1, A. ( v ,.... I PIKE COUNTY PRESS. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT MILFORD, PA. The PRESS is the best ADVERTISING MEDIUM in the county. J. H. Van Etten, Editor. Terms One dollar and fifty cents a year in advance. (7) jI w47 Nwvfe i& L fl. ft i! W i$js i.m.lk Copies, Five Cents. VOL. 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; Sabbath services at 10.) A. M. and 7.80 P. M. Sabbath school Immediately niter the morning service. Prayer meeting Wed nesday at 7.80 p. M. A cmilinl welcome will be extended to all. Those not at tached to other churches are especially ln vitod. Hkv. Thomas Nichols, Pastor. Church of thk Good Shepherd, Mil ford: Services Sunday nt 10.30 A. M. and 7 30 P. M. Sunday school at 2.30 P. M. Week-day scrvleos.Friday at 4.00P.M. Seats free. All welcome B. S. Lassiter, Rector. M. E. Church. Services at the M. E. Church Sundays: Preachlug at 10.80 a. m. and at 7.80 p. in. Sunday school at i p. in. Kpworth league at 6.45 p. in. Weekly prayor meeting on Wednesdays at 7.80 p. m. Class meeting conducted by Wm. Angle on Fridays at 7.30 p. m. An earnest invitation is extended to anyone who may desire to worshsp with us. ilEV. W. K. NEPF, Pastor. MATAMORAS. Epworth M. E. Church, Matamoras. Pervloos every Sabbath at 10.80 a. ni. and 7 p. in. Sabbath school at 2.80. C. E. meeting Monday evening at 7.80. Class meeting Tuesday evening at 7.80. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7.80. Everyone welcome. Rev. F. G. Curtis, Pastor. Hope Evangelical Church, Mata moras. Pa. Services next Sunday as follows: Preachimr at 10.30 a. in. and 7 p. m. Sun day schxl at 8 p. m. Junior U. K. before and C E. prayer meeting after the even ing Bervice. Mid-week prayer meeting every Wednesday evening at 7.80. Seals I roe. A connai weicomo to an. tjome. Rev. J. A. Wikuand, Pastor. Secret Societies. Milford Lodge. No. 844. F. & A. M Lodge meets Wednesdays on or before Full Moon at the Sawkill House, Milford, Pa. N. Emery, Jr., Secretary, Milford. J. H. Van Etten, w. M.. Minora, fa. Tan Deb Mark Lodge, No. 8"J8, I. O. O. F: Meets every Thursday evoning at 7.80 p. m., Brown's Building. Goo. Dau man, Jr., Sec'y. James H. Heller, N. G. Prudence Rebekah Lodge, 197, I. O. O. F. Moets every second and fourth Fri days In each month in Odd Fellows' Hall. Brown's building. Miss Minnie Buck, N. G. Katie Kluiu, sec y. Pins Hill Farm. G. E. Hursh, proprietor. Rose oomb white leghorns.eggs for hatch ing, broilers in season and dealer in poulty supplies, incubator, Droouers, wire netting, roofing felt, &o., trees, plants and vines, furnished to order Office at farm, Layton, N. J. Hew line of Ladies & Gents shoes at W. & G. Mitchells. Michael Hiablt Dead. The funeral of Right Worshipful Past Grand Master and Right Wor shipful Grand Secretary Michael Nisbit, who died May. fith, was held in Philadelphia on Monday. Many prominent masons were present.and all the officers of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. The burial cere monies were performed by R. W. Grand Master Matthias W. Hender son, assisted by Rev. H. S. Getz, Grand Chaplain. The body of Brother Nisbit clothed in a full suit of Masonio clothing rested in a polished casket and was interred in Woodland's cemetery. Farewell till the grand summons comes. Notice. Any person or persons in Milford dosiring telephone connections win call on or address J. P. Van Etten, Conashaugh, Pa or at this office. Still More Shad. ' Four hundred and fifty thousand young shad were deposited in the Delaware river at Lambertvule, Si . J. on Tuesday by the United States Fish Commission. New Wall Paper at W. & G. Mit chells. It is good discretion not to make too much of any man at the first. Bacon. Raines U in Port Jervit. The Port Jervis Gazette gives some statistics In regard to the amounts roccived this yenr and lust from licenses. Last year the total number of license including drug stores was 92, and the amount re ceived 2.802.50, This year the certificates issued so far are 51 from which the town receives IS. 73-1 less treasurers fees, which are an increase of $5,930, which sum will be enough to support all the town poor including those which were formerly a charge on the County be fore the passage of the resolution by the Supervisors requiring each town to care for its own poor. It further says : " This includes the support of the orphan children chargeable to the town " " The effec t of the law in Port Jer vis has 1x;en to lessen the number of places where liquor is sold, pro ducing three times the revenue for the town poor as formerly, closing saloons on Sunday, and increasing the number of hotels where liquor may be lawfully furnished on that day with sandwich meals, reducing the revenue of landlords by places made vacant and restoring the vil lage government to the possession of the Democratic party.. The law is a mixture of evil with good, and time will toll which is uppermost. " There can be no question however as to one thing about this much abused Rupublican measure,' aud that is it compels the " sources of poverty to support their own work. The money which goes to make widows and orphans, by this act, renders poetic justice in boing turned into a fund to provide for their maintenance and comfort after the saloon keeper has finished his work with the husband and father. Even the Democrats must admit that this is good, and if so, the evil spoken of in the Gazette article must be the restoring of the village government to the possession of the Democratic party which on general pr inciples we will cordially admit. Great Sal. Furniture and house furnishing goods now being sold cheap at Ky man & Wells. POLITICAL NOTES. Honry Houck, Deputy State Su perintendent of Publio Instruction, has the Congressional bee buzzing about his ears, and has determined to enter the field for the nomina tion in the Fourteenth District .com posed of Lebanon, Dauphin and Per ry counties, lew men are more popular than Mr. Houck. Ladies Waists and W. & G.' Mitchells. Wrappers at Ladlea be Careful. Mrs. Monahan, of Scranton, lately ejected from her stomach the almost intact body of a mouse, which had been causing her pain and worry for a couple of weeks. She thinks she was snoring on the night when her queer experience began, and his mouseship becoming startled by her attempt to shoo him away, jumped into the first hole he saw which hap pened to be her mouth, thereby coin, mitting suicide, and causing the trap much discomfort. Milliuerjr. A fine new assortment of Hut Flower and Feathers at Miss Mitch ell's. Lehigh a. lafayette. In the debate between Lehigh and Lafayette last Friday evening on the subject " Resolved that the United States Government should own the Railroads " in which Harvey Klaor was on the negative side, Lehigh won, her orators carrying every point. Dr. Parkhurut says empty barns in October are the logical sequence of empty furrows in spring. The young man may as well understand that there are no gratuities in this life, and that success is never reach ed across lots. The great man is he who has no thing to four and nothing to hope from another. Landor. 5IILF0RD, OBITUARY. LUTHER C. BRINK. Luther C. Brink died at the home of his brother, Thomas M. Brink in Port Jervis last Wednesday, of con sumption, aged about 60 years. Many years Rgo he learned the printer's trade and for about 35 years has been employed in a large printing house in New York. He was born near Milford, and his mother died only a short time ago aged over ninety years. Ho was never married and is sur vived by two brothers, Thos. M., of Port Jervis, and James N., of Dela ware township and one sister, Op helia, who resides with her brother, James. ' Syracuse Plows RDd cultivators at W. & G. Mitchells. Surveyors at Work on the Valley Railroad. The surveyors for the Stroudsburg and Port Jervis Railway company are at work between here and the latter place, and so soon as they have completed the line it is said the work of grading will be begun. This will possibly be next week. The farmers along the line have generally shown a commendable spirit as to right of way, and while in some instances they may suffer inconvenience, this cannot he com pared with the incalculable benefits they will derive from a railroad in this valley. Should it be built, as flow seems probable, there will be such an awakening in our material prosperity, and progresses has nev er been realized in the history of the County. High grade Crops at W. & Fertilizers for G. Mitchells. all Gen. Van Wyck'a Eye Glaaaea Found After 30 Yeara. In the early 60's the widely known Gen. Chas. H. Van Wyck alighted from a train at Turner'B for refresh monts. Before he had finishod the train started. The General grabbed his hand bag and started in pursuit. Just above tho station is a long bridge, and