Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-14
BRIEF MENTION

Borough of Milford viii be held
Thursday evening Jan 30 at O'Clock
in the Grand Jury room In the Court
House. Caucus for nomination of
directors in the independent School
District will be held Immediately
after
Arthur B Sullivan and wife have
gone to Eimira TO attend a poultry
show where be has a pair of biris on
exhibition.
II. w Buchanan and wife are in
New Y, rk where they went to con-
suit specialist for Mr. Buchanan's
health. He has suffered paralysis.
which deprived him of the power Of
speech.
R. D. Muir at one time cashier Of
the National Bank Of Port Jervis
and lately treasurer Of the Peoples
Trust Company of New Haven o.
plead guilty this week to having
convert d s1O6,OOO of the bank
funds to his own use.
The white slave bill of Congress
man w. S. Bennett of N Y. hes
passed the House. It provides
for the exclusion and deporta
tion of immoral aliens.
The automobile fee act will
be a revenue producer. In the
nine days since Jan. 1st the
returns from registrations and
licenses amount to $73. .59l as COM
pared with slOs,OOO for the
whole year 1909. when there were
about "a, 600 licenses issued. So far
1000 owners have registered and 49,
600 drivers have taken badges.
The Lackaw anna road did not kill
q single passenger as a result Of train
accident in the past decade. This is
O good record.
Col. w r Andrews chairman ofthe
Republican State Committee recently
celebrated his 72-t birthday.
A flock of wild geese recently
passed over Stroudsburg in a north
erly dirdction and this is said to indi.
cate cold weather 1t has usually
been thought just the opposite.
The front hatchery in Monroe coun
ty has received orders for over mil
lion trout aud eggs Two hundred
thousand were shipped to the Flat
Brook Club at Bevans N. j.
The state will. sell lot of guns
at public sale, taken from foreigners
who have no right to carry them.
There are of all styles and makes.
If there are any quail in the county
It w,ud be- a good idea to provide
them some kind of shelter and food
1t is far cheaper and easier to propa-
gate the birds this way than to try
90 import them from other places.
They are very scarce and expensive
TO buy.
A half dozen applicants for the
Mstamoras Pest Ofice were exam,
ine1 recently in Stroudsburg.
A. R. Britain Esq who recovered
about $1,000 as fee for aiding in
obtaining state bridge at Strouds
burg will not appeal, but will tak'
the amount awarded by the jury.
Stroudsburg has a case of a maj
having two wives. The man is deaf
and cannot be prosecuted, but hi
second wife has been and is in jail.
The Treasurers commissions hav
been fixed the same as last year p
per cant on all money received ant
paid out. except temporary loan
and 4 per cent on state tax re
funded.
Mary Quick has gone to visit rela
lives in Philadelphia
Z a. Mott. writer for the Ne,
York papers, editor of history {
Erie, aud author of Pike Count
Folks and a former resident here ma
moved from Gosnen, N. Y. to Ne,
York City.
Mrs I. R j. Klein who went I
Port Jervis Hospital for an oppera
tion in December has returned hom
greatly improved.
James d. MalloY, editor OF th
Lansford Record in Carbon Co. die
this week. He was quite prominel
In local and district politics.
Stockholders Of the First Nation
Bank Of Milford Tuesday elected Il
following directors; P. n. B1u
nique, g. o Armstrong, A.
Brown. P. e. Kinkel. John G. Wa
ner. W. A. b. Mitchell aud Geo. Y
Warner.
A. D. Brown was elected pre-.
dent C. o. Armstrong vice prel
DC. Warner Cashier and d. &. R
man assistant.
About forty young people euiay
q daree At the Crissman House Iu'
day evening.
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