It li So VOL. 3. MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1897. NO. s 1 1 A URIS B URGLET T E 11 . Compendium of Important Xcw8 of the 1'ast Week. FROM AN IMPARTIAL STAND POINT. Onr Special Correspondent ht Harrlsbnrg Writes on Matters of Vital Impor tance to Every Citizen of the Key stone State. Harrisburo, Nov. 16 On? of the greatest fakes ever perpetrated in this state was the profaning of charges by Fred A. Van Valkenbnrg against Ex-Secretary of the Com monwealth Rcedor, Assemblyman Weiss and M. E. Luckenbach, charging them with conspiracy to commit bribery and to defame the good character of John Wanamaker. ' It is one of soveral suits which are the out como of the senatorial fight last January. For weoks the prose cution has claimed to have had a clear case against the parties named, ana from the amount of oratory ndulged m at the preliminary hear ing the public in genoral was led to believe that the trial would bo a sonsational one. But since that time matters havo assumed quite a different aspect. When the prose cution's witnesses were callod upon by the grand jury, sitting at E;iston last Friday, for their evidence, it developed that the chief witness, the person who furnished the infor- mation that led to the arrests, was not present and the attornoys said they knew nothing of his where abouts. That this important per sonage was not on hand seems singular, for his evidence would have been of more worth than the twenty-six who were hoard. After fully viewing the case it did not re quire much time for the grand jury to return ignored bills, and then Presiding Judge Scott delivered a scathing lecture to Van Valkenburg asking in substance if from the evi dence produced, it was not reason able to assume that the law was in voked In Easton in an attempt to Btay its arm in another jurisdiction and that the court was to be made an agency in feeding a controversy which has filled the atmosphere of Commonwealth with the rank odor of its political scandals. Then Van Valkenburg was assessed the costs, which will reach nearly 1500. It is claimed by Roeder's friends in Har risburg that this is virtually a vindi cation, but by others that a com promise was effected and that the many threats of prosecution recent ly mado by Reedor will never mat erialize. FOR ANOTHER FACTION. The sudden declaration by State Senators Durham and Charles L. Brown of Philadelphia, that they will wage war onSenator Quay, carries with it a great deal of weight when it is taken into consideration that Durham was a most ardent supporter of the Boaver statesman during the chairmanship struggle. Of course the primary object is to clown the organization in Philadel phia, and seoond to reooive mora re cognition than has been accorded of lute. They have emphatioally de clared their objection- to the so- called boss rule, and expect to gain their points through the distressing cry of "Reform," which has so of ton been pursued by secessionists , eventually resulting in a political death for its followers. NATIONAL ORANGE. The session of the National and State Grange of the Patrons of Hus bandry that have been hold the past ten days in this city, were the most interesting in the history of the or ganization. Plenty of amusement was furnished and our agricultural euosts wore shown everything of ' importanoe in and about Harrisburg. Considerable benefit was derived by the delegates, and business of the utmost importance transacted. BOARD OF HEALTH. " At the regular meeting of the State Board of Hoalth held here lat Thursday the baleful influences of the Auti-Vaccination League were roforrol to, and its deplorable ef forts to undermine publio confidence in the well established value of this preventative measure strongly con domuod. Rucognition was also tak- tn of the successful efforts of the Woman" Health Protective Asso ciution, of Philadelphia, to have iiassod the law providing for the sanitary inspection of bakeries.bake shops and similiar establishments. A list of forty-four complaints was received from localities afflicted with polluted water supplies. A year ago a similiar list contained but twenty complaints. The. finan cial secretary reported only nine teen cents in the treasury. The next mooting will be held in Lan caster in May. CMARTKKS ISSUED. The following charters were granted at the state department during the week : Alpha paint and mineral oompany,Philadelphia,ca pi ta! $30,000: Bollwood coal company, Ron le township, capital 8,000; Second ward building and loan asso ciation, Philadelphia, capital $1, 