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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, PlKK CO., PA.
John A. Kipp,
Attorney-at-Law,
OFFICE, opposite Court House,
Milford, Pike Co., Pa.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
MILFORD.
First Presbyterian Church, Mllfonl;
Sabbath services at 10.80 A. M. anil 7.80 P.
M. Sabbath school Immediately after the
morning service. Prayer meeting Wed
nesday at 7.80 P. M. A cordial welcome
will be extended to nil. Those not at
tached to other churches are especially in
vited. Rev. Thomas Nichols, Pastor.
Church or the Goon Shepherd, Mil
ford: Services Sunday at 10.80 A. M. and
7.30 p. M. Sunday school at 2.80 P. M.
Week-day services, Friday at 4.00P.M. Seats
free. All welcome.
B. S. LABBITER, Rector.
M. E. Church. Services at the M. E.
Church Sundays: Preaching at 10.80 a.
m. and at 7.80 p. m. Sunday school at 2
p. in. Kpworth league at 6.48 p. m.
Weekly prayer meeting on Wednesdays at
7.80 p. m. Class meeting conducted by
Win. Angle on Fridays at 7.80 p. m. An
earnest Invitation is extended to anyone
who may desire to worshsp with us.
Rbv. W. R. Neff, Pastor.
MATAMORAS.
Kpworth M. E. Church, Matamoras.
Services every Sabbath at 10.80 a. mand
7 p. m. Sabbath school at 2.80. C. E.
meeting Monday evening at 7.80. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 7.30.
Everyone welcome.
Rbv. F. L. Rounds, 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 8 p. m. Junior C. E. before
and C. E. prayer meeting after the even
ing service. Mid-week prayer meeting
every Wednesday evening at 7.80. Seats
free. A cordial welcome to all. Como.
Rkv. J. A. Wieoand, Pastor.
Secret Societies.
Milford Lodge, No. 844, F. & A. M.:
liodge meets Wednesdays on or lxfore
Full Moon at the Sawkill House, Milford,
Pa. N. Emery, Jr., Secretary, Milford.
J. H. Van Etten, W. M.. Milford, Pa.
Vas Der Mark Lodge, No. 828. 1. O.
O. F: Meets evory Thursday evening at
7.30 p. m., Brown's Building. Geo. Dan
man, Jr., Secy. James H. Heller, N. G.
Prudence Rkbkrah Lodge, 197, I. O.
O. F. Meets every second and fourth Fri
days in each month in Odd Fellows' Hall,
brown's building. Miss Minnie Beck, N
G. Katie Klein, Sec'y.
Hit of Unclaimed Utters.
Unclaimed letters remaining in
the postofflce at Milford, Pike Co.,
Pa., for the month ending April
30, 1896 :
Ladies Mrs. Allie Leon, Laura
M. Joy.
Gentlemen D. Rice, Frank J.
Touchner, Webb Cooke, James Wil
cox, R. Y. Watson, John Walter, C.
C. Willams, C. B. Hawver. L. W.
MUler, Henry F. Smith, F. W. Sage.
Persons claiming the above will
please say " Advertised " and give
date of this list.
Jas. S. Gale, P. M.
Pine Hill Farm.
G. E. Hursh, proprietor. Rose
comb white loghorns,ejjgs for hatch
ing, broilers in season and dealer in
poulty supplies, incubator.brooders,
wire netting, roofing felt, &o., trees,
plants and vines, furnished to order.
Office at farm, Layton, N, J.
The Snyder InqueaL.
The somewhat protracted investi
gation as to the cause of the death
of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Snyder, of
Port Jervis, has been concluded be
fore the coroner's jury, which ren
dered verdicts in both cases this
week. In that of Mrs. Snyder it is
that she came to her death by arseni
cal poisoning administered by some
person, and that suspicion points to
Mrs. Martha Whittaker. In Jacob
Snyder's case they say he was poi.
goned either accidentally or by some
jerson unknown to the jury.
New stock of girls and boys latest
style straw hats at Ryman & Wells.
Nftlice. .
Any person or persons in Mi ford
desiring telephone connections will
call on or address J. P. Van Etten,
Conabhaugh, Pa,, or at this oflioe.
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JACK ROBINSON'S ANSWER.
He's In for Senator and Congress, But
Won't Down UUA7 if Quny Fools lon't
Drive Him to It.
Special Tclcgrnm to the Ph;'-!. Times.
