The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-15

ported to Health officer Spencer FIJI
day. Joseph Smith, aged 8, of In
dian Orchard, has the disease.
On Friday and Saturday of this
week superintendent j. ]. Koehler
will hold teachers examination in
the High school for the Honesdale
district.
Among the recent sales on
Westside avenue was the purchase of
building lot of Andrew Thompson
by Fred Marsh of the firm of Fish
& Marsh, grocers.
Newton Cromwell Fetter, Jr., of
Ann Arbor, Mich, and Miss Blanche
Marie Westbrook, of Blooming
Grove, were married at Blooming
Grove on Thursday, July 8, by Rev.
n. C. Fetter.
The boys of Company e arrived
home Saturday evening shortly after
eight o'clock, the D. & H. having
been late. They say that it was the
greatest encampment they ever at
tended. Company e had the second
largest company of any regiment in
camp.
Mrs. E. A. Penniman made a
misstep from the front porch of her
home on Saturday night and sustain
ed slight injuries and shock as a
result. The accident might have
resulted seriously but we are pleas
ed to observe that Mrs. Penniman is
now quite recovered.
The Alert Hook and Ladder
company contemplate installing sew
eral fire hydrants along Willow ave
nue.. The Honesdale Consolidated
Water company will replace the pres
ent three inch pipe with an eight
inch main after it has finished the
improvements near First pond.
"A lunacy commission composed
of M. j. Hanlan, L. B. Nielsen
and F. H. Crago, who were appoint
ed by the Court to inquire into the
sanity of Harvey Field of Clinton
township, who has been confined in
the county Jail for the past ten
days, made their report on Friday
They found Field insane. Judge
Searle made an order directing that
Field be delivered over to the over
seers of Clinton township and then
be taken to the state hospital for the
insane at Rittersville.
Saturday evening is naturally a
time for people to collect on the
streets and sometimes it is necessary
to remain out late, but there is
no excuse for a crowd of rowdy
young men to collect on Main street
after midnight and raise disturb
ance that keeps every person within
two blocks awake. We were glad to
note that the particular party that
we mention was not composed of
Honesdale young men. The disturb
ance has occurred repeatedly in the
vicinity of the corner of Main and
Eleventh streets. Where was the Of
ficer who is supposed to patrol this
beat?
In the base ball game Sunday
on the White Mills grounds pitcher
Loll of the Honesdale team was in
superb form and held the Carbon
dale team down to four hits. They
couldn't touch him. This game was
the fourth of series of seven games
to be played with Carbondale, and
with Honesdale winning Sundays
game the series now stands to l.
A double-header with Carbondale
will be played on the local grounds
next Saturday afternoon. The final
game of the series will be played at
the Business Mems picnic which will
be held at Lake Lodore on Wednes-
day, July 23.
The Board of Education of
Stroudsburg has passed resolution
against the teachers tenure bill that
is awaiting the signature of Governor
Tener. The board is Of the opinion
that the proposed law will prove fl
nancially burdensome to the several
districts, veXatious to the public and
school boards hampering them in the
making of such changes as may work
for the welfare of the schools, pro-
ductive of litigation in causing dis
missals and finally, will work hard
ship on the teachers themselves as
school boards will be reluctant to
employ them for the tenth year when
such election will mean permanent
employment.
"A barn on the farm of Lester
Clark near Newburgh, was struck by
recently. The bolt shocked
four horses, knocking them down.
They are all deaf as result. Frank
Birdsall, farm hand, was knocked
down, the lightning passing through
pitchfork he held, and the soles be-
ing burned from his shoes. The side
of the barn was knocked out, and
the roof was torn off box STALL The
current followed a wire clothes line
to a chicken house, then down an
iron rope inside a we'll curb, follow
ed the pipe to the farmhouse, broke
every pane in one of the windows, en-
tered the room, shattered the tele-
phone and broke a lighted lamp,
which set fire to the house. The
flames were eXtinguished before
much damage was done. When the
lightning left the house it followed
a wire fence, struck a pole that held
it, and entered the ground, tearing
up the cement in which the pole was
set
The following officers of Homes
dale Council, No. $50, Jr. o. U. A. NJ,
were installed Friday evening, July
IL, for the ensuing term: Jr. Past
Councillor, Charles Gray; councillor,
Curt A POhle. Vipa pOupciIor Dox,