PIKE COUNTY PRESS.
Friday, February 6, 1897.
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Milford, Pike County, Pa.
EDITORIAL.
A NEW GAME LAW
This measure -which will shortly
be introduced in the legislature is
intended to take the place of all
other laws general, special or local
and is very sweeping in its pro
visions. The first section forbids Sunday
hunting and shooting and provides
a penalty of $25 for violation.
The second section relates to song
and insectivorous birds.enumerating
them, and is for their protection.
They cannot under it be killed or
taken by any one except those hold
ing a scientific certificate.
The third and fourth sections
make the open season from October
15th to December 15th for birds and
deer and puts a ban on all deer hunt
ing with dogs in this wise : " Any
dog or dogs pursuing or killing any
elk, deer or fawn, or following on
the track cf any elk, deer or fawn
are hereby declared a public- nuis
ance, and may be killed by any per
son when so seen, and the owner or
owners of such dog or dogs shall
have no recourse at law whatever."
The fifth section is the one which
will be most far-reaching, and oc
casion greatest discussion. It pro
hibits hunting, for the purpose of
selling the game, and makes it un
lawful for any person to purchase,
sell, or expose for sale any game
taken or shot in the State, and af
fixes a penalty of $100 for killinv,
deer and $25 for killing birds con
trary to this section, or an imprison
ment of one day for each dollar of
fine.
The sixth section is to prevent
shipping game out of the State.
The eighth and ninth sections for
bid the use of ferrets, traps, snares,
deerlicks, pitfalls or any device
whatever, and the tenth and elev
enth sections provide for proceedure
undor the act and evidence required.
Possession of any such game or a
fresh skin, or portion of a carcass
shall be prima facie evidence of
guilt, and justices may impose the
fines prescribed or on refusal to pay,
imprison the violators, and provid
ing for an appeal to the Quarter
Sessions.
If enacted in a law this bill would
seem to be ample protection for the
city sportsmen, and to some extent
to game, but it lacks one very im
portant element in that it does not
protect the land owners. If a pro
vision were added that no one should
be allowed to hunt or fish on the
lands of another without consent of
of the owner the farmer would have
his rights too, in this matter. If this
is not done the bill ought not to
become a law.
ROAD LAW CHANGES.
The new road law proposed will
materially change the present
method of managing road matters,
Three supervisors will be elected for
three years who will employ an
overseer, half the tax will be payable
in cash, ten mills may be laid, and,
tinder certain conditions thirty. The
change from the old system is
sweeping and radical, but farmers
have been courting startling innova
tions in the matter of laying out
and making roads forbears by re
fusing to agree to slight changes to
avoid heavy hills. Take the road
to Port Jervis from here as an in
stance. The Quicktown hill is the
only 300 foot over which a tarn
could not with comparative ense
haul 5,000 pounds or more to this
place 4,000 is now a full load. Sup
pose that hill was out of the way.
and a very slight change would re
duce it to an easy grado, than figure
half a ton on every load hauled to
Milford and see how soon the change
would be paid for, yet there hns
been a persistent neglect and refusal
to make those changes, and no more
striking illustration can be pointed
to than the road from here to Ding-
mans. The people evidently want
the whole burdon in a lump, and
they will likely get it that way.
The dearth of applicants for the
Milford post office is something re
markable, only six hove so far signi
fied a willingness to be placed in
the position of having a salary
forced on them as a reward for past
faithful party service, and these are
only from the edge of the woods.
Just wait till they all have a chance
to got out !
STATEIIOUSEINIIUINS
THE PENNSYLVANIA CAPITOL 18 DE
STROYED BY FIRE.
Blstorle Old Strnctnre, Bnllt Early In tha
Contnry Many Valnabla Records Lost.
Tha Lou Is Estimated at 1,(100,000,
legislators Drlrea Ont by Flamoa.
Harrirburo, Feb. 8. The legislative
halls are In ruins. A new structure must
rise from the ashes that has served as a
meeting place of the Pennsylvania legisla
ture since 1823. 1 he names have eaten up
11,600,000 worth of property. The house
was In session, and the senate was about
to convene, after a few minutes' recess,
when the names were discovered. Smoke
could be seen In small volumes pouring
out Into the capital grounds from the
house windows. The members wore not
mindful of It until the great clouds rolled
by the windows. Instantly there was a
motion to adjourn, and all was consterna
tion. In the senate the members were lolling
about In their seats. The place began to
smell of smoke, and sqpn dense clouds
rolled down the rear elevator shaft. Sena
tor John C. Grady of Philadelphia quick
ly warned the senators, and there was a
general hustle to remove effects. Fire
alarms were sent in, and soon the digni
fied senate was a mass of howling men;
Desks were being jerked loose and carried
out. The same work was going on in the
bouse chamber.
