Pike
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VOL. 2.
MILFOIU). PIKE COUNTY, PA., FlilDAY, MAliCII 1!), 1897.
NO. 20.
PIKE COUNTY COURTS.
March Term of Court Convened
on the Fifteenth.
UcrnHr Ciranti-il Crim'tnil Mtittrrs IMk
powil or The ri:l l't U Very U;;ltt.
Divorce Horne Ktenlhipr f-m.
Noles of tlie I'iohmmI )'.
Court con vene 1 March irth at two
p. m with Hon. G. S. Purity anil As
sociates Jolin D. Hoiick ami Jacob
Khun prcs-ent.
Constables made return as fol
lows: Lehman, W. S. Van Aukcn ;
Delaware, J. I). Drooks ; Dingmaii,
J. A. Fisher ; Milfo. il B.irough Al
mor Terwilliger ; Milford township,
C. Hermann; West tall, H. C. Tot
ten ; Lncka waxen. Frank Kelly ; Pal
myra, A'va Quick ; Greene, Eugene
Butler; Porter, George T. Smith;
Shohola, George J. Englehnrt.
The tbreo constables, Terwilliger,
Smith nnil Englehnrt having been
elected at the February election
were appointed by the court for the
unexpired term.
The grand jury was then culled
and all but five answered. A. 1).
Brown was appointed foreman, when
it, was charged by thu court and re
tired. Alt the. licenses applied for were
granted :
C. O. West ergaa id vs. Anna L.
Keller, judgment for plaiutilf for
ai.84.
Report of viewers on road in Leh
man township, confirmed ni. Hi.,
when opened to bo 3:i feet wide.
Inspectors on bride across Mast
IIopo creek near Seaman's mill, J.
C. Westbrook, Jr., G. J. Kirkham
and Louis Doerr appointed.
Inspectors on bridge across Big
Bush kill between Monroo and Pike
at Howeytown, Frank Schorr, Sam
uel G. Peters and Jas. H. Colo ap
pointed. Mullor vs. Mullev, divoroo. J. II.
Van Etten appointed commissioner
to tako depositions of witnesses.
Comnionwoalth vs. James. Sheri
dan, horsestealing. The prosecutor
in this case is tho father of tl'.o de
fendant, and the evidence showed
that the son had taken a mir of
horses out of tho pautnro field of his
father, took them to Scranton and
Bold them to parties there. They
were recovered and brought back
and tile son arrested and lodged in
jail. Tho defendant took the stand
and testified in his own behalf that
hia father had bought the horses
mid he, tho son, had contributed $80
of the amount. That his lather,
agreed that if ho would come home
und work he would give him the
horses, but afterwards refused to do
so. The son then bays ho went and
took them, borrowed a halter of
Henry D. Clark, and took the team
to Scranton.
Dr. Emerson testified that ho had
been called to attend the prisoner
while in jail and found him buffer
ing at one timo with symptoms of
convulsions and he had an epileptic
lit in August or Septemlier.
Tho jailer, L, B. Ilissaiu, testified
that Sheridan had fits and was queer
in his actions and talk, and several
other witnesses told of his running
along the road and disconnected
ta!k.
Tho jury found him guilty as iu
dietod. Commonwealth vs. Bartlett L.
Smith. The defendant plead guilty
to hiking a small roll- of w ire and
sentence was suspended until Juno
term.
Herman 1'aul Sehultz was brought
lu court and warned not to make a
statement of his caso as it niLjht be
used in evidence against him. He
Btnted in reply to tho question that
ho was poor and from the fact that
lie had been under lock and key fur
six months had been unable to wind
up his business affairs or earn uny
money and so had no means to em
ploy an attorney. Ho was then re
manded back to jail.
Commonwealth vs. Ray Helms,
asiult ami battery, John Binder,
pivsooutor. True bill.
The grand jury made the follow
ing report :
To the honorable tho Court of
Quarter Sessions of Pike County:
Tho grand jury submits tho follow
ing report and " recommendation.
