Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-01-15
sRlEE MENTION.


sawkill House this CFriday) even
ing.
The larger the investment in
advertising the more successful it
will be.
Arrange your advertisement in
such manner that the first glance
will convey the idea.
Advertising makes known to
people wants of which they were
unconscious.
Hon. John Wanamaker has been
by two papers as the next
governor of Pennsylvania.
IF the weather is fair there will
be service at the Sawki1l school
house next Sabbath, Jan. IL, at 2.30
a. m.
"A full account of the deaths of
Samuel w. Hunt and Charles Morri-
son will be found in our Dingman's
correspondence.
Mason would like the opportuni-
ty of showing you a "Crescent. " 1t
is fine wheel, and he will take
pleasure in exhibiting it.
Somebody bring ON the snow,
Findlay has fine line of sleighs
ready for it, and if you should need
one drop in and look at his stock.
Arthur Mcbride, of Eldred, Sulli-
van county, N. Y, killed a black
bear last week weighing 1872 pounds.
Wollner, of Port Jervis, secured the
carcass.
Genial, happy Cyrus Custard,
of Shohola, visited friends in this
county and Monroe last week, and
looks and acts just as young as he
used to be.
The winter term of Normal
School at East Stroudsburg opened
last week with a good attendance.
The reports for the spring term are
also very encouraging.
Adam Dilger saw a sheep escape
from a car in his train, and forth
with went into the wool gathering
business, in which after a lively
chase he was successful.
The Erie Railway officials have
announced that the company will
elevate its tracks in Jersey City at a
cost of one million dollars, and that
it will take two years to complete
the work.
The last day for filing nomina-
tions in the Commissioner Office
for Township offices is January 80.
Caucuses should be held to allow
time for correcting any mistakes in
the papers.
VIM. M. Randolph a colored
man from Pittsburg was one of the
presidential electors who met at
Harrisburg Monday, and he is said
to be the first of his race enjoying
that distinction in this State.
Michael Grinlin, of Wayne
county, was held up last week when
returning home from Hawley and
relieved of $50. He had just left
800 with Landlord Reifer at the
latter place, having arrived too late
to deposit it in the bank.
The case of Bridget Sheridan
against the township of Palmyra for
damages for the death of her hus-
band occasioned by the falling of a
bridge near Hawley, will be argued
at the meeting of the Supreme
Court in February.
The Erie runs cheap excursions
to New York in the summer and
fall, and then in winter gets il
back by making people pay extra
fare. The price of ten "trip tickets
from Middletown to New York has
just been increased $1.50.
Geo. Daumann, Jr.. calls atten-
ton to his wish to sell out his stock
and rent the store building. This is
an excellent location and any one
desiring to engage in that busines:
will find there a well established
patronage, and a good opening.
Some old rattlesnake Petes il
Pike county swear that, if their
county really becomes Republican
in politics, they . will move ovel
into Jarzey" Well, they will b.
jumping out of the skillet into th'
Goals, for +" Jersey is a Republican
State'now.-Coal Gazette.
An explosion of dynamite at the
Columbian Powder Company
works Shannopin, Beaver County
killed four persons, and wrecked al
the houses in the vicinity. A holt
fifty feet in diameter and eight fee
deep marks the spot where TIN
building stood,
Frank H. Smith, President o
the First National Bank and of tn
Stroudsburg Passenger Railroad
while on his way to attend a meet