Rapidly the flames destroyed the roof
and ate their way down Into the senate
chamber. Boon the men who were trying
to recover property were driven out. The
names shot along the senate roof, wound
themselves about the dome and on to the
roof of the house chamber. Although there
was a heavy rain and snow falling, the
woodwork burned like tinder Boon there
was fire In every portion of the building,
and there was no hope for the historic
structure, of which there now only remains
blackened and smoldering ruins. The old
capital, the finest piece of oolonlal archi
tecture in the state, was completely de
stroyed. Every department In it lost ev
erything, and the loss is complete. .
Departments la the Building.
The departments in the burned build
ing were the following:
Senate and house, all of the committee
rooms, the senate librarian's room, senate
chief olerk's room, lieutenant governor's
room, room of president pro tern, aohool
department, house chief clerk's room, room
of speaker of house, resident clerk's room,
two telegraph offices, room of the Harris
burg Legislative Correspondents' associa
tion, pasters' and folders' departments,
cloakrooms of both branches and the en
gine rooms.
Superintendent of Publlo Buildings De-
laney places the loss at 11,600,000. There
Is not much over (100,000 lnsuranoe on
the building and contents, aooordlng to
the statement of the treasury officials.
There was 1400,000 on the oapitol build
ing while the state library was in it Aft
er it removed to another structure the In
surance on the legislative halls was re
duced to 100,000.
The oapitol was built early in the cen
tury, but was nevertheless regarded as one
of the handsomest speolraens of Ionio
architecture In the country. The building
was of red brick, with white trimmings.
It was surrounded by a park of ten acres
and stood on an eminenoe almost in the
center of the city. The main structure was
8X stories high, surmounted by s large
dome, from which a fine view of the sur
rounding country could be had. The Cap
itol's dimensions were: Length, 180 feet;
width, 80 feet. The oornerstone was laid
on May 81, 1819, by Governor Flndluy.
The building was finished in 1821 and was
first occupied by the general assembly on
the 8d of January, lbi2. On each side was
a wing, that on the north being occupied
by the senate and the southern wing by
the house.
At each end of the building, separated
from it by a narrow Saoe, are located two
buildings containing the state treasury de
partment, the adjutant general's office and
other state offices, which narrowly escaped
destruction. About 100 feet south Is the
modern granite building known as the ex
ecutive building, reoently erected at a cost
of nearly $1,000,000, for the accommoda
tion of the governor, attorney general and
secretary of state. This building also shel
ters the state library, and a portion of It Is
naed as a state museum. The library, one
of the finest in the world, until two years
ago was quartered in the structure just de
stroyed by fire.
Alleged Bank Wreeker Arrested.
Niagara Falls, Feb. S. Colonel O. B.
Gaskill, president of the Cataract Milling
oompany, has been arrested here by Dep
uty Marshal Aldrich on a capias issued by
the United btates court In Albany, which
eharges him with being a party In misap
propriating funds belonging to the First
National bank of this city, which iuutitu
tion was wracked a few weeks ago. The
capias provides lor the appearance of Colo
nel Gaskill in the United states district
court In Utioa on the third Tuesday In
March. Bondsmen were secured for iiO,
000, and Mr. Gaskill was released.
Taraer Kleeted Senator. '
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 80. George F.
Turner, who Thureday night revived the
caucus nomination for United Statu sen
ator, was elected in Jolui etnulon of the
legislature, receiving os votes, 11 mure
than neoewary to elect.
Wm LET1E
The VariouB Reform Bills Now
Being Bushed.
USELESS EXPENDITURE VOTED.
Both Bonses flH a KMolatlon Providing
for the Spending of "30,000 for Melting
Legislative Records Antl-Treating and
Other Hew Measures.
(Special Correspondence.)
