Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-06
sR,EF MENTION.

pbI DusnSl.
Invitations are issued for hop
at the Bluff House this Friday even
ing.
The apple tree blight is reported
as being very prevalent in Canada
this year
Corn has been badly damaged
by the hot, dry weather in Kansas,
Nebraska and western Missouri
"A party of Milford young people
numbering about 30 picnicked at
Conashaugh Tuesday.
Rain fell over this section on
Wednesday night and caught many
farmers with considerable hay out
The statement in made that the
State appropriation for all the
schools may not be available this
year.
The 1sO, 600 emigrants who ar
rived in New York last year brought
with them an average Of less than
81 each in money
The ladies of the NJ. e Church
will hold their annual fair and festi-
val ON Tuesday, August 18th. If
stormy, the next day.
The weather and roads last Sun
day were both propitious for wheel
men, and the result was a large num-
Der enjoyed an outing
Montague Reformed Church /:
Sunday school, $50 a. IN. service,
730 p, m. Hainesville Reformed
Church service, 1890 a. m
Hugh MoAllister, the second
son of Judge James A. Beaver, died
at his fathers home in Bellefonte,
August 2, of appendicitis, aged "a
years.
-Ex- President Andrews of Brown
University who was asked TO resign
or suppress his public utterances on
silver, is now willing TO hush up and
go back to his place.
The Y. p, S. c. E. of the Pres
byterian Church holds its prayer
meetings Sundays at 6.45 p. m 1t
cordially invites summer visitors
and others to attend.
When newspapers grow smaller
and better instead of larger and
poorer in quality, there will be more
money in the business as well as
stability observation-disclosures in
dom.
The Glenside Sanitarium is re-
ceiving accessions of patients. It's
surroundings are inviting, it's man
agement capable, and as home for
those needing treatment it cannot be
surpassed.
Mrs. James Cummings of Quick
town last week on entering her bed
room discovered that it was occu
pied by black snake about five feet
long. She dispatched the intruder
with a chair.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Montague Reformed Church will
hold fair and festival August 18th
Refreshments will be served, and
fancy and useful articles offered for
sale. All are invited.
DR. Mary Greenwa Id was elected
President of the Lehigh Medical AS
sociation at its meeting in Strouds-
burg last week. She is the first
woman upon whom that society has
conferred the honor
"A correspondent writes that
they are peculiarly blessed in Dela-
ware township, as they have two
collectors of taxes, and hence will
have no trouble in paying them--if
they can find the money.
"A son of Frank Andrew of
Saylorsburg, Monroe county was
bitten twice by a pilot. Soon his
body. was covered with spots and
bis hands were swollen stiff, but he
will likely recover.
The Democrats in the State seem
to be pretty generally, "agin" the
new tariff and for free silver. Elk,
York and Franklin counties in con-
ventions this week declared for
Bryan and the Chicago platform
Fire was discovered in the roof
of the house occupied by Charles
Titman on Water street, Tuesday
noon, but the neighbors quickly re-
spending to the alarm, it was con-
fined to that part of the house. The
damage is slight.
The wheelmen and women have
made the roads a panorama during
the week. The weather has been
delightful, the roads in fine condi-
tion, and there is no better country
anywhere for this enjoyment than
the Delaware Valley.
The ladies of the Presby terian
congregation VIII hold a fair and
festival at the church on Thursday
and Friday August 18th and 13th
when numerous useful and fancy
articles will be offered for sale, anC
refreshments served.
You will make no mistake il
the matter of shoes for bicycle rid
ing if you go to Johnson's in Port
Jervis. He has them to fit all kinds
of feet, and made after the most ap
proved ideas of comfort and neat
ness. Call on OF write him.
Some idea of the cost of living
up in Klondike may be gained from
the fact that eggs are 81 per dozen
oil 81 per gallon, coffee so cents pei
pound, tea 81, tobacco 81 so potatoe
! 25 cents per pound, butter 81 so. ant
an ordinary wearing outfit $40
The Ladies Aid Society Of tn
Montague Reformed Church viii
hold a social at the church on Tues
day evening, August II. Ice cream
cake and a lot of fancy articles vii
be offered for sale A cordial invita-
tion is extended to all. By order O
committee.