k (100. OFFICK Aroao bt. Entered at the pout ollice of Milford, Pike county, Pennsylvania, aa second-class matter, November twenty-first, 1895. Advertising Rates. One sqnarp( eight llnes),one Insertion -1.00 Each subsequent Insertion ------- .60 Reduced rates will bo furnished on ap plication, will ve allowed yearly adver tisers. Legal Advertising. Court Proclamation. Jury and Trial Lint for several courts per term, 124.00 Administrator's and Executor's notices - -- -- -- -- - 8.00 Auditor's notices 4.00 Divorce notices - -- -- -- - fi.oo Sheriff's sales, Orphans' court sales, County Treasurer's sales, County state ment and elwtlon proclamation charged by the square. J. H. Van Etti-n, PUBLISHER, Milford, Pike County, P. EDITORIAL. THE MURDER OF MACEO . The details of the manner in which the Cuban leader mot his death, while not agreeing at all points, substantially prove the main charge that he was invited to a con ference with the idea of talking over with the Spanish general some means of ending the bloodshed and warfare, and was then ambuscaded and mercilessly killed, together with his staff numbering some thirty in all. Much speculation has been rife as to why Maceo took with him such a small party, and why he passed through the trocha, but all that seemed distrustful, now appears in the light as the revelation of Span ish treachery and perfidy is dis closed. If the main assertion is true that under the guise of a con ference he was lured to his death then the infamy of the dastardly and cold-blooded deed must rest on Spain. This last act is but charac teristic of her methods. The hor rors which have desolated Cuba, and caused humanity to stand horri fied and aghast, are but a small part of her long and bloody record. The inquisition was not more terrible than the deeds of blood and lust which have disgraced her in modern times. Unable to cope with the insur gents in honorable warfare, the Spaniards have stooped to means which would shame the painted savages. But while Maceo may bo dead, his blood may be more potent in the cause of Cuban liberty than his sword. This last act will stir to the depths the patriotism of every Cuban with a renewed determina tion to wipe out Spanish rule. ' The situation may have reached a point where it was necessary some blow should be struck by Spain for politi cal effect, but the assassination of a brave, honorable men can awaken nothing but the deepest aversion and must arouse even in those who were lukewarm a feeling of intense hatred of Spain and her dastardly assassins. This may prove to be one of the very greatest aids for " Cuba libre," and Congress may now boldly assert the feeling which has slumbered in the breast of every liberty-loving citizen of our coun try. OWNERS RIGHTS IN TREES. Dr. John Marshall, of Bucks county, owns land over which a telegraph company had erected poles and strung wires. The em ployees of the company entered on it to add new cross bars and string more wires. To render the work easier they cut down a number of shade trees for which they were ar rested and fined f 50 and in default of payment to imprisonment for fifty days. From this decision they appealed urging that it was neces sary to cut down the trees in order to properly operate the telegraph line. The Superior Court has af firmed the sentences and the men must either pay or go to jail. The evidence disclosed that about sixty trees were destroyed and a number injured by cutting away branches A tree requires time to grow and a small money compensation does not Beem adequate as a remedy for their destruction. Even though it was necessary in the opinion of the com pany to cut them away, if they had the right, there should be a pro vision for a full compensation. These trees may have been one of the chief ornaments and attraction to the plaoe as a residence, and if taken without the owner's consent there should be a full measure of da mages. It is little use to urge the planting ont of trees if the owner cannot be properly protected from the axes of corporations dosiring to string wires for their business purposes, and a law should be enacted at the com ing session of the Legislature amply protecting owners by giving them full and complete redress for all damages. THE HOLIDAYS. As the season for pleasure and re joicing approaches, and the minds of all revert to the thought as to ho w they can make some one happy by a timely remembrance, it might be well to look around and see if there are not others besides your friends and members of your own family who should be considered. Fortun ately we have none of the very poor