Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-06-11
BRIEF MENTION

Hon. A. Mitchell Palmer Of this
districs Is proposing 70 lave the body
Of William Penn brought 10 this
country ard inferred ON tho banks Of
the Delaware. 1t row lies in the
Jordan graveyard in Buckingham.
England. A previous movcmsht Ia
this direction failed because the trus
tees Of the burvIug sr und refused
60 Rcca-d 10 the wishes OF the Penn
sylvania legislature made in 1881.
AisA Bessie Armstrong IS spending
few weeks with friends IN Carlisle.
Pa. IS
James c. Lauer hus opened watch
and clock repairing shop in Browns
Building.
W.lliRm Ryder has been appointed
BY the Cnupcil special police. His
especial beat oill be at the BluG
HOUSE.
Hon. John II. Thompson of Haw.
ley, a prominent resident Of that
Place, died suddenly last week aged
sbSut "a years.
David GRiz, tailor who hved
hero some dozen ycnrs ago. died at
Strou'lsburg this week. His wife
vas hinnio Hoffman.
Principal Z a. Wildrick left yes.
terdsy for his h0ne in Luzsrne
County to pass the summer Vaca
sion.
The weather for q few days this
week aud cutworns were in harm
ony.
Judge Staples In his remarks to
the Grand Jury this week empha-
sized building stone arch bridges,
where practicable, in.tead Of irsD,
eoncrete or wood, as being much
more durable and saving large sums
in repairs. This truth is Rttested
by the bridge at Cnnashaugh and the
One across the Vsndermark in this
borough which stand, needing little
repair, and were built many years
ago.
Richard Mills Of Stroufsburg vis-
tied friends and relatives in town
this wsek.
Winsor Palmer is visiting relatives
at UGwick, Pa.
Walter f. Gilner of Greene was q
juryman in attendance this week.
Aa exciting contest for democratic
county chairman in Monroe county,
resulted in the elecli n of Jacob KIM
over r. B. Keller by small major
ity. Nov let the wings flap.
Robert Brown Of Stroudsburg was
d in town this week.
Cases of mumps are reported in
town but mrs isolated and not likely
10 spread. They were no doubt i'm
ported.
Some farmers in this state think II
Intensive farming when they apply
10 tons Of manure, and shat not al.
ways OF very good quality, 10 sn
acre. On Long Island some men sp
ply az much as 125 tons to an acre,
and chat well roited aud excellent.
Think what farm would produce
II traatsd in that way. A man with
so acres could hardly build sufficient
storage room for his crops.
Col. Alexandria n. Mcclure, fol
many years a Fhiladeiphia editor,
and lstterly Clerk to the Supreme
Court is dead at the age of eighty
one years.
The wheat belt has been thorough
ly soaked. Now il the same thint
wonId happen to the wheat speculat
Srs.
Tho Hnere relatives man has tht
more comfortable he could get along
without any Of them.
The V. I. A. has bought and nov
has ila quota OF 9intrin for putin,
On this slrseis. The order was sup
plemen,ed by several private parties
who will have the streets sdjacen
~ thsir residences trrated. Thl
Borough Council also has ordere,
tNenty barrels which will be uss,
probably on Broad street, so that il
the near future the town should b
practically dustless.
The Supreme Court has decide
that . state may regulate the heigh
OF buildings. This will be sor-
news for some OF the "sky hegs."
Two mea we're killed ana Nv
wounded in dispute about thvid
ing line between two farms ues
Richmond Ind tbs other day. "
should think it wOAld have bee
cheaper TO have hired a surveyor
a Chicago woman is seeking a ii
vOroe on the plea that 1t takes sll {
her husbands income 10 pay h
three previous wives alimony. Ca
you beat il? Not Ia thus world,