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1HISINKSS 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,
Mn.roRD, Pike Co., Pa.
John A. Kipp,
Attorney-at-Law,
OFFICE, opposite Court House,
Milpord, Pike Co., Pa.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
MILFORD.
First Presbyterian Church, Milford;
Sabbath services at 10.30 A. M. and 7.m V.
M. Sabbath school Immediately after the
morning service. Prayer meeting Wed
nesday at 7.80 1". M. A cordial welcome
will bo extended to all. Thoao ni)t at
tached to other churches are especially ln
vitotl. Kkv. Thomas Nichols, PuHtor.
CnuRCH of Tim Good Siiki'hkhh, Mil
ford: Services Sundav at 10.80 A. M. and
7.) P. M. Sunday school at B.SO P. M.
Week-day sorvlcw, Wednesday 7.80 P. M.,
celebration of Holy Communion weekly,
Thursday 7.80 A. M. Bents free. All wel
come. B. S. L-assiter, Roctor.
M. E. Church. Services at the M. E.
Church Sundays: Preaching at 10.30 a.
m. and at 7.30 p. in. (Sunday school at 2
t. m. Eoworth league at H.45 p. m,
Weekly prayer meeting on Wednesdays at
1 till n dims iiifH.r.liifr cimriiH-tjHl hv
Wm. A dale on Fridays at 7.30 p.m. An
earnest invitation is hwuu w anyone
who lnt desire to worshsp with us.
MATAMORAS.
Ki'worth M. F,. Church, Matamoras.
Services every Sabbath at 10.80 a. m. and
7 p. m. Sabbath school at 2.30. C. E.
meeting Monday evening at 7.80. Class
meeting Tuesday evening at 7.80. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 7.80.
iOveryone welcome.
Kev. F. G. CURT18, Pastor.
Hope Kva.noki.ioai, Church, Mata
moras, Pa. Services next Sunday as follows :
Preaching at 10.80 a. ni. and 7 p. in. Sun
day scIhmJ at 8 p. m. Junior C K. before
and C K. prayer meeting after the even
ing service. Mid week prayer meeting
every Wednesday evening at 7.80. Seats
free. A cordial welcome to all. Come.
Kkv. J. A. Wieuanu, Pastor.
Secret Societies.
Mii.foUP LoixtK, No. 844, F. & A. M.:
Ixxlge meets Wednesdays on or before
Full Moon at the Sawkill Houso, Milford,
Pa. N. Kmorv, Jr.,' Secretary, Milford.
J. H. Von Etten, W. M.. Milford, Pa.
Van T)kb Mark IjOdok, No. 838. 1. O.
O. F: Meets every Thursday evening at
7.80 p. m., Brown's Building, (too. Uau
man, Jr., Sec'y. James H. Heller, N. O.
Prupevck Rbbekah Lodge, W 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.
ir. Katie Klein, Sec'y.
Notlcs.
Any person or persons in Milford
desiring telephone connections will
call on or address J. P. Van Etten,
Conatihaugh, Pa or at this office.
10,000 feet well-seasoned good
whitepine boards for sale. Price
reasonable. Enquire of Wm. Angle
at blacksmith shop. augl2tf
Pint Hill Farm.
G. E. Hursh. proprietor. Rose
comb white leghorria.eggs for hatch
ing, broilers in season and dealor in
poulty supplies, lncuuator.DrooQors,
wire netting, roofing felt, &c.,trees,
plants and vines, furnished to order.
Office at farm, Layton, N. J.
Wanted Bv September 1st, in a
first-class small hotel, a neat girl
for chambermaid and waiting, good
waues. must have refereuC3. Ad
dross at this office or Box 18, Mil
ford.
General lteeder Improving.
Bocrotary of the Commonwealth
Reeder ha not boon in good health
for some time, and a story has been
circulated that he would be obliged
to suffer amputation of one of his
limbs. His thumb which was in
jured by being caught in a window
btiah haa alao been troublesome, but
his physical condition is now im
proving. He has been quietly rest-in-;
for six weeks scurcely leaving
his home in EusU-n.
About Money.
The money in circulation in this
country per capita was 18.64 in 134
and tlS.04 in 1873, and the average
..f lhitse vuars was about t-15. The
inoiu'V in circulation per capitw at
j,i ivsci.t is 3, and the average
fciaco lti73 is about f l.
VERAldM is liti'ltsLllAN.
Not a Landslide But an Avalanche
in That Stats.
