,1 ! ' s Pike Coeoty TAKE The Press IT Will Inform You. TRY A Press Ad. , IT Will Pay You. vol. 3. MILFOUD, PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1808. NO. 45. - PresSo BRIEF MENTION. David Counterman, of Tobyhannn, who shot himself Aug. 20 with an Improvised gun. --.lade ont of a short piece of gas pipe londed with buck Bhot, died Aug. 29. It Is wild the Democratic, (oiigros sional Conference will bo hold at Mnuch Chunk, nnd the Senatorial at Mnnch Chunk, but the times nre not yet fixed. If your watch noods any repairs (to to Rudolph, the joweler, Mil ford, Pa. . tf Andrew Holler, of Stroud Twp., Monroe Co., a volunteer, died nt Camp Wikoff Aug. 31 of typhoid fever. The Orange County fiiir will be hold ntMiddlotown next week, Sept. 13 to 16. It promises to bo nnnsunlly fine, nnd a Prkss representative will be in attendance to write up some of its more prominent feat ures. The West Chester State Normal School opened Monday with an in creased number of pupils, especial ly boarders. Dr. (I. M. Phillips and family are still in Europe. If your watch needs a main spring Rudolph, the jeweler at Milford will put one in. tf. Arkansas went Democratic Tues day, of course. The majority was less than half that usually given, but there is no significance in the fact for there was no occasion to make it large. Vermont gave a Republican ma jority at the recent election and the only question is how few Democrats nre elected. If your watoh needs cleaning take it to John Rudolph, the joweler, Milford Pu. ' tf. The Wayne Co. potato crop is being injuro-f by blight anil rot. August Knoodlor, of Lncka waxen, who is accused of ticket scalping had a hearing before O. C. Shannon, Esq., Monday and was bound over to court. By a collision between a train on the D. and H. R. R. and a trolley car on the Troy city R. R. at Co hoes near Troy, New York, Sept. 6. Eighteen persons were killed, and many badly injured. Abolish all grade crossings. Mahlon Pitney.Congressmnn from the fourth N. J. (list riot, has anoun oed himself a candidate for govern or. He is an able man, and would be a credit to himself and the par ty. The official records of the war de partment, as far as completed, show our loss during the war with Spain to be 33 officers and 231 enlisted men killed, total 264. A one-horse wagon was stolen from the Jas. Creegan farm in West fall a few days ago. It was missed Wednesday by those having charge of the place. At a game of Base ball in Port Tervis Monday between the home nine and the Chester club, in the last inning with an even soore.some one threw a stone which badly hurt a finger of one of the visiting team, whereupon a row began which ended the game, and it was given to Port Jervis. The Blooming Grove Park has had a fairly successful season and about forty guests are now sojourning at that healthful home of the sports men. Many city people returned to their homes this week and the town seems quite depopulated. On the whole while the season has been short, it has probably been the most prosierouB ever experienced in the Borough and vicinity. A good fall is in prosiiect too judging by the numbers booked to arrive. The boys composing Marienfeld camp have returned to their homes Three wont down the river on a small float. They have all upont a happy season without accident, and no doubt been greatly benefitted both intellectually nud physically by it. The abnormally high temperature throughout the week has been fav orubld for maturing croi, but in South Atlantic estates heavy rains have caused much damage. Corn where usually exposed to frosts is now safe from damage and the crop promi.ses to be very large. A game of ball was played Mon day between the married aiid single men flaying nt the Bluff House The singles by reason of having no encumbrances proved themselves great catches und good runners, and woii the gume, John Decker, aged about 68 years. died at his home in Blooming Grove Friday Sop. 2. Ho was for many years employed by Jacob Kleinhans while the tannery was in operation at that place. He is survived by his widow nnd four sons, Gilbert William, Cornelius nnd John. The barn of Joseph Rnnyon In Blooming Grove with its contents was burned last Friday. There was a smnll insurance. It is not known how the fire originated. Dr. H. B. Reed is building a large mid it km to his house on the Milford road, and is excavating in the bank for a greeen house which will