Press,
MILF0H1), PIKK COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, JULY .10, 18!)7.
VOL LV
NO. ?A).
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The IHngley Tariff Full is Jow
a Law.
Senamr A I li-n OiU Si!iilelirl -- ThIiim-i
I'llvi". .Nert I et.litllll - - llhiu'4 Wi ill
1 .mi piili;n -'I hi. I'm vru.-v l imnii i-i(n
-Ami Itiiti- .111 While I'llie.
Hie-lt ' Hear th- 1 Mauley lu ll !
1 II old rutin tun (1 ! dies
' Tis rinjriny t tie kp -!l :
Swei t ni'o;1e in its ililn.'"'.
1 he Dinirloy tariff lull lias re
ceived the signature of President
McKinley oh 1 is now a lav.", mik1 the
o(ra se.--sion id the Fij'ty-fifth Con
gross, ha ing accomplished what it
was called together to do, lias nd
j onnied, and i's Members li.'ivo g!'
home to hear what their constituents
have to say nbiait their work. So
far as tho Republicans are conoern
cil, there is lui fear of the people,
verdict. They have, d no a re
inar;alie.picee of work, one that
many considered impossible, be
cause (if the lack of a ttepubllenn
majority in the Senate, when Presi
dent McK'nley firt nrunniueed Jiis
determination to call an extra ses
sion to pass a tariff bill. Although
there tiresome things in t he Dingh y
tariff law that would ho different if
the Republicans had a majority of
their own in the Senate, the law is
distinctly Republican and conse
quently v. iil protect American in
duslry in all its branches and will,
after the first six months ol its exis
tence, produce more money than
will bo needed to run the govern
ment, thus enabling Fi tident Mc
Kinley to resume the Republican
policy of reducing the country's
bonded indebtedness. -
If it -were possible t o make a man
like Senator Allen ashamed of any
thing Senator Fomkoi's prompt, re
futation of the charge made by Al
len, thnt thoMcKinley vote in Ohio
last November was increased by
fraud, would have had that eitect.
As it was, Senator Fornkor's vigor
ous prodding and demands for proof
and specification of one single fraud
ulent vote cast in tho Stpio of Ohic,
at tho Presidential election, drove
Allen into ft corner from which he
was glad to escape by yielding to a
motion to go into executive sossion.
Senator Forakcr made Senator Al
len blush when bo reminded hi 11
that lie was the first man to slander
his native State (Allen wim born in
( hio) by such charges.
Tho giving away of coupons or cer
tificates for premiums or prizes by
the manufacturers of tobacco anil
cigarettes will have to be. stopped, r?
the praetie:) is prohibited bv the
Dingley tariff law. Most r oplo will
regard tins a step in the right direc
tion. '1 lie whole prize business is
demoralizing.
Mr. H. M. Dougherty, of the Ohio
Republican State Central Commit
tee, was in WnsbingUni to see tho
Dingley tariff bill beeomo a law and
to confer with the ( )hio Republicans
in Congress before adjournment.
He says there will bo a hot cam
paign in the State' this year, but
that he regards the election of tho
Republican state ticket and Senator
Hanna's return to tho Senate, as as
sured. He says the Democrats aiv
merely bluffing when they profess
confidence of winning.
Tho House made quick work of
meeting the" recommendation of
l'ressid. nt McKinley for n currency
commission, iiio special message
was road just a i soon" as Speaker
Rued bad signed the. Dingley tariff
bill ; tho Committee on Rules re
ported a special rule giving one hour
for tho discussion of jkipresontative
Stone's bill authorizing the Presi
dent to apix.int a currency commis
sion, which had been previously in
troduced, and at the close of the one
hour's debate the bill was passed. !
The Senate tjk no achou on the
bill. It was not expected that it
would.
Si general is tho interest in the
disbarment, proceedings against
John Weddcrbarn Co., charged
With fraudulent practices, now being
conducted by tho Unit d States Pa
tent Ollice, that nearly all of the
leading legal and technic U journals
of tho country aro repi jseutod at
tii.i liiutrimru '1 1.1 !'.. nt III',,.-.
claims to be able to urovo fraud in a i
number of cases.