Rrran and Free Silver Will Not Carry Ver
mont Rut Will Ra Barlerf thcT.r a
TreinnfloTis Rvipnhlloan Vote An Im
mense Majority for Oront.
The fndieations are sure that Ver
mont has cost the largest vote in
her history. Everybody was out,
and the returns show that in no
soction were there any discontented
farmers who wanted to vote for free
silvrr.
The gains far exceed the most san
guine expectations of ihe Republi
cans, and they did not make their
ertimates large enough.
What the wave will be in Novem
ber no one can predict but it will
bury Bryan and free silver beyond
all precedent.
Vermont Republicans.
The New York Journal says of
the Vermont election that the Demo
cratic state ticket sustained a crash
ing defeat the Republican candidate
for Governor beinit elected by a
plurality over J. Henry Jackson of
not less than 35,000. Never in re
cent years has the Republican plura
lity approached this figure.
These facta and figures should im
press themselves upon the under
standing of every man, be he Demo
crat, Republcan or Populist, who
hopes for the victory of the Chicago
nominees in this campaign. Their
po rtcnt is not to be gainsaid. .,
Harry Hill It Dead.
Harry Hill, the notorious sporting
man, who for many years kept a re
sort at the corner of Crosby and
Houston streets in New York which
was visited by many peoplo.is dead.
His death occurred at Corona, L. I.,
lat "Thursday. He was aged 76
years. At one time he was reported
to be worth $500, 000 but he died in
poverty, and it is a fact worthy of
note, that of all the men who have
achieved success and were under ob
ligations to him not one went to his
assistance in the days of his adver
sity. "The way of the transgressor
is hard."
Col. Fellow's Opinion.
Col. John R. Fellows the New
York Journal's correspondent at the
Indianapolis Convention writes to
that paper, "that unless a great
number of delegates there are gross
ly deceived as to the feeling in vari
ous sections of the Union the contest
in at least three or four States is
likely to lie between the Republican
party and the Candidate of that Con
vention with Bryan a bad third, and
that these delegates are determined
that the Democratic party shall not
be executed upon a cross of any kind
whatever may be its embellish
merits"
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Jules Verne's tour of the world in
thirty days may soon be easy to ac.
complish. The trans-Siberian rail
way will be completed In 1900, and
the entire fare is estimated at from
$300 to $400.
The income of the Emperor of
of Russia per day is $25,000, Sul
tan of Turkey $10,800. Emperor of
Austria $10,000. German Emperor
$8,000 King of Italy $6,500 King of
Belgium $6,500. President of France
$5,000. Queen Victoria $8,500. Pre
sident of the United States $150.
The ordinary carp, if it is not in
terfered with, will, it is said, live
500 years. There are now living in
the Royal Aquarium in Russia sev
eral carp that are known to be over
600 years old.
A nail-making machine produces
as many nails in a inven time as
were formerly made by 1.000 men.
Yale lock people claim that in keys
of the smullost sivse 648,000 varia
Hons can be maae ; in large ones
7,776,000.
A trolley system capable of run
ning cars sixty milos an hour is un
dor construction for the electric rail
road between Baltimore and Wash,
I inijtou.
MILFORD, TIKE
NEWS FROM SPITSBERGEN.
What Professor Maxwell Hommervllle Raj's
About the Frocen KrKlnn In the Far
North and What He Saw.
Professor Maxwell Sommerville,
of the University of Pennsylvania,
who arrived here lost Saturday
from an expedition to the Arctic re
gion, gave an Interviewer some late
and interesting items about his re
cent visit to Spitsbergen. His party
stayed some time in Advent Bay, a
sheet of water sheltered by the high
mountains surrouidii it. From
the ship they commanded a fine
view of a sort of amphitheatre,
overtopped by seven enormous
glaciers, the high points all covered
with snow, while an area of about
500 acres along the seashore was
completely free from snow. He met
with two other expeditions sent out
from England. The members of
one of those (the Sir William
Martin Conway Expedition) told
him that they had traversed the
principal island of Spitzbergen from
West to East on sledges, drawn by
ponies, that had been brought ex
pressly from the north of Scotland.
On their Journey they encountered
numerous ravines and crevasses.dis
covered several beds of phosphate
which, however, it would hardly
pay to work and gathered a large
number of fossil shells, coated with
hematite. They met large herds of
reindeer, which, in many instances,
sliowed little fear and would allow
the men to get pretty close to thorn.
