Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-09-04
BRIEF MENTION.

The Rebekah Lodge, No. 1877
picnicked over in Jersey yester-
day.
What has become of the Ep-
worth League of the M. e. Church?
Is it taking a vacation?
The Democratic primary of Car
bon will be held Sept. 10, and the
Republican Sept 18th.
The commissioners have let
contract for painting the Jail to Err
nest G. Wood for $40.
The Teachers Institute for Pike
will begin Monday, October 26, and
be held in the Court House.
The sacrament of the Lords Sup
per will be administered in the Pres
byterian Church Sunday morning at
1890.
Monroe county fair begins Sept.
s, and ends the 18th. The list is
large and it promises to be of great
interest. Take couple of days off
and visit it.
"A frost visited this section Tues
day night but no material damage
to crops was done. Some corn and
buckwheat was slightly scorched in
the low places.
Two young men from Port Jer-
Wis paid about $40 a few days ago
for the fun of striking } G. Bulls
horses with a whip while passing
him on the road.
The majority in Vermont will
approximate $4,000. If there are
any Democrats up there they must
have taken to the woods, or voted
the Republican ticket.
The people of the United States
spent twenty million dollars last
year for chewing gum and seventy
million dollars for bicycles, and yet
people complain of hard times.
The Methodist Sunday school
which was held in the morning be-
fore church, has been changed to
two o'clock in the afternoon. Com
mencing the first Sunday in Septem-
ber.
Mrs. H. NJ Schimmel has adj
vertised at public sale the house and
lots on Broad street, known at the
Schimmel homestead. The sale will
take place Sept. 18th. The location
is one of the finest in the Borough.
William Brown, one of the can
didates for County Commissioners
on the Republican ticket in Monroe
county and who was defeated by
Samuel Reinhart by 81 votes has de-
clared himself an independent can
didate.
Secretary Morton states that 30.-
900 acres of timber is consumed
every day in the United States, in
factories, railroads, fences, farms
and buildings, and that the annual
loss from forest fires is estimated at
$25. 900. 900.
"A new cattle disease is reported
in Monroe county and thirty seven
head are said to have died lately.
Extreme weakness is the first symp-
tom and the animal falls to the
ground. Blood flows from the eyes,
ears or nostrils and in three or four
days the animal dies.
DIR. Louis Marquette who some
years ago owned considerable Pike
county land was also an extensive
owner in Monroe. These lands af =
forwards went into possession of II.
d. Wilson, of Clarion, Pa. and lately
he sold the Monroe lands comprising
1880 acres to George G.. Shafer for
$15.
Several cases of diphtheria are
reported to exist in Dingman town
ship and one death is said to have
occurred from this disease. Great
care should be exercised to prevent
its spread and especial precautions
taken by those coming in contact
with it not to endanger the lives of
Iothers.
The ballots to be used at the No
vember election will be the largest
this fall of any since the new
method of voting was adopted
They will be at least two feet wide
and three feet or more in length.
There will be nine columns with
headings as follows; Republican,
Democratic, Prohibition, National,
Peoples, Socialistic Labor, Jeffer-
sonian and one blank.
WANTED nniEDIATELY-At Coma
shaugh House, three experienced