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VOL. VI.
MILFOIM). PIKE COUNTY. PA.. Fill DAY. MA1JC1I 15, 11)01.
NO. 18.
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THE WASHINGTON LETTER. ;
(K'-nm ilnr It'iridar rr5"ii(lriit; )
Washington. D. C . M iicii 1 1, 1901.
President McKinlev mid his entire
Cnb'net. nre perfectly satisfied wi ill
Ibe Culinn situation nnd thoroughly
confident, from trust wortv infor
mation they have received, Hint lift
er n littln sputtering, tho Cubans
will accept Hip condition laid down
by Congress. There hns been ho
foundation for anv of tin- sensation
nl stories sent from Washington . al
leging thnt it was contemplated to
increase, onr NiiviiI Force in Cuban
XVII IBM Hllll 'to KHIIll II10IO t mops to
Cuba, to flwn the Cubans into in
cepting the conditions. Neither
notiiin hns Iippii nt nny time contem
plated nml no official in Washing
ton has ary idea flint nnv cirot m
ntnnoos cnn possibly arise thnt nil'
mnko such action necess iry. Tin
situation is bpinst misrepresented n
tho Havana end of the linn, ns well
as in Washington, bnt these inisrep
rosentatinns nre not likely to pre
vent a satisfactory ending of tin
mutter, nlthough they limy possible
cause it to be deferred.
Vicp President Roosevelt made i
excellent impression during Jn
week he presided over the special
session of the Semite, which iidjonrn
ed Saturday, after having ncted up
on the nominations for which tin
session wns enlleit. When it is con
sidered Unit lm hud no previous par
linmentnry experience, he did very
well. lie made several unimport
ant mistakes, owing to his 1 ick of
know-lodge f Semite usage but they
were speedily corrected. Ho was
personally popular with many of
the Senators before his inauguration
rm Vice President, nml ho has since
lieeomo more so.
President. McKinley gnve the com.
mitteo of Cuban husiness men who
came to Washington to nsk for mod
Mention of the Cuban tariff about
nil they asked for when he issued nil
order abolishing the Cubnn export
duty on tobacco of nil kinds, after
April 1. This cuts oil about a mil
lion dollars n yenr from the Cubnn
revoimes, hut it is thought it. will
result In much more benefit thnn
that to the Cuban planters. Secre
tnry ltoot lias decided t hat the pres
ent Cuban tariff, which was an
nounced when put into effect to ex
pire June 15, 1901, will continue in
effect until the proposed revision
thereof becomes operative.
When n firm does the largest bus.
iness in its line in the world, it is
plain that they must do the best
work C. A. Snow & Co., the
Washington patent lawyers, wh"
linve procured morn than 22.000
patents for inventors, do the largest
pitent soliciting business in the
world.
Secretary Hay and the French
Ambassador have signed mi agree
ment extending the timo within
which tho reciprocity treaty with
France, which tl. Senate failed to
net upon, may he ratified, to Sep
tember 24, 1902. President MeKin
ley regards this and other reciproc
ity treaties as absolutely necessary
for the extension of foreign markets
for American goods, and besides this
extension has headed off a scheme
of several European governments to
combine for tho purpose of wngingn
commercial war against tho U. S .
as it makes it certain that France
will not join in such a scheme unless
the reciprocity treaty with her fails
to lie ratified within the time speci
fied. Secretary Long has answered the
Semite resolution insking if there
were discriminations in the matter
of uniforms imd privileges against,
o dicers of the Navy promoted from
the ranks. The answers! ys : '-Commissioned
officers in tho Naval ser
vice promoted from the ranks are
pot debarn-d from privileges enjoy
ed by O'her commissioned officers of
the Navy, but they are not given
the use of smiia uniforms used by
Certain other commissioned oftieors.
just, as the latter, in one grade or
corpsarei.ot given the same uniform
as others of them in another grade
orcotps The distinction does not
arise from the question of whether
the ofiieer as promoted from the
links r is a graduate of the Naval
Academy." Secretary Long adtleil
tln.trl uuitoriit regulation book would
be issued about May 1, which would
permit otlioers promoted from the
lanhsto wear ci it.iiu insignia and
unitormnot worn by them. V;ut
which are permitted for other cm-j'.ii.-.-.i.ni
jd t l:ieei .