while running across this the General dropped his hand bag and eye-glasse. in the stream below. He lost his train and had to wait for another. Union. A few days ago, says " Dr. Sprig glos"ofthe Newburgh Journal, a young man of Turners found the General's glasses in the dry bed of a former pond little the worse for 30 years soaking. Horse Shoe Springtooth Harrows at W. & G. Mitchells. In the Interest of Farmers. Mr. Wm. Half, State Lecturer of the Grange will be in Milford on Wednesday, May 20 and deliver an address in the Court House at 7.30 p. m. on the benefits of that organ za tion. And at the same time if pro per interest is manifested will organ ize a local society. The Patrons of Husbandry are prosperous in this and adjoining states and there are many reasons why the farmers for the advance ment of thoir own interests should organize and act in harmony and concort. It is to lie hoped that all who feel interested in this matter will be present and give it a careful consid eration. You will not lose anything and you may gain much informa tion by listening to this able lec turer. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Palmyra. John Nyce and wife to Burnham K. Nyce, Q. C. deed, dated April 30, iy acres, con. $800, ent'd May 11. Blooming Grove. John M. Van Akin,treas. to county commissioners dated Nov. 2P, 1884, 214 acres, con ten cents, ent'd May 12th. County commissioners to E. T. Riviore.same land, deed dated Nov. 20, 1889, con 5.00, ent'd May 12th. Blooming Grove. J. B. West brook, treas. to county commission ners, dated Sept. 18, 1890, 203 acres, con. ten cents, ent'd May 12th. Commissioners to E. T. Riviere, same land, con, tl, dated March 24 1893, ent'd May 12th. TIKE COUSTY, TA., FBIDAY, MAY 15, 1896. PERSONAL. Mr. Murray H. Chnpln, of Brook lyn, visited Milford last Sunday. Mr. George Bournirjuo of Brooklyn is visiting his folks of this place. Clarence DeWitt cr.nght two largo trout measuring 13 and 14 inches respectively last Saturday. Mrs. B. E. Brown is confined at her home with a severe attack of quinsy sore throat. Mrs. Kent and her friend, Mrs. Campboll, of Kew York, are guests at the Crissmnn House. Miss Anna Van Inwegen, of Port Jervis, a student at Vussur spent last Sunday at home. , Mr. V. M. Rundle, tho piano tun ner, of Walpack Centre, N. J., was in town Thursday. Britton Thomas, of this place, hns gore to Haverstraw. N. Y., where he has accepted a position in a brick yard. Prof. Frank Do Rialp, of New York, spent last Sunday at his home near Brink Pond in Shohola town ship. Rev. Thomas Nichols will.occupy tho pulpit of the Presbyterian Church at Monticcllo, N. Y., next Sunday. Miss Laura Bennett, the Western Union ojiemtor at this place, has been spending several da3rs at her home in Tri-Stntcs, N. Y. Hon. J. J. Hart was in Milford for a short time last Friday. His family will return to their homo in this place in a few days. E. L. Van Etten, auditor of the R. W. and O. it. K. with headquar ters at Jamestown, N. Y., spout last Sunday in Port Jervis. Messrs Charles Shnnno and Frank Jordan have returned from Virginia Bench, Vn., where they have u"on employed in the Princess Anno Ho tel. Jacob Kluer has entered tho .race for the Associate Judgeship of this county. Report says that. Hon. J. C. Houck will bo candidate for re election. Married at the Presbyterian Par- sonnge Milford Pa., May 14 1890 by the Rev. Thos. Nichols, Mr. Jesse 8. Puff to Miss Lizzie Brown both of Ellon ville, N. Y. Louis K. Churoh, receiver of tho Puget Sound National Bank, Wash ington, was m Milford for a brief stay last week. His homo is in Evoritt, Wash. Jacob Lattimoro, who for a num- bor of years was in the restaurant business in Chicago, has left the Windy City, and is now located in Colorado. Judge J. F. Curtis, of Honesdalo, agent for tho American Book Com pany, last week visited the directors of this county in the interest of that concern. