Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-04
MATAM0RAS.
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Miss Cora Billman left town Saturday
morning for Binghamton to visit her
sister, Mrs. Ed Lord, who is spending the
summer in that city Cora will be absent
q week or ten days.
Floyd Fitzpatrick, who has been spend
ing part of his vacation at Yulan, at the
Brookside House, returned home Thurs
day.
Miss Sarah Drffie and Miss Rose Sim
mons, both of Brooklyn, N. Y, who have
been boarding at Brookside House, at Yu-
Ian, N Y, for sometime, are now the
guests of Mrs Youngs Fitzpatrick of Gun
pingham st. for few days.
The Ladies' c. u S. connected with
Hope church, contemplate holding mid
summer fair on August 18th and 18th at
Prescott's hall.
Miss Grace Ryman. Of Marksboro, and
Miss Emma Ryman, of Newark, and VIM.
Ryman, Of Montague, are guests Of Mrs.
Abe Huff on Pennsylvania avenue.
Miss Tessie Mannigan and friend, Miss
L. Wilkes, Of New York, have been the
guests of Miss Tessie's father, John Man
nigan, for few days.
Thomas Armstrong, wife and daughters
Bessie and Ruth, of Milford, Pa, called
on Prof and Mrs. S. A. johnson on Sun.
day afternoon.
William A Roberts and wife returned
from their wedding trip Sunday afternoon
and ara nOIv nj THAR hon,a IN Mountoiu N
avenue, p. j.
Martin Fisher and wife, of this place
spent Saturday and Sunday in Decker
town, N j They were the guests OF
Edward Fisher and wife of this place.
Miss LOttie Cottrell, Of this village, who
went to New York about two weeks age
for an operation, has developed diphtherir
and she has been removed to willard
Parker Hospital T ars. CotJreIl, hel
mother, visited her Tuesday and she re
ports Lottie doing we'll and hopes to b'
home shortly.
The Epworth Church Sunday Schoo
held their annual picnic, Thursday a
Frick's Grove.
Stanley French, clerk in Anderson I
drug store, Port Jervis, is ON his vacation
He left town Wednesday on his wheel fol
Middletown, Goshen and other places IL
Orange Co. We wish him a pleasant
trip. Stanley is a Matamoras boy.
Abe Huff and a party Of ladies visiteC
Raymondskill Falls on Tuesday. The!
report having had a p leasant time.
The pretty new house Of Mrs Kimble
on which Willie Wagner Is doing tn,
carpenter work is nearing completion i
is situated on Washington street Mr.
Wagner has built several fine houses IL
this village and all have given great salts
/ faction. We congratulate Mrs. Kimbl,
upon her handsome house.
The rain on Saturday evening mad
great havoc in the upper part of our pleas
ant village, not In many years past ha
their been such an immense quantity o
water precipateded and SO much damag
done by one rain storm A brook run
ming along side Of the road down Heater
hill was overaowed In front of the residence
of VIM Danny and that once hard ant
smooth road was transformed into liter
al mountain gully, for a distance OF 200 It
1t will be many days before travel cal
be resumed there. The lower portions o
Danley's barns and home were inundated
Three bridges seross the road were swep
away This spot Of desolation was yisite'
by fully go people on Sunday afternoon
Driller's brook was also Over-howed anC
the water flooded the street to Kessler'
store and thence along the NJ. & M Rail
| ROAD That road had aaVan VAahOutg
Seymour COykendAll lost a hundred chick
ems by the water. Buttermilk Falls wa
again made beautiful and were visited b.
a large number Of people Sunday after
noon. 1t is to be hoped Mstamoras vii
not be visited again by such a severe raj
storm. Fifteen years ago this brook ovel
flowed its banks aud done considerable
damage but not so much as It did IT
Gently, B.