.-17 L r X TAKE The Press t3 Will Inform You. TRY A Press Ad. IT Will Pay You. c VOL. 3. MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, OCTORER 21, 1808. NO. 51. .1 lllRv The Fusion Attack on (From the Philadelphia Inquirer.) BRIEF MENTION. The Commissioners Jmve hnd gnt tor stones laid nt the Court House to carry off the witor from the building, The first killing frost this foil in this section occurcd last Sunday evening. In nnother column of this issue will be found the interesting adver tisment of of the youngest yet one of the most progressive and success ful State Normals in the State the East Stroudsburg, Pa., Normal lo cated in a most beautiful and pictur esque region of our state. t f . The Indies of the Methodist church will give a Harvest, supper on Tues day evening Oct. 25. Supper serv ed from 6 to 9. A cordial invita tion is extended to nil. Landlord Crissmnn is having a Are place built in his rending room. The ruddy glow cf an open henrth adds to (he comfort a hie appearance of a room and is nn excellent venti lator. It would warm the heart of the Republican State Chairman to learn of the activity of the" County Com mittee in behalf of the ticket. Ho ought to be informed, so that head quarters could give full credit for the result. Placing offensive or injurious sub stances in streams, the water of which is used by the public, is con trary, not only to decency, but to the law of the land, and the offen der renders himself in so doing liable to fine and imprisonment. A sense of propriety should bo suffi cient to deter any one from snch acts, but, if not, then, drnstio meas ures should be taken to correct the evil habit. It is a healthy sign for townships when Constables have the courage to make returns of lawful matters In them which need correction. Such officers should be commended by the people, for it is their inter ests which are being protected, and theoffloer is simply performing his worn duty in doing it. The dangers which beset the traveler were illustrated anew when the ship Mohegan went on the British rooks at full speed. Why she was so far out of her course is not known, and probably never will be, for those responsible are dead ; but this will not wipe the tears from hundreds of weeping eyes looking vainly for the loved forms which were enveloped In that sad catas trophe. The University of Chicago has publicly conferred the degree of LL. D. on President McKinley. The stores of W. & O. Mitchell, Ryman & Wells and T. Armstrong & Co. will be closed at 8 o'c'ock during the Winter, except Saturday nights. The Organ Fund Association of the Presbyterian Chnrch plans to give an entertainment for the bene fit of the fund on Thanksgiving night. Full particulars will be fur nished at an early date. Work on the Reformed Church at Montague Is being pushed as rap Idly as possible. A. D. Brown & Son have the new house on the Ferd Berthoud proper ty on Harford street enclosed. The American flag wns raised at San Juan, Porto Rico, at noon Oct. 18. It is announced that the American Peace Commissioners had given the Spanish Commissioners until Wed nesday night to agree that. Spain shall evacuate Cuba, the U. S. not to assume or guarantee one dollar of the so cullod Cuban debt. the Republican Party ' III Pillsbury's Vitos at Mitchell's. Hon. Red field Proctor was elect ed United States Sonutor for Ver mont Oct. 18. If your wntch needs cleaning, tnko it to John K. Rudolph, the jeweler. Milford, Pa. - tf. A genuine blizzard prevailed in tho south and vest Monday. Con-sido.-oble snow fell and telegraph wires were down and railroad traflic delayed. The County Commissioners made a contract Wednesday with Geo. E. Horton to deliver coal for the pub lic biulilng nt $5. 