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TOWNSHIP NOMINATIONS.
BLOOMING GROVE TWP. '
rkpubucas.
Judge Election. Cnsjicr Mndar
Inspector Election, Cook ShnfTer;
Supervisor, William Hntton ; School
Directors, Daniel G. Hntton ; Assess
or, George Reynolds ; Auditor, W.
J. Edniistnn, Clerk, Clarence O. Bil
lings ; Treasurer. Willinm Mailer ;
Overseer Poor, Hermann Dilling.
DEMOCRATIC.
Judge Election, Levi Lord; In
spector Election, John J. MoCnn
nell ; School Director, Frank Miller j
Oversoer Poor Herman Delling;
Supervisors, Hermnn Detling, Sam
uel Vennie, Jr., John Newinmi ; As.
sessor. Fred L. Wept brook ; Amlitor,
Win. B. Westbrook j Clerk, Edwnrd
R. Ilnzen j Trensurer, Edwnrd R.
Hazen.
DINGMAN TWP.
HRPUBLIOAI.
Snervi3ors Charles II. Qninn,
Ira M. Travis, P A. Helms, Abram
V. McCnrty ; Assessor, David J.
Newman ; Auditor. John P. Latter ;
Judge Election, Joseph J. Dubois;
Inspector Election, Frank Reser ;
School Directors, Ed. H. Orbon, J.
A. TIoffman ; Ovorseer Poor. Geo.
B. Qninn ; Clerk, Chas. B. McCarty.
GREENE TWP
REPUBLICAN.
Justice Peace, Geo. B inks; Judge
Election, Edwnrd Gilpin ; Inspector
Election, Sherman Fowler ; Assessor
Henry Heberling ; Supervisors, Dis't
No. 1, Richard Bnrtleson, No. 2,
Herbert Heberling, No. 3, George
A. Rake, No. 4, John Bnughton, No.
6, Peter Felton ; School Directors,
Walter Gilner, John R. Gilpin ; Ov
erseer Poor, George A. Rake ; Audi
tor, Lewis Miller.
LACKA WAXEN TWP.
RKPRBLIOAN.
Supervisors, Dis't No., Louis
Thiele, No. 2, Wesley Griffln. No. 3,
Ford Calkin, No. 4, Warren Quick,
No. 6, Webb Van Wagner j Overseer
Poor, John P. Nunson j Auditor, 3
yrs,, G. J. Kierman, 2 yrs., J. C.
Brnnning ; Sohool Directors, Mnr
cus Lassly, J. C. Case ; Insiector
Election, B. J. Wood.
PALMYRA TWP.
REPUBLICAN.
Judge Election, John Grant ; In
spector Eleotion, Henry Masker ;
Justice Peace, Walter Vetterlein ;
Assessor, Henry Simons ; Auditor,
G. N, Kellam jClerk, B. R. Hazelton ;
Supervisor, A. II. Down, Benry
Masker ; School ' Directors, John
Grant, A. K. Killam.
The Weather.
The four or Ave inohes of snow
which fell last Monday was whirled
and tossed Tuesday by the zephyrs
from the Northwest and on the hills
was piled, up in inconvenient places.
It was our first real touch of old
fashioned winter, and aroused con.
siderable jealousy withal in the
minds of the high-priced weather
sharps who sit on the top of city
buildings in oot.y rooms and prog
nosticate, because the ooon and
ground hog had evidently got the
better of them. Why not furnish
these self contained government ex
perts with a few choice specimens
of hogs as a sort of experiment?
They might also have a few fresh
goose bones and such other bric-a-brac
as are used by prognostic tors.
We might then expect a proper as
sortment of weather suitable for
the season.
Possible If ew Districts.
It is said that in the new congres
sional apportionment Monroe, Pike,
Wayne and Susquetiaunn, may be a
district. Those counties gave in the
last election 258 Democratic majori
ty. Lehigb and Carbon which gave
690 Democratic, and Berks and
Northampton which gave 413 Re
publican majority. These districts,
if so arranged, would make Interest
ing campaigns and would leave the
cttudidntt-s in a delightful unctrtniu
ty as to the result.