Harhibburo, Feb. 1. Owing to what
the agricultural sections of the state have
suffered under the existing horse racing
law, which has practically abolished
county fairs, a race track bill which Is to
be Introduced In the house this week will
probably be one of the most Interesting of
all the proposed legislative measures. The
bill Is intended to modify the present anti
pool law, which Is admitted to have over
reached the purpose of its legislative sup
porters and bWghted important agricul
tural Interest.
The new bill Is backed by most of the
agricultural societies of the state, as well
as the various racing associations, Includ
ing those of Philadelphia and vicinity,
and McKee's Rooks, Allegheny county.
By limiting to twenty-five the number of
days for racing In a year, on any estab
lished track, and allowing restricted pool
selling on that number of days, the pro
posed law is expected to practically pre
vent the construction of new race tracks
for continuous racing.
The bill specifies that no part of the
twenty-five days' racing, with the pool
selling confined to the grounds and to the
races there in progress, shall be done in
the period from Nov. 1 to April 80, Inclus
ive, and there shall not be more than six
days of the sport In any one of the six
months from May to October, Included.
It Is argued that this arrangement will
restore the lost vitality of the oounty fair
grounds throughout the state, while at
the same time barring out the gambling
and other evils which prompted a former
legislature to action, the results of which
may not have been foreseen and were cer
tainly not desired by the farming com
munities. The bill, therefore, is expected
to receive Its main support from repre
sentatives In whose counties the former
opposition to even such restrictions as are
now to be put upon pools found Its ohlef
backing.
Many Reform Measures.
The Municipal League's seven reform
bills recently Introduced include one
aimed against political assessments on of
ficeholders' salaries or wages. A bill for
the same purpose Is among the several
Quay reform measures, which will be In
troduced this week. Another Munlolpal
League bill on civil service applies only
to Philadelphia, while the Quay project
Is for a state commission and would be a
general law. A third bill from the
League puts Increased restrictions around
municipal contracts. The other League
bills, In addition to pnttlng the tax office
and city treasury under civil service
rules, would bar out city councilmen
from holding publlo office of profit, and
would require an Income from franchises
and reduce the number of members in
oounclls, electing the seleot councilmen at
large.
The Quay lieutenants say they are ready
to take from the Munlolpal league bills or
elsewhere any suggestions that may Im
prove the Quay bills, although the latter
are olalmed to be more radical than any
other measures yet Introduced on the same
subjeots. All the league bills, as well as
other municipal reform plans, lnoludlng
those of Senator Quay, will be acted upon
by the house municipal affairs committee,
In which there are two Wanamaker vot
ers, and the municipal corporations com
mittee of the senate, In whloh all the Re
publicans were Penrose voters.
Representative Keator's bill to create
salaried commission, with qualifications
of supreme court justices, for the purpose
of scrutinizing all bills as soon as reported
from committees, and again just before
sending them to the governor, is Dot re
ceived with much favor among Quayltes.
This fact Is attributed by anti-Quay men
to the circumstance of Mr. Keator's hav
ing been the original Wanamaker can
didate for representative in Philadelphia.
Representative Crothers, of Philadel
phia, has a bill which he will soon intro
duce to repeal the law passed In 1806,
through the efforts of Senator Charles A.
Porter, to facilitate the consolidation of
corporations.
Eitravagaaee la Expenditure. .
There was a resolution passed by the
senate recently, as well as bi the house,
which means a useless expenditure of $H0,
000 of the people's money. There was but
one dissenting vote in the senate, and
none In the house. The resolution pro
vides that hereafter forty copies of the
Legislative Record shall be allotted to
each member of the legislature dally, to
be mailed to their constituents.
It costs just about two oents each day
to mail these Records- This Is an unneces
sary expense of ffdOO per day. For 160 days
of a session It means just (30,000, exclu
sive of the Increased cost of publishing.
The Legislative Record in the past has
been one of the superb "fakes" of every
legislative session. It has frequently been
an unending source of annoyance to the
members. Not only has It been notoriously
Inaccurate at times, but It has rarely ap
peared with regularity. At one time,
several sessions ago, The Record was over
a week behind time. Already this session
have there been two members In the house
who have found It necessary to oorrect the
publication.
The antl-treatlng bjlL offered by Mr.
McfcUhaney, of Allegheny, does not carry
In Its provisions any reference to the word
"treating." Its enacting section provides
that it shall be unlawful for any person
holding a license for the sale of liquor to
allow any person or persons to drink upon
or around the premises Intoxicating li
quors, except such have been paid for by
the person who proposes to drink it The
penalty Imposed is a fine of not more than
taiO nor less than $60, with optional Im
prisonment for not more than one year or
less than one month, by order of the court
Bills to Protect the Flag.