40a ton. If your watch needs nriy repnirs go to Rudolph, the jeweler, Milford, Pa. tf Ln Fnyotto Day wns observed in the several departments of our pub lic schools with appropriate exer cises, and collections taken for tho monument fund. The Grammar pupils contributed 1.53, the Inter mediate,$1.15, tho Second primary 03 cents and the First primary 37 cents. Nelson Beecher, nn ngedcitized of Montague, N. J., was brought to Milford Wednesday for interment, PERSONAL Albert Youngs formerly of Ding- man Twp. now a resident of Cal houn Co., Mich., is visiting his daughter Mrs. J. W. Palmer of Westfnll. John Zimmerman with some friends recently made a brief Btay at his summer home in Delaware. C. F. Langton, of Matnmorns. and E. A. Shaw, of Middletown, N. Y., representing the Mutual Life, of N. Y., were in Milford last week look ing after business for that old and substantial company. Mr. Shaw is nn ex-nowspnpor man. Dr R. G. Bnri kley and wife hnve been visiting at New York and Tnrrytown this week. William Campbell, Hugh Lntti- more, Geo. A. Smith and Lewis S. Riff, of Newton, N. J., composed a hunting party seeking game in the wilds of Pike this week. Mrs. Carpenter, of Philadelphia, has returned to her city home. D. A. Wells, after a summer spent in Millford, hns gono back to busi ness. Mrs. R. F. Loesch, of Glen Ridge, is visiting with Mrs. Alice W. Mott on Ann St. Walter Crabtreo, whose family resided here a numbor of years ngo, visited Milford this week. John V. Brodhoad, for 12 years a retident Of Bushnell, Nebraska, ar rived on a visit to Delaware Mon day night. He is eldest son of Mr. David O. Brodhead,. and his visit, from being a hnppy occasion to him, is turned to sadness by the death of his brother, whom he did not know was jll, until his arrival at Ding run ns. The Misses Helen nnd Patty Biddis have kindly donated the use of their piano for the winter to the Organ Fund Society. STAUFFE& WITHDRAWS. The prohibition candidate for Congress, Geo. E. Stauffer, of East Stroudsburg, withdrew Oct. 13, in favor of Hon. W. S. Kirkpatrick. This action wns taken with the con sent of Chairman Jones of the Pro hibition party and with the distinct understanding that the Prohibition votes should be thrown to the Re publican candidate. It is thought that this action will increase the Swallow vote in this district. Something new, a spring tooth harrow with wheels. Syracuse plows and "Planet, Jr.." cultivators tit W. & G. Mitchell's. OBITUARY. Cnrret H. RrmMlhrml. After a brief illness this young man died nt his home near Centre School House in Delaware, early Wednesday morning, Oct. 19. He hnd been for some time indisposed hut continued ids work until Thurs day of last week, when increasing disease compelled him to desist. Dr. Hughs, of Lnyton, was called on Friday and fonnd his case wns serious. .Monday it was concluded that a snrgienl operation wns nec essary and it was performed by Drs. Hughes nnd Cnddebnck.of Port Jervis. Despite this and the most careful nursing he succumbed to an abscess nnd a complicntion of dis eases. His nge wns 33 years, 6 months, nnd 12 dnys. Ho was a son of David O. and Maria Van Etten Broadhead of this township, nnd was an industrious and ambitions young mnn, a good neighbor, ever willing to assist those in need. A kind father nnd the mainstay of his venerable pnrents. He leaves besides them a wife, Mary a daugh ter of Henry Schuyler, three smnll children, nnd brothers Daniel and Hugh, of Lehman, John just return ed from the west.Ruth wife of Rev. M. T. Gibbs, stationed near Newark N. J., Blanche wife of Robinson Shepherd nnd Hannah wife of Jno. C. Tit man, cf Delaware. Miirtln Patrick Grntinm. Martin Detrick Grnhnm, an old nnd well-known citizen of Port Jer vis, died last Saturday nt the Mid dletown hospital, where he was un dergoing treatment. Ho wns born Ootober 19, 1822, near The Narrows, in Lnckn waxen Township, nnd grow to manhood in thi't vicinity. In 1844 he married Sarah Ridgway, a sister of the late Hon. Thomas J. Ridgway, and soon after moved to Hnwley, Pa., whore he engnged in business, and remain ed until 1858, when he located in Port Jervis. He there became a successful business mnn nnd neenm ulntod considerable real estate. He is survived by five daughters Mrs. Howard Marvin, Mrs. Peter Witschief and Mrs. Irving Elston, of Port Jervis, Mrs. J. M. Lester of Hamilton, Canada, and Mr3. W. H. De Foe of Chicago, 111. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. II. I Courtright, Sheriff, to Geo, A. Elston, dated Oct. 14, lnnd in Lncknwaxen, New York Hotel prop erty ; con. $2500. D. & II . Cnnnl Co. to Emmett H Asher, dated Oct. 1, lot in Lncka wnxen j con. $50. Louise Schutt to Annio Schutt, dated Sept. 1, lnnd in Dingmnn, 154 ncres, ccon. 12 j support and mnin- tennnce of grnntor. John W. Frnzer to Jubnl Bnrber, dnted Oct. 10, 1898, land in Deln. ware ; oon. f 1. Jubal Barber nnd wifo to Evan geline B. Donaldson, dated Oct. 19 con. $2. same land. A NEW MONUMENT. John Findlay has hnd imported from Scotland a stone out of which a monument wns carved for bis lot in Milford cometnry. It is Aberdeen granite, and the transportation charges alono were $50. The design is novel, and simple being a square stone sot on one of its angles. ; STEAMSHIP WRECKED. The British steamship Mohegnn was wrecked last Friday off the Lizzard Light House, near Falmouth, England, by running on the rocks. It is not known why she was so fnr out of her course, as the Captain and other officers were lost. Over one hundred lives were lost. EPWORTH LEAGUE. The district conven tion of the Epworth League will be held nt Port Jervis Thursday Oct. 27, '98. Sessions will be held Monday after noon and evening. The Rev. W. X. Hutchinson of Newton, N. J., and Dr. Wilson of Middleto wn are among the speakers. CARD OP THANKS. The undersigned desires to return sincere thanks to the many triends who kindly offered and rendered as sistance during the illness of the late Mrs. Parker at lier home. Mks. Albkkt Helms. Q. W. Chamberlain, of Lehman, wne at Milford Thursday. OCTOBER COURTS. The regular term of Court con vened Monday, Oct. 17, with Hon. (i P. Purdy, Presiding Jndgn, and Associates John D Honok nnd Jacob Klner present. Constables making returns were : Lehman, W. S. Van Anken ; Delaware, Jos. D. Brooks ; Dingmnn, John A. Fisher : Greeno, Eugene Butler ; Milford Borough, Al Terwilliger ; Porter Twp., Geo. T. Smith; Sho- boln, Geo. J. Englehart; Westfnll, B. C. Totten ; Blooming Grove, Elisha W. Pierson. Milford Twp., C. Xlormann. The Constable from Westfnll re turned thnt the following nnmed streets or roads in Mntnmoras were in hnd condition s Kidder Street, Jefferson St., Main St., Third St., nnd also the public road known ss tho old rond to Matamorns is ob- strncted and torn up by the Milford nnd Matnmorns Railroad from near the honse of Charles Meyers and Pfltzner Hotel, and same is Impas sable and dangerous. Tho Court directed the District Attorney to notify the Supervisors of the alleged evils, thnt they may, if existing, bo remedied without de lay. The Constablo of Porter returned thnt the Rocky Hill Bridgo, Bnrk Cnbin Bridgo, Smith's rond, Bloom ing Grove Stnto road and Porter's Lake rond were not kept in repnir. Accounts confirmed nl. si. : Estate of Frank Mueller, deceased, account of Christine Mueller, Ad ministratrix. Estnte of Chns. F. Morrison, dec, ncct. of Elvin Morrison, Admr. Estnte of B. C. Van Auken, dec, ncct. of J. M. Vnn Auken, Ex. Estate of John B. Vnn Aukon.dec, acct. of G. B. Van Auken, Admr. Estate Stephen Cnddeback, dec, acct. of Mari aret Cnddeback, Admx. Estate Isnno Bnrtow, dec, acct of Jennie Boucher, Admix. Appraisements to widows of Hen ry Peifer, late of Lackawaxen, Van- dorbilt Allen, Inte of Milford, Jo seph Smith, late of Wostfall, - an Sylvester Sheridan, late of Pal myra, confirmed ni. si. Auditors report estate of E. A. Ferguson, dec, filed and confirmed ni. si., etc, nnd Administrator di rected to mnke distribution unless exceptions are filed within four days. Treas. acknowledged deeds ns follows : To Jncob Fromme, No. 74, Rachel Shee, 100 acres, Westfall. To Jacob Fromme, No. 73, E Smith, 138 acres, Westfall. To P. Q. Deyo, No. 146, M. Rob erts, 428 acres, Dingman. To Geo. W. Pierson, No. 193, Peter Brunnor, 300 acres, Blooming Qrove. To J. C. Westbrook, No. 188, D. Hicks, 387 ncre3, Blooming Grove John Carney naturalized. William Hnin nnturalized. Hnusmnnnn vs.Hanssmnn divorce. F. P. Kimble appointed examiner Estate of Jane Newman, deceased, return of order of sale of decedent's interest in real estate in Milford to Chnrles May no for $175. Petititiou of Frank Ford that guardian's bond be reduced to $10,- 000. Estnte Francos Mnnloy, deed., pe tition of Joseph Manley for inquest on real estate. Report of viewers on bridge in Porter continued. Transfer of license-, of Walter Snmmis in Shohola to Jacob