Knowing thut every i' iy tho tar
iff bill was delayed was costing the
country JlOO.OoO or moro in duties,
the Republicans cllowj.l the opixni-
tion to do most of the talking 111 the
debate which pi ended the adoprioti ;
of the conference report. Senator I
Burrows, who was a member of the
Conference Commit too.mado a short
speech defending the restoration of
the t-1 duty on white pine lumber,
and replying to Hsersions cast upon
him and incidentally upon the State
of Michigan by Senator Pettigrew,
He said the lumber schedule was
one of the most meritorious of the
bill, which would restore to the la
bor of the country the uncounted
millions of which it had been roblnjd
by four 5'ears of free trade, lue
conference rcjiort was adopted by a
j'..ajonty of ten, tho name majority
by which the b'.U passed tho KciitJ.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Ilft-iu-ilt'il hi tlm Ofllre of the lleeonler
Sl-ief. Our t.att Ihii.
I
f I.ncka waxen. Arllnir Ledorir, et.
I in., to Mary Chodi iter, dated Juno
llth, l.'illl iKHffl, con. :!5d, cnt'd
i July 24rd
i ,:nkawin(i!i. Max Strati. t. nx.
; to Mary tliedi-dor, dated Juno 2 1st,
; O.i acres, ron. $1, ent'd July 2.trd.
! I n ka waxen. Henry Stephen, ct.
jux., to Walter S. Palmer, dated
M i.v 21, U5 j town lots, con. !(IO,int'd
i .1 uly 2Hth. Calvin Vim Ben-'schofn-n,
Jr., ot. al., to Win. A.
I Van B kisJi (ten, ditol July
! 21th, hjs.c in, 1, ont'cl July 2SMi.
W. 11. Villi B m-iclioton and wife to
I W. S- Palmar, dated July 2B, lots,
(mil 250, enl'd J aly 2S. Tlio nbovo
comprise tho former Hotel property.
Aj to the Weather.
Sr, Swlthin's Day, If thou dust ruin,
For fortv days it will remain,
St. Swlthin's Day, if t Wu he fair.
For forty days 'twill ruin nae miiir
That day was July 15th and then
it rained, so tf ther.o is any truth in
thi) prodietion thoro me fully three
weeks yet of dripping clouds ahead
of in. If it keeps cm we shall ad
vertise for an ark .
The report from all sections of tlio
country shows that thorn has been
an unusually heavy rainfall in
.Southern New England, over por
tions of tho Middle Atlantic States,
in the Ohio, Upper Mississippi, and
lie I River of the North Valleys.
Heavy rains have also fallen over
Central and Western Kansas, and
over portions of the East, Gulf and
rfjiith Atlantic States, in many sec
tions from 2 to 5 inches. Corn has
generally made favorable progress,
but in soma parts has boon injured
by hot winds and drought.
Wo far there have boon eighteen
rainy days in July which equals the
records in that respect since the es
tablishment of the station in 1872.
List of Unclaimed Letter.
Unclaimed letters remaining in
the Post Ofioat M.ilford, Ta. foi
tho week ending Juno 24, 1897:
Lapiks Miss Emma MoMillon,
Miss LizKio Dunn.
Gkktlemev Erwin Hixon, D.
Stein.
Pei-sons claiming the above will
please say " Advertised " and give
date of this list.
Jas. S. Galic, P. M.
H.iin, ruin ntonwiiy.
t.'eiiii: iirain nnnther tl;iy
The Tramp in Luck.
The tramp whose feet were frozon
last fall while he was lying in the
old Howell barn, and who since that
time has been a charge on Dingman
township, was as it now develops a
soldior in tho late war. He has ro
coived a copy of hia discharge and
made an application for a pension
which no doubt will bo granted. Ho
lias also applied for admission in the
National Soldiers' Home at Dayton,
( hio, and will be removed' there
soon. His feet have not healed and
will not until they have the caro
which should have been given them
j long ago, and which thoy will doubt
less promptly receive at his new
home.
Obituary Notes:
Robert A. Linn, a ' prominent
young business man of Dockertown,
N. J., died at his homo July 20th,
ag.d 31 years. His wife, who with
two small
children survive him.
is a daughter of Hon. Jacob Gould.
William C. Coolbaugh, a promin
ent citizen of Stroudsburg, died at
the rosidonce of his mother, on
Main street, of brouchitis July 25th.
