Pike County Dispatch from Milford, Pennsylvania • 1

MILFORD Subscription $1.50 a Year. AH the News of Town and County and Entertaining Miscellany. Five Cents a Copy. 84th YEAR. MILFORD, PIKE THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1910 NO.

26 DOG POISONER ACTIVE TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS MATTERS AT LAW AND OR H. HUFFMAN FOR SENATOR DROWNING AT HAWLEY Borough Residents Incensed at His Wanton Destruction For several weeks some miserable scoundrel has been poisoning dogs about this village and vicinity and to date it has been variously esti mated that upwards of 15 or 20 dogs have died as the result of poison. In several yards on Harford street large pieces of meat, supposedly sat urated with poison, were found lately but in spite of renewed watchfulness on the part of dog owners and others there is presently np clue as to the identity of the culprit. Likewise the motive actuating his vicious acts is a profound mystery. One night last week a large roast was stolen from the refrigerator at the Sawkill House and it is supposed that the dog poisoner or his colleagues was the thief and used the meat for bis contemptible purpose, as the roast was found near the foot of Harford street.

The poisoning of dogs was the first subject to have the careful consideration of the law and order society and all trust that the reward offered may be the means of detecting the culprit and result in his being given a most liberal dose of prison life. Billings Was Second C. W. Billings of Glen Ridge, who holds his. residence here, where he frequently visits, finished second in the trap shooting cham pionship contest of the New York Athletic Club at Travers Island on Saturday.

His score was 184 out of a possible 200, only 2 points behind Dr. D. L. Culver of Port Jervis, who won first prize. Brink Paid His Fine Henry recently committed for illegal fishing in the Delaware river, announced to Warden Hender shot his willingness to pay his fine, thereby securing his release from the county jail.

When this remaining fine was paid, the state was $1,000 better off than prior to the arrest of these venturesome fishermen. No wonder Warden Hendershot was quite the hero of the meeting of the State officials at Trenton last week. JNottnng lite nis "catch nad ever before been reported at the State capital. New Jersey Herald. Praise for Big Bill Steele Under the caption of "Steele stops Billtown fast set by peerless work," the Altoona, Times of Tuesday, May 10, gives a graphic account of an exciting ball game between ithe Wil-liamsport, team and the Altoona club in which William M.

Steele, a Milford boy, pitched a remarkably good game which resulted in a score of 7-2 in favor of the Altoonas. The Times says Steele got a two bagger and three base hit to his credit against the "Millionaires" five hits in the whole nine innings. We quote the following: "No batsman ever hit the ball harder, on four successive trips to the pannette, than did Bill Steele yesterday. If the Pike county folk keeps acoming be can command regular place for his slugging." mil also pitcned a tine game against Reading on Saturday, striking out 10 men, and winning 10 to 4. A Valuable Decoy Duck Sly Howard Lewis, says the Liber ty Gazette, has a decoy duck, with a submarine string maneuvering at tachment, floating' on his lake near that village, from which he estimates he gets 50 pounds of lead per annum.

This speaks well for the marksman ship of local and visiting sportsmen. Trip of a Houseboat A large canvas roofed houseboat, probably 30 feet long and carrying six men passengers, went down the Delaware river on Sunday afternoon. No particulars could be learned of its starting point or destination. China and Japan Mattings at W. G.

Mitchell's. DER SOCIETY Formed in Milford This Week After Dog Poisoner and Petty Thieves REWARD OF $25 OFFERED About fifty residents of this town, including some dozen ladies, met in the Crissman House parlor Monday evening and organized a law and order society, whose object will lie to put an end, if possible, to the wanton poisoning of dogs, stealing of dickens, petty thieving in general and disturbances of the peace by drutken hoodlums at night. Plans galore were discussed, which terminated in the election of thtfol lowing executive committee J. Van Etten. Norman Harsell, Fiank Crissman, H.

A. Jnillet and H. Ludwig who will devise the renedy for curbing the misdemeanors A subscription paper, circulate at the meeting, resulted in the prrnise of over 1100 when called forbjthe executive committee. Mrs. Harman, Mrs.

Maitlandand Mrs. Harsell volunteered their services as a subscription commttee and will soon canvass the village. Any person in Milford desirin; to become a member of the society will be enrolled upon application toSec-retary Harsell. There is no ittia tion fee or dues exacted all tint is asked is hearty cooperation in furthering the ends of the organizafon. However, if anyone wishes to voun-tarily contribute to the treaury, such assistance will be gladly afure-ciated.

