Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-10-17
sANpYsTON

buck wheat crop has been 30 badly
damaged by the heavy rains that !
am afraid the quality Of the cakes
will be damaged. too. and that ia a
serious thing to lovers Of that edi-
BILE.
The caucus for the election Of
delegates to the county convention
for the nomination Of a sheriff,
county clerk and member OF assem-
bly, brought out quite a crowd on
Saturday afternoon No opposition
to the ticket was made and every
thing went as smoothly as you
please.
Abram johnson sports a new rub
Der tired carriage, a present from a
son in Newark, and can now enjoy
carriage riding to his hearts con-
tent.
Some Of our squirrel loving friends
are Of the opinion that the law re-
lating to their shooting should be
changed allowing them to be killed
from Oct. instead Of Nov. 10 as
the law now stands They say the
animals are in as good condition as
they viii be at any time now and
IN fact they are being shot at the
present time, Notwithstanding the
penalty of TIE law.
L. T. Smith is busy buying apples
and up to the present has engaged
nearly thousand barrels. The
fruit is perfect but is so plentiful
that 81 per barrel is the price, the
seller to deliver his apples at the
Branchville railroad station. There
ism t bonanza in the business for
the farmer.
Sussex county has a new superin-
tendent of schools in the person of
Ralph Decker, principal of the pub
lie school at Dsckertown Luther
Hll, the outgoing superintendent,
has held the Office since 1876, and
was extremely popular with both
teachers and pupils. May his sue
cessor prove as acceptable.
The frolic at the Bevan cemetery
to dig post holes and erect a pipe
and stone post fence did not prove a
success. Another effort will be
made when farmers are not so busy
and the work completed.
E. E. Smith of Bevans has been
appointed assessor of this town vice
John J. Van Sickle resigned. Jake
made a first class assessor to the
satisfaction of all and Mr.. Smith
will no doubt fill the bill in this po-
sition.
Some people are talking that the
apple crop of the west is failure.
clip the following from the Shelby
Guard, a paper published at Shelby
Vile, Missouri ''Statistics complied
by the Frisco railroad for the Land
Of the big red apple for the crop OF
1902 show a total of 29O,110 barrels
for Missouri " 1t would seem that
5he west has some of this fruit.
Our candidates for Office now have
the nomination and can lay back
and fan only waiting the counting
of the votes. The election of the
sheriff is not q sure thing this year.
Another thing is funny, candidate
for sheriff captured the Sand ystor
delegates and l am wondering how
he did it. Hardly a man here had
ever heard of Mr.. Beatty.
The proposed new road from Tut.
ties Corner to near Culver's Gap is
a frequent topic of discussion. On
Friday last a half dozen surveyors
Of highway in company with En-
gineer KOnkle went over ths route
l tramped along and all we're sur
prised to fnd the route following
the stream 80 free from any hills.
In fact there Is no hill or steep pitch
in the entire piece. The present
road is all hill and hollow and the
people Of this valley strongly favor
following the stream.
Charles A. Hill, formerly of this
town, is visiting friends in this
| township. Comrade Hill served
three years in Troop NJ, Sd q. s
Cavalry IN the Philippines. He i.
looking hale and hearty am happy
to say.