' Pike CoMety Press. '
VOL V
MILFOIM), 1MKK COUNTY, PA., Fill DAY. MAKCII 80, 1900.
NO. 20.
THE WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Ki'giitar CurrcsjrMiih'nt.)
Washington, D. C, Mch 28, 1900
Senator Fornknr frankly stated,
wlmn he nsked Mini his Porto Rico
mil, which i ue uouse uni nan neen :
Bttachecl, be sent buck to c mil fee I
that it wiis desired to Iiiith his bill
remnin in committee until the Ken
nte was given an opportunity to
vote on the House bill nlono, which
deals with nothing but the tarilf.
Mr. Fornker believes the House bill
will le pasi-ol.
The Sonnte carried out one of
President MeKinloy's recointnenda
tiono when it passed the bill author
izing tne ippoinrmenr, iy tne riesi-
dent of a Commission, to visit Asi.t
nnd study nnd report upon the best
methods for Increasing American
kmimerce with Chira and Japan.
A bill appropriating 10,000 to pay
the expenses of securing a proper
design for a memorial to (Ion. tyrant
to be erected at Washington, was
passed by the House without n dis
senting vote.
Senator Oallinger, who is u mem
ber of the Committee on Porto Rico,
in a speech advocating the lo duty
on Porto Rica u products other than
coffee, which, by the way, oonstti
tntcs four fifths of the islaiuls ex
uorts. said : "Wo aro proposing to
treat. Porto Rico better than we
treat nny territory in the U.S. We
collect Internal revenue taxes !
Oklahoma, New Mexico, Indian Ter
ritory nnd Arizona, nnd every dol
lar of it goes into tho U. S. Treas
ury. We shall collect internal rev
enue taxes in Porto Rico, too, but
every dollar so collected will bo re
turned to the Porto Ricans and he
usd for their benefit. " Of the con
nection of trusts with tho qneslion
nnd their nllegod control of republi
can policy, Mr. Oallinger said : "We
liard the sajno when Hawaii was
annexed nr.d free entry to onr ports
was given Hawaiian sugar. Now it.
is raised ngnin when we propose to
place n small duty npon the prod
ucts of Porto Rioo, for the benefit ot
the Porto Ricnns themsolves. Tho
trust which is suffering, the trust
which we are oppressing by this leg
islation is composod of some gentlo
men nt the Arlington hotel in thin
city, a trust headed by tho British
Vice-Consul nt San Juan. That
trust is suffering considerably.
Those gentlemen bought tip the su
gar under the full Dingley rates, and
if they can get it into this country
froe of duty, tncy will make the fall
100 of tha tariff ; but if we succeed
in putting n tariff duty of 15 of the
Dingley rate on that sugar, the
trust's profits will be cut down by
that much, nnd the lieoplr of Porto
Uioo will benefit to that extent."
Chairman Hitt, of the House Com
mittee on foreign nffairs, agreed n
few days ngo for that Committee to
make nn investigation of the charge
mnde by Es-Counsul Mncrnm, that
official mail from Washington, to
the U. 8. consulate nt Pretoria, had
boon held up nnd opened by British
Military officers, without the ndop-
Hon of a formal rosolution by tho
House and the investigation will bo
started this week.
Secretary Root's answer to the
Senate resolution asking if he had
given nny exclusive permit for dred
ging the gold-bearing sands of the
ocean oft the Alaska coast shows no
exclusive permits have been issued
for such dredging, but that under au
thority of law, ns interpreted by Mr
Root nnd every member of the Cab
inet, permits have been issued to sev
applicants to dre !ge the ooenn bed
from the line of low water outwards
off the Alaskan coast, when it may
be done without interfering with
navigation, and will be issued to ot
hers who may apply for them. Inas
much as these permits have been
issued to all applicants, there is no.
thing exclusive about them. Thus,
another mare's nest is disused of
The past week marked the retire
ment from public service of the ab
lest und best equipped man that has
ever acted and served as Commissi
oner of Patents Hon. A. P. Greeley
His resignation emphasizes the ut
tor inadequacy of the salaries of the
Commissioner and his staff of expert
examiners. Mr. Greeley, though but
3S years old, is a writer on patet
la v. He leaves office to practice it in
Yftishin ton, where he will make
specially of trade-marks and foreig
jMt!its Tho loss to the putilic ser
vu-3 of such a man is irreparable, anu
tllH K"v,'n,,'"',,f htUir i,,,v
Hio head of thn Patent Offico tlin sal
! ary of iv member nf tlic Cabinet than
Imvo n nmn like Grecly resign.