Rnn dlo. , , - De Plnsse vs. DePlasse, alias sub poena awarded. Road in Shohola from near house of Philip Kuhn, report of viewers confirmed absolutely. Commonwealth vs. John Brierly continued. Coramwealth vs. Wm. Steinmetz, continued. Commonwealth vs. J. M. Nelson, defendant in jail. Commonwealth vs. Frank Kelly, respited. Com. vs. Ben j. Palmer, continued " ' II. Shaeffler, ' " ' ' H. Kcohler, ' " " Chas. II. Quinn, " " John Warring, " " " Jere. Greening, " " ' " HowardGreening" " " August Kncadler,' " " Charles Banners, set tled. Sheriff H. I. Courtright acknowl edged deed to Geo. A. Elston for New York Hotel property in Lack awnxen, sold as property of John Duurr. Greene Township petition for viewers on County bridge over Sugar Hill Creek, Lewis Frank, Chas. Hnzen and J. C. Westbrook nppointed. The following accounts were con firmed absolutely : Second nnd fiunl account of WU- linm Mitchell, administrator of Mary Martens, deceased, and Hy. T. Baker appointed auditor to make distribution. First and final account of Cnth- arme Manley, Administratrix or Frances Mnnloy, deceased. Court adjourned to Nov. 10, 12 M. A NEW RAILROAD. It has just come to light that nn Important meeting was held in Scranton lately of tho directors of the New York, Wyoming nnd Wes tern Railroad, which proposes to build a line from this city to New York, thnt individual operators may have their products carried to tido- water at a reasonable rate. The approximate capitalization of the road will bo $10,000,000. The repnir shops will be located mainly in Scranton, though smaller shops nnd ronndhcuses will be located nt different points along tho lino. This is tho road for which several parties of surveyors have been dur ing tho past summer locating in this county It is rumored that tho route finally adopted will cross this county, and probably pass tl. rough this town. Those who nre in posi tion to know say that the building of this new line is nn assured fact. LADIES' AID SOCIETIES. The ladies of the Presbyterian Church of Milford organized heir society for the coming winter at meeting held last Friday by electing for President Mrs. C. W. Bull Vice President, Mrs. Thos. Nichols ; Secretary, Miss Lizzie Bull, and Treasurer, Mrs. H. G. Williamson The membership foe was fixed at 25 cents. It was ordered that the meetings be held Tuesday ufter- noons from 9 : 30 to 6 : 30- and that, departing from the former custom, no refreshments bo sorved. The meetings will bo held nt the homes of tho members, of which announce ment will be duly made. The ladies of theM. E. Churoh or ganized Thursday by electing as President Mrs. Thos. Armstrong ; 1st Vice President, Mrs. Smith j 2d V. P.. Mrs. Rvder ; Secretary, Mrs. W. S. Ryman, and Trensurer, Mrs Wm. Aimer. THE NEW YORK HOTEL, at Lnckawnxon, Pa., was sold at Sheriff's Sale last Friday to Mr. Goo. A. Elston, of Port Jervis, N. Y. Mr. Elston had julgmonts against the property, mm to pro tect these, occasioned tho purchase As yet he is undecided as to what he will do with the property, hut no doubt if it can be disposed of soon to oover his investment, he wil sell it. The place is perfectly adap ted for the purposss of a summer and in fact all the year, boarding business, and can be made one of the best hotel stands on the line of the Erie R. R. It is hoped that some live man will soe his way clear to buy it, and thus maintain hotel for Lackawaxen of which the inhabitants may be proud. Wo call attention to the advertis mcnt in another column of this paper of the youngost yet one of th most successful State Normal schools in the State. It has hnd a phenom innl growth since It opened lu the full of '93,and took high rank and in many respects was in advance of some of the older and more conger vative schools. It was the first school to establish the department of Plain and Fancy Sewing. It to-duy the only school that furnishes Brusaela carpet . Its location East Stroudsburg, Pa., is in the great resort region of the eastern part of the State. tf. Jubal Barber and wife who for sever! years have resided in Ding mans Ferry, will sail next week on the steamship Teutonic for Birming ham, England, which place they will make their home. See now adv't. of R. on 4th page. B. Van Etten PRICES AT MILFORD. Flour $5.25. to 5.50 per bbl Butter 18 .22 lb. Eggs 18 Feed 95 Oats 35 Corn 50 Meal 90 23 " doz " cwt. " bu. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER (From our Regular Correspondent.) Washington, D. C, Oct.. 17, '98. Chairman Babcock, of the Repub lican Congressional Campaign Com mittee, is getting good news these dnys. Like Senator Hnnnn, he wns awhile back afraid that over confi dence would keep so many Repub licans at homo thnt control of the next house might be lost, but from reports ho is now receiving the Re publicans in all sections are becotn- ng thoroughly alive to tho neces- ty of getting out the full vote and keeping control oJ-tte House, so that when the Senate becomes Re publican, as it will after the fourth next Mnroh, both branches of Congress will be in oondition to put through the necessary legislntion to enrry out the domestic policy ot the dministrntion, which will continue the prosperity thnt tho country is now enjoying, ns well ns show tho world thnt the countty is behind President McKinley in carrying out tho foreign policy made necessary by the results of the war, just as it was behind him in the conduct of the most successful war in all his tory. The oonntry knows just what tho Republican party offers it, both at homo nnd abroad, while no body knows whnt the Democratic party would give it, furthor than thnt Democratic success would nean a renewal of the uncertain, ies which were so disastrous to our commercial and industrial interests luring the Inst Cleveland regime. There hns never been any doubt uring this campaign as to the feel ing of the majority of the voters ; only a fear thnt a feeling of over se curity might result in too many re publicans not taking sufficient inter est to make sure of success in tho Congressional campaign. Thanks to hnrd and intelligent work on the part of the party leaders, that fear is daily being lessened, mid bids fair to entirely disappear before election day. The Treasury Department , has granted a request made by General Franco Sanchez commander of the Cuban insurgent army at Mayari, Cuba, thot one hundred thousand pounds of tobacco, captured by that nrmy, be admitted to the U. S. free of duty, in order thnt It may be sold for the benefit of the men under Gen. Sanchez, who are In need of almost everything. The commission engaged in inves tigating the oonduct of the war, which has started for Jacksonville, Fla., where the work of hearing witnesses in the camp will this week be inaugurated, v. as preceded y the ringing assertion of General Dodge, Chairman of the Commis sion, thnt the Commission would see that every witness wns protec ted who had anything to tell thnt might arouse enmity on the part of his superior officers. These words of Gen. Dodge are all the answer that is needed to the senseless charge that witnesses have been afraid to tell the commission what they itnew. There hna been no such fear on the pnrt of any witness but there has been wide differences in tho stories told to the commis sion, and those published ns having been told by the same witnesses to yellow journals. A notable case of this tort was that Of Dr. Senman who arrived in New York from Porto Rico lust week, and whose alleged sensational statements to yellow reporters caused him t3 be summoned to Washington, by tele graph, to testify before the Com mission. American furniture is getting control of even such far away mar kets ns South Africa. In a report to the Department of State Consul Gen. J. G. Stowe, at Cape Town says the value of American furni ture imported into South Africa, '97 was $254,979.90, being second only to Great Britain and ahead of Germany, and that Americans can easily control the market, It our manufacturers will Bhip their furni ture knockdown and so made tha it can be put together easily, num bering each corresponding piece Concluding Mr. Stowe said : '-There is no fault with the prices charged by American manufacturers, even with the duty added ; but it is the excessive freight on account of bulk and the difficulty of putting togeth er, shipped knockdown, of which the dealers complain. The presence in Europe- of