They shot several for f ood.but found
that the animals, met with in the
interior where the moss was cov
ered with snow, were so emaciated
as not to be fit to eat : while those
found in places, sheltered from the
wind and exposed to the rays of the
midnight sun, where there was
plenty of succulent moss, were sleek
and fattened rapidly. On the east
ern shore of the island, along the
beach, they found a few roundish
pabbles ; while on the western and
northwestern shore the debris is al
most entirely of the nature of shale
flat, crisp and disintegrated. Pro
fessor Sommerville, in his excur
sions along the margin of the sea,
fell in with a number of entire skele
tons of seals. He picked up some
remarkably white bones of reindeer.
foxes and birds ; and further up to
wards the mountains, he came
across some specimens of coal. He
also saw several varieties of moss.
bearing beautiful flowers, some of
them on bifurcated branches.
The fact that during the short sea
son of travel (scarcely more than
five weeks) a number of excursion -ists,
scientific as well as simple tour
ists, go to these high latitudes, in
spired an enterising denizen of
Trondhjem this year with the idea
of constructing a so-called two-
story "hotel," made of wood, and so
arranged as to be taken apart. He
carried it to Spitzbergen by stoamer,
and put it up in Advent Bay. The
rooms" are shnply ' bunks," like
those on shipboard, each having the
plainest of accommodation for two
persons. Of these bunks there are
twenty-eight.the occupants of which
are furnished with lodging and full
pension at $5 a head per day. He
finds enough boarders to make it
pay, and who are only too glad, as
were the members of this year's ex
peditions, to partake of his hospital
ity. The "menu" does not lack in
savoriness, as in addition to rein
deer steaks and fish, the Scotch
canned goods offer a palatable vari
ety. Only the day before the Pro
fessor left the frozen region, there
were some fine salmon caught.
Professor Sommerville foil in with
several of Horr Andree's companions
aud conversed with them. The
weather was charming, but Herr
Andree, who had gone further up
the western coast of the island, was
awaiting a southerly wind. Ameri
can Register, Paris, Aug. 15.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Diugman Township. Margaret
Jones, widow, to Jacob R. W. Jack
son, dated Aug. 24th, con. natural
love and affection, 433 acres, eut'd
Aug. 29.
COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1896.
A LETTER FROM " LtX REGIT."
About T'me for the Sub-Kdltor of the
Dispatch to Mention That He Haw the
Artlrle In the "Pike Cennty rresa."
Editor of the Prf.hs : The nin
CQwpoopof the Dispatch wAosolg"-"
nonince I exposed last Week appears
to have boon " knocked out " of the
editorial chair in the first round. He
crawls under cover of a Populist
signature, and writes a letter in the
disguise of a correspondent, which
proves beyond a doubt, that he is a
liar and a sneak. Supposing that
the people who might read his let
tor, had not Been the castigation I
gave him, he revels in a column and
a half of lies aud blackguardism, im
parting to my letter the dirty feat
ures which disgrace the last issue of
the Populist organ, whereas the fact
is (as your readers will bear witness)
there was not a coarse word in my
entire letter. True, the inevitable
conclusion, after I got through, was
that the young sub-editor was an
over-rated anojcc.daa3, but I
did not say so, in those words. We
can now see the folly of trying to
overeducate a certain grade of
mental outfit. It recalls the old
story of the Virginia lands, the soil
of which was poor by nature and
simply " ruined by cultivation."
Instead of sending such a lubber
to college, to Btrain a natural capa
city which might have been use
fully employed at the plough or in
the tan-yard, our " Milford graded
school " would have done all that
could have been dong for so shallow
a mind. Pope must have had just
such a case in view whon he wrote :
"How does the fool who has been sent to
Home,
Excel tlie foul who has been kept at
home f"
Our interesting Populist ex-subeditor
did not venture to reply to,
much lej refute, any of the points
upon which I impaled him in my
former letter. It was not to be ex
pected. I leave him, therefore, to
the quiet enjoyment of the situa
tion if he can find anything in it he
likes. Later on.it will occur to him,
as it did to the celebrated parrot, " I
know what's the matter with me !"
Lex Regit.
Chas. A. Meyen A Co.
The only goneral advertising ag
ency in the country which makes a
specialty of placing matter in Ger
man papers is that of Chas. Mogen
and Co., with its honorable record of
thirty-seven years.
