Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-22
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,illsbury,s vitos at Mitehe.l's.

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There will be preaching at the
Quicktown School house on Sunday,
July 2i, at 3 O'Clock
Services may be expected at the
Sawlkill School house, Sunday July
2l, at 80 p M, the weather per-
mitting
Ammi Brown, a former visitor at
Milford, is now with Grimes 2l us.
artillery and greatly distinguished
himself at El Caney
Jas. w. Corren, of Easton, was
last week appointed by G)verdor
Hastings mcmber of the State
Board of Fish commissioners.
The employment of young wom-
en- on electric cars ut Chillicothe,
Ohio, has been followed by an in
crease of 80 per cent in receipts.
The States second quota Of troops
under the call of the President has
been mustered in, without costing
the State cant. The number is
6,400.
Theodore H. Eberling, of n. Y,
boy of 10, who was boarding
with Walter Vot63rlein in PIupac,
was drowned in the river there
last Sunday while bathing.
Lightning luting the storm of
Tuesday damaged several phones in
town and many in p. j. 1t struck
the Hudson River COS. wire at Nor
manock cutting itclean off
The corner stone of the new cap
itol building at Harrisburg viii BE-
laid Aug. 10, and Col A. X. Nc.
Clure, editor of the Philadelphia
Times, will deliver the address.
Congressman Ermentrout, of the
Berks-Lehigh District, made a
strong speech in favor of the Annex
alton of Hawaii refusing to follow
the Leadership Of Bailey, Of Texas.
Some Carbon County papers are
asserting that Lairl II. Barber's
chances for the Democratic nomina-
tion for Congress are Frightening.
How about the chances for election
Miss Louisa Stoll, of N. Y, will
give, under The auspices of Y. p. S.
G.. e. Il recital of humorous and pa
thetic stories from popular authors
in the Presbyterian Church, Mon
day evening, July 25, at so'clock.
The midsummer meeting of the
Minisink Valley Historical Society
takes place to-day at Caudebeck
Park. Addresses will be made by
Rev. DIR. d. F. Bonner, of Florida,
N. Y. and Geo H. Decker, of Mid
dletown, N Y.
Are the people minding the diff
ference between the way the stuff
fed prophet Cleveland and his ad-
ministration sold bonds and the
way President Mckinley has sold
the late issue. There is an object
lesson for them in it.
Wallace Bensley's barn in Lob
man was struck by lightning dur
ing tho storm Tuesday and with its
contents-hay, grain, etc, aud a
team of horses, completely burned.
Tho building was insured, but not
in an amount sufficient to cover the
loss.
We were mistaken last week in
assuming there would be but one
Dem ocratic candidate for Congress
from this county. To make things
more interesting, Hon. Joseph j.
Hart has announced his willingness
to serve the dear people again in
the capacity of Member from the
Eighth. Mr. Mutehler, of aston,
Will be sutfused with grlns when he
hears the news.
If our neighbor in reprinting ex-
tracts from the Report of the State
Commissioners of Fisheries for 1897
would avoid perpetuating the nu-
merous errors with which that
work abounds it would be doing a
good service to the cause of accur-
acy in names and other matters.
For instance two ponds owned by
the Forest Lake Association are cor
rectly called Little and Big Gorilla.
not Gorilla.