in our midst, but there are families that would be far happier if they could receive just a little of the superabundance many 'will have. It would be no deprivation if several would contribute just a trifle and yot suoh a remembrance would bring new joy into, the hearts of some for whom Christmas is lit tle more than a name. The feeling that would come over a kind deed thus done might be the sweetest present offered you on the glad day. OUR OWN STREETS. Here in Milford after twenty five years of road making our streets are in no better permanent condi tion then they were that long ago. Thousands of dollars have been ex- pended, and there is nothing to show for them but the same kind of mud and dust which has always been present. Really the less of the kind of 11 working" they get the better they are. The plan of how not to do it has been in vogue so long, it might be proper to suggest that the plan of how to do it and do it well, might be adopted by our borough fathers with pleasure to the com munity and profit to the taxpayers. Will we see any- change next spring? We hope so, it is a thing devoutly to be wished for. NO REVENUE BILL THIS WIN TER. Last session of Congress the Popu lists aided by the Democrats were able to prevent any revenue legisla tion, and this winter the same com bine assisted by a few free silver Republicans can accomplish the same result. President Cleveland would apparently lend his weight to the result, so nothing in that di rection can be hoped for at present. These men may be patriotic Ameri can citizens, but it would require considerable argument to convinoe the. publio that they are anything better than hide bound partisans. Some of them fortunately are near their last day of grace. THE BAD ROADS. Considerable abuse is being heaped on certain supervisors be cause the roads under their juris diction are in such bad condition. The men elected to these positions are nob-strangers to the citizens of the townships, and If the people will select men who are incompe tent, knowing them to be so, they should turn a little of their attention to kicking themselves, i instead of all it towards the persons they make publio servants by the votes. TOWNSHIP COLLECTORS. It may interest the publio to know that the Superior Court of Pennsyl vania has decided that until the ac counts of township tax collectors are settled by the township audi tors, and an amount ascertained by such auditors to be due by such col lectors, a proceeding at law upon the official bond Is premature and unauthorized. Hardwood in growing in popular favor, and the demand for it, both in this country and abroad, is be coming enormous. For the week ending December 11 thirty-five new inembmn were ad mittod to the L. A. W. from this Ktute, making the total Pennsylva nia roll 10,bu7. A Brief Chapt-er on IngA, Some correspondents to a near by paper seem determined to establish that dogs are being poisoned in this county. If they succeed it will be an excellent reason why outside sportsmon will give us a wide berth. Ot course no real sportsman, either from.this or any other state, would for a moment think of running deer with dogs, knowing that to be a violation of our la ws, and if those who do persist in this practice can not be checked in any other way than by killing their dogs it would appear to be a justifiable method to prevent crime, and the possible consequences of it, by kindly caus ing the death of the hounds. This may seem a caustic preventative, but sometimes it is necessary to use drastic measures when gentle warn ings pass disregarded or wholly un heeded. Long Face. Emerson says : "Do not hang a dismal picture on your wall, and do not deal with sables and glooms in your conversation' Boecher fol lows with: "Away with these fel lows who go howling through life, all the while passing for birds of paradise. He that cannot laugh and be gay should look well to himself. He should fast and pray until his face breaks forth in light." Tnl- madge then takes up the strain "Some people have an idea they comfort the afflicted when they groan over them. Don't drive a hearse through a man's soul. When you bind up a broken bone of the soul, and you want splints don't make them of cast iron." After such counselling and admonitions, lay aside your long faces. The Faith Cure. In these days of isms, there are many diversions which people ac cept as affording a cure for their ills, and by following certain practices really believe that they are benefit ted. The Kneipp cure of wading in the wet grass with bare feet, the method of rubbing a loaf of bread over ones