GAMBLING IN HIGH LIFE
In an address recently delivered
In Guiee church, New York, before
the members of the New England
Society, Rev. Dr. William R. Hunt
inirton held up to view tho evils of
gambling, which is admitted to pro
vail to a large extent ill fashionable
society. He thought the society
could do wondeis if it. would, in
cleans! n it nml s wet ni nil the civic and
social life of the city, and that there
was great need of vigilance anil thnt
the city's social life culled for renew
al. Ilesa.d when women are discus
sing in their clubs "What are the
limits of allowable luxury?" and
reaching by vote the conclusion tiint
there is no assignable liinitsave that
imposed by income, thnt. it was
time to call a halt, us to gambling lie
said "it may be hard to frame an
irgnmont against it that will bold in
i igie, but shipwrecked lives speak
louder than any syllogism. It is not
necessary to ho able to diagnose a
disease in order to suffer from its
rnvng's. I-: it possible that there
ire leaders of society who lend their
countenance to forms of amusement
hat are against the very law of the
'and? Is it triiM that hostesses lire
found in fashionable life who will
let young men whoso honesty is
heir capital depart improvished by
losses at cards ont, of the drawing
rooms into which they have them
selves invited them ns gnosis? Is
it true that young women, reputed
io bo of goi id family nml honest
bringing up, exhibit with pride the
jewels bought out of tho profits of
the gaming table?"
Ho denounced this not only ss
vulgar hut infamous. Ho gave ns a
reason for drawing his illustrations
from the lives of women rather than
men, thnt in Christian lands and
nowhere more conspicuously than
in the United States women nre
the custodians of morals. Here men
nre largely what tho influence of
women makes them, and the more
rapidly tho men desert public wor
ship, substituting the club and the
lodge for the house of prayer, the
more is this (supremacy of woman ns
the priestess of sacred interests and
the arbiter of conduct nccentuated
and defined.
Bfal Estate Transfer.
Marcell Rottier, appraisement of
real estate to widow, Delaware town
ship, 25 acres.
Ellen H. Hunt and husband to II.
Walter Adams, smile land, con. fill 5,
Geo. Diuimiiiin, Jr., Treasurer to
Commissioners, 3 deeds, 25 acres Jus.
Moran u r, 100 acres Ceo. Wilson n r,
50 acres Frank Crissiimn u r, Iickn
waxen township.
Commissioners to Horace O. Kipp,
siinie lands.
Commonwealth to J. C. Chamber
lain, commission as Notary Public.
Samuel (1. Cortriglint and II. M.
Cort right to Jacob P. Cortright, 117
acres, Lehman, consideration $175.
Thomas Merritt to Mary Me.Mul
len, lots 877, Jii'.l, Matanioras, consid
eration $100.
Horace O Kipp to Louise A Phil
lips. r0 ai res, Lucka wa xen, formerly
assessed to Frank Ci'issnum n r, con
sideration $1.
Charter of incoporntion Wildmpre
Water Company.
Our Prosperity.
Nothing could more surely and
clearly indicate that the prevailing
prosperity of the country is founded
on a Miunii basis than the tlgures
t-howiug the large increase in the val
ue of American farm products in re-j as, Utah, Washington and Wyom
cent years. According to a statement j it g, at very low rates of fare, for
just issui-d by the department of Ag- j routes and rates of fare please apply
ricultiire, the farmers of United Stat
es received l'5,2i)(i,17-J more for
their products thnn they did in IsOil..
The greatest advances were observed
in corn and hay, the advance in the
price of the latter giing the farmers
over II), IMHI, lion more in 10OO for n
crop of titty million tons than w as re
ceived ill IS'.I'J for a crop of over fifty
six and a half million tons. These
figures help to explain why populism
ami otiier heresies of the kind have
not flourished in nsvut years. The
noxious weeds ilo not grow in "sun
ny soil."