Washington. April 27 Your edi
torial to-day is just two-thirds right.
I nm a full-fledged candidate for the
United States Senate, and also tho
representative of my county and the
party there in its just contention for
equal tonus ; but I hnve entered into
no coalition to down Quay, nor is it
my inclination to do so.
There are, however,, certain fool
friends of Quny who may drive me
into that position, as they seem to
be satisfied with no support of Quay
which does not involve absolute sur
render of all self-respect and indi
vidual judgment as a Presidential
choice, after every manly effort for
Quay is expended. Some persons
forget that sixty-five votes followed
me in hist week's convention, and
forty-six others, presumably with
its, fled the convention rather than
go on record.
The only man who can down Quay
in Pennsylvania is Quay himself,
and if he persists in repaying disin
terested and loyal service to him by
such brutal treatment as his fool
claquers gave all those who dared to
express an honest opinion in the
convention.and by his astonishingly
ungrateful treatment of Leach, he
will very soon put the machinery in
motion that will give him plenty of
trouble to burn at every State con
vention. "March with the people,"
said a great Frenchman from the
Tribune, " and you march aright ;
march against them and you march
into night." Johk E. Robinson.
For Rent.
The residence of the subscriber on
Harford street, overlooking the
" Sawkill Glen, " with an acre and
a half of lawn, well shaded, with car
riage house three box stalls, ice
house, two story laundry, etc., will
be rented unfurnished for one or
more years, on the 1st of July next.
Apply to A. E. Lewis.
Look Out for Him.
Farmers in nearby sections of the
country report a new swindle, and
as the swindlers may come to this
neighborhood it will be well for all
to be on the lookout and give them
a warm reception. Agents for a
new kitchen range travel about and
show a good quality of goods. The
plan has been for the farmer to pay
down 15 or $10, signing a papor to
pay the balance. They are given to
understand that the balance is about
35. In a day or two an agent re
turns and shows the paper with $60
or $65 payable at once. The state
ment is complete, but worded so as
to mislead the careless reader. The
lawyers tell tho farmers there is
nothing to do but to pay up.
New stock of men's and boys sum
mer caps at Ryman & Wells.
Nitrate of Soda.
Julio M. Foster, honorary mem
ber of tho Pan-American Parlia
ment, delivered a speech before that
body at its first meeting at Atlanta,
Ga. in Oct. 1805. The speech is
printed in a neat attractive form
copiously illustrated showing the
effect of the use of nitrate of soda
on various plants and is replete with
valuable information concerning
that too little known and used fer
tilizer. The Germans have care
fully studied its effects on crops and
are large consumers of the article.
It is a powerful agency in the pro
motion of better agricultural me
thods, and while it is expensive yet
its use would be fully compensated
in the increased yield of farm crops.
New Wall Paper at W. & G. Mit
chells. Gubernatorial Aspiranta.
There are now three candidates
for the high office of governor of
this cominonwtvalth, and all are
Congressmen. John Leisenring of
Luzerne, W. A. Stone of Allegheny,
and Thaddeus M Mahon of the eigh
teenth district. There is plenty of
time yet for other announcements,
I and no doubt there will be more of
I them.
Vs&S I U 1 111 I I VI E If BIZ fXV ofttJ' 1 Jrf."m&
MILFORD,
OBITUARY.
MR. GEORHE MILLOTT.
The people of this county will
learn with sorrow of the death at
his home in Matamoras last Friday
night of Mr. Millott, the proprietor
of a hotel at that placoi
For some time he has been ill of a
chronic affection, but lately seemed
to be regaining his heolth.- He was
born at Mansfield, England, 69 years
ago and came to this country in 1862
locating first in New York from
whence he came to Port Jervis,
working at his trade that of a stone
cutter. In 1878 he built a hotel at
Ma tamoras, and has since that tin e
resided there. Mr. Millott was a
genial, whole-souled man and had
many warm friends.
He was a member of Vandermark
lodge, I. O. O. F. of Milford, and of
Matamoras lodge of American Le
gion of Honor.
His funeral was largely attended
by his bretheren on Monday last.
He is survived by his widow, Anna
and one son, Edward.
WILLIAM NEARPASS CASE.
One of the oldest citizens and re
sidents of Deerpork, Orange county,
died on Wednesday, April 29th, Hged
92 years.