stomach and believing he is having a dinner, are both based largely as one may see on a strong faith. Now if a person pumps an organ on which no one is playing but some one is playing an organ in the same room some distance away, he is just as certain that he is doing his share of the worship as if the in strument he is pumping was being used, so long as he does not know the fact. This was demonstrated at a service in this village a Sunday evening or two ago Training Boys. When I came to the training of my own boys, the Apostle Paul in the 12th chapter of Romans has been my authority on manners. I do not say that through him I can teach them to use the right fork for oysters or to make a faultless bow ; but I do say that I can teach them to be so manly.so gontle,so thought ful of others, and unassuming about themselves, that, even if they blun der in social matters, they will still be undeniably gontlemen. The small matters of etiquette are mostly mehanical ; they can bo easily learned outside, even if they are not in one's own home ; but it is with great underlying principles that the true training must begin. Congregationalist. Tire Punctures. In France bicycles are lighted by electricity. The bicycle face is now believed to be the result of the wheels coming to the surface. Detroit News-Tribune. The Mexican war department Is about to consider the project of equipping a portion of the army with bicycles. France proposes to cure insanity by teaching lunatics to ride the bicy cle. This throws a new light upon the bicycle craze. Chicago Times Herald. Slow Pay. " The wages of sin is death," quoted the preacher. " If that is the case," remarked Mr. Grumps. sotto voce, " there is a great delay in paying off some peo ple I know." N. Y. Herald. NOTICE. The Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of the Barrett Bridge Company will be held at the Toll House of the company, in the village of Port Jervis, on Tuesday, January 4th proximo, for the purpose of choosing a Board of Directors for the next year. The polls will be open from 8 till 4 o'clock p. in.. FRANCIS MARVIN, Seo'y. Port Jervis, December 18, 1!MJ. NOTICE. The Annual Moetlng for the election of Managers ot the Milford Cemetery Asso ciation will be held at the oifloe of O. W. Bull In the Borough of Milford on Mon day, January 4, 1hu7 between the hours of 2 aud 8 p. in. WILLIAM MITCHELL, Seo'y. Milford, Pa., Deo. 10. WW. THE NEW-YORK 1 , V.v-w" V '?3 With the close of the Presidential campaign THE TRIBUNE reoog nizes the fact that the American people are now anxious to give their at tention to home and business interests. To meet this condition, politics will have far less space and prominence, until another State or National occasion demands a renewal of the fight for the principles for which THE TRIBUNE has labored from its inception to the present day, and won its greatest victories. Every possible effort will be puj; forth, and money freely spent, to make THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE pre-eminently a NATIONAL FAMILY NEWSPAPER, interesting, instructive, entertaining and indispensable to each member of the family. We furnish the PIKE COUNTY PRESS and WEEKLY TRIBUNE I YEAR for $1.65. Cash in Advance. Add uordsrst. PIKE COUNTY PRESS, M"'0'.. Write your name and sddrsss on a postal card, send It to Oeo W. tsast, iriouna unice. new vorn vny. ana e vampie copy ot THE NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE will be mailed to you. S RENSSELAER - BICYCLES GIVE SATISFACTION. j $ j Flt,fd. "HU . . T GUARANTEED. & '4 cr Vim Tiros, 1 - , . ... ' 3 Detachable XS. AMiv T hPel nntU ,n 3 sprockets !iyfehnre8,'en8 87 a Wood or Metal $13 RENSSELAER. Handlebar. $75.00. Host Value Evpr OflYrecl. Catalogue Free & rexrwiiv urio- co., oi-oontmi., n, y Headquarters BROWN and Headquarters W. & G. MITCHELL, Dealers in Fancy & Staple Dry Goods, Groceries, Provisions, Hardware, Crockery, Glassware, Boots, Shoes, Etc. Corner Droad and Ann Streets. DO YOU EXPERT TO BUILD? THEN SEE A. D. BROWN & SON, Manufacturers and dealers in all kinds of Lumber, Contractors and Builders. Estimates made ; personal attention given and work guaranteed. OFFICE, Brown's Building, Milford, Pa. CLEAVE YOUR ORDERS FOR FINE JOB PRINTING AT THE PIKE COUNTY PRESS OFFICE. -WOKK DONE WEEKLY TRIBUNE FOR FARMERS and VILLAGERS FOR FATHERS and MOTHERS. FOR SONS and DAUGHTERS. FOR ALL THE FAMILY. for Dry Goods, for Notions, for Groceries, for Provisions ARMSTRONG. for Boots & Shoes, for Rubber Goods, for Hardware, for Crockery. BY ARTISTS i vs. TJECEMBER. 