A Widow' Love Affuii
Heceivos a setSiick if she has of
fensive brei.th tliroiiL'h Constipation,
liiiiousnos or Stotnach Trouble, bnt
Dr. King's New Life Pills always
cure tho.setroiibles ;clean the system
sweeten the breath. Imnisii head -
ache; best In tin world fir liver,
knlnevs and bowels. Only U5o lit
drug btores.
j F. F. Wall, of JIawley, was at
j Mil ford Monday.
j Miss Fanny Lutes is visiting in
I Deckcrtown, N. .T.
j Dr. R. G nml Mrs. Birckley were
I in New York Monday.
j Emil (liimblo spent the first part
of this week up ill Panpae.
Henry Bradford, of Wnodfown,
was nt Mil ford n day this week.
('. W. Hull, Esq., was In New
York Monday on legiil business.
Ed. Cnhill and wife hnve left town
for n couple of months and will vis
it Florida.
Will Armstrong, nf New York,
was a eiiest with his family over
last Sunday.
Col. A. E. Lewis returned home
Inst Saturday from New Orleans,
where lie has been for some days
Horace O. Kipp employed with
thp firm of Ticbennr and Rudolph in
Middletown wns nt homo over Sun
day. (Inlie Itnsor and wife were tendered
n suprisp party by n number of their
friends on Wnterstreet, Inst Saturday
evening.
Horace O. Kipp, formerly assistant
post muster here, has entered the em
ploy of Louis Rudolph, nt Midde
town, N. Y., who is in the paper
business.
(iottflried S. M'iohiml, recently pro
prietor of a hotel at l,ong Eddy, N.
Y., which burned March (itli, bus re
moved to Montague, N. .1., and Will
assume control of the Brick House.
Additional Local -attor.
The Democrats and their orgnn,
the Dispatch, nro angry over the ao-
cnlled "ripper bill" pnssed recently
nt Harrisburg. It provides for the
removal by tho Governor of Mayor
of second class cities nnd the np-
pointment of recorders. The Dis
patch would hnrdly throe or four
years neo have condemned a bill
which provided for the removal of
connty conimissioiipra and the ap
pointment of others in its intoresta.
Circumstances niter cases.
No. 1 Hose nt its nnnnnl meeting
Monday niuht elected ns officers for
the ensninu yenr. Foreman. Opo. R.
Quick, 1st assistant, John MeCartv ;
2nd assistant, Btaov Fuller; Secre
tnry, J. F. Terwilliaer ; Treasurer,
William F. B ck ; Fire Police, L.
do Berhlo and W. F. Choi.
The rain, the first of the week, oc
casioned considerable damage
throughout this and adjoining stat
es. Several persons were drrwned,
mills were closed, projiorty carried
away, railroad traffic impelled nnd
liintiy people were driven from their
homes. The sudden change in tem
liernture greatly relieved the situa
tion by checking the floods.
Every report, received from those
conversant with the sitiiiition, nlllrms
the prediction that n rail road will he
built this summer from Stroudsburg
to Hushkill. Then, with n bridge
across the river at or near Walpnck
Ileud, the lower part of thp Flat-
brook valley, in New Jersey, ns well
ns this valley from at least Dliigmitns
will have good facilities for reaching
the outside world.
Cheap Rate to the Wut Every Tues
day. Every Tuesday, nntll Tuesday.
April 30th, 1901, inclusive, tho Erie
will sell sjiecial second class Settlers
'mil Colonist tickets from Port Jer
vis to princiml points in Arizona,
British Columbia, California, Colo,
rado, Idaho, Mniitobn, Mexico, Min
nesota, Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Tex-
nt. tho Erie ticket office. If parties
lining on these cheap rates will noti
fv ticket agent at Port Jervis, four
days in advance ho will secure you
k berth in "Tourist Car" west of
Chicago, tho cost of a lower berth
in Tourist Car Chicago to nny Paci
fio const points is only t8. Remem
ber these rates are in effect only on
trains leaving Port Jervis every
I Tuesday until April 30th, 1901
I ram No. a, leaving Port Jervis at
5:15 p. m.. makes the best connec
tion out ot Chicago, fur all points in
tho West, in 29
Milfjrd Hand Laundry.