Wm. N. Case was born April 14,
1804 in Montague, Sussex county,
N. J., and shortly after his parents
removed to Sullivan county, N. Y.,
where he grew up, was married and
raised a family of children. He was
for over twenty years a justice of the
peace, and was at one time super
visor of the Town of Forestburg,also
a Commissioner of Highways and
School Trustee. Mr. Case was a
highly esteemed citizen, and led a
useful and honorable life.
MRS. EMELINE DEWITT.
Emeline, the wife of Nelson De-
witt, died at her home near Decker
town, N. J. last Friday May 1, aged
about 60 years.
MATTHEW COOPER.
Matthew Cooper, aged about 75
years, a resident of Sullivan county,
N. Y., died May 1st, at his residence
in Debruce.
EMMET BEVANS.
Emmet Bovans who formerly re
sided at Hainosvillo, Sussex county
N. J., died at Bcranton last Sunday.
He was a son of Obadiah Bovans,
and loaves a wife and two daugh
ters, Sallie J. and Edith.
New lino of Ladies & Gents shoes
at W. & G. Mitchells.
HYMENEAL
OILM0RE M MURRAY.
Mr. William Gilmore and Miss
Evelyn McMurray of Dingmans. Pa.
were married at the M. E. parsonage
on Ann street Milford, on Wednes
day afternoon May 6, 1898. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. W.
R, Neff, and was witnessed by Mr.
Edwin McMurray and Mrs. F. B.
Pletcher, brother and sister of the
bride. The bride was prettily at
tired in a steel gray gown hand
somely trimmed with lace. After
the ceremony the company repaired
to the home of Mr. F. B. Pletcher
where a bountiful supper was
served.
The young couple will begin house
keeping at once in their own home
at Dingmans. " q "
. Horse Shoe Springtooth Harrows
at W. & G. Mitchells.
Droaned While Fishing
George Hartwood a young man
aged 33 years was drowned Monday
near Burchers mills in Lackawaxon
township. He was fishing in a
small stream, and it is supposed
was seized with a fit to which he
was a subject, and fell with his head
in the water. Search was made by
reason of his absence and he was
found lying just as he had fallen.
He was unmarried and lived with
his father.
High grade Fertilizers for all
Crops at W. & G. Mitchells.
D. L, Hower, vice principal of
the Honeadale Public schools was
elected hist Tuesday County Super
intendent of Wayne county at a sal
ary of $1500.
TIKE COUXTY, TA FBI DAY, MAY 8, 189G.
PERSONAL.
Mr. Maxwell Trninor, of New
York spent Sunday iu Milford.
Esnuii-e Charles L. Hellcr.of Bush-
kill, pnid the county sent a brief
visit last week.
Hon. W. E. McCormick of Port
Jervis,. was in .Milford - Wednesday
afternoon.
Hon. Barnot Mnnsfield.of Strouds
burg, was in Milford last Saturday
on business.
J. C. Grasmuk.Mrs. Grasmuk ami
daughter, Marion, visited Milford
over last Sunday.
Mrs. Robert Struthors, of Brook
lyn, N. Y. is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. R. Humbert for two weeks.
Benj. V. Dolph. of Port Jervis has
been chosen loader of the Syracuse
University Glee Club.
Mrs. D. Bournique and her daugh
ter, Virginia returned home from
the city Thursday.
Mr. John Baldwin, of New York
is a guest at tho Crissman House.
He expects to remain here several
days.
Ex-Sheriff Fred A. Kesseler, John
Clune, J. M. Von Akin and Oustav
Dunker, Democratic war horses of
Westfall, were in Milford Tuesday,
David R. and Murray H. Chapin,
of Brooklyn, N, Y., took a brief re
spite from study and business last
Friday and graced Milford with a
short visit.
Miss Jennie Brownseombe the ar
tist of Honesdnle, Pa., who for the
past year or more has been studying
at Rome, will shortly sail for her
home.
Hon. L. E. Carr formerly of Port
Jervis, now of Albany, N. Y., has
been appointed by the Alderman of
that city one of its Police commissi
oners. Mrs. J. C. Bull who has been criti
cally ill is considered past the dan
ger point, and will probably recover.
This will be cheerful news to her
many friends.
Mr. C. F. Siotz has bis large new
boarding house in Dingman town
ship nearly completed. It is a de
cided improvement to that part of
the country.
Mrs. Paul Humbert is making
great improvements to her cottages
in Dingman township, in the way
of new fences, and a general renovat
ing. It is a charming place and nice
ly located for boarders.