Had to Conquer or Die.
"I was just about gone," writes
Mrs. Rosa Richardson, of Laurel
Springs, N. C, "I had Consumption
so bad that the best doctors aid I
c uld not live more than a. month,
but I began to use Dr. King's New
Discovery and was wholly cured by
seven hurt lea and am now stout and
well." It's no unrivaled life-saver
in Consumption, Pneumonia, Grippe
and Bronchitis; infallible for Coughs,
''olds, Asthma, Hay Fever, Cronpor
Whooping Cough. Guaranteed bot-11-jS
too and 1. Trial bottles free
t fill drug stores.
The most effective little liver pills
made are DeWitt'g little early risers.
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MASONIC ORGANIZATIONS.
The Bible of St, John'slodgoNo. 1
of the city of New York bears the
following inscription : "On this sac
red volume on the 30tn day of April
A. D. 17S1I. in the city of Now York,
was administered to Genrire Wash
ington, the first president of the
United States of America, the oath
to support the constitution of the
United Stntes. This important cere
mony was Jierformed by the Most
Worshipful Grand Muster of Free
and Accepted Masons of the State of
New York Robert, R. Livingston,
chancellor of the stnte."
Nobody can say the grand tiler of
Georgia is not worthy of his hire.
His name is Lee Wnges.
The grand secretary of North
Carolina reports 311 lodges at work
in tho state. The highest number is
499, showing that nenrly 200 lodges
have from time to time censed to
work nnd bnve surrendered their
charters.
Theie are 47 Masonic lodges in
Montana, with a total membership
of about 3,000.
A Royal Arch Mason unaffiliated
for more than six moullis cannot
visit a chapter in New Jersey. "Oh,
whnt a law 1" comments the Missouri
Freemason You mean, "Wlint a
good law," eh? Misonio Standard.
Publio installations if they ever
served a gootl purpose in Masonry,
having censed to be of nny benefit
mny as well be rolegnted to the com
panionship of extinct fads, says The
Masonio Standard.
The recent. Masonio fair at Albany
netted the sum of $17,000
Georgia will haven Masonio home.
A board of trustees whs appointed at
the recent meeting of the grand
lodge. The fund amounts to $5,000,
and as soon as $5,000 more enn be
secured the site will be selected and
the work begun.
If all persons would pay more at
tention tD a study of the hidden
meaning of our ritual, the render
ing of the work would be vastly im
proved. Illinois Freemason.
A Water Glase Shield.
The Scientific American mentions
among recent patented inventions,
that of Engineer Edwnrd T. Reed, of
Port Jervis. The invention being a
"Water Glass Shield," designed to
be used in connection with tho gage
glasses of locomotives, for the pur
pose of preventing the engineer from
coming in contract with tho glass
and from steam or hot water should
the gage break.
The patented shield seems to us
to be the desimd thing for locomot
ive engineers from the fact, so many
of the gages break injuring more or
less the bands of the men at the
throttle.
Those interested in the invention
will flud it worth rending and time
and money well spent in the pur
chase of a paper containing the de
scription. We congratulate Mr.
Rood uiHin his successful nnd desir
able invention.
Good St. Vuleutine.
A modern legend tells that in tli
nineteenth century the good St.
Valentine, with Peter's leave revis
ited the earth thinking to find youth
and life and love the same as in days
of yore. But be found the girls too
busy with music and science and
philanthropy to receive him. nnd he
came to the conclusion that they are
"nothing if not pedantic" nnd "any
thing but ro :inntic." Yet the spirit
of St. Valentine will linger, for love
is never out of date, nnd bis fidelity
marks him as the fitting patron and
pattern of lovers for all time.
Surprise l.i Store.