Such a society has long been ned-ed here and it is hoped that theme just formed may grow in strenth, with every assurance of sympatbtic accord on the part of the public, md ultimately abolish the petty criues which have been so aggravaticjly recurrent here in late years, evei if the county jail or the peuiteutary has to be called into requisition. $25.00 Reward Offered The executive committee hole a meeting at the Sawkill House on Tuesday evening and decided to ofer a reward of $25, which "will be piid anyone who furnishes sufficient information to detect and convict my person or persons who place poiion of any kind on any of the streetsor alleys of the Borough of Milford.N Also a liberal reward for infoimafon of any other misdemeanors affecting the health of citizens or safety of their persons or property." Spraying Demonstrations Fred R. Fertig, an orchard in spector and demonstrator in the employ of the State Agricultural Pe-Vartment, will give a demonstration and show the methods of spraying in the orchard of Anthony Stumpf on the Foster Hill road, near Milford, today. May, 19. He will experiment with the Bordeaux-Leade-Arsiwte Mixture.

This will be an opportunity for the farmers and others in this section and all should show sufficient interest in it to be present. Made Fast Auto Trip Richard Nilis, chauffeur for Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer, made a fast trip with the automobile of the Congressman, says the Stroudsburg Record. He left Talbot county, at 9.30 in the morning and arrived in Stroudsburg at 5.30 in the afternoon. He came via Philadelphia, where be picked up his father, Pierre M.

Nilis, and brought him with him. Young Nilis said he had a fine trip and that that the machine did not give him any trouble whatever. Republican Senatorial Candidate W. D. Lewis, esq of Lansford, is the candidate for the Republican nomination for State Senator in this district.

He is a popular member of the Carbon county bar. a COURT HOUSE Transfers of Real Estate Placed on Record for the Week Ending May 18 WILL, LICENSE, BALLOTS. Frances E. Smith to Alpheus Bens-ley, 100 acres in Delaware township. Consideration $000.

Dated Nov. 7, 1904. Moses C. Westbrook et ux. of Lib erty, N.

and John C. Westbrook of Milford to William B. and Fred L. Westbrook, 349 acres (two tracts) in islooming (irove township. Dated April 2, 1910.

John G. Ewert et ux. to William R. Duske et 100 acres in Lacka-waxen township. Consideration $100.

Dated May 5, 1910. James M. Bensley, et ux to Alpheus Bensley, 53 acres (two tracts) in Lehman township. Consideration 8250. Dated April 12, 1907.

James H. Thompson et ux, of Mat- awan, JN. to Baooa Realty tract of land in Lackawaxen township. Consideration $150. Dated March 22, 1910.

Marie Louise Cotterill and hus band to Anna Schanno, the Hotel Schanno property in Dingman township. Consideration $600, etc. Dated April 20, 1910. Emmett L. Parks et ux.

to Anthony F. Ruppel of Weehawken, N. lot in Lincoln Park. Dated July 28, 1909. Charles E.

Genung et ux. of Mata- moras to George B. Van Auken of Dingman's Ferry, 87 i acres in Delaware township. Consideration $800! Dated May 12, 1910. Paul The will of Paul Schanno, late of the Riverside Hotel, near Bushkill, probated last Friday, bequeaths all his property of whatever nature to his wife, Louise E.

Schanno, and names her as executrix. Letters testamentary were granted to her. Commissioners Meet Today The Commissioners will meet to day to let the contract for printing the ballots for the spring primary election on June 4. License Transferred The license of Albert E. Cotterill for a hotel in Dingman township was this week transferred to Miss Anna Schanno.

"Tom Quick, the Indian Slayer" Jesse Hetzel of Stillwater, N. called at the Dispatch office Thursday and showed us a well-worn copy of 'Tom Quick, the Indian Slayer, and the Pioneers of Minisink and Wawar- sink," which was written by James Quinlan and published by DeVoe Quinlan, in Monticello, in 1851. The book is rather small in size as books are published today, but it contains 264 pages of matter of the most inter esting kind. The book is owned by Mrs. Louise Warner, of near Still water, who prizes it very highly.