First, thut a new and buiutblo table
to corresjKiud with the other furni
turo bo bought and placed in the
grand jury room in place of tho old
wreck now there and that tho chairs
iu the grand jury room bo repaireJ.
Second, that the lock on cell No. 3
in the jail be repaired at once.
Third, that the County Commis
sioners be requested to employ an
architect to so improve the main
court room that imtsous speaking to
the court or jury can be heard with
more distinctness.
A. t). Brown, Foreman.
Match 1", 18SI7.
Commonwealth vs. John Shields,
indictment, solliivr railroad tickets.
This case dime on for trial and after
the evidence on the part "t the
prosecutor was c'oscd, the defend
ant offering no testimony Mr. Van
Ankeii, district attorney, proceeded
wiih his argument to the jury. In
the course of his remarks he impro
perly allu led to and commented en
the fact that the defendant did not
go on the stand in this own behalf,
whereupon the court directed n ju
ror to bo withdrawn and the case
coiilinii'd.
Shields entered into bail in $200
for his appearance at next court.
Eliza D. Mnllcr vs. Kind Muller,
divorce. Evidence filed a ud di voice
decreed.
Estate of Chas. Roll 'tad t, appraise
ment of $;!(I0 to widow confirmed ;
estate of John II. Meyer, account of
I. E. Olmsted confirmed ; estate of
Julius Sohossler, account of Cbrs
t'ana Mueller, confirmed ; estate of
Mary Martens, account of illiain
Mitchell, confirmed ; estate of Joel
Shannon, account of C. C. Shaiinoa,
confirmed.
Henry D. Clark vs. Horace E.
Kipp, administrator of S. Xewber-
ger, deceased. Judgment for plain- j
tiff for -',ria.47. ' i
Henry Neirme'er vs. George C. '
Hoffman, ejectment for kind in j
Wivlfall 100 a' u s known as the old I
brewery property. Verdict lor j
plaint ilT for lands described in the I
writ.
Commonwealth vs. Charles Mil- I
lott, breaking in store. Defendant!
pleads guilty and sentenced to Houo !
of Refuge nt Philadelphia. j
Co'iimonwoalth vs. William Hold-!
en, breaking in store. Defendant !
pleads guilty and being" brought up
for sentence, stated to tho court that i
his excuse was be had been drinkiig
cider I'.id was stupid, and wauled
tobacco. Iu consideration of this
being first offense and the eondiliou
of his frmily he was sentenced to
one yei -. in the county jail.
Coin mi in wealth vs. C. S. Peirce
recog liz i ice further respited and
leave gt u ted to enter mil. prot. on
payniear of costs by defendant.
Commonwealth vs, Ifiy Helms,
assuilt red battery. Defendant not
guilty and costs of prosecution
placed on Willian Busier.
Tobias Nelson naturalized.
Commonweal lb vs. Leahy, con
tinued. Commonwealth vs. George Youngs
continued.
Petition for county bridge n 'ross
Dingmaii creek near Coles. Heiiort
of viewers approved by the grand I
jury and com t. j
James Sheridan, convietO! of
horse stealing, was sentenced to the j
Reformatory at Huntingdon until!
lawfully discharged.
Sheriff acknowledges deeds to Ja
cob Klaer lor lands in Westiall sold
as ihe p-ope-ty of W. H. Rose, con.
$i),.")U0,a 'id fo Gusluv Dunker for lots
iu Matanioras sold as property of
Peter Miller, consideration $Sttl.
Petition of Hetty Wood Unsworih
for guardian and Anna C. Unsworth
appointed to give bond in '.'0 0.
Estate of Eleanor Beam, auditor ,
continued to report at next term.
The bonds of collectors, John
Marsh, Greene; George J. Englc
hart, Shohola ; J. A. Runyon, Bloom
ing Grove : W. H Warner, Milfonl
township ; M. C. Brisco, Leh man ;
J. J. Wainwrigbt, Dingtnan town
ship ; J. B. Van Aukcn, Delaware;
H. C. Tot ten, West fall and J. C.
Wallace, Mil ford Borough were
provud.
Tl)oo of M. C. Rowland; of Lnck
awaxen, and Walter Vette rlein, Pal
myra, were not in pruiier form, an I
none f mm Porter was presented.
