Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-26
BRIEF MENTION.


nished house with largo grounds.
INQUIRE at PRESS OFFICE.
For job printing come to the Press
Office.
If your watch needs any repairs
go to Rudolph, the jeweler, Milford,
Pa. tt
Spanish vessels will now be al
lowed to load and clear from our
ports.
Captain Sigsbee, of the st. Paul,
has been promoted three numbers.
Bob. Evans is said to have ty
phoid malaria and will be taken to
Roosevelt Hospital.
If your watch needs cleaning take
it to John Rudolph, the jeweler,
Milford Pa. tt.
Charles O. Kaiser, who was con-
victed of the murder Of his wife and
sentenced to be hung Sept. 6 ct Nor
ristown, committed suicide in his
cell last week by severing several.
small arteries with a piece of watch
spring taken from clock. The
matter is being investigated.
If your watch needs main spring
Rudolph, the jeweler at Milford will
put one in. tt.
The Sussex Record is being great
ly improved as a news medium, and
seems to be "getting there" at a
rapid pace.
The commission appointed to en-
quire as to the sanity of Mrs. j. G.
Wilmerding, confined in Blooming
dale asylum, tailed to agree, and
she was returned. The journal of
Sunday published long letter from
her in which she asserted her men,
tai soundness.
Clarence N. Andrews, editor of
the Free Press has been appointed
Post Master at Easton. We might
say another good man gone to his
reward.
John 1. Blair was 90 years old last
Monday Aug. %, He is still in good
health and retains his mental vigor
and has lived in his present residence
nearly so years.
A paragraph is floating around
among the neighboring county pa
pers that dysentery is epidemic in
Pike and some say over 60 cases are
reported. This is an old story of
hearing news away from home.
So far as we can learn there is no
foundation for this statement What
ever.
Struble's cider mill opened for
business this week. Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays wi be
devoted to the squeezing business
for the present.
Charles Nobs team INDUCED in a
burst of speed last Monday after
noon from Strubles mill to Pletch-
ers blacksmith shop, where it
brought up against Travis wagon,
throwing him out and damaging
his vehicle. A broken tongue and
some other slight injuries were the
results.
A. T. Searle, Esq, of Ronesdale,
is asking Judge Butler To appoint
him Commissioner of Bankruptcy
for Wayne and Pike.
Work was resumed on the
M. NJ. & N. Y. r. R. this week
with an increased force of men and
there is now considerable activity
ON the upper end of the line.
Some persons recently entered
the Union School house in Dingman
Twp. and broke a number of panes
of glass, injured maps, and did
considerable other damage. A sim
liar offence was committed last year
and the directors now know the
guilty parties. A prompt SETTLE
ment will doubtless prevent prose
cntion.
A couple of young ladies from the
Crissman House narrowly escaped
drowning Wednesday while bathing
in the river. They accidentally got
in deep water.
A very enjoyable Progressive
Euchre Party was given at the Fau-
chere House last Saturday evening
by the Misses Murray and Brock
and Mrs. de Thulstrup, guests al
the hotel. Mrs. L II. Walker wor
the ladies first prize, and Mr.. w
E.Slowd, Jr., the gentlemen's. After
the prizes were awarded, delicious
refreshments were served.
A well known man makes this
pertinent enquiry: "Isn't it natur
al for icicles to become somewha
soft in August. or even earlier il
the season." Well, that is one o.
natures laws
Ladies fine shoes 80 cents mems