Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-07-26
BRIEF MENTION


Thursdays Of each week.
Charles Whitaker Of Delaware is
seriously i'll at the home of his sister,
Mrs. d. II. Hornbeck, inthis borough.
Sullivan county is complaining of
a paucity of boarders and not near
ly the usual complement is said to
be present within her confines.
Associate Judge E. R. Enbody of
Carbon county will be candidate
for congress this fall against J.. H.
Barber
Rev. E. N smead of Princeton
Theological Seminary will preach
the next and following Sabbaths,
July 2s and Aug. A.
Mrs. Kruger, wife of former Pres
ident Kruger of the South African
republic, died at Pretoria last Sat
urday after an illness of three days
of pneumonia.
Boxes in the grand stand at the
driving park were sold Tuesday ev-
ening to Dr.. w. B. Kenworthey, L.
G. Plume and j r.. Thornton. The
latter also secured the privileges for
the sale of soft drinks
The ball game last Saturday be
tween Port Jervis and Milford was
won by the former. Score II to 1.
In the game Monday between Mil
ford and picked nine from the
town the former won by score of
20 to IL.
Monday, July 22, was the 122nd
anniversary of the battle of Mini
sink fought near Lackawaxen be-
tween Brant and his forces and a
company of $50 Orange county mil.
itia, over forty of whom were killed
in the fight
The barn of John Wohlfarth in
Shohola was struck by lightning July
9th and with most of the contents
consumed. The loss, partially covered
by insurance through the agency of
Hon. ]. j. Hart, is about 81, 500 and
the policy of 81, 900 has been paid.
One reason offered as an incon
venience of the new fashion is that
every lady horse will be bound to
stop in front of every polished win
dow to see whether her hat is on
straight. 1t Is urged that such con-
duct will provoke great delay to the
ordinary course of business.
At the adjourned hearing held
July 20, after hearing the evidence,
Chief Burgess Wolf fined Fred Myer
SO and William Miller and George
e. Hoffman IS each. This is the
matter which arose out of the Fourth
of July scrap with some young men
from Matamoras and Port Jervis.
Rev. NJ. Seymour Purdy of New
Brunswick, N. j., who is supplying
the church at Cuddebackville, N.
Y, for the summer, occupied the
pulpit of the Presbyterian church
here last Sunday and left a very fa-
vorable impression on his hearers
His sermons are succinct and well
delivered.
Bass fishing here is excellent and
many good catches are beirg made
The fish are of fine size and run
quite uniform. Not many trout
have heen taken this season and
the size has been small Drouth
last summer and the low water in
winter which allowed the stream,
to freeze to the bottom probably
killed most of the fish.
The heat in the western states thi.
week was the worst in their history
! At several places in Missouri, Iowa
Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky tn,
thermometer rose to 1Os. The corr
crop will probably be seriously af
fected and it is predicted will be on
third less than the usual product o
the corn growing belt, which i
about two billion bushels.
Bonds have been rendered to an,
accepted by H. L. Davenport and J
Victor Rosencrance by the Milfori
g Dingman railroad for damage t
/ lands in Delaware township AM
that company has done some worl
during the past two weeks in tn
vicinity of Cave bank. Later de
, velopments may inform us as to Il,
, real motive for this activity.
s The parties who have reoentl
? purchased the electric light plant
the gas company and the trolle
3 road in Port Jervis are said TO con
( template building an electric roa
to Milford within the next year
Such a step win show them to b
level headed business men who IN
] derstand how to make a profit. ]
would be an excellent happenin
for Port Jervis if this promise
3 fulfilled and would greatly beneh
Milford likewise.