Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-05-08
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the One Cent Word column.
Mr. Paul Bournique has pur-
chased a fine horse of MIR. George
Wheeler.
-Ex- United States Senator VIM.
A. Wallace, of ClearheId, Pa, is re-
ported dying in New York.
Prof. T. II. Serfass was re-
elected County Superintendent of
Monroe county. Salary 1000.
There have been in Deer park
thirty seven applicants for tax GER
tificates under the Raines liquor
law.
The sidewalk in front of the
Hotel Fauchere and Emerson's drug
store is being lowered to the proper
grade. Let the good work go on
"A fawn was seen to cross the
public road near Frick's hotel last
week. The little fellow took to the
mountain and soon disappeared.
The Philadelphia Press is now
printing 10000 papers each Sun
day on it's new sextuple Hoe press
which runs off 800 twelve page pa
pers a minute.
John F, North the Nitrate
King " and one of the richest men
in England died suddenly in London
May 5. He was said to be worth
$3.50. 900. 900.
The air pressure on a person of
ordinary size is thirteen and half
tons, which is easily resisted, while
the slight pressure to go out and
" take something cannot be.
Germany is still pressing her
protective policy against foreign ag-
ricultural products. The last move
is to place a duty on Theoretically
sealed cans containing certain class
es of meats.
1t is reported that Joseph Petri-
kovsky who not long ago married
one of Milfords popular young lad
les, Miss George Briard, and who
subsequently went out to Cuba as
a war correspondent for a Russian
paper has been killed, on that island.
The fiftieth anniversary of the
appointment of Professor William
Henry Green as instructor in the
Princeton Theological Seminary, was
celebrated May 2. Hundreds of
clergymen from New York and
Philadelphia were present.
The New York Times recently
went into the hands of receiver.
The paper has been losing money
ever since it mugwumped and went
Democratic, and this same expert
ence has visited about every body
else since the Country did the
same thing.
Harvey Klaer '96 of Lafayette
college is one of the debaters in the
annual joint debate between Lehigh
and Lafayette which will be held in
Bethlehem this evening May s. The
question is ''resolved that the United
States Government should own the
railroads. " Lafayette has the mega
tive.
Over thirty members of the
New York Stock Exchange came up
last Saturday and rode from Port
Jervis to the Gap on their wheels.
The party took supper at the Hotel
Schanno, and there is no doubt, but
that they got good one and
thoroughly enjoyed it.
Hiram @. Clark, of the Board of
water Commissioners of Newton,
N. j. has resigned from that body.
His work in putting in the new wa
ter system for that town was emin-
emily satisfactory, and was done for
several thousand dollars less than
the estimated cost.
There is considerable consu1np-
tion among the cattle in Sussex, Co.,
and the State and local boards of
health are giving the matter their at
tention. The disease should be
promptly dealt with, for milk deal
ers are justified IN requiring only
pure milk from uncontaminated sour
oes. The general health and safety
depends on such supply.
Some miscreant or miscreants
took the pains to cut the shad net at
last Wednesday even
ing, but notwithstanding there were
only about 100 feet left the fisher
men had good luck, They offered
reward of $50 for evidence which
will lead to the detection of the
guilty parties and we hope they may
be caught.
We wonder in view of the great
of fine fat shad nightly be-
ing taken at the several fisheries in
this vicinity, what those croakers
who are always talking about fish
in the river as they 4" used to was -
will say now Evidently the good
work of the fish com missioners in
stocking the river and keeping out
the destructive weirs is being de-
-Newburg's educational deadlock
has been broken by a law adding an
additional member to the board.
The mayor was petitioned to add
woman to the board, but this he
declined to do. The
woman however will be properly re-
eOgnized by progressive towns in
school matters. AS a rule they take
more interest in moral and educa-
tional affairs than men, and would
be more efficient in their manage
ment and control. This fact is fast
being recognized in intelligent COM
munities,