The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-08-27

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water may not be retained 10 the linin
underneath the ring, causing the ma
terial TO decay.
William Hampft, q farmer OF Jack
sonville, N. j., cleared his premises OF
gang Of dieorderly ball players, one da'
last week, in O most effective and sum
mary manner. he ordered them of th
lot, but :hey abused him and declined
to 20. He then turned fierce bull int
the plot, and the players being clad il
red uniforms, the animal at once charg
ed them, all OF whom escaped with th'
exception OF one Of the pitchers, WHIT
took horn and was promptly pitched
over the fence.
In riding through the county, las
week, we noticed good healthy crops ol
Canada thistles growing on a number ol
farms. The penalty for not cutting
them before they 90 to seed is els. Far
mers would do we'll to bear this fact ir
mind.
The report OF Wells, Fargo & Co.,
for the hscal year ending July 31st, con.
teins some items of interest. The rail.
road mileage in the United States and
Mexico, covered BY it's contracts, is 30,
90 miles; its ocean and inland steamers
and stage mileage aggregates S,65s
miles; total Of SO, 629 miles. This is al
increase during the year of 2,3l9 miles.
It has, in the United States and Mexico,
5 OOS agencies, with 14,027 employees,
besides correspondents in various por-
tions Of the globe. It's gross esrninRe
during the year we're t22 945, 4es; its net
earnings, %, $50, 636; other income, 81,
49S 1s2. Its capital stock lie q, 600, 600,
on which O dividend OF 5O.97 per cent.
was declared. The dividend for 1907
was 80 W per cent, and for 1906 1881
per cent. Its income from loans is ma
terially affected by the prevailing low
rate OF interest.
The Hotel Fulmer in Stroudsburg,
owned by George W. Fabel, for some
time proprietor of the C)yne House, IN
this place, was damaged by fire. on Sat.
urdsy. the 18th inst, to the extent Of
several thousand dollars. II. Q. Tuller
& Sons, the present managers. lost in
furniture, china ware, otc., about one
thou sand dollars The losses on both
building and contents are covered by
insurance. Four families living in fate
on the second and third eoors, had
their household goods considerably
damaged, and are the greatest losers, as
none Of them carried any insurance.
William Monroe. a farm hand,
murderously assaulted six persons at
the house Of Abram Deyo, about three
miles from New Paltz, Ulster county,
n. Y, on Sunday last, and then set fire
70 th, barn, after which he made his
oscape. Monroe went to the Deyo home,
where he demanded employment Of
AbrGm Deyo. Knowing the reputation
Jf tn, man, Deyo refused. Thereupon
donroe knocked him down and was
Kicking him when Mrs. Abram Deyo
and Mrs. Jonathan Deyo ran out OF the
house to his assistance. Monroe turned
N the two women. struck them down
aud oeat them. Then, leaving them
stunned, he went into the house, where
he threw over q cradle containing
Abrem Deyo's baby. Hearing the noise.
hired girl entered the room. She was
ielled about and kicked severely in the
face, head and stomach by Monroe. The
nan then went to the barn, where JON
athan Deyo. of New York, who with his
wife and child was visiting his brother
Abram, and just watching four farm
hands bale hay. Mr.. Deyo asked Mon
roe what he wanted, when he was
struck down with an iron bar. The
four farmhands started for Monroe, but
ne took some matches from his pocket.
struck them on his foot and threw them
into The hay. instantly the big barn.
which was filled with hay and straw,
vas ia flames. He then ran for swamp
into which he disappeared. and up to
this wrltiug has not been captured, al
though large posse have been making
dilig1nt search for him.
An unknown man was struck and
killed near N y tower on the Delaware
division OF the Erie railroad between
Narrowsburg and Cochecton about
5:45 o'clock Sunday morning, by train
Eight, the east bound Chicago and New
york Express. The man was walking
on the east bound track. He was in
stantly killed and the body was thrown
on the tracks. The body was taken to
Naerowsburg and left in charge OF the
sta tion agent.
William Ingerman, resident OF
Clinton township, living near Elk Lake,
was 10 Carbondale last Friday, and
while he was returning home his horse
ran away and he was thrown from his
carriage, resulting in the breaking OF
his right leg. He was taken to the
Emergency Hospital, Carbondale, for
treatment.
The names Of many old Englist
places were most curIously derived
Here are few samples from Londor
and vicinity: "St. Margaret pattens
has no retere nee to footwear, but ia
corrupt on of 'patines,' the plate uset
for conservation bread. st. Mary Wool
moth took it's name from the WOO
market which once stood near it, moth
being the old form of nigh st. Mar!
Axe, popularity pronounced 'SlmmerI
Axe gained it's name from the fact tha
u house with the sign of ON axe ono
stood in the street. 'Crutched Friars
c, ,mmemorates the cross worn by OIL
order OF friars-'crossed in course O
time being 'crutched. Threadncedl
street was originally Three Needl
street, from a house bearing the sign c
the Three Needles" We often hear ou
Cornish friends speak Of "Potfel,
which is spelled Poughill; Of Lansor
written LaunceEton; Sentossel, whic
stands for thrifty 5t. Austell, and Rec
poss for Red Post.
For the coming week Honesda
, will have the distinction Of being th