March Is. Auditors' reports es
tates of David Howell, deceased, and
iohii I'iotcher confirmed ni. und.
absolute if no except ions-are tiled
iii one week.
Tim reports of inspectors on Ihe
following bridges were nlso i- -n-lirnied
absolutely: Lehman, Por
ter, Clilford's creek; Greene, near
Ivivulers ; Lilooining Grove, i e ir
J. M. Decker'.-; Mott street, Mil
fonl Borough, and also a road in
Shohola.
Court ordered venires for guild
and traverse juries in June.
Adjourned to April 5, at 2 p. m.
A Good Obituary
The Washington correspondent of
the Phila 1 dphin Pron c :n m nting
on tho fourteen niemliers of Con
gress from this state who served in
the last House and are now Ex's litis
this to say of the late member from
the Eighth.
Representative Joseph J. Hurt the
Daiu'ierat from the old Mutchler
district goes back to private life with
but one term in Congress to his cre
dit. Mr. Hart made a good impres
sion anion his colleagues, as a
quiet unobtrusive gentleman, who
seemed to realize that bis party was
very much in tho minority and bis
best policy was that of the silent
mciiilxu'. He served on the Naval
Committee with commendable at
tention to his duties.
ANNUAL DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
Held in tin. Court Hon Hominy Kvni
Intf. Pursuant to call tho Democracy of
Pike attempted to pull themselves
get her nnd bold a meel'ng, the
li d'd not state the object pnd there
d not seem tube puy, but about 8
el jck, twenty-eight depressed, mis
c iblo, forlorn people who seemed
i eye each other wiih suspicious
i oks, assembled. The reason of
t ids suspicion was not apparent un
less each one feared that the other
had some dangerous and explosive
resolution concealed about his per--oi.
If this was the ease it was so
effectually frozen on coming into
'.he atmosphere of the meeting that
it could not be produced, and all
was harmonious harmony, frozen
smooth.
Hon. John D. Houek was made
chairman, the veteran Michael Lynn,
of Palmyra, was nominated as one
of the vices, and to ba'auee him in
size and weight, C. W. BuH, Esq.
was pl.ieed on the other end of the
bench as the other vice.
John C. Westbrook, Jr. and D. II.
Horn heck were elected secretaries,
and tho machine was ready for the
grist.
J. B. Wes! brook, G. H. Swopeni
zer, C. W. Bull, W. F. Beck and
llin. Jacob Klaer were nomuif.tcd
and elect d as flit! County Commit
tee fo-- the ensuing year.
A very wet nnd cold blanket was
thou .carefully thrown over the u'l
terrilied by the nomination of Hon.
J. -J. Hint as deit-(ate to the State
Cti'ive-ilion. This -pill was swal
lowed with a sliu'hi"- shiver. George
A. Swep'oiz-r then came forward
wiih a roll of paper and a visible
chi;l fell upon all, but the frost
sli'ihlly dissipated wnen be begun
reading an tun ixlinent to the ruli s
govcrni I feiin ci t; lie primaries. It
was in substance II it each Demo
crat wishimr in lie a candidate lor
ollic - mti-f uoiiiy t he Counly Com
mi.i.'i' at least, fo days before 1 1 to
elee. h m and accompany bis request
with live dollars, another chi'l.
That all names of candidates nui ;t
he printed on one ticket, tho voter
t i indicate his choice by a cross
nu'-'kiil opposite the name voted for
and that all tickets shall bo pre
pa -eiland delivered by the County
Committee The cominitteo was
thea authorized to p-vpiiro tickets
with the above amendments, for
pud against, to be voted at the next i
p.'i.nary election. The cold was be
coming inleso and more suspicious
glances were bobi; ci:;t. but alter a
few mi meets of silence, some one
offered a mol'oti fo adjourn which
was promptly pot and carried, and
t"e suspense ended. A resolution
indorsing the admiuistialion of
Grover and the four years of clover,
l ii'.-t have died a boniiu, if. it ever
was conceived, for it did not even
tiil. Neither did the one com
.lodiug or otherwise tho course of
r late representative in Congress,
one evidently bail the eovirrge to
cist such chunks of ice int the al
i .idy frozen sea. Why t'ds was
it done can only lie answered by
o,H! up a tree by saying that proba
bly nobody wanted to do it.