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Whitaker of Deckertown, N. J., if spared and Providence permitting, will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary on the first of July. W. V. Hilliard spent a couple of days with his family in Milford last week, and went troui here to visit his mothor who has boon afflicted with a paralytic stroke. James Bennett of the Gazette was in Milford Wednesday. Ho reports that his sou who was shot near Stamford is improving and will bo removed to Port Jervis in a tow uays. Prof. Honry K. Boomer of Now ton, N. J. briefly visited town last Wednesdav. Ho has a largo Dusi noss in Sussex county as a tunor and repairer of pianos. Rev. F. G. Curtis, the new pastor of the Epworth M. E. Church and Mr. Alfred Billman. both ot Mata moras, made the Pkess a brief and pleasant call on Friday ot last week. John D. Swinton. of Port Jervis, who has been seriously ill ot tlnih thoria is improving aud is now able to sit up. We are pleased to record this evidence of his recovery. Mr. G. W. Donaldson, of New York citv. spent a few days at his countrv residence back of Dingmau's Forrv. fa,., last week, returning to Now York on Monday ol this week. Mrs. J. C. Chamberlain left town to-dav for a visit to her uncle Lhas Down, ot I'aup.vc.who is not m goou health. He is one of the oldest re sident of that section and a staunch Republican. Mrs. Geo. G. Lav.ycr and her young son. Grant, of Port Jervis, came down to Milford to spend a few days with her huslmnd, who conducts the Dental parlors over Browns store. Mrs. J. A. WeHtbrook, of Peters Valley, N. J., who has been confined to her room for a long time oy severe attack of blood poisoning, has so far recovered as to go alwut the house and even out of doors. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Armstrong reioice over a erraud-daiuihter tluit came to comfort aud cheor their household about a month ago. Ma. bel Wilson is her name and she pos sesses the happy distinction of being the first. Oliver Cressman, who was county commissioner of Pike along in the seventies, and wbo some thirteen years ago removed to Los Angelos, California, lias been visiting the scene of his childhood in Wayne county, Pa. Rev. Joseph Millett who was pas tor of the Reformed church at Mont ague, N. J., some three or more years ago, and is now in charge of flourishing church near Kingston N. Y., is sojourning a few days among his former jxirishioners and will preach In the Montague church next tiunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Wennor and young son Bruce, also Laura Wen ner left Milford on Saturday tor Philadelphia, where they attended the commencement exercises of the Medieo-Chirurgioal College, which took place on Wednesday of this week. Miss Wenner while in that city will order a large stock of sum. mer millinery. John C. Cornelius, who holds a responsible position in the Educa tional Bureau of the Chicago Trib une, and is also connected with the Werner School Book Company in their advertising department, visited Milford this week for a few days, and while here made the Press a pleasant call. We are pleased to learn of John's prosperity. Card of Thanka. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Hartwell and family, of Greeley, Pa., desire to thank their friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted them during their late bereavement. A School Teacher Held up. Mr. James E. Bennett a son of James Bennett of Tri States, N. Y., had quite an experience with a high wayman last Saturday. He is teaching school at Sound Beach near Stamford, Conn., and went to that place on his wheel to visit a friend Prof. O. H. Adams. Returning at a late hour he was hailod by a fpot- pad who commanded him to stop, at the same time aiming a revol ver at him, Mr. Bennett did not hood the request, but threw all his energy in the " bike, " and passed the would be robber, who fired three shots.one taking effect in his back, and severe ly wounding him. Mr. Bennett con tinued to " scorch " until he reached his home nearly a mile away. Here he fell fainting from his wheel from loss of blood. He has been taken to a New York Hospital. Dr. Wells at Dea Moinea, Iowa. Dr. Fred W. Wells a son of Mr. E. A Wells of Port Jervis, and who is located at Des Moines, Iowa prac ticing as a physician has been chosen to an important position in that city The Daily News of May 5 says : The selection of Dr. Wells as city physician does credit to the city council. Dr. Wells is a physician of high standing and not at all a poli tician. He will give the public faithful service without trying to run a political machine at the same time. Creat Damage by Foreat Firea. Forest fires in Clearfield county have dostroyed flOO.OOO worth of lumber. The Stroudsburg corres pondent of the Philadelphia papers says : "In Pike county 15,000 acres have been burned over. A number