The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-02
LOCAL NEWS.

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About fifty homing pigeons sent by
George w. Heath, of 232 Second street,
Newark, n. j., to Express Agent Frank
Westfall, of this place, were liberated
near the express Office, corner of Main
and 10th streets, at $50 O'Clock on Fri
day morning. The crowd of people
present to witness the beginning of the
homeward fight, and expecting the
birds to rise to great height before TAX
ing their bearings, were considerably
surprised to find that almost immediate
ly after being freed they sailed off i'll a
southwesterly direction over the Union
depot and within three minutes were in
visible to the naked eye.
Judge Staples, of Monroe coun-
ty, presiding in Lackawanna court
in Scranton last week, had before
him eight Carbondale lads charged
with robbery. In disposing of their
cases the Judge adopted the pro-
baton system of Judge Lindsay of
Colorado, and his talk to the boys
may we'll be pondered by some of
the wayward youths of Wayne. He
took the Oldest four first and asked
them if they smoked cigarettes
They all replied that they did and the
Judge asked one of the boys if he
would not stop the habit. can t
cut 'em out; there's no use trying.
replied the lad. Cant cut them
out" said the court. Suppose |
send you to a place where you can
get them?" The boy let his head
drop and Judge Staples said;
Sure you can stop if you want to.
Don't dare to look me in the face
and say you haven't enough man
hood to stop if you want to. If
you don't want to, that's different,
but | wouldn't give a cent for a
boy that would tell me he could
not stop a bad habit. You've got
to stop. If you don't, I'll send
you to the reformatory. | guess
I'll put your case over till this af-
lernoon to see what's best to be
done with you" Judge Staples
and grilled them hard on their
knowledge of the ten command
ments and common school arithme-
tic. After he had the eight salts
fled that they were started for the
gallows and the shifting and the
sobbing had drowned the voices of
the court, Judge Staples said he
would give them all another chance
provided they smoked no more Gig
nf ri
every night. He instructed po-
lice officer to keep special watch on
the boys and had copies of the or
der sent to their parents. Before
dismissing the boys, the court shook
hands with them all.
The Valley of the Wallenpaupack,
the picturesque stream which divides
Wayne and Pike counties, is, according
to the Milford Dispatch, to take long
stride forward in the very near future,
as the result of an improvement which
will be made bv the Hon. John d.
Houck, of LaAnna, former Associate
Judge and Representative of Pike coun-
ty. The old saw mill at LaAnna, which
is one of the landmarks, and for many
years furnished employment for large
number of men, is to be torn down and
in it's place will be installed dynamo
to generate electrical current of sufficient
voltage to furnish light to the resort
houses and private families scattered
along the road from LaAnna to New.
foundland. Thus at exceedingly small
cost the citizens of that hustling regior
desirable of all the conveniences of tht
larger towns. Mr.. Houck is now build
ing Beechnut Cottage, located just below
the historic mill dam. The modern i'm
mer life of the city visitors will be in
stalled, including hot and cold water OF
all the floors. The cottage will have on
hundred feet of veranda space. Th
water at this, as at many of the neigh
boring resorts, comes from never fail
ing spring, the source of which is at
greater altitude than the house, avoiding
all of the difficulties of pumping.
The case against w. F. Brown, c
Carbondale, formerly of Cherry Ridg
and Honesdale, indicted on the charg
of assisting DR.. G. w. Treverton per
form criminal operation on his cousin
Miss Helen Brown, of Tioga, which wa
IN have been tried last week, has beel
continued to the fall term OF &c Lacia
wanna county courts.