Senator Spnouer has been the rec
ipient of ninny congratulations fin
, ,,, ,nimm,r , w,,i(.,, 1,e fror the
,,sf ()f K,,n.r Tillman in the oxlen
led colloquy between them, which
began on the Porto Rico question,
j hut took in a number of other things
! including? the method adopted to se-
cure white supremacy in South Car-1
olina, methods which Mr. Tillmnn
frankly aeknoweledged nnd snid he
wns glad were ndopted. Mr. Spoon
er ntno time lost his temper, nltho
ugh Mr. Tillmnn did several times,
nnd endeavored to anger Mr. &poon-
;er ,,y tnritlizing remarks. Thjsisnot
tho first orHtoricnl victory won by
! Semit()r Snooner. who has lone been
known ns one of the strongest men
in tbe Senate in n running debate.
Northern Mhiis' Success in the South.
It has been said that few North
ern moil going South have succeed
ed in business, but that is evidently
n great mistake, for recently we
saw v.here'Mr. Julius Lewis of the
city of R ileigli, N. C, was nn rni
ously elected by tho Democrats to
the position of chairman of the
county B mrd of Control, which is
the board bavino: control of tho en
tire of the en tiro business of the
county in which is the capita! of the
State Tho local paper, the Raleigh
Daily N;ws Sr Olier-rver, of that city,
ferring to tbe election, said : ''Mr.
Lewis came South some few years
ago and has made n fortnno in the
mercantilo nnd manufacturing busi
ness. Ho served through the war
f 18(51 to 1805 in tho Union Army."
The success of this Northern man is
one individual instance, and wo on-
liavo to go sixty miles further
South to see tho brightest spot in
the Southland, Southern Pines, N.
to see n whole town built up by
Northern men nnd women. Here
we see large hotels that accommo-
date hundreds of invalids who do
sire to escape the severe cold of tho
North. Manufacturing plants, elec
trio lights, electrical car lino and
thousands of ncres of fruit trees and
vines, from which annually, millions
of pounds of fruit is gathered nnd
sent to tho Northern markets.
The interest in this is so great that
when n train passes through the
town the passengers crowd the pint-
orm of the cars and raise tho win
dows to get a look at what they nd-
mit is the prettiest place in the South.
If yon will go into tho Seaboard
Air Line Railway ofllcein Now York
371 Broadway or to tho ticket win
dow of the Old Dominion Steamship
Co., which represents the most pop
nlar line leading into the South yon
will find that many tickets are being
sold to the Yankeo town down in
Dixie land.
The Northern pjople have literal-
ly mnde that section of the South
blossom ns a rose. They have pur
chnsed in tluit territory more thnn n
hundred thousand ncres of land nnd
it is being rapidly brought into oil-
tivntion. When they first came
there lnni could be bought nt fifty
cents nn ncre ; to-day some ot It is
selling nt a hundred dollnrs an ncre.
The success of Southern Pines lins
been so great that four other places
have been started by Northern peo-
plo. Leavitt settlement, by Now
Hampshire people, Roseland by
Massachusetts settlers, Pinehurst
by the well known Bostonian, Mr.
James W. Tufts, manufacturer of
soda water apparatus,' and last not
least Pinebluff, by an association of
business men known ns the New
England Manufacturing Mining nnd
Estate Co., from nil sections of New
England. At Pinebluff a very large
body of land was bought at low pri
ces nnd and is being subdivided into
farms of fourteen acres which are
being sold at one hundred dollars a
farm. Pinebluff bids fair to catch
up with Southern Pines on account
of low prices of land and the fact
that building sites nro given to act
ual settlers. Large numbers are go
ing to that point to building homes
for winter use. It is six miles south
of Southern Pines on the main line
ot Railroad, and one fact that makes
this point attractive to settlers is
that Mr. John Patrick the Chief In-
iustrial Agent of the Seaboard Air
Line has his winter home at that
place and is doing a great deal to
develop tho town nnd he is recogniz
ed not only in the South, but among
the Union, as a most energetic,
smart and reliable promoter. It is
said that every enterprise he has
started or had nn interest in, bus
proven successful, and that, fact
L'ives the people great confUUnce in
Pinebluff.
