Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-28

]. p. Morgan & Co. and associates Of
New York have been awarded bonds Of the
face value Of about a., 700, 600, in addition
TO those Of which they have already been
notified.
Friday, Feb. 81.
DIR. Henry II. House, a prominent ply
siclan of Congers, N. Y, was struck by a
train on the West Shore and fatally in
jured.
Fire broke out at the Beta Theta Phi
fraternity house at State college in Belle
fonte, Pa, and before help could arrive
the handsome building was entirely de-
stroyed.
A London dispatch says that the ne
gagement of Mr.. William Waldorf Astor
to Lady Randolph Churchill, formerly
Miss Jennie Jerome of New York, will
shortly be announced.
Attorney General Hancock has desiR-
mated Deputy Attorney General Hasbrouok
to conduct the prosecution in the matter
Of the charges preferred against Sheriff
Tamsen Of New York.
BY the explosion of boiler at the
Worlds fair site in jackson park, Chicago,
ave employees of the Columbian Salvage
company were severely injured. The boiler
was near Machinery hall,
Senator Page has introduced In the New
York state Legislature bill to amend the
racing commission bill. It provides that
a tax Of per cent upon the net profits Of
the associations be substituted for the
present provisions.
Saturday, Fob. 22.
Angus d. Gilbert was hanged in the
Charles Street jail in Boston for maltrsat-
ing and numbering little girl in August,
1894.
Almus Butterfeld, SO years old, a we'll
known commission merchant Of Chicago,
reputel to be worth at least 5000, 900, at
tempt y suicide by quitting his throat.
Frank W. Hawley of New York has dis
posed Of his noted herd of Jerseys, in
which no had invested nearly $4,000
George W. Vanderbilt purchased 90, and
the rest are scattered.
g. p. Whites barn at Pulaski, Tenn.
one of the finest in the county, was de-
stroyed by flre A large amount of corn
and hay was burned. also SO graded Jer-
sey cows and 2 fine bulls.
Charles Scannell, formerly private at
Columbus barracks o., was found dead
on the river bank, near Jacksonville, Ind.
Everything points to murder. He was
last seen in Louisville, where he had 5000.
At .Iohnstown, Pa, Daniel Ressler OF
Cramer, Pa. shot and fatally wounded
his cousin. Ella Ressler, 16 years old, and
then shot himself jealousy, prompted by
q refusal Of the girl to marry him, was
his reason.
Monday, Feb. 20.
An incendiary fire caused a loss in Bos-
ton Of S20, 900 at Brighton abattoir.
HantOrd Weiner kdson, instructor Of
rhetoric and elocution at Williams college,
has become insane.
Hon. George d. Robinson, formerly
governor OF Massachusetts,, died at his
home near Springfield, aged 02.
The chess championship OF the state OF
New York was won by N. Jasnogvodsky
Of the Manhattan Chess club of New York
city.
After remaining out 10 hours the jury
brought In verdict Of guilty against
James W. MoCauley, ex-oity treasurer oi
Tacoma, charged with using public money
for personal gain.
Hampton junction. N. j., was visited
by a disastrous fire. The general store Of
Joseph Brinly and four dwellings wer'
totally destroyed, and six other residences
were seriously damaged.
Tuesday, Feb. aS.
The large drapery establishment of Stor'
Bros. in johannesburg has been destroyed
by fire. The loss is &75,000.
7 Rov.. William H. Boole, leading Meth
odlst minister, died at his home In Prohi
bition Park, N. Y, from heart disease.
William Sweat, manager and treasurer
of the Portland Safe Deposit company
died after brief illness at Portland, Me-
aged 4e years.
Professor Albion Dwight Gray, mathe
matioal instructor in the William Penn
Charter school of Philadelphia, died Of ty
phoid pneumonia.
Hon. Orlando d. Murray, one of the old
est Odd Fellows In New Hampshire, al
ex-state senator and a successful editor
died at his home at Nashua, aged ~ years
The United States Of Colombia has pur
CHASED the Danish steamship Horsa, whicl
will be converted into a gunboat. TIL
Horsa, It is said, has landed no less thai
a dozen insurgent expeditions in Cuba.
Advices from Las Palmas, Grand Ca
nary, show that disastrous foods have oc
CURED In that island, destroying house
and crops and causing much misery amonl
the inhabitants. The damage is estimates
At $3.50. 900.
Wednesday, Feb. 30.
The annual grand encampment Of tn
Odd Fellows Of the state Of New Yorl
was convened in Troy, n. Y.
The New York, Pennsylvania and Obi
railroad was sold In Akron, o., by Maste
Commissioner John Tod for $40, 600, 600.
Two boilers at the Centralia colliery a
Ashland, Pa, exploded, killing Michae
Rubaok and fatally injuring Anthem
ZOoaski.
Three children are dead ana one is lyin
at Johns Hopkins hospital in precariou
condition as the result of the fire cause
by the igniting Of coal oil in the house G
Frederick Rose, Canton, Md.
Rev. William Alexander d. D., lor
bishop of Derry and Raphoe, has bee
elected lord archbishop Of Armagh, pr
mate Of all Ireland, In succession TO Rex
Robert Samuel Gregg, d. D.
The building occupied by the r.
Steel Manufacturing company, builders {
rofrigerators, IN Philadelphia, was almos
entirely destroyed by fire. The loss wi
amount 20 $40, 900; insurance. $50, 900.
The court Of appeals reversed the judl
ment of murder In the first degree foun
against Martin V. Strait, convicted {
having murdered his wife at Elmira,
Y and granted the defendant new tria
They Get the Dust.
RoentRen's discovery has proved