Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-07-19
BRIEF MENTION.
Miss Bird Williamson of New York
is visiting friends in town.

Miss Bird Williamson of New York
is visiting friends in town.
The Porter's Lake club has bought
fifty fawns of Worthington's Buck
wood Park at Shawnee and they are
now being captured.
1t is stated that Attorney General
Elkin has given an opinion that the
law passed by the recent legislature
does not legalize fishing on Sunday.
Hon. j. J. Hart, after an enforced
absence from his office for three
weeks on account of sickness in his
family, is again at his place of bust
ness.
John P. Van Etten, whose hand
was badly injured short time ago
by coming in contact with a saw, is
out again and the wound is healing
very nicely.
p. NJ Mills of the Crissman House
has installed a new plant for fur
nishiDg beer on tap and customers
can now procure a glass ice cold
fresh from the keg.
Get prices on Mason's fruit jars,
all sizes, at Ryman q Wells before
purchasing else where. They can
show you nice furniture, too, and
many other serviceable articles.
j. Victor Rosencrans of Newton,
N. j., was in town Tuesday on no.
tice that a bond would be presented
to the judges to indemnify him for
land taken in Delaware township.
Robert H. Newell, veteran
newspaper man and widely known
as the writer of the ""Orpheus c..
Kerr" papers, was found dead in his
room in Brooklyn July II. His age
was 65 years.
The Grand View Hotel gave a very
enjoyable dance last evening which
was participated in by a considerable
number Of people. 1t had several
arrivals this week and has the pros
pect of very fair season.
D. w. Cooke has been appointed
general passenger agent of the Erie
vice D. I. Roberts resigned. Mr.,
Cooke has been connected with rail.
roading for the past twenty years
both in the east and west.
Rev. Homer Macmillan of Bogota,
N. j., preached in the Presbyterian
church here last Sunday morning
and evening and gave very excellent
sermons. His delivery is forceful
and animated and his addresses are
well conceived and thoughtful pro-
ductions. 1t is expected that he
will be present next Sunday also.
Lewis NJ. Toulon, for many years
chief clerk in the superintendent s
office of the Erie of Port Jervis and
a prominent member of the Masonic
fraternity, died last week after a
brief illness. The funeral under
the auspices of the Port Jervis
Lodge No. 1928 F. g. A. M. was held
last Sunday.
Lightning during the storm We'd
nesday was vivid and startling. Il
struck a tree near the residence O
ID. Unsworth on Hartford street; alsC
trees along Water street, and the
house of G. b. Quinn in Dingmar
township, and quite stunned PhiliI
Meisenhelder who happened to be il
there. Several people around towr
felt the elusive fluid tingle in theil
bodies and were somewhat shocked
but none were injured. The rain fel
in sheets at Conashaugh and was ac
companied with little hail.
The governor has approved an ac
authorizing, empowering and di
recting the county commissioner
to pay constables for services rem
dered in ma king returns to cour
and for attending general, special
borough, township or ward election
and travelling expenses inciden
thereto since Jan. 1, 1897. Also al
act encouraging the planting o
trees along the Toadsides and pro
viding penalties for killing or re
moving or injuring the same an,
for keeping record by the super
vlsors of roads of the trees so plant
ed and upon which a tax or abate
ment has been granted.
Johns and DeVoes paints at w,
q. Mitchells.