Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-08-05
BRIEF MENTION.

II your watch needs any repairs
go to Rudolph, the jeweler, Milford,
Pa. tt
If your watch needs cleaning take
it to john Rudolph, the jeweler,
Milford Pa. If.
The Hartlman piano is a re liable
instrument. See the ad. of Marsh,
of Port Jervis.
The rather feeble notes of a
Katy.did were heard this week.
Six weeks to frost.
The entertainment for the bene-
fit of the Episcopal Organ fund,
Saturday night, netted $55.
Five prisoners confined in the
Goshen Jail, escaped Tuesday eve
ming. One has been captured.
The play given in Browns Hall
last Saturday was fairly well at
tended, and enjoyed by those pres
ent.
w. &. Tuthill, of Port Jervis,
was drowned while bathing in a
lake near Monroe, Wednesday eve
ming.
Sparrow and Franks, of Port Jer-
Wis, offer great bargains in their
closing out sale. A word to the
wise, etc.
The Presbytt rian Sunday School
picnicked last Friday at Raymonds-
kill and the Episcopal school near
Matamoras.
Service may be expected at the
Sawkill School house, the weather
permitting, on Sunday, Aug. 7tn,
at 2 80 p. III.
The N. Y. Journal, of Wednesday,
labels picture of Cecil Rhodes as
speaker L b, Reed, and one of the
speaker as Rhodes. such is fame.
Martin Thorue, the murderer of
Guldensuppe, the big bath rubber,
was executed Aug. 1 at Sing Sing.
He showed no feeling and went
smilingly to the chair.
WANrED.-A boy 16 or 1S
years old who understands care of
horses, and COWS, and willing to do
chores and be generally useful. In
quire at Press Office. 1w
Crop conditions, during the past
week have been decidly favorable
for corn and it has made excellen
progress, especially in the great
corn states of the central valleys.
We have received from Congress-
man Kirkpatrick, the year book of
the United States department OF
Agriculture. 1t is handsomely
illustrated and contains much val
liable information.
The several severe showers re-
Gently beat down corn and buck
wheat to such an extent that much
of it will not rise, and will be con-
siderably injured. Rapid grow tn
had weakened the stalks.
Hon. E. II. keller, President
Judge of the Twenty-Seventh Ju-
licial District, composed of the
counties of Columbia and Montour
died at his home in Bloomsbury
August L, of Bright's disease.
The NJ, M. & N. Y. R. r. bridge
at Matamoras, is about completed
A few Italians have been at work
but construction of the road is yet
practically at a sta nd still. The
reason is variously surmised but
not known.
The papers are saying that the To-
Gusts have attacked woods, and strip
ped many fine trees of foliage, around
Durham this County. Please tell us
/ just where that is. We reckon t he
locusts are just about as mythical
as the place,
The severest thunder storm ever
known in the history of the city Wis
tied Philadelphia Wednesday noon
In an hour and one half 81 inches.
of rain fell. Many buildings were
struck by lightning, great damage
was done by water and several oil
tanks were fired.
The Commissioners will scrape
and paint the County bridges at Mrs.
Browns, Gordon's $ dam. and Mon
themonts in Dineman, Klaer's Mill
and Mott street, in Milford, Hamil-
toms in Milford township, Shohola
Falls in Shohola, Cummins and
Rosetown in Westfall.