Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-08
BRIEF MENTION.


The bridge at the lower mill
acress the Sawkill is completed and
opened for crossing.
The machinery of the battleship
Pelayo is disabled and she was COM
PEELED TO stop at Ismalia
The Borough Collector is sitting
this week to receive taxes. You can
pay now and get 596 off.
A few copperheads in the Senate
kept doing their best filibustering
against the admission of Hawaii.
Cornell won the boat 1nce at Sara
toga last Saturday WITH Pennsylvn-
mia and Columbia even as second.
There are some people missing It
by not advertising in the PRESS.
AFRO you one of the unfortunetes?
The Milford Choral Society will
assemble next Monday evening at
the home of Mrs J H Van Eft en-
Service may be expected at the
Sawkill schoolhouse, the weather
permitting, Sunday, July 10, at 23o
Pm.
The fireworks display afforded by
l.. W. Armstrong was excellent and
enjoyed by the whole population
of the town.
Over twenty persons were lost at
Beverly, Mass, July 4, by the sink
ing of a steamer which was struck
by squall.
The store Of Z. Armstrong & Co.
is lighted with the new gas, which
makes a complete transformation
of the interior.
A tornado, July 4th, at Hampton
Beach, N. H., demolished many
beach houses, killed at least twelve
persons and injured hundreds.
Acetylono gas street lamps have
been put up in front of the Presby-
terian and Methodist Churches
through the courtesy of the COM
pany.
Charles Padgett, of Mill Rift, and
Howard T. Gillett, of Lackawaxen,
have joined the 9th regiment light
artillery and went to Tampa last
Friday.
Judge William D. Porter, of Pitts
burg was appointed July 4th by
Gov Hastings to fill the vacancy on
the Superior Court bench caused by
the death of Judge Wickham.
A party of members of the Penn
sy van:a Bar Association, now in
session at the Delaware Water Gap,
has arranged a trip up the valley,
and will reach Milford tomorrow
evening.
Col. Charles A. Wikoff, of the 22d
U. S. infantry, was one of those
killed in the battle before Santiago
He was native of Easton, Pa, and |
was nephew of the late William
Davis, Esq, of Stroudsburg
The Fourth was not only general
ly celebrated in this country, but
Canada, and even England and
Brazil, South America, unfurled the
stars and stripes and joined. The
sun will not set on our territory iii
much less than a year from now.
Rev. w. R. Neff, in bis address
on the Fourth, commented on the
additional responsibility man feels
when he becomes a father in his
family. Schools, wars and the dairy
question take on additional interest, !
which the dominic from a recent
event now fully appreciates.
Very large hail stones fell on
Monday, many being nearly two
inches in diameter, but fiat and COM
posed of crystals, No damage was
done, bat had the quantity been at
all proportional to the size of the
stones the result would have been
serious to the crops and fruit.
Henry Canine is not like George
Washington s father, (probably no
one ever thought he even re-
mOtely resenbled either the father
or tho SOM for Washington for gave
the boy for hacking down his cherry
tres, while Henry threatened to
sue the H. R. Telephone Co. for
doing the same little trick to one of
his. But then greatness is hardly
ever the same way alike.
Fire broke out about 2 O'Clock in
the morning of July A in the bot
tling works OLA @ Rowland on upper !
Hartford Street. The building was
considerably injured but the con-
tents were nearly all removed The
prompt and efficient work of the
firemen was shown by the manner
in which the fire was controlled.
There was no insurance ON the
building and no theory as to the
oauaa % tho firo