Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-05-14
BRIEF MENTION

Judge Puri2 of Honesdale was in
town a day last week with u new six
cvlIuder Wintou car. He stopped
81 the sawkilI House.
Tie Governor has signed the Muir
phy-shiclds trolley bill which pro-
vides for connection Of steam and
str ct railway tracks " Nhich allows
the transfer Of both freight and pas
senEeF cars ON such connected roadf.
He also signed the bill which pro-
vldes that the court may in certain
eAses, Ruspcrd sentence Of d convict
and place the prisoneT on parole in
charge Of probation officer.
We acknowledge with thanks the
receipt, through the courtesy of A.
Miichell Palmer, Of a copy Of the
proceedings Of The conference of Gov
srnors held at the White House in
Nay 1905.
Governor Stuart hns signed bill
hxii z the snlsris I Ct unity commits
sinners IN counties having less than
%. 1000 population at $500 II year, to-
gether with such EXPENSES as arc al
lowed by law. Now watch for
acramble In this comfy at tho next
elvction for ihose ffieials. The pay
hnwexer, Is npt TOO hrge Tor men
WIN Ill the flea " ith economy aud
good Judgment.
Augusta j. Evans. auttoress of
S.. Elmo, Brullh and other novels
which generation ngO were widely
read, Is dead.
A Massachusetts, judge ruled ont a
ei,000-word hypothrtical question ia
a murder triul recently on the ground
Ohnt ID was nonsense, pure aud sim
pie. This i mn encuuragin5 sign.
50 little Jimmie Hyde has man
aged to get in Jail az last. 1t lay do
Jimmie worlds Of good.
There Is Just Ihls nbout politics'-it
was IN the beginning. is now, and
ever stall bn: II is a fight between
the down and outs and the up and
ins.
A Rhode Island man has il vented
q money. counting machine. II is
shocking TO think how many people
there are In this world who do not
need such a machine.
''NiaEara Falls will run dry in
Sbout 5000 years." Gays scientist.
Florida seems quite likely to make
the trip within the next 4 months.
OF course its tOugh when mar
with 400 wives Is forced by cruel
necessity to hunt a new job, but Alb
HGniid will have to get busy.
The middle West hatchet may de-
volope at any moment into a tariff
axe.
In 1907 sugar paid S60, ,ooO, ,O00 in
duties to tho Government. In the
same time IL cost the consumers SlO5
600, 900 extra. Puzzle: Who got the
e45, 900. 600?
A number of self sacrificing sena-
tors have enlisted for martyrdom on
the wrong side of the income tax
campaign.
The Port Jervis Union quoting
from the Newburg News says that
W. A. Parshall, who has been mis-
sinR from home for several weeks, rs
in q sauitarium in New jersey, and
that Efforts are being made to settle
up his affairs, with good prospect 81
success. so that he may return and
eventually pay his creditors. The
amount Of his shortage in the COnk
lin estate IL said TO be considerably
overestiInated.
The expected importation Of lions
skins will probably be sufficient tr
accommodate the asses who woulC
uOmiBdtc MN iut AltSlu ut III loA =
Maybe the spring has really mad'
up its mind at last.
Clifford Pinchot wants it under
stood that all is well In his neck o
the woods.
Andrew J. Van Inwegen, for man.
years a resident Of Maiamorns, die
In that Borough last Sunday morn
Ing aged seventy seven wears Il
is su.Vived by one IS r. Hannah
widow Of Webb w Oorirgnt resid
ing in Port Jervis, aud numeron
nephe~s and nieces.
Nicholas PfIaum, for many year
6 resident Of Port Jervis, died in
Jewish Home at PittsburF, Pa las
Sunday afternoon aged about s
years.
Governor Stuart has vetoed th
bill providing for increa sed pay 4,
primary election Officers. slso IL
bill providing for a state associate
OF county commissioners.
William Steele spent last Saiurds
and Sunday With his parents her
he ia making good as pitcher
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