Tho undersigned lias opened a
laundry on Centre Square Milford,
Pa., in Iht) More room formerly oe-
; cupied by Ooo. Daiunan, and will do
all kinds of work pertaining to the
j business wit h promptness and in
, nea t careful manner. A hhare of
the public pntrotiat't) is respectfully
solicited.
JuJi.v L. Got ui-Ay.
ANDREW CARNEGIE'S WEALTH
It Is said that Mr. Andrew Car
negle will retire from active business
life with lm income of tit least ten
mlllon dollars a year. A few com
parisons may lie helpful in an effort
to renll.e what these figures menu.
At the nvcrnge rate of wages paid to
the soldiers in our regular army Mr.
Carncgle'syenrly Income would ninln-
tnin n standing force of over 5(1,000
men. The average pay of clergymen
in tho lending Protestant denomina
tions in thecountiy Isabout 1 100. The
Pittsburg capitalist, therefore, will
receive nn annual income sufficient to
pay the stipends of 25,000 pastors, a
number greater than tht entire min
isterial force of the Presbyterian and
the Methodist Episcopal dennmiim-
nlions in this country. At the aver
age per enpita cost of living in Amer
ica ten millions of dollars would be
sufficient to maintain a city of more
than 75,000 population. It would
pny what would bo accounted a large
salary ($10,000) to 1,000 men, and a
family a good annual income to ten
times thnt number. It would give
about .1,001) young men or women
a college education, and allow each
one of them not less than $1,000, he
sides for "a start in the world."
Perhaps the millions In Mr. Car
neige's hands will do the world as
much good ultimately as thought It
were divided up for some of these pur
poses, especially in view of the an
nounced fact that he proposes to give
n way the most of it for public libra
ries. 1'slie's Weekly.
Ownership (f Bridge.
If there is a good reason w hy the
government should own nnd operate
the railroads, telegraphs and tele
phones, and municipalities theirlight
ing ti ml water plants, there is a
stranger reason why nil bridges across
streams which form state boundaries
should be owned by the states, so that
intercnure might be as free as possible.
It frequently happens, owing to geo
graphical location, thnt a section of a
state is compelled to transact the
greater part of its business across a
river in a sister tit ate, hud, taking ad
vantage of fhis necessity, a corKra
tiun imposes heavy tolls on the peo
ple. This becomes a tax and dls
criiiiiiintcs in favor of those who do
not have to pay It, perhaps residing
within a very short distance of their
neighbors. If the bridges were own
ed by the states, and their cost to
purchase would be comparatively in
slgiiiticciit, small communities would
bo relieved from a tax which now lie-
eotnes quite burdensome and from
which other communities, greatly
benefited by the trade, are exempt
The principle is fully illustrated by
the fact that nearly all small bridges
within this State are now built and
kept in repair by the counties instead
of the townshiiis ns formerly. This
relieves the smaller communities and
equalizes the burden. The same tip
plies as to bridges between states.
The Penn.
The dolls dressed in (Junrker cos
tume to represent William and Han
nah Penn sent from Philadelphia as a
part of Pennsylvania's contribution
to the Woman Suffrage Bazar recent
ly held in New Y'ork city, hnve been
secured by - the Suffrage Ijcague of
Swarthmore to present to the Histor
ical Library of Swarthmore College.
This college is under the care of
Friends.
William and Hannah Penn were
inith proprietary governors of the
colony William from the time of its
settlement In 1U32 until 1712 when he
was stricken with illness. Hannah
then took up the affairs and admin
istered as governor until William's
death in 1717 and after that time un
til her son became ol age.
Sidney Fisher in his account of the
Pennsylvania Colony says this is the
only case in the history where a wo
man has acted as proprietary gov
ernor. Hannah Penn was skillful in her
management and retained the confi
dence of the people through financial
and political embarrassments.
LtTltKTl A L. Ul,A.KKMlL'KO.