Neither did any iniiietuout ad
herent offer any "resolute" extend
coinfort to our present representa
tive and senator.
Not a speech was made, not a gun
was fired, not ft keynoto Struck, but
slowly and sadly they laid the re
mains to lest, and got out, thank
ing their stars that it was over, and
that nobody bad marred the tin
broken frigidity with some ill timed
and lukewarm resolution, damning
with faint praise the party or some
dearly beloved Democratic states
man. AVo came away full of reflections
on the ingratitude of the ni'ik a id
tile, and of mail's inhumanity to
man, nnd it took us an hour to get
our fingers warm etiongb to write
this truthful account of the aimual
meeting of Tiko County Democracy.
If the weather gets very hot next
summer we would like them to hold
another here so as to cool off tho at
mosphere for a week or two. It
would lxi bard on the ice men but
very grateful to any one fearing sun
stroke.
Don't Toliaoco Suit and Smoke Tour Life Awxy.
H you want to qiut tobacco uainff euHily
anil fruver. ba ma-to wull,Htiuug, niuni'iic,
fall of iiiiw Itlound vi)iiii', tako Io-To-Btii;,
the ivoiiitrr-woi'in'r, thut utttki's weuk uu-u
4irint?. Mttnv K.tiu ten (ioiiikIs in U.'0 (Juvg.
( )vur HNi,uiioi;ufoJ. Buy No-To-liac of your
ilt nt-'tMi, timlcr pnaruutno to cin-o, &0c or
St. int. lliiokliit ant sample mtiii.i't lreo. Ai.
tstot'liug ltouei'l-o.,4Jlm-iitfo or iNiow Vol tf.
Keasier on tho Wrong Side.
Representative Kessler with t m
others voted against the bill prohib
iting, nnd making it unlawful to
manufacture and sell paper wrap
per cigarettes or cigarette paper. It
passed all the name. Ho voted in
favor of the act prohibi-ig tho wear
ing of hats and bom o .s in theatres
aril that bill failed on final passage.
Obituary Notts
Margaret Smith wife of James
Smith, of Bushkill died last week at
Portland Pa., nged 1 ft '-five years.
The wife of Win. A Linn one of
tho editors of the New York Even
iiig Post died at her home in Hack
ensack, N. J. , March 5. Mr. Linu
is a native of Deckcrtown and a sou
of Dr. John Linn known to older
icople in this section.
OBITUARY.
BTRPHKS CL'l)l)Kn l R.
Abort four years ago Mr. Cudilo
bnck suffered a stroke of paralysis
which rendered hiin practically help
less. Ho recovered somewhat and
wai able 1 sit iii a cbnir and wheel
himself about the house and porches.
He continued in this condition nnt 1
last Sunday when another stroke
occurred which left him in a per
fectly helpless and unconscious con
dition, and he rapidly declined until
Tuesday evening March If! wlieti
deafh ended bis sufferings.
Mr. Cnddeback was born about
sixty-one years ago nea'- Ilugueuot,
N. Y., and was the son of Simeon
and Blandina (Bennett) Cuddaback
nnd a member of ouo of the oldest
familes in the valley. His father
removed to Milfonl township in 1851
on the farm where ho resided unf '.l
his death.
Mr. Cuddeback was a marine in
the service of tho United States din
ing the late war nnd received an
honorable discharge.
Ho was of a genial disposition and
had many warm friends. For sev
eral years he was a school director
in the Independent district.
Ho leaves a wife, Margaret, and
eight children, Irene, Blandina,
M iria, Louis, AVilliam, David, Solc
ni. m V. aed Stephen.
He is also survived by lour broil -eis,
.billies B.,of Pol I Ji'i vis ; Henry,
of Michigan : Thomas B. and Frank,
of Ohio, and Lydiu Martin, residing
in Greenville, Orange Co., N. Y.