Messrs Charles Quinn and Dr.
II. E. Emerson of this place who
have been visiting Europe for a
couple of months returned Saturday
May 2. While absent they wero in
Italy.Switzerland, France, Scotland,
England and Ireland. They were
delighted with the trip.and returned
improved in health and spirits.
Julius Foster Mulford, of Dela
ware township, who is engaged in
prospecting for minerals on his
farm, was in town recently. He
says there is no question but that he
has found an ancient wall, as thore
are letters and dates carved on it,
one date being 1671 but that the
rest are illegible through age. He
is sanguine of finding something
valuable.
Hon. John D. Houck, Geo. II.
Bortree, of Greene ; George N. Kel
lam, C. A. Pellot, Walter Vetterlein,
of Palmyra ; C. C. Shannon, of Lack
awaxen ; Henry C. Knealing. of Sho
hola ; J. C. Prescott, Chas. Nichols
andS. C. Westfall.of Westfall ; Will
Westbrook, of Blooming Grove ; Ira
B. Case, of Dingman ; Philip B.
Clark, William Rake, of Porter;
Joseph Bensley, E. R. Schoonover,
of Lehman, and Ran Van Gordon.of
Delaware were among the out of
town directors present on Tuesday.
Syracuse Plows and cultivators at
W. & G. Mitchells.
Death of a Well. known Politician.
Hamilton Disston, head of the
firm of H. Disston 's Sons, of Phila
delphia, a member of the Park Com
mission, delegate to the Republican
convention at St. Louis and one of
the best known and most popular
leaders in local and state politics,
died suddenly Thursday morning
April 30th. Death was due to heart
failure and was peaceable and pain
less. Millinery.
A fine new assortment of Hat
Flower and Feathers at Miss Mitch
ell's. Absconded With the Expresa Company'! Money.
An express clerk named Mohl in
the employ of the Wells Fargo Co.,
at Passaic got away with the cash
and chocks which J. F. Kilgour sent
last week to pay his quarryinen.
They have suffered some inconveni
ence in consequence hut duplicate
chocks have been issued and honored.
THE DELAWARE VALLEY R. R.
Offlenls of the New Company In Town This
Afternoon.
Mr. W. H.Metealf of Philadelphia
the ener'sptic promoter of the new
Delaware Valley Railroad enter
prise, was in town this afternoon
acoompaniod by J. Murray Africa, a
son of tho president of the company,
who represents a number of interes
ted capitalists.
They will go over the route as sur
veyed by engineer Breese and Mr.
Africa, who is an expert engineer,
will determine on the practicability
of his plans.
Engineer Breese will arrive in
town to-morrow and will begin the
surveys at once. Mr. Metcalf in
forms us that no grass will grow un
der the feet of the new company,
and that the construction of the
road will proceed with all possible
dispatch, it being the intention of
the company to have trains running
between Port Jervis and Milford in
time for the summer travel.
Mr. Metcalf will go to Strouds
burg and will return to this village
on Friday, accompanied by other
capitalists interested in the road.
Union May 6.
Messrs Metcalf and Africa were in
Milford Thursday. Both speak with
the greatest confidence in the suc
cess of the scheme. They will be
gin securing rights of way this week
and surveying, and in fact are now
on the ground.
Tho Borough Fathers.
At the regular meeting of the
Town Council held May 4. The fol
lowing business was presented and
transacted.
Report of Board of Health for Ap
ril filed.
Acceptance of Borough ordinance
No. 28 granting rights to Strouds
hurg and Bushkill telephone com
pany filed.
Police Officer Smith was instructed
to enforce the ordinance prohibiting
riding bicycles on the sidewalks.
A resolution was passed to rent
the Glen and the committee was au
thorized to pay a rental of $150.
The street committee was directed
to proceed to repair the streets, and
place them in a good condition.
The Secretary was instructed to
notify every property owner in the
Borough to have the sidewalks
graded as provided by ordinance No.
18.
E. Warnor was appointed a mem
ber of the Board of Health.
A notice was directed to be given
prohibiting the throwing or burn
ing papers or refuse of any kind in
the streets.
A committee was appointed to as
certain the cost of a new street
sprinkler.
The council adjourned to May 9th
to reoeive bids for sprinkling the
streets.
Resolutlona of Condolence.