If Pencil Were Vote.
"All v, e need to carry thiselection,"
said the Democrt, "is "
"A good supply of liencils," iutcr-
I rnpted the Republican,
I "Pencils!" exhumed the Demo-
it.
I "Certainly. If pencils were votes,
j your mathematicians wouldn't leave
us a single state." Chicago Post,
-
For Chase & Sanborn's teas and
coffees go to Armstrong & Co.
BRIEF MENTION.
Court begin next Monday.
Organ Fund concert it tho Pres
byterian church to-night.
Iadles Aid society of the Presby
terlnn church was held Inst evening.
Rev. C. E. Scndder hns invited the
flro department, to the service Sun
day, Mnrch 24.
Mrs. Jennie Shearer entertained
her Sunday school class at her home
an evening Inst week.
The Jury failed to convict Mrs. Na
tion and her associate for saloon
smashing. It disagreed.
Chiiimcey Watson was awarded the
contract for carrying the ninll from
Milford to lirnnehville for $505.
A sociable nnd entertainment was
given in tho M. E. church Tuesday
evening which wns well ittended.
Hon. Perry A. Clark hns bonk,ht,
the Wayne Connty Herald owned
for thirtyflve years by Hon. T. J.
Ham.
A copious rain fell lust Sunday
night which filled the streams and
broke the long continued drouth.
Rev. T. II. McKcnsie, of Port Jer-
lvIs, lectured on "the religious life of
Washington" nt the M. E. church
Tuesday evening.
The county commissioners and
their clerk have been engaged this
week attending appeals in Delaware,
Iichman and (Ireene.
The Republicans of Port Jervis
have nominated Peter K. dimmer,
and the Democrats Dr. II. R. Swart-!
wout for village president.
England has rejected the canal
treaty and the senate may now abro
gate the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and
pass the Nicaragua Canal bill
Ellas M. Merrill, residing nt Ifaiiis
ville, N. J., died at his home Satur
day, March 9th, of paralysis with
which he was stricken the previous
day. His nge wns about 71 years.
Several culverts in town failed to
carry off the water flowing to them
last Sunday night, but no especial
damage was done except on the hill
at the lower end of Proud street,
which wns badly wnshed out.
The President and his official fam
ily will make a tour of the country
occupying several weeks. Thejoiirn-.
ey will begin April 25, the party go
ing to California by the Southern
route and returning by the Northern.
The Van Etten Brothers, James I'.
and John P., who have purchased
the lumber on the Picot tract, In Del
aware will erec! a portable saw mill
to do the work. The machine nrriv
this week and will soon he in opera
tion. The District Attorney and Com
missioners' Clerk, of Carbon county,
a few days ago indulged in the pleas
antries of fisticuffs and passing ink
wells at each other. It came about
over the refusal of the clerk to pay a
bill of-costs presented by tho pence
officer.
n old maid being asked why she
did not marry said that she had all
the surroundings of a married life
without many of its annoyances.
She had parrot which swore, a cat
that staid out all night and a monkey
that chewed tobacco and spit all over
the floor.
The father of William (Yawn, the
hoy wlio not long ago had his left
hand so badly injured by a fishier cut
ter as to make amputation necessary,
has hroughtsuit against Jacob MeCar
ty, of Montague, in w hose employ the
boy was at the time of the accident,
for $5,000 damages.
Christopher L Magee, State Sena
tor from Pittsburg, died in Harris
burg Friday, March Sth, after an ill
ness of over two years, aged about
53. He was prominent in local and
State politics, generous with Ids
wealth, large hearted and highly re
s'cted for his upright and manly
character.
W. (i. Parker, author of a num
ber of books for boys, is at present
staying in Shohola township. His
Wt rk, "Rival ' Hoy Sportsmen,"
wliicu came out sometime ago, was
quite a success. The scene was laid
at Brink Pond. Ho has Just com
pleted anothor story which will soon
go to press. Mr. Parker was in town
Wednesday.
