Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-06-01
BRIEF MENTION.

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The new bank project moves for
ward slowly but surely.
T. Nelson has rented the Nissan
house on upper Broad street.
The Ladies' Club will pic mic at
/ Child's Park June fourteenth.
Frank Thrall cut his finger badly
Sunday with his bicycle chain.
VIM McCown is building an ad-
dition to his house on George street.
James Reser has rented and will
occupy the Mitchell house on 7th st.
A. Q. Wallace to accommodate
lis iucreasidg trade is enlarging his
store room.
A fire in Atkinsons lumber yard
at Hawley on Monday burned 50, 600.
worth of lumber,
O. S. Pitney has purchased two
lots adjoining his residence on 8 st !.
of the Peters est. for $3.50.
Frederick Fraley, President of the
Philadelphia Board of Trade, passed
his 9Gth milestone Monday.
A wall eyed pike, weighing eight
pounds, was caught one night this
week in th o shad net tConashaugh.
The Methodist conference in ses-
sion at Chicago this week refused to
change their rules as to amuse-
ments.
The county commissioners went
this week to inspect the site for the
proposed new county bridge in
Greene.
The Mexican property, in Shohola,
sold by the Sheriff last Saturday.
was bought by S. st. John Gardner
for $3.50
Mrs Catharine Gulick Wakeman,
of New York, mother of Mrs James
r. Bull, died recently at her home
after brief illness.
John P. and James P. VanEtten
bought the stock of goods in the
Pinchot store and will dispose of
them beginning tomorrow.
The story that Rev. Dixon of East
| Stroudsburg will be sued for invok
ing a curse on the rev brewery was
a canard pure and simple.
The new part of the Bluff House,
and the alterations in tho old, are
now completed and ready for the
occupancy of summer visitors,
John A. Watts is very busy build
ing another pond on the Vantine
House grounds. These little lake
lets are very attractive adjuncts.
Caskeys Hickory Grove Hotel
gave an opening dance Wednesday
evening which was well attended
There will be one given every We'd
nesday evening during the season.
}. w. Greening, of Rattlesnake,
hilled a small bear last week while
it was making an effort to dine on
one of his lambs. 1t weighed only
80 pounds, but had good taste in
selecting its provender.
The j. G. Aver Co., of Lowell
Mass, has sent out very handsc me
souvenir of the House of Aver, show
ing the progress during fifty years
in building up the immense business
which the company now does
Memorial day passed off very
quietly in town. The usual compile,
ment of people from the city was
not present, owing to the fact thai
the day fell at the middle of tho
week when a vacation would neces
arily be short.
Metz Brothers have put in gaso
line engine and strong force pump
to furnish their new house Will
water from the driven we'll boreC
last spring. The water is excellen
and the supply ample. 1t is pumped
to a large tank on the third story o
the house and from there distribut
ed where required.
Emigration to Cape Nome, it i
estimated, will not likely excee'
fifteen thousand from the States thi
summer. Those arriving early ar
likely to experience great hardship il
? landing. In 1899 the ice disappeare
June 2lst and how those arriyin
!, about the first of the month are t
land is a problem of infinite Difficult
d ty The fatality is likely TO be large
= The census enumerators begi
their work to-day. The question
4 they win ask are all for the purpos
n Of ascertainining the statistics {
Is the country as exactly as possible
d and every one shouldanswer promp
. ly and as correctly as they posses
n the information. This will lighte
their burdens and aid the govern
ment in making the census what
D. is intended to be, a correct option
r Of the country in its population al
- every branch ofindustry.
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