Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-08-23
BRIEF MENTION.

Business in the Recorders Office this
week has been brisk as is shown by
the number of real estate transfers.
The M. E. church Sunday school
enjoyed picnic Yesterday at the
grove of H. L. Davenport at Coma
shaugh.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
congregation held their annual fair
and festival yesterday afternoon
and evening.
Up in Sullivan county, N. Y,
thousands of fish have been killed in
the Willowemoo creek, it is believed,
by pollution of the waters.
The races advertised to take place
at the Port Jervis driving park next
week have been declared off on ac-
count of the small entry list.
The proceeds of the fete Cham
petre held last week by the ladies Of
the Episcopal church were very sat
isfactory, about 5000 being the net
amount.
Charles Cooke, who spent much of
his boyhood in this town, has risen
on the ladder of his profession and
is now chief assistant engineer of
the big bridge building between
New York and Brooklyn.
Seven large tanks of the Stand
ard Oil Company at Philadelphia
filed with oil were destroyed this
week by fire, which caught from
lightning during the storm on Mon
day. A number Of men we're badly
burned by the explosion of ben
zine tank.
The following named guests are
staying at the home of Mrs. Thomas
Bradford in Woodtown: Mrs. j. e.
Connolly, Lewis Connolly, EIinor
Connolly, Miss Martha Kinder,
Missa rs Mary and Catherine ScanIOn,
Messrs. Pope, Whalers, Buelow and
OConnell.
The steamer Islander from Klon-
dixie struck an iceberg at the mouth
of the Lynn canal recently while on
her way south with a large number
of passengers and sank within fif-
teen minutes after. About seventy.
five lives were lost and a large
amnnnt of gold
Alfred J. Gilchrist, Esq, of
Brooklyn, who is we'll known here.
is a candidate for the nomination for
police magistrate in that city. His
friends will cordially wish him sue
cess in landing the prize, in which
THE Press heartily joins. He is
eminently fitted by training and
ability for the position.
The republican state convention
at Harrisburg Wednesday nominat-
ed Judge William P. Potter of AL
legheny for the supreme court and
State Representative Frank G..
Harris of Clearfield county for state
treasurer. The national and state
administrations were endorsed in
the platform and it also scores the
democratic party.
DR.. j. T. Rothrock, who had in.
tended to talk on the subject of for
estry at the club house of the For
est Lake association in Lackawaxen
Sept. IL, has written that on ac-
count of urgent duties elsewhere it
will be impossible for him to be
present at that time. He is a very
busy man looking after the extern
sive landed interests of the COM
inonwealth.
Last Sunday morning Edgar P.
Crissman favored the congregation
of the Presbyterian church with an
exquisite rendering of the beautiful
sacred song by Barnard entitled,
"The Plains of Peace" It was a
very attractive feature of the ser
vice. In the evening his voice was
again heard in conjunction with
that of Mrs. John D. Biddis in a
duet which was greatly enjoyed.
Heavy rains in the southern part
of the state Monday deluged Phila-
delphia and many other towns.
Railroads were torn up, trains de
layed and the lightning played
havoc in many places, and a large
oil tank in Philadelphia was struck
and burned. Allentown was partly
submerged and generally streets
and houses in several towns were
flooded and rivers and creeks over
flowed their banks.
Astounded the Editor.