000,000 ; Galena oil company. Frank lin, capital, $1,000,000: Signal oil company, Franklin, capital $1,000, 000; Babcock lumber company, Pittsburg, capital, $50,000; Key stone gold mining company.DuBois, capital, $60,000 ; Ricketts manufac turing company. Rickotts, capital $10,000 ; Flory manufacturing com pany, Bangor, capital $100,000 ; Washington, Westminster & Gettys burg electrio railroad company, for a 14-tnilo road from Gettysbuag to the state lino, capital $400,000 ; Wy oming & Pond Creek railroad com pany, 0-mile road from Sandy Run Junction to White Haven, capital, $30,000 ; Kimberly company.Sharon, capital, $1,000 ; Parkinson land com pany, Pittsburg, capital $25,000; Dingley manufacturing company, Philadelphia, capital, $200,000. DEPARTMENT NOTES. Major Isaao B. Brown, superin tendent of the State Railroad Bu reau, has referred thirty-one com panies to Attorney Genoral McCor mick, who will at once institute proceedings against them for their failure to comply with the Act re quiring them to make an annual re port to the Secretary of Internal Affairs. Each company is liable to a fine of $5,000 for its neglect. State officials, generally, are dis appointed at the continuation until the January -term of court of the cases in which Sheiiff Martin, of Luzerne county, is a defendant on the charge of murder. They were in hopes that a precedent would be established immediately. Bucks county was the last to for ward its election returns to Secre tary Martin. GUBERNATORIAL OUTLOOK. The situation in the gubernatorial struggle is practically unchanged. Stone is very confident and appears to have good grounds for his claim that he will be a middle-of-the-road candidate. There is strong opposi tion from the east and west, but this fact does not influence him in the least. Politics will bo exceed ingly warm from now until a year hence. Will F. Hendriokson. Buy your loaded shells and all kinds of ammunition at Brown & Armstrong. The three-year-old boy of J. A, Johnson, of Lynn Center, HI., Is subjoct to attacks of croup. Mr. Johnson says he is satisfied that the timely use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, during a severe attack, saved his little boy's life. He is in the drug business, a member of the firm of Johnson Bros., of that place and thoy handle a great many patent medicines for throat and lung diseases. He had all these to choose from, and skilled, physicians ready to respond to his " call, but solectod this remedy for use iu liis own family at a time when his child's life was in danger, because he knew it to be superior to any other, and famous the country over for its cures of croup. Mr. Johnson says this is the best selling cough medicine they handle, and that it gives splendid satisfaction in all cases. Sold by Druggist and Gen eral Merchants in Pike county. - Conspiracy Caae Settled. The case of E. A. Van Valken burg for conspiracy to bribe Webs ter C Weiss, of Bjthlehem, has been settled. This, and the case against General Reedor and others, incidentally growing out of tiie same transaction, has occupied publio at tention for sometime, and created omidarable sensation The real inwardness will probably never be kuowu to outsiders, but we can wonder what they were begun for when ' they wore so quickly done for, The Whole Man. A whole man is another name for a healthy man. One of the prime essen tialsof health is cleanliness. The first step in this direc tion is a clean skin. This fact 7f is well known. Not only should the outside of the body be perfectly clean, but the interior of the body as well. Clean teeth, clean month, clean throat, clean nasal passages, nre nil requisites of perfect health. The whole body as well as every or gan in the body, is lined with muc ous membrane, which is even more liable than the skin to become very dirty. The most frequent cause of unclean mucous membrane is ca tarrh. Catarrh creates unnatural secretions, even though the catarrh be very slight. In this condition good hoalth is impossible. Dr. Hartman has made a specialty of treating chronio catarrh' for nearly 40 years. His great remedy (Pe-ru-na) has become known throughout thoaaUnited States and Canada. It is certainly the bost.and probably the only effective internal remedy for clironio catarrh. Its cures are permanent. The Doctor is also the author of many books on chronio catarrh. His latest book on the subjoct will be sent free for a short time by The Pe-ru-nit Drug M'f'g Co., Columbus, O. Ask your druggist for k free Pe-ru-ua Almanac fo 1898. A Timely Sermon. Rev. Thos. Nichols