The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-10-23

en-year-old child at a road crossing near
that village.
William i. Connell denies the re-
port which has been circulated for some
days that he is negotiating for the pur-
chase of Lake Ariel from the Charles Fl.
Schadt estate. This of course disposes
of the rumor that an electric railway
line is to be established between that re-
sort and Scranton.
William ]. Bryan, Democratic can
didate for President, will spend thirty
five minutes in Port Jervis tomorrow,
Saturday afternoon, and will improve
the opportunity to air his views on ma
tional matters. He will stop five min
utes in Callcoon, which will give the
Callicoons an opportunity to see the
"great commoner, at least.
Soon after a cider press belonging
to Bortree & Sons, of Lake Ariel, was
put in motion on Tuesday last, an ex-
plosion of dynamite occurred. Henry
Bortree, who stood near the press, suf-
fered severe cash of the head, and two
of his toes we're crushed by the falling
debris. How the dynamite came to be
there is mystery, as the members of
the firm know of no reason why any one
should harbor a spirit of revenge against
them. They are now disposed to think
it possible that the cartridge was plac-
ed in the machinery by some mischiev-
Gus boys in anticipation of Hallowe en-.
Pennsylvania now leads the Union in
the amount of personal property owned
within its borders and returned rs sub
ject to taxation. The report of such
property for 1908 was completed Oct.
18th, and it reached the grand total OF
81 ,lO4 ,5l3, 1884. No other State comes
near touching such figure of property
returned, New York being fully $500, ,000,.
600 behind Pennsylvania. Fifty-five OF
the sixty-seven counties of the Common.
wealth showed increases, aggregatine
$94 ,437 1894 80, and twelve showed de-
creases, amounting to $2,495, 1898
Wayne was among the counties showing
decrease.
AT half-past eight on Monday even
ing last the barn of Mrs. Amelia NJ
Edwards, two miles from Mianville, il
Damascus township, was discovered t.
be on fire, and both the building ant
contents were destroyed. The loss il
estimated at 81 900, on which there wa
an insurance in the Wayne County Far
mers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co. O
$500. AS there had been no fire o
lights in or about the barn for days, ant
no possibility of the building having
been struck by lightning, incendiarisn
is strongly suspected. Mrs. Edward
having no shelter or food for her stool
will sell number of horses and cattl
at public auction on Saturday, Oct. 81
sale to commence at 10 O'Clock, A. M
sharp.
Edward H. Huber, whose farm
located in Damascus township, nea
Beach Lake, suffered very serious los
from fire on Saturday last. In the fore
noon he went to White Mills with hi
wife and his three sons, with DO
companion engaged in gathering leave
to be used for bedding for the stocl
= While so employed the large barn an
adjoining sheds were discovered to b
I on fire. An alarm was sent from til
q house by telephone, and many neigl
bors responded, but nothing could /
done to save the buildings involved
: from which only set of carpenter
q tools could be removed. The dwelling
: which for time was thought to be
jeopardy, sustained no injury. Beside
r his barn and adjoining structures, M
Huber lost his seasons crops, togeth
with all of his farm machinery and in
, plements and lumber estimated to
= worth $500. His total loss is put at full
- 81, 900, on which he had an insuran
of $500 in the Wayne Co. Farmers M
4 tual. How the fire originated is n
" even conjectured.
n The unprecedented drouths throui
= which the country has been, and, aft
II brief respite, is still passing, is givil
IS Pennsylvania an expensive experience
l. more ways than one. Besides what t
/, crops have suffered and live stock e
k dured for want of water, there is to
n taken into account the cost of fighti
st forest fires, which have been almost u
t. controllable owing to the tinder-like co
ir dition of underground in fields and WOO
le for months past. 1t is estimated tn
Y. from four to five thousand dollars "
ye be required to cover the claims of CO
stables and wardens for forest-fire figl
=. ing this year in Wayne county alone, u
70 wards of $3 900 having already been pa
o. on that account. Wardens get 25 Gel
r. and their assistants 20 cents an hour
r. their services, the county being respc
al sible to them, and the State reimburse
s the county in two-thirds of the amou
ne thus expended. The question has