Chas. Meyen a gentleman of ger-
man birth established this business
in 1859 under his own name, as it
continues to-day, but he has been
dead 27 years and noue of his kith
and kin have ever had aught to do
with the concern, and thereby hangs
a tale.
Mr. Chas. Mayno the sole proprie
tor of the agency, was born at Colo-
gue on the Rhine in 1847. At the
age of six he was brought to Ameri
ca. He received his education
mostly in the composing room and
offlcos of the old German New York
er Demokrat.now succeeded by the
German Herald and Zoitung. While
still in the offices of that publication
he started a Gorman advertising ag-
encv. Mark the similarity of the
two names, Chas. Meyen and Chas.
Mayno. As a consequence there
was interminable confusion, and the
two gentlemen found it difficult to
control their mail. In 1869 they de
termined therefore to oombine for
cos and adopted the style still in use.
In the summer of '69 six months af
ter the partnership was formed,
Mr. Meyen and his wife and a gov.
erness in their employ were drown
el at Southampton, L. I. Mr Mayno
continued the old name because inat
of Meyen Is so much simpler and
easier to grasp than his own, especi
ally to those who do not know Gor
man.
The agency has kept apace with
the times and enjoys as good credit
as anv in the lino, a fact of which
it is duly proved. J he volume oi
its trade is considerable, and by its
methods it ha placed iteelf upon the
most solid basis. Its offices are in
the Tribune building.
Phintkh'b Ikk.
Mr. Mayno is a townsman, the
proprietor of Villu Inn.
SOME FAIR PROPOSITIONS.
The Louisville Courier Journal Makes
These Fair Propositions.
1. If Mr. Bryan, or any other
human being, will show that this
country, when it had the free coih-
age of both silver and gold at the ra
tio of 16 to 1, or any other ratio, was
ever able to bring the bullion value
of both metals to the coinage value
and keep them together, thus se
curing and maintaining their circula
tion as money side by side, and pre
venting one from expelling the other
the Courier Journal will withdraw
all opposition to the free coinage of
silver.
2. If Mr. Bryan, or any other
human being, will show-that any
nation on earth, by the free coinage
of both gold (and silver at any
ratio was ever able to bring the bul
lion value of both metals to the coin
age value and keep thorn J together,
thus securing and maintaining their
circulation as money side by side,
and preventing one from expelling
the other, the Courier-Journal will
withdraw all opposition to the free
coinage of silver. "
We submit that if no nation has
ever been able to bring and keep to
gether the bullion and coina ge va
lues of the metals when those va
lues differed very little, it is prepos
terous to assume that any nation
could do it to-day, when those va
lues are so wide apart.
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
Weekly Ending- Monday, August 31,
1890 General Condition.
Both temperature and rainfall
were below the average during the
past week. These conditions have
somewhat injuriously affected the
proper maturing of late crops. Most
crops however are well advanced
and are in good condition. Corn and
buckwheat are ripening rapidly and
will yield well. Apples are abund
ant and of good quality. Vegetables
and garden tr,uck are reported as
plentiful. The dry condition of the
soil has retarded plowing but consi
derable seeding has been done. Pas
tures are fair. The potato yield is
large though complaints of rotting
continue. MoBtof the tobacco has
boon secured in good condition.
OBITUARY.
FRANK GEBHARDT.
Frank Gebhardt a son of Godfrey
J. and Pauline Gebhardt died at the
residence of his parenits in Dingman
township on Monday, aged about 15
years. For some time he had not
been in good health and his natural
powers of resistance hod been great
ly weakened, so that he fell an easy
prey to diphtheria. The funeral
took place the same day.
And They Will Vote for Sound Money.
Mauch Chunk Democrat.
Evidently Judge Klrkpatrlck.of Kaaton,
will be the Republican nominee for Con
gress, and that means a fair, open and out
spoken representative for the gold stand
ard and against silver, without any dodg
ing or straddling. All the Democrat nave
do la to nominate a candidate equally
straight for the restoration of silver, The
people want to know to oertainty what
they are to Tote for this time.
Freak Kiln of Lima For Sale.
George Cole has 'a fresh kiln of
lime now ready at his place in Mon
tague, N.J. .
He U a 8ound Money Democrat.
State Superintendent Schaeffer is
a Bound money Domocrat. "I pay
out $5,500,000 of the State's money
for schools every year," was Dr.
Schaeffer'g answer to a question as
to whether he would vote for Bryan
and Bewail, "and I think too much
of our school system and the welfare
of the children to have the districts
receive a depreciated currency, 53
cents for a dollar-"
Prof. Matthlon Not Found.