be SB feet in length. The sjiot selected is an ideal one for such a struct ure. A largo addition has been mado to the dwelling on Harford Street occupied by Chas. DeKay Townsend nnd the hrme is now one of the handsomest on that thronphfare. President McKinley, after visit- ng tamp Wikoff last Saturday, spent Sunday as the guest of Vice President Hobart in Paterson. Throe performing bears dnced, last Monday on the streets, to the sprishtly songs of two sons of sun ny Italy. Thitves recently broke Into the house ot Jacob Bauer, below Mil ford, and ransacked the premises, looking for money evidently. They stole a dress and some other ar ticles and killed seven ducks nnd de stroyed a g odly number of melons. A. D. Brown and son have secur ed a contract for repairing the old watch case shop owned by J. Ber- thoud which was damaged by fire while occupied by A, G. Rowland as a bottling works. TREASURY DLCISIONS. Deeds, leases and powers of at torney executed prior to July I, 1898, are exempt from taxation. Trust deeds and those where con sideration is "love and affection" must be stamped in accordance with the actual value of the prop- erty convoyed. Correction deeds are taxed the same as the deeds cor rected. Deeds conveying realty, subject to encumbrances, nre taxable ac cording to the actual value con veyed, regardless of a-y encum brances which may exist. A Clerk's certificate to a Notary's acknowledgment is taxable at the rate of 10 cents, and a recorder or register must determine what pa pers he will receive or reject. The certificate of n recorder of deeds to a certified copy of records in his custody is subject to a tax of 10 cents. For a public hall which is only occasionally used for purposes of en tertainment, lectures, exhibitions, etc., a tax is not required. COUNTY CONTRACTS. The Commissioners last Friday and Saturday let contract for paint ing bridges and for stone work and guard rails as follows : Bridge at Rowlands, scraping and painting to E.M. Goblo, $50, and for rip-rapping pier of same to G. F. Rowland, f 15. Shohola Glen and bridge at Kuealings, scraping nnd painting, E. M. Goble, $33.75, and for stone work, viz., wing walls, and guard rails for the latter-to Goble for $28. Glen Eyre bridge, scraping and painting, Chauncey Watson, $11. THE MATAMORAS BRIDGE. A near by paper says that iron rails were never laid across the old bridge at Matamoras and that the new bridge has the distinction of having pass over it the first loco motive and cars which ever crossed the Dolaware River at that point. As to the locomotive we are not certain, but think one did cross it, Iron rails were laid across the bridge and many will recall seeing-, empty cars standing on it, on some oc casions nearly if not quite all the way across. CARBON REPUBLICANS- The Republicans of Carbon County held a perfectly harmonious conven tion Tuesday and nominated the following ticket : Associate Judge, Jonas Sondheim, Representative. Dr. W. W. Reber, District Attorney, D. W. Sitlor. Congressional Con ferees, N. D. Courtright, T. E. Evans, Richurd Brown, E. H. Mor ney.Levi Horn, Senatorial conferees, Horace Heydt, R. H. Buuuian, J. C. Bjudel. PERSONAL. Athony Kline, who is employpd in the Armory of the 14th N. Y. State, of which his son la Colonel, and his son-in-law, Geo. Jennings, is Quartermaster, Is visiting rela tives In Milford, which place was formerly his home for several yew We are pleased to note that the condition of Mrs. Rnsling Dewitt, who has been seriously 111 for a couple of weeks, Is mnoh Improved. Howard Reod, Will Armstrong nnd P. B. Sullivan who are with Grimes artillery now at Fort Adams came to Milford last ' Friday on a five days furlough nnd return ed Tuesday. The boys look as if army life agreed with them. Charles Rigonlof connected with the business department of the Outlook of N. Y. who has been so journing at the Hotel Fauchere for some weeks returned to business Tuesday. W. V. Hilliard and Hy. T. Baker, Esq., with their families, and sev eral employees, enjoyed a ride over the new railroad bridge at Mata moras last Saturday. The grnvel train was for the time fitted up with chairs, which, while not quite equal to Pullman's, yet nfforded the passengers the distinction of being the first to cross on the new rnil rond. Joseph A. Buckley, of Delnware, will make a protracted visit among friends in the west this 'fall. He will leave Sept. 17 nnd attend the