Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-11-05
BRIEF MENTION.

The iron for the Deep Hollow
Bridge has arrived and will shortly
be placed in position
Sheep brought a good price at
the recent vendue of Hubbard in
Dingman township DR.. Reed
bought the flock at 81 a head.
The Register records that the
dwelling house of Moses Gross at
Shohola with all its contents and a
shoemakers shop adjoining were
burned March 2, 1862.
-Hafner has a complete line Of
goods in his department., and those
needing harness, robes, whips,
blankets or kindred supplies will be
repaid by giving him a call
Two of the finest pictures which
ever appeared in the PRESS were
placed sin it, by couple of it's ad
mirers last week, aided by the cold
water candidate for jury commits
sioner.
Klein calls attention to The
Round oak stove which is a great
fuel saver, also to the new radiators
which are notifications of, improve
ments ON, the old fashioned sheet
iron drum. 1t will save one fire.
"A patent arrangement for rails
ing car windows by means of COM
pressed air is the latest. The pas
senger only turns q crank or presses
button and the window goes up
or down. He need not even get red
in the face, swear, or burst off a col
lar button.
-Bicyclists can now make per-
manent repairs of tire punctures by
carrying spirit lamp with which
to heat rod for burning out the
puncture holes so that plug will
fit, the ordinary bicycle pump being
used to blow the flame and make
the rod very hot.
Klein, the stove and hardware
man, has some novelties in the way
of heating apparatus. His stoves
are models of the most recent
thought in that line and the radia-
tors are wonders. A call will sat
isfy you that for comfort and econ
omy you are at the right place.
--'T'he Christian has been drama.
tized by the author Hall Caine, and
it was recently produced at Doug
las on the Isle of Man. Mr.. Caine
took the part Of John Stor n, his
wife that of Polly Love, his daugh-
ter of Glory Quayle, and son of
Brother Andrew The tickets were
IS each.
Il. F. Hafner makes his bow to
the Press readers and invites an in
spection of his wares. That he sells
good harness so indispensable to
safety and economy is widely
known, and a trial will convince
you Of the fact He has a complete
line of such accessories as are needed
for the horse and to properly furn-
ish carriage or sleigh. The prices
are just right too.
Monday night a man with his
wife and three small children staid
at the Vandermark Hotel. They
had travelled from Wisconsin with a
team and farm wagon, and were
going to Connecticut where he claims
to own farm. They have been six
weeks on the journey. The team
was in good condition, but the ap-
pearance Of the people was rather
dilapidated and travel stained.
Six thousand dollars a day or a
trifie over two millions a year are
poured into the slot machines of
Chicago, under the nose of the CHIEF
of Police. OF this sum the house
percentages are from 90 to 80 and
the players take away something
like $500. 600. The rest goes about
equally into the pockets of the own.
ers of the machines and the saloon
keepers in whose places they arr
allowed to stand. It would be in
teresting to know also what amoun
is placed in the charity boxes dis
tributed throughout the windy cit.
in the same period