There have been two bills introduced
which provide for penalties for dishonor
ing or desecrating the Amerloan flag.
Representative Farr, of Lackawanna, and
Representative Keator, of Philadelphia,
are the authors of these bills. Strangely
enough neither provides tor the desecra
tion of the flag by advertisers. They sim
ply make provision that It shall be unlaw
ful for auy person to wilfully or mali
ciously take down, pollute, injure, remove
or In auy manner damage or destroy or
offer an Insult to an Amerloan flag or flag
staff. Where It might be argued that this will
sufficiently protect the American flag and
bar out individuals and firms who desire
to use the national emblem for the pur
pose of advertising oorn cures or peotoral
syrups, neither one defines the subject In
specific language. It Is possible, however,
that amendments will be offered to these
bills which will oover this phase of the
question.
Every resident of a third olass city Is in
terested In a measure offered by Represen
tative North, of McKean county, which
provides for assessment end ooliuctlon of
t special tax upon property abutting for
treet sprinkling and street cleaning pur
poses. In any third olass city under this act a
majority of the property owners whose
property abuts upon any street may de
cide to have the streets sprinkled and
cleaned without the consent of the minor
ity. The street, of course, must be a paved
one, and the expense of such sprinkling
or cleaning shall be designated as a street
cleaning tax, which oounclls are author
lied and empowered to fix and colleot by
ordinance. The tax Is to be levied propor
tionately to the number of feet fronting
on the street to be thus cared for.
To Protest Organised Labor.
Jerry N. Waller, of Carbon county, who
la one of the officers of the Railway Em
ployes' association, is the author of the
bill which was presented last Thursday,
which makes It a misdemeanor, punish
able with a fine of not less than $1,000 and
Imprisonment for a term not exceeding
one year, for any offloer, agent or employe
of any corporation, State or foreign, to oo
eroe, or attempt to coerce, any employe of
such corporation from joining a lawful
labor organization. The coerolon de
scribed means discharge, or threat to dis
charge from employment, or, the black
listing of any persons who shall be mem
bers of such organization. It Is a sweep
ing measure, and the object Is to protect
railroad employes, especially those who
are members of or desire to oonnect them
selves with any of the railroad organiza
tions that are now In existence In this
state.
The female school teachers of the state,
who as a rule, In the rural districts esjwo
lally, are paid less than male teachers, are
to be protected under a bill offered by Mr.
Beyfert, of Ianoaster. The bill makes It
obligatory upon school directors to pay fe
male teachers In publlo schools the same
compensation as Is allowed to male teach
ers for a like service, when holding the
same grade of certificates. The penalty
for failure to enforce this law Is removal
from office of any offending director or
controller. The female teacher thus dis
criminated against Is required to prove by
one reliable witness before any court of
record that she is unjustly discriminated
against, and this shall be the grounds for
removal of a director.
From the Democratic side of the house
there comes a bill which is still further de
signed to increase the cost of public print
ing. Representative Lennon, of Lehigh
oounty, proposes by law to plaoe In each
public school of the state, above the pri
mary grade, one copy of Smull's Legisla
tive Handbook, and one copy of the school
laws and decision a The passage of this
bill would more than double the present
publication of Smull's Handbook.
Proposed College Appropriations.
The appropriation bills have not been
coming In rapidly as yet. The general
publication of the fact that the state will
be short of funds has, perhaps, had a
deterrent effect Among the new bills ap
pearing, however, is one appropriating
$200,000 to Lehigh university. It Is offered
by Mr. Weiss, of Northampton. The bill
is prefaoed by a series of whereases, setting
forth the fact that Lehigh university Is
worthy of the appropriation in view of
the fact that for nearly thirty years it has
maintained high oourses of technical In
struction entirely free, of course, to all
students.
It also claimed that the small charge for
tuition imposed slnoe 1893 Is Inadequate
to meet the current expenses of the uni
versity, while the normal income from its
endowment fund is temporarily sus
pended. The appropriation Is asked for In view
of the fact that the university Is sorely In
need of funds, and also to Carry out the
wish of Its founder, that no students of
good character and scholarship should be
barred from obtaining an eduoatlon In
oonsequenoeof his Inability to pay tuition.