Soldiers' Reunion at Bath, N. Y., nnd then travel westward as far as Snohomish, Wash., where his eon Clarence is In business. The trip will consume about three months. Miss Owen, a guest at the Saw- kill House, entertained a number of her friends at a dance at that pop ular House Monday evening. Invitations have been issued by Mrs. W. H. Armstrong, to a recept ion at her home on Broad Street, Saturday, from four to seven. Dr. Alexander Huddon, President of the Forest Lake Association, who has been ill witn typhoid fever, suf fered a relapse but while very weak is now slowly recovering. His many friends in this county will be great ly pleased over this change. The Mr. Grassmnn who recently purchased a farm of Maurice 8. Quinn in Westfall has moved into a house of Thos. Sykes on Plum Alloy. J. Cliff. Blanchard, a New York typi visited Milford this week. Edward Cahill, after visiting Mil ford a few days, returnod to Now York Monday. Edwin Howell, of Blooming Grovo, was at Milford Tuesday on business. He arrived bore at 6 A. M., having walked over 20 milos. P. A. L. Quick and wife will spend the coming winter in Kansas, leaving home about Oct. 1. Mrs. Richard E.Bliznrd and daugh ter Bessie, who have boon visiting the former's parents, Ida Berthond and wife, for several weeks, returned to their Philadelphia home Wednes day. Am mi Brown, a member of Grimes' Buttery which saw service at Santiago, is a Milford visitor. George Michealis, a member of the Boston Herald staff, is visit ing Dr. H.-B. Reed. Lanty Armstrong, Dan Wheeler and Kenneth McClurg visited Mil ford over Labor Day. Mark Brodhead, of Washington, D. C, has been spending several days here with his family at Brook side Villa. Lila a. Van Etten nag accepted a position as a substitute teacher at Denton, Orange Co., for a month, and left last Monday to assume her duties. Alan Seaman, recently a member of the crev of the Yankee, has re ceived his discharge and has been spending a lew days at Milford. Charles Quinn, of Dingman, fell last Saturday evening and broke his left arm at the wrist. John Van Etten has accepted situation with the firm of W. & G Mitchell. Walter Marvin, who went to Klondike last spring, has returned to Montana. Mrs. M. C. Westbrook, cf Bloom ing Grove, is visiting lu Milford. Tom Whitney visited his mother at the Jardon House over Sunday. Geo. Armstrong returned to tha city Weduesduy to resume his posi tion wit b Geo. Mobher, Architect. Herbert Kent, of Paterson, 1 finishing his vacation at the Criss man House. He expects to enter Princeton College noon. The Misses Harrison, of Eliznbeth N. J., who have been visiting their aunt, Mrs. Robert Neeson, have returned to their home, David Wells is attending the Mm- roe County fair this week. A. D, Brown nnd wife have gone to Chester, N. J. for a few days vis iting with friends. Mrs. Maria Andrews after a pleas ant visit at various places in New York returned home Wednesday. Mrs. VanDer Bock, of Hackensack is visiting with her father E. War ner on Broad St. OBITUARY. JACOB KLEINHANS. About two months ngo decided evidences of the inroads of age, aided by disease, indicated in nn un mistakable manner that the long, and, for many years an active life, of our friend was near its termina tion. Mr. Kleinhans was 'born- in. Bolvidere, Warren County, N. J., Sept. 10, 1821, and came to this County in 1851, locating in Bloom ing Grove Township, whore he pur chased a larga body of land, erected a tannery, saw mill, store house, and several dwellings, and carried on a very extensive and profitable business. He cleared a large farm, gave employment to many men, and was eminently the foremost- man In that section in advancing the material interests and pros perity of the township. He also made many warm friends among the residents iu that community, nearly all of whom have now gone to their final reward. He continued his active operations until 1872, when, having acquired by olose ap plication and sagacious business methods a competency, and the tan ning business being on a decline, he purchased the large and handsome property formerly owned by Dr. Holiday, on Aujj Street, and, re linquishing- business, removed to his new home here Whore he has since resided. He was a man of business integ rity, shrewd sense, excellent judg ment and liberal publio spirit. Sinco coining to Milford he has lived a life of retirement, enjoying the fruits of his years of labor and close