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VOL. VI.
MILFOJII), PIKE COUNTY. PA.. FRIDAY. MAY 4, 1901.
NO. 25.
THE WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Kogulnr Correspondent.)
Wahihnciton. D. C . Aphii, 29, 1901.
President McKinley loft Washing
ton today on tho longest trip ovr
taken by a President, ol the United
.Staled. The total tlis'n nuo to lie
traveled by Juno 15. when the Pres
idential special is duo to return to
Washington, is 10,581 miles. Prosi
deiit IlnrriBon nearly made as long
a trip in 1891, when ho traveled
9,228 mitos. President McKinley,
-like President Harrison opposes
traveling on Sunday, except in cnses
of absolute necessity, nnd the speciiil
train will be sido-trnckcd every
Sunday during the trip, the schedule
giving the following in order named
as the Sunday stopping plicos : Bun
Antonio, Texas ; Del Monte and Ban
Francisco, Cal. ; Uikano, Wash. ;
Halt Lake City, Utah, nnd Chicago.
Four members of the cabinet. Sec
retaries Hay, Hitchcock an I Wilson
ar.d Postmaster General Smith, left
Washington with the President,
and Secretary Long, who has gone
to visit his dnughtorj in Colorado,
will join him before San Francisco
is reached. One car of the special
train is fitted out as the President's
ofTloe nnd the presence of Secretary
Cortelyon nnd several of the White
House corps of stenographers, will
make it as easy for the President to
transact executive business on the
train an he could in Washington.
But unless something unexpected
turns np, he doesn't expect to give
much time to business. There is no
need for him to do so, as there is
little likelihood of anything having
to be disposed of before his return
that cannot be bandied by the throe
members of tha cabinet, Secretaries
Root and Gage and Attorney Gen
eral Knox, loft in Washington. In
fact, the business of the government
is just now largely routine, both
domestic and outsido.
Mr. L. C. Willis, Mayor of Shel
byvllle, Ky., and a good republican,
who is now in Washington, thinks
the democrats of the state are re
covering from their attack of parti
san delirium. He said t "I think
that dayligh1! is coining for our
political difficulties in Kentucky,
and it will be a source of much
gratification to all of our people.
The acquittal of Capt. Ripley by the
Jury at Frankfort, the hotbed of
agitation ovtr the killing of Goebel,
is a sign that the court and jury are
determined to give the accused man
n fair trial. That is nil that any
body on either side can ask. This
notion probably forecasts the acquit
tal of most of the other suspects
who are yet to be tried. There is
one noticeable difference between
the recent trial and those which
were held last year. The Ripley
Jury were 'drawn out of the wheel,'
as provided in the Kentucky law
but last year Judge Cantnll, when
the panel was exhausted, directed
the bheriff to make up the jury. It
is pretty well understood what kind
of a jury a sheriff will get in such
cases."
Attorney General Kuox will en
deavor to obtain 1750,000 located in
several banks as belonging to Cap
tain O. M. Carter, who is now in
prison for defrauding the govern
ment in connection with the im
provement of the harbor at Savan
nah, Ga., of which he was in
charge.
The visit of the Cuban committee
to Washington has not only bon
pleasant but it has been productive
of much good. The doubts which
the Cubans said they and their fellow-members
of the constitutional
convention bad as to the construc
tion of that clause of the Piatt
amendment in which the right wns
reserved by this government to in
tervene whenever in its judgment it
might become necessary to preiorvo
order in Cuba, was all cleared away
by the explanations made by Presi
dent McKinley and Secretary Root,
nnd they now see the establishing
of naval coaliug stations lu Cuba by
the United States in a much more
favorabie light than they did when
the matter was discussed in the
convention. Those two clauses of
the Piatt amendment are the only
ones that were seriously opitosed by
the couventicn. Members of the
committee have said privately that
they would recommend to the con
vention when they return, which
will be at once, that the I'lutt
amendment be accepted, and have
expressed the pinion that the rec
ommendation will be favorably
acted njxju
Tho Cubans lid a great
d 'lil of talking about the general
desire of tho people of the Island to
obtain reductions in our tariff on
siunr nnd tobacco, even after they
wcro made to fully understand that
thr t'irilT was a question that only
congress could deal with President
McKinley, however, told them Hint
after the Cuban government bad
been oi ganized, be would be pleased
to appoint commissioners to nego
tiate with its representatives, n
commercial reciprocity treaty.
Secretary Hay held quite a recep
tion beforo ho left Washington.
