Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-04
BRIEF MENTION.

be service at the Sawkil school
house Sunday, June 9Th at 2.30p p. m.
The Golf Club has rented the
house on Hnrford street, lately va
Gated by Dentist Law yer which will
be occupied as club rooms.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Reeder is quite indisposed at his
home i'll Easton, having contracted
a severe cold several days ago.
Mr., Smith living near the Brick
House in New Jersey on the Horn
beck pla ) fell from barn I lurs-
day MOI hing and wal seriously in
iured
"A small frame house situated in
Dingman township opposite the
Humbert cottage and belonging to
Mrs. Ann Wells was burned We'd
nesday night.
The children in the Chicago
schools are +, luested to sign a bird
pledge, in which they promise not
to rob the nests of birds or wear
NAASAA
Sacrament of the Lords Supper
will be administered in the Pres
byterian church at 1890 Sabbath
morning. Preparatory services
will be held this Friday evening at
7.3O
Governor GriEgs had signed the
bill allowing the Delaware river to
be damned in order to SECURE power.
there are certain corporations which
will experience the same thing when
it is done.
John K. Rudolph jeweler and
dealer in wat )hes end jewelry and
repairer can be found at his bust.
ness place two blocks above Centre
Square. His goods are desirable and
his work first class.
Edward Quinn has the finest
five acres of clover and timothy in
this section. Ihe stand is even and
thick, and it's appearance indicates
careful tillage combined with excel
lent judgement in rotation and fer
tilizing.
The Hotels here h ave been
crowded for the PAST few days. The
wheelmen took the town. We have
noted many of the Hotel arrivals,
but by far the larger number were
of necessity omitted. Our spacs is
too limited to note them all
The commissioners contracted
with Henry Came for the repairs o
the approaches of the Mott street
bridge for $2.15 per cubic yard.
7 acre will be VIM walls on the
Borough side, and these it is hoped
will make the job pei manent.
"A large camp of gipsies spen t
Sunday at their usual spot near the
cemetery gate. Iley engaged in
the customary avoC tions of selling
and trading horses, selling lace tell
ing fortunes and various other
methods to obtain the spare change
Of the people.
An earthquake shock was felt
over a large section Of country Mon
day. The disturbance extended as
far west as Louisville, KY, south to
Atlanta and east to Washington.
At Cincinnati people were badly
frightened and a panic nearly en-
sued in the park which was crowded !.
The Democratic convention of
Monroe county declared in favor of
the Chicago free silver platform. 1t
also condemned the taliff measure
now proposed in Congress, and
praised the Wilson-Gorman defici-
ency, bond compelling act. What
wise acres those men are, to be sure
Frost and ice in the Northwest
have caused immense damage to
farms and gardens. The cold broke
the record for twenty-six years.
Cora, potatoes and small fruits are
ruined, and all will have to be re-
planted. The strawber1y CROP
throughout that section is complets-
ly destroyed.
"A rare chance for bargains al
Daumanns closing out sale. This is
no sham but genuine disposal OF
his entire stock for good reasons,
No such opportunity to buy neces-
saries at bottom prices has beer
offered in the town. Money savers
will be prompt to avail themselves
of 1t.
-Wheelmen and women too
were thick as blackberries in July
last Saturda--, Sunday and Monday
The roads were lined with them
and it would be id'e to speculate OF
the number passing through tow
during those days. IIhey all seemed
to enjoy the outing and we are glaC
to have them ride through Ou
county and enjoy the delightful
roads and scenery.
The road between Stroudsburi
and Bushkill is in a be / condition
for wheelmen, and'a cycle path be
tween those two towns is beinl
talked of. The road between herr
and Dingmans could easily b
widened in places, and the brus
, should be cut away. In severa
places hedges line the road an
branches have been allowed to grow
over it. 1t should be cut out tn
! 4ull width 33 feet.
Andrew Carnegie, previous