some of the Yellow correspondents who did the tallest lying during the war with Spain accounts form any of th sensational stories from Paris about dend locks In the Pence Commission the probability of European inter, fore nee in the negotiation In behalf Spnin and other equnlly silly fakes. European interference in behalf of Spnin might have been a serious thing in the beginning of of tho wnr and there wore really some reasons for fearing some at tempt of thnt sort, but, having lot thnt opportunity go by without ction, there is not the slightest reason for expecting anything of tho sort in connection with tho pence negotiations. The U. 8. is not Turkey and nobody knows it any better than the European po tentates. Pension Commissioner Evans baa gone to Tennosse, where he will spend about two weeks on tho stump for the Republican Congressional and State tickot, ho will probably make a few speeches in Illinois In diana, and Ohio, before roturning to Washington. BARBER ON TOP. Judge McPherson, nt Hnrrisburg, nnded down nn opinion Tuesday declaring invalid tho certificates of lominntion of John E. Lanor, of Carbon, who claimed theDomocrat- o nomination for Congress in this District, and declaring valid tho certificate of Lnird II. Barber, who also claimed tho nomination. One reason assigned is that his nomination is valid because it wns made at a meeting of which proper notice, considering all the circum stances of tho case, had boen given tho other conferees, and it was unanimously made by a clear ma- ority of the whole conference. It will bo recalled that the Shnll, Hart and Lauor oombino met nt Manch Chunk and organized a con vention, claiming that Northnmp- on, which county hnd previously fixed the time of meeting, and sub sequently given due notice to all parties that it was postponed to another dny, ha ing fixed the date, had exhausted her control over the matter, and oould not postpone. Accordingly, they at the time first nppointed met, and no one contest ing Lauer's conferees, they were admitted to the conference and par ticipated in mnking the nomination. Under the ruling of the court, it ap pears thnt Northampton had author ity to chango the date ot meeting, and thnt the Lnuer conferees hnd no legil status as such, hence the B:irbor conferees, with those of Northampton, making eight lognlly elected conferees, mndo a clear ma jority of the conference. NEW LOCK JAW REMEDY. Lock jaw, or tetanus, as profes sionally named, is a most fatal and dreadful disease. A pin scratch, a rusty nail or a thorn in the foot, ns wns the case with young Schutz, a bruise on the finger, or any timid- like accident mny result in fearful sufferings, and almost always death. The physicians have been baffled and their victims rnade the sport of fate. In acute or malignant at tacks only twenty per cent, are saved and mild cases recover on aa average of forty per cent. It is said to arise from a germ ana is an innoculable disease, and has a listinct and characteristic bacillus. I'his has led the way to the use of an antitoxine, and the introduction of the serum into tho blood, in a manner somewhat similar to that practiced in diptheria, but this has produced unsatisfactory results and been uncertain, and cases of cure have been rare. Much interest, therefore, has been created in the case of A. M. Hemion, in tho Pas saio Hospital, who was operated on for lock jaw by having the antitox Ino directly Introduced into his brain by triphining. Ho soon be. came better, and it is thought, will recover. However, eminent modi icnl men yet doubt tho efflency of this treatment and think this simp ly an experiment. The citso will be watched with groat interest, and should the result warrant the chiims now made of the new method mankind will have received a great boon at tho ha:uls ot the scientists. SHERIFF'S SALE. Tho Sheriff sold, hist Friday, tao N. Y.Hotel property at Lackawaxen to Geo. A. Elston, of Port Jervis, for the sum of $2,500, subject to a mort gage of $2,800 and six months inter est. The sale of the VanHorn place at Mutamoras was arranged by defend ant deeding the property to the. Plaintiff. P. A. L. Quick.
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