The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-17

Don't forget chicken supper
and sale of fancy work and candy at
Grace church Thursday evening.
The Honesdale Business Mems
Association has placed ban on raf-
f1es and will prosecute parties hold
ing them, II they can get suitable
evidence.
We received a postal from Nor
wich, N. Y, which was unsigned
asking us to make note of the death
of Franklin P. Gilpin of Norwich, N.
Y, formerly of Honesdale, aged 81
years.
Edmund Finnerty, who has been
our local news gatherer for some
time, has accepted a most excellent
offer from the Buffalo Wrench Co.,
to take charge of their sale depart
ment, and will leave for Buffalo on
Thursday to assume his duties.
j. Gardner Sanderson, aged
about 70, of Green Ridge, died at the
Hahnemann Hospital, New York city,
on Monday morning. He was born
III lOWd ol dolOlo Oh
Feb. 8, 1910, but was a resident of
Scranton for many years. He leaves
widow.
DIR. H. j. Gibbons, native Of
Honesdale, who has been practicing
in New York for the past few years,
will return to Scranton shortly and
open permanent offices in the Heng-
ler building at Jefferson and Spruce
street. His son, DR.. Horace Glib
bons, will occupy the same suite.
Paul Prevoi's house at Bear
Swamp, took fire on Friday night and
was burned to the ground. An aged
lady, named Stenzhorn, who occu-
pied the house had a narrow escape
from being burned to death. The
building was insured for $500 in
our local company.
Arthur Avery, formerly of Haw-
ley, was badly burned about the
arms and head recently. The acci-
dent was due to an explosion which
occurred while he was doing some
plumbing work at his home at
Brooklyn and it is believed, was
caused by leak in one of the gas
pipes. His injuries, although very
painful, were not dangerous.
Because he spanked a 12-year-
old school boy with a shingle, Tim
othy Trip, a district school master
in the town of Greene, N. Y, was
found guilty of assault and sentenced
to pay a fine of $40 or serve twenty
days in the county Jail. Tripp chose
the Jail and began serving his sent
ence, but a few hours later he chang
his mind, paid the fine and was re-
leased.
Up in New England where
Thanksgiving is observed with re-
ligious zeal a new trial confronts
the people. Some years ago strange
disease attacked and killed thous-
ands of pheasants and this year a
similar malady has destroyed hund-
reds of flocks of turkeys. 1t is found
by scientists to be parasite which
brings on an Inflammation in birds
similar to appendicitis in men.
This is the 2Sth year of the
Waymart High school under the
supervision of J. F. Dooley; Flor
ence Capwell, intermediate teacher;
Jennie Smith, primary teacher. All
of these teachers are doing excellent
work. One hundred and fifty pupils
have been enrolled to date. This
is the largest enrolment in the his
~ tho cnhnn1 nuor an
residents are in attendance from
eight different townships.
John s. Kennedy, the modest
millionaire, who died of whooping
cough recently in New York, left
thirty million dollars to various
Presbyterian boards ranging in sums
from ten thousand to two and half
million dollars. Did you ever hear
of him before his death? Think of
his unassuming ways as compared
with the many snowy moths who
flicker around the flame of wealth
and when they die leave no memory
of any deed we'll done or any char
ity usefully bestowed.
Burglars forcibly entered the
waiting room of the West Hawley
Erie station some time Thursday
evening or early Friday morning OF
last week by prying open one of the
windows with an iron bar. The
gum machine and what it might con-
tain in gum, candies and pennies
seemed to be the attraction for the
thieves at this point. The machine
was smashed and all it's contents
were taken, which by the way did
not consist of very many pennies
as Mr.. McAndrew, the station agent
had removed all of them the day
before.
S. S. Spears, of Hawley, return
ed home from weeks visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Avery, Of
Brooklyn, and Mr.. and Mrs. j. w
Stickney, of Baldwins, Long Island
Word was received here since his re-
turn home that Mrs. Spears, who &C
companied her husband to Brooklyn