The fener il will take place to-day
Re otic o'clock at- tho house. Ser
vices conducted by Rev. Thus.
Nichols and interment in Laurel
C aivo Cemcle -y, Port Jervis.
HON. P. VV. K.UtNHAM.
Hon. F. W. Farnliam, of Hones-
dalo, died at that place Wednesday,
March 10, nged ci';bty-tvo years
When 10 years old ho came to
Wayno county and has since been a
resident and prominent citizen. He
was appointed Associate Judge in
1H72 to fill a vacancy. Do is sur
vived by his widow nnd two sons,
Fred and Frank.
MRS. FRKIlKltlCK KNIUIITON.
Mrs. Knighton, widow of Rev.
Dr. Frederick 'Knighton, died at
Stroedsburg, March 11th at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Van C.
Peters Si mo yenrs ago Dr. Knigb
ton taught a select school at this
place and both himself nnu wife
niado many warm friends who wi'l
bear with sadness of her decease
Mrs. Estella Kintneii.
Mrs. Estella Kint ner of Lay con
detMirtod this life on Tuosday night
last, aged 37 years. Interment the
following Sabbath in tho Ilaines
villo cemetery. Mrs. Kintner had
suffered the greater part of tho win
ter from rheumatism and general
debility, terminating in valvular
disease of tho heart which was the
immediate cause of death. Mrs.
Kintner was a truo and loving wife,
and a devoted mother. She was
held in tho highest esteem and
tho husband and family of five
children sustnin a heartbreaking
loss, tho entire community also
mourns her untimely death.
SchulU in Jail Hera.
Sheriff Courtright went down fo
New York Tuesday morning armed
with with a requisition for Sehultz,
who, it is alleged, killed bis wife
last September in Shohola. At ti e
Tombs nfter the proper legal for
malities h id been taken tho prisoner
was turned over to tho sheriff who
without incident brought him hero
and lodged him in jail.
The journey was uneventful,
Sehultz was quiet and said little be
yond asserting his innocence. He
is neatly dressed, looks well, speaks
with a strong German accent, and
when brought into court Wednes
day morning apiieared cheerful and
self-reliant. Ho will not be tried at
this term which will necessitate a
jury term iu June.when the Shields
case will likely come on again.
Card ot Thanks.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Maync wish
to express their most heartfelt
thanks to the pallbearers ami the
many kind sympatliciio friends in
Milford during their recent bereave
ment. W. & G. Mitchell have iust oiiened
a few cises of new SPUING GOODS
comprising Ginghams, Outing Per
cales, Chati'.lon stripes, Cinderella
btibit cloths, etc. See them before
buying elsewhere.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
l:rt'(rilril in llir Offlc- of the llrrr.ritrr fir
the W.-,-k Knitlns Miin-h IS.
Blooming Grove. H. Alfred Free.
man ot. ux. to Thomas Styles, dated
June lots in Brook wood con. 10
cnt'd March 10.
BRIEF MENTION.
Fitzsiniinons knocked Corbel t
out in the fourteenth round. Now
give us a rest.
Oliver Heater, formerly of this
comity, now proprietor of the Ross
Common Hotel in Monroe, will run
a farm adjoining the hotel.
John M. Hill of the Annlomink
House East Stroudsburg advertises
the furniture etc., of the house at
public sale March 2SI.
Tho Hotel Fiiuchere has been
treated to a coat of French gray
paint which greatly improves its
outside appearance. E. C. Wood
was the artist.
Tho boiler at the sawmill of
A. D. Brown and Son in Port ir
township bur.-ted last Friday. No
one was injured nnd nodamago done
except to tlie boiler.
George E. ITorfon was thrown
out of a ( art Monday by the shvine.
if Ins horse and sustained a tH-doe..-
tion of the h it arm at. the elbow be
sides some o! Iter brnis?s.
Norman Guillot, of Cushkill.bns
been appointed a cadet at West
Point, and Jacob Hill, of East
Stroudsburg, alternate, through the
interposition of ex-Congressman
Hart.
ud now thev nro extracting
a'cohal ami whisl.cy, in iho south,
from tjweet potatoe i. Hioso South
erners are great geniuses, always
tlorst;', and neces.sity is the mother
ot linen don.
