Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-20
MATAMORAS.

The Pocono farm house on the extreme
limits Of our village southwark is enjoy
ing the hey-dey of prosperity now. Mr..
Rose the genial proprietor, has no less than
70 city folks TO care for, and more are com
ing every day
Mr. d. Il. Chase the fruit and peanut
merchant met with slight bicycle mishap
today He was leaving his sons store on
Pike street, Mr. b. b. Chase, the shoe man
and was in the act of crossing Hammond
street when cyclist ran him down and
slightly jarring him up but otherwise
neither party was injured
The raft that was started early this
morningto go tosome party in Jersey from
Port Jeryis was very unfortunate at its
outset. 1t stranded on the Pennsylvania
side just where the old eel weir used to be
in the river and had TO be made into two
RATS, It was then foated down the river
and about 10 o'clock passed the clips and
so went out of sight.
Chris Wagner the builder who is put
ting up that fine colonial designed house
in the lower end of town has so far pro
gressed as to have the building fully en-
closed and the painters ] are engaged Civ.
ing 1t a promising appearance.
A resident of our village Thursday night
witnessed "a most remarkable accident,
which happily resulted in no serious harm
An adept bicyclist coming from Milford
was riding at his top speed He had a
lamp on his wheel but it was not lit. Two
other wheelmen We're going TO Milford and
were riding at a pretty good clip when in
the darkness they came together with the
result that the party coming from Milford
went clear over the other two whee,men's
head That is he suddenly took flying
leap of perhaps 100 feet. The only damage
done was a bad shaking up and a slight
dent in one of the wheels 1t was to on
lockers simply miraculous.
Speaking about bicyclelaccident the ac-
cident to Nora Duryea may prove great
deal more serious than at first supposed
Her attending physician, DIR Lambert
says he cannot yet give the full result of
her injuries Il seems that her fall in.
jured her spine and also gave her bad
shock and invited very serious nervous
collapse. 1t seems that the accident was
one of those almost unavoidable ones that
wheelmen are always liable to unless they
use the greatest precaution. We sincerely
hope it will not result in anything serious
to MisgDuryea
Sheriff H. 1. Courtright IS busy man
in these days. He is having his home
painted a pretty and artistic color that
will add materially to its appearance. Mr..
Martin Fisher is the painter He is a
thoroughly practical man at the business
and Is employed by our well known paint
er, Mr.. Matt Van AIKEN.
Henry A. Bieler and son Charles Of
Richmond Hill, L. l., are the guests of
John Englehart at HIS hotel the Pike
County house Mr. Beiler formerly lived
in this town and is well known blythe old
time residents Of this village
Mr and Mrs Van Dine Of East Orange
near Newark left for their home yesterday
after few days visit among Mrs. Van
Dimes sisters and relatives here Mrs.
Van Dine was the guest of her sister, Mrs
Frank Miller at her hotel uptown.
Mr. n Taft and wife, Of this village
celebrated their 50th anniversary Of their
marriage on Tuesday evening At six
O'Clock Mr Taft and his wife, In company,
with their children and grandchildren
rode in coaches, 10 Masonic Hall, Port
Jervis To partake Of wedding dinner
that the ladies Of the Eastern Star had pro
vided for them And in the evening at B
O'Clock, Mr. Taft and his wife received tho
congratulations Of their friends at the re-
sidence in this village. Refreshment was
served and che evening was spent ia "a very