Tho deceased for five years occupied
tho chair in tho business department
at Pennington Seminary, and was
at tho head of the athletio associa-
tioU at '"""gton.
He whs asso
ciated in business for a time with
Mayor Juhn T. Palmer. Jn politics
ho was a staunch Democrat, and
was a school director.
A fineassoi umont of new millinery
at reasonable prices nt Miss
Mitchells.
Ruin Injuries Crept.
Tho continued ruin is doinjf great
damage to rye standing in bhock.
The straw is being blackened and
rotted, and the grain is growing.
If the wet weather continues this
crop iu this section will be utmost
completely ruined. There is also
considerable hay cut some in stout.
't his will be about worthless, except
for manure. Truly tho lot of the
farmer is a hard one.
THE SUSSEX TELEPHONE CO.
Will l nla W.irk linim-illiiti-lj mill Covi r
Thnt I onnlj with It Kliork tf
Wire.
Only a few days ago the "Sussex.
Telephone Company" was incor
porated, and ero this reaches the
readers of the Phf.ss tho network of
Telephone lines that is to cover this
anil adjoining" countries will bo
fairly under way. This energetic
method of going at ft job of this
magnitude is not usual with corpor
ate bodies. But this organization is
strictly a business one, and every
member of it is an energetic, brainy
j man, fitted to fill his position per
; fectly and altogether forming ft body
I singularly adapted to tho work be
j fore them. A combination that does
not often occur. Mr. E'tham Paul,
of Brooklyn, is the gentleman who
furnishes quite a good share of the
motive power that is to say the capi
tal as ho has money to invest, and
has taken ft deep interest in this
project. Mr. Paul is ft contractor,
and builder of high class buildings.
Tho home of Benedict, the friend of
ex-President Cleveland was of bis
design and construction.
Mr.E. J. Wright, also of Brooklyn,
is an expert Bacteriologist and scien
tific elootrician. Ho will reside in
Newton, and hnve charge of the
construction work as wollas the care
of the system afterward. Ho is a
hustler of the first water. Van Etten
Brothers, of Coneahaugh, lire mem
bers of the company also, and as is
well known are practical electricians
thoroughly grounded in the con
struction and caro of telephone work.
These gentlemen already have a
telephone system of their own, which
will connect on reasonable terms
with the Sussex company. Last,
but not in anywise least in the or
ganization isj James N. Miller, M. D.,
of Lay ton. Tho Doctor is no mean
authority on eloctricar scienco as
appliod to telophone work under
stands the needs of ti e people nr. d
section over which their system is
to extend, and is . ati all. rouud,
thorough business man. The Doc
tor is a stockholder, and we under
stand is bookod as Prosidont of the
iVssooiation when the formal organi
zation takes pluco. He modestly
disclaims any special part in bring
ing tlio work to its present satis
factory stage, but we know that tho
idea of this system was conceived
by him two years ago or moro, and
that but for his largo and exacting
practice ho would ere this have gone
into the work single handed, so sure
wivs ho of its practicability and uoccs-
sity. But now tho happy combina
tion of talent, and capital that he
has been largely instrumental in
combining into the Sussex Telephone
company will speedily carry jjut tho
work that the Doctor has so long
been desirous of accomplishing.
Work commences this week at Lay-
ton, and will be pushed to Branch
ille, Augusta and probably even to
Newton before the weok ends. Other
linos to Beemorvillo, Dockertown,
Hamburg, Franklin, Ogdensburg,
Sparta, Andovor, Swartawood, Still
water and Blairstown will bo built
while some other company would
be dreaming about it. "The Sussex
Telephone company" asks no money
of the people, nor solicits anyone to
take a phone, only as they desire it.
They will leave none of tho small
towns out in the cold, as tho Hud
son River company would have done
nor will thoy restrict the ownor of a
phone to local service only. Super
ior instruments ill be put in,
and tho service will bo unlimited.
Asa locoJ organization this company
will aim to keep in close touch with
tho desires and interests of tho peo
ple whom they serve. The larger
field that they may occupy in the
future is a matter of conjecture now,
but there can be no doubt that hs
tho need arises they w.ll be equal to
the occasion and moot satisfactorily
the requirements of any other sec
tion however largo that may desire
the maximum of telephone facil
ities at minimum rates. H.