Many of the most prominent mem
bers of the diplomatic corps intend
going to Europe this summer nnd
expect to bo gone before Secretary
Hay returns. Consequently they
called, not only to say goodbye nnd
express their good wishes, but to
incidentally put in a word on diplo
matic matters Secretary Hiy
stated that ho had secured the views
of a sufficient number of Senators
to justify the belief that a new
Isthmian canal treaty can bo nego
tiated with Great Britain that will
be ratified by the Somite. It is ex
pected that the now treaty will bo
ready by t lie, time Congress assem
bles. An Arrest for Murder.
Early last .Sunday morning a
rumor was itfloat on our streets that
a murder had been committed at
Pond Eddy nnd the facts were
awaited with considerable interest.
It has developed that one, James
Norton, who for some three weeks
has been working in a quarry near
that place, was wanted. Ho was a
gonial companion, more than or
dinarily intelligent, nnd won many
friends nm jug tho quarrymen. Last
Saturdny two New York detectives
arrived and, securing tho services
of Constable Bog-art, went to the
quarry where Norton worked.
There they talked with the foreman
nnd the man, noting their glances,
apparently became suspicious nnd
suddenly ns an opportunity present
ed took to the woods nnd nlthongh
pursued eluded his would-be captors
nnd escaped.
The detectives sent a telegram
to Constable Kelly to arrest and
hold a man named James Torpey,
alias Norton, alias Conway, nnd ac
cordingly Kelly arrested him at
Lackawaxcn Sunday night. It is
said Torpey years ngo resided nt
Lackawnxen and was a boatman ou
tho P. & H. cannl.
The alleged crime for which the
man is wanted is the murder of one,
Meyer Weisbard, whose dismember
ed body wns found off Now York
harbor last January.
JOHN KENDRICK BA.NQ3.
Funniest Flight or Fancy of
the
Famous Humorist, the
Skicycle. .
The most eccentric humorist of
the day will revive his famous
"Jimmieboy Stories" in next Sun
day's great Pliiladelphia Press, May
5tb. The Voyage of Jimmieboy on
his "Skicycle" is tola with a snap
and humor that is inimitable.
Among other things there nre some
thoughts on riding a bicycle over a
lawn mower; rheumatic tires; the
Christopher Columbus nmoug skibi
cycles ; the danger of puncturing on
church steeples, etc. This story
will be one of the interesting
features of next Sunday's Press. It
will be well to order your copy
from your newsdealer in advance.
Public Telephones.
Public telephones will soon be in
stalled on street corners in New
Haven. They will somewhat .re
semble fire boxes. Ou each of the
four sides is the well known blue
bell, Tha box is ordinarily locked,
but is opened by dropping a coin
in a slot. When the door is open
the pTocess of obtaining telephonic
connection is the same ns nt any
public pay station, tho telephone
list being hung against the door
When tho receiver is hung up tho
door shuts automatically.
' Beal Estate Transfers.
John II. Sheen to Win. II. Crane,
lot 8oo, Matamoras. Consideration
fl.
Wm. II. Crane to Kate Sheen, same
lot. Consideration t.
Many persons have had the exper
ience of Mr. Peter Sherman, of North
Stratford, N. 11., who says, "for
I suffered torture from chronic in
digestion but kodol dyspepsia cure
madb a well man of me." It digests
what you eat and is a certain cure
for dyspepsia and every form
stomiie- trouble. It eives rt lief at I
oneeven in the worst wises, andcau't
help but do you good.
PERSONALS
Mis Blanch Bidlack Is Riiending
sntno time In Washington, D. C.
Peter Rudolph Fickell, author of
"Chaiity Buns," is visiting his fam
ily In town.
W.- S. Van Auken, constable of
Lehman, was in town Wednesday
on business.
Miss Mary Mitchell bns been in the
city this week replenishing her stock
of millinery.
Geo. Youngs nnd wife of Port
Jervis visited tho hitter's parents
hero last Sunday.
Mis. Helen Heller, nfter spending
the winter in NowYork, returned
to Milford Monday.
Mr. Rngot.'of New York is spend
ing a couple of works on his farm
in Milford township.
Wm. H. Armstrong, Esq., is hav
ing his bouse on Broad street re
painted by Geo. Slawson.
Mrs. Geo. W. (lark of Port Jervis
visited her father's, Rtisling Do
wit t's, family n day recently.
Mrs. John 0. Watson and son are
making n visit of several weeks
with her mother nt Dover, N. J.