Harry P. Nyce, of Stroud.shurg,
has Imught an interest in the luuiler
on the Frank Smith tract, in lleLi
ware township, and is now superin
tending its removal. A steam saw
mill will tie put up on the land. This
is one of the best timbered tracts now
remaining in this section and its
proximity to the river makes the ex-
pense of getting the ties to market
comparatively li-ht.
ANTI-SUFFRAGISTS.
I
It fins nlwnys passed our rompre- i
hension thnt, women who do not '
wnnt to vote should so violently op. ;
poso those who do A difference of j
opinion concerning the proper sphere j
of women is legitimate ; but the ef-
, . ,.
seen cn is a refined form of intoler
ance, with which we have no sytn
imthv. Wo believe in Freedom with
a capital F-tbnt broad sort, of liber.
ty wh'ch allows everything thnt
does not, interfere with the like free,
doni of others; nnd we have litth
patience with those women who
would deny to others n privilege or
right simply been use they do not
wish to exercise it themselves.
The associations opposed to the
extension of suffrage to women oc
casionally send us their publications i
with n request to notice them editor '
inlly. Wo comply with pleasure.
These associations are, in onr opin.
ion, desorvini of nothing but the
disapproval of liberal minded pen
pie. They nre nnnclironisms. They
are unsnited to tho progressive age
in which they live, nnd opposed to
the tendency of the times, which is
in the direction of liberty and n reo
oenition of htiiunn equality without
distinction of sex. Wo believe that
the exclusion of woman from the
polls is one of the causes of political
corruption j but we contend that,
whether it is or not, there is no unt
il nil right possessed by men which
ought not to bu shared by women
The ethics of the qnstion do not
concern us any inure than does the
more debatable question of expedi
ency. It, is enough tor us that all
parsons are born free and equal ;and
the fact that a few intolerant, women
deny tho right of their sex to politi
cal equality with men, leaves us nn
convinced so long ns ono solitary
woman exists who is ready to claim
her birthright.
There is no argument, used .by
these associations ngninst female
suffrage that hns not dono duty a
thousand timo-i to block tho wny of
men to democracy. There has been
no reason advanced for tho denial to
women of political rights which lias
not been vigorously debated on n
hundred butt 6 fields.
In Ocrmnny tho sphere of women
has recently been restricted by im
perinl fiat to kitchen, church, nnd
children, Tho kingly command wns
given onco before to check ;i rising
tide ; but neither kings nor common
ers can oppose the ndvaticinif wave
of freedom which follows the sun of
knotvlege in its course nrnnnd the
earth. Overland Monthly.
Meat Eater
In (iraphite for December, lwiil,
was quoted a Kansas philosopher on
the subject of pork eating. Among
the quotations were the following:
"Americans nre the most frisky
people on earth, bccaiHi
they cat
the most hog meat."
"A vegetable-diet woman is as
cold and clammy and unlovable as a
turnip. If you wish to put roses in
the checks of your girls, vitality in
their every motion, and brains in
their heads, feed them on meat."
"If you want your hoy to get a Job j
and hold it, go to the front and ;
amount to something, give hi... -1
con, grense, ham, fit or tallow three!
times a day." i
A man, w hile resting himself in the ,
Hot 'I Metropole, liruxells, clipived
the following from some paper and
sent it to the editor of (iraohite with
the remark: "As Americans are be-
lived to lie 'hustlers' more than ,,,.
more than anv ,
other people, this may be the reason j
why:- !
AN- OI1.I KIT I.KSSON.
The annual consumption of tle
per inhabitant is, in the
L'uited States. .......... 120 pounds.
Great Britian 105 "
France 71 "
Germany ." li'.l "
Netherlands li'.l "
Scandinavia tJ7 "
Austria ill
Spain I'.i "
ltussia -Is "
Italy 23
The energy of the inhabitants is
pretty much in the same pnqiortiou.
A Hombls O iibi dak
"Of large sores on my iit tie daugh
ter's bead developed into a case nf
s-ald he-id"' writes C. D Isbill, of
Morgantowi), Tenn., but Bueklcn's
Arnica Salve completely cured her.