The fight of the week Is likely to
center tonight, when an attempt Is to
be made to line up the house on the
Mitchell resolution to investigate the
state treasury and auditor general's office.
The anti-Quay people have opposed this
for the reason that It will not amount to
anything In the end.
The real reform needed In the state
treasury Is a law compelling the payment
of 8 per oent Interest by banks upon all
state deposits. 'Ihe reformers In the legis
lature fear that the passage of this bill
will be Interfered with by the appoint
ment of an Investigating committee
which will not Investigate. If there
could be any assurance that the appoint
ment of an investigating committee
would not interfere with the, passage of ,
the 9 per cent. Interest bill, the anti
Quay, or "Seventy-six," would vote for
the Investigating resolution to a man.
State Treasurer Haywood has finished
the preparation of his annual report to
the legislature, and It contains some rather
Interesting information concerning the
state finances.
Treasurer Haywood's Report.
The total reoelpte during the year end
ing Nov. 80, 1893, were, $12,918,848.69, to
which was added a balance of $3,439,664.07,
making the available funds during the
year $16,848,497.60. There was paid out
$11,280,893.47, leaving a balanoe of $5,068,.
604.19. of which $4,860,867 was In the gen
eral fund.
The reoelpte of the sinking fund were
1141,087.60, and a balanoe of $440,636.19 was
added making $1,088,788 69; of this $876,
876.60 was paid out, leaving a balanoe of
$818,347.19 cash. The total assets of the
sinking fund are $6,164,180.68, made up of
above cash, United States bonds, Alle
gheny Valley railroad bonds and Interest.
The general fund reoelpte were $18,8H6,
766.09 and there was a balanoe of $8,9H9,
018.88, making a total of $16,854,774.97. The
payments from the general fund during
the year were $11,004,617.97, and the bal
ance on hand at the end of the year was
$4,860,867.
In conclusion, Mr. Haywood says: "The
balance due to oommon schools for the
turrent appropriation year to Philadel
phia on state personal tax ; the quarterly
payments for the next six months on ap
propriations made by the last legislature
to charitable, reformatory, educational
and training Institutions; salaries to
judges and state officers; to the National
Guard, etc., together with the expenses of
the incoming legislature, will not only
consume all of the above balances, but
will require, In addition, a large portion of
the reoelpte for the same period." .
Trouble Veered la Constantinople.
Lovdon, Feb. 2. The Paris correspond
ent of The Standard learns from private
sources that great alarm Is felt at Con
stantlnople because of the approaching
Ramadan, the great annual feast of the
Mohammedans. Tewfik Pashb, Turkish
minister of foreign affairs, has removed
his family to a plaoe of safety, and, It Is :
ported, all of the wealthiest Turks are pre
paring to uuiuite his example.
The Latest Athletle Wonder.
Camhridgb, Mass., Feb. 8. Luther C.
Rood, the latest athletic wonder, accom
plished the feat of lifting a 811 pound
dumbbell in the Hemmenway gymnaeium,
thereby establishing a new Mnateur
world a record at heavy dumbbell lifting.
The previous mark was 801 pounds 6
ounoes, maue by jjiok Kennell In New
Yurk in 1874. The lift was made from the
floor with both bauds, and the bell was
forced upward from the shoulder to arm's
length with one hand. Rood Is of slim
physique, 6 feet 8 Inches In height and
weighs but 148 pounds.
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TRF.NTOff, Feb. 1. It has become known
that the grand lodge of Masons at their
session last wook decided to establish a)
home for aged and Infirm Masons of this
state. A onminlttee was appointed with
Grand Master Fort mycr as chairman. It
said that the prniierty to be purchased
lies just outside of Trenton, containing
18 acres of ground, with a fine house and
a private park.
Eleetrle Plant Burned.
Scrawton, Pa., Feb. 1. The power
plant of the Scrnnton Illuminating Heat
and Power company wSs burned last night.
The building, valued at $12,000, was ruin
ed, and of the contents, valued at $70,000,
only the boilers and two engines, valued
at $16,000, were saved. lnsuranoe, $86,000.
Was Finally flueeeasful.
HOR1TEM.8VIL1.1!, N. Y., Feb. 8. Sam-
nel Van Winkle was found hanging to a
stepladder In hrg tailor shop on Broad
street. He was nearly 80 years old and of
Intemperate habits. This was his third at
tempt at self destruction.
