Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-08-24
BRIEF MENTION.

The Milford niue i'm five innings
last Saturday yielded to the Mata-
moras boys by score of to 4.
John Tremp who has been serious
ly i'll is slowly recovering and his
restoration to good health seems on
ly matter of time.
The Farmers Institute for Pike
this year will be held at Milford |
December 21 and at Dingman' S Fer
~ December 22nd.
Mrs S. M. Craft. of Red Ridge |
farm, warns people not to trespass
or her lands in Milford township,
for any purpose whatever.
Franklin G. Jaeger an aged resi-
dent of Delaware township, died at
the home of his grand nephew, Geo.
N, Tuesday night. His age was so
years.
A largely attended fancy dress ball
was givenat the Sawkill House last
Saturday night. The costumes were
fine and in several instances especi-
ally unique
The assessments made in several
townships in this county, elsewhere
mentioned, prove quite as conclu-
sively as does the vote that the spot
is green, Does it pay to keep it so.
A team belonging to J. w. Pin
chot became frightened Monday by
an engine at the Pike st crossing in
Port Jervis. One of the horses had
its hind leg badly cut by rearing ov-
er the pole of the wagon.
The parties owning the Shohola
Falls property have been cutting the
hay on the Meadows and about 20
tons will be gathered. A baler was
taken up this week to put it in con-
vienent form for shipping.
The largest locomotive in the
world was recently built for the
Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie
r. r. II weighs 1876 tons, the tender
20 tons and can haul on the level
nearly eight thousand tons ten miles
an hour.
A runaway horse on Hartford ST.
last Monday jeopardized the safety
of Miss Flora Rochotte, and a colofed
driver, who were in the wagon.
Both Jumped out and fortunately
escaped injury, but the wagon was
badly broken.
Thos. M. Brink, the we'll known
and successful salesman, has become
connected with the wholesale house
of j w. Mathews e. Co., of New
burg. His experience and ability
qualify him for the position to an
eminent degree
S. o. Bushkirk, of Clark county,
is curiosity. He has shed his skin
annually since birth, the peeling be-
ginning in June aud consuming
about a month. Finger and toe
pails become loose, are discarded
and new ones grow on.
Jacob Wacker was the only man
in town who had sufficient courage
to swap horses with the Gypsies who
| oo,,Da1 fOr eovara1 1oxs nam fla
Grand View Hotel. Jake traded his
grey trotter for another of darker
color and the question is, who got
stuck?
Clarence a son,of Charles NJ. and
Sarah E. Drake, Partridge, died at
his home in jamestown, N. Y, Aug
ust 16 aged thirty-two years. His
mother is a daughter of the late
Ephriam Drake, of Dingman town
ship. The remains were inferred at
Nyack, N. Y.
, The Paris Exposition letter in this
and the preceding issue of the Press
is from Prof. Sommerville who has
ample opportunity to observe and a
facile pen to portray the sights and
scenes which come under his eye.
They will be read with avidity as be-
ing both interesting anG instructive.
The Paupac mail route seems to
TO have stirred upa commotion there
, We give space for two communica-
tions designed to shed light on this
matter, and leave the public to form
. its own conclusion. Had they sent
their neighbor to Harrisburg he
might have some time, when the
o boys were not looking or all away,
; passed law REGULATE mail routes
i and things. Alas, the flow of Ger
o man beer
J, There is a good fighting chance to
elect Republican in this, the sth
4 congressional district this fall. There
}. is every prospect of an old fashioned
: row among the Democrats over theii
o candidate, and there will be bearI
burnings and soreness among them
With a good candidate we can at.
Q tract many voters from their ranks
!: who have no patience with the