Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-05-22

in town last Saturday.
Mr.. j. Frank Mastin and wife
were visitors to Milford last week.
Mrs. Harry Haines, of Matamoras,
who has been sick for a month, is
recovering.
Mr.. Paul Ryder and John Almer, of
this place spent Sunday with Will
lam Ryder at Pond Eddy.
Mr.. G.. w. Donaldson's family is
now at his summer home Ardtor-
nish in Delaware,
Ex- Associate Judge Hornbeck, it
is reported, has secured a situation
in the mint at Philadelphia.
Mr.. Wilifred Brodhead, Secretary
of the Y. M. G. A. at New Bruins
wick, N. j., visited his family here
over last Sunday.
Edward Labar, of the firm of
Nearpass e. Labar, coal dealers at
Port Jervis, was in town Saturday
morning last.
Miss Nina Bosler, the type tosser
of the New York Farmer, spent Sun
day last with her relatives and
friends.
Messrs Wallace Van Gordon, Chas.
Fisher and ebert " Nichols, of
Matamoras, were in Milford We'd
nesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Pinchot left town
Wednesday for Grand Rapids, Mich
igan, to visit their daughter, Mrs.
DIR. King.
Theodore F. Baker has returned
home from school at Nyack. N Y,
where he has been for several
months.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. johnson left
Milford Thursday for Morganza, Pa,
where he has a situation in q Re-
form school.
The friends of Mrs. Ed. Brown
will be glad to learn that she is rap
dly recovering from her severe ill
ness of quinsy sore throat.
A two year old child of Mr.. Tits
worth died last Monday of a compli-
cation of diseases. The funeral was
held Wednesday.
Ex-County Commissioner r. w.
Hoffman, who has attained the ripe
age of 50 and is still hale and hearty
is visiting relatives in Dingman
township.
Civil Engineer A. Frank Carrick,
of Stroudsburg, who ran the line
for the Delaware Valley Electric
Railroad, is now on the Philippine
Islands.
Mr.. G. N. Bovee, Jr. of New York
who three years ago spent the sea-
son at the Bluff House, took a trip
through the valley last week on his
wheel.
Warren K. Wheeler eX-postmaster
of Pine Bush, Orange county N. Y,
committed suicide last Saturday by
shooting himself. He was about so
years old. Ill health is supposed to
be the cause.
Miss Bertha Williamson who has
been spending the winter at Branch
vile, N. j., with her grandmother,
Mrs. Williamson, visited Milford
last week, but returned again Mon
day.
Mr.. E. G.. Fowler, of Port Jervis
has been appointed superintendent
of the department of pomology of the
American Institute fair to be held in
October next at the Madison Square
Garden n. Y, A more competent
person could not have been selected.
Messrs w. F. Chol and George
Wheeler are in New York purchas-
ing a complete line of bicycle parts
and an outfit of repairing tools.
They expect to open shop on Broad
street and be fully prepared to do
all kinds of repairs to disabled ma
chimes.
Ex-Judge Evert Hornbeck of Del
aware has gone to Philadelphia to
take the position in the Mint recent
ly rendered him. This will proba-
bly, make one Democratic candidate
less for county treasurer in the field
at the primaries. We congratulate
the Judge on his good fortune.
"A bill has been introduced in
the House by Congressman Hart, of
this district, asking that two con.
demned cannon and thirty five can.
non balls be granted to Lafayette
Post, G.. A. R., of Easton, for deco.
rative purposes. The bill was re.
ferred to the Committee on Nava'
Affairs. Why cannot we have the
same for our Post, and to adorI
Centre Sqnare.