Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-05-29
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS

Court will convene next Monday
but the session promises to be short
Heavy frosts occurred in northern
New York state Monday and vegeta
tion was badly injured
The lumber yard and planning mill
of +. w. Eilenberger at North Water
Gap, Monroe county, were burned
last Sunday. Loss $50, 900.
Out IN Guthrie, Oklahoma, it has
rained twenty-one days and by way
of variety there was a olond burst
which did considerable damage.
David MoKean, an aged resident
of Shohola, died at his home Sun
day, May "a His age was seventy
six years. The funeral occurred
Tuesday
Commencement exercises of Le-
high University will occur June IA
to II. We acknowledge receipt Of
an invitation from the president and
faculty to be present.
Tomorrow is Decoration Day but
the numbers of the G. A. r. Post
here are so few that there will be no
public exercises. Graves Of com
rades will be decorated by com
mittee from the post
We acknowledge the receipt Of an
invitation from the faculty and class
of 1908 to be present at the com
mencement exercises of Blair Pres
byterial Academy which will occur
from May 31st to June 5th.
F. F. White, on Fourth street, is
the first citizen 20 place a bench on
his lawn for public use. This spirit
is very oommendable and the exam.
pie one which it would be pleasant
to have generally followed.
It is reported that the old building
known for many years as the Pin
chUt store, on Broad street, will
soon be taken down and in its place
a large and handsome structure for
business purposes will be erected.
Rev Q. L. Percy, pastor IF the
Honesdale Baptist church, has re-
signed and left for some unknown
place He left behind, bis wife and
daughter. It is supposed tnat he
was itnpelled to take the step by
reason of gossip.
G. S. Wieland, James S. Rumble
and Frank Black of Montague, N. J.
for whom the sheriff had writs in
capias for trespassing on the fishing
grounds, claimed by j. B. Van Tas-
sell, came over last Monday and gave
bail in $500 each.
Col. John Nyce Post G.. A. r. re-
quests that if any have flowers they
wish to donate for decorating graves
OF soldiers they will leave them al
the store Of A. S. Dingman or take
them to the cemetery before one
o'clock tomorrow.
The opening dance of the season
will be given at the Grand View
Hotel, May 3Oth. The new dancing
pavilion which is commodious and
has an excellent floor for "trippine
the light fantastic toe" will be the
scene Of the gayety.
Sheriff Gregory, who has taker
the contract TO grade the ground:
around the house of S. B. Morse, on
George street, has number OF
teams engaged hauling dirt, of which
several hundred loads will be re.
quired to complete the job.
The Pennsylvania Railroad com.
pany last week destroyed nearly
1900 miles Of the telegraph line Of
tie Western Union, grounding
5000 miles of wire and cut down
co. 900 poles. The damage is esti-
mated at over seven hundred thou
sand dollars.
The directors Of the Independent
School District Of Milford last sotur-
day sold the lots and building on
Catharine street to Thomas Arm.
strong for 1891. The bidding was
quite spirited between the Odd Eel
lows, who desired it for a lodge
room, and the purchaser,
Eight persons We're killed and si1
seriously injured in the auto race
from Paris to Madrid last Sunday
OF the eight killed two were running
the machines and six were spectators
or persons on the highway. The rae,
was stopped by the French Premier
1.-THE autos ran sixty-two miles an
hour and one machine covered
stretch at the rate Of SO miles an houl
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