Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-06-26
MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY, Pa. FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1896
BRIEF MENTION

6HiEF NJ EN IION.
The picket fence near the church
corner suffered again last week, by
being hung upon.
Mrs. Howell and daughter, who
disappeared from Deckertown, N.
j., have not yet been heard from.
Illinois Democrats declared for
free silver and renominated John
P. Atgeld for Governor by acclaim
alton.
--Ex- Commissioner and Esquire
Henry G. Knealing of Shohola, is
reported dangerously i'll. We trust
we may soon chronicle his recovery .
Mrs. Fleming, who has been
ON trial in New York charged with
poisoning her mother, was acquitted
by the jury..Wednesday morning.
In Central New lYork, cheese
sells at and 6 cents per pound and
milk brings 80 cts per cwt. or ct.
per quart. Eggs bring 10 cts per
dozen.
Gregory Bros. team attached to
harrow, ran away last Saturday
The horses plunged astride of a
tree and one was so badly injured
that it died.
Congressman Hart has secured
two condemned cannon and two
pyramids of cannon balls for the
Ct. A. r. Post here. They will adorn
Centre Square.
There is nothing new under the
sun. They say bicycles are men
toned in the Bible, If You happen
to have one turn to Ezekiel 1919, and
see for yourself
Ten ladies of East Stroudsburg
took charge of the street railway
line, Saturday, as conductors, the
company having turned all the pro
ceeds of the road over for the day to
a charitable object.
Candidates still "bob up. The
last one is Louis j. Husson of Ding
man township for County Treasurer.
Come out gentlemen there is plenty
of room. Let the people have
chance to select the best man.
The town council have put in a
new culvert and graded up at the
corner of Broad and Catharine
streets. The work was supervised
by Messrs. e. Warner and Thomas
Armstrong and it is a good job.
-Tramps attempted to hold up
freight train on the Erie near Grey
Court last week, but the conductor
got the drop on the leader, and the
band hastily jumped off the caboose
and ran away. Four were after
wards arrested and one escaped.
The number of guests registered
at the different hotels at the Della
ware Water Gap last week were Kit
tatinny, so; Water Gap, As Glen
wood, % Central, Is Mountain and
Riverview, 30; Arlington, z, and
Bridge View, A.
The house belonging to Mrs.
Amanda Quick, across the river in
N. j., was struck by lightning on
Sunday, and seriously damaged.
One end was torn out, windows and
doors broken, but strange to say
the building was not set on fire.
AS the horse attached to the de-
livery wagon of Mitchell Bros. was
being driven along Water street last
Tuesday morning, the bones of one
of its hind legs suddenly snapped,
square off, 1t was subsequently
shot.
"A new potato pest has made its
appearance in Monroe County. The
bug is about three times the size of
an ordinary fly, and of a dull black
color. 1t eats the vegetables from
the top into the ground. Eutomo-
lOgists in that section are unable to
classify the insects.
The Ladies' Christian Union of
the Hope Church, Matamoras, will
hold their annual Fourth of July
dinner in the Orce building. Nice
dinner can be had to suit the inner
man for 25 cents. Lunch will be Is
cents. Ice cream and cake will be
served,
-Stivers Bros, owner of the
Daily Times in Middletown, N. Y,
are erecting a three-story brick
building for their newspaper, the
new Erie depot will soon be COM
menced and many dwellings are un-
der way. Times do not seem to be
hard over there.
The Methodist ministers at a
recent meeting in Philadelphia
placed themselves on record as be
ing opposed to bicycle riding on the
sabbath. There was no debate and
the resolution passed as matter of
course. The subject will be made
the basis of a Sunday discourse.
An exchange says that a boy
working in a bicycle factory, laid
aside secretly piece by piece until
he had all the parts of wheel. He
was discovered and arrested, when
it was proven by the evidence of the
firm themselves that the material
for an $50 wheel cost but So hence
the boy could not be convicted of
grand larceny.
"A large g frolic was held last
Tuesday to remove the gravel from
back of the Cuddeback Farm House.
Many teams and men turned out and
a big days work was done. The
road was improved in several places
in Milford township by filing in at