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milfokd, pike county, pa., Friday, jamjahy 20, iooj.
NO. 13.
THE WASHINGTON LETTER.
No sooner la one anti-Roosevelt
ghost laid than another pups op.
Tliig time It is "fur out west," where
certain business interests, alleged to
be railroads, are spreading a "propa
ganda" of opposition to the President.
The report Is that after a meeting of
railway officials In Chicago word has
been passed along the lines. Probably
this propaganda Is a enrnard, like
most of the rest. As Senator IV-pew,
of New York, who represents the
Vanderbilt interests, denies all
knowledge of oposition to the build
ing of the Panama canal on the part
of railway interests, so, too, he knows
of no such opposition to President
Iloosevelt. The republicans editors
of Missouri have sent ft cheering
message to the White House that
they are a unit for the renomination
of Its occupant. The republican
members of congress from Pennsyl
vania, say all the delegates from their
state will vote at Chicago for Presi
dent Iloosevelt. Nebraska has sent
word that she wants Mr. Roosevelt
for President and John L. Webster
for Vice President. On the 20th
Inst the delegates to the National
Hoard of Trade called upon the
President. The Panama treaty is
likely to he adopted without the
amendments, as the President disap
proves of them and wauls the w hole
matter settled as soon as possible,
lie will select for one of the canal
commissioners, Mr. Isham Randolph,
chief engineer of the Chicago drainage
board.
A vigorous and powerful speech
was made on the 20th Inst by Senator
Piatt of Conn., in defence 01 the
President's action in Panama. He
claimed that if warships and marines
had not been sent to Panama when
they were, to protect the lives of
Americans from the threatened mas
saert. by the soldiers of Colombia, the
whole American people would have
protested without a dissenting voice.
He denied there had been any inter
vention or collusion on the part of
the Government. He asserted that
the President had the right, treaty or
no treaty, to send even the army
Into Panama if its presence ' was
needed, the same as American sol
diers were sent to China to rescue the
American legation at Pekin. The
same afternoon Senator Morgan made
an earnest speech in favor of his bill
providing for the annexation of
Panama and authorizing the Presi
dent to pay a lump sum for the
pacification of Colombia. Senator
Hale concurs.
The burial of another congressman
during the week recalls the existence
of a crying evil in the matter of
congressional funerals, which both
parties are responsible for and ought
to combine to eradicate. Whenever
a member dies the "etiquette" which
congress has established requires that
a large committee of ten to twentyfl ve
from both houses be appointed to
escort the body home; that one or
more Pullman sleepers shall bi char
tered by the government; that they
shall be stocked with all sorts of food
And drink and that the committee
and their friends shall go for a week
more or less upon the Junket. These
funerals cost from $5,000 to $25,000
each. The champagnes are of the
rarest brand and the cigars furnished
cost 50 to $1 a piece and each w ith
its aroma is enclosed in a separate
viol. On many occasions some mem
bers of the committee have become so
intoxicated as not to be able to attend
the funeral. Can such a disgraceful
custom be terminated too soon?
A plan lias been proposed in con
gress for the employment of retired
army officers. At present they are
occupied, on full pay, as pall-bearers,
guests at teas and card devotees at
clubs. Congress will be requested to
order 250 of them to recruiting sta
tions, to service In connection with
state militia, and upon courts uiul' tiul
una !ii-.:-.'ry. Ti.U, if accomplioU-d,
v,iil relieve . an equal number of
oiln'crs on the active list and permit
thiol to attend .strictly to military
i ;:
(Iridium m II, Inventor of the tele
phone, will arrive here to day with
the Ikk'v of James Hinitlison, pl.iliin
t h ro .i-,t, transferred from its relin
1 laee in o!ioH, t ) the .''iiiiih-oniau
"ro!n:!s n this city. Natural s .:i of
the Duke of Northumberland, and
t!o:s cut oiT from his an -hieratic
oleic-, -tioi:S, lie dcliU-ln'.i !)' c!lu..' t .