It's a guaranteed cure for Eczema,
Tetter, Salt Rheum. Pimples, Sores, j
C U-ers and Piles, Only 2-e at till
drug stores. i
Chase & Sanborn 'sUM Homestead
Javrt cuffeo lit Armstrong fe Co.
THE RAMBLERS PICKINGS.
Van Etten Pros, hnve purchased a
new steam siuv mill. It will bo
ready for business on their lumber
tract at Dark Swamp next week,
yvi,,, ,mjS(m,i Williams dog?
., , . , .
Sunday night rain wns very wel-
come but, it caused somo annoyance
in town on account, of frozen cul
verts. ( ',,annw,-T Vvnlson wast ho lucky?
one in securing tho contract, to ear.
ry it daily mail from here to Rrnnch-
ville. The price is !if5 dollars per
year for four yenrs beginning July
1st.
IJenj. Kytp mourns the loss of one
of his thoroughbred rpgistered aris
trocrntio dogs. The dog died.
We will have morn thnn tho usual
amount of mud this spring
Wo
have a taste of it already
Ed. Royd onr jovial butcher is en
joying himself nursing a severe at
tack of bronchitis.
How long before tho jug brenk?
It vill have to come soon judging
from tho number of jngs which are
curried.
Henry Hull Esq., is nursing a sore
head the result of a fall on tho ice.
How long does it tnko to go from
hero to Washington, I). C, nnd
back? CatHt be dono in one day?
Tho hill near the barn of Gns.
Metz is badly wnshed out.
Tho pill factory' in this town is
unable to supply the demand.
The prospect, for n busy season for
our carpenters was never bettor
than now.
Hluo birds are scarce just, now,
bnt a full crop of sparrows is on
hand.
George N. Clark, of Tsppantown,
was in town a short time Tuesday.
Oeo. Hillinrd, of New York, wns
in town this week persiimnbly look
ing after tho interests of his rail-
Iron d.
A number of years ngo when John
Biddis was District Attorney of Pike
and John Nyco jr. just starting out
on his legal career there was ft col
ored gent fried here for the larceny
of a couple of chickens. John Nyce
defended the Accused who wns nc
quitted. Tho Milford Dispatch nt
tho time commenting on the expense
of tho trial suggested that it, would
bo cheaper for the oonnty hereafter
in similar cases to buy a few chick
ens for tho prosecutors.
LTn5lo Ooorgo Hafner is again em
ployed at the Vandermnrk Hotel.
Tho entertainment and lecture nt
the M. E. church Tuesday evening
was well attended. The singing
school id well.
When doing nnytliing do it np in
stylo. I heard of n certain lady (not
overly young) residing in a near by
town, who worked for several dnys
getting up a surprise party. The
'evening arrived, she had two tennis
engaged to take the snrprisers.
When behold : one wagon had five
nnd the other three passengers, (let
up another !
People should keep their faces
straight and not laugh when a young
lady hns another feller.
Hereafter it is "your honor" Jus-
tiee of the Pence Ranillo D. Snvro.
Illrrll!, ror Brick IIunie 1
Harrison Dead.
General Benjamin Harrison, ex-
Presi'ent, died at his homo in India-
""M's t Wednesday after-
noon after II brief illness nged about
tiS years. He had been in an uncon
scious statu for somo hours be
fore his death and tho end came
quietly and peacefully. Littlo more
than a week ugo he was apparently
in robust health and it seemed that
be had many years of usefulness be
fore him Ilo came of historic stock
and lias himselt .een a promi
nent fiiiuro in the affairs of this
country. Ho was a great man and
his untimely death will bo univer
sally mourned and regretted.
Shoes I Rubbers!! Shoes!!!
Why not patronize homo trade
and go where you can got the; same
shoes for less money at Wolf's Shoe
store in Wells new building, Harford
street. No shop worn stock. All
new goods, Quality way up.
Prices way down. Repairing a
.specialty. Jons WoiJ".
All kinds rubber footwear at re
iluei d prices at Armstrong & Co
hi clotl: uud linoleums lit W. &
Mitchells. tf
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