Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-24
BRIEF MENr,oN.

N'aANtbAe1NA iAeNo AlA0 AAOM AOlE1
about enclosed ON Water street.
Mr.. Christian F. Seitz has his
building ready for theplaster
-Shad fishing has begun, but SO
far the catch is light and the fish
small
Mrs. T. A. Mott is renovating her
home on Broad street Carpenter
Seeley has charge of the work.
Mrs M. D. Mott is building over
the Smith house on Ann street pre-
paratory to making it her residence.
Mrs. Van Wyck has the masons
to work on tlye foundation for the
the addition to Van Auken house.
Mr. j. F. Pinchot is building up
the store building adjoining Mrs.
Cahill s residence.
in these dull times it is due to our
Borough to note tn g numbers of new
buildings in course of construction.
This section was visited by quite
a severe hail storm last Tuesday
evening, but no damage occurred
from it.
--Arbor Day exercises will be held
at the High school this afternoon.
An interesting occasion is antici-
pated,
Trailing arbutus are out in all
their fragrance, but owing to the
hot, dry weather are not as beauti-
full as in former years.
Our genial barber, Henry Wohl-
brandt, will remove his shop to the
corner of Catharine and Broad streets
on Tuesday, April 2sth.
The Raines bill is making some
very dry Sundays in New York, and
it is not much moister over in New
Jersey, hence the personal liberty"
chaps are bowling.
Delegates elected to the Ma
tional Convention so far are Ga 6 and
they are assumed to stand as fol
lows: Reed, 96; Mckinley, 31S
Morton, 67 Cullum, 12; Allison, "A;
Quay, 40; Bradley, 16 doubtful, 53
Baron Hirsh, the famous phil
anthropist and founder of the Hirsch
fund in America, died suddenly of
oPOPiOAJ III AlSbIlb Ou Iu6Sudyy
aged So. He was estimated to be
worth 5000, 900, 900 and devoted large
sums to charity.
"A big green goods game is said to
have been unearthed at Port Jervis
from which point it has been opera
ted for some time past. So far the
matter seems to rest on rumors and
an article from the New York Jour-
nal of Wednesday.
The enterprising firm of A. d.
Brown 81 Son have three under way
and are furnishing material for two
others Their payroll is over $175
per week George Daumann' new
residence begins to show it's proper
tions, Mr.. Daumann gives it his per-
sonal attention.
Two children, one a boy seven
years old, named John G. Cough,
and the other, girl of eight named
Mabel Barney, Travelled from Eng
land alone recently ON the Steamer
Rhynland. Tags were sewed on
their clothes giving their names and
destination which was Ohio.
Judge Mestrezat, of Fayette
county, has decided that public
school teacher is not entitled to
compensation for teaching on legal
holidays. The teacher sought to
recover for teaching on New Years
Day, Washington's Birthday and
Good Friday, but the court entered
a non-suit.
The gentlemen from Centreville
who took twenty three trout on
April l2(Sunday) will probably be
called upon to pay enough for them
to make the taste of them linger q
long time in the mouth. The law
says twenty dollars fine, and half to
the informer. What say?
-Pothonotary Westbrook has re-
ceived the commissions of the fol-
lowing Justices of the Peace who
were elected last February and
whose terms of Office will begin the
first Monday Of May next. William
Angle, Milford Borough Chas. l..
Heller, Lehman P. r. Cross,
Palmyra p B. Clark, Porter and H.
Y. Knealing, Shohola.
In Ontario county, N. Y, pota-
toes are so cheap that farmers are
throwing them away in preference
to carrying them to market. One
man is burning them in his stove,
and he says that once started they
make very hot, steady fire. AT
some country auctions potatoes sold
at 2 "a and cents a bushel, and in
many instances found no takers at
any price.
Did you ever see the spring few
er come on with such a rush? it al
most makes one tired to see the bud
expand, and the grass grow so rapi-
dly. The languor of the weather is
overpowering, and one can hardly
resist the impulse to dOff the fan
nels, and roll on the grass. The
children have found some arbutus,
and. its delicate perfume floats to me
as write. The poet who sings of
the beautiful spring during such
weather as this will thrill a respon-
sive chord in the breast of every one
who loves nature at her best The
/ lovely spring time.