Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-07-16
BRIEF MENTION

Mr. and Mrs z. p White wtre
called to White Plains The first Of the
week ny ho severs illness OF Mira.
Whites father. tr Carpenter they
returned Tuesday evening.
Miss Helen Van Nostrand is visit
isg Mrs. james Bull at her attractive
home on Ann Street.
Tho engagement Of Miss Jemima
Ball, one of Milford's most prpn /.
nent and popular young ladies, and
George p. Van Wyck Of Washington
D. c. is announced.
Roy E. Smith, n son of Clarence
Smith, was drowned at Otisyiile. N.
Y. last Sunday. He went swimming
and dove where ths waier was deep
and did not como up. His oonpan.
ious rescued hiu. from the water a.
ter SONS time but life was extinct
His ege was l6 years. The relnaina
were brought here Mopdsy aud in
teirsd in Milford Cemetery.
The Caban Giants took the scsips
oi the Milford riiue Tuesday by a
scors Of to in eleven innings The
seors would hnve been too in favor
VI Milford but for series of blupd
e1s by the home nine. a blunder 10
;Ao Arst inning gave the Giants q
lul and then their innings showed
hSsuk up TO the eleventh when Nil
iori went wild aud allowed them
three rans.
Mr. aud Mrs. George p. Weight
man Of Brooklyn aie here Ter An
* ended visit with their daughter
MRS. Jas P Van Etten.
silas c. sseisy, who is in ths drug
hu iness in Newark, n. j is not in
good health
Mrs. A II seeley is visiting her
dauchter Mrs. Geo. EiIenberger AT
Portland, Pa.
About sixty boys from Grace
Chsp'l I4h Street and Ist Avenue,
". Y arc in camp at che oil Cum
rnins place in WestfalI. They for
merry camped st Oyster Bay and
were named by President Roosevelt
Military Camp. They drill every
evening and hre proficient IN hand
ling small arms. They occupy "a
tents and live a regular army life.
Jol'n . Rockefeller has just civ
en- tea million dollars 10 the general
education b,arj. His known bene
feotions now reach the modest sum
of one hundred and twenty million
dollars.
Mrs. Aristide Dubois who has been
living in New York, is passing the
summer months with her young sou
at the home of her parents G. ]. Geb
hardt and vile in Dingman town.
ship.
Miss Elsie Mott is visiting her
friend Mrs. LIE Clnse at Huntington,
LII
The liverymen of Milford have
combined on uniform rates for We.
hieles TO various points. This may
he Of advantage to them and will
likely result in the best rigs being in
greatest demsud.
j. F. O'Neill of Wilkes Barre has
i-suel cer,ioiari TO review tho pro.
ceedings by which he was arrested
snd fined for speeding in the Boro
Of Matamoras.
Mrs. S. Il. McEwsn of New York,
sister of Arthur B. hcCsrty, re-
Gently visited here. Shells suffsriuf.
from an oflietion OF her eyes which
tine items partially to destroy hor
sight.
Or. Nj. N Armstrong Of Atlap,a,
Ga is visiting his brother here thi.
week.
An attempt was made last Friday
to deliver s1ne OF the steel film.
case fixtures 10 the county under 1
copiran. made last year with til,
pld board Of commissioners bur
waich ives iepudisied hy the new
ho5ri Drlivtry WAS refused au5
this villpeabably lay the foundation
for suis egsinst the county 20 re
cover for tho whole omount of III,
contract. II SUIT is hrouqli, and i
is tried, there may be sonle quit,
sensational Developments, as % IN.
manner il which lie supposed con
tract was let.
The contract for bnilains rciu
iorosd concrete bridge Over Dsiller'
brook in Msfamorss was let l..s, Fri
day % Mr.. S,uudsrc,ek nf Wayn
County for sllss. The bies for
stone arch bridge wrre considerabl
higher, probsb'y because Of the Gu
stone work required.
FURNISHED rooms 10 rert. Erquir
e' Mrs, Eta Poierr, Corper Bris
saa Ann sIrse,s, Milford, Pa, II