Service at Monlsgue.
There will be services at the Re
formed Church in Montague at 10.30
a. m., Sunday. Sunday school at
. 30.
Also a service at Haiuesvillo ut
7.30 p.m. All are welcome.
H. U. Si-OEK, Pastor.
Everybody Baye 8a.
CttHcareU Cwidy Cathartic, the moet won
derful uiftiii'-il tliscovci v of llie uic, p!en!i
knt and ri'tiHshiuK to the taste, m l fcutly
and positively 011 kiitueva, liver ami tiowcia,
c:eaiiiiii ll.ti eiitiio aynU'in, ulhfel i:iiiU,
cure tieadauhe, levor, liabitinil eotmtiiutioa
and bili0U3Uer.s. l-11-.udo buy anil try a box
of V. C). C. to-day ; II), ", fiU 1 1 11U. built ttud
guaranteed to cure by all tirutgieta.
AMONG THE HOTELS.
A l.'t o( llei'pnl ArrlvHln at Ih. Viirlmi
ll'.tl'l mid llt-Afiit In lllfril anil
I I. loll y.
I '
' ( I'l illllrtell vi"lilnpft list of miens lull- j
! Ibsh.nl, "ill Jib-am ""I'd tlieui ilMnot later
i than V iHliiesiliiy evrnlnir.)
TllK UnMKSlF.AU
! .loiin ( ipti. Miss K.'itliuriui' line, Krm.k,
! Ivn; .1 II. li'iinlnr". "if" cd I'bi'il, Mm
i h ily.11 Hi'tlite, Hubert mid Allien. Hditt,,
M-. HeyTleM. Tvlle.rinm mm It tl rse. .1 1 h.
C.ilnn K':vnulK A. H. Coniri-r. Jr., wile,
two children Hint rr.rse, Mr Kauwles.
Mrs. HadelllTe, M ins Mabel Hmleltlhi, Mia.
V iipen. Mm. Mih-hs.
( 'aivoiAN' Hoi;.- k '
F. W Haines, Wilkw-barev: 1' K. M'-r-rvdltli.
erantcm; Knilej liekc .. Mllfi.nl;
( I1119. ll..Viiiiiit, ('. 8 Cnrttss, New
Yurk; J. M Shultz. T. K llejes, T. V.
Klllet, Shlllf.vllle; (i. A I leinuredt, I'.it
ersen; i' A. Wind, K K. Itend, llrmiklyn;
H'. W liiulliim, I'ert .lervin; tlewlmid
Parlier, l'liiiiulelililii-. 'I'. K t'rirMsli-, Mrs.
.1. K Kveritt, Mrs. 'I hen. I.nilluni, 1'nrt
Jiavis; Adelaide mitii, Ne'.varki iii;i.
liei.rg" W rnie, A sl-in t 1'iirk ; Mrn. Heiii-v
fink, Pert, .lervis; I). M Mern, Herbert
K. U'illiiens, (lm.i 11. Kelsey, 1 H,
Henvi-r, ,7 R. I'ur.nins, Urneklyn; I). H.
Fitch, limner; V I), Miiiilixin. I'lileisun ;
R. K. Bnvd, Detroit; V, 11. Klslicr, Thin.
M. llrltik.
Dimmu K ilin SK.
.lolm H. t.iffurd, IlinUensiuk ; .tdlm A.
rjulcstier, .ttrnnklvii; W. .1. Andrews ni'd
wile, Fast Dnilltte'; K. liittlefleld, . liil
tlufteld, Jj. LttUetleld. Uninklyii; F.lia
betii A HukIxh, ,lerney City.
Cexthk Fiii'AHR Hotel. I
Sum H. rnhner, Clint B. Piilmer, W. ;
I). HetliK. Adeleiio X. Heilitr, Stnuids-
hurp; r'liirelico N W'iekes, Wew 'erk;!
F.verett Hnii'ii, Perth Amuey; Reuljeii I
Rylo, Patersnn; R. ll.iiiklns, .Strouds
Ijiirtf ; Dudley , I. Fapin. Uninklyii; (.'.
A rinlirusler. It.ine.-daki; Jus. it. Johnson,
Xewton; Walter Palmer, Iviickuwaxeii.
llelKL FAl lllKliL.
