Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-05-06
BRIEF MENTION


per cent strength to % gallons of
water for one hour. 1t is II bad plan
to plant potatoes on OLD ground II
the previous years crop was infected
with seas because the bacteria live
over winter and will he sure 70 in
feet the new crop in spite Of all that
can be done
A forest fire burned over a piece Of
woods near Dory Boslers in DingmaD
twp recently.
Ed II Mott and wife, who have
been in New York the past winter,
are now spending few days at
Honesdaie while their summer home
near G, shen is being repaired He is
engaged writing dialect stories for
New York papers. and is the author
of Pike County Fox.
Tarvia, preparation for allayinR
dust on streets. has been used with
success at Diugmaus. 1t makes q
nard surface and resists the actian OF
frost. There is not much odor and
that not. disagreeable. A street
there treated last summer remained
hard and practically dustlsss.
Commissions have been recorded
to J W Hood of Delaware and B. L
Khlaln Of Pallr yra justices of the
Peace; ; %f
The boro streets are being dressed
with the road machine.
Attention of road supervisors is
called to the law requiring loose
stones to DO removed There are
roads hn+Ihe' county, some OF them
much travelled, where this has not
yet been done.
The name of the old station Turn
ers on the Erie will be changed to
Hartman.
Mrs ]. de G. Van Etten and son
and her mother Mrs. Seaman of
Tuckahoe. who have spent the past
three weeks in town returned home
yesterday.
Almer Terwilliger is home to
spend the summer.
Tomorrow is the last day for filing
petitions for nominations with the
Secretary of the Commonwealth. So
far as known here there are no candi-
dates fer Congress or State Senator
in this district on the Republican
ticket, though some Of the other
counties may yet supply them.
State Treasurer John O. Sheath
and Auditor General Young both re-
tired from -ofiice'this week. The fer
mer is succeeded by C. F, Wright
of SusquehsDna and the latter by A
f Sisson7of Erie.
R. P. Nils Of Lehman was in town
Wednesday.
Sol d. Rosencrans, who live:
about four miles below Dingmani
Ferry, expects to relinquish farming
and move to Matamoras some tim,
this summer.
Winsor Palmer has returned fron
Rochester, N. Y.
Rev. Henry Il. Jessup for NOR,
than Fifty years a missionary a
Beirat, Syria, died recently He wa
g brother Oethe late W. H, JessuI
who years ago practiced in our Coun
ty and whose father was formerly
President Judge of this district
Weston. who has walked acros
she continent. left Los, Angelo
February LIST and arrived in NeS
York May 2. The distance is 3is
miles which he covered in n days
feat without a parallel in tn
annals OF pedestrianism. He was
years old March 10th.
U. G. Ridgway of Honesdale ha
been engaged the past week in put
ting In a npnber Of gasoline lamp
for different parties here. Herbs
drug store and dwelling have bee
supplied and others have take
lights on trial. The lamps give
brilliant light aud in contrast wit
gas or kerosene make them appel
very diug The system is largel
used iu various parts OF the counfl
and when put in by a perfectly con
petent mechanic like Mr.. Ridgwa
must give entire satisfaction.
Jurors in Monroe county were no
iied not to appear us there were 1
cases for trial.
The Van Pike Telephone Compal
is now connected at Port Jers
with the New York Telephone q,
which succeeded the Hudson Riv
Co Tins places subscribers he
in direct connection with the 10
distance.
james Humbert has returned
New York after spending thI
weeks with his parents here.
LISTERS Fertilizers at W. &
Raftohalaa