Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10
BRIEF MENTION.


ban question bridge. Now will he
cross?
Charged with accepting bribes
Hazleton's school board has been
placed under arrest.
johnson, the shoe man of Port
Jervis, has dreams in women's
wear lat prices which captivate. Call
on him,
Monroe county was sixty years
old April 1st, having been erected
out of parts of Northampton and
Pike in 1886.
One of our smart scholars would
like an answer to the question If
Worchester spells Wooster, why
doesn't Rochester spell Rooster ?
The engagement of James w.
Fox, Esq, district attorney of
Northampton county and Miss Leila
daughter of Judge Reeder, has been
made public.
DIR. Joseph H. Shull, ex-State
Senator, of Monroe, has announced
himself as a candidate to succeed
Congressman Joseph j. Hart, of
Pike.-Free Press.
All the valuable through bred
stock consisting of 100 head of choice
cows, calves etc on the Red Gate
farm near Newton, N. j., was sold
at public sale yesterday
Thomas Wharton, the Sunday
editor of the Philadelphia Times, fell
from the fourth story of his home
April Sd and was killed. Suicide on
account of melancholy is limited.
Little Arthur Decker, of Minsi,
Monroe county, aged six years, fell
from an outhouse, and in some way
his teeth cut off about half an inch
of his tongue.
We are indebted to Henry
Came for some delicious water
crosses, which were so free from the
muddy flavor we sometimes notice
that they proved very dainty NOR
sci.
The new {" Gym " at the East
Stroudsburg Normal school is ready
for classes and G. G. Houghton, an
all-round-athlete, has been engaged
as instructor. Exercise twice a
week will be required of all stud
ents.
In Susquehanna county at At
torney for the commissioners filed
an opinion that constables elected
since 1898 are not entitled to mile
age or pay for making quarterly re-
turns to Court.
The total number of delegates
chosen so far to the National con-
vention is 444 Supposed to stand
as follows Reed So /; Mckinley 221,
Morton 81, Cullom 12, Allison A,
Quay 22, Doubtful 10.
Mr.. Stephen Crane, author of
the " Red Badge of Courage, was
the guest of honor at a dinner given
Tuesday evening by the Lanthorn
Club in New York. He is a brother
of VIM. Fl. Crane, Esq, of Port Jer-
Wis.
Northampton county Democrats
instructed the State delegates to
use all honorable means to further
the interests of Ex-Governor Patti.
son for the Presidency. They also
adopted a resolution opposing the
unit rule.
Tho Republican National Dele
gate question for this district is fin.
ally settled and well settled. Gen.
eral Reeder and Mr. Dreisbach are
both representative honorable citi-
zens, and are earnest supporters of
Senator Quay Press.
1t was announced last Sabbath
that there would be a meeting OF
the w. G. T. U. on Friday (to-day) al
the home of Mrs. Andrews on Har-
ford street at p. m. All who wish
to become members will have the
opportunity. Tea will be served af.
ter the business meeting.
The consistory of the Reformed
Church of Port Jervis, have beer
empowered to make an arrange.
ment with DR.. Riggs to supply the
pulpit of that church for one year
and also to secure the services of an
assistant pastor to perform minis
trial work, such as visitation of the
sick, attending to Sunday schoo
and missionary enterprises.
Now call on your congressman
for free seeds. The seed swindlt
was successful, and the senators anC
representatives have been notifieC
by the Agricultural Department
that the quotas of each in the dis
tribution will be $4,000 packages o
vegetable seeds, in packets contain
ing fifteen assorted varieties and 140i
packets of flower seeds in $50 pack
ages of five packets each.
"A meeting the stock and bond
holders of the P. j. NJ. and N. Y
railroad was held Wednesday after
noon at the Fowler House in Port
Jervis. The matters considered
were new tracking and better equip
ment of road, and also arranging TO
building the electric road in Por
Jervis. 1t was stated the prospec
for the extension of the road from
Summitville to Kingston was neve
$50 favorable as at present.