Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-03-23
SANDYsTON IN GENERAL.

am sorry to announce that the success
II the Creamery ut Bevans is very much in
louht. Tue engine and apparatus for
,hurnins vas placed in position on Friday
but the difficulty now is to get the cows.
A lmb r OF pattons propose selling their
milk to Pennsylvania party, while others
will not take their milk to the creamery
at all This is unfortunate, as ali thought
the eanery would be success, but as
things ST nd now its prospects are not
bright.
Town meeting, for once, passed of with |
out he usual struggle for office. About |
one qua Ter of our voters turned out, and
no interest was munife ted.
Up in Montague they had hot time of
it and some Of the officials were elected by
very small majorities.
Correspondents should omit the visits of
parties calling upon their best girl; ii give=
them away Correspondents should have
some respect for the feelings Of the young
Mr. Alfred Elicit came home on Satur
day st, and repoi is that Mrs. Elicit is i'm
pioving rs fast us could be expected He
expects to bring her h me in few days il
she continues to improve.
Madison Shay has rented the Maria b
Van Etten farm, now occupied by Edward
Layton, and will move there )n April LIST.
The snow storm of the past week has
given us excellent sleighing and if tho
weather remains like it was on Sunday
morning it will laso for some time. Our
theremonter marked 10 degrees belo zero
Jersey is going to Ii We a new school law
and If the Senate don't change some of its
prov isions we will have one that will do
away with abentceism, make the school
tax rate at 23I mills, marks out the duties
of the truant officer ana so on until we be
gin to think the the new law is away
ahead of that of any other state. l an
afraid there is a joker in it somewhere, in
which it may benefit the populous counties
to the detriment of the more sparsely set
tied. The new law also says that newly
elected trustees must make affidavit that
they possess the necessary qualifications
for the positions. l would like to see the
man, who If elected would not swear to
hat
From what l eau CLEAN from the Tress
the census enumerator will have - big list
of questions TO ask you when he calls in
June next. 1t would he good idea for
every body to make out the answers now
ana when the census man comes along you
are ready
ranchville had volcanic eruption a
day or two ago, something similar to what
we occasionally have in Sandyston and ii
was promptly squeeched by the chief mar
shal, who landed one party in Jail and the
other two in the cast-lron cooler of the Dor
ough
Martin Reed of Branchville is picking up
calves as usual and is running IA wagon
eekly through township. Buyers of cal
yes, for shipping to the city markets, have
to be careful what they send or they may
have their shipment confscated.
James Bevans of Hainesville was oper
ated ON for appendicitis on the 14th inst
by DR.. Hughes of Layton, and Swartwou
of Port Jervis.
The patient is getting along nicely.
A r. Kintner who has been confined t.
his house for long time from an attack o
paralysis died on Thursda night, aget
about 66 years.
Interment on Sunday in the Hainesvill
cemetery
Among the seriously SICK notice Mrs
j. b. Rosenkrans, John V. Major and AL
bert Rosenkrans The is more sick
ness in this valley, at the present time
than have known in years, and is most
pulmonary troubles.
Isaac Kitt'e will remove from Layto
to the Mrs. Everett house in Hainesvill
: this spring,
OuI Legislature has increased the Stat
appropriation for 100000 to 5000, 600 dollar
for stone roads. Jersey is noted for ba
roads, and now that the State mas made
liberal appropriation there is nothing
hinder us from having good stone roads
which the appropriation is for. Hardysto
Tsp has voted for stone roads, but ar
will be some time before Sandyston ge
into the pr cession, but stone roads al
, bound to come Road machines and gu
ter mud will be our doomn for some time
| The dwelling of Richard Ryerson stu
= ted one mile north of Tuttles Corner VI
destroyed by fire about noon on the lat
Mr. Ryerson was away from home at woI
and when discovered by his wife the upp'
part of the house was in fl mes. Nothir
of value was saved. Insured in ths Rea
ington $3.50. on the building and the san
= on contents.