PERSONALS.
Fred Gamble, nnd wife, visited
, Pnupnc lust Hundiiy.
' K T. Riviere spent short time
i 1 ti New York this week.
11 Ed. llrowii nunli' n Hying trip
to Po'kcepslo Wednesilnv
I
! 1 lenry Guiiible, of l'nupiie, was in
town last week on business,
j Charles Nobs is nt his Rummer
I home in Dinumaii township.
jt yy
I It. . 1 llltSl IIMlg, OI ill!V JUIK.
I enjoyed last Sunday in town.
T. Armstrong lately spent a day
'In the met ropolis on business,
j lion V P. Kinilile, of I lonesdale,
I briefly visited here Wednesday,
j Oscar Townsend, of New York,
; was in town n few days recently.
! Miss Li..io Bull has gone to
4 i - ..r XT t- T.
Stroudsburg for n prolonged visit.
D. E VnnElten, nn agent for the
Aelnn Life, wns in town this week.
Charles Maync, of New York, vis
ited at the Hotel Sclmnno over hist
Sunday.
Harry Reed, a st undent in Brook
lyn, was nt his homo, The Anchor
age, over last Sunday.
Mr. Salomon, of nenr Chester N.J
is visiting his brother in-law Oe- rge
E. Horton on Harford streeet.
Miss Besi-io Jennings returned
home recently after n two weeks
visit with friends in New York.
Mrs F. X. Jardon, nnd daughter
Lulu, recently returned home from
a protracted visit in New York.
Miss Lena Schreihor nnd Chnrles
L. Cronk visited the pnronts of tho
former nt Longineadow Suudny.
Robert Findlny, Chnrles Hohanno
nnd W. V. Davcniiorf. nttended the
horse sale at Branch ville Saturday.
H. L. Davenport is nt his summer
homo at Conashaiigh recuperating
his Health which is somewhat im
paired. Bert Jardon who has been for
somotima in Now York returned
home recently.
Charles Klaor, superintendent of
a large spoke manufactory in Ken
tucky. Is visiting this his native
town for n couple of weeks.
Clarence Colo removed last week
from tho Nobs farm in Dingmar.
Tsp. to the Cnrswol! place in Monta
goo, N. J., which be has rented.
Mr. nnd Mrs Weiehtmnn, of
Brooklyn, N. Y.. parents of Mrs. Jas.
P. Van Etten, of Conashangh, went
to California Monday for a visit of
two months.
J. Oily Ryder having received an
invitation from tho beef company
with which ho is employed to visit
Chicago, left Saturday for n weeks
visit in tbe windy city.
Mr. Drisel, of New York, member
of a New York clothing home, visit
ed his cousin Vivian Strutbers this
week nnd while here rented Over-
brook Cottage which ho will soon oc
cupy for the summer with his family
Mrs. Martha A. Nvoe, and (faugh
ter Belle, who have spout the winter
nt Caldwell, Kansas, returned home
last week. They were accompanied
by George W. Nyce a corporal in
the Kfh U. S. Cavalry stationed nt
Matanzas, Cnbn, who is homo on n
two months furlough.
Rev. W. R Neff will leave Mon
day to attend tho nni.u al conference
of the M. E. church. Having been
here the limit of five years be will
not bo returned to this charge nnd
the congregation to which by
earnestness nnd nssiduity he has
greatly endeared himself regrets ex
ceedingly his departure. May his
linos fall in a pleasant place.
Southern Pines, N. C, is n new
established vill pe onhe Seaboard
Air Line. Hundreds of Nothern
people go. there every winter nnd nil
seem plensod at the mind climate
nnd the enterprise manifested on
every hand l'iney Woods Inn, an
elegant new hotel offers splendid ac
commodations at very moderate
rates nnd ns natural result is nl ways
crowded. You can buy excursion
tickets to Southern Pines, so the
fare cost hut little, but is always
best to write ahead for accomoda
tions at Piney Woods Inn. . m30
Cake Sale.