W . H. Lent who went to Easton
In search of the Professor showed a
photograph of tho missing man to a
number of people including the
druggist who sold the poison to the
person whose body was found, but
none of thern could li lent) ty 15. It is
thought that the suicide whose body
was found at Bursonville was not
that of Mutthison, and that he was
in Easton for a fow days after leav
ing Roigelaville.
PERSONAL.
Will Shearer.of Chicago is visiting
at his father-in-law's, H.B.Wells.
Mrs. Gustav DeBorhl, of Port Jer
vis is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Wood, this week.
Milo Gibbons has removed to Mil
ford from Bronchvillo, and now oc
cupies the Seitz house on Wator
street. '
Mr. Charley Brink, of this place
has gone to work at Yonker's woro
he is employed as carpenter with his
father.
Hon. W. S. Kirkpatrick and fami
ly have returned to their Easton
home after a months stay at Asbury
Park.
Stephen Cuddebnck, Flovd Steele,
Clarence DeWitt, and Will Willis
are camping at Log Tavern Pond a
few days this week.
A jolly party of young Milfordite
surprised Mrs. James Kerr, in Mon
tague, Wednesday evening and they
reported a good time.
Mr. and Mrs. J, Morris, of Now
York are visiting Mr. and Mrs. L.
Hafner. Rev. Father Morris will
come this week.
Mrs. Farnum and family returned
to their home in Port Jervis Tufls
day night after spending several
weeks in town.
Mrs. Mary Newman has returned
home from a visit to Scranton. where
she spent some weeks with her
daughter, Mrs. Courtright.
Miss Laura Brink, of Port Jervis
returned home last week, after a
short visit with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Boslor.
Mrs. B. E. Brown and Mrs. An
drews went to Asbury Park Tues
day for a fow days recreation.
Sherwood D. Van Campen and
daughter, Elizabeth of Deckerfcown
are visiting in Milford this week.
Burr. W. Kimball and wife, of
Troy, N. Y., are visiting Marvin
Kimball and family at Matamoras.
Thomas Rodman, wife and son,
Robert of New Hampton vmitod the
family of J. H. Van Etten this week.
E. Coykendall,Supervisor of West
fall and Chas. D. Anglo of Mata
moras called on the Press Monday.
John Whittaker, hale and sound
at the age of seventy-five, is visiting
his daughter, Mrs. D. H. Hornbeck
this week.
George E. Wolscheidt and AmeliVi
Meyer, of Matamoras, were marriod
Aug. 27, at St. Joseph's Church by
Rev. J. W. Treis.
Mrs. Elmira Thomas, widow of
the late John Thomas is building a
large addition to her house on lower
Water street.
Miss Carrie Steele, of this place,
has accepted a position as school
teacher in Blooming Grove and will
commence Sopt. 14.
Randal W. Kelly, of Kimbles
came to Milford Wednesday on busi
ness, and embraced the opportunity
to make the Press a pleasant call. -
Mrs. Thomas Rodman and son,
Robert in company with some
friends from Milford visited Dela
ware Water Gap this week.
Misses Katharyn Brodhead and
Happy Van Wyck gave an elaborate
dinner party Tuesday evening to a
select number from Port Jervis and
Milford.
Judge Henry Huston, John L.
Swayze, Esq., Dr. Horace J. Beemer
and George A. Smith, of Newton
N. J., took in Milford Saturday on
a bicycle tour.
Rev. Harvey Braefleld formerly
a member of the Normal School fa
culty at East Stroudsburg has been
called to the pastorate of a Presby
terian Church at Oakland, Cal.
A. R. Brittian, Esq.; of East
Strondsburg,one of Monroe's leading
attorneys andT. Y. Hoffman, pf the
tast btroudsburg Lumber Com
pany, were in Milford last Friday on
business.
We are pleased to see Mr. Jacob
Kleinhans again on our streets. His
health has been quite shaken lately,
but he appears to be regaining some
what of his old time vigor and bears
his 75 years wonderfully well.
Mr. Beadle recently made the Mil
ford library a present of a fine set
of shelves. Mr, Beadle is one of the
directors of the association and en
deavors to do all in his power to for
ward the interests of the work.