Mrs. Emilino Biddis nnd daughter,
Mrs. John W. Lyon, of Port Jervis,
visited Aunt Fan a day this week.
Oliver Emery of Washington, D.
P., and Fniuk Emery of Now York
visiteil their parents a few days
this week.
Mrs. W. V. Hillinrd and son, who
have spent the winter in Now York,
are domiciled at tnelr Home on
Broad street.
Mrs. J. H. Van Etton, nfter a two
months' visit with hor motner nnd
sister at Lynchburg, Va., returned
to Milford Monday.
J. H. Norton, of New York, an ex
pert in golf matters, came up this
week and laid out the links on the
driving park grounds.
Arthur N. Roe nnd wife of
Brnnchvillo, N. J., were guests nt
the home of ex-Prothonotary John
C. Westbrook over last Sunday.
Miss Mary Maines is home for n
few weeks and will supply the place
of Miss Jennie Pyne in the tolegrnph
office, who goes on a short vacation.
Honry Guy Carleton, a writer of
several plays which hnve been
quite favorites, has been spending
several days at the Centra Square
Hotel.
Julias F. Huntington, who with
his mother- and sister has been
spending a week nt their cottngo on
Ann street, returned to Lnckawnx-
en Tuesday.
President McKinley, with his
party, started on the 10,000 mile
journey across the continent and re
turn Tuesday. The trip will be made
by special train and consume several
weeks.
Mr. Melius, a son-in-law of the
venerable Wm. McCarty of this
town, who resides at Bridgeport,
Ct., will ngain spend the summer
here with his family occupying the
cottage just, below the Snwkill
House.
Ebenozer Warner celebrated his
eighty-second birthday' Monday.
He is more sprightly than many
men who do not carry by a score his
years and bids fair, in which hope
his many friends join, to see far into
the twentieth century.
Frank Emery, of New York, made
a brief visit with his parents this
week. His mother, Mrs. Nathan
Emery, Jr., who lias for sometime
been quite ill with heart disease,
does not materially improve and her
condition gives her friends consider
able disquiet.
Lieutenant Bonnifon, now station
ed at League Island navy yard, and
who wns ou the gunboat Marietta
which accompaniedthe Oregon on
her trip around the Horn on her
way to Santiago, visited at The An
chorage this week. He has the dis
tinction of being tho youngest of
his class in the service.
Unclaimed Letters
List of unclaimed letters remain
ing in the post olllce at Milford for
the week ending May 4, 1901 :
Mr. T Noble, C. T. W. Villiams,
William II. Hawu 2, Noah A. Polk,
G. E. Messick.
Persons claiming the above will
please say "Advertised" and give
date of this list.
Chaklks Lattimork, P. M.
Chase & Sanborn's Old Homestead
jj 1 Java coffee at Armstrong & Co.
All varieties Thorburn's reliable
garden seeds in bulk at Mitchell's,
THE PLAIN TRUTH.
A great deal has been written re
garding the decadence of the church,
and it has become the fashion to
charge the fuilure of the churches
to Increase their membership to the
tnnbillty of the clergy to maintain
interest in religions exercises. In n
recent address by the Rev. George
Edwnr'd Reed, president of Dickin
son Collogn, he recalled the fact that
in the npostolio days, to which the
critics of the church are so fond of
referring, there wns great force in
the power of the laity in matters
ecclesiastical. President Reed
thought he detected a tendency in
this ngo townrd vastly increased
activity in church matters on tho
pnrt nf the laymen. This leads to
the thought that bo has struck nt
the heart of the matter. While the
lnity have boon finding fault with
the clergy, the real difficulty has
been that the former have not ral
lied to the support of their chosen
leaders ns they have done in times
gone by. No clergyman can bo ef
ficient iti the pulpit without the
hearty, earnest, nnd nnreniitting
support of the congregation. It is
too often the fact that the apathy
of the congregation has more to do
with the decadence of a church than
the shortcomings of tho man in the
pulpit. Many a weak churoh has
been made strong by the leadership
of n powerful executive bond in the
congregation, nnd many a strong
church with a minister of ability in
the pulpit has failed because the
congregation was weakened by
worldliness or destroyed by dissen
sions. Leie'i Weekly.
No newspaper In the United
Status, nnd probably none in the
world, has ever included in its list
of editors a greater number of dis
tinguished men than the New York
Tribune, which has just celebrated
its sixtieth anniversary. Tha list
recalls some of the most eminent
Americans, and includes Bayard
Taylor, Horace Groeley, Charles A.
