Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-02-25
BRIEF MENTION


bounty claims viii ever be paid "a,
there is no state appropriation avail
able
The condition of Emily V Warner
who recently Suffered an operation i,
quite satisfactory.
Liquor dealers in Newton, n j.,
have made upa list of those to whom
it is undesirable to sell intoxicants
thus iorestalling the action of the
protectors. They say they best
know their customers. Such action
would prove of advantage to dealers
in the fiery stuff elsewhere.
Testimony taken in the graft trials
at Plttsburg shows that it cost a
bank there S25 O0O to be made a city
depository. The people pay the bills
for this graft.
It is estimated that one million
tons of ice have been cut, and 500, 600
tons of it stored in Monroe county
this winter.
Westchester State Normal. School
Is closed on account of scarlet fever
The prohibitionists expect to place
a full ticket in every county in the
s ate next tall. They want to meas
ure the strength of the party and
Will be active in gettiog votes.
Pike has received her share of
Erie bonus money S2655.
Alva q a son of the late Daniel
Decker II former resilient of this
county, died near Goshen, n, Y,
Feb is, aged CO years.
The wife Of Barton Armstrong,
who at one time resided at the race
track farm in Dingman township,
died last Tuesday at her home in
Matamoras aged as years.
Justices of the peace and notaries
should ascertain before swearing in
township officers that they have a
certificate showing that they have
filed expense accounts The law is
imperative.
Wayne county collected ss9, ,Os7 Os
last year and has $24U0 left in the
treasury. The claims against IL e
county are $3l l,s14.54 and claims in
favor of the county are S24, ,OO4 35,
leaving balance against the county
of S7SlO 10.
John E. Stott, who was a witness
in the Capitol graft trials, and sec1e
tary CT the board of public grounds
and buildings during its construction,
was fonnd dead in bathroom a few
days ago Five others who we're
implicated, di,ectly or Indirectly,
have been called before the highest
tribunal by death.
Looking over the list of bills intro.
duced ia Co lgress is is notable now
many are for the increase of pensions
of individuals. There are thousands
of them.
The census taker will soon be ques-
tioning you Prepare 10 answer as
quickly and correctly as possible, for
on this depends the accuracy and con
sequent economical value of the
whole census.
Candidates elected TO Office mus;
file au expense account with the pro-
thonotary before being sworn in.
Have our fire hydrants been in
spected recently to determine how
many are open? A few days ago in
Susquehanna eight out OF twenty
seven we're found frozsn solidly.
The dance in Forest Hall. under
the auspices of Milford Fire Depart
ment was enjoyed by about forty
cOuplee.
Ice should be cheap next summer
There is no excuse for short crop,
nature has been making it most
abundantly for the past three mos.
Ii all this racket about lands in
Alaska has had anything 40 do with
rplaasfnU Tho hr.p1 - ,-,,.a..- IL
have up there it is devoutly to be
hoped that before another winter
there will be a settlement of all ques
tions relating to that country We
want her coal and gold imported, but
not her climate.
Tho Rebecea Lodge served a fine
supper last Friday evening in their
lodge room in Forest Hall. Dane
lug was indulged in and the good
time continued until the early hours
of the morning
Mrs. Ihos R1dman, Of New
Hampton, n. Y who visited her
friend, Mrs. J, a. Van E'ten d
couple OF weeks, was called home
by the illness Of her sister.
There is heavy body Of snow in
the woods Reports say as much a.
two feet on the level.
Born Feb 2Oih 70 Thomas Steele
aud wife Of this BDrough daughter