Trust Compnny Falls.
Wkst Chester, Pa., Feb. 8. The Ches
ter Cotinty Guarantee Trust and Safe De
posit oompany of this plaoe, claiming as
sets aggregating $1,000,000 and with de
posits of $500,000, has suspended business.
The directors claim that it Is solvent and
will pay all Indebtedness If given time.
There has been a run on the oompany for
two weeks, In which time $76,000 was
paid out The run Is said to have resulted
from failure to protect the stock at a re
cent sale when It was offered without a
bid being received. Ex-Congressman Smed
ley Darlington Is said to hold $300,000 of
the stock. The amount of the liabilities Is
not known
Auditor's Notice.
F.stnte of F.lennor I In the Orphnn's
Beam, deceased. j Court of Pike Co.
The auditor nppolntcd bv the court " to
pass on the exceptions filed to the account
of Thomas Armstrong, executor, restate
same If necessary and make distribution,"
etc., will meet the partH-s interested for
tite purposes oi ins appointment on
Saturday, February 27, 1897,
fit 2 o'clock, p. in., at bis office, corner Ann
and Thinl streets, in the Borough of Mil
ford, when and where all parties inter
ested are required to make and prove their
claims or be debarred from coming in up
jn the funds in bands of said executor.
Hy. T. Baker,
Auditor.
Milford, Pa., Jan. 80, im.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of David How-) In the Orphan's
oil, deceased.. - Court of Pike Co.
In the matter of the aVrount of C. W.
Bull, Esq., trustee, to make sale of lands
of decedent. In part it loft:
J he itnuersineu appointed hy the court,
Auditor to distribute the balance of
funds arising from sale of real estate of
said decedent in hands of said trustee as
shown by his aecount to and among the
parties entitled. Ptc." will attend to the
duties of his appointment, and meet the
parties uuerestoo in saui estate on
Saturday, Feb.' 20, A. D. 1897,
at 10 o'clock a. m. at his office In Brown's
building in Milford, Pa., when and where
all parties interested In said fund are re
quired to be present and provcthcirclalms
or be forever debarred from participating
lu sum Iiinu,
J. H.Van Etten,
Auditor.
Milford, Pa., Jnn. 27, 187.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of John Plot-) In the Orphan's
cher. deceased. ( Court of Pike Co.
Ihe undersigned appointed by the court,
" Auditor to make distribution of the bal
ance in hands of Matfirie E. Pletcher, exe
cutrix, etc. to the parties entitled," will
attend to the duties or ins apiKiintment
and meet the parties interested in said
estate on
Saturday, Feb. 20, A. D. 1897,
at i o'clock p. m. at his office on Brood
street in Milford, Pa., when and where all
parties iuterestod ill said fund are required
to be present and prove their claims, or lie
forever debarred from participating in suid
lima.
' John A. Kipp,
Auditor.
Milford, Pa. Jan. 27, 1857.
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NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.
Notice Is hereby given that an applica
tion will lo made to the Governor of the
State of Pennsylvania on
Monday. February 15, 1897,
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon by Christian
Lehde, Thomas Armstrong. A. I). Hrown,
H. E. Brown and (reorire U. Lawver under
the act of assembly of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania entitled "An act to pro
vide for the Incorporation and regulation
of certain corporations," approved April
21), 1874 and the supplements thereto for a
charter for a corporation to be called "The
minora Electric liiftnt and Power Com
ply, which corporation is to bo'foriiH'd
the purpose of manufacturing and sup
ilia? fiirlit. wnt mid now it hv imnnfi of
electricity and fiteam generated at Its
lighting plant to the public at the Ho
rough of Milford In the County of Pike,
and to such persons, partnership, and as
sociations residing therein and adjacent
thereto as may desire the same. And foi
this purpose to have possess, and enjoy all
the rights benefits and privileges under
the said net of assembly and its supple
ments. J. H. VAN ETTEN,
Solicitor.
Milford, Pa., Jnn. 20, 18(17.
SHERIFFS SALE.
