Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-09-16
LAYTON.

Miss Anna G;au the bright and lovely
10-year-old daughter of Chas Grau, Of ,
Hainasvillc, whose illness we noted last
wcos, diod Of quinsy on Sept. g. Tho in
termont took place in the Hainesville Gem
etary on Wednesday afternoon September
18th
The Board of Education met last Sat
urdny night to receive the lists of books
needed by the teachers for their several
schools. The attendance was light but n
majority Of the book committee was pres
ent, aud the business before the Board was
proceeded with Teachers arc hereafter
expected TO make out lists of books needed,
and send them to the President or Secrc-
tary Of the Board in time to get them
around before they are needed.
The people who claim ownership Of the
Lakes in Sussex County should not object
to being assessed on reasonable valuation
and paying taxes on the same,
The new patent seats for the Haines-
vile school were unavoidably detained in
shipment but they are now in place and
bbti tIttNAAA tthtA BNJAio NiN AttfPgs A9NAobA
commenced on Tuesday morning.
J.F Backster, who is seeking the Dem
ocratic nomination for Surrogate, was
busily engaged in political fence build ing
in Sandyston and Montague last week.
Frank should have his stakes driven pret-
ty firmly by this time, for he is hust-
Ter.
Mrs Harriet McKeeby, of Scranton, is
visiting her son, Frank McKeeby and fam
lily, at Bevans.
Manager Hursh Of the n 3wton Central,
Hudson River Telephone, spent Sunday
with his parents at Pine Hill farm, and
reports business rs booming
The Normanock Inn property was sold
at Sherif's Sale at the Court House in
Newton on Tuesday of last week and
bought by Eugene Schumo, Il d Branch
Vile, forSl, ,775OO.
When a sporting man makes square
bet with the expectation of winning it, hc
does not usually plead the baby act when
it goes against him but pays up like II man
and a sport Of the first; especially when It
is but trile of So. or so, but perhaps the
BOSS" has grown a tribe parsimonious
lately. Hoy?
e Mofat Ryman, our excellent village
blacksmith was of on three or four day
vacation, visiting several towns along tn
| Delaware on the down trip, and coming
back through Central Sussex on his retur.!
making about 40 miles in the rounl trii
and enjoying himself immen sely
II. e. Montross our progressive landlord
is doing II fine job of graveling and grad
ing in front Of his hotel
s e Hursh raised his new barn on Mon
day afternoon It will be furnished with
a hipped roof and a galvanized steel ven
tilator.
On Wednesday of last week, at Haines-
Vile, Cora, daughter of Jacob Conkling,
died of dysentery Aged years.
Some wise man has said that any one
who wishes to ruin newspaper by stop
ping it because it does not always reflec {
his own sentiments every time and always
can get good idea of how much he is
missed by putting his finger in tub Of
water rand when he withdraws it, carefully
observing what an enormous cavity it
will leave. What great thing a news
paper would be if it only printed such
things as each individual approved of.
Since the Deckertown Independent and
the Pike County Press have charged that
lots of Jerseyites are road hogs and that {
person who does not know enough to turn
out when they meet bicycle or over tax
en- by vehicle of any kind, does not
know enough to pound sand into a raj
hole, we have gone out into the solitud,
of the back yard, and in perfect good faitI
asked ourselves if this is not a libel on tn,
people of the best country on earth, New
} Jersey After much self communing W,
must admit that we have personal knowl
edge of too many cases to dispute the state
ment of these excellent Editors. OF cours.
this makes us feel sad but we would no
feel so terribly cut up about it, only it ha
got into print aud now everybody viii
, know it.
The bulk of corn and bucllwheat cuttin;
5 will be done this week, and the crop o
each will be above the average.