Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-04-09
BRIEF MENTION

voted in favor OF It.. while Kinney o
Monroe, the prideOf the Ministeria
Association of that county favored
by his vote the use OF the dope.
Nelson, the liveryman, has bough
. fiAe rasssnear auto for use in busi
ness
Mrs S. q. Vanderbeck and daugh
ter of Hackensack, N. J. is visiting
the family of John G Warner.
Robert Wilbur and wife Of Cata
sauqun, Pa. were hers Tuesday mar
auto.
Mrs James Quinn returned Mon.
day from Yonkers where she has
been visiting the family of John g
Watson
Madame l. Russell GARNER of The
Castle at Tarrytown, N. Y. is spend
ing few days In town.
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer
Of this district made his maiden
speech in Congress last week. taking
MS his text the tariff and particular.
ly the lumber schedule. He took
occasion to criticize Forester Pinchoi
for his apparent change Of front
from advocating free lum bar to fay.
oring tariff on it.
It is reported that State Highway
Commissioner Hunter will be sue
ce.ded May lst by E. NJ. Bigelow,
former director OF Public Works OF
Pittsburg
The Ministerial Association of Mon
roe County is after Representative vo
Kinney with pretty sharp stick for
voting against the local option bill.
1t threatens 10 Withdraw the support
of it's ten thousand constituents un.
less il is persuaded he has exper
fenced change of heart in the mat.
ter.
About as tough a looking lot Of
Gypsies as ever swiped things passed
through town last week. There
were more than a dozen wagons and
babies predominated as freight in
them all. The women looked like
anything but mermaids and the
men were Of decided smoke color.
Some of the appointments made
by the M. E. Conference this week
were Milford, Rev Gustav Gorisse
Matamoras. Rev A. &. Covey
Branchville, Rev D. W. Ryder
Hainssville. Layton and Montague,
Rev ] II Frazier Port Jervis, Rev
Henry j. Johnston Dingmans Ferry
William jackson. Rev w. R. Nefi
is on the committee of the Board OF
Education, and Rev c E. Scudder on
Conference and Tract Society.
A strong South wind Wednesday
stirred up considerable dust in town,
and showed the need of some kind Of
preventive.
j. q. Van Gorden of Matamoras
took the Weston way of coming tc
town Tuesday. thinking to wear of
nome Of his surplus flesh.
Miss Pearl Quinn, who has been 9
sufferer for many weeks with rheu.
matism, is now able to walk with
the uso of crutches
peppers have begun their evening
songs and the festive frog his croak.
ing, but the sunny son of Italy with
his cheer compelling strains bias moi
yet arrived.
Sheriff Gregory visited Scranton
the first of the week.
Auto liveries are displacing horses
In many towns 10 she country bul
IL is questionable whether they
would pay in small villages. How,
ever, If livery stables had one OF
more small machines for use OIL
occasions probably they would
be patronized.
N. B. Allen has been reappointet
postmaster at Honesdale.
W. Il. Beach of New Yvrk has be
come a large land owner in Delawarl
township. and recently bought near
ly 200 acres more of Mrs. Johr
Hanna. He will post all his Ian,
and preserve them for hunting an,
fishing
The bill regulating motor vehicle
seems likely to pass. One featur
provides a speed limit of ten mile
in congested territory and twenty
four miles in the open country. l..
cense fees are raised from 8 to s, 10
and Is dollars according to hors
power.
The Erie has discharged a numbe
of men who violated its rules agains
using intoxicatins drinks and sever
al have either been suspended or ce
sured. Shows that some nen al
willing to lose good jobs to crafty
bad taste.
The opening week of April hs