The most unique idea in journal
ism ever conceived will be introduc
ed in the great "Philndelpnia Sun
day Press" for February 10. The
plan is so interesting ai d the result
so remarkable that this edition will
doubtless be the most notable of the
now century. Exactly what the
plan is has not yet been announced,
but that it will be a novelty is cer
tain and there will be a great de
mand for it. So in order that you
may be sure to get it you should or
der to-morrow's "Sunday Press" of
your newsdealer to-day.
Working Overtime.
Eight hour laws are ignored by
those tireless, little workers Dr.
King's New Life Pills. Millions are
always at work, night and day, cur
ing Indigestion, Biliousness, Consti
pation, biek Headache and all Stom
ach. Liver and Bowel troubles. Easy
phmHitut, nafe, sure. Only 25j at all
drug stores.
PERSONALS
Rupert P. Nili", of Lehman, was
in town Tuesday.
Frank B. Thrall was over Braneh-
Ville way Wednesday.
Mrs. Vanderbilt Allen will soon go
on a trip to sunny Italy.
Miss Ruby Weeks, of New York
is a guest lit Brooksido Villa.
Lester Chrstiiin, of Iluwley, visit
ed his parents on Water St. 1 1 1 i .
week. W, II. Cortright, Esq., who bus
been very seriously ill, is reported
somewhat better.
Miss Bertha Kleinhans is at
Blooming Grove aiding in the care
of her sick brother.
Nathan Emery Jr., and wife nre
both suffering with severe colds
which confine them to the bouso.
Miss Hattie Hortoti has returned
after a visit of two weeks with
friends and relatives in New Jersey.
Mrs. C. H. Van Wyck, accompan
ied by her daughter, linppy, and
Mrs.' Anna Wells, has gone to Wash
ington.
Harry S. Angle expects to go to
New York soon to accept n situation
with a firm of stock brokers on Wall
street.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Weightmaii, of
Brooklyn, aro visiting their daugh
ter, Mrs. James P. Van Etten, at
Conashatigh.
Messrs. Kelly and Howell mem
bers of the New York stock ex
change wete guests at Hotel Schauno
over lust Sunday.
Jacob Kleinhans is very seriously
ill at Blooming Grove. A consulta
tion of physicians was held Tuesday
and his case pronounced critical,
Miss Addie Scott, of Port Jervis,
visited her friend, Miss Ann Baker,
this woek. She will soon leave for
her future home in Indiana whoro
her father W. E. Scott is engaged in
business.
Dr. II. E. Emerson was nt Bloom
ing Grove Tuesday in consultation
w ith Dr. Plum, of Iluwley, over the
case of Prof. Jacob Kleinhans, who is
seriously ill.
Mike Callahnn is in the Port Jer
vis hospital quite ill.
George Reser bus been sentenced
to five years in Trenton State Pris
on forstealing Jacob MoCartys horse.
Eight persons were killed and sev
eral injured by a wreck on the Erie
at Greenville Pa. yesterday morning.
The health of District Attorney D.
M Van Auken is very much impair
ed and he is now confined to his
home.
Andrew Carnagio nnd J. P. Mor
gan have just made (ideal involving
in the combination over one billion
dollars in various steel and coal int
erests and railroads.
Mrs. Wells, the ngod mother of
Stephen Decatur Wells, who form
erly resided in Shoboln township,
diod recently nt the home of her
daughter in Kansas.
A bill introduced at Harrisburg
making a reapportionment places
Pike with Monroe instead of Wayne
and detaches Carbon making it a
separate judicial district.
Rumor snys that Fred Beck is ne
gotiating with the other heirs to the
Vnnl'erMark Hotel for their inter
ests nnd that he will instnl a new
landlady in the near future.
An excise bill has been introducid
in the Legislature which provides
that the granting of licenses shrill be
taken out of the hands of the Judg
es and placed in charge of three men
in each county to be known as excise
commissioners. It should be killed.
Rnal Estate Transfer..