The Ladies Guild of the Episcopal
Church has arranged a sale which
will be held every Saturday during
j f ho lm''-from two' fiv,e
I Vil..nlf in li l nt tnxl uinil
rolls, pies, cake, hum. jellies, pickets
and candy will be furnished, nnd
orders left with nny member of the
Guild will be promptly delivered ns
directed. Mhs. Kknwokthky,
ni30 Secretary.
Fancy nuts and crackers at Wul-
I luce's.
A Fins Fit-Id.
The inventive genius who wants
to make a small b'lt snre fortune
should turn his ingenuity to
vising nn appliance., to protei
the people of this county fro'n a
plethora of railroads We c.in stau 1
moderation, or temperance in ttiaf t
direction, but when it comes to n
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swoop,,,- down in one fe'l s.vo.p,
rnosy wno nave noon accustom i
t i
plodding ways nnd sedate methods
will be in imminent, danger of be
coming distraught at the burly bur
ly nnd not knowing how to escan ?
will bo s"rionsly injured, perhaps
frisithened to death.
There are the Erie and Wyoming
and Delaware nnd Southern in the
North, tho Delaware Valley in the
South, the Milford nnd Mntniuoins,
Mil ford nnd Dingmnn nnd Milford
and Log Tavern in tho centre, an
Mr line to Chicago nnd the Lehigh
and Eastern likely to be nnywberc,
and posihly others not yet mater
ialized. It is timo therefore t i
"view with nlarm" the swiftly mov
ing energency nnd bo prepared for
escape. Perhaps balloons, in which
we could soar nbove tho turmoil and
nwnit nntil the danger somewhat
abated, might afford relief, but how
could they be safely anchored? We
have Rounded tho vote of warning
and beseech our fellow citizens not
to postpone--consideration of their
personal safety iintM it is too late.
Your blood will not bo on onr hands.
Teacher Wages.
The nnnur.l report of the State
superintendent, of publio instruc
tion for year ending Juno 1S9D
shows that Pike pays loss nvernao
wnges to malo teaoh rs thin nnv
othor county in the State except
Fulton. We pny 20.43 and Fulton
26.35. Pike is lowest on tho list in
wnges paid for females, the average
being $2153. She stands 231 in
length of school term the average
being 7.03 months. She has B3
school houses nnd 2,076 pnpils en-
rolled.
Superintendent Sawyer in nn ex
cellent animal report attributes
want of rapid advancement in the
schools to irregularity in attendance
which arises trom several causes,
such ns had roads, siokness and lack
of interest with parents. Only four
townships raisod more funds by lo
cal taxation than were received from
the state. The lowest rates lovied
in the county is five mills nnd it
ranges from that to thirteen, thenv-
eingo in the county being eight nnd
one eleventh mills. The npprpria-
tiou under tho new basis of distri
bution has been increased in every
district except Milford. .
Growth of the Penn'a S. S. As'n
Tho General Secretary nnd Norm
al Superintendent of the Pennsyl
vania Stnto Sunday School Associa
tion have moved into a larger office
in the Crozor Building, 1420 Chest
nut Street, Philadelphia. Every de
partment of the State work, teacher
training, primary work, home de
partment, the graded Sunday School
house to house visitation, nnd evan
gelistio work has grown very rapid
ly, and the correspondence is very
large.' A large stock of literature
is sent broadcast freely over the
State. Some of it is so remarkably
well written, it is called from other
States nnd Canada. Circulars and
leaflets on every phase of Sunday
School organization and teaching
scut free on application to 913 Cio
zer bulling, Philadelphia.
Quo Warranto Hearing.
The hearing or. nn application of
the Delaware and Southern Railroad
company for a writ of quo warranto
against the Erie nnd Wyoming Val
ley company to show by what right
it asks to build a line from Hawley
to Lackawaxen, will be had before
Attorney General Elkin nt Hnrris-
bnrg April 4th. The U. mid o. was
chartered Nov. JOth to build a line
from the Erie at Lacknwaxen to
Hawley, nnd is intended ns another
obstruction to building the Delawa
re Valley and Kingston railroad.