preached in the Presbyterian church last Sunday evening a sormon on the recent mat ter of the resignation of Dr. Shields irom the church because of criticism on his action in signing a petition for a license for Princeton Inn. The speaker reviewed the situation, and said that while there was no law in the church against signing petitions of that character, yet there were several pointed deliverances which should be binding on the conscience of members, and while it was true that Dr. Shields had no opportunity to explain his reasons for signing, he was not on trial for any offense, and had a right to resign. It was a matter of regret however that the President and Professors of Prince ton University had not put on record in unmistakeable language their view of Dr. Shields action in sign ing the petition. Such deliverance by them, although they do not con. stitute the corporation, would have relieved the University from the rather ambiguous position she now must occupy before the world. Mr. Nichols took the broad ground that Dr. Shields was wrong and that his action could not consistently be defended Liquor oould be sold un der the license to the two upper classes but not to the two lower. The bibulous Freshman and Sopho mores must go to Trenton or else where to quench their thirst, and after the Juniors and Seniors got all they could in the Grill room they would probably hie to some dive and make a night of it. Intemper ance is against the teachings of the new Testament and the Presbyterian church, and everything which in any wise tends to promote it should be opposed by church men and women Brown & Armstrong would like to know if you have bought your winter footwear. RAILROAD NOTES. THANGSGIVINQ DAY EXCURSION. On Thursday, November 26th, Thanksgiving Day, the Erie will soli 8ieeuil excursion tickets from Port Jervis to New York at one dol lar for the round trip. These tick ets are good going on the Orange County Express leaving Port Jervis at 6.30 a. m. and are good returning on any regular train leaving New York on November 25th exoepting Train No. 5. HIDES WANTED Albert Ru dolph will pay the highest market prioo for beef hides, calf and sheep skins. Call at the tannery on Broad stroet abov High. novlfltf A Memorial Window. .The momorial window erected in tho Presbyterian to be Church by Miss Blanoha BiJUck has ar- rived and will soon be put in place. The design represents the women at the resurrection, and is of skillful workmanship by Munich artists. The window will be an attractive addition to the interior of the church and very favorably cpntrast with the several beautiful memor ials which have been heretofore don ated by those who desired to perpe tuate iu this manner the memory ot some loved quo. PERSONAL Will S. Ryman hos returned from a business trip to New York Mrs. B. E. Brown is recovering from a severe attack of tonsilltis. Miss Millicent Crissman was quite unwell for several days recently. Oliver Bensley, of Lehman, was at the county seat a day last week. J. Ed. Nyco and wifo, of Egypt Mills, visited with J. C. Bull lat Sunday. Miss Laura Bennett Is spending her vacation at the home in Port Jervis, N. Y. Miss 8ally Moines has gone to Newark, N. J. to spend the winter with relatives. George Wheeler with his mother and sisters left Milf ord this week for their city home. Mrs. Honcotta Wilson we regret to learn is quite indisposed, and con fined to her rooms. David Newman is the proud father of a new boarder, who arrived re cently. It is a boy. Henry D. Clark, of Paupac, is reported as seriously ill with little prospect of recovery. Mrs. C. M. Blanchard expects soon to leave for Florida where she will pass the winter. Mrs. Arminda Bull has returned from a protracted visit among friends in Oxford, N. Y. Rev. Thos. Nichols has been ab sent this weok visiting at Owego, N. Y. and other places. Cornelius Quick is wearing a broad smile. A brand new girl an- 7ed last Saturday morning. Oliver E. Emery is confined in the hospital at Washington, D. C. with an attack of typhoid fever. Mrs. J. O. Christiana and little grandson, Harold Orr, of Hawley, are visiting at Mrs. Thomas Arm strongs. Charles Roilley, a long time resfd- ent of Delaware township and a prosperous citizen, was In Milford Tuesday. . , Mrs. Justin LanohsLntin aooom- palned by her hnsban-Wreturned to Milford this week if very poor health. ! J. H. Van Etten has been appoint ed a member of the executive com mittee of the Republican League of Pennsylvania. Fred Gumble, accompanied by Miss Etta Kipp, of this plaoe, drove to Paupao