Frederick G. Ford to E. T. Rivere
John Miller No, 76 Milford township
399 acres, con. $1.
John C. Westbrook and wifo to
Moses C Wesbrook part of Henry
Hain Blooming Grove 100 ncres
con: 150.
Wanted!
Reliable man for Manager of
Branch Oftice we wish to open in this
vicinity. If your record is O. K.
here is an opportunity. Kindly give
good reference when writing. The
A. T. MOKItIS Willi! fcSAI.E HoiJsK,
Cincinnati, Ohio. Illustrated cata
logue 4 eta. stamps. nich29
Now is the time when croup and
lung troubles prove rapidly fatal.
The only harmless remedy that pro
duces immediate results is one min
ute cough cure. It is very pleasant
to take and can be relied upon to
qnicklv cure coughs, colds and al
luna diseases, it will prevent coul
sumption,
JANUARY WEATHER REPORT.
FIIPOIPITATION.
Over much the t renter portion of
tho country the precipitation during
January was below the average, nl
tlion trli the central Pacific slope nnd
limited nreas in New Mexico, Miss,
onri, the northern peninsula of
Michigan, New York, Maine, nnd
the central and enst Gulf States re
ceived more than tho usual amount.
With the exception of the sections
above specified, the month was
marked by exceptionally light pre
cipitation. Excessive rains, howev
er, were reported frou San Luis
Obispo, Oil , Jupiter, Flu , and lim
ited sections of Alabama, Louismn
na, and Mississippi, ranging from 0
to nearly 12 inches. At the close of
the month the ground was covered
by snow to depths ranging from 1
to 20 inches over the greater por
tion of the winter wheat belt.
ItKNKIIAI. R F.MARKS.
The wenther conditions during
January were generally favorable
for the winter wheat, although ad
verse reports were received from
Kansas, Missouri, nnd Texas, of lack
of moisture, and from Kentucky,
West Virginia, Pennsylvania, nnd
Maryland, of injury by nlternnte
freezing and thawing and lack of
snow protection. At the close of the
month the condition of wheat was
about the nvernge in most sections,
excepting Michigan, Kentucky, and
Tennessee, not witstanding contin
ued reports of damage to the early
sown by hessinn fly in some portions
of Kansas, Missouri, Arkausns, Illi
nois, Indiana, Ohio, and Virginia.
The crop is suffering from drought
in Texas nnd western Kansas ai
needs ruin in some districts of Miss
ouri. On the Pacifio coast very fav
orable weather for this cerenl pre
vailed nn the condition of the crop
continues excellent, the grniu linv
ing germinated nicely, being well
rooted nnd making healthy growth.
Medical Examination Before Har
ris ge.
A marriage license bill has been
introduced in the Wisconsin senate
which promises to eclipse the mar
riage law of 1899. This bill provides
that no persons can marry who are
suffering from true or hereditary in
sanity, insanity caused by vicious
habits or the use of drugs, consump
tion and various other diseases which
are named in the bill. Every person
who wishes to marry is required to
go before an examining board of
three surgeons to be appointed in
each county of the state by the
county judge and must pass nn ex
amination before a marriage license
can bo issued. In addition to this,
all male candidates for mnlrimony
who are, under 25 years of age nnd
all female candidates tinder 18 years
must produce a written consent of
their parents before they can secure
a license. Any clergyman, justice
of the pence or other persons who
can perform marriages and whomnr-
ries any couples who do not produce
a certificate from the examining
physicians of bis county is to be fin
ed not, more than $500 or confined in
prison not more than one year.
By Direct Vote.
A report and recommendation in
favor of action to procure the elec
tions of President, Vice-President
and all United States Senators by
popular vote will soon he made to
the Sinte Legislature by the joint
Senate and House committee which
was appointed two years ago.
The committee submitted the plan
to Legislatures of nearly every State,
and more than thirty have declared
for it.
Should the Legislature net im
mediately on tho report nn effort
will be made to have Legislatures in
other States now in session do so.
