Milford chronicle., 1919-08-22
MILTON NEWS

engaged Mr.. stevens III conversation
s,I Stevens had left a shot bag with
.hocks. bank notes and specie on the
0l,,,,rar and while one woman was
INC to keep him there the other wo-
Is supposed to have gotten the
HT of hank notes from the bag The
IT, IT, uas not discovered until the wo-
oor n had left. 1t then developed the
amen were from near Milford and
'ncemped there. The man who was
overcoming them around in an auto
,hiie C.'Jfi is supposed to be an accom-
ne NJ Mr.. Stevens telephOned Milford
pa started for that city. When he
-r;rad a-' the chief of police had had
a.. romen arrested They were ar
ned before Justice HendriXson but
Mr. stevens could not swear that
',-. women had stolen the money. and
.t,sr being searched and no money Of
~ amount being found upon them,
.-5v a-' we're released. Mr.. Stevens re-
.'r,ad home and on the same after
.or went TO Georgetown and con-
sarrsd with Deputy Atrtoney General
. .,on On wednesday morning Mr.
+ s,ron had the trio brought to George
- and after a hearing the three
80 held in $1,000 bond each. Being
..,,,Ia 10 give bond the States attor-
NV agreed with Mr.. Tunnel, counsel
~ tbe women. that by the payment to
1Ir stevens of the amount of money
LEN from him, S130, and the costs of
-, whole affair and agree to leave the
So Inv 10 o'clock on Thursday morn
no -hev would be released, and this
a's. accepted. The same women, it is
s,.5 held up the r. F. d. driver from
rf-sn5ale before they came to Milton
and relieved him of $50, which he sub
ssoueutly recovered.
The severe wind and rain storm Of
Wednesday played havoc with every
.t.ro nossible. On Thursday morn
mo- fne streets Of Milton We're strewn
ai+b leaves. broken branches from
.be rrees and in many places large
.irbs we're broken off, and there be-
mo- no supervisor of streets, the peo-
themselves who were interested went
4 work cleaning up the mess. Some
fme during Wednesday night the vane
ras blown from the steeple of the
n f Church to the pavement below.
-orr was blown flat to the ground and
,+hpr vegetation suffered to a great
leqree. On Thursday morning the
lam al Ingram's Mill Pond broke and
he water coming down tiercely into
he Doud below burst the dam at the
.ld saw Mill This precipitated the
rater into WagamOn's Mill Pond at
ri1t0n. The gates were raised and .
or some time it looked as though this I
3rge pond might be compelled to flood .
he lower part of Milton as was done I
ortv years ago. But the gates were
uficient to keep the water from
ursting the dam. Many thousand Gu
ic feet of water went through the
ares on Thursday. Magnolia street
-as flooded and the water began to
II the cutters before the crisis was
YER. The lower part, of the town
)rtunatel yescaped a possible calam-
Al Broadkiln Beach several families
ere staying. The storm was severe
lere as it always is along the coast.
ne cottage was undermined and ca
sened over somewhat and the occu-
ants escaped to another building and
ut little damage was done. There
ere ties washed out on the D. NJ. &
R. R. and the Wednesday evening
ain due here at 7.2S p. m, did not
rive until 1.30 a. m. Thursday. We
ere without any mail. Our Milton
all was left at Ellendale on Friday
-ening and brought to town by some
le on Saturday morning.
The fruit was blown from the trees
-erywhere that fruit was and thou !
nds gallons of cider might now be
ade were persons disposed to make
In the Clendaniel orchard the .
uit was but little damaged and but
" trees were broken off or Destroy
. Since the storm Mr.. Chandler has
AIDED four cars of peaches and a To-
motive took them to Greenwood Sat
day afternoon where they were re-
ipped north. There were three
lshouts on the D. NJ. & V. but none
them serious. A wrecking train
ON Love Point to repair the damage
Thursday morning, when about one
d a quarter miles from Tuckahoe,
n into a culvert and that had been
dermined by the rain but had not
tiled. The engine went down with
e tender on top of it, killing the
eman instantly and injuring six
lers.
William H. Davidson and wife, Miss
.mie Conner and Miss Blanche Con-
r. the latter having been on visit
six weeks to the city, motored to
lton where they will spend their
cation.
Raymond Conwell of Norfolk, Va,
visiting Milton friends.
Grant Collins and family are the
ests of E. F. Collins and family.
oscar Johnson and wife and Theo-
re Johnson of Philadelphia were
lton visitors over Sunday
The repairs to the NJ. P. Church
dragging along. The metal finish
] be completed this week.
Hiss Fannie Welch Of Passaic, N.
is visiting her girlhood home.
'he colored camp opened at Lavinia
.od on Sunday in auspicious condi-
rs 1t rained the greater part of Z
DAY but cleared at nlgnt Wnen +
re was a fair crowd out.
'arties from Milton en- route for 4
II Camp on Sunday evening found :.
road full of water that they would =
risk passage through and came Z
k home. They said that in some r,
ces the water was over the run n
g boards of the cars. h.
Irs. F. H. Douglas is visiting her :
Layton Douglas, at Camden, n. ).
he Birdsong Bros. cannery began
king beans last week, with the
spect of a short run of work.
apt. John Davis, wife and daugh-
of Philadelphia, have been the
sts of Captain Frank Outten and
lily.
reunion of the Crouch family was