and Wilsonville, last Sat urday, returning Wednesday. Mrs. Vyse and her daughters, of Flushing. L. I., are stopping at the Dlmmlck House, where they expeot to remain until after Christmas. Howard Reed has gone to New York city to attend a Welsh rarebit party given by Miss Jane Seamen at her home in 127 West 21st street. Mrs. Prudence Van Etten mother-in-law of Prof. J. M. Dolph Princi pal of the schools In Port Jervis died in that village Nov. 13 of bronchial pneumonia. "Davy" Angle, the famous Pike county hunter, Tuesday shipped the celebrated coon dog "Fanny neok, N. Y. Harry DeWitt returned this week from Philadelphia where he went to undergo operations for the dis ease which affected his log. We hope he has derived permanent benefit. Richard Humbert with his family left Milford for Brooklyn this week. He will engage in business during the winter and possibly return next spring to reopen a summer boarding house. Ebenezer Warner left town Tues day afternoon for a visit to his boy- hood home at Roxbury, Litchfield county, Conn. . He will also stop at other points to call on friends and expects to be gone several days. Conrad Miller, of Blooming Grove, died at his home Nov. 10th of cancer of the stomach. He was born in Germany about fifty years ago and came to this country when a young man. His wife and ten children survive him. Mrs. William Parker, of Hawley, Pa., a daughter of William Mo Carty, of Sawkill, has recently un dergone in a bcranton hospital an operation for a cancerous growth. Her condition is reported as f avora ble to reoovery. Mrs. Kate B. Van Wyck and daughter Happy, of Milford, and Mrs. Dr. P. F. Fulmer and daugh ter, Nona, of Dingmans Ferry, are staying at tho Waldorf la New York this week, and attending the horse show. Miss Louisa E. Manny, a Port Jer vis young lady having many ac quaintances in Milford, was married last Tuesday in New York to Arthur C. Shake, of Faribault, Minn. .where the groom is proprietor of a hotel. The hoe cakes and corn bread an ticipated by Dr. Reed will be much diminished this winter owing to the disappearance from one of his flolds of 40 bushels of husked corn. Dr. Rood has eyes that soe and a nose that smells and ha9 already scented a johnny cake in the dis tance that will be made from some of those lost ears. BRIEF MENTION. -Service will be held at Sawkill Suuday Nov. 21st, if the weather Is propitious. Sheriff Courtright will soli con siderable Matamoras property Doc. llth at the Court House. The trustees of Port Jervis granted a franchise to the new tele phone company last Tuesday. John Flndlay Is building a re taining wall in the rear of his stables which will add also to the grounds. The report seems to bo woll- founded that a certain couple.form- erly living in Milford township, has taken seporate ways. George Daumann has removed his barn to a less conspicious posi tion in the rear of his new dwelling on High street. -The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church met at the home of Mrs. George Mitchell on Tuesday afternoon Nov. 15th. The committee on musio from the Presbyterian Sunday school met on Tuesday evening at The Manse and made selections for the Christ mas entertainment. The Branohvillo correspondent of the Gazette says Phoebe Jagger, of Dingmans, was married to Brice Dalrymple, of the former plaoe, June 9, 1897, by Rev. D. Halloran. The Y. P. 8. C. E.wlll hold a Klondike Social in the . lecture rooms of the Presbyterian Church on Thanksgiving night. Every body is invited to come and dig for gold. Workmen are now engaged building the trolley road in Port Jervis. All the contracts are lot and It it expected that a large num. ber of men will be given immediate employment. The proper officials have sc oured an apparatus from Morris town, N. J.,with whioh to carry out the sentence of the law on Sohultz Deo. 7th.- It will probably be erected in one of the rooms up stairs in the jail. Our neighbor clinches the con troverted statement in its columns with a supremely self-satisfied air, It says : "If you doubt the truth of what I say now, just refer back and see what I have heretofore said." That nails another lie. Bwlnton Co. gave this week a practical demonstration of the capa oity of their Quick Time Ranges They baked up a barrel of flour and donated the broad. Seventy loaves were baked in the first two hours whioh proves the range to be an ex ceptionally rapid baker. Rev. Frank DeWitt Talmage, son of the famous Washington preacher, renfarked in a late sermon on "Rich Men's Sons." Do you kDow that as a rule the