It is not probable that the necessary
two thirds could be procured until
next year. Another year would be
lost in securing Congressional call
lor a convention for preparing the
amendment, and it would be at least
1905 before this plan could be ac
complished. Milford Hand Laundry. "
The undersigned has opened a
laundry on Centre Square Milford,
Pn., in the store room formerly oc
cupied by Geo. Dauman, and will do
nil kinds of work pertaining to the
business with promptness and in a
neat careful manner. A share of
the public patronage is respectfully
solicited John L. Got klay.
DeWitt's little early risers Hre
dainty little pills, but they never fail
to cleanse the liver, remove obstruc
tions and invigorate the system.
BRIEF MENTION.
Tuesday Eeb. 12 is Lincoln birth
lay. Thursday Fob. 14 is St Valentines
day.
The ground hog saw his shadow
Feb 2 if be came out.
Several parties from here enjoyed a
sleigh ride to Dingnum's Wednesday
night.
Robert F. Hill wns banged nt
Camden, N. J., Tuesday for the
murder of his wife last June.
A supposed mad dog rar amuck
in Altoona nst. Monday, nnd before
ho was killed had bitten six persons.
' It is reported that copper ore bus
been found in Monroe county and
that a company has been organized
to work the mine.
Tho centenary of the installation
of John Marshall as Chief Jnstico of
fie Supremo Court was observed
wilh fitting ceremonies Monday.
The silk mill girls in nnd nronnd
Scranton are on a strike demanding
higher wages. The number idle
now is about twenty five hundred.
Harry DeWilt, who has been in a
Philadelphia hospital for an oper
ation on his leg is rapidly recover
ing and is expected homo i.exf. week.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, when attempt
ing to wreck a saloon in Topelm,
Kansas, last Monday, was arrested
on a charge of disturbing tne peace,
and led away to jail.
A good deal of this talk about the
future of the Democratic party tends
to confirm the suspicion that the
Democratic party's future is behind
it. Chicago "Times-Herald."
We infer from the current coir
ment on the specific for the treat
ment of the diseasod Democracy
that it is going to be we'l shaken bo
fore taken. Boston "Herald."
A scrap occurred Saturday night
justontsido the Borough limits in
which "chawin' nnd gougin' " fig
ured as part of( the amusement until
one of the parties hollered "nuff 1"
The bills providing for a fifth
court in Philadelphia and one de
priving District Attorneys of the
power to stanu aside jurors in criin
innl oases have both passed the
House.
Contracts for carrying mails have
been awarded to Robert Findlay
from Milford to Port Jervis for $390,
to Harry Morgan from Milford to
Dingmans for $197, nnd to Charles
Travis from Milford to Sawkill for
$190.
Pierre M. Nilis expects to assume
proprietorship of the Crissman House
about Feb. 18th, anil J. It. Thornton
will nt the same time opep the Dim
miek House, which lias lieen closed
for several weeks while refitting was
in progress.
The Pennsylvania railroad now
ha? engines numbered as high as
18ti() nnd will build enough this year
to bring the number tip-to-date.
This will bo the only road in the
woriil having engine numbers cor
responding with the year dates of
this century.
The saloon smashing of Mrs. Na
tion, in Kansas towns, is quite gnu-
e;ally approved by the societies of
the W. C. T. U- in the country, nnd
in fact tho citizens of Kmsns and
officials in Topeka where her most
ecent raids have been made do not
appear to discountenance her nets.
In setting and distributing typo a
compositor's hand travels on an av
erage 11 miles a day. Leaving Sun
days and holidays out of account,
this means about 3,000 miles a year
More thnn half the deaths among
compositors are due to lung diseases.
In the course of bis lifetime an aver
ago man gets through about 2.500
miles of reading matter.
Porter township failed to make
nominations for this spring election.
She is so unanimously Democm tic the
citizens probably think they can ap
portion the offlcesaniong themselves
to their own satisfaction and save
the expense and trouble of going
through the form of an election.
