Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-01-01
BRIEF MENTION
Misc Fannie PolIlon of New York
visited in town this week

perhaps the total humber of lives
lost never viii BE- determined. The
list Of killed grows and is now esti
mated at probably 100000. Towns
have been obliterated. the strait of
Messina changed, hundreds Of peo.
pic are homeless, devastation. des ll-
alton, want and all the adjuncts of
the awful calamity, possibly the
greatest in the history OF the world.
are being told.
Now write It 1909.
Harry Dewitt of Fitohburg, Mass.
visited relatives here over Xmas,
Bert Beatty of Middle Falls, N. J.
who frequently. visits town in sum.
mer was here recently for few
days.
DIT. David Chaplin and wife of
Scranton are spending few days
with the family of Hon. Jacob
Klaer.
e. s. Wolfe and family recently
were guests with Sullivan Co. N. Y.
friends.
a slight tire among some wood
ashes in the shed of James P. Van
Etten called out the fire department
Tuesday morning. The fire was ex.
tinguisbed before the arrival of the
fremen and no damage was done.
The United States leads the world
it lead production in 1907, the out
put being over SS per cent. of all
produced. Spain. its nearest rival,
produced IS per cent.
Madame L. Russell GARNER, of
The Castle, Tarrytowp, is spending
. few days in town.
Abraham Ruef, who was convict,
ed OF bribery at San Francisco, has
been sentenced to fourteen years in
she penitentiary, Good and plenty
but not too much. Such sentences
may tend TO make that species of
Obliquity unpopular.
Benjamin w. Decker, a prominent
citizen Of SUSSEX, N. J. is dead at the
sge Of rs years.
( Anna, wife Of Fred PeIcival, died
at her home in Matamoras Monday
aged 4S year,. Her husband, three
daughters and aon survive.
Nathan Emery, ir., visited his
son in New York over Christmas.
People here sometimes are inclined
TO complain of the Board Of Health,
some because they act in certain
matters and others because in others
they do NOS, Those who find fault
may compare the action OF the board
in Port Jeryis, where II has ordered
that Towner's horses be moved out
and his stables closed up and that
two properties Of X. E. iS,hoheld be
condemned and the tenants moved
out.
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Aterrible earthquake shock visited
lower Italy and Sicily last wet k
Towns were destroyed and the num-
Der Of lives lost Is appalling, running
II is estimated from 26 to It's, GOO.
Bliss Charlotte White has gone to
New York for q two weeks visit.
Durant Drake. who married Miss
Anna White last year aud who has
been very i'll, is reported as improv.
ing. Il is sincerely hoped that this
condition may be permanent.
Nav Jerseys health department Is
making a careful investigation OF
the sources Of pollution of the Della
ware river from which Trenton OBJ
tains her water supply. The result
II abhorrent to the idea of using the
water for any domestic purpose even
bathing, and it is quite likely de.
termiped effort will be made to pre-.
vent towns sewering into the stream.
II Is just IS wellto take look ahead
and make preparations TO abide by
the old maxim II 80 using yonr own
aas not TO iniure your neighhors. Il
snay, be more expensive at first but
when onoe. properly donq il will not
bs necessary 20 do Is over. aud thing.
iAre moving in the direction of com
pelling such aotion.
J. K Boyd was kick ID hv his
horse Tuesday On tbs shin buns
causing a painful bruise.