J -'ah Allen uill s.how Aunt
.mo i! -'s allium to you in the
e: s hool room of the Pre -thy-
li Church, Ft 'day evening, Mar.
ti for ti e small su.n of 25 cents.
1 lext week's Pkk.ss for further
a i'l i i.lars.
T1'3 auditors in Northampton
i'i'
! tlKV lmvo found bills aeouut-
o b ween !i.-.',00o to $3,000
l n. o rregnlar. The old cniii-
I me s i.ave lxe.i notified to ap-
v.-J
111
c 'a' i.iiii'intr to do thi'.
.1,
ler
t a.- .on wi': be taken to compel
in.
till!
LOST. A stick pin with a claw
holding a red coral. Finder will
please ret urn to Miss Bello C. N3Tce.
PERSONAL.
Kenneth McClurg visited Milford
last Sunday.
Jos. O. Branning, of West Colang
was at Milford Teesdry.
Sam Palmer, of Strondsb'jrg, was
a vis'tor hero Wednesday.
Tl'os. N. Howell, Oi' Hnwley at
tended Civrt on legal busi ncss.
. Miss Li Mi'o Bull is visiting Mrs.
Van Cniiiprvi at Decker.ow .1, N. J.
A. J. Kimble, of Palmyra, flashed
across our vision Tuesday in Mil
ford. Miss Cornelia Van Etten does not
imp 'ove in health, and her condi
tid'i is serious.
Miss Lydia Brown has returned
homo nfter a somewhat protracted
stay in New York.
Hon. E irnet Mansfield, of Strouds
burg wns at Milford last Saturday
on a business trip.
Moses C. Westbrook nnd danght -r
Carrie ot Blooming Grove visit.d
Milford this week.
Miles C. Rowland nnd O. L. Row
land, Esq., visited Milford last week
on business matters.
B. E. Brown of tho fhm of Brown
a d Armstrong was in New York
hist week purchasing a stock of new
spring goods.
M. C. Nyce, of Bushkill, has been
assiduously engaged courting this
week and that be might not become
too giddy, Mrs. Nyce accompanied
him nud visited with Mrs. C. W.
BulL
John Baldwin and wife expected
to visit Milford Wednesday, but
e-rly that morning be was awakened
by ids old enemy tho gout which
bi d taken in tho situation and con-
c' titled to put a temporary cheek on
tiiisarr.i gement, a rat so the matter
-.t.iudint present. We hope it will
b.' very 1 1 an porary indeed.
Pine Hill Farm Poultry Yards.
'i ri Ei .e Co.i'b White Leghorn
oel C refu-ly bred for fifteen
B; t layer of tine white
e L.'i. , f id 'J'fics for sale, and
In. i'i ( ' -is " i sei oa. ORDERS
pi. V I V FxL.1 tL.
hi j. E. licrsii,
Layton, N. J.
Evervbody ho.
rawnrt'ts C'antlv Ciilioirlic. the most won
detful nutlii-ul tlis.'o t-t'v if tliu at-e. p't-its-unt
und rei r. utiiiia lu thu ;:no, m l ti-uliy
ar.d iioaitiv ly on tii'nei s. tivtf mid twin is.
l-lvaiisinn tlio entire bvsuiii, liiHjitl t-olils.
CUfti lieailtlolte, I'evi-r, litiliitu.il t olmlil'liiiou
and btliousnims. Pleuao buy and try a box
of C C C. to-dav; lu, i". Ml cciiu. boidaud
guaiuuUd to cure by all dfurgiU.
WASHINGTON LETTER
Thomas B. Reodrof Maine, Ke
Elected Speaker.
Tho Clii.-nffn Ijik Front CttMi-The TrtrlfT
lltll Will lie Protective. The Aduil.i
Jstrntlon M'UItio Slow on Appolnt
inptitit Civil Serviced Kitlon.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.)
Washington, March 15. Hon.
