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

Van Etten formerly of Port Jervis
N, Y. has been appointed Auditor of
the jamestown and Lake Erie r. w.
with headquarters at Jamestown N.
X, We have no doubt but that he
will fill this responsible position with
credit to himself and satisfaction to
the company.
Prof. H. P. Highley, of Warwick,
N. Y. has been elected to the chair
of higher mathematics made vacant
by the resignation of Prof. A. H.
Hibshman by the trustees of the
East Stroudsburg State Normal
School.
DR.. Nathan c.. Schaeffor, State
Superintendent of Public Schools
may be appointed as Superintendent
of Reading Public Schools His
terms expires in March, and 1t is
quite probable he will not be reap
pointed by the governor.
Frank Cross a student at the Rock
land Collegiate Institute Nyack N, Y
is home to recuperate from an at
tack Of the measles.
Genial Tom " Brink was in town
this week supplying our merchants
with groceries, and while here took
occasion to subscribe to the best pa
per in Pike.
H. w Buchanan, of New York,
visited his native town this week.
Jos. Chamberlain, of Lehman
township removed this week to Row.
lands, where he will take charge of
the blacksmith shop now occupied
by G. S. Wieland, Godfrey expects
to become proprietor of a Hotel at
that place April 1st.
G. w. Bull, Esq. has been in at
tendance at the Supreme Court in
Philadelphia this week.
Miss Ann Baker returned home
last Friday from a visit in New
York and Paterson.
Miss Betty Cornelius who had been
visiting friends in New York also re-
turned the same day.
Mrs. j. j. Hart gave large re-
ception in Washington last Saturday
She was assisted in receiving by
Miss Lizzie Bull, Susan Nichols and
Mrs, j. G. Bull,
Mr.. Charles Quinn, of Dingman
township will sail tomorrow from
New York for q visit to Ireland the
home Of his forefathers. He will be
absent sometime and will go to Dun
cannon county Tyrone the native
place Of his ancestors,
John Bercaw, the barber, former
Eastonian, now resident of Pike
comfy, is visiting his mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Bercaw, on Ferry street.
John says it was % degrees below
zero in Pihe county last week Free
Press.
| Mrs. Martha Turner, of this place
went to New York Monday morning
ON a two weeks visit.
Mrs. SD. Van Campen and daugh
ter, Elizabeth, of Decktown, N. j.,
are visiting relatives in Milford,
Hon. J. j. Hart was in town last
Sunday, presumably gathering ma
terial for a great speech on his pen
sion bill.
Mrs. j. G. Bull has returned home
from visit to the National Capital
M. M. Treadwell, Esq, district at
torney, of Wayne county, paid a bus
mess visit to Milford, Saturday last
W, E. Armstrong, who manipu
lates a type setting machine in the
Office of the Iron Age of New York
made the Press a pleasant call last
week.
G. ii. Maxwell Trainor, vice Brit
ish Consul, at New York, was a CUES
at the Crissman House over Sunday
Charles Custis, of this place, lef
left town this week, for the City O
New York where his wife was TAX
en- sick. G
A. S. Dingman has embarked in
new enterprise. He will cater t.
the sweet teeth Of his fellow crea
lures, and keep an assortment of col
fectionery which will please tn
most fastidious taste. You can fine
things squeezable there also in tn
shape of oranges and lemons. Hi
neat little shop is nearly opposite tn
PRESS office.
Harvey Klaer a senior in Lafayett
College won a prize of $50 last Sat
urday evening debating the affirma
tive of the question 9" Resolved tina
the United States should enforce tn
F, Monroe doctrine in the pending con