Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-04
BRIEF MENTION.

Albert q. Wallace, OF Milford
Borough was appointed mercantile
appraiser Dec 30th.
! Rev. G. w. Gillespie, of Port Jer-
Wis, preached stirring sermon in
the Presbyterian church last even
ing.
Geo. Daumau has rented his
Montague farm, just across the riv-
er, to Walden Ayers for the ensuing
year.
A wagon in which l.. Geiger and
Fritz Gerhurds were riding was run
into Wednesday by another vehicle
and both were thlown out and quite
badly injured.
Francis Xavier Frieh, of Boston.
brother of the late George A.
Frieh, died at that city Tuesday
Dec. 26, 1899. aged about 45 years.
His death was due to pneumonia.
The stockholders of the Milford
Cemetery Association Monday re.
elected the former managers. II. b.
Wells, c. w Bull, Moses Detrick,
William Mitchell and William An
gle.
A large party which had been
spending New Years days with
Mrs. Goldsmith at Silver Lake din-
ed at the Centre Square Hotel Tues
day on their way home to Philadel-
phia.
Married, at the M. E. church,
Aldenville, Wayne Co., Dec. p,
1899, by Rev F. G. Smith pastor,
assisted by Rev. Smith of the Baptist
church, Lille May Drake, youngest
daughter of S. S. Drake. and Frank
&. Van Denburgh of the same place.
Ebenezer Warner entertained at
his cosy home on Broad street Jan
uary 1st Robert Warner Reid and
wife and George Warner AMI fami-
ly. John G. Warner and wife are
at St Augustine, Florida, at present
and may visit Cuba in the near fu-
ture.
Being a Democrat down in Mon
roe Co. involves both courage and
self denial. The commissioners, all
of whom are Democrats, reduced
the salary of the clerk from 5000
to SIOO and S. l.. Mosier had the
self-denial to accept. There were
sixteen applicants.
We are in receipt, through the
courtesy of A. r Sherman Superin.
tendent, of a very neat and handy
calender of c. G. Smoot & Sons Co.
of North Wilkesboro, n. G.. Their
| buildings cover considerable ground
aud it would look from their size as
if ZAP" must be a pretty busy man.
The commissioners and auditors
have fixed the compensation of the
newly installed county treasurer at
the same rate paid last year on
money received on county duplicates
2 per cent. and on money paid ont
2 per cent. except on personal prop
erty taxes received from the Com
monwealth IA per cent. No per
cent for payment of temporary
loans.
Joseph A. Buckley, of Delaware
township, having sold his farm, as
is reported to Jared Dundas, will,
Jan 23d sell at public sale on the
premises his live stock, farming i'm
plements and household goods, and
the same week will leave for his
new home in Washington where his
sons are engaged in business. Della
ware will lose, and the community
in which he locates will gain, a
most estimable and worthy citI.
zen Our best wishes go with him
for prosperity, happiness and a long
life in which to enjoy them.
William R. Smith, of Parker,
Glen, was arrested by postal in
spector last Friday and taken tC
Philadelphia charged with having
used unlawful means to secure fol
himself an increase in salary. Hi,
method, as set forth in the aftidav
, it for which the warrant was issued
was TO return a larger number o
stamps cancelled than were in fac
f cancelled His returns for July
| August and September showed tn,
total amount of cancellations IN hi
+ office to he $121 A where in fact i
should have been $9637 U. S
5 Commissioner Craig held HIM il
= $500 bail.
= c. A. Snow d Co., Patent Law
: yers, opposite the United States Pat
ent Office, Washington ID. c., VIII
have actual clients in every city an
town Of the United States and Cana
da ranort that pax-ar hafora in tbai