At the last meeting of Vander
mark lodge No. 828 I. O. O. F. of
Milford the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted :
Whereas, It has pleased an all
wise and overruling Providence in
whoso hand the stronger maternal
ties on earth are but as brittle
threads to again enter and by the
ruthless hand of death deprives us
of the companionship of one of our
most esteemed members, our worthy
brother George Millott,
Resolved, That while we deeply
deplore the loss of our friend and
brother we would bow in humble
submission to tho mandate of Him
in whom we live, move and have
our being knowing that as God can
not err his decrees though inscruta
ble and beyond our feeble compre
hension are wise and just,
Resolved, That we aware of this
severe affliction of the widow, child
and relatives of the deceased brother
sympathize with them in this the
hou r of their bereavement,
Resolved, That as a token of re
spect entertained for the memory of
the departed the charter of Vander
mark lodge No. 828 I. O. O. F. be
draped in mourning for the space of
thirty days.
Resolved, That a copy of these
resolutions be furnished under the
seal of the lodge to the family of
the deceased brother and that the
said resolutions be published in the
Milford Dispatch and Pike Cousty
Press.
Wm. F. Beck, )
Geo. R. Quick, v C
D. H. Hornbeck, o
County Convention.
The triennial convention of School
Directors for the election of a Coun
ty Superintendent of schools con
vened at the ConrtJ House on Tues
day May 5, at 2 p. m., and was
called to order, by Superintendent
George Sawyer.
Hon. John D. Houck, of Greene
was nominated as Chairman of the
Convention.
Philip B. Clark of Porter, J. H.
Van Etten of Milford and Walter
Vetterlein of Palmyra, were elected
as Secretaries.
-The roll was called and only
twelve directors of the sixty-six
were found to be absent.
It was moved and carried that the
superintendent receive tho salary
provided by law.
George Sawyer was nominated for
County Superintendent and received
the unanimous vote of the conven
tion. Boing called before the direc
tors Mr. Sawyer made a neat and
appropriate speech thanking the
convention and outlining his course
for the next term. Ho stated that
in the average of wages paid male
teachers Pike stood 64 in the list of
counties, and in the average paid to
female teachers 60.
On motion adjourned.
A Leap Year Reception.
The Leap Year reception given by
"The Woinon's Social Club" of
Milford at Brown's Hall Thursday
evening April, 30 was a recherche
affair. It was largely attended and
a delightful time experienced by the
fortunate participants. The ladies
looked sweet and acted the part of
hostesses and managers benutifullv
The young men coyly enjoyed the
situation, and blushingly bore the
ordeal of being "made up to" by
the fair sex, who played their parts
to protection.
House to Let.
Furnished house to let, on Har
ford street, Milford, seven rooms
and bathroom. Address Charles
Weir, 16 Charles St., New York. 3t
Ladies Waists and Wrappers at
W. & G. Mitchells.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Lackawaxen. Aaron Kaplin, et.
ux., to Abram J. Thomas, dated
April 21, 1896, 200 acres, con. $1 and
exchange, ent'd May 2.
Greene. . Benjamin Wesser, et.
ux., to Pelton, dated Nov. 6, 1894,
acres, con. $5, ent'd May 2.
Porter. Chas. 8. Corrao to W. C.
Swinburne, dated Nov. 12, 1895, 50
acres, con. $10, ent'd May 2.
Milford township. Margaretha
Rochotte and husband to Lewis
Frances Ragot, acres, con $650,
ent'd May 4.
Porter. A. V.Coolbaugh, et. ux .
to Jeffrey W. Smith, dated May 2,
1887. 7 acres con. $1. ent'd May 5.
Lackawaxen C. C. Shannon Ex
ecutor of , Joel Shannon to Charles
W. Shannon dated March 2. 173
acres con, $1100. ent'd May 5.
Lackawaxen. Chas. W. Shannon
et. ux. to C. C. Sliannon dated Mar.
26. 106 acres con. $900. ent'd May
5.
Blooming Grove. Chas. W. Kle-
bisch, et. ux. to Eliza A. Palmer,
dated May 28, 1895, 1,209 acres, con.
$1 and exchango, ent'd May 6.
Commissions were recorded to
Justices of the Peace, Henry C.
Knealing, of Shohola, Philip B.
Clark, of Porter, and William An
gle, of Milford Borough.
Great Sale.
Furniture and house furnishing
goods now being sold cheap at Ry
man & Wells.
Drowned In a Barrel.