For a number of years many people hereabout have sought in vain for a copy of this book, and they will learn with delight that Mr. Hetzel is nego tiating for the printing of another edition of the book, in which he will have a picture of Tom Quick's monument in this village. Auto Moving Vans Two big automobile moving vane. nearly as large as freight cars, ar rived in town late Sunday afternoon from Brooklyn, N. with the household goods of Joseph Seifert, who lately purchased ihe house of Rusling Dewitt on Harford street.

The vans attracted much attention here and. were inspected by a large crowd at Centre Square, where the big cars were kept over night. The vans left early Monday morning on the return trip to the city. Supt. Westbrook Announces the Dates, for 1910 Superintendent L.

W7estbrook has announced the following places and dates for holding teachers' examinations for 1910 in Pike county: June 2, Williamson school house, Lackawaxen. June 3, Shohola school house No. 1, Shohola. June 7, Kipptown school house, Greene. June 8, Red school house No.

4, Palmyra. June 9, Westbrook's school bouse, Blooming Grove. June 21, Union school house, Dingman. June 24, Meadow Brook school house, Lehman. June 25, Dingman's Ferry Acad emy, Delaware.

June 27, High School building, Milford. June 29, Matamoras High School, Matamoras and Westfall. Examinations for Common School Diploma will be held in all districts, excepting Greene, at the same time and place as teachers' examinations. This examination for Greene will be held at Kipptown school house on June 6. All candidates for examination, both teachers and pupils, should provide themselves with plenty of foolscap paper, pencils, pen and ink, and a scratch tablet.

All candidates for teacher's certificate who ave not done the required professional reading, or its equivalent, will be refused a certificate. All examinations, with the exception of the one at Lackawaxen, will begin promptly at 8 o'clock. Prompt attendance will be required under penalty of being excluded from the examinations. A special examination will be held at Matamoras on Aug. 27.

School Directors and other interested parties are cordially invited to attend the examinations. BUSHKILL COMMENCEMENT Exercises Were Conducted Last Tuesday Night The commencement exercises of the Bushkill public schools, held in the Dutch Reformed church of Bush- kill, on Tuesday eveniug of last week, proved to be a grand success and were largely attended. The salutatory address made bv Miss Adelaide P. Beers was one of merit and brought considerable ap plause from the large audience. The essay, entitled "The Destruc tion of Our Foes," delivered and written by G.

Russel Nyce, was one which any boy could well be proud of and was delivered in an eloquent style. The class prophecy by Albert Michaels spoke wonders for the com poser ana was delivered in a manner which produced many comments. The address made by the valedictorian, Miss Cora Gariss, was received by the large and appreciative audience by several rounds of applause. It was very well rendered and its author was deserving of all the congratulations bestowed upon her. Prof.

C. E. Goss, principal of the East Stroudsburg schools, then made a short address giving the graduates sonio very valuable advice, which if followed faithfully by each and every one will put them on the road to success and happiness. The presentation of the diplomas by the president of the board of directors was the xext number on the program and was done with much dignity. A few remarks, well suited to the occasion, were made by the Rev.

Carl Schmitz, which closed one of the most successful years in the history of the Bushkill schools. The music for the occasion was furnished by Prof. Johnston's orches tra of Stroudsburg. Matamoras Real Estate for sale. Jos.

Schroeder, Matamoras, Pa. Some Reasons Why Democrats of Pike County Should Sup port Him for Office, HIS CLAIMS HERE PRESENTED The Democratic voters of Pike County will in a few weeks by their ballots express their choice for the nomination by their party for State Senator. In these days of charges of corruption and graft, when State Senators and various officials have been convicted of malfeasance in office, it is well that every voter carefully scans the record of every candi date and inquires into the minutest detail of his public and private life to see that he measures up to the high est standard. If either his public or private life shows a dark spot or blemish the circumspect voter should refuse to cast a ballot for such a one. Like Caesar's wife, every candidate should be above suspicion, to entitle him to the suffrages of his fellow citi zens.

Pactional preferences should not induce one too overlook all moral qualifications. Pike is the least of the four coun ties Composing the present Senatorial district and under the rule of might makes right could not have had and can never expect that any of her citizens will have Senatorial honors. But thanks to. the efforts of some unselfish Democrats in other counties, the aspirants for Senator in Pike County have been accorded justice. Contiguous to Monroe the large majority of her people have always been willing to accord equal privileges to Pike County.