application, nnd devoting his time to the care of the spacious and beautiful grounds surrounding his residence. He was twice married ; his first wife was Sarah Ann Bollis, who died in 1865, and the surviving chil dren by that marriage nre: Mary, unmarried ; Emily, widow of B. F. Van Etten ; Annie, wife of George Salmon, residing in New York, and Lina, wife of Henry Wolf, living in Iowa. A son Henry died several years ago at Hawley. His second wife was Mary, E., a daughter of the late Hon. Houry S. and Hannah Bull Mott. . who with the following named children also survive: Jacob, professor lu a pre paratory school in Baltimore, John, residing on the old homestead iu Blooming Grove, Bertha at home, Edgar at Hoboken, N. J. Three brothers of deceased are still living : one, John, residing at Kan Fran cisco, Cal., another, Jackson, at Topeka, Kansas, and Daniel at Bel- videre, N. J., and one sister, Mrs, Sidney Graves, residing at East Orange, N. 3. The funeral will take place to-day (Friday) from tha late .residence on Ann Street, at 2 o'clock and inter ment will be in the Milford ceme tery, of which Association he was and had for several year beeu a director and Treasurer. WAYNE CO. DEMOCRATS. Wayne Co. Democrats held their convention Monday and nominated A. B. Gammell, of Bethany, for Congress subject to the conference. F- P. Kimble, Esq., for State Sena tor subject to conference decision. John B. Benuan of Mount Pleasant and John Thompson, Esq.', of Haw. ley were nominate 1 for Representa tives and E H. Clark of Texas for Treasurer. The course ot the administration in the war with Spain was approved and strong Anti Quay resolutions a lopted. Sheriff Courtright has taken the agency for a washing machine and wringer and expects to canvass the County. Ha claims it is a great boon to the lu&iox oa wash day. HIHENSAI,. Csrley Win. Mr. John B. Carley, ex-prhsldont of the village of Port Jervis, and Mrs. Anna Wine, also of Port Jervis were married nt the residence of the brides daughter, Mrs. Fred Wiokhani on Adams Street, in Mntamoros, on Thursday evening nt 7:30 o'clock the Rev. 3. A. Wiegand officiat ing. Immediately after the ceremony nn elegant supper was ervea by Misses Lulu Billman, Florence Kidd Mm. Ed Wickhnirt and Mrs. John Pherson. Mr. and Mrs. Carley were then driven to the Erie station nnd took train 7 for a trip to Niagara Falls and other points in the west ern part of the State. Upon their return Mr. and Mrs. Carley will be at home" at their residence on Kingston avenue. The weddin g was a quiet one about B0 being present, the immed ate relatives and frionds of the couple. The bride was presented with many elegant wedding pres ents. Mrs. Carloys wedding dress was steel colored mohair t rimmed with white chiffon. She carried a boqnet of white carnations. Her traveling dross was of brown broadoloth with hit to match? Mrs. Carley is highly esteemed in Matamoras and In Port Jervis where she has long been recognized as a very competent nurse. Mr. Carley is nn old and well known resident of Port Jervis.' He has host of friends who wish him and his bride a full measure of happiness. Among those present were Mrs. Carley 'a two sons, with their fam ilies, Oliver Wine, of Newbnrg, nnd Wm. Wine, o' Liberty. Guests were nisi present from Middletown and New York. HOW TO MAKE ROADS. The Montague correspondent wishes to hear from us on roads. As our views have been given so often it seems like threshing over old straw to even revert to it. Brief ly the first and most - Important thing before making permanent im provements on the roads is to obtain as easy a grade as possible, either by cuts or fills, or in places moving the road bod to avoid hills. The hitter might inconvenience a few people but the general goad should prevail in these matters. The ques tion of material we believe is now oonoeded to have been narrowed down to a ohoioo gravel or crushed stone for country traffic. Iu the Delaware tiors of townships it will cost as much or more to coat all the roads with gravel as it would with crushed stone for t term of 20 years. Where gravel ot a certain thickness will wear 5 years, the same thickness of crushed stone un der like conditions of wear will en dure for 20 years and give the best surface during that time. It has always been my contention that private parties should not be expect ed to keep the publio roads in decent condition for traffio that the use of