A TCdwnrds and wife. Harrison: M. J
Stottheiiner, Clins. H. ReehstelM, Win. 11.
Hayes and wife, Mrs. M. i. MacMonale,
Fniil Cousens, (). F. Dederer, Julia K.
Kemp, New York; Miss Marlon Moses, J.
H. Conner, MUs Conner, Miss 'Porrey, W.
F. t-iuydmn, wiie and fainily, C. Tj Dyo
sen, Sew York; Mr. and Mrs. Wlibiir
leiiinie, Kiujt Orange.
ClMMIKHACK FAHM Hol'RK
Mr. Hi'iecker and wife, Mr. C'lnrk and
wife. Miss ('lark, Newark; Jerry, Max and
D. Friedman, A. Manloh, New York;
Miss Chase, Yonkers, N. Y.; Mr. aud Mrs.
'Vi'ilUaiiis, daughter and son; Miss Ii. (lor
don, Hreokiyu: Mr Morfunl arid family.
New York: V. Yentli, tile Aiisses Myles,
Itroeklyu; Mr. Bueekor and wile
Bluff Hocki!.
Willii m Morse and wife, F. H. Settee
Rro .klvn; H H. Kwili(r, Plill idelphia;
Ueoro fi M Dole, Frank A. t'leri?, Mhu
Clarff, Charles 7j. H illev, Toronto; 0! I..
Stryker, Urooklyn ; M ' A. Conishlln, Jer
9eyCiiy;(4. 71 Coiiffhllu and daughter
Jas. V. Clarendon and wife, Raymond
Clarendon, Knene Clarendon, Mr. Ter
!umo nnd wife, Anna and Catharine Ter
hnno, Mis? Phillips, Mildred Morse nnd
uurse, Mrs. .1. 11 Plympton, (SnuriM
Union, W. J I'ope, H. K. Aitken, Dr. C
A. Hode, Relia V. Callii(!her, Mrs K. P.
Hawkii.l JIl'bK.
Floyd Yail and family Jersey City: Mrs
RadeliH'e and daughter, Orange; Roiiert
Rogers, New York; Clarenee Rogers.
Finest Holers, Peeksklll; Dr. II. I. Derk
ley and wile, liaitimoni, T. V Hrady,
Diilmh; J J. Hrndy, Klondike. Clias. S.
Williams and wife. Newburtfh.
jAitiioN Hoi;sk.
M. F. liiovanoly and wife. Hairis Lvans
and wife, Phliij) Decker and wile, Frits
Reinsehild, of New York; J K. Kindail
and wife, Jaek Klndall, (ieorcia; Missj
mirnett, urooklyn
FOITXD At tho boat house,
ladios' chatelaine silver watch.
Ownor can recover same by apply
ing to Arthur B. MeCarty.
'97 L. A. W. Meet.
This great event will tako place
August 4, 5, 6 and 7 at Willow ( irove
Pa. There will bo racos, and runs
to several points of interest, and it
will be A. rrnnd timn fnr wliiniliin'n
large numlxirs of whom intend to
De present. Arrangements have
been made by tho railroads to give
special excursion rates, and ample
provision will bo made for the care
and comfort of all who attend. A
run has been arranged for Kuuday
Allfmst 8 to Athintie f 'if.v ni-il nr.
cursion trains will convey those who
uesire unit mono 01 transit.
Something now, a spr'ng tooth
harrow with wheels. .Syracuse
plows and " Planet Jr." cultivators
at W. & (. Mitchell's.
Will the Boys Compete T
Hon, Jacob Klaer, chief of tho fire
department, is in receipt of an in
vitation from Welling Kockol, mayor
of Trenton, N. J., to bo present
with the members at an Inter-State
Firemen's Carnival, to be held at
1 ronton sometime in September or
October. Prizes will be given to the
companies showing the greatest pro
ficiency in drill ami eviinrlitinii in
ma laging their tire machinery.
Board at reasonable ra' s for five J
to ten persons ut a cosy coi tage, 1
miles from Milford, Pa. Nice I
grounds. Milk, eggs, vegetables, i- l
from farm. Address P. O. Box 167, 1
Miltord, Pa. junoHtf.
