The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-24
LOCAL MENTION.

Thanksgiving day union SER
vices at Grace church. DR.. w. H.
Swift will make the address.
William Rupert has purchased
what is known as the Van Keuren
Homestead, on South Main street
There are two tenement houses on
the property.
Copper sulphate placed in reser-
voirs will not only destroy algae,
which is vegetable growth that is
injurious to health, but also destroy
typhoid germs.
"A horse chestnut tree seventy
nine years old, measuring thirty
two inches at the butt, was cut down
on the lawn of Hon. w. H. Dimmick
last Friday.
"A Carbondale hunter secured a
fine trophy near Preston, this coun-
ty, last week. 1t was black mink,
27 inches long, and without blem-
ish. Its value is said to be So.
The startling information comes
from the bureau of labor that 25.5
per cent. of the deaths of persons
whose occupations expose them to
municipal or street dust are due to
tuberculosis.
The Ladies' improvement So
ciety dance and social, held at Alert
Hall, on Wednesday evening, netted
the society 500. This amount will
be used toward lighting the streets
of East Honesdale during the win
ter.
Washington Irving has been
dead a half century this month.
Some kind of commemorative SER
vice may be arranged in Tarrytown
for the honor of the memory of the
famous author of the Sleepy Hollow
legends.
"A hunter residing in Kingston
shot a valuable hunting dog. The
dog pointed some partridges. When
the birds few up, the dog jumped
in the air. The hunter fired and kill
ed the dog. He said it was the most
costly days sport he had ever had.
The Board of Water Commits
sioners of Middletown at meeting
Wednesday night decided to treat
the water in the city's reservoirs
with copper sulphate for the algae
which gives it the "fishy" taste, like
that which has been so noticeable
in Port Jervis water for the past
few weeks.
"A meeting of the general COM
mittee of Old Home Week met last
week at the city hall and settled
all accounts filed against said COM
mittee. After the bills were paid
there was a balance of few hund-
red dollars in the treasury. This
amount, it was decided, will be used
as nest egg for next years cele-
bration.
The county commissioners have
been notified that in the future all
counties will have to pay $4.25 per
week for the care of insane at the
Danville asylum. The former as
sessment was $1.75, but as the state
no longer assists, the entire burden
rests on the county. This will be
a heavy additional tax for Wayne
the institution.
BY order of Recorder Hugh
Mara, who is editor of the Bayonne
Herald, when he isn't on the bench,
two small boys accused of being the
false alarm fiends who for two weeks
have sent in dozen or more alarms
from boxes in Bayonne, N. j., were
spanked by their mothers in the
Bayonne police court. The boys said
after it was all over that they were
going to be good hereafter.
John L. Cole, Of Carley Brook,
while engaged at cutting trees in
William Penwarden's woods on
Saturday morning, met with a pecu~
liar accident. AS a tree which he
was cutting fell, Mr.. Cole observed
that he might be hit by the trunk
and in jumping out of the way, the
blade of his axe came in contact
with his right limb below the knee,
causing a painful wound. He came
to Honesdale where DR.. P. B. Peter
son dressed the injury. 1t will prob
ably cripple him for some time.
Ezra H. Ripple, of Scranton,
died on Friday at his home after a
very brief illness. He was one of
Scranton's foremost citizens, a man
universally beloved as one of Gods
noblemen," active In every work
that had for its object the helping
of humanity OF the uplifting of the
people. He never tired in his ef-
forts OF philanthropy. He was
benediction to every one who asso-
ciated with him or came within the
sphere of his acquaintance. His
funeral took place on Monday and
was attended by a large concourse
of people, men OF prominence from
all parts of the State were present
to pay homage to his memory.