Dana, John Hay, Henry J. Ray
mond, Whitelnw Reld nnd George
W. Curtis. Great as was the
Tribune while Horace Greeley was
its presiding genius, covering a
period of nearly thirty years, it was
then not more influential nnd was
certainly far less profitable to its
owners than it bns been in later
years. For twenty-nine years it
has been under the editorship and
control of the Hon. Whttolaw Reid,
and he has givon to it a power, a
strength, and financial success far
beyond the expectations of even
Horace Greeley himself. The
Tribune occupies a field of Its own
in New York journalism. It is con
servative in all things, even in its
political views. Unfalteringly Re
publican, it deals justly and fairly
with every publio question, nnd is
hardly less sparing of offenders in
its own party than of those in the
ranks of the enemy. It in scholarly
in its edityirials, accurate in its
news, intelligent in its interpreta
tion of pub'ic opinion, and it there
fore runs on the most even keel of
any newspaper in the great metrop
olis. It is a tributo to the good
sense and discriminating judgment
of the reading publio that, while
the Tribune in the midst of all sorts
of rivnlry from cheap and sensation
al journals, has rigidly maintained
its price of three conts a copy, it
has CO: tinned to increase its circu
lation, to strengthen its influence,
and to add to its great success. It
would be unjust if the crodit for
this remarkakable achievement
were not given to Mr. Roid, to
whose painstaking care and journal,
istio genius the credit is solely due
Leslie's M'eekly.
It is said to be settled beyond
doubt that the railroid from Ellen
ville to Kingston, N. Y., will be
built at an early date. Then after
the Stroudsburg-Bushkill road, now
in course of construction, is com
pleted, only two short links, from
Port Jervis to Bushkill, and from
Stroudsburg to Sayloraburg, will be
necessary to have a short through
route from the eastern states soutb.
That this will be an accomplished
fact within a few years there can
hardly be a reasonable doubt.
Now is the time when croup and
lung troubles prove rupidly 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
quickly cure coughs, colds and al
lung diseases. It will prevent con
sumption. ,
BRIEF MENTION.
The first genuine thunder shower
of the season piiRsed over town yes
terday nfternoon.
The Hotel Fanchero hns boon
newly pnintod by Erne6t C. Wood
nnd his assistants.
A roomy porch is being attached
to the house occupied by W. V.
Hilliard on lower Broad street.
Katie Stout of Monroe county is
a bride nt the nge of 13 yenrs, nnd
said to be the youngest in the state.
The will of the late William Wool-
eock, probated this week, devises all
estate to his wife and nnnies her sole
executrix.
Tho Snyder bill to prevent the
coloring of oleomargarine to Imitate
butter passed the Honso by a large
majority Tuesday.
The members of the family of
George Perns in Milford township,
who have been affected with diph
theria, are recovering.
A Jersey City boy swallowed n
dynamite cartridge. His parents
will be pretty apt to treat him gent
ly for some time to come.
Grading and clenring np has been
m progress during the past week on
the Pincbot homestoal lot corner
Brond nnd Harford streets.
Two barrels good roasted Rio
coffee 12! cts. per ll. ; one barrel
Maracnibo and Mocha mixture ronst-
ed 18 cts. per ll. nt, W. & G. Mitch
ell's. William Holbert, for many yenrs
a town charge, died nt the home of
Sam Rosier, where be resided, enrly
Wednesday morning. Death was
due to dropsy.
Samuol Johnson, ex-Snrrognto
of Sussex county, a prominent busi
ness man nnd highly respected citi
zen of Nowton, N. J., is dead at the
age of 68 years.
Lister's standard fertilizers nt
Mitchell's.
Representative J. B. Westbrook
did a commendable act in voting for
the Snyder anti oleomargonne bill
and deserves the thanks of tho farm,
era of the state.
Profossor Thomns Conrad Porter,
D. D., LL. D., for a number of years
profossor of botany nnd zoology in
Lafayette college nt Easton, is (lend
nt the nge of 79 years.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Milford water com
pany is advertised to be held at the
office of C. W. Bull, Esq., Monday,
May 6, between the hours of 8 and 9
p. m.
Judge Archbnld has appointed E.
R. W. Searle, Esq., of Susquehanna,
as the clerk of the new Federal court
for the middle district of Pennsyl
vania. He will in future reside at
Scranton.
Tho borough will be without a
justice of the peace for two days.
The commission ot William Ang'e
expires May 4th and that of Frank
Schorr, justice-elect, does not begin
until May 6th.
