Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-04-17
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS
Today has been designated by the
governor as arbor day.

tax.
Borough councils have levied a 10
mill borough tax and mill in
debtedness tax.
The statemento Of the First National
Bank Of Milford appears elsewhere
and shows increasing prosperity.
General Frank Reeder has re-
signed as commissioner Of banking
and is succeeded by Robert McAfee
Of Allegheny city.
At a special meeting of town
council held last Friday evening
E. C. Wood was appointed special
police at a salary Of $3.50 a year.
Reginald Vanderbilt and Miss
Nelson are married. This will
probably release whole pages of
metropolitan papers for other news.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Commission is sending out invita-
tions to editors to attend the open
ing ceremonies at st. Louis, May
first.
The club house of the Forest Lake
association will be under the man
agement this season OF Frederick A
Dam, who has wide experience in
that capacity.
Between thirty aud forty deer
have been found dead in Buekwood
Park in Warren county, N. j. The
animals have multiplied so rapidly
that there was not sufficient food
and they starved to death
Mrs. Henrietta Strader, who re
covered a verdict of $17, 600 against
Monroe county for damages sus-
tanned by being thrown from her
wheel while riding over Brodhead' IS
creek bridge, died April 9th.
In the dam at the foot of Broad
street may now be seen stumps
standing In excellent preservation
Probably the trees were cut q
century or more ago and the stumps
remaining under water have moi
decayed.
The story, widely published this
week, that there had been an i'm.
mense find of coal near Wilkesbarre,
enough to keep 600 men employed
300 years, is denied. 1t is up to the
public to believe either the story OF
the denial.
DR.. John Kelly has a large turtle
which was formerly a denizen il
Sawkill Pond, on exhibition anC
which will be served up in soup al
his popular restaurant tomorrow
evening. Epicures consider it {
great delioacy
Mrs. Clarence Bishop, a young
married woman residing near Tri
States, N. Y, committed suicid,
last Sunday afternoon by Jumping
from the railroad bridge at tina
place. Her body was soon aftei
found in the river below
The dam bill which has been OF
its passage in the legislature ha,
been amended until it prevents tn,
dam builders from using the largest
streams in the state like the Susque
hanna, Delaware, Ohio and ALE
gheny. It is doubtful. anyway, if i
gets through.
This is the time of the year whel
q man goes home tired out, ant
wants to go for ride into the opel
country. It is at such times tina
the good wife asks him if he doe
not think the garden needs Tia
spade. He takes the spade, but h
feels like taking club.
Rev. V. A. Wood, pastor of tn
IN. E. church, will continue the
church column which was 80 abll
conducted by his predecessor, Rev
G. E. Scudder No doubt it will il
the future as in the past afford prof
to its readers, and furnish then
with much Of interest.
The u. s. circuit court decision il
the Northern Securities case brough
Wall street to a panicky conditio
Monday. The stock Of the compsn
fell from 11O to o., the lowest poin
in its history. Several railroads wer
affected aud the days losses to th
speoulators were more than twent
million dollars. The general publ
was not caught
Judge D. W. Searle of Susqu'
hanna has decided that boards {
: health have power under the acts {
= assembly to bind municipalities fC
expenses incurred in protectin
8 them from disease in cases Of neeel
? sity when such board acts in a regJ
!, lar way A physician in Montro'
fumigated a house after the inmate
had died Of smallpox and presents
Q a bill for ss61, which the healt
/ board approved and which IL
4 council refused to pay. A jury gay
a verdict for the amount which I'll