The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-08

| record one more TO Jn9 ldully VI
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben. Dittrich-its a
boy.
We are informed that pick
pockets were doing some of their
work in this place this week. One
| lady is said to have been relieved
of a diamond ring valued at S2Oo.
"A barn at Tress1arville was
burned on Friday evening. The
barn contained a large quantity OF
hay and produce, which was de-
stroyed together with horse ana
number of wagons and farm i'm
! plements.
--Rcv. j. w. Johnson left on
Tuesday on u lecturing. trip OF four
! days. lie will speak in Wayne,
| Wyoming and Bradford counties,
closing on Saturday with lecture
at the great Honeoye Valley Tem-
perance Assembly.-New Milford
Advertiser.
The Alumni of the Honesdale
High School will please assemble
at the High School building at 1913
on Thursday evening in order that
! all may be seated for the banquet
promptly at 1880 p. m. Prompt
ness is necessary in order that the
caterers may leave on the evening
| train.
Mrs. Keyes, wife of AlVa s.
Keyes, postmaster at Lake Ariel,
died of apoplexy on Friday morning
Ip
home in the morning Mrs. Keyes
was we'll. On arriving home 1T noon
he was surprised not to see her and
made search Water trickling
down the stairs led him to the bath
room where he found her dead in
the bath tub. AS Mrs. keyes was
/ fully dressed, 1t is the belief of her
! husband that she went to the bath
room to clean her teeth when the
stroke seized her. She was Ga
years of age, and leaves three sons,
! Ellis G.. and Minor Keycs of Lake
| Ariel, and Frank, of Colorado.
The following clippings are
| from q Little Falls On. " paper
and go to show that the wonderful
surgical skill of our former towns
man, DR.. Richard Gibbons, has be-
come so widely known that his SER
vices are in constant demand from
all sections of this and neighboring
states: Miss Marguerite Lower,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. n. G.
Lower, has been i'll of nervous diff
| ficulty for some years, her case
battling the skill of many noted
/ physicians. On Tuesday at the
hospital she underwent a prolong-
ed complicated and critical opera
tion, performed by DR.. Richard II.
| Gibbons, of New York, one of the
metropolis leading surgeons. He
was assisted by Drs. Brainard, Gid
den and Vickers of this city. The
patient was under the influence Of
anaesthtics for three and a half
hours. While she is not yet wholly
out of danger, the indications at
| this time are encouraging, a fact
that will be received with much
qualification by the community"
* Capt. Charles d. Fenton
has been suffering from stomach
trouble for some time and local
doctors diagnosed the case as a
gradual closing of the lower open
ing of the stomach. Saturday DR..
Richard A. Gibbons of New York,
q we'll known surgeon, was in the
city, and at the hospital performed
upon Mr.. Fenton delicate and rare
operation. The surgeon was as
sisted by Drs. Brainard Santry,
Glidden and Vickers. A new open
ing from the stomach in the intes-
tines was made and Mr.. Fenton has
rallied from it in fine shape. While
he has not yet partaken of nourish-
ment in the shape of solid foods,
light foods have been given him
and the indications are that he will
completely recover his former good
health, which will please his many
friends"
The following are among the
hundreds of guests visiting relatives
and friends during Old Home Week
at Honesdalc: Mrs. Fred Stone, of
Winstead, Conn; Miss Marguerite
Loris, of Scranton; Mrs. Fred
Lornig, of Elmira Heights; Mr..
and Mrs. Edison Kretner, of Scran-
ton; Miss Frances Ridgway, of
Scranton, guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles L. Bassett, East street !;
Charles Griffin and Lewis Ritter, of
Schenectady; John A. Heller, of
South Orange, N. j. This is Mr..
Heller's first return to his old home
in over thirty years; Mr.. and Mrs.
George Ball, of Oakland, SusQue-
hanna county; Howard Bentley, of
Brookline, Mass; Cyrene Dodge,
of Dunmore; Lewis Menner, of New
York City. Outside of the Wayne
County Society of New York City
. were: Mr.. and Mrs. f. L. Belts, ].
W. Sluman, Mrs. C. w. Parkhurst,
Mr.. and Mrs, Fred Schilling, visit
!, inc RrnWp'c on ENoct -.