The gates of the Pan-American
grounds will be opon on Sundays
from 1 p. m. until 11 p. in. but the
Midway and all amusement features
will be closed from Saturday night
until Monday morning.
The peach crop in Sussex, Warren,
Somerset and Huntington counties,
Now Jersey, promises to be unusual
ly large this year. There is not the
usual number of buds on the trees
but sufficient to produce a large
yield.
Eiigene A. Dorflinger, station
agent at White Mills, Pa., was kill
ed last Saturday at that place by
falling under an Erio train. Both
legs were severed from the bo y,
and he lived only a few moments
nfter tho accident.
It is uow an offence in this state
punishable by fine or imprisonment
to use certain coloring matters or
preservatives in milk or cream which
is exposed for sale. Such substances
as salicylio acid, formal delheydo
and boracio acid are included.
The standing committee on sys
tematio beneficence at the recent
meeting of Hudson Presbytery re
ported as to the Milford church :
Additions past year, 3; member.
ship, 118; total beneficence, 182;
average per member, 11.54: ex
penaes, $1120.
There are a good many things ill
timed in this out-of-joint world.
Here, for instance, is a drop of 75
cents per ton in the price of coal
just as the robins are preparing to
nest. How much nun a timely it
would huve been when the mercury
wns hovering around zero.
ET TU, BIXT0 !
Truly, Libei ty is betrayed in the
house of its friends 1 The disheart
ening announcement is made from
Springfield, Mass., too, of nil places I
that Benor Sixto Lopez Is going
homo to the Philippines, to join
Agtiinnldo in accepting American
sovereignty and in working for a
universal ncceptanco thereof by his
countrymen. Surely, if Freedom
shrieked when Kosciusko fell, she
must have thrown nt lenst thirteen
consecutive nnd tumultuous fits
when that ill news washenrd. Sixto
Lopez recreant to the sacred cause1
of Tagal hoadebopping I Why, he
has been supposed tr.be carrying the
very palladium of liberty about in
his trousers pocket. Delgndo might
yield, nnd Aguinaldo himself bow
the knee to the invader, but Sixto
Lopez would remain faithful among
the faithless, nnd from tho exposed
nnd perilous outposts of Springfield
and the Back Bay would continue to
hurl documentary defiance nt the
foes of freedom.
And now he takes a trnin for the
Pacific Const, on his way home, nnd
stops off nt Springfield between trains
to iinnonnco to bis friends his deser
tion of tho sacred cause quite ns
one might hapiien in to remark cas
ually that tho sun had censed to
shino. In fact, the sun must have
censed to shine in Springfield, nnd
over a part of tho Back Bay. And
the fervor of tho Aladdin oven is
abated, nnd the sound of tho Gnrri
sonian lyre is stilled. Et tn, Sixto !
This was the most unkindest cut of
nil. Now lot Erving Winslow seek
solace in Ibson, and Ernest Crosby
turn to Tolstoi for surcenso from
sorrow. Alas ! Likowise, alack !
Also, eheu ! Moreover, woe is me !
By the same token, well a-day 1
Let us flee unto the Mountains of
Hepsidam, where the lion roareth
nnd the whang-doodlo tnourneth for
her firstborn !
But ns for Sixto Lopez, like Ills
friend Aguinaldo, be seems to be af
ter nil amenable to reason and able
to see a groat light when it shines
upon him. Wherefore he is to be
congratulated on getting out of the
anti-imperialist galley. New York
Tribune.
Its Fame Has Spread.
Thnt our driving park has already
become known to the sporting fra
ternity, and as an indication that it
will become a famous resort for those
who wish to work their speedy ani
mnls on the dead quiet so as to sur
prise competitors when the time
comes to exhibit their speed to the
public and scoop those who have not
been so wnry, we clip the following
fronfthealways reliable Oazete which
says, "The old time but always up-to-date
sportsman, Dr. Thad. Mead,
who is developing the 'fast un, Star
Pointer,' this season, doesn't mean
to let the boys know exactly what be
Is doing nnd Monday morning he
worked out Star Pointer on the new
Milford track. The boys are on to
him, however." That means we as
sume mat the whole 1'ort Jervis
sporting fraternity will soon be steal
ing down here in the early morning
hours to work out their flyers.
Won't it pay some one to open a
booth for the sale of soft drinks down
there? 1 he chicken house might be
utilized at present for that purpose.
Pan-American Stamps.