!iie of S' l.oL.r, phi!'.-,) u-r, phihin
tl.mpist. lii the l:.-v.hdiii.Hiy Vr
be o; .ore J his countrymen and s. lit
H C'.UC ill! loiter t I I eoll:ill 1'flVV
!. I .. s e! !! 1 7 (, 1' fe-o!
command during the battle of Hunker
Hill. Smithson gave half a million
dollars to found the Smithsonian
Institution in Washington, prophesy
ing that (he results of the gift would
bring him the fume he coveted,
"after the Northumberland are for
gotten." It is hoped that the scien
tist and scholar will not be given an
unfamiliar seat on horseback, In the
statue they are to erect on the Smith
sonian Grounds In this city.
The National Hoaad of Trade, In
session In Washington, asks congress
to discontinue the coinage of silver
dollars, and to direct the Treasury
to exchange gold for them when
presented; to provide for a merchant
marine; to adopt the metric cystem;
to provide for a parcels post; to
reduce letter postage to one cent; and
to protect the Aug from being used
for advertising purposes.
During Senator Piatt's speech in
vindication of the President on the
21st Inst., Miss Alice Roosevelt was
an interested listener in the reserved
gallery. She wore a costume of rich
brown satin, deml-traln; nouave
jacket of the same with elbow sleeves
from which fell to the wrist a very
full puff of lace; white gloves. Her
hat was of shirred crrpe to match the
dress with a very wide brim the edge
ornamented with a band of brown
ostrich pinnies. ('e and muff of
white fox fur.
A grand reception in honor of the
Judiciary was given at the White
House Thursday evening the 21st
Inst. The diplomats In full uniform,
were first received, and then the
Chief Justice and his wife. The
procession began to move about 9
o'clock, p. m. Thousands were in
line. Mrs. Iloosevelt, Mrs. Fuller,
Mrs. Knox, and other ladies wore
white satin. Mrs. John W. Foster
has entertained her friends at a
luncheon. Lieut. Fortescue, nephew
of tho President by marringe, has
entertained at the White House the
military aides on duty there.
Rambling Thoughts
Every truth of science has com-
fort in it for the thinker ; in fact,
who get real comfort out of life
except those who think? A Boratch
on a rock witl ory aloui-that ages
before a glaeier forced its burden of
loose stones and its own vast bulk
of ice forward, slowly and surely
and with irresistible force. Today
ice may not be within a thousand
miles of the place, hut we know it
was once there ; the scratch on the
rock tells the tale. The ripple-mark
on the sandstone tells of the son
The footprints of animals in the
rocks of the Connecticut river, tell
of tides and mud flats over whlyh
oreatures roamed when the'' tides
were out. .. Those are among the
positive things of scienoe. But
whence the comfort? If the world
be but a tomb of past life and en
deavor in the physical sphere, and
its features but epitaphs of things
that have been, can we not believe
In the moral world also there is a
great preservative' influence at
work, marking down tuiperishably
the record of all things, that nothing
be lost? Our effort is eqnally endur
ing. It has its influeuce, and ootu
bined with other efforts it makes
the world. As uroly at the rocks
tell the tale of the past, so surely
does the complex story of human
life carry its own' reoords of past
endeavors Those records are not
like the fossils that enn be seen and
bandied, yet the present state of
progress Is itself made up of the
unweigbable. unseeable influences
of men and women of faith who did
in a little sphere the thing that
ought to be done. If we Lave faith
to believe thiu and faith hardly ia
necessary ; for we see it then our
faith ought to bring borne the belief
that no honest purpose can ever
foil of results though those results
may never be seen by the eyes of
the ciio carrying out the purpose
faithfully.
TOR SALE A Knabe Piano, good
condition. Easy payments. Ap
ply Dll. IiK Pl.AssK collage. Also
bupfty and two seated wni'o'i, best
wake.