You may hunt tho world over and
you will not find another m. Heine
equal to Chamberlain's Colio, Cho
lera and Diarrhoea Remedy or com.
plaints. It is pleasant, safe and re
liable. For sale bv Drinreista and
Cenera1. Mjrc". nnts iu Pike county.
BRIEF MENTION.
Did you see the eclipse of the
sun yesterday?
The iron for the new bridge it
Bush! ill is arriving and the struc
ture will soon bo erected.
Tho Government will hereafter
be resp-eisible for all registered let
ters where the value 'does not ex
ceed f 10.
1 he Democratic primaries for
nominating a jury commissioner
will be held August 21st.
At the present price of silver
the value of the silver in a dollar is
a fraction over -Hi cents.
A special meeting of tho Ladies'
Aid Society of Montague was held
yesterday at the home of Mrs. Weed.
'I he wheat crop in Franklin
county is very heavy, many fields
averaging forty bushels to the acre.
The commissioners sold the fill
ing of the roadway nt the Busbkill
bridgo to William Schuppe for 43.
'1 he Kittatinny Houso at tho
Delaware Water Uap has closed.
The season there is said to te very
poor.
The Town Council nt a mooting
held Tuesday evoning passed tho re
solutions to purchase tho (ilen over
tho veto of the Burgess, by a vote oi
six.
The Milford Water Company re
cently replaced the tire plug in front
of the Faiu'here Hotel, and changed
its location. Tho old ono had be
eomo disabled.
Dogs killed two sheepj and
wounded a lamb last week belong
ing to (i. W. Hubbard, "of Dingman
township. The auditors awarded
him tlO damagos.
Henry D. Catme has the filling
of tho approach to the Mott street
bridge at f74. The tatal cost of that
work may now bo closely approxi
mated at !)00.
The skin of the rattler, which
killed Willie Clark in Porter town
ship some timo ago, now adorns tho
Fauohere Hotel bar-roam, It mea
sures five feet and sports twelve
rattles.
The filling at the Mott Stroot
Bridge has been caved away by tho
rain so that passage is considorod
unsafe, nnd tho bridgo has been
closed to travel until the nocessary
repairs can bo made.
Judge Craig refused naturaliza
tion to two Russians nt Stroudsburg
because they "knew nothing."
They could not tell tho namo of
the President, or of tho ( lovernor of
this State.
James KrosgoanU Joel Henniug,
of Monroe county, who wero ar
rested on complaint of Peter Ross,
tish warden, for illegal fishing, woro
discharged at the hearing last Mon
day. A firm in Middletown, N. Y.
which manufactures gold dust bags
of sheepskin for California custo
mers is now working with a double
force on account of orders received
sineo tho Klondike discovery.
Tho sawmill of (loorgo Kipp at
Punxsuta wney, Pa., was wrecked
July 24th by the bursting of the
boiler. Ono man was killed and ten
seriously injured and two hundred
men are thrown out of employment.
The road between Quiclffow.i
and Matamoras was reported as
rough just after tho storms. Some
large stones on tho C'umming's
hill were uncovered and in many
places holes very ontinj ing to wh'xd
men appeared.
fieorgo A. Brill, of Poughqnog,
Dutchess county, a Cornell graduate
recently received a cable dispatch
from Li Hung Chang offering him a
liljeral sum to organize and manage
a model farm in China under the
Government. Ho will accept.
The huckleberry crop on the
Moosic, Pocono aud Shawanguuk
mountains is now being gathered.
The pickers will realize fully 300,.
000 from the entire crop. Four
cents per quart is paid for picking
and the berries soil in market from
8 to 10 cents.
The report of a bitter fight
among Monroe Republicans over
delegate to tho State Convention is
pronounced by the Joffersonian as
false. It says there v. ill not be any
fight nor is there any feeling what
ever and that everything is encour
aging for tho party.
Tiie dish washer advertised in
the Pkess will soon be on exhibition
here. Taeie are other kinds, of
course, for instance, the two-handed
ones arrayed in cilioo and white
aprons, but this kind ii to save tho
others which are far more expensive
not only to set but te keep in good
humor and repair. Jf youbothe
ino you will surely want the other,
t 'omo and see it.