The new Pan-Americnn stamps
of denominations from 1 to 10 cents
have been issued. The one-cent is
green and has a steamship engraved
on it entitled "Fast Lake Naviga
tion ;" the two-cent is salmon pink
with a locomotive representing
"Fast Express;" the four-cent a
chocolate brown with an automobile ;
tho five-cent has ou it a picture of
the suspension bridge at Niagara
Falls printed in marine blue; the
eight-cent is er.graved with the
canal locks at Sault Ste. Marie and
is seal brown ; the ten-cent, of a
light brown color, and has on an
icean stenmer entitled "Fast Ocean
Navigation." They are in size some,
what smaller than the ordinary
postage stamp.
Milford Hand Laundry.
" The undersigned has opened a
laundry on Ceutre Square Milford,
Pa., in tho store room formerly oc
cupied by Goo. Daumau, and will do
all kinds of work pertaining to the
business with promptness and in a
neat careful manner. A share of
the publio patronago is respectfully
solicited John L. Gouklay.
Five chests young Hyson tea 60c
tt... worth 75c, at W. fc G. Mitch
ell's.
THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS.
Always a calm after a storm.
Mrs. William Wooloook is im
proving, and so is the condition of
Philip Steele.
Joe West Is still very 111 nt the
home of Chrissie Bull with pnon
mouin.
Willam Beck wears a broad smile.
Cause a young son arrived at bis
home early Sunday morning.
Ad Lambert is ill at her mother's
home on Mott street. She is afflict
ed with pleurisy
Miss Almeda Boyd has closed her
term of school at Dark Swamp.
Work on the race track is pro
gressing finely.
John Kurtz Is unfortunate Ten
yenrs ngo while employed by James
Heller he broke bis left log. Three
years ngo he wns kicked In the faee
by a horse, and now he has had bis
right log broken in n runaway.
This town should be proud of its
fire department. On the slightest
alarm the boys drop everything and
run, even if their services nre not
needed.
Last week's Diyxttrh condemns
the villnge lockup and calls it ft
coop. 1 should call it a mighty
poor hen coop, and not even fit for
n dog kennel.
Chauncey Watson will occupy the
barn of John Kipp horeaftor.
Jake Vn Tassoll now drives a
team of spotted horses.
John Thornton expects several
new carriages within a few days.
Gumble Bros new ferry scow has
arrived and is now moored in the
eddy.
George Gregory is making friends
so as to have no enemies in August
when the democratio primary is
held. Ho wants to be sheriff of
little Pike.
OBITUARY.
DAVID BOVD.
After an illness of considerable
duration Mr. Boyd died at the borne
of his son-in-law, W. L. Boyd, on
Broad street early Sunday mornhig,
April 28, of paralysis. He was
born June 10, 1823, near Stockholm,
Sussex county, N. J., and came to
Pike county about thirty years ago,
since which time he has engaged in
farming in this vicinity. His es
timable wife died about ten years
ago and be then retired from active
pursuits and came to live here. He
was a good citizen, of a quiet dispo
sition, attending strictly to his own
affairs and by his conduct and de
meanor won many friends.
He is survived by two daughters,
Jennie, wife of W. L Boyd, and
Lucinda, wife of Henry Ludwig,
both of this borough, nnd one sister,
Mrs. Margaret Garretson of Bath,
N. Y.
The funeral, conducted by Rev. C.
E. Soudder of the M. E. church,
was held Tuesday afternoon and
the intornient was in Milford cem
etery. .
Conservation of Forests.
The forestry division of the de
partment of agrioulture is engaged
in drafting a working plan looking
to the conservation of timber on a
tract of 300,000 a area in Maine be
longing to a private corporation. It
is part of a general policy to be in
augurated by the department for
the conservation of timber land
throughout the United States to se
cure a perpetual crop of timber in
the areas under consideration. The
private concern will pay all the ex
pense of the work except the salaries
of the government experts, who are
directed by Professor Gifford Pin
chot. NOTICE
The Stockholders of the company
for erecting a bridge over the river
Delaware near the town of Milford
are hereby notified that an election
will be held at the office of the Sec
retary, Brown's building, in the
Borongh on May 6, being the first
Monday, at 2 o'clock p. m. to choose
one president, six managers, one
treasurer, and such other officers as
they may think necessary to con
duct the business ot tho said com
pany for one year, to be chosen by
a majority of votoa of said stock
holders, by ballot delivered in per
son or proxy duly authorized.
By order of the board.
J. H. Van Ettem, Sec'y.
WANTED a tenant for the house
on Foster Hill, near town. Apply to
Tobias Nelson, Brookside Villa, Mil
ford, Pa. to3