The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-25
LOCAL NEWS

The election proclamation ap-
pears on the eighth page of today's
Citizen. Read it over carefully.
-Charls Schadt, of Scranton, who
conducted the Lake House at Lake
Ariel for some time, left last week
for British Columbia, where he eX-
poets to locate.
Sumner Crossley has been Sc
lected to represent the boys of the
Honesdale schools in the spelling
contest. AS yet no selection has
been made among the girls.
Farmers are indeed very CRATE
full for the recent heavy rain which
filled their wells, springs and the
streams. The water supply had be-
gun to look dubious until Wednes-
days rain fell. 1t was welcomed and
made many glad hearts.
Fred Flederbach was pleasant
ly surprised at his home on River
street last Wednesday night in hon
or of his SEVENTEEN birthday. He
was presented with many remem-
brances of the occasion. Refresh
ments were served. Mr.. Fled
erbach has been a resident of Wayne
county for fifty years.
Passengers, crew and life saw
ers who had been Drawing fire on
board the Merchants and Miners
steamer Berkshire since Sunday
morning, were taken off the burning
liner Tuesday by the revenue cutter
Seminole in Lookout Cove, North
Carolina. An explosion in the hold,
probably of barrels of turpentine,
alarmed Captain Hart and he aban-
doned hope of taking his ship on to
Philadelphia with her passengers.
Jack Johnson, the heavyweight
champion pugilist, will not fight in
Australia. Hugh McItosh, who had
offered Johnson $4,000 for fights
with Sam Langford and Sam McVey
cabled Tuesday to W. W. Kelly, his
Chicago representative, to cancel all
negotiations. Mcintosh explained
that Johnson's part in the alleged
abduction had so angered the sport
ing men and public of Australia that
the matches were no longer desir-
able.
DR.. c. J. Hunt, of the state de-
partment of health, reported Tues
day morning that two new cases of
smallpox were discovered in South
Canaan township, this county. The
date Of the onset of the cases was
October s. The patients are in a
house under quarantine. They re-
fused TO be yaccinated at the time
the house was quaTantined. The
first patients in the house contracted
the disease by coming in contact
with Miss Clara Theobold of Car
bondale, niece of the master of the
house in which she was visiting.
A resident of Avondale is au-
4 thOrity for the statement that few
nights ago that place was visited by
some weather which was different
from that in this section. Just why
ii selected Avondale is not explain
ed but it gave the residents touch
of early winter. On water troughs
ice formed half an inch in thickness
and flowers of all kinds were kill
ed. One man who was seen soon af-
terwards says that a water pipe at
his home was frozen and he was
compelled to melt the ice in it in
order TO secure supply Of water the
following day
During the coming week officers
of the State Department of Health
will make a sanitary inspection of
more than 5000 school houses in
656 townships throughout the Com
monwealth, which declined medical
inspection. Commissioner of Health
Dixon has ordered this work done
to insure a report upon the sanitary
conditions surrounding the school
children in every second-class town
ship in the state. The water supply,
a most important point, is to be CIV
en- attention-if from a well, its To-
cation and the possibilities of con-
tamination from surface drainage OF
adjacent cesspools, stables, etc, must
be noted.