The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-10-16
LOCAL NEWS.

Gov. Stuart approved charter oct.
18th, to the Citizen Publishing Co., of
Honesdale. Capital $l5 900.
Lieut.. Colonel Edward A. Irwin, said
to be the last surviving officer of the 42d
Penn Volunteers, the celebrated Buck
tail" regiment, died suddenly at Atlantic
City, N. j., Oct. 18th.
News was received here by friends,
on Monday, of the death of Mrs. Har-
rison Bagley, of Carbondale. She was
q most estimabe lady. She is survived
by one son, Oscar, and daughter, Mrs.
Clayton Curtis.
Arthur Dunn, son of the Main street
butcher, John p. Dunn, who was shot in
the right eye by ball from an air rifle
in the hands of o playmate, while they
were engaged in Wild West game
some days since, will suffer no perma-
nent injury from the mishap, the sight
not having been affected.
benjamin Brandamore, Scranton
market man, formerly of this place, is
suing the Rocky Glen Water Company
for injuries received by his son, at the
park. The boy was pierced by silver
while on shoot-the-chute and the
plaintiff wants the owners of the park to
stand the doctors's expenses.
The township high schools of the
State will be given 80 per cent. of the
maximums allowed in each of the three
classes out of the State appropriation of
$i37, 500 for that purpose. This is the
decision reached by State Superintendent
OF Public Instruction Schaeffer. The
rate of payment on the borough high
schools, which are separated for the first
time this year, has not been fixed. The
total is the same as for township high
schools.
This, says pessimist, is the season
of the year when every trusting and
obedient man of family is expected to
hump himself like a thousand legged
worm, carrying house plants into the
cellar where the tender diocantaneau
observation-disclosures psoddim and the choice
bianthus gerieian psottolieuses glasticus
will not get their feet frozen. If any
thing will give man paralysis of the
hind leg it is the care of lot of sick
jimson weed and bilious dog-fennel
handicapped by Latin names yard
long.
If young married couples will paste
this list on the inside of the top drawer
of their dressing bureaus they need
never be at loss as to the significance Of
the recurring anniversaries of their we'd
dings:
First, cotton second, paper third,
leather fifth, wooden seventh, wool
en- tenth, tin twelfth, silk and linen
fifteenth, crystal ; twentieth, china
twenty-ffth, silver /; thirtieth, pearl
fortieth, ruby (; fiftieth, golden ; seven
ty-ffth, diamond hundredth-well, by
that time they will be where there is
neither marrying nor giving in marri-
age.
Astronomers throughout the world
are greatly interested in the expected
temperance of the famous HALEY
SoiiSO dhu biC opCSuiipiiiG, do w hiiCli ~
will fash across the heavens. Just al
present this brilliant star is rushing from
somewhere in illimitable space toward
the sun at velocity of several million
miles an hour. Special interest attaches
to its advent because it last appeared il
1885, before the present astronomical in
struments were i'll use. Much depends
upon view of it through modern tee
scopes. Another viewpoint is that tht
comet or star is supposed by many tC
be the same star of Bethlehem which
guided the wise men to the stable il
which Christ was born.
Samuel w. Hofford, of Weatherly
Carbon county, Republican candidat,
for State Senator for this district, ha
published an appeal to the voters il
which he announces himself to be il
favor of the support of the schools b,
the state, and the abolition of the schoo
tax as recommended by Governo
Stewart. Mr.. Hofford adopts this a
the prime feature of his platform. 4
State association has been formed with
the view of putting the Governors idei
into execution and at the next meeting
of the legislature it will be taken up TO
action. 1t is claimed that by this sys
TEN the efficiency of the schools will b
increased and at the same time the take
will be lowered. But for the fact of tn
State taking an interest in the schools
teachers would continue to be under
paid and their efficiency impaired.