Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-05-06
BRIEF MENTION.
Martini law now rules in Madrid

MUTiiul law nOW iultS III huuilu' .
Pennsylvania is prompt in send
ing on her quota of volunteers.
A number of rafts passed down
the river during the freshet last
week.
The venerable Mr.. Gladstone suf.
fers much pain and his condition is
precarious.
T. Armstrong g Co. advertise a
full line of new and staple goods at
bargain prices.
Broad Street has been treated
this week to coat of gravel. 1t
will improve the mud at least.
Services will be held at the Saw
kill School House, Sunday, May 8,
at 2: 80 p. M, the weather per-
mitting
Julius w. Kiesel, of Dingman
Twp, is a candidate to be voted for
at the coming primary, for County
Committeeman.
War is expensive in blood and
treasure, but it is a great cost in
both that civilization, liberty, and
Christianity, have spread in the
world.
George B. Brown, of Stroudshurg,
is raising a military Company in
Monroe County. 1t is expected the
required number will be secured in
ten days.
Several well known persons were
arrested at Stroudsburg, for fishing
in the part of McMichml's creek
owned by the Pohoqualine Fish As
sociation. They were held in 5000
bail.
A law just passed in New York
and signed by the Governor compels
all railroad companies to issue mile
age books with 500 or 1000 miles at
2 cents per mile good to the holder
or any member of his family.
The Y. P. s. G. e. will celebrate
its tenth anniversary this (Friday)
evening, in the Presbyterian
Church. A cordial invitation is ex.
tended to the Congregation and
friends to be present and participate
in the exercises.
Work on Cummings hill has pro-
gressed to a finish and decided
improvement has been made in the
grade. Teams and their owners
have cause to rejoice in the change
and to thank those who were in
strumental in making it.
The Stroudsburg Times is author
ity for the statement that Chas. A.
Dunn, of East Stroudsburg, returned
last week from Porters Lake with 1875
trout nearly all of which were four
teen inches long. If he fished in
Pike County he should be arrested
the first time he comes on our soil.
Rev. w. R. Neff preached last
Sunday on the state of our Cuban
affairs. 1t seems fitting that the
pulpit in these times should impress
on congregations the facts connect
ed with the effort of this Country
to aid the struggling Cubans in
their effort to throw off the Span
ish yoke.
Both houses of Congress, on Mon
day passed the urgent deficiency
bill providing nearly thirty-six mill
lion dollars for army expenses.
The Senate passed an act for the en-
listment of ten thousand additional
volunteers to be recruited from
among men who are immune to
yellow fever.
The Hudson River Telephone
Company which had erected poles
to the Borough limits, and begun
digging holes along Blackberry alley
stopped work last Saturday because
it is said, no ordinance granting
permission had yet been passed by
the Town Council The poles are all
set between here and Port Jervis.
The Passaic City Herald of April
27 contains an excellent half tone
cut of w. S. Bennett, Esq, formerly
with the Gazette in Port Jervis, but
now a lawyer in New York. The
accompanying article states he is
meeting with success in his profess
ion, and is the attorney for several
large Life Insurance Companies in
New York.
Congressman kirkpatrick took a
prominent part in the Patterson
Can mack election contest from the
tenth Kentucky district, and made
a speech an hour and half long
favoring the seating of Patterson
who held the seat. During the de-
bate which lasted parts Of two days
it developed by the remarks of Pat
terson, who made plea for himself
that although he was supposed tC