greatest misfortune happening to one is to be lullabied in the lap of luxury The only dead failures some of the merchants have ever made are their sons of whom they a re ash amed." Just try a 10c box of Cascarets the finest liver and bowel regulator ever made. "The worst cold I ever had in my life was cured by Chamberlain i Cough Remedy," writes W. H. Nor ton, of Sutter Creek, Cal "This cold left me with a cough aud I was ex pectorating all the time. The Remedy cured me, and I want all of my friends when troubled with a cough or cold to use It, for it will do them good." Sold by Druggist aud and General Merchants in Pike County. Pike i Dlst!nulahed. Vice-President Hobart and Gov ernor Griggs, of New Jersey, with party of friends, went to the Bloom ing Grove Park Association yester day on a hunting expedition, WASHINGTON LETTER. he Coming Session of Con- gross. Probably No Financial L giIatlon Will He Attempted Our Coal to Mexico Gorman's Successor Reciprocity with Canada The Wedderburn Co. Senators and Representatives al ready lh Washington are discussing with much interest the probable length of the coming session of Con gress. Tho hoie is general that the session may not exceed six months, but the opinion Is also gonoral that will depend entiroly upon circum stances. If no financial legislation attempted, it will be comparative ly easy to complete the business of the session by the first of June, possibly ns early as the first of May, s no time will have to bo lost in orgonizing and selecting the House Committees, as is usual at the be ginning of the long sosslon ; but if nancial legislation of importance is to be put through tho House and to bo attempted iu the Senate, every body may as well make up their minds to an extended siego, with proboble failure in tho end. Knowing the situation in the Senate many Republicans favor letting financial legislation alone until it is certain that something con bo ac complished. They orguo that tho ngitatlon that would necessarily ac company an attempt to legislate on the subject would hurt business and could do no good. It is thought by those who ought to know that the President's action in issuing a proclamation exempting Mexican vessels in ballast and steam vessels from the payment of ton nage duties usually imposed upon foreign vessels In our ports, will give American coal complete control of the Mexican market. It was an act of reciprocity, Mexioo mokes the same exemption in favor of our vessels. The probable ohoice of the Re publican majority of the Maryland legislature of a successor to Senator Gorman continues to figure largely in political conversation in Wash ngton. Owing to the numbey of eliglblos, there are wide differences of opinion as to who will be chosen. Tho legislature meets on the first Wednesday in January, but it is probable that the Republican caucus will nominate a Senator a day or two before. As thirty-four votes will be a ma jority of the caucus, and Baltimore will haAe twenty one of thom, it would seem that Baltimore can easily name the man if its votes can be kept together, but that "if has already assumed formidable proportions, It is not likely that the confer ences now going on between Hon. John A. Kasson, special com missioner representing the United States, and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Premier of the Canadian govern ment, will result in the speedy negotiation of a treaty of reciprocity between the United States and Canada, although that may be the ultimate result. Tho present conferences are expocted to define tho positions of each govern ment, and, of course, each will wish to get the most it can for its citi zens, regardloss of the interests of the other. Later negotiation with Great Britain representatives Can ada cannot negotiate a treaty will determine whether the give and take spirit is mutual enough to re sult in a reciprocity treaty. Secre tary Wilson will oppose any reduc tion in the duties on any Canadian agricultural products which oom pote with those of our own farmers. 