A Very (lode full
"1 Mucked to my engine, Billion
every j.unt aeto-l and every ncr
was racked vitli pain," w rit, s
V. Bellamy, a locomotive lacm;
of r'virhnjrtrm, Iowa ! was we
hi.d without any sj petite a
k'.l rim down. As I was about
pwa i;i, 1 a tot Uo of Meet
i i. .;!.!.-, mid after I ..kin it, I felt
i well s 1 ever i in :ny ln'n." We
siel-.'y, lUU te'tt n 1-. o-pie a I vMI y S to
' new !.:, t.irei, ei ami vior ti.
Iiom t; i - 'i y them, f .t
-ft K'e.eo i .1 ty all (Jm, ye
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL NOTES
Frank Rosnncrnns of Delaware
was in town Tuesday.
Dudley Ilyman tins bpen spending
the week In Newark and Now York.
Henry Duwitt, Esq., of Lacka
wanen transacted business here a
day this week.
Hon. George S. Purdy dined the
older members of the Wayne oounty
bnr Inst Friday evening.
Hon. D, J. Martin and Theodore
Simonson, Ksq., of Newton were in
town the latter part of last week.
J. II. Thompson, Esq , of Hawloy,
was here a few days ago as a witness
to the will of Charles Higgins,
lately deceased.
County Commissioner P. M. Nilis
spent the first of the weok at Haw
ley superintending the building of an
inter county wall along the Paupno
creek.
Misses Ann and Alice Baker, who
have been spending a few weeks
visiting friends in New York and
Philadelphia, returned home this
week.
Will Locate Here
Dr. Wm. J. Davis has decided to
locate at Mllford, Pa., and will go
there February 1st. He visited that
village Inst week and was so well
pleased with the opening that he
decided to practice in that village
Milford is a village of 1,100 inhabit
ants, situated In Pike county on the
Delaware river, eleven miles south
of Port Jervis and is a very popular
summer resort. Dr. Davis is a
graduote of the College of Physi
cians and Surgeons of New York,
one of the best medical schools in
this country, and for the past year
has been house physician in the Ger
man Hospital, Brooklyn. The oiti-
zensof Milford are to be congratulat
ed upon having with thorn, a physi
cian of such ability and excellent
character. "The Ensign," Living
ston Manor, N. Y.
Trick With a Penny -To
pierce a pinny with a fine
sewing needle does not at first seem
an easy thing to do. But it la really
very simple when done in the fol
lowing manner : Stick the needle
lengthwise through a cork, allowing
the point to project a little. If the
needle is longer than the cork, out
oft the head with nippers. Pl.ioe
the penny and cork on a soft board
and hit the cork sharply with a
hammer. The needle is kept by
this from slipping aside, and as it is
harder than the copper tho coin is
easily perforated even by the finest
point. '
A Nico Dessert
Bales de pomme is a favorite Sun
day dessert with the French in the
country, and it is mereiy thin slices
of apple put into a large spoonful of
batter and then both apple and batter
are dropped into hot fut and fried
after the fashion of doughnuts. Care
should be taken, however, that the
piece of apple is Well coveied .with
the batter and that the fut is ex
ceedingly hot. As soon as all are
nicely browned they are removed
from the fat on a fork which allows
the grease to drip from them a little.
Sprinkle with sugar and serve at
once.
cli-p?o of the Sua
The next total eclipse of the sun is
to be expected June K, 1918, visible
along a narrow line extending from
Oregon to Florida. In l'J23 Southern
California and Mexico will lie favor
ed.' Two years litter another is
ticheuuied along a route from North
Dakota to Muine. In 1932 there
should be one starting in the Arctic
regions and emerging near Portland,
Maine. These are the only total
eclipses which will occur in this
country for thi next half century. '
If yon want foUU-rs for leap year
partie or datura, Thk Phkss has
handsome ones at an easy price.