Col. John Baldwin rounded up in
town on Tuesday, after a summer
partly spent in Michigan, the Adi
rondocks and Rhinebeck, N. Y., and
will remain here some weeks, be
fore returning to winter quarters in
the city,
A party of Port Jervis camping
for several weeks in Dingman town
ship returned a few days ago to
their homes much benefitted by the
recreation. It was composed of
Mrs. C. C. Van Etten and the Miswes
Edith and Lizzie Case.
Mrs. Jacob Wainwright who re.
sides with her son Joliu, and daugh
ter Murguret J. iu Dingman town
The
PRESS
is tho boot
ADVERTISING MEDIUM
in the
county.
A pply for rates.
No. 45.
ship celebrated her eighty-ninth
birthday Aug. 30. A number -of
grand nnd groat grand children were
present.
Thomns Armstrong and Hon. J. J.
Hart hnve been in New York this
week to arrange for the transporta
tion of tho cannon and balls for
Centre Square. Probably we will
soon be prepared to resist an invas
ion, should the Spaniards attack our
town.
Ed. H. Mottnnd wife are nnAnrlinir
a few days with Honesdale friends.
air. mow is still engaged on his his
torv nf t,hn F.rin rnilmn1 Vinf. fin da
time to keed up his contributions to
the metropolitan press. He spent
the summer in Albany. Independ
ent,
BRIEF MENTION.
The Rolxkah Lodge, No. 197
picnicked over in Jersey yester
day.
What has become of the Ep
worth League of the M. E. Church?
Is it taking a vacation?
The Democratic primary of Car
bon will be held Sept. 19, and the
Republican Sept. 12th.
The commissioners have lot a
contract for painting the jail to Er
nest C. Wood for $40.
The Teacher's Institute for Pike
will begin Monday, October 26, and
be held in the Court Houso.
The sacrament of the Lords Sup
per will be administered in the Pres .
byterian Church Sunday morning at
10.30.
Monroe countv fair beerins Sent.
8 nnd nnda t.hn 1 9t Yi TVin Mat. la
largo and it promises to be of great
interest. j.hk a coupie oi ciays on
and visit it.
A frost visited this section Tues
day night but no material damage
to crops was done. Some corn and
buckwheat was slightly scorched in
the low places.
Two young men from Port Jer
vis paid about $40 a few days ago
for the fun of striking J. C. Bull's
horses with a whip while passing
him on the road.
The majority in Vermont will
approximate 39,000. If there are
any Democrats up there they must
nave taken to the woods, or voted
the Republican ticket.
The people of the' United States
spent twenty million dollars last
year for chewing gum and seventy
million dollars for bicycles, and yet
people complain of hard times.
The Methodist Sunday school
which was held in the morning be
fore church, has been changed to
two o'clock in the afternoon. Com
mencing the first Sunday in Septem
ber. Mrs. H. M. Schimmel has ad
vertised at public sale the house and
lots on Broad street, known at the
Schimmel homestead. The sale will
take place Sopt. 12th. The location
is one of the finest in the Borough.
William Brown, one of the can
didates for County Commissioners
on the Republican ticket in Monroe
county and who was defeated by
Samuel Reinhart by 34 votes has de
clared himself on independent can
didate. Secretary Morton states that 30.
000 acres of timber is consumed
every day in the United States, in
factories, railroads, fences, farms
and buildings, and that the annual
loss from forest fires is estimated at
$25,000,000.
A new cattle disease is reported
in Monroe county and thirty-seven
head are said to have died lately.
Extreme weakness is the first symp
tom and the animal falls to the
ground. Blood flows from the eyes,
ears or nostrils and in three or four
days the animal dies.
Dr. Louis Marquette who some
years ago owned considerable Pike
county land was also an extensive
owner in Monroe. These lands af -terwards
went into possession of H.
D. Wilson, of Chirion.Pa., and lately
he sold the Monroe lands comprising
2,960 acres to George G. Shafor for
$15. '
Several cases of diphtheria are
reported to exist in Dingman town
ship and one death is said to have
occured from this disease. Great
care should be exercised to prevent
its spread and especial precautions
taken by those coming in contact
with it not to endanger the lives of
others.
The ballots to be used at the No
vember election will be the largest
this fall of any since the new
method of voting was adopted.
They will be at leant two feet wkle
and three foet or more in length.
There will be nine columns with,
headings as follows : Republican,
Democratic, Prohibition, National,
People's, Socialistic Labor, Jeffer
sonian a id one bla-ik.
Wanted immediately At Cona
shaugh House, three experienced
girls to iroj aud wait on table.