Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-06-24
BRIEF MENTION.

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Teachers and janitor wanted for
the Milford Schools.
Service may be expected in the
Sawkill school house Sunday, June
Goth, the weather permitting.
The Conashaugh House already
has a number Of guests, and the
rooms for the season are nearly all
engaged.
Strawberries are very plentiful
and cheap. At present prices the
good wife can afford several cans
for winter use.
If the weather is clear there will
be preaching at the Quicltown
School House at three o'clock Sun
day June goth.
DR.. Ludlum in an ad. on another
page makes a great offer to those
suffering with that most painful of
all ills-toothache.
The fair and festival given by
tie ladies of the Church of the Good
Shepherd last Thursday added about
500 to their treasury.
1t is in the air that Liverynfan Geo.
g. Horton will contend at the Dem
ocratic primary for the nomination
for Sheriff. Success to all of them
Findlay's spotted Arabian horse,
so familiar to the people of the
town, succumbed suddenly Monday
while working on the new railroad.
Thirty-eight candidates success
fully passed the examination for en-
trance to West Point at the June
meeting of the Board of Examiners.
The Ladies of the Methodist Church
will hold a Lawn Party on July 4th,
on the lawn adjacent to the Church
Ice Cream and cake will be on sale
after 4 o'clock A cordial invitation
is extended TO all.
The Port Jervis Trustees consent
ed to allow the M, Nj. & N. Y. R. R.
to excavate the street along the
river three feet, the company ask
ed to lower it seven, at the place
where its road crosses.
A passenger train on the Central
Railroad of New Jersey left the track
at Glen Onoko, six miles above
Mauch Chunk, last Sunday. The
engineer and a newsboy were killed
and eleven were injured.
The Mauch Chunk Times is author
ity for the statement that ex-Cong-
ressman Mutchler thinks harmony
will prevail in the Democratic party
this fall and that Judge Gordon will
be its nominee for Governor.
Judge John j. Wickham of the
Superior Court, died last Saturday
at his home in Beaver, Pa. The
funeral took place Tuesday and was
largely attended. An grafton was
delivered by. Ex-Governor Beaver
The Republican State Convention
will be re-convened to nominate a
candidate in place of Judge Wick
ham, of the Superior Court, recent
ly deceased. Governor Hastings
will probably make no appoint
ment until after the nomination.
John M. Aldrich, of Milford Twp,
had the misfortune TO lose two fine
cattle last week He left a number
of wrappers which had contained
nitrate of soda, where the animals
obtained access to them. They lick
ed the paper and tits supposed were
poisoned.
Jacob Kadel, one of the suhstan-
tial business men of Port Jervis,
and very highly esteemed in that
community, died at his home last
Friday, aged 81 years. He was
born in Germany and ca me to this
country when Is years old, and for
over forty years has been a resident
of Port Jervis.
War news is pretty thoroughly
bottled up, and the most that comes
is only surmises or conjectures, or
unauthenticatedr reports and rumors.
The papers are full of dispatches
based on guesses, but facts are
meagre. The people must abide in
patience, but unless peace intervenes
there will in time no doubt be much
of news that will bring with it sor-
row and desolation to many homes.
The. Scientific American says un-
Stacked limo is best suited to remove
mold from cellars. 1t is blown in
the shape of a fine powder, on the
walls of the cellar and into the joint
and crevices by means of the bel
lows, or else throw with the hand.
Thewalls must be damp, dry walls
have to bepreviously moistened. The
lime slacks with the adhering water
and kills all organism, on the day
following the walls are washed off