It is rumored that the Tow
Council has the majority, and one
mrn, tiecassary to piss the resolu
tions relating to the purehno of the
glen, over tho objections of the
Burgess. If tho Borough is com
P'l'.ed to pay tho price currently
mentioned io,."00, this with the
comity indebtedness tax which w'll
surely come nevt year, wift mako n
revision of our figures a;; to -the per
capita, nocessniy.
Tho Register in its highly inter
esting reproduction of ancient his
tory snys, under date of Septem
ber 18, 1844: " Milford Benevolent
Society held a fair nt that place ".
Is there any record of this society,
the persons composing it or its ob
jects ? Those facts might now in
terest tho people here. Under date
of January 1, 1842, it announces the
marriage of Ira H. Newman to Sarah
Ann Adams by Rev. P. D. Day.
The Amorican Protective Tariff
Lensme, 1H5 West 2Ilrd street, Now
York, issues in pamphlet form
the new tariff bill. It is a docu
ment of interest, and hnnil.v to have
for referenci". As this bill will
probably stand for several years, for
President McKinley will bo ro
elected and prevent, any change, it
will onable tho people to contrast its
effect with the Wilson bill which- so
suddenly brought adversity to the
country. Send 10 cents and secure
fivo copies.
An estimate of tho economy of
tho Dingmnn township overseers of
tho poor in the Harmon caso looks
something like this : Paid for board
and caro for 2(5 wooks, i143 ; medi
cal attendance and medicine, $li5 ;
t jtal, $237. Had amputation been
performed at the proper time it
would have cost 75 and board and
care for 22 weeks, four would havo
boon included in the hospital, at
say $J )Mr week, 6fl, total I41, or a
gain te the township of 06. Seo
tho statement of per capita faxes
for consolation.
The Star and Tablet Gone.
Tho brass star in tho mosaic floor
of tho waiting room of the Pennsyl
vania railway station at Washing
ton which marked the spot where
President Garfield fell after being
shot by Oinitean, as also tho marble
tablet which was placed in the wall
above the star with an inscription of
tho date and a brief histoiy of the
assassination, have both been re
moved in accordance with orders is.
sued from Philadelphia.
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Which Would Be Economy?
'I ho contract for building an iron
bridge 33 foot long with a 12-foot
roadway nt Biirebor's, was awarded
by tho commissioners last week to
the (Iroton Bridgo Company for
325. The bid for stone work which
has not yet been accepted is l'SO,
making a total of I4.S5. Contractor
II. L. Canne assets that he sub
mitted a bid for a stone bridge,
upon which no action was taken, for
525, or in other words that a stone
bridge at that point o miplete would
cost tW more than the iron struc
ture with tho necessary abutments.
Severe Storm in Monroe.
July 21st, a heavy storm pasoTd
over Monroe county. Roads wero
Kully washed and crops greatly in
jured. Five small county bridges
wore swept awa', and also several
township bridges. Lightning struck
tho wagon shed of A. H. Fotberman
of Bossardsville, tho barn of Jomn
Bonser near Gilbert's which was
destroyed with all his crops nd
farm machinery, also the barn .
Eckert near Kresgeville which was
consumod with crops and imple
ments and tho shed of David Kun
kle in Polk township which was
shattered but not burned. A tree
in Hamilton township wan struck
and fired and burned for a cauple of
days afterwards.
A lot of new straw and felt haU
at W. & U. Mitchell's.
FOR RENT A furnished house
on Harford street Modern con
veniences, largo grounds, plenty of
shade, good garden, fruit, etc.
Address Pikk Ooi iti 1 Phkss,
Milford, Pa.
Said the lovely young woman
from Pike to her lover :
"You go to Cluudlke,
A ml, If you are bold
You may get euonii gold,
To buy uij that lon promised bike."
j PERSONAL. t
' Prof. !iycvi-ll S .iiimcrville is
, visiting the J-deof Jersey
Mrs. John Fuller is suffering vtith
blood puis, ning in lier hand.
John Baldwin and wife will spend
some time at Ml. Airy, Michigan.
Alex Kb iere has f ir some timo
, K'jcv. disabled with blood poisoning.
I Mips Deverenx ia visiting te f.at'i
j ily of Hon. K. Pinehnton Ann street,
i Hon. d S Ptirdyond wife are so.
