Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-04-30
BRIEF MENTION

A beautiful snow storm delighted
gardeners and turner's yesterday
morning.
Mrs j. G. Price and Mrs Arthur N.
r % Of Branchville went to Blooming
Grove today to attend the funeral OF
their cousin Miss Carrie WestbroOk.
Several gentlemen bore have or
ganized an association to promote
athletic sports and will lay out ten.
mis- courts and ball grounds on upper
Barford Street. Base bail also will
receive attention and the Fordham
College team has been engaged for
the season. This Is a strong nine
and lovers Of the sport may antici-
pate scme lively games,
Notice is given elsewhere ofan in
tended application for charter of a
company to supply DingInan's Ferry
with water If gravity supply is
available 1t will ill large want in
shat hamlet.
Sam Matt Fridy, for many years
a familiar figure in the departments
At Harrisburg, Is dead at his home
in Lancaster county. His age was
70 years.
Born Sunday to Hy. T. Armstrong
aud wife a daughter.
Spring primary election, Saturday
June 5th.
Saturday, May 10Th is the last dav
for candidates, for county offices,
and for delegate to tho Republican
State Convention to file petitions
with the board of County Commits.
sioners.
s. T, White and wife have return.
cd to their cottage on lower Hartford
Street. During the Spring consider
able Improvement bas been made to
the house.
The Superior Court in an opinion
just filed in the election case of Kin.
ney in Monroe county holds that it Is
not contrary to the corrupt practices
act for q candidate to do his usual
amount of treating.
E. L. Van Etten, a claim agent on
the third avenue l.. in New York,
was guest with his daughter, Mrs.
Charles q. Wood in town last Sun.
day.
William Bergesirssssr aged 81 yrs
and his sister Charlotte aged 72 yrs.
residing in Lehman township died
last week OF pneumonia. The sister
died Wednesday night and the
brother early Thursday morning, 4
hours after Both were unmarried.
The funeral was held Friday.
A couple of New York tailors have
rented the store room of Mrs, Kate
V. Dingman ON Broad Street and ex
pect to open q shop for general Gus
tom work about May 18th.
Arthur r. Pesrson of Dingman
township is quite indispOsed this
week.
x p. Huddy Esq and wife of East
Orange were guests here the first of
the week. Mrs. Huddy will remain
in town for visit or several days.
Frank Schorr and J.C Westbrook
il went to Blooming Grove last Sun
day In the formers auto.
Letters of administration on the
estate of William Bergestresser late
of Lehman deceased have been
granted to William Conkling.
Louis Bndell of New York, who a
few years ago was proprietor and
owner of Hotel Schanno for a short
time, died Inst week on a steamer
while crossing the ocean 10 France.
The ladies of the V. l. A. at a
meeting held last week generously
appropriated the sum of one hundred
dollars to be used 10 treat Hartford
Street from the P o. corner to Mot
Street bridge with some kind Of
dressing to alleviate the dust. They
also appointed a Committee consist.
ing of DR.. IL. B Reed, n. G. Palmer
and J. II. Van Etten to take the
matter in charge for them.
Jno B. Cook of New York will
spend the summer at his bungalow
In pingman tsp.
H. Stubendord and wife, who pas
sed part Of the winter in bermuda,
have returned to their home at Della
ware bridge.
Swept Over Niagara,
This terrible calamity often hap