1 he Canadian omcials ana tne ladies who are with them are receiving many social courtesies. Dinners have been given them by the Presi dent, Secretary Sherman and Ex Seorotary Foster. Postmaster General Gary has been highly commended for his action in issuing a fraud order against John VVedderburn, John VVedderburn sc Co., and the National Recorder, their paper, but he regards it as having been merely the pertormauce ot duty to protect the publio from frauds who make use ot the mails. Evidence even stronger than that which brought about the recent dis- barrment from practice before the Patent Office of Wedderburn, for fraud, was brought out at the Pout Office hearing. All mail matter ad dressed either to John Wedderburn, John VVedderburn Co., or the National Recorder will be stamped "fraudulent" and returned to the writers. Newspapers which con tinue to print .Wedderburn & Co's advertisement may find themselves called to book by the Postoffloe au thorities, Chairman Cannon, of the House Appropriations Committee, doesn't intend that the work of his com mittee shall furnish any excuse for lengthening the coming session of Congress. He has announced all of his sub-committees and notified the members to report for work on tho ippropriation bills in their charge on the 27th inst., more than a week thead of the assembling of Con gress. As Presidont McKinley has never had a doubt that the Senate would ratify the treaty for the annexation of Hawaii, ho was not surprised at tho publication of a trustworthy poll of tho Senate showing that moro than the required two-thirds of tho Senate had stated thoir in tention to vote for ratification. The only tiling that dun mako trouble in this connection will bo for the hand ful of Senators who are opposed to ratification to take advantage of the absence of a cloture rule In tho Son ate nnd stave off a vote indefinitely by talking against time whenever the treaty is takon up. TO CONSTRUE THE WILL. Mrs. Thrall Died Within two Months of Signing Mer Last Will and Testament Several Points for tli9 Court to De cide. Messrs. Isaac R. Clements and N. M. Hallock, as executors of the lato S. Maretta Thrall have brought an action In tho Supreme Court to con strue the will. First To determine the rights of all the Thrall heirs and legatees un dor the will. Second To determine whether the legacy given to Thrall Hospital of $20,000 is void or not on account of Mrs. Thrall dying within two months after tho dato of the will, mil if void to determine to whom tho $20,000 goos under the will. Third To determine as to the va lidity of tho legacy of t30,000 to the city of Middlotown for a publio lib rary. Fourth To dotermine to whom the proceeds of the real estate goes. If the real estate was inherited by her from her father and there was no will, it would go to the hoirs on her father's side. If the will by its direction to sell tho real estate con verts the same into personal property then the proceeds would go as per sonal property to her next of kin, whioh are her first cousins on both sides. Daniel Finn, Esq:, is the attorney of the exeoutors. The defendant, heirs, legatees and next of kin num ber 70. Orange County Press. Have you examined Brown & Armstrong's new goods. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Recorded In the Office of the Recordor Since Our Last Issue. Dingman. Cornelius Richard Lit tleflold, et. al., to Emma Littlefield, dated Nov. 1st, 128 aores, con. $2, ent'd Nov. llth. How to Cure Bilious Collo I suffered for weeks with colic and pains in my stomach caused by bili ousness and had to take medicine all the while until I used Chamber lain's Collo, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy which cured me, I have since recommended it to a good many people. Mrs. F. Butler, Fairhaven, Conn. Persons who are subjoct to bilious colic can ward off the attack by taking this remedy as soon as the first symptoms appear. Sold by Druggist and Genoral Mer chants In Pike county. Barney VY-mta Damagea. Hon. Barnet Mansflold.of Strouds- burg, has hud a capias in slander is sued against ex-County Chairman V. O. Merwine, laying his' damages at 125,000. The allegation is that Merwino reported that Mansfield, with others, was bought for $7,000 at the trial of the two men now serv ing sentence for attacking H. W. Sayre, former station agent at Hon- ryville. The sentence was said at the time to be light. Merwine, who is an ex-County Treasurer and a. prominent Democratic politician, was active in opposition to tho judge at tho late election when he was defeated by T. Y. Hoffman. Where Railroads Are Cheap. Down in Stroudsburg last Satur day Sheriff Learn sold the East Stroudaburg aud Matamoras rail road.lock, stock and barrel, body.soul and breeches for the magnificent sum of $50 and liabilities presumably added, which after all may make It a dear property. The executions on whioh it was sold aggregate $950. The purchaser was C. B. Staples, Esq., who bid it in for the bond holders. Now won't they plousa build it. -I . t r
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