Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1904-03-18
INTERESTING aEWS HENS

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The town council at a mee,nig held
Saturday evening elected Harry ARM
strong secretary.
Madame Patti, after what is asserted
10 be her last farewell touro America,
sailed for home last week.
The Y. p. S. C.E. ofthe Presbyterian
church enjoyed a social evening Mon
day at the home Of Clara Krob.
The president has annulled the
treaty with the Sultan of Sulu because
the Moros had violated its terms.
Andrew Carnegie has promised to
give $500 to aid in buying an organ
for the stroudsburg NJ. E. church.
Philadelphia hospitals are crowded
to the limit Of their capacity with
.caseso pneumonia and typhoid fever.
The County Commissioners, with
their clerk, have been holding courts
Of appeal in Blooming Grove, Greene
and Palmyra townships.
The Misses Kaul elsewhere an
nounce a spring opening Of millinery
which will awaken lively interest
in many feminine minds.
Work has commenced ON the bridge
at Tri-States which was pushed off it,
foundations by the ice and it is said it
viii be replaced by April first.
There are no civil cases on the tria'
list for next week and the court can
devote its whole time to a general Jail
delivery and criminal business.
a number of farmers in this see
tion have had their potatoes, stored
in the cellars, frozen and and some
have lost apples in the same way.
Governor Pennypacker has desig
mated April 9Th and 22nd as Arbo-
days. Unless the weather changes a
month later will be more suitable.
Elkanah Custsrd, a former resident
of this county, now of Easton, has
recently bought a dwelling in that
city for the consideration Of 81, 800.
E. C. Wood is busy papering Hotel
schanno. The proprietor, Louis
Budell, contemplates making many
improvements to the place when the
weather permits.
A blizzard struck some parts of
the west the first of the week with a
heavy snow fall. Traffic was consid-
erably delayed. The tail end Of 1t
just brushed here Monday.
Judge Bechtel in the Schuyllzin
county court lately decided that
spanking IN the public schools is
legal. He said teachers could ad-
minister reasonable corporal punish
ment.
Plans are being made to open the
Rapid Transit subway in New York,
which will cost the city forty million
dollars, for traffic in June. There will
likely be a grand celebration of the
event.
The Philadelphia Press says that
ninety per cent of the lawyers Of the
state who have expressed themselves
are opposed to the candidacy Of Gov
ernor Pennypacker for the Supreme
Court bench.
The will of Mrs. Mary Armstrong,
lately deceased, has been admitted t.
probate. All her estate is devised t.
her seven children. Carrie, Lanceloi
w. and William are named as execu-
trix and executors.
Isaiah Hornbeck of Delaware town
ship, intending to relinquish farming
this spring, viii have a sale Of stock
farming utensils and other persona
property at his place Saturday, Marcl
26th, commencing at II o'clock.
The Presbytery Of the United Pres
byterian church in Allegheny pro
tests against the singing Of hymn
at union revival services held il
churches Of that denomination. 1
approved the singing Of Psalms only
From reports it would seem ad
visable for the county commissioner
to have the seats Of their inexpres
sibles half-soled before going int
some townships to hold courts Of ap
Z peals. Many say they have a lsrg
s kick to administer.
The Port Jervis Gazette says it ha
information from a reliable sourc
that the probabilities are the Mats
moras railroad bridge win never b
replaced by the present company. W
q cannot see why not, for the oompan
2 evidently has money to waste.
= George Jaeger was sentenced b
D Judge Garretson at Newton last satm
e day to be hanged April %. lie too
e the matter coolly and did not seeI
q disturbed, afterwards calling Tor
{; cigar. When asked the usual questic
4 If he had anything to say he reptile