Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-05-13
BRIEF MENTION.

JOhn y, BenSlnger was hlSb week
appointed postmaster at Strouds-
burg.
Dewey found Admiral Montejos
solar plexus without difficulty and
landed a knock out blow.
Livery man VanTassel now holds
the reins over one of the hand
soonest teams in the county.
The news spreads rapidly when it
gets in to the papers. The same
rule applies to your business.
Lightning may be seen under fav-
orable conditions 200 miles but
thunder is rarely audible more than
ten miles
Acetylene gas does not deteriorate
if stored in a tank. 1t is n perma-
nent gas and will keep in storage as
other gases.
The United States Supreme Court
has decided the suit brought by the
Penn hsirs ID secure pos
session of the Circle in Easton i'll
favor of the city.
May 8 flakes of snow fell, and back
in the country and on the mountain
in N. J the ground was covered.
Ice formed in the night
Hoagland, of Port Jervis, places
some stubborn facts" before our
readers in his new advertisement
in the Press this week.
Pike County will be represented
in the army Three from Greene
having enlisted in Capt. Smithes
Wayne County Company.
Fire last Saturday night destroyed
Smiths Shirt Factory and Black
ney's Box Factory i'll Honesdale.
Loss covered by insurance.
Beer will advance in price if the
war revenue bill is passed by Con-
gress, but this will be met by re-
ducing the size of the stems and
schooners.
Charles OFT, of Conashaugh, had
his jaw dislocated last week by a
horse striking him with his head
DR.. Kenworthy gave the necessary
assistance.
The Hudson River Telephone Co.
put up its poles in the Borough last
week and have strung the cable.
The central for the present will be
at the Crissman House.
1t warns the cockels of the heart
to have friend ask you to except
a fine mess of trout. Mr.. c. j. Boil
eau applied the process to ours this
week with entire success.
A flag pole 65 feet long was raised
on the knob, overlooking Milford,
last Saturday, and the handsome
flag 20x30 flung to the breeze, which
will wave until Cuba is free and
Spain has received her quietus.
Dubois Petition g, formerly of
Brick House, Montague, has com
pletely refitted his new hotel on
Front Street Port Jervis, and calls
it the Hotel Sussex. He will take
good care of all his friends who
give him call.
The East Stroudsburg Town Coun-
Gil has passed an ordinance granting
privilege to the passenger railway
Company to oper,lte1an Electric road
1t will now be extended to the Mil
ford crossing and may be the begin
ming of a road up the valley
A party bound for Klondike broke
through the ice covering a stream
near Crater Lake. They were cross
ing with loaded sleds when the ice
suddenly gave way, and twenty
two, names not known, were drown
ed. Seven were Eastern men.
In the notice of the death of Jno.
Drake, at bellevue, Ohio, contained
in last weeks Press, the fact was
inadvertently omitted that his
mother was Mollie baltimore, an
Aunt of the venerable Joseph c.
baltimore, of Dingmans Ferry.
The Philadelphia Press is author
ity for the statement that Senator
Quay seeing a strong drift in pop
ular sentiment will select dark
horse for the Gubernatorial nom-
ination, and suggests that possibly
General Reeder may be the man
selected as likely, and compromise
candidate
Judd, the painter, has finished a
large new sign for I. Armstrong &
Co., which is tasty in design and
artistic in execution. In the upper
left had corner is an excellent repre-
sentatiOn of the flag ship Olympia,
surmounted by an eagle and sur
rounded with the stars and stripes.
DR.. Henry Smith, Henry Teeter,
Frank II. Smith and B. f. Morey,
were elected trustees of the. East
Stroudsburg Normal School to serve
for three years. The two State