of barns and other buildings have been burned, to the ground. The large house of Nicholas Holden caught fire and only a vigorous fight extinguished it. Nearly every town in Pike county has suffered loss by the flames. County Commissioners Newman, Dingman and Heller, who were returning from Greene town ship, were hemmed in by the flames and rode hard to escape the fhimes. A school house is reported to have boon burned near Milford. The far mers will not only suffer loss from the fires, but the drouth threatens the utter destruction of the hay crop." Which is news indeed to us For Rent. The residence of the subscriber on Harford street, overlooking the " Kawkill G?on, " with an acre and a half of ltt'n.well sliaded.with car riage house throe box stalls, ice house, two story laundry, etc., will be rented partly furnished for one or more years, on the 1st of July next Apply to A. E. Lewis. The way to have a, friend ia to be MENTION. uses 500 electric lights. A bee can carry three times its own weight. John D. Rockfellow has arivrm $100,000 to Vassar College. Two weeks from this comine Saturday is Decoration Day. The brightest thing about the coming summer girl will he her gilt belt. The Street commissioner of Mil ford, is grading George street from Uroail to Fifth. J. B. Vantnssel conducted an auction sale of lamps, clocks, tin ware and numerous other articles during the week. The highest priced watch ever made in Geneva cost. $17,000. The watch was worth $700 and the dia mond studded cases made up the balance. Richard J. oldest son of A. T. Searle Esq., of Honesdale was drowned in a fish pond on his fathers farm near Siko Inst Monday after noon. Louis Remey, a Port Jervis horse doctor has served 45 days in Ifoiilicello jail for fishing on private property in tho town of Lumber land. Archbishop Whately said that a good preacher preached because ho had something to say and a bad preacher because he had to say something " The Town Council nt its meet ing held Tuesday evening agreed to buy a new stroet sprinkler of the Miller Knobloek Co., with a capa city of 350 gallons, and to cost $216. George E. Horton, our genial borough father and popular livery man, came m town the other even ing with a handsome pair of black horses purchased in Middlotown, N. Judge Craig of the Monroe-Car bon judicial district, recently de cided that a man cannot buy real estate with pension money and hold it against his creditors. With potatoes at ten cents a bushel and base ball salaries not less than 1100 per month, we wonder which the farmer boys would better do plant potatoes or play base ball. Put tho town in condition for the summer. Pick up all the old papers and rubbish and show the summer guests that come and go that one of our traits is tidiness and neatness. There are 21 in the graduatins class at Blair Hall this yenr. Mr. Christopher Easton will deliver the Valedictory Oration and Mr. F. F. Hopper the Salutatory, they stand ing highest in grade in their class. The dry weather last summer caused bees to solect some poison ous substance in plnce of their usual sweets, and many bee keepers lost nearly their entire apiaries. In Wayne county five men lost 335 hives. The New Jersey Democrats held a very meek convention last week to choose dolegatos to the Na tional Convention. No instructions were given, but many are said to favor Wm. E. Russell, of Massa chustts. While the family of Theodore Lee, of East Stroudsburg, were at supper a pet bear belonging to a son entered the room and devoured the meal. In the fight to get Bruin into his den James Myers had an arm badly lacreatod. A few of the choice selections of roses and clematis yet remain un sold. A paskage of seeds will be presented to each purchaser. Now is the time to secure this assort ment of beautiful flowers. Call on or address J. Leahy, Grey Towers. Col. Frank K. Hain, general manager of the L Road in New York was killed by a freight train at Clif ton Springs, New York last Satur day May 9th. He was suffering from nervous prostration and was at the Sanitarium at that place. me etate uoiiege has issued a bulletin describing a pho phate de posit in Juniata Co. lue stratum is three feet in thickness, and if work ed to a depth of one hundred feet will supply nearly twenty five tons of rock tor each foot of length of outcrop. Ten excursionists visited Mr. Reilley's new town back of Milford hist Sunday. It is