Lehman failed to make Republican
nominations so the Democrats there
have an easy pao to reach the goal
of their ambitions.
Jacob Kleinhans, who occupies
the chair of Modern History in the
Maryland University at Baltimore,
Md., is. staying with his mother at
Blooming Urove, and last week vis
ited friends in Hawley. The pro
fessor is now recovering from the
effects of an atttek of typhoid fever
and during bis stay in the hospital
underweut a trying operation in
which the doctor removed a piece of
his rib. Iluwley Times.
RIPS FROM THE BUZZ SAW.
Long winded obituary notices are
dead articles. Cut 'em out. .
Political promises nre ns hard to
collect as a last year's subscription
from a relative.
Printers are not the only people
who have make up rules. Look at
the actresses.
New faces are as essential In ti
well regulated printing offioe ns they
nre in heaven.
If, as is often stated,' your pnppr
is n mirror of the town wherein it is
published, bo enreful thnt there is
no dirt on the looking glass.
It's the country paper that gets
near to nature's heart while the big
daily reaches for the pocketbook.
There is but one paper in the state
that publishes a list of wedding
pr sents. The editor is not married
and he wants to keep up the inter
est until his time comes.
It is a mistake to mix patent med
icine locals with reading matter.
Your readers do not like it any more
thnn they would like to have Pyra
mid Pile Drivers nnd Crusade Hair
Bleach mixed with their corn pone
nnd potato i-onp.
Hnve you (rot n streak of fun?
P ss it on.
It my cheer some imitlir-r's Ron;
Pass It on.
If you (but Mint life'g ton dry,
Just nail for pop and wink your eye;
Yoirll pH elixir on tho sly;
Pass It, on.
I would rather bo a "country vok-
el" than to bo a city pumpkin head,
with nothing in it.
A little two line personal will be
read with more interest by the one
you have mentioned than a heavy
weight editorinl on foreign missions.
An article that is worth clipping
from an exchange is deserving the
proper credit. Don't steal. From
the Nebraska Press.
Health Report.
The report of Win. B. Kenworthey
M. D. Inspector for Pike county
for the year 1899 has just been pub
lished in the reports of the State
Bonrd of Health. It highly com
mends our water and the fact thnt
throughout the county the wells are
gonerally located so ns not to receive
any barn drainage or sewage, and
that brook water is rareiy nsed for
drinking purpeses. There were no
epidemioe whatever of any contag
ous diseases in the county and only
three or four isolated cases ot scar
let fever, aside from which there
were no other contagious diseases.
Not a single case of malaria has
been contracted in the county in five
years but n few cases have been sent
here to get well.
This an excellent showing, but it
is doubtful if the report for the year
1900 will givo such a clean bill of
health. While there have been no
typhoid cises in town there have
been some on our immediate bord
ers and if reports nre true there hns
been some laxity ir carelessness in
the methods of guarding against the
possible spread of the germs. These
mattors affect publiD health and
households, where the disease exists
should exercise the utmost care to
prevent any possible exposure which
might endnnger the health of others.
It is notorious that typhoid germs
are not affected by cold but rather
thrive in ice, and it is a mistake to
assume that water in which they
may exist can be thrown on the
ground with impunity. All gar
ments used by typhoid patients
should be thoroughly boiled to kill
the germs.
Lincoln's Only Diamond Fin.
Colonel W. N. Cave, of Barnwell,
S. C, is in possession of a unique
relic in the shape of a diamond pin
which wns at one time the property
of Abraham Lincoln, and which is
the only piece of jewelry of the kind
that be ever wore The pin is of
the old fashioned style of cluster
brooches, with a clasp at the back
for the purpose oi securing it to the
frilled shirt fronts worn by gentle
men 50 years ago. The center dia
mond is a large, particulary white
one, and it is surrounded by a num
ber of smaller brilliants.
Musical College.
