The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-05

kins in the Supreme court at New
| burg the petition of Robert H. Gray
| to have a commission appointed to
! inquire into the sanity of Mary NJ.
! Gray, aged 70 years, was denied.
| The petitioner is a nephew of Mrs.
Gray. The attorneys for both sides
submitted briefs of the case before
Justice Tompkins. Mrs. Gray is well
known in Honesdale, having stopped
here at intervals.
The adjusters for the Briar
| Creek Fire Insurance company ad-
| iusted the loss of Chester Maloney
of Indian Orchard township, on ac-
count of fire which occurred on
July 23. Mr.. Maloney had no in
surance on the contents of the
buildings and his total loss was
| $50. The insurance on the build
ings was $414.50, which amount was
allowed in full. S. Saunders is the
agent for the Briar Creek Fire In
surance company.
The State Teachers Retirement
Board held a session in Albany, n.
Y, the past week, and granted the
requests of many teachers to be
placed on pension, which means that
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ally half of the salary they are
earning at the time they retire.
Among the teachers placed on the
pension list were the following:
Camilla S. Thompson, of Chester,
Orange county, and Harriet A. Van
Duzer, of Newburgh.
The State Board of Revenue
Commissioners have directed that the
commissioners of six counties of the
State be interrogated as to the rea-
son for the return of valuation OF
personal property for purposes OF