The little two-year-old son of Zil
lurdLord, of Matamoras was disow
ned in a rain barrel containing only
about, six inches of water, April 30.
The little fellow waa playing about
the yard, and it is supposed that he
stepied on tho lid of the barrel,
which was but slightly secured and
slipped in when the lid righted it
self again, completely concealing
all traces of his whereabouts, and
it was only by a mere chance that
ho was discovered.
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county.
Apply for rates.
No. 28.
BRIEF MENTION.
Read the $50s reward notice in
the One Cent a Word column.
Mr. Paxil Bournique has pur
chased a fine horse of Mr. George
Wheelor.
Ex-United States Senator Win.
A. Wallace, of Clearflojd, Pa., is re
ported dying in New'York.
Prof. T. H. Serfass was re
elected County Superintendent of
Monroe county. Salary $1,000.
There have been in Deer park
thirty -seven applicants for tax cer
tificates under the Raines liquor
law.
The sidewalk in front of the
Hotel Fauchere and Emerson's drug
store is being lowered to the proper
grade. Let the good work go on.
A fawn was seen to cross the
pnblic road near Frick's hotel last
week. The little fellow took to the
mountain and soon disappeared.
The Philadelphia Press is now
printing 165,000 papers each Sun
day on its new sextuple Hoe press
which runs off 800 twelve page pa
pers a minute.
John F, North the " Nitrate
King " and one of the richest men
in England died suddenly in London
May 5. He was said to be worth
$150,000,000. . .
Tho air pressure on a person of
ordinary size is thirteen and a half
tons, which is easily resisted, while
the slight pressure to go out and
" take something " cannot be.
Germany is still pressing her
protective policy against foreign ag
ricultural products. The last move
is to place a duty on hermetically
sealed cans containing certain class
es of meats.
It is reported tha t Joseph Petri -kovsky
who not long ago married
one of Milfords popular young lad
ies, Miss Georgie Briard, and who
subsequently went out to Cuba as
a war correspondent for a Russian
paper has been killed.on that island.
The fiftieth anniversary of the
appointment of Professor William
Henry Green as instructor in the
Princeton Theological Seminary, was
celebrated May 2. Hundreds of
clergymen from New York and
Philadelphia were present.
The New York Times recently
went into the hands of a receiver.
The paper has been losing money
ever since it mugwumpod and went
Democratic, and this same experi
ence has visited about every body
else since the Country did the
same thing.
Harvey Klaer '96 of Lafayette
college is ono of the debaters in the
annual joint debate between Lehigh
and Lafayette which will be held in
Bethlehem this evening May 8. The
question is ' 'resolved that the United
States Government should own the
railroads." Lafayette has the nega
tive. Over thirty members of the
New York Stock Exchange came up
last Saturday and rode from Port
Jervis to the Gap on their wheels.
The party took supper at the Hotel
Schanno, and there is no doubt, but
that they got a good one and
thoroughly enjoyed it.
Hiram C. Clark, of the Board of
water Commissioners of Newton,
N. J. has resigned from that body.
His work in putting in the new wa
ter system for that town was emin
ently satisfactory, and was done for
several thousand dollars less than
the estimated cost.
There is considerable consump- '
tion among the cattle in Sussex, Co.,
and the State and local boards of
health are giving the matter their at
tention. The disease should be
promptly dealt with, for milk deal
ers are justified in requiring only
pure milk from uncoutaminated sour
ces. The general health and safety
depends on such a supply.
Some miscreant or miscreants
took the pains to cut the shad net at
Conashaugh last Wednesday even
ing, but notwithstanding there were
only about 100 feet lertthe fisher
men had good luck. They offered a
reward of $j0 for evidence which
will lead to the detection of the
guilty parties and we hope they may
be caugnt.
We wonder in view of the great
number of fine fat shad nightly be
ing taken at the several fisheries in
this vicinity, what those croakers
who are always talking about fish
in the river as they " used to was "
will sjiy now. Evidently the good
work of the nsh commissioners in
stocking tho river and keeping out
the destructive weirs is being de
monstrated. Newburg's educational deadlock
has been broken by a law adding an
additional member to the board.
The mayor was petitioned to add a
woman to the board, but this he
ungallantly declined to do. The
woman however will be properly re
cognized by progressive towns in
school matters. As a rule they take
more interest in moral and educa
tional affairs than men, and would
be more emcient in their manage
ment and control. This fact is fast
being recognized in intelligent communities.
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