The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-17

| Allred tlrmstone, oil East Honesdale,
on Sunday.
"A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Bennett, Tanners Falls,
on Monday.
A special meeting of the Haw-
ley fire department was held in their
hall there Friday evening.
The chemical works at Carley
Brook, owned by +. d. Penwarden,
! are closed down for repairs for a
! few weeks.
Rev. DR.. Swift will speak at
Forest Lake on Sunday, July %, in
stead of the 21st as reported in an
other Honesdale paper.
Owing TO neavy freight business
special train consisting of IL cars,
two of which were coal, came over
the Moosic to Honesdale on Sunday.
With the return of Leslie Bra
| der, the local base ball team will no
doubt take a new lease on life, as
Brader will strengthen the team
not only in mechanical playing but
| by his ability as a leader.
%. NJ. Spettigue is covering
| Fred Gager's barn at Cold Spring
with galvanized iron. Mr.. eager is
taking this precaution against
| lightning, that, if the building is
struck, the bolt will go to the
ground.
-"Razelie" camp, composed of
IL young people of Brooklyn, who
never saw a mountain until they
camped at Elk Lake last year, ar
rived on Saturday last for two
weeks outing at Elk Lake. They
are in the Brown cottage.
The members of the Baptist
Sunday school of Port Jervis and of
the Epworth Sunday school of Mata-
moras, numbering 225, went to Mill
Rift on Erie train II Thursday
morning of last week where they
held their annual picnic at Prospect
Park.
-Hymen Krawitz, aged 16 years,
son of Mayer Krawitz, of Hawley,
died on Wednesday, July II. Death
was due to paralysis with which he
was stricken about four years ago.
For the past seventeen weeks he has
been confined to his bed. The body
was brought to Honesdale Thursday
afternoon where the funeral services
were held and interment was made
Rabbi Anspacher, of Scranton,
spoke on the Jewish side of religion
at the Presbyterian church last Sun
day. The audience completely filled
that edifice and his remarks were
listened to with much interest. The
address was forceful and was de-
livered in manner that was sure to
convince. This is the last of the
series of addresses by ministers of
other creeds to be given in the
Presbyterian church.
Arthur Twaddell, of East
Branch, n. Y, is in Thrall Hospital,
Middletown, suffering from a frac-
tured leg. Mr.. Twaddell was out
riding with friend when the horse
took fright and ran away. He tried
to control the animal but it took the
bit in its teeth. After a run of
mile one wheel of the wagon struck
a stone and collapsed. Both men
were thrown out and Mr.. Twaddell's
right leg was broken.
Little Leonard Mebbs, son of
Mrs. Caroline Mebbs, was taken to
Scranton Monday morning by Ben
jamin Loris to have his eyes ex-
amined by doctors at the State hos
pital. The lad had poisoned his
eyes in some way with poison ivy
and after an examination the boy
was brought home the same after
noon. He is now under the care of
DR.. Ely, who says the boy will re-
cover in a short time.
Robert Montgomery, the little
two and half year old son of Robt.
j. Montgomery, who conducts a
candy store in Newburgh, swallowed
a safety pin at his home on Wednes-
day of last week. A physician was
summoned and did what he could for
the child, who, it is stated, had not
suffered any great inconvenience up
to that afternoon. The X-Ray was
used in locating the safety pin and
an operation was found necessary to
remove it.
The funeral of Frank Cope,
who committed suicide at his home
in South Canaan early last Thurs
day morning, was held at the NJ. P.
church on Saturday afternoon at
2 o'clock. Interment was made in
the East cemetery. Deceased was
81 years of age. He is survived by
his wife and one daughter, his
mother, two sisters and one broth
er, namely, Mrs. Howard Swingle,
of Lake Ariel; Mrs. Bert Retan, of
Cortez; Judson Cope, of South Ca
naan.
Mrs. Anna Noble, of Denver,
Colo, who is visiting her sisters,
Miss Sutton and Mrs. E. c. Mum
ford, in Honesdale, met with
a painful accident the latter part of
last week while coming home from
visit at the w. ]. Ward summer
home. Near the golf grounds while
attempting to get over a stone wall,
she fell from the wall onto a pile of
stones, cutting and bruising her face
and arms and sustaining several
minor injuries. DR.. Burns attended
her and at the present time she is
resting easy.
On Friday by a vote of 222 to l
the House adopted the thirteen ar
ticles of impeachment for high