Thomas B. Reed, of Maine, has for
the third timo been elected Speaker
of the House, a position which, in
honor and influence is second only
to that of the Presidency. There
was no opposition tn the Republican
caucus to the renoniinatioii of Mr.
Reed or of any of the other oflicers
of the House in the last Congress.
It was in the cases of all of them,
except Mr. Reed, simply one go k1
term deserving another, while in his
case it was two good terms.althorgh
not consecutive ones, deserving
another. Republicans are naturally
proud of big Tom Reed and his re
cord as Speaker. He has had to
f ace some very diMcult and intricate
parliamentary situations, but he has
never even in a single instance
failed to force from them credit for
himself and for the Republican
party. Although a partisan uoon
all purely political questions, no
Speaker has ever had more, and few
as many, warm personal frieiiis
among bis political opponents. In
starting in upon this extra sous'- n
of Congress, tho country and the
party is to bo congratulated that tie
work of the House will bo direci'.'d
by so experienced n parliamentarian
as Mr. Reed.
A scandal of large proportions may
b.; shown up in connection with tl e
acls of Judge Lnmorcnx, Mr. Cleve
land's Commissioner of the Unit i. I
Suites Land Office, in what is knowj
as the Chicago lake front case.
Secretary Bliss has set aside a deci
sion of Lamoreux in favor of certa'u
parties and ordered a row hearing
of the case. Ex Secretary Carlisle,
who is now tho attorney of the
parties whom Ijtmoruux tried to
favor, may bo mixed up in the scan
dal, as it is hinted that ho wns in
terested in tho caso while a memlar
of Mr. Cleveland's cabinet. Lamor
eux tendered his resignation and
left Washington several days before
tbecloso of the Clevolnnd admini
stration, but bis resignation has not
been accepted and present indica
tions are that it will not lie, but that
he will bo dismissed. Some very
valuable Chicago real estate is in
volved in this case.
It might be supposod from 'the
concerted yelping from the Demo
cratic free traders at the now com
pleted tariff bill, that they are
really surprised to find that Chair
man Dingley and his Republican as
sociates have made a protection bill,
just ns tho country last November
directed the Republican party to do.
They are pretending that they ex
pected the rates of duty in the new
bill to bo much lower than thoy are.
The new bill is a Republican mea
sure from beginning to end.intended
to supply the 150,000,000 annual de
ficit in the Government receipts,
and at the same time to give idle
American working men profitable
employment by restoring the
American market, tho best in the
whole world, to our own manu
facturers and producers from whom
it was taken largely and presented
to foreigners by the t irilf euacted
by Democrats. Whether the t'fU
b;ll will become a law iu its pre. ;t
shape is a matter beyond telling, b.tl
it is a bill that every Republi. ii
will gladly note for just as it sti Is
and no material changes are likely
to Lo made before it p:issr i i.'.t
House. If changes are made iu iie
Senate, it will bo because they a e
necessary to get votes needed to r. ..-
it, and not bee uise of any Republi
can objection to it. President Mc
kinley would gladly sign the b h
just as it island have his admit i-
stration stand or fall upon its work-
President McKiuley's rule re
tpairing tho Congressional delega
tions to unito in recommending men
for ollico, while disappointing to a
few individuals, is on tho whole a
good one, and one that makes it
well-nigh impossible to make a bad
appointment. The few appoint
ments made up to this time have
been pre-eminently gixd. Tho de
cision on the part of the administra
tiou tofo slow in making appoint
ments will also commend itself to
the people at large, who are much
more interested in seeing the jiolicy
inaugurated that will restore tho
prosperity of the country than in
who shnll got the com jia rati vol y few
ofTV-es at President McKinley's dis
posal. Of course most Republicans
wish to see all the plncos under the
Government, not coverod. by Civil
Service Rules, filled by good Repub
licans, men who are in sympathy
with the party principles nnd policy
nnd they nil will be in the course of
a fow months, but for the present
only such changes as are considered
necessary, will he made. It is al
together probable that when more
important matters have boon dis
posed of, some of the extensions of
the civil service rules, which are
known to have been made solely
for the purjiose of keeping Demo
crats in office, will be set aside.