By virtue of a writ of Fieri Faelns
Issued out of the Court of Common Plens
of Pike County, to mo directed, I will ex
pose to public sale by venduo or outcry, at
the Shoriff's Office in tho Borough of Mil
ford on
MONDAY, MARCH I, 1897.
at 2 o'clock in tho afternoon of snid dnv:
All those two certain town lots situated in
the village of Matamoras in tho Township
of Westfall. in the County of Pike and
Mate oi jennsyivania, uescriheu as fol
lows, to wit: One of them numbered on
the map and plan of said village as lot
nmnlM'r sixty-eight ((W, containing in
front on liiddis street fifty feet and in
depth on Power street one hundred feet,
the other lot numlx'red on the map of paid
village seventy-one (71), containing in
front on liKKtis street lifty feet and iu
depth one hundred feet ami adjoining the
first above described lot, and lcing t he same
lots conveyed by Oliver S Diminii k and
wife to Peter Miller by deed daled the 2nd
day of July 1n7'J, and recorded in Deed
Book Xo. HO, page 518.
Improvements,
On the premises are two good dwelling
nouses, iruir, etc.
Seized and taken in execution as the
I iropertv of Peter Miller, and will be sold
y me for cash.
H. I. Courtright.
SHERIFF.
Sheriff's Office, Milford, Pa.
Jan- 21, ls'17.
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Over Brown's Store.
All work fully guaranteed
We make first-class plates.
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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, Pike Co., Pa.
John A. Kipp,
Attorney-at-Law,
OFFICE, opposite Court House,
Milford, Pike Co., Pa.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
MILFORD.
Fikst Pkesbyteman Church, Milford;
Sabbath siTvicos nt lO.iK) A. M. and 7.30 P.
M. Sabbath hcIhkiI Immnlintrly afU'r the
inornini? service Prayer meeting Wed
nesday at 7.80 p. m. A cordial welcome
will lie extended to all. Those not at
tached to other churches are especially In
vited. Hkv. Thomas Nichols, Pastor.
Church of thk Goon Shepherd, Mil
ford: Services Sunday at 10.30 A. M. and
7.30 p. M. Sunday school at 2.30 p. M.
Week -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, Rector.
M. E. CHURCH. Services at tho M. K.
Church Sundays: Preaching at 10.30 a.
m. and at 7.30 p. m. Sunday school at 3
p. in. Kpworth league at 6.45 p. m.
Weekly prayer mcctiiiK on Wednesdays at
7.30 p. m. Claws meeting conducted by
Win. Anirlo on Fridays at 7.30 p.m. An
oarnest Invitation Is extended to anyone
who may desi re t o worshsp with us.
Kkv. W. K. NKFF, Pastor.
MATAMORAS.
Kpworth M. F.. Church, Matamoras.
Services every Sabbath at 10.30 a. m. and
7 p.m. Sabbath school at 2.30. C. E.
meeting Monday evening nt 7.30. Class
meeting Tuesday evening at 7.30. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 7l30.
Everyone welcome.
Kkv. F. G. Curtis, Pastor.
Hopk F.vanoemcai, Church, Mata
moraa, Pa. Services next Sunday as follows :
Preaching at 10.30 a. in. anil 1 p. m. Sun
day school at 3 p. m. Junior C. E. before
and C. E. prayer meeting nftr tho even
ing service. Mid-wwk prayer meeting
every Wednesday evening at 7.30. Scat
free. A cordial welcome to all. Como.
Kev. J. A. WlKUAND, Pastor.
Secret Societies.
Milford Lodok, No. 844, F. & A. M. :
Lodge meets Wednesdays on or beforo
Full Moon at the Sawkill House, Milford,
Pa. N. Kmery, Jr, Si-crctary, Milford,
Godfroid Wleland, W. M.. Milford, Pa.
Van Dkr Mark Lodok, No. 828, 1. O.
O. F: Meets every Thursday evening at
7.80 p. m., Brown's Building. Goo. l)au
man, Jr., Soo'y. D. H. Horubeck, N. li
Prudence Rhhhkah Lodor, 107, I. O.
O. F. Meets every second and fourth Fri
days in each month In Odd Fellows' Hull,
Brown's building. Mrs. Alice Hornbeck,
N. G. Miss Katie Klein, Sec'y.
All persona are hereby notlflt'd that
throwing or burning papers or refuse of
any kind in the streets of the Borough is
prohibited.
By order of the town council,
J. C. CHAMBKRLA1N,
President, pro tern.
Attest, D. H. HORNBECK, Sec'y.
Milford, May 5, 18fl.
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