange dog was S
.illed after biting some other dogs, which
we're killed on Monday The mad dog 4
vas shot three times and then knocked o
N the head with an axe. Skillful marks /
nanship (?) Exemplary humanitarian 4
SIN ID t.
Rev. Martin Damer, an erstwhile rector Il
( the Church of St. John Baptist Church e
d Milton, and later of Philadelphia, has d
cen transferred to Grace Episcopal b
,hurch, Nampa, Idaho Nampa is a town b
( 4S00 inhabitants. Mr.. Damer is fine b
ian and has our best wishes. s.
p. P. Welch has returned from visiting a
-ieEds in New Jersey. 81
Captain George Goodwin left on Mon p
ay for Norfolk, Va. from which port he N
i'll take the six-masted vessel, Addie NJ. c.
awrence, coal laden; to Buenas Aries, b.
rgentine, South America He will A
robably sail the latter part of this week g
Mrs. Annie Ingram, after spending a &c
art of the winter with her daughter at b.
amden, N. J. has returned to her Mil N
N home. IA