Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
BRIEF MENTION

Potatoes have dropped to 30 cents
q bushel ia New York and there has
been corresponding decline in prices
Of other articles suchus corn, wheat
butter, eggs and pork.
Considerable snow fell in western
Pennsylvania Monday and tempera.
ture was down to freezing. Fear is
expressed that fruit has been injured.
Mark Twain who returned from
Bermuda last week is in poor healsh
and shows little gain in strength.
His home is at Redding, Conn.
MIR. and Mrs. Haley Of New York
were business visitors IN town this
week.
Mira. John Fuller, who spent part
-uf The winter 10 Port, Jervis, has re-
turned to town for the summer.
e. j. Mscsoud and family have
arrived at their home here for the
Rummor.
The steamship Minnehaha. on
which Betty Cornelius was a passen-
ger and which struck rock near the
Scilly islands. is a total wreck and
all hopes of saving her have been
abandoned. 1t is expected she will
slip of the reef, and sink to the hot.
tom.
Levi J. MiddauRh of Parkers Glen
was q visitor in town Wednesday.
1t is reported that neither Senator
Hale of Msine,nor Senator Aldrich
of Rhode Island will be- a candidate
for reelection The former has held
his seat for 80 years.
E. 8. Wolfe returned home this
week from a visit in the West and
was accompanies by his brother
Charles and family of Saransc. Mich
igan, who wHl remain here for some
time to recuperate in health.
J. 8. Havens Democrat was elected
TO Congress over q. w. Aldridge
Republican in the Rochester, N, Y,
district Tuesday by over 5000 plural
ity, change sisea- 1908, Of over 15,.
600 votes. This parallels the election
of Foss in Massachusetts, and is con-
sidered a strong indication of the re
vulsion of public feeling against the
Payne-Aldrich tariff law. It places
Republicansph tho defensive, though
much a local and personal nature
was objected in the campaign against
Aldridge who for many years has
been bosssof the district. ia
}. de g. Van Etten of Tuckahoe
N Y is visiting his parents in town
and incidentiy trying TO capture a
few trout.
Several Ways to prevent crows
pulling corn are practiced, one %
soak ths corn . few. minutes in water
containing ssoiutidn Of coal or gas
tar and then spreading it out to dry
1t makes thes cerns bitter aud crows
become suspicious Of poison. Some
stree twine stound1ihe field, and
sumo sow corn On the ground about
the time she crop is ceEing up, aud
some lie around the fleld with a shot
gun. Try these methpds and prac
tice the one which works best if the
crows become troublesome.
Fred Gebhardt of Dingman town
ship is wearing q large bandage on
his headto protect q cut received al
the hands Of stephen Drake last Sat
urday while working on the saw mil
of Gebhardk.r The stack is said tc
have been uBprOvoked.
A really wonderful ventriloquistiC
performance may be heard at Keith
and Proctors In New York The ar
tist has mannlkin which he hold,
on his knee and which turns its head
and talks freely, sings songs, cryi
and laughs in 3 must natural way
while the operator enjoys himsel
smOKlng aud drinking without show
iug any psrcepdble movement of tn,
muscles sof bis lips,
About seventy years ago a history
Of this county waSpublished ia whicl
there was a cut showing a view o
Broad Street in Milford. A fiuck 0
sheep Is seen in the street about opp
ate where Center Square Hoie
stands. and this week as reminde
that history repeats itself flock con
tanning some twenty sheep and dc
on or more lambs WAS seen beinl
driven up the same street over tn
same ground. They were the prop
eFty of Wheeler and Morgan ant
were destined for the ArmstronI
farm. II dogs do net interfere the,
are valuable and will net the owner
GoOd profit.
A marriage license has been issue
to AdamsJ. Ktdd of Hackensaok, N
J. and IaGM, Petit of Matamoras.
Mrs. Amos r. E. Pinchot sper
the former part of the week in tow
James LAuer made business tri