Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-10-22
LAYTON.

The item sent you last week relating to
the wagon house of Geo. Crone being
burned was not true. 1t started in
senseless joke, and was soon told as fact.
1t was received in that way, and used in
good faith.
The Hon, Jacob Swartwout of Vantage
was in Sandyston last week, in search of
household help. The girls seem to be
mostly fixing to get married, and so Jacob
did not succeed in the object of his guest
A new store is soon TO go up in Layton
The present indications are that the build
ing will be put up by Wash Lantz and the
store stocked and run by his son-in-law
VIM. f. Rosenkrans. 1t will be great
benefit to the village and to people in he
vicinity.
J Elmer Everett has moved his house
hold goods from Newark to Sandyston,
and will reside with his parents
The recent surveys around Culvers Lake
and Lake Owassa are intended to furnish
data, as to whether rise of twelve feet
will throw the two lakes together and
thereby furnish water enough to make it
an object for Jersey city to invest in the
work for water supply.
The Gideon Struble home stead, one
mile east of of Bevans, will be offered for
sale by the heirs, at the Hotel of H. g.
Montross on Friday afternoon Oct. 80
Bets are offered in dead earnest on the
odds of two TO one that the Democratic
nominee for assembly will not carry
his own town, and this is a strong Demo
cratic town too. The outlook seems to be
little shaky for the whole ticket.
The pot pie festival at Hainesvllle last
Thursday night was favored with better
weather than the one at Layton the week
before, and the results were corresponding
ly increased. Net proceeds $500
The goose that the boys won last Satur-
day night was taken up on Pine I'm to
roost over Sunday Itmust have roasted
very high as 1t has not coma down TO this
day.
Elias M Merrill continues to improve
his surroundings. H. is covering his
house with slate this week
Judge Everett Hornbeck terminated hi,
vacation on the 10Th by returning to his
work in the Philadelphia mint His la
bors are in the distribut ing Office and from
a few thousands to several millions ol
dollars pass under his charge daily, and
are sent on their mission to every part Of
the union.
Our attention is called to map show
ing the location of each church in the
United States aided by donation and loan
They number Az and a collection was
taken here for this object Sunday or two
ago. Perhaps we are queer, but It seem
TO us that this savors somewhat of thu
same folly as the foreign m visionary fake
Those collections for the poor black. and
tan heathen, when we have lots Of needy,
poor in our own land The idea Of build.
ing churches in barren places, when so
many are now hanging By the eyelids ofg
scanty support strikes me as the supremesi
folly. People get tired Of the burden
Harvey NJ Hornbecks shoot at the Nor
manock Inn, went off to the satisfaction
of all concerned. Sports from this side Of
the mountain took their full share OF ths
prizes The weather was all that could b.
desired and the attendance good.
.Dickn has been giving us some german
again without a translation. II he don't
quit that he will likely be translated him
self pretty soon Better look a leedle
oudt.
There were two wood fires at about the
same hour Sunday night One in the
game preserve Of &c. A. Dairymple n d.,
near Lake Owassa and the Other on the
Culvers Lake front along lands Of G. A
Dalrymple aud Others. Ia the FIRST con
siderable tract Of yaluahie young timber