Free to Inventors
The experience of C. A. Snow &
Co. in obtaining more than 20.000
patents for inventors has enabled
them to helpfully nnswer many
questions relating to the protection
of intellectual proeriy. This they
have d ine in a pamphlet treating
briefly of United States and foreign
patents, with cost of same, nnd how
to procure them ; trade marks, de
signs, caveats, infringments, decis
ions in leading patents, etc, etc
This pamphlet will lie sent free to
anyone writing to C. A. Snow & Co.,
Washington, D. C
BRIEF MENTION.
Miss Betty Cornelius announces
! I ',e Spring opening of the Bazaar ht
I'm Snwkill House April second.
Attention is especially called to n i
choice selection of photograph
f ...nea nmi ,,, )ictvlres
j - )r E!lsfpr gjfta '
snitnblo
I
j Mis Ut(,Uft r,rplltIv
jt,ttprf .T R Th(ir.m,
bought n
The new pipe organ for the Episco
pal church arrived Wednesday.
Mrs Jennie Shearer entertained a
company of ladies last Thursday.
Lidies Aid of the Presbyterian
Church met Tuesday with Mrs Jas.
II. Holler.
Mrs. H. M. Courtright. of Cona
s Kin;h, who has been quite ill, is
.-louly improving in health.
Noon prayer meetings have been
held in the M. E. Church during all
i his week, and well attended.
Easter music in the several church-
promises to be line as all thechoirs
a -e now having practice meetings.
Mrs. C A. Beardsley entertained
a .small party of friends at her homo
i n George street Saturday evening.
Squire L. Sarles, of Dingmans,
has for sometime been confinefl to
bis home with asthmatic trouble, nnd
docs not materially improve.
Philip F. Steele is confined to bis
house in Milford township with a
severe attack c f Yheuinstism which
Toes not yield readily to treatment.
The condition of J. O. Christian,
who for some weeks has been incap
ncilated from work, is hut. slightly
improved nnd bo is yet confined to
1 lie house.
Joseph C. Chamberlain hns ac
cepted nn ngency for n clothing
bouse, and is prepnred to dress nny
one well and stylishly at a very
reasonable price.
Willia.n Conrtright, of Flainfield,
N. J , a former native of Sussex Co.,
died at bis home last Friday. He
was a brothor of Mrs. Robert Arm
strong, of Montague, N. J.
The fire companies of Milford have
received an invitation from the
Stroudsburg boys to attend a conven-
t
m and parade of firemen from four
.unities to be held JuneOth.
The bright lefiection on the north
eastern rky last Sunday evening was
occasioned by the burning barns on
, farm at the foot of the mountain
beyond High Point in New Jersey.
The Wayno Independent is using
a Simplex typi setter and the pages
shown neat uniform appearance.
I'his is n rapid method of composing
milling the work to 1k done with
much less help
Nnmbors of robins nppenred the
first of this week und brought their
snow with them. Wo may now ex
pect, spring, and there is no harm in
that even if it does not como for two
months or moro.
Remomber Mrs. Jarley and her
wax "figgors at Brown s II 11 Apr-
il lBtb. The good dame intends hav
ing a rare assortment of celebrities
and no one can afford to miss fhe
wit nnd beauty they will represent.
The crows held caucuses Sunday
which were numerously attended by
members of the Corvus family. The
'caws" of discussion, whatever the
subject, wer earnest and frequently
a veteran speaker elicited hearty np.
plnuse for his sentiments.
Miss Pearl Reeso was chloroformed
on lower Main street in Stroudsburg
early last Sunday evening by an nn-
kgown man, who placed her in his
wagon, carried her to Pocono creek
and threw her in the water. She es
caH)d nnd reached a near by house
where she told this tale.
A jury nt Harnsburg rendered a
verdict of not guilty and divided the
costs between tbe prosecutor and
defendant in the case of J. J. Coyle
charged with attempting to bribe
Representative Engler, of Lycoming
county, to vote for the Mo Carroll
bill at last session of the House.
In a certain Pennsylvania town
the young ladies are refusing the so
ciety of young men who drink, and
the young men declinn to call on the
young ladies who persist in wearing
the plumnge of birds on their hats
This is a very pretty how-dy-do and
happily both sides are more or less
in tho right of the matter.
