Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-03-07
BRIEF MENTION

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the high water last week.
Snow fell here Wednesday to the
depth Of eight inches but the wea-
ther cleared yesterday and was
warm and pleasant
The annual election Of Milford
Hook and Ladder, No. 1, will be
held Friday evening. March IA, at 8
p. m. at the borough building.
II. w. buchanan will occupy his
farm in Dingman Twp. after April
ist and G. H. MeCarty, the present
tenant, will remove to this borough.
There is quite a scarcity Of fodder
in this section and the high prices
preclude farmers from buying much
feed 80 early grass will be a great
boon.
Ex-County Commissioner James
H. Heller will remove his family
April 1st from Centre Square to the
James Bosler house on Catharine
street.
At the sherifas sale of the Ludwig
property in Delaware township held
last Saturday NJ. b. McCarty, the
plaintiff in the writ, became the pur-
chaser for $500.
A large flock Of blue birds was
seen up in Dingman township last
Saturday. These are said to be har-
bingers Of spring and everybody is
hoping the saying may be true.
William Retallick, expecting to
move, will have a sale of stock,
household goods and farming tools
at his place two miles from Ding.
mans Ferry Tuesday, March IS, be-
ginning at 10 a. M.
Geo. II. McCarty will have a pub
lie sale of stock and farming imple-
ments Saturday, March %, at p. m.
at the Buchanan farm in Dingman
township. He has an especially fine
colt which will be offered.
Ernest Rigny will remove this
spring from the farm of Mrs. Jor-
don in Milford township TO the Dali
loz boarding house in Dingman.
It is rumored that John Durling
will occupy the vacated premises.
Charles Person, recently elected
constable of Delaware township, was
arrested last week for furnishing
liquors to persons on election day,
Feb. Is. at the hearing before
Squire Frazer Saturday he gave
bail for his appearance to court.
DIR. w. B. Kenworthey, appreciat-
ing the general sympathy expressed
and many kindnesses manifested
during his recent bereavement in the
death of his mother, desires to ex-
press his sincere thanks to all who so
unreservedly rendered aid and CON
ISOLATION to himself and family.
Fred Kurtz captured a wall eyed
pike Monday in small pool up near
J. M. Aldrich's, where it had been
trapped by the receding water, which
weighed over eleven pounds. How
a fish Of that size would open ones
eyes if he got on a hook and started
down the river with the fisherman
By reason Of an ice gorge at Park
lake in Honesdale the Main street
bridge across the L,ackawaxen river
which cost $500 was swept away
and part of the town deluged with
water causing many thousand dol
lars damage. Large cakes of ice
filed the principal streets, many
cellars we're flooded and household
goods ruined.
In the case Of the United States
vs.. several defendants, members of
the Blooming Grove Park associa-
tion, indicted for violation of the
Lacey law, a motion was made
Tuesday at Scranton to quash the
indictments, one ground being that
no birds were shipped and another
that the law is unconstitutional.
The court heard argument and the
several cases were continued to the
next term.