Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-01-04
BRIEF MENTION.

vi ob Og0tef buy Jun
P. F Steele who has been i'll with
fever is improving
Like castor oil, advice is much
easier to give than to take
Hon. j J Hart has taken Office
rooms in Browns building.
Old Point Comfort club had an
New Years night,
The things that make women sit
down and cry make men get up and
swear.
Rev. Thomas Nichols is confined
to his home with an attack of
grippe.
A Knight to the Holy land did re-
pair He had a collie, when aud
where?
A large party of young people
went out to Knobs pond skating,
New Years night
CO. Armstrong was confined to
his house couple of days this
week with a severe cold.
The trouble with great many
men is that they mistake their hats
for telephones when they talk
The difference between ''boozer''
and a wagon wheel is one soaks and
sets and the other sets and soaks.
Nathan Emery has been for sever
al days afflicted with a severe cold
which incaplcitates him from worF.
When a person wields a tarred
stick he ought not to whine if peo-
pie with self respect keepaloof from
him.
The Commissioners have appoint
ed Walter Vetterlein Of Palmyra
Tsp, mercantile appraiser for this
year
A girl in love is at a loss to find
language to express her thoughts,
but it is quite different after she
marries.
The firemaen Tuesday elected for
chief Thomas Armstrong, first as
sistant A. d. Brown, second assis'
ant Dunham Gregory.
George Raser, under indictment
in Sussex Co. for horse stealing, re-
Gently entered plea of guilty He
has not yet been sentenced.
Thos. Armstrong; delivery wag-
on and DR.. Barckleys carriage collid-
ed last Saturday on Hartford street
badly damaging both vehicles.
There ought to be a law in this
State prohibiting skating on ponds
on which ice is gathered We be-
heve New Jersey has such an act
Miss Lucy Bournique gave party
last Saturday night, Mrs j. Hart
entertained New Years eve aud
Harry Armstrong had number Of
guests New Years night
VIM. Angle, with the AID OF his
son Clarence, an helper L. b. His
sam. shod forty horses the last day
of the century. This is record
breaker for ten hours work.
George, a son of Louis J. Wagner.
met with very painful accident
last Saturday night while walking
off the ice at Wells dam In some
manner he fell and broke his thigh
bone near the hip.
The House of Representatives at
Harrisburg was organized Tuesday
by the election of William Il. Mar
shall as speaker and the Senate or
ganized by eleeting William P Sny-
der President protein,
Among the men Of mark in Penn
sylvania appearing in the Press on
Tuesday were the portraits Of Hon
d. S. Lee State Senator for this dis
trict and Hon. Rogers L. Bennett
Representative from Monroe county,
As the Dispatch force was hoist
ing two forms from the lower to the
upper room Thursday evening the
rope broke and they both fell and
went into 'pi. Too much weighty
matter in them, and that is no joke
either.
P. F. Steele is filling the old Beam
shop, which has been converted into
an ice house, with ice, and in the
spring will remove from the farm
ia Milford township, which he ha.
occupied for several years, to the
house adjacent.
VIM. Padgett viii give a couoer
in Browns Hall this, Friday and to
morrow Saturday. evenings. Tn,
fun will consist of Edisons Phono
graph, Bill Ward the Yankee come.
dian, Uncle Ben. Carr who sings tn,
oldest songs on record, Uncle Ruiu
with old time stories, and Luthfor,
a colored wit. We bespeak for VIM
a good audience Admission 10 ant
I 20 cents. There win be- an enhr