The High Point Farm House, In
Sbohola township, owned by A. M
Petzold, was with ull the furniture
and surrounding buildings, except the
barn, totally burned last Thursday
night. The loss is probably $;noo. and
the insurauc, held by John Wolfarth
the former owner, is $3000. The house
w as the scene of the Schultz tragedy
I An infant (laughter of Win. Shields
and wife, of Snwkill. died Tuesday
nr. i limp r . i-uiincr.ol I ungmans
Dr. Philip F. Fulincr.of Dingmans
Ferry, fell recently and dislocated his
shoulder
W. II. Armstrong Ksq. who has
been ill in New York is somewhat im-
proved in health.
Parties here are in communication
with an Automobile company with n
view to establish a line in this valley.
C. V. R. Ludington a prominent!
lawyer of Monticello, X. Y., died
Wednesday of heart failure nged 7S
years.
Miss Maggie Brink now enjoys tho
solace of a brand new piano, which
was installed in her home on George
street, one day this week.
General Jotibert, who commanded
the Boer nriny and fought the great
battle nt Majulia, died at Pretoria
March 27, nged OK years.
The Republicans of Port Jervls
elected their entire ticket Tuesday
by majorities ranging considerably
over one hundred. Straws show how
tbe wind may blow this fall.
Jacob II. Place, proprietor of the
Maple Grove Hotel nenr Bushkill
died Tuesday of paralysis nged nbout
sixty-seven years. The funeral will
be held to-day (Friday) nt two p m.
No such person ns Philip Miller,
who with his wife nnd n small child
claimed to have traveled across tbe
country from Momce Co. to Omaha
Neb. bus ever been beard of where
be claimed his former home. The tale
is probably a reporters fake.
A visit to "Dorys" mine revealed
that it has caved in. A long flag
pole with n small Hag indicates the
spot where the lmnanzn is located,
but "Dory" wants some one to tell
him where to dig, how deep and
what he will find. It may have been
imagination, but after tbe visit there
seemed ii salty taste in tho mouth for
several days, which indicated unus"
mil thirst.
The Republican primary election
for Milford township will lie held at
the office of Dr. II. II. Reed in said
township April 7th. Any legal voters
other than Republicans, wishing to
vote nt Republican primaries, will lie
granted the privilege, provided they
swear to vote the Republican ticket
nt the next general election, and nny
one not of nge nt the time but who
will become so Ix-fore the general
election is eligible to vote. all
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Jesse L. Bergestresser, of
Lehman township died nt her home
Friday March 231 after nn illness of
considerable duration, nged nbont 87
years. Three children survive, Will
iam and Charlotte at home and Cath-
nrtne wife of Charles Conkling. The
funeral sorvioo, conducted by Rev'd
George Whitehead, was hold Sunday
at tho M. E Church nnd interment
in Delaware Conietery.
To Search for Gold.
George Armstrong nnd Hownrd
Poillon, of New York, have engaged
passage witli tho steamer Oregon,
which lcnves Senttlo May 10th for
the Cape Nomo gold fields. They
will leave the city nbout April 20th
nnd will take with them provisions
and supplies to last one year. They
expect, to work a claim and all their
friends will join in the wish that
they may strike it rich.
List of Unclaimed Letter
Remaining in the Post Office nt
lilford for week ending M arch 31st.
Ladies Mrs Ellen S. Glass, Miss
Florence Hamilton.
Gents H. Somnier-
Persons claiming the nbove will
please sny "Advertised" nnd give
dure of this list.
Charles Lattimork, P. M.
Wanted !
Ten thousand rock oak, white oak
and chestnut rail road tiessizes 7x7
and 6 x ft. Hichest market price
pmd half trade half cash.
Delivered at Snwkitl Mill,
in 23 W. T. Struble.
Just R -ceived
Mammoth and medium clover
seed. Red top, Kentucky nnd Can
ada blue grass, Orchard and Timo
ty seed at W. & G. Mitchells.
New York Tri-Weekly Tribune
and PIKE COUNTY PRESS for
s-x months onlv $1.10, and Weekly
Tribune and PRESS for same time
onlv h5. cents. This offer good only
to May 1 st 1900. Subscribe NOW.
