Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-01
BRIEF MENTION.

Fnith without works Is about rs
useless as a watch without wheels.
The sixty y-third annual commence
mant of Lafayette College took place
last week.
Monroe County Democrats have
nine candidates from whom to select
n proper person for Sheriff.
The County Co lmissioners have
been inspecting bridge work in
Greene this week.
Remember the one dollar special
excursion train to N. y. leaves ?. j.
at z Is m. July J.
Mrs Andrew Carnegie has given
$40, 900 for an organ to be placed in
the Carnegie Library, in Brnddocb,
Penn.
The government refuses to buy
for war service horses with docked
tails. This mry set an example
worth following.
The South Bethlehem Times says
Bethlehem democrats will oppose
tooth and nail any movement to
nominate Hon. Howard Mutcbler
for Congress.
Lib)ria is the only civiliz1l coun-
try where clocks are almost entirely
lisponsou with. The sun rises exactly
at & a.n.anl sets ut pm through
out the year, and is vertically over
head atnoon.
Ex-As1ehblymIn JAS. w Griner
)f Luzurne County who wa' convict
ed of nanslaughter in shooting ard
killing his step daughter was SEN
fenced Tuesday to - years impris-
onment and fined $500.
BY an oversight the II )tice of let
ting of contract for building the
School House in Dingman Township,
Germantown district, July :, on the
ground, was omittol last week. II
appears in another column.
Our Layton correspondent was too
crowded with work this week to
furnish his usual letter We know
that it will be greatly missed by
many readers, but appetite is whet-
ted by the omission of a meal.
The Milford Choral Society met
Monday evening at the home of it's
president, Mrs. Thos. Armstrong,
with all the members present.
The next meeting will be Tuesday
evening, July 5, at The Home
stead.
Contractor }. G. Chamberlain is
moving, for VIM. Mitchell, the old
Rockwell house which stood on Ann
street to lots on Seventh street.
This will add much to the appear
anoe of Mr.. Mitchells grounds sur
rounding his residence
An agent has been selling in Mil
ford and vicinity map called the
Empire Group published by the
National publishing company, of b ~
ton. If the inaccuracies are as glar-
ing in other parts as in Pike it is
worthless as source of reliable
information. Delaware township
is put down as Potter.
Boarders have not yet arrived in
any considerable namber, tho ugh
there are many new faces seen on
our streets. We want the town
and country hereabouts filled with
summer guests, and can guarantee
to all who come pleasant and health
full surroundings and the best of
individual and collective care
DR.. M. R Harrington, fellow in
zoology, and DR.. c. F. Hunt, in
structor in physiology, have been
sent to the Calibar coast of West
Africa in search of the various
stages in development of several
very remarkable fishes to be fOuSl
OILY in these waters. The expe-
dition is one of the greatest i'm
portance is biologists in all part, of
the world.
The engagement of Mr.. Frederick
Beadle to Miss Reese though an
nounced some time ago in Town
Topics has just become generally
known here Mr.. Beadle has for
many years been a visitor in Milford
and his new departure is another
evidence of the properties of our air
and scenery as inducing a frame of
mind which aims at nothing short
of embracing perfect bliss.
Prof. George. H. Stephens who
was for four years member of the
Lafayette College faculty as associ
ate Prof. of Ethics and Logic, has
been arrested for committing various
depredations to college property and
confessed that he fired Pardee Hall
last December. His grievance was