Had such not been the case there is no denying the fact that the past four years of the sena-torship would not have been filled by citizens of Pike County. Does not therefore a debt of gratitude to Monroe County resi upon Pike county for political favors shown. In the present contest for the Democratic nomination for State Senator, there are three candidates, Messrs. Harvey Huffman and Rogers L. Bur nett of Monroe and Andrew Breslin of Carbon.

By reason of the con tiguity of territory of Monroe and Pike, the large acquaintanceship existing between the people of these two counties, the steadfast support of Pike County aspirantp by Monroe Democrats who have always been willing to accord equal privileges to us, suouid not tne Jjemocratic voters of Pike in this contest, there being no home candidate, nor one in Wayne, support a Monroe County candidate? Moreover is not Monroe county en titied to tne nomination JNo new plan having been devised does not the old system of rotation remain in force in these three counties, Wayne having no candidate? This was Pike's argument four and two years ago. In it she was supported by Mr-. Huffman and his Monroe conferrees, who four years ago in the protracted struggle held out for Pike's claim and after Carbon refused to concur and her withdrawal from the conference, Mr. Rowland was nominated. Each county in the district has bad a Senator since Monroe held the honor and does not justice and fair, ness under such conditions impose on the Democratic voters the duty of casting their ballots for a Monroe County candidate? Two candidates have announced themselves from Monroe.

One of them, Mr. Huffman, announced himself some time since, the other, Mr. Burnett, at the last moment. Every Democrat should carefully consider the respective claims of these two men, carefully scan their political records, inquire into their public and private lives, investigate their qualifications, in fact gather all the information possible in connection with each and then vote for the one best qualified morally, politically and intellectually for the office, having due regard for any political obligation or Continued on Fouitn Page Miles Pelton, Aged 20, Former Resident of Rowland, Was the Victim FOUND IN TWO FEET OF WATER Miles Pelton, son of Mr. and Mrs.

George Pelton of Hawley, and a native of Rowland, was drowned in the Lackawaxen river near the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman, back of the Eddy depot, some time between 5 and 7.15 o'clock last Wednesday evening, says the Hawley Times. He was found by his father, lying face downward, in less than two feet of water. Just how the accident occurred is not, known, but, being afflicted with epilepsy, it is believed he was seized with one of these spells and fell into the river.

Since the water where he was found was less than two feet in depth there seems no room for doubt as to the correctness of this belief. Miles left his home early in the afternoon to go fishing. He was seen several times during the afternoon between Baisden's and the point where the accident occurred, but was not observed by anyone after five o'clock and it is therefore supposed that the Occident happened near that hour. As he did not return home for supper his parents became alarmed and his father set out to search for him. Seeing the son's pole on the bank on the opposite side of the river he crossed over and was horrified to find him lying in the water near the pole, cold in death.

Coroner H. B. Searles of Hones-dale was notified but as it was without question a case of accidental drowing, he said an inquest was unnecessary. Deceased was 20 years of age last March. He was born at Rowland, Pike county, and with his parents went to Hawley about ten years ago.

Besides his parents he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Earl Uban of Hawley. The funeral was held from his late home Saturday afternoon, services being conducted by Rev. C. F.

Smalley of the Baptist church. The remains were interred in Wralnut Grove cemetery. WED AFTER TWENTY YEARS Estranged by Misunderstanding, Sweethearts Now Happy Twenty years after in real life, illustrating that fact is after all at least as strange as fiction, has brought joy to Mrs. Henrietta Robinson, a widow, who resides at Carbondale, and James W. Harman of Nashville, Michigan, culminating in their marriage Monday, Feb.

28, 1910, at Buffalo, N. Y. Rev. F. H.

Coman of the Asbury Methodist Episcopal church of that city performed the ceremony. She was Miss Henrietta Ace and Mr. Harman, who then lived at Scranton, was engaged to marry her, just twenty years ago. Through a misunderstanding they became es tranged and Miss Ace married Ar thur Robinson and Mr. Harman also married and went West.

Two years ago last September, Mr. Robinson was killed on the Delaware and Hudson railroad at Carbondale. Mr. Harman's wife died two years ago last October, just a month later. Mrs.

Robinson in the meantime took up her residence in Buffalo, and Mr. Harman, learning of Mr. Robinson's death, came East in search of his love of former days; they both sought to forgive and forget the past and were united together to live the remainder of their days in peace and happiness. While they were on their honeymoon they spent the past week with Mrs. L.

D. Watson, a sister of Mrs. Harman, on Water street, this village. Advs. in Dispatch bring results.

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