p jblio money on the roads should havo a well defined purpose nnd their permanent .improvement al ways be paramount. The Delaware tier of townships are able to, and should own a rock crushing plant The material is convenient and cheap. Imagine if you can the add ed beautv of our farms and the roads with the unsightly stone rows removed and crushed for perman ent roods. Consider also that the snowbills would be from i to only of what they have been here. tofore. Many say we are too poor to have such roads. I say we are not rich enough to do without them. H THEY 8LA8H AND SHOOT. During a fight last Friday night between some of the Italians em ployed on the M., M. & N. Y. R. R. one was badly out on the jaw with a razor and another was shot. The men had been paid off the same day and went over to Port Jervis in the evening. Returning, while on the bridge an altercation arose and fracas ensued with the above re sult The man who did the shoot ing has not been found, and it thought he escaped to New York The Italian who was shot and now lying in Matamoras, is accused ot having done the cutting on the one who is now in the hospital Port Jorvis. at Ws-Ts-Bm for Flit? Ceata. Guaranteed lobooro batlt cure, mfttfaa weak iu uuu, (lluod pur. (UO, 4. AU fl UJ.., LAYT0U. The. Iron bridge across the Big Fat Brook, between Layton and Tuttlos Corners, was given two coats of clear white paint last week and it is A decided improvement over the rusty rod used heretofore. . F. Drake laid it on. John B. Rosonkrftns' hydraulic pres9 is now doing business at the old stand, turning apples into de licious cider daily, while you wait. The schools of this town opened on Tuesday nndor auspicious cir cumstances. The sohool buildings have been put in better order than usual and every teacher goes to work with the feeling that the Board of Education Is more inter ested in their success than ever be fore. There seems to be a family up in Montague, according to all reports, who have little consideration for either the rights or dignity of labor, apparently living on codfish aristoc racy, and short on oommon sense. The first often leads persons to stick t?p their nose at all who labor, and lack of the latter, to deny its rights. Both are serious faults for people to have who live in a Re public. Should the Legislature of Penn sylvania need any Information it can get a full supply from Layton, C. O. D." Yes, that is so, Mr. "I Sickles."" There is also lots of brain material lying loose around this town that is not mado much ac count of here, but would be of in finite use to Mr. Bolony. The use I. Sickles" makes of what he has on hand, in dofense of Representa tive Kossler, will, I fear, lead that gentleman to romsrk : "God save me from my friends ; I'll take care of my enemies." John Young's rock crusher and equipment passed . through here last week en route from Col, Price's to Tri States. Is somebody going to swallow "I. Sickles" to inorease their stock of brains? O, forbear, and do it not ; twould -. bo like swallowing wind and not even a microbe in it. We dropped into Justice Fuller's court at the Hainesville House last Friday for a few momenta, and it doesn't appear to us that James has a very soft snap of it every time. If Jim could only be privileged to throw about half a dozen of the ob streperous out of the window, and hit the rest with a club, it might shut off the volume of talk to some extent, and add much to the dignity of the court. The case seemed to be hot ween Josh Abers and "Andy" Conkling, with John Stevens warm ly seconding Mr. Conkling and John Gariss, of Flntbrookville, per forming like service for Mr. Abers. We are glad to note that the Rf d. people in Montague are to nave a new church, and that the complica tions that at one time seemed to en danger the peace of that commun. ity are averted. Now will the hoarse croaking of discord be for ever banished from their midst, and the reign of love and unity begin. The squirrel season opened Sept 1st, but as the weather was so hot little hunting was indulged in With the (stringent laws against hunting on posted lands, and the evident intention to enforce it, in discriminate hunting will become a thing of the past . J. W. Johnson, of Hainesville, is building a substantial stone wall in front of his new dwelling. Fred Kinner is doing the work, and for a new beginner shows considerable mechanical tulont. A social will be held In the