Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-06-07

The commencement exercises of
the Milford schools will take place
next Monday evening at the court
house at 7.3O.
The condition of Mrs. Mckinley
does not materially improve and is
far from reassuring. though being
an invalid she may live many years.
It would be a good idea to have
the loose stones raked off the roads
leading to town. This would make
them much pleasanter to drive.
Part of the semi-annual returns
of the assessors of births and deaths
have been filed and when they are
complete will be published in the
PREss.
Tory Bosler now carries a mail
d' TO the homes up Raymonds-
II Valley going as far as Ira B.
= 5e's. IL is private subscription
rangement.
Celim L. Seymour of Matamoras
was badly injured by a piece of
stone or of the chisel with which he
was cutting it striking him in the
eye Wednesday morning, The sight
may be destroyed.
4. I Roberts, who for many
years has been the Erie's general
passenger agent, has rendered his
resignation, to take effect July 1st.
Delos V. Cooke, assistant passenger
agent, has been appointed to the
place.
San Jose scale has appeared in the
fruit districts of the Hudson river
valley and the pest is being fought
by the state officers in conjunction
with the growers. Fruit interests
will be jeopardized if the insects
are not suppressed.
George D. Heron, Christion so.
cialist, was expelled from member
ship in the Congregational church
at Grinnell, Iowa, Tuesday, for i'm.
moral and un-Christian conduct.
He deserted his wife, secured a di-
voroe and subsequently married a
Miss Rand
A very pretty wedding occurred
in the Presbyterian church at Della
ware Water Gap Monday when Miss
Marguerite, daughter of j. Davis
Brodhead, was united in marriage
to G. Howard Tate of New York,
manager of the art department OF
Munsey's magazine.
Rev J. w Lowden of the Re-
formed church of Dingman's will
hold services at the Upper Walpack
church in New Jersey next Sabbath,
June 9. Services at Dingman's s in
the morning and at Bevans in the
afternoon A cordial invitation is
extended to all to be present.
Seven inches of water fell during
the 20 days it rained in May. This
means seven million pounds Of
water to the square mile or about
five and half tons to the square
acre. From this any one can easily
figure the weight of water which
fell on his premises during that per
b iod
The force of men employed on the
railroad from Stroudsburg to Bushkil
has been largely increased and thu
contractors expect to have the worl
completed by July 1st. The mex
! step it is said will be to build a lin,
from Stroudsburg to Saylorsburg 81
2 as to make a direct route to Phila
delphia.
Considerable interest centers oI
> the bills now being railroadeC
through the legislature at Harris
burg to permit laying tracks ol
streets not now occupied and th'
bill to provide for the erection o
elevated and underground railways
The idea is prevalent that they arr
T aimed at the johnson schemes t,
f provide cheap fares and are in thu
( interest of corporations and not o
t the people. which would seem to b
! a natural inference.
Two human skeletons were un
earthed recently by workmen ol
! the Erie short cut near Goshen, N
Y. They were found about Is fee
, below the surface and are suppose'
= to be the remains Of Indians burie,
g long ago. The hair found with tn
{ skulls was black and very straight
4 Nothing was found besides to lea
to Identification. It was customar
. to bury Indians in a sitting postur
= and to place with them their weaI
< ons and trinkets. The absence c
these would cast some doubt on th
correctness Of the supposition tina
> they were Indian skeletons.
A Terrible Explosion
"Of a gasoline stove burned a lad
s here frightfully," writes N. E. Pa
s mer, Of Kirkman, la. "The be