Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-06-19
RRIEE MENTION.

Sec the lad" teachers wanted
by the Independent School District.
The Borough is improving the
streets by cleaning out the grass
and grading.
The graduating class of the East
Stroudsburg Normal numbers over
100.
Hon. Henry Houcl1 defeated his
opponent for the Congressional nom
ination by a majority of 1885.
The Jordon House is receiving a
fresh coat of paint, and the grounds
are being improved and beautified.
The Forest Lake Association
Club Honse is now open and already
has a number of guests.
Ripans Tabules cure torpid liver.
S. S. Kuykendall, of Kingston,
N. Y, bought 5000, 900 of water bonds
of that city at a premium of one
hundreth of one per cent.
On account of the storm Chill
dren's Day exercises in the Presby-
terian Church were postponed until
next Sunday June 21st.
County Treasurer Westbrook
will offer a number of tracts of
land for sale to-day (Friday) at 2
o'clock, at the Court House.
We give the latest news up to
the hour of going to press, of the st.
Louis Convention. The platform
will be found on another page.
Ripans Tabules cure biliousness
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Presbyterian Church met Thursday
afternoon to arrange for their an
nual fair and festival to be held in
August.
Congressman Hart, of this dis
trict, was one of the number who
voted against the River and Harbor
bill in Congress being passed over
the Presidents veto.
The gravel bank at Cuddeback' s
is rapidly disappearing, and when
the new road is opened, it will be
a great improvement not only to
the house but the road itself.
-Diptheria is again on the in
crease at Allentown. Atpresent ten
houses are quarantined with the dis
ease and, including other diseases,
sixteen houses are under quarantine.
Frank Barlieb, of Kunkletown,
has an apple tree which he budded
last August, and now is bearing five
fine apples, eve have a grated tree
in 1895 which now has over twenty
five fine apples on it. led. PRESS.
Ripans Tabules: one gives relief.
The PRESS will begin next week
the publication of series of articles
on sound currency, They will be
made of interest to the reader and
will contain full, careful and ex-
haustive discussion OF this all alb
sorbing question.
There is every indication that
the grasshopper pest will be wide
spread the present season. Reports
from all parts of Pennsylvania and
the counties in New York bordering
on the Delaware state that these des-
troyers of vegetation are appearing
in vast numbers.
"A German in a Pennsylvania vii
lage having married a second wife
indecently soon after the funeral of
the first, the young men of the town
signifie ed their disapproval by a tin
horn serenade during the progress
of the wedding feast. The groom
expostulated in the following style
81 say, boys you ought to be ashamed
of yourselfs to be making all dis
noise ven dere vas a fun eral here SC
soon t''
The Stroudsburg and Bushkill
Telephone Company have been
stringing wires and putting in
''phones" this week for subscribers.
There will be one in the PRESS Off
ce, at the Commissioners office, al
Geo. Daumann' store and at DIR
H. e. Emerson's Drug store and
at the Hotel Fauchere. A wire
has also been run over to the Brick
House in Montague, N. j., and one
is to be run up to Grey towers.
Some time ago tine Press sug,
gested that people might easily beau
tify their homes by planting roses
A practical illustration of this trutl
may be seen on the grounds of Messri
E, Warner and Ed. Cahill ON Broa(
street where several magnificent
specimens are in full bloom, adorn
ing the premises and gratifying thu
eyes of all who pass. Plant roses
and flowers, they cultivate tast'
for the beautiful, and make us al
better by developing our finer ma