Just remember wo do liny kind of
pi inting from a larire post r down to
a beautifully engraved card, and at
reasonable rules. Will be glad to
b.ive orders for vendue bills.
David K.t phokoHkimokert eonuh
lias just been appointed a post muster
ill Hawaii. lie is tailed this for
slioit and Vll'i'il signing telegrams.
Ills full native name is used only on
state ixvioiioiis.
For a bad tasto in tho mouth take
: ii few doses of l imniberhiiif "a tMoni- j
jaeh and Liver Tabids Price 'iat. j
' Warranted to cure. For aula t.v
1 .deli V is mi, liU'diiioi.n, and t( 11
.'e.e.il More in i'ite county.
FRESHLY COINED APHORISMS
Borne Newly Coined Sayings Which
are Bright, Pertinent and
Instructive
Dr. Morgan, pastor of the church
st Nortbfield, that of tho late Rov.
Dwight Moody, has been preaching
a series of sermons in Philadelphia,
to large audionoes which were cap
tivated by his striking personality
and theentnntions character of his
oratory. A few random quotations
from several widely differing ad-
:lress38 will illustrate his soyings.
"If the Christian Church were to
realize herself, she could clean up
the country within a year."
The Bible begins with a garden
and ends with a city ; that is the
divine order."
"The work of the church is to
dictate terms of righteousness to the
oily."
"The oivio life of this country will
be purified only by the church ; but
the church will never have power
until she frees herself from partisan
politics and stands for God alone."
"I do not understand your Ameri
can political parties ; they are like
the peace of God, ' Which passes
understanding." 1
Think what the church could do
at some municipal election if she
stood sqnnrcly for righteousness."
riiiiiinii v has gone back 'to
power in Mew YoiK heoause the
church wins a viotory and then goes
to sleep. Tummany never goes to
sleep."
The press of America does a
groat deal more for Christianity
than the press of England."
God's ideal for the child is that
it sholl play Notice, I said 'play,'
not) 'pray'."
"The true system of education is
boys and girls' not boys alone, or
girls alone, but boys and girls
togother."
"I wonder what children will play
at in the milloulum? I know they
won't play at soldiers. I wish
parents would banish toy soldiers,
and pictures of soldiers, from their
houses."
"My earliest recollections are of
preaching to my sister's dolls. If
you want me to have downright
amusement, give me a congregation
and let me preach to it."
"Salt needs rubbing in. 'Ye are
the salt of the earth.' "
"A child will play itself into
work, and than play at work all his
life. When a man is in the right
place, all work is play A famous
surgeon told me he would walk five
miles any time for the pleasure of
amputating a man's leg."
" 'Train a child up in its own
way,' is a perfectly fair and literal
translation of the old and misquoted
proverb."
"When I want to see a picture of
the millennium I don't go to a
prayer meeting ; I go to a park,
where children are."
"The child is the the test of
public life."
"The tnlllenial city will be com-
polled to clean up Its streets, lest the
health of a little child be harmed."
"Men will not be permitted to
endanger the health of the millen
nial city tor the enriohment of a
corporation."
"Make Philadelphia ready for
children, and it will do very well
for you."
"In the millennial city the streets
will be fit for boys and girls to play
in ; and the city's children will be
fit to play in the streets."
"If you are going to live the
heavenly life on earth you will have
to fight for it."
"When the Church loses her
'other, worldlinesa' she will lose her
ability to touch this world with
power."
"Time writes no wrinkle upon the
brow of the Deity."
"Lovti is not an attribute of the
Deity ; It Is the essence of the Deity
"Uou was love rx-rore man was
made."
"I've often suid that I expected to
preacn up in heaven. Now I am
perfectly sure of it."
"Tho virgin birth, virtuous life,
vicarious death and victorious resur
rection of Jesus," was one allitera-
tivo phrase.
