Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-10-01
PERSONAL.


Mabel Armstrong and Katharyn
Brodhead are visiting the Reed fami-
ly in Brooklyn
E. Warner attended the Congressi-
onal Convention at Easton, Monday
as delegate from this county.
T. F. Mertz and wife who have
summered at the Grasmuk cottage
returned home last Saturday.
D. j. Seligman, of the New York
Banking House-of Selgman Bros,
with his wife, is at the Fauchere
Hotel.
D. l. Robert, general passenger
agent of the Erie, lies critically i'll at
his home in Orange, N. j., of appen-
dicitis.
Mrs. Mary Jane Dewitt, (nee Miss
Steele) and daughter, Ruth, of Jer-
sey City are visiting her relatives in
this place,
Messrs John and Lewis VanAkin,
of Lackawaxen, made a pleasant call
last Sunday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. McGown,
Hon. Charles H, Winfield, District
Attorney, Of Hudson county, with
his wife was at the Hotel Fauchere
several days last week.
Mrs. John Nyce and daughter,
Bell, who spent the summer in Port
Jervis returned Tuesday to occupy
their residence here.
Aaron Courtright, of Westfall
candidate for Representative is look
ing around for votes, and expects to
get his share.
George Weber, formerly Super
intendent of the burned Bellevue
Hotel, is stopping at the Wander
mark Hotel.
Mr.. John Ryder's family and a
few friends spent yesterday at
Brink Pond. A pleasant time was
reported and lots of fish caught.
Hon Dennis Mclaughlin and
family, who have occupied the Nyce
house on Broad street during the
summer, departed for their home
Tuesday.
DR.. A. e. M. Purdy and r. f. Pur-
ry driving through the country with
a drag and four handsome horses
registered at the Fauchere House
last Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Ryder, of Pond
Eddy, spent few days in town last
week visiting friends and relatives.
Will is one of the jolliest farmers in
Pond Eddy
Charles baltimore removed We'd
nesday from the Cahill house on
Broad street to the premises on
Catharine street recently vacated by
Mr.. Boock.
w A. H. Mitchell, Esq, went to
Easton, Monday to see how the next
Congressman from this district and
the Republicans in Northampton
felt over the situation.
Mr.. John E. Carr, who with his
family, has summered in the Mott
residence on Broad street also left
the same day. The gentlemen drove
their horses across the Country.
Geo. HI. Bortree, Esq, of Greene,
candidate for County Commissioner
was in Milford Monday attending to
business for the Wallenpaupac Lodge
I. o. o. F of which he is a trustee.
Aaron Cortright, of Westfall an
nounces in another column what is
already well known, that he is a
candidate for the legislature, but
you want to keep your eye on the
fact and when you go to the polls
vote for him His election would be
highly creditable to the county.
John R. Emery, of the firm of
Belding Bros silk manufactures,
with his wife, spent a week in Mil
ford The firm with which he is
connected is the largest in the Coun-
try having mills at Rockville, Conn,
Northampton, Mass, Montreal,
Canada, San Francisco, Cal, and
Belding, Mich.
DR.. Leonard Pearson, State Veter-
inanian. is issueing a bulletin show
ing that the annual poultry business
of Pennsylvania is twenty two mil
lions, and of the United States three
hundred and fifty millions, More
money is spent annually in this
country for eggs alone than the en-
tire silver product of the United
States is worth.
Garrett B. Linderman and wife, of
South Bethlehem, and Bensley War
ner and wife of New Orleans, La,
were guests at the Hotel Fauchere
this week Mr.. Lnderman' s grand
| father was one of the first Wings in
Lehman and the only man who vo-
ted for Gays election in that town
ship in the Polk-Clay campaign.
The Wings of Easton presented him
with handsome double barrelled
rifle in token of his steadfast ad-
herence to principle.