Steps are now being quietly taken
that will later on give the county a
fow surprises in connection with
some of Mr. Cleveland's extensions
of the civil service rulos. There is
no more sincere advocate of the true
spirit of civil service reform than
President McKinley, but where it is
shown that the civil service rulos
have merely been made a cloak to
cover the rankest partisanship, he
will not hesitate to strip the cloak
off the partisans.
Straining at Gnats and Swallowing Camela.
Mil.P0in, March 17. 1897.
Mil. Editor. My nttantion has been
from time to time cnlll to errors In tho
Auditor's StntiMiicnt.nnil In thin way I was
induced to follow it closely. In so doing I
thnl that tho treasurer in transfurrinff
moneys from one fund to another s-hiirires
r commission of 2rc each way as having
I ' d oat and received tho money. Tho
i nii'lr -ion on the amounts referred tots
i.L'7. Now how can a treasurer of county
nds pay oat to himself and receive from
i aself moreys he now has In his hands,
I which ho has charged a commission
endy of for receiving f If this Is
ht, and If tho cor lfy hni any inoi'e eur
is funds let tho tt-easuroi- transfer them,
i.r oritur of tho Coiiiiiiisslonors of course),
n tew times from one fund :o another and
t' odillieult problem of a surplus will soon
stitv: itself by mulling away in oommlj
s'ons. Tho board of auditors charge back on
commissioner fJ.uO ouo day's pay, bocauso
they claim a man cannot receive two dayi,'
pay for one day's work then why not
charge back ou tho treasurer $23.27 if ho Is
o lly entitled to 2 on money recoived and
2'c on money paid out. At the rate if
commission allowed ho fs receiving ift on
tho money reoelved at first 2 as treasurer
for receiving it from ono fund to auother
ac treasurer paying It out of one fund
to another and 2'fr for paying It out gen
erally or ti'n on tho money so transferred.
Did. thioistuto auditors goo this point, or
wero they straining at some gnat while
swallowing thH camel f
A Taxpaybu.
Resolutions of Sympathy.
At tho last stated moeting of Van
dormnrk Lodge, No. 828, I O. O. F.
of Milford, the following resolutions
wore unanimously adopted :
Wiierkas, In tho providence of
Him who is tho All wise dispenser
of events, our beloved brother, John
F. Cuick, has been removed from
our circle by tho hand of death
therefore,
Resolved, That we brothers ot
the order of which he was a mem
ber deeply fool our loss and mourn
it as irrejwrable yet would we bow
submissively to Him who ruloth all
things and learn to do our duty
while it is called to-day,
Resolved, As a manifestation of
our respect and in memory of our
deceased brother the lodge, clmrter
bo draped in mourning for a period
of thirty days,
Resolvkd, That we aware of this
severe affliction of the mother and
relatives of tho de.seaweil brother
sympathize with them in this hour
of their berenvoment,
Rksolved, That those resolutions
lie placed on tho minutes nnd a copy
lie presented to the family of the
deceased, nlso published in thoPiKK
County Press and the Milford Dis
patch. ( F. A. Beck,
Committee, Geo. R. (u'iok,
( Geo. Daumann, Ja.
Milford, March l-'th, 18U7.
The Kilgour Family Approved.
A correction is made to the ao
mnt of the marriage of Frank Kil
'our, son of John F. Kilgour, to
. liss Clara DeCly no of Now Durham,
by tho bride's brother, Mr. J. De
L'lyue. Mr. DeCljue raid the state
ment that Mr. Kilgour refused to re.
ci)riUi.e Miss DeClyue as his son's fl
:incee was a mistake.
Mr. Kilgour himself was not pros
3iit at tho wedding, but his three
lui'shiers represented the family.
The Misses Kilgour are intimuto
triends of their brother's wife, and
the wedding; meets the approval of
bis family. Union.
Interred in Milford Cemetery.
lue remains of Carl Mnyne who
.lied iu Florida were brought to Mil
ford last Saturday and interred in
"our beautiful village of the dead."