1896 SunJnoirjTug-IWcd ITIu. fr t-15 at. I 2 5 4 5 J3 14 il 16 17 J8 T9 20 202 23 27 21 26 27T29r3tt3Tl jit .ifti-i- h p, 4 w Ah mm i m TJffiMATCHLESS BURDETT O They excel in power, sweetness of tone, variety, elegance and durability. Catalogue and prices sent on application. Manufactured by BURDETT ORGAN CO Freeport, HI. KitabUthed JSCS. j j d IN THK FIELD, b bxu CUSHION FRAME BICYCLE . prevents jolts, jar and strains. . f Why ride a Rigid Frame, 0 A with its injurious effects, when i you can buy a wheel giving " EASE AND COMFORT? Lines of Wheel Unchanged. jt o Durability Increased. Send for catalogue of our Rigid and Cushion Frame bicycles. RICHMOND BICYCLE CQ., RICHnOND, IND. Eastern Branch, I -T v..t. i 97 Chamber. St, i" ,ur" Advertise in the PRESS. REGISTER'S NOTICE. The following amount has been filed In the Register's Otliue of Pike Connty and the same will be presented to the Orphan's Court of mild eouuty for confirmation and allowance on the Twenty-first Day of De cember next: Estate of Joel Shannon, deceased. Account of C. C. Shanuon, executor,&o. John 0. WestbrooL KEGISTKB. Register's Office, Nov. 24, lm). Pint Hill Firm. O. E. Hursh, proprietor. Rose oomb white leghorns.eggs for hatch ing, broilers in season aud dealer in poulty supplies, incubator.brooders, wire netting, rooflug felt, &o., trees, plants and vines, furnished to order. Oflloe at farm, Layton, N. J. jm g fekS j A MM, n r a m m n m v 41 ...... f r. 'fl,' 1 BUSINESS CARDS. H. E. Emerson, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE in Drug Store on Broad Street. J. H. Van Etten, Attorney-at-Law, OFFICE, Brown's Building, Milford, Pike Co., Pa. John A. Kipp, Attorney-at-Law, OFFICE, opposite Court House, Milford, Pike Co., Pa. CHURCH DIRECTORY MILFORD. First Presbyterian Church, Milford; Sublmth services at 10.80 A. M. and 7.30 p. M. Sabbath school immediately after the morning service. Prayer meeting Wed nesday at 7.30 P. M. A cordial welcome will lx extended to all. Those not at tached to other churches are esqoclally In vited. Kkv. Thomas Nichols, Pastor. Church of the Good Shepherd, Mil ford: Services Sunday at 10 30 A. M. and 7.30 P. M. Sunday school at 2.30 p. M. Wi-ek-day services, Wednesday 7.30 P. M., celebration of Holy Communion weekly, Thursday 7.30 A. M. Seats free. All wel come. B. S. Lassiter, Roctor. M. E. CHURCH. Services ot the M. E. Church Sundays: Preaching at 10.;) a. in. and ut 7.30 p. m. Sunday school at 2 0. m. Kpworth league at fl.45 p. m. Weekly prayer meeting on Wednesdays at 7..0 p. m. Class meeting conducted by Wm. Anglo on Fridays at 7.30 p. in. An earnest invitation is extcndl to anyone who may deslro to worslmp with us. Kkv. W. K. Nkkk, Pastor. MATAMORAS. Kpworth M. K. Church, Matamoras. Services every Sabbath at 10.30 a. in. und 7 p. m. Sabbath school at 2.30. C. K. meeting Monday evening at 7.30. Class meeting Tuesday evening at 7.30. Prayer meeting Wodnesday evening at 7.30. Everyone welcome. Kkv. F. G. Curtis, Pastor. Hope Evangelical Church, Mata moras, Pa. Services next Sunday as follows: Preaching at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sun day school at 3 p. m. Junior C. K. before and C. E. prayer meeting after the even ing service. Mid-week, prayer meeting every Wednesday evening at 7.35. Seats free. A cordial welcome to all. Come. Kkv. J. A. Wieoand, Pastor. Secret Societies. Milford Loooe, No. 344, F. & A. M. : Lodge meets Wednesdays on or before Full Moon at the Haw kill House, Milford, Pa. N. Emery, Jr., Secretary, Milford. J. H. Van Etten, W. M.. Milford, Pa. Van Deb Mark Louoe, No. 828. 1. O. O. F: Meets every Thursday evening at 7.30 p. m., Hrowu's Building. Geo. Uuii man, Jr., Sec'y. D. H. Hornbeek, N. (i Prudence Bkbkkah Lodge, 107, I. O. O. F. Meets every second and fourth Fri days In each month in Odd Fellows' Hull, brown's building. Mrs. Alice Hornbeek, N. (i. Miss Kutie Klein, Seu'y. WIDOW'S APPRAISEMENT The following appraisemonts set apart for the widow have been filed with the Clerk of the Orphan's Court and will be presented to the Court for approval on tho Twenty-first Day of December, 1896: Estate of Frank Mueller, deceased, wid ow's appraisement of personal property. Estate of Harlow P. Jumos, deceased, widow's appraisement of pursouul pre perty. John C. Westbrook, CLERK OF ORPHAN'S COURT. Milford, Nov. 24, lBDO. All persons are hereby notified that throwing or burning papers or refuse of any kind In the streets of the Borough is prohibited. . Hy order of tlijnwn oouneil, . J. C. CHAilHKKLAIN, President, pro turn. Attest, D. H. HORNlikCK, Seo'y. Milford, May 6, laub.
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