Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-10-18
BRIEF MENTION.

iuuA0iS W HIS lbm6 DY SUCKING z
real fierce wild boar. These pig
hunts must be grand sport
The funds for ransom Of Miss Ella
NJ. Stone, the abducted American
missionary, have been forwarded by
the state department at Washington.
A Pennsylvania is said to have
discovered a method of tempering
copper, which if success, will ex-
pand the use of that metal in
finitely.
Herr Most has been sentenced to
a years imprisonment for publish
ing an alleged seditious article in his
paper the day after McKinley's as
.sassinatiou.
We were slightly in error last
week as to the date for the nuptials
of Miss Blanche Wood and J. F.
Terwilliger. The happy event will
occur Thursday, Oct 3lst.
Cape Nome is in a state of terror
ism. Robbers are frequent occur
renee, men are sandbagged in broad
daylight when caught in lonely
places, and sluice box robberies are
frequent.
Admiral Sampson is very weak
physically, and a constitutional diff
Guilty makes it impossible for his
system to respond to remedies. He
is subject to periods of absolute for
getfulness.
1t is expected that congress will
be asked to appropriate 800, 900 to
pay the expenses of President Nc
Kinley's illness and compensation
for the surgeons and physicians who
treated him.
James Young, postmaster at
Grand Tunnel, Luzerne county, felt
that he getting rich too fast on his
salary of thirteen cents day and
resigned. The government is now
looking for n successor.
Recently special efforts have been
made to create two new cardinals
for this country but 1t was positive
ly declared that so long as Leo XIII
is pope and Gibbons cardinal there
will be no new ones for America.
Small pox is breaking out here
and there over the state and as this
is a cold weather disease every pre-
caution should be taken not only to
prevent its appearance but to ins
stantly quarantine any suspected
case.
Posting your cultivated lands will
afford protection from hunters and
The PREss Office is prepared to fur
nish trespass notices printed on
muslin at very reasonable rates.
Parties can do this by mail if not
convenient to call,
The first monument erected at
Valley Forge in memory Of the Rev
olutiOnary soldiers who died there in
the winter of 1777-8 will be unveiled
and dedicated with appropriate ex-
ercises tomorrow. The Daughters OF
the Revolution have collected the
funds necessary, about ten thousand
dollars.
Mrs. E. ID. Gillespie, a great
granddaughter Of Benjamin Frank
lin, died at her Philadelphia home
last Saturday aged 81 years. She
was a great social leader and an au-
thority on the history of Philadel'
phia families, knew Stephen Girard
and the celebrities of her day and is
the author of a work named, "Book
of Remembrances."
Last week Mrs. Henrietta Stradel
obtained a verdict in Monroe against
the county for $15, ,788 for injurie;
sustained by her in a bicycle accident
at the bridge over BrOdheads creek
in 1899. Her back was broken. Th'
evidence showed that there was {
loose plank in the bridge and that i
had no guard rails. Her bicycle
struck the plank and she fell over the
side.
W. S. Bennett, Esq, a son of Jas
Bennett of Port Jervis, has beei
nominated for the 21st assembly
district of New York by the repub
licans and his election is assured
This will be his second term and hi
first won him high encomiums iron
his fellow members. He is a read.
speaker, a good debater. an excellen
lawyer, and withal perfectly ineor
ruptible.
The Yale celebration of its 2OOt
anniversary, at which Presider
Roosevelt will be present and receiv
the degree Of LII. d., occurs Oct. 1
10 "a. Many distinguished guest
including members Of the cabine
foreign ministers, presidents and pre-
fessors of other colleges, and person
from nearly every country on eartt
will attend. 1t will be a great even
for the sons Of CELL"