reported that some who have already purcha-sed lots are making arrangements to build cottages on them.und have en tered into negotiations for tho mat erials. Ottenheimer s F orest liirk es tablishment, back of Bushkill, will open for a seatam of at least two mouths during tho summer, and a great part of the many rooms in the numerous buildings attached thereto are already engaged. Mr. Otten heimer died last Full. The Borough Council at the mooting last Saturday evening took BRIEF Blair Hall Apply for rates. No. 29. further steps to procure a street sprinkler, but as no bids were re ceived for sprinkling nothing more was done toward having the dust nuisance abated. The authorities should get a move on themsolves. An exchange gives a receipt that is worth trvme : A- sinelo pallon boiled oil will soak in and furnish a protecting cover for all the farm wagons, plow handles, horse rakes. etc., on the farm, keeping the weather from them and thus saving its cost a dozen times. Put it on hot. The Sussex Register savs. "a kill cure is needed in Newton for a few young fellows who are so rum crazed that their Sundays are spent in a maudlin state of intoxication. which begins at noon on Saturday." What is the matter with a rood " cooler " and a diet of bread and Morris Lake water ? The sheriff's sale advertised for May 11th of the lands of Kennell and Gourlay wns adjourned until May 18th at 10 o'clock a. m. This adjournment was made in order that an injunction against the salo which the defendants have obtained in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern district of New York may bo disposed of May 15th Tho Port Jervis papers estimate that about one-half of those who sold liquor in the village of Port Jervis in 1895 will oomply with the provisions of the Raines law. The rest will go out of the business. That is just what may be expected to result from the Raines law. About fifty ier cent, will go out of business, while those who remain in it will oliey the law in letter and spirit as they have never done be fore. House to Let. Furnished house to lot, on Har ford street, Milford, seven rooms and bathroom. Address Charles Weir, 16 Charles St., New York. 3t HYM ENE AL. Twist Palmer. A very pretty home wedding was celebrated in the Methodist parson age. In South Orange, April 30. Miss Mary Ella Palmer, sister of the pastor and officiating clergyman, the Rev. William E. Palmer, bocamo the wife of Oliver Sylvanus Twist, of Buffalo, a college classmate of Mr. Palmer. The parsonage was beau tifully decorated with palms, roses. etc., and the wedding party entered the large newly furnished parlors to the strains of the " Lohengrin " Wedding March, rendered on the piano by Mrs. Palmer, followed af ter the ceremony, by Mendelssohn's Wedding March. The Rev. W. C. O'Donnell, of Plainfleld, a college mate of the bridegroom and the of ficating minister, assisted in the ceremony The bride wore white silk and carried white carnations. About forty relatives and friends of the contracting parties were present, among them A. E, Palmer, of the New York Tribune; William M. Palmer, private secretary of Mayor Wurst, of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Pal mer, Mrs. Edward Twist and the Messrs. Twist, of Passaic, mother and brothers of the groom ; Mrs. Emma L. Rodgers, of Orange j Ed ward Walmsley, of Jersey City ; Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Gardner, of Newark, N. J. j Miss Addie Palmer, of Brooklyn ; Mr. and Mrs. Honry T. Buchanan, of Bayonne ; Mrs. P. C. Palmer, mother of the bride ; Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Loreo and Mrs. L. C. Vogt, of Morristown, and others. Tho bride and bridegroom have gone to Boston for a short trip. They will reside in Buffalo, where Mr. Twist is engaged in tho real estate business. Advertiser. The bride is also a sister of J. W. Palmer, of Westfall township. El. Press. A Big Haul of Shad. About 5 o'clook lust Monday morn ing at Barn Fishery, seventy shad wore caught iu the first haul, fifty of which were roe shod. This is the first time this has happened at that place this season. "Well" said Bill "I've taken a powder for my headache, a pill for my livor and syrup for my cough. Now, what puzzles me is, how do the things know the right place to go after they get inside " Is not this the merry month of May ? Spenser. j
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