! jor riling for fhiee weeks at Atlan
j tic City.
1 Robert I.'epue, Jr., oi' Souib
j Stroudsburg has started for the gold
j diggings.
j Howard De,Mote, who frequently
: vi-eN Milord, is very sick at his New
j York home.
j P. '. Rutin, L. A. W. bicycle re
' pairer, made a business trip to Now
j York last week.
I Thomas Mc.Murray has been np
; pointv.d by the Town Council special
i policeman for 30 days.
j Maxwell Armstrong entortainod a.
! number of bis little friends nt a
S birthday pr-rty Tuesday.
Donald Brown, of Amherst ' ii 9
visited with the family of Hy. T.
Baker, Esq., this week.
William Heller, of Brooklyn, X.
Y visiting his mother, Mrs. Helen
K. Heller on Harford street.
Don. K. Pinehot will tako a trip
to Nova Scotia next week for tho
benefit of n sw.n voyage.
! 1 antic Armstrong who has been
! ill with intermittent fever is now at
his home in Milford recuperating
G. Ia. Waltz has been appointed
postmaster at Newfoundland, Wayne
county, viceF. A. KrlianU. resigned.
Rusling DeWift, who sustained
quite severe injuries by falling off
the Wells building, is slowly im-
J proving.
j I.antie Armstrong was somewhat
I indisposed last, weok and his con
j dition called his mother to tho city
I to caro for hiifl.
I Dr Otto von ftcr TTeydo, n givulu
jate of tho University of Pennsyl.
I vanin, has opened dent il rooms in
i Brown's building,
i Hon. W. S. Kirkpairick has bem
1 placed on Election Committee No. 3
I nnd tho commit tee 011 Pacific rail
i roads by Speaker liocd.
j Madamo F.iuchero who is visiting
j her grand-daughter, Mrs. Percy
! Lyman in New York, fell recently
, and fractured Per leg.
j Harry Beach, formerly employed
! in the repair shop of G. W. Wheeler
: hasgouivto Port Jervisand wall en
! ter the employ of his father 111 the
I grocery business.
John C, Prescott, of Matdinora ,
j recently crected'an iron wind mill
ion the Mueller premises at that
place. 1 uey are a great convenience
on a farm.
Mrs Dominis is writing a book.
So is Mr. Cleveland. Why not colla
borate nnd issue a single volume as
a second edition of "Tho Heavenly
Twins ?"
Congressman Pitney, of the New
Jersey District, is chairman of tho
: District of Columbia ('ommitteo,and
i is also on Appropriations and Re
j form in Civil Service.
Fayette L. Seymour, F.lias A Sny
! dor, Charles Marvin, and two
I friends, members of the Jokers club
I Matamoras, passed through here
j Wednesday uoon for camp at Brink
I Pond.
I Mrs. Bertha Reed has purchased
j the Hart property in Milford town
i ship, aud will take possession Sep
tember 1st. We are glad to havo
j Dr. Reed and his family as perman
: ent residents of tho place.
I William Coolbaugh, a son of the
j late A. V. Coolbaugh, died at his
ihomo in Stroudsburg, July 23rd,
azed about 30 years. His funeral
j v- s attended by John ('. Wallace,
j who is a relative by marriago.
, Madame Marchal, who with her
husband resided in Milford several
years, is dead at Coinwall-on-the-Hudson
to which place she removod
from hero. Throe daughters, Mrs.
Sulembier, of New York ; Mrs. 1 c
tarl.unoiii. ,f ',,,.,,..,. 1 1 nn.l li
J Marchal, of Boston, survive her.
Andrew Yet ter, of Blairstown,
styled by many the lumber king of
New Jersey, knows a good thing in
newspapers as well as in timber
I lands, and so made no mistake when
he subscribed for tho Phkss this
I week, ile is iu tho market for moro
j lumber tracts, and will pay good
prices for them.
W. & G. Mitchell have just opened
a few cases of new Sl'R !NG GO )DS
comprising Ginghams, Outing Per
cales, Chatillon stripes, Cinderella
j habit cloths, etc. See them before
j buying elsowhoro.
Wasikd Fifty Rose Comb White
Leghorn pullets. Audrcss UicLiird
Humlxvt. M.lford, Pa.
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