Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-03-16
sANDYsTON IN GENERAL.

day morning of pneumonia, aged n
years. No one will be more missed
in this community than Mr.. Layton
for he was accommodating and gen
erous to fault He was promi
nent helper in the church, and the
appeal of the needy was always re
sponded to by him He was mar
ried to Miss Melicent Kyle in 1874
She died in 1898 and in 1894 he mar
ried Miss Libbie Wintermute whO
survives him. There is no child bY
eihter marriage He is survived by
two brothers and one sister. John
of Bevans, Stewart of Branchville
and Mrs. Christi INA wife of Geo
Hornbeck of Port Jervis.
The Sandyston B. of Ed. met on
Saturday and passed a resolution
asking the town for 400 dollars for
schools for the ensuing year. A
thousand is needed, and then the
school houses could be made com
Portable.
The American people are so en-
crossed in reading about the Beers
fight for liberty, as to forget Uncle
Sam has a little trouble in the Phil
ppines The sufferings of our boys
are great, and to add to it all insnn-
ity is claiming many victims Jus
read Genl. Joe Wheelers daughters
words upon her return to this coun.
try, and one wonders why this was
ever undertaken.
Our Board of Education is noti-
fed to meet at a certain time and
place and the general public knows
nothing of such a meeting unless
told by some member of the Board
1t is the same with our Committee
People having business with that
body are not told when they meet,
consequently if they wish to know
they must hunt up member and
ask. Four or five notices of meet
ings would do the business, to the
satisfaction of ali.
Mrs. Lizzie Jaeger, of Madison, i,
spending a few days visiting friends
and relatives around Uentreville.
Latest reports as to the condition
of Mrs. Alfred Ellet who is now il
N Y hospital say she is ding a!
we'll as can be expected. Upon eX
animation at the hospital it wa.
found that her ailment was cancer
of the stomach. 1t was necessary
to remove part of that organ, ant
a piece of intestine leading from the
stomach. She bore the operation
very well, and it is hoped the opera
tion may prove successful and shC
restored to her family and health.
The small boy trapper tells me
that he caught a fine ground hog il
his traps last week. l should thlnl
such weather as we had on Monday
would keep his hogship at the bot
tom of his hole
For several days last week coup
le of men enjoyed a regular "tare'
at one of our hotels, and abused cit
izens entering or passing ard a
night q young man was knocked
down and beaten. l supposed that
keepers of hotels were obliged t
protect patrons, but according t
the antics of the past week their oil
legation to do so ends with collect
ing 10 cents for the drink. Out. sid
ers will soon think Sandyston is in
haSited by half civilized race.
We are to have a new schoC
law, or amendments to the law no.
: in force, and whether it will benef
the rival districts or not, 1 do nc
know, but am afraid it is for th
benefit of such counties as Esse
Bergen, Hudsin etc. Hon. E. E
Smith thinks some changes in th
bill may be made in the Senate, bu
Mr.. Smith will stand up for his cor
stituents, that's sure.
About fifty or more young foll
met at Mrs. Cross, near Bevans, o
, Friday evening aud under the mar
ipulation or the violin by Hon. K
e. Smith, kept things humming III
Til we'll on toward ming. tn
same evening a Mitz party was hel
at Mr.. Joshua Shays and nearly /
many attended that, but what wa
dish of ice cream aud Need
Eye" compared TO shaking the poi
The necessary machinery is bein
placed in the creamery building {
Bevans. and in very few days I'll
farmers can take their milk to it
stated in my last that A.
Kintner was 76 years of age.
should have read Sc yrs. His mott
er resides with a grand daughtt
here and at the age of SS is as nln
BILE as many women of 40 and Ca
E get about nearly as spry.
Southern Pines, N. c., is ne
! established will ge on the Seaboal
Air Line. Hundreds of Mother
people go there every winter and a
seem pleased at the grand climai
and the enterprise manifested c
every hand Piney Woods Inn, a
elegant new hotel offers splendid a
commodations at very modera
rates and as natural result is alwal
+ crowded. You can buy excursiC
tickets to Southern Pines. so Il
fare cost but little, but is alwa,
best TO write ahead for accomod
tions at Piney Woods Inn. IN;
a FrIghful BIundSr
Will often cause horrible bur
T scald, cut or bruise. Bucklen's A
}. MICA salve, the best in the worl
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