"There is nothing in tho Bible
which is out of harmony with the
esta'iiisned facts of science."
"The tirst chapter of Genesis
barnst.iii.-.ea with the Iut,-st aacer
tamed tacts of seieneo. t here are
but five things of which scientists
an) certain time, foice, iqiace,
matter and motion. All these may
he found In tue urat two verges of
tho Lio!."
"If I. am to choose between
spirituality without intellectuality
or mtelU duality without hjui-.tuali-ty,
1 deli be i nil !y chooe t!,e former."
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS
Born, Monday, to Harry Steele
and wife, a son.
By an explosion in the Harwick
mine near Pittsburg 185 miners lost
their lives.
Snow fell Tuesday to the depth of
about six Inches, and Wednesday
the wind amused itself piling it into
drifts.
Some New York papers are giving
the Erio "rats" because of its
suburban service, which is claimed
to be rather unsatisfactory.
Last Sunday the weather was
intensly cold out in the North West.
In places the thermometer registered
38 below zoro. Blizzards also pre
vailed. The Milford Choral society will
have its first public rehearsal Tnes
diy evening, Feb. 2nd, at Brown's
Hall. General admission 25 cents,
reserved seats fifty oents.
Reports from several counties in
the state say that many quail are
being found frozen to death by the
severe oold. In some places steps
are proposed to restock by propagat
ing western birds.
The will of Charles Higgins, late
of Lnckawnxen, deceased, was
recently admitted to probate. He
gives IjtiO each to his wife, Ellner.
and daughter Mary, and 100 a year
to bis son Charles.
The coroner's jury at ChicRgo in
the case of the Iroquois theatre
disaster has placed the responsibility
on Mayor Harrison and chareos
wilful neglect on the part of the
Department of Building Inspection.
Hon. Homer Greene of Honesdale,
who has been mentioned as a prob
able aspirant for congressional
honors, is out with a letter in which
he disclaims the intention of being
a candidate in the fourteenth dis
trict.
A resolution has been introduced
in the United States Senate to
authorise the oommlttee on privi
leges and elections to oonduot an
investigation into the protest against
Senator Reod Smoot retaining his
seat.
In one township in Wayne county
the sohool directors by comparing
the list of children made by the as
sessor with the school report books
found that 230 pupils were left off
the assessors registry. That town
ship needs one new official at least.
The Hatchet Society of the Pres
byterian church met Tuesday even
ing to decide as to holding the
annual sapper Washington's birth
day. It was agreed to consult the
Ladies Aid Society as to the advisa
bility of uniting with that organiza
tion in thns commemorating the
day.
Daniel F. Winfield, one of the
oldest engineers on the Erie, died at
Middletown last Saturday, He was
born in this place about seventy-six
years ago and was a son of Henry
and Deborah Winfield. He was a
brother to the late Charles Winfield,
formerly a prominent lawyer and at
one time district attorney of Jersey
City.
The snow fall in this state Tuesday
ranged from 6 Inches to 2 feet in
depth. The ioe gorges In Allegheny
and Susquehanna rivers did great
damage. Railroad tracks were sub
merged and trains greatly delayed.
The snow drifts in many places
blocked travel by rail and trains on
the Erie were from 4 to 10 hours
late.
Warren Wilbur of South Bethle-
ham, it ia said, will be a candidate
for Congress in this district, and
that he will have the support of
Hon. Howard Mutchler. It ia freely
predioted, however, that the next
congressional delegation from this
state will contain only one democrat
aud be will not be elected from,
the twenty-sixth district.
Judge Martin in the Philadelphia
courts bus decided in a caae brought
under the (Sunday law that the
agert for a society who buys a cigar
on Sunday in order to secure evi
dence to convict the seller of Ihe
offense prohibited by the act, is not
performing such a work of necessity
as the act permits, and that the
buyer may be couvioted of a viola
tion of the Act of 1794 relating to
worldly employment on Suuday.
lMiut!llu Trotibta
It is exceptional to find a family
where there are uo douiestio rai
tures occasionally, but tbesd can be
lessoned by having Dr. King's Nw
Lita Pill around. Much trouble
they (save by their fieat work iu
stomach and liver tioutles. They
not only relieve you, but euro.
fct all dru otortii.