I.evis Ackerman, Goshen, Ind.,
says 'DoVits little early risers
alwuvs bring certain relief, cure my
headache and never grip. "They gen
tly cleanse aud invigorate the bowels
and liver.
MATAMORAS.
ltev. I.illv of Ito. ehnwh
Hn interesting sermon last Sun
day in u nion Hall, Sparrowbush.
Special services was held all this
week in the M. E. church Port Jer-
vls Thursday evening Mr. Lilly and
this evening Mr. Spencer assists in
the servk-es.
Epworth church Hewing Circle will
meet next Tuesday evening with
Miss Irene Kimble.
A party of friends from here at
tended a reception nt the home of
Miss Carrie Wlntreen in Pine Bush
Tuesday evening. She Is a frequent
visitor here at the home of her sister
Mrs. Frank Corwin.
Oliver B. Lateer died Saturday ev
ening nt the home of his daughter
Mrs. D. Davenport aged 72 years and
months. The funeral was held
Mondny.
Misses Winona and Iona Gross
were pleasantly surprised Saturday
afternoon by a number of their little
friends. A fine supper was provided
which all greatly enjoyed.
lfred Simpson and wife, of Green
ville N. Y., spent Sunday with John
Simpson, and wife.
Mrs. John W. Wood is visiting her
sister Mrs. Alfred Struble in Branch-
ville, N. J.
Master Chnuncy A. Ackcrson lias
an attack of mumps and has Just re
covered from one of measles.
Mrs. Jessie Smith, whose husband
was a conductor on the Pine Island
branch and died about a week ago
at Pine Rush, will soon return to
live in this place, her former home.
Mrs. Deckley, living in the upper
part of town, had all her canned fruit
stolen last week. The loss is serious
for she is old and helpless with rheu
matism. The persons taking the
fruit may have trouble if not return
ed. Bert Nichols, of Jersey city, has:
been ill with measles at the home of
his parents.
Miss Lila Seymour has been suf
fering with the same disease for the
past two weeks and is now improv
ing. C. I L Seymour has been ill with
grip but is now better.
Mrs. J. 8. Barton after a ten dnys
visit with her sister Mrs. VV. II.
French has returned home.
Mrs. R. Moore of Newhurg, is a
guest of her cousin Mrs. Curtis.
The C. E. H. of Hope church held
a sociable at the parsonage last
Thursday evening which all enjoyed.
The proverty social held at G. II.
I-nngtons was a grand success over
one hundred assembled, some dressed
in rags and old clothes. Those adorn
ed were fined 10 cents, $17. was real
ized. S.
3'OODTOWN.
School is expected to begin Mon
day and Miss Phebe Wells will pro
bably again be our school mistress.
Miss Ada Courtright, of Lackawa
en, accompanied by her brother John,
visited relatives here Saturday.
We are pleased to greet "Uncle
Jim" Middaugh last week. "Uncle
Jim" plays a good game of euchre,
tells a good story, and is a good boy
three things in his favor.
Mr. and Mrs. May gave an enjoy
able supper in honor of John Wood
and family last Saturday evening,
while Mrs. Bradford entertained
Tuesday night. We shall all miss
the Wood household very much.
Mr. Editor: About this time
some of my neighbors begin to get
fidgety and cast sheep's eyes at a
long pole in the woodshed. The old
! man pleads guilty, too. Does the
! trout season legally open in thiscoun-
ty April 15th ? Since the State main
tains the hatcheries, why shouldn't
shite law hold good t
(The State law or general Act of
1897 says April 15th and the Pike
ccunty special Act May 1st. The
question has not been Judicially de
termined. Ed. Press.)
Heal Estate Transfer.
Henry T. Gumble Jr. and others
to Henry T. Guuible, dated, Fed. 6.
About 50 acres Palmyra, con. $1,100.
Michael Carlon to Ella Logan, dat
ed March 24th. 15 acres Lackawax
en township, consideration $1.
Mrs. Harriet Evans, Hinsdale, Ind.
writes, "I uevar fail to relieve iny
children from croup at once using
one minute cough cure. I would
not feel aafo without it." Quickly
oures cough, colds, grippe aud all
throat and lung diseases.