Rfd. Church at Hainesville on Sept. 15 The proceeds will be applied on the minister's salary. Ia the suit between Andy Conk ling and Josh. Abers the Jury gave Andy a verdiut for $1.90. Josh. was hunting around yet about mid night for a body-guard to see him safely home, but whether he was afraid of foot pads or a licking, de ponent saith not. ' John Thompson & Sons, of Branchvillo, began work on the new barn of S. E. Hursh at Haines ville on Monday morning. Miss Anna Gran, daughter of Chas. Grau, of Hainesville, is lying dangerously ill of quinsy at this writing. Dr, M. Colo is iu attend ance. The Kinetoseope and Gramaphone exhibition givon la the Haines ville Church Saturday night was well attended, and the receipts amounted to $19.70. D. L. B. Smith, and family, of Branohville, Hpent Sunday with the family of Lester T. Bmlth. Richard Kent, of Newark, is vis iting in Sandyston, and will return with Mr9. Kent to their city home home time this week; Goo. Steffen, of the D., L. & W. car shops at Dover, is on a short outing among relntives In Snndy ston. REAL ESTATE TRAN3FXR9. E. T. Rivlore to Louisa M. Rowe, dnted Aug. 10, 1898, land In Bloom ing Grove, 221 ncres ; consideration $1. Louisa M. Rowe t o Wilfred Burr, dnted Aug. 19, '98, same land ; con sideration $1. Christopher Weitz and. wife to Maria Waltz, doted Aug. 23 land in Palmyra, 121 acres ; consideration $1400. Horace E. Kipp and wife to Maria Waltz, dated Nov. 1, '97, lnud in Palmyra, 37 noresj consideration $75. Margaret Dabron to Eveline II. Dabron, dated June 25, land in Lnckawaxen, 305 ncres ; consider ation $1. P. R. Cross and wife to 8. D. Hazelton, dnted June 4, lond in Pal myra, B riores j consideration $25. Edwin Howell to C. F. Howell, dated Aug. 31, land in Blooming Grove, 65 acres ; consideration $220. Hiram Miller to the Enston Ang lers Association, dated Sept. 2, land in Porter, 328 acres : consideration $250. SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Last Snturdny Mrs. Charles Bridge, of Dingman Twp., started to go nfter her husband who was working for C Ott, back of Cona- shaugh, and reaching the Ray- mondskill at Shanno's, being some what unfamiliar with the country, turned up the hill at that point. Discovering her mistake, after go ing a short distance, sho attempted to turn the team around, when the wagon was upset and herself and her two children who were with her thrown out. Mrs. Bridge had her collar bone broken and two ribs fractured, besides being otherwise bruised. The little boy had his arm broken, but the other child, be yond a few braises was not injured. The team, whioh was thrown down, was somewhat hurt, and the wagon and harness badly broken. THE COUNTY SUED. The County Auditors, J. E. Olm sted, G. J. Gebhardt, and John C. Warner for himself and in the right of C. P. Mott and and H. T. Baker have brought suit ngainst the County for services. The hearing was had Sept. 6th before W. H. Courtright, Esq., who rendered judgment against the County for the amounts claimed. GOOD FEEDING. By The Late S. W. Palmer. One of the greatest mistakes of small farmers and rather poor peo ple is scanting the feed of stock more or less. It is impossible to bring something out of nothing, and as the major part of the foed goes to sustain life and make growth, it is only beyond this we get profit. The more we can get almost any animal to eat the better, There are exceptions to this of course but noth ing makes toward profit like gener. oua feeding. It costs, but nothing like the cost of keeping stock with no profit. Care of stock has so much to do with the keep, that it may be called a part of feeding. Many "do not know or at least consider that nature maintains, or constantly strives to maintain a certain amount of animal heat. Therefore whatever heat may be retaine d or prevented from being needlessly thrown off is exact ly so much gained. We enjoy our cosy rooms by a good fire and the dumb animals en-, joy warmth j'ist as much. Think ot drinking wuter through a hole in the ice iu winter ar.d standing in the bitter wind until normal htvtt returns. Iu the fall is time to pro -vide warm stables with no draughty cracks and there are dollars saved by a little felt paper lining stables aud places where animals are kept iu winter. To Let, on Harford St., fur nished house with largo grounds, Inquire at Pkkss OririCB. f. v..... V." V
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