The Musical College, Freeburg,
Snyder county, Pa., is recognized as
one of the foremost schools of mus
ic, ti'i will pay for six weeks, in
structions and board. Spring term
will begin May 7. For catalogue ad
dress, Hknrv B. Mover, Director. f22
I wnuion nuu iiuoieuma ai v.
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THE RAMBLERS PICKINGS.
A woman by the name of Carrie
Nation is going to reform the Union.
She hns started out to wreck every
saloon In Knnsas. As the good lady
seems to be such a devout nelfeversln
cold wi-ter why don't some saloon
keeper down there turn a one inch
stream of wnter on to her. It would
perhaps bring her to her senses.
Daniel I). Kverritt, of Montague,
is slowly recovering from his recent
severe Illness.
Dr. De Plasse, of New York, was
In town over Sunday.
We miss the Jovial face of Mike.
A little dry rub would add brilli
ancy to the bug in our gas lamps.
Thi Ice in the eddy here is over
twenty Inches thick. Who said we
wouldn't have ice enough?
Miss Maggie Westbrook, of Mon
tague, wns a visitor over here last
week, the guest of Miss Mary Lud
wlg. Those who are always looking for
trouble will sooner or later find their
Waterloo.
Both tickets put in nomination for
borough officers to be elected on town
meeting day contain the names of
some good men, and the voter must
take his choice.
Eggs have taken a drop. But the
recipe the Ed. Press gave for mak
ing hens lay is not resposihle for it.
William Met, is putting in some of
his spare time educating a couple of
pups in the way they should go if
they expect to be good dogs when
they grow up. William is also nur
sing an old fashioned carbuncle on
his neck.
Those fortunate enough to be able
to get a hold of a horse and sleigh
were able to take a sleigh ride after
all.
A young blizzard struck town Mon
day evening.
The grip has taken hold of BenJ.
Kyte. Ben thinks rather late then
never.
Mrs. Handle D. Sayre Is suffering
from an attack of the fashionable
disease.
Population of Pike.
TOWNSHIP 1900 1890
Blooming Grove.. . 416 351
Delaware 721 799
Dingman 481 491
Greene 1,022 1,114
Lackawaxen 1,259 1,547
Lehman 858 742
Milford Boro 884 793
Milford Twp 172 158
Palmyra 638 810
Porter . . 53 89
Shohola 701 960
Westfall 1,731 1,558
Total 8,706 9,412
A decrease of 646
The high wnter mark wns In 1880,
when we had 9,603.
Monroe county shows a gain as fol
lows: 1900, 21,161, 1890, 20,111, and
Wayne a decreuse. In 1900 she had
30,171 in 1890 31,010.
A Fine 8upper.
The Hatchet Society, of the Pres.
byterian church, met this week and
concluded arrangements for the
second annual supper to be given on
Washington's birthday, Feb. 22d.
The tickets for adults will be 60 cents
and for children 25 cents. The menu
will consisi of oysters, raw and scal
loped, turkey, ham, boiled tongue,
celery, pickles, etc.. Ice cream; cake
and tea and coffee. Everybody is
cordially invited to come with their
best girl and their best appetite, if so
unfortunate as not to have a best
girl, bring your wife, sister or moth
er and even mother-in-law will be ac
corded a gracious reception. The men
love appreciation and enjoyment of
their supper will greatly flatter them.
The proceeds are to be devoted to re
pairs on the parsonage.
Application for Charter.
Application will be made to the
Governor March 5th for the incorpor
ation of a company, the object of
which will be to supply water power
for commercial and manufacturing
purposes in Lehman township. If
tiie long expected trolley road comes
up the valley this spring the power
may be utilized in operating it, be
sides furnishing it to mills and man
ufactories. There should be several
flue water powers on the Bushkill
ertek and with means for transporta
tion there is no reason why large
fuetories should not be erected to util
ize it. The stream is rapid and what
is lacking in quantity of water can be
muile up In head.