TOWNSHIP NOMINATIONS
Names of Those from Whom the Citi
en will Select Officials for
the Next Tear
MII.FORD BOROUGH IlKMOCRATIC
Judge Election James H. Heller.
Inspector Stanton Supplee.
Counoilmen D. H. Horubeck,
George Gregory.
Assessor Emil F. Bergot.
Auditor Cbaunoey E. Watson.
Overseer Poor Lorenz Geiger,
School Directors-;-Willlam Drake,
H. E. Emerson, Warren F. Choi.
School Auditor John E. Aimer.
REPUBLICAN
Judge Election James H. Heller.
Inspector Election J. H. Van
Etten.
Counoilmen J.C. Warner, George
Gregory.
Assessor W. T. Struble.
Auditor Dudley Ryman.
Overseer Poor John Detrick.
Sohool Directors William Drake,
P. N. Bournique, J. H. Van Etten.
School Auditor F. L. Gamble.
MILFORD TOWNSHIP PBMOORATIC
Judge Eleotion J. C. Bull.
Inspector Jas. D. Beck. .
Clerk J. C. Bull.
Auditor D. B. Olmsted, H. B.
MoCarty.
Assessor A. J Nyce.
Supervisors C. Herman, Geo.
ft. Bosler.
Overseer Poor J. G. Maier.
REPUBLICAN
Judge Election Samuel Hunt.
Inspector Tobias Nelson.
Clerk J. C Bull.
Anditor Henry MoCarty.
Assessor John A. Watta.
Supervisor Emil Marquardt.
DELAWARE DEMOCRATIC
Judge Election Augustas Mid-
dangh.
Inspector Gilbert C. Crone.
Sohool Directors Thos. M. Brink,
Walter L. Bradley.
Supervisors Daniel Jagger, John
C. Dotey, Charles Martin. John
Schreiber and Frank Stewart, tie
vote.
Overseer Poor David Gunn.
Town Clerk W. H. Layton.
Assessor H. O. Brodhead.
Anditor M. B. McCarty.
REPUBLICAN
Supervisor Joseph Layton.
Sohool Director Calvin Cron,
Assessor Frank Rosenorans.
Judge Election John W. Kilsby.
Inspector Ralph Angle.
GREENE DEMOCRATIC -
Judge Eleotion Chas. J. S'mon.
Inspector Edward Grimm.
Assessor S. J. Dickerson.
Supervisor Patrick O'Conner,
Jesse R, Burrus, William Graser,
Henry Volkline, Christian Puffe.
School Directors Emil Vnllle,
Jr., Eugene H. Butler.
Auditor Chas. E. Brfnk.
Overseer Poor John Brink.
Clerk John Marsch.
REPUBLICAN
Judge Election John R. Gilpin
Inspector William Banks. ,
Assessor Henry Heberling.
Supervisors T. N. Cros-, David
Heberling, Frank Miller, John Buch-
ter, Jasper Dawson.
School Directors Edward Lowe,
A. F. Simons.
Auditor E. B. Cross. "
Overseer Poor J. 11. Gilpin.
Clerk Edgaf Wilson.
BLOOMINO GROVE DEMOCRATIC
Judge Election Sam. Vennie, Jr
Inspector Charles F, Howell.
School Directors John Anderson
John Eckweiler.
Supervisors Dennis De Groat, C.
L. Frank, J. R. Vennie.
Overseer Poor C. L. Frank.
Town Clerk Ruael Lord.
Auditor W. B. Westbrook.
Assessor F. L. Westbrook.
Justice Peace Ed. R. Haaen,
Treasurer C. F. Young.
REPUBLICAN
Inspector Election Clarence O.
Billings.
Supervisor William Hatton.
Clerk John T. Heuniug.
Justice Peace Calvin O. Billings.
Assessor John Kleiuhans.
Auditor Hiram K&ka.
(Contiuued oa tecuu Pae)
"The nicest aud p'.easantest medi
cine I have ned for indigestion and
constipation is Chamberlain's Stom
and Liver Tablets," says Mulurd F.
Craig, of MulJlegrove, N Y. "They
wo.--it like a charm aud do not gnjie
or have fcuy unpleasant effect." For
sal) by Jktlcli rion, Watamoras,
tall general Mores n lk County.
THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS
All the nominations for spring
election have been made. The voter
now oan take his choioe.
The Port Jervis ice bridge went
out in a hnrry last Sunday after
noon. If it was not for the railroad
bridge at Matamoras things would
be more inoonvenient for people on
this side of the river than they were.
Chickens are high but some peo
ples poultry is disappearing myster
iously. William Metz wants to give
fair warning, he says he has no
chickens to loose, and the first
person he finds prowling around his
hen coop will got a warm reception.
J. A. Watts took a sleigh ride to
Jersey last Sunday. He only npset
twice.
Who has lost a little yellow dog
with a black head.
The snow is now a little too deep
in the woods for comfortable getting
around. -
The heating apparatus in the
Episoopal ohurch has received an
overhauling. The boiler was partly
played out.
Talk about the devil and he stands
behind the door listening is an old
saying, and sometimes a very true
one.
Billy BYyan is out. again doing his
utmost, to help elect a republican
president. That gifted orator will
not own up that free silver is a dead
issue, but if the democratic party is
led by the Nebraska statesman to
put a free silver plack in Its
platform next July there wont be
anything left of the demooratio
party after the November election.
Already we hear of candidates in
this oounty for sheriff and at least
three men have been found who are
willing to step into the commission
ers offloe.
Rumor has it that a former mer
chant of this town will try his hand
at farming in the spring. We wish
him success.
Ice Breaks TJp
last Sunday morning the ioe in
the Eist Branch at Hancock begun
to move and gradually broke np
with occasional small gorges until
it reaohed Port Jervis, there it
stopped for awhile on the head of Big
Island below Tri-States and the
water rose rapidly, finally running
around the end of the railroad
bridge. It was for a time feared
that the soene of 1874 might be
reenaoted, but the ice dam soon
broke without doing any damage,
The ice broke up here about half
past eight and moved on but waa
checked at the Zimmerman place in
Delaware and then filled back. The
water rose flooding the road along
the Howell place, in Diogman town
ship, making it impassable. The
onld weather Monday checked 'the
rise in the river and the water
graudally wore a channel through
the pack and receded. It, however,
remains gorged from Milford several
miles down. The river for some
distanoe below Dingmans is clear.
Should there come a sudden thaw
or rain to bring the ice from np the
stream it might make a gorge here
of considerable dimensions, but, of
course, no damage can noma to this
town.
A False Alarm
A party of Port Jervis ladies and
gentlemen who had come to Mata
moras Sunday afternoon to attend a
quiet birthday party of a friend in
the village were apprised in the
midst of their social time that a
gorge had formed in the river and
water was inundating Port Jervis.
Investigation proved the report
of the town being submerged ground
less and the visitors returned to
their social enjoyment. The even
ing was spent in vocal and instru
mental muiiic, and refreshments
were served. S.
Unclaimed Letters
List of unclaimed letters remain
ing in the post office at Milford for
the week ending Jan. 30, 1904 :
Mr. Wicke, Miss Florence Callins,
Miss Myrtle Vanderbilt, M David
Dales, Arthur Head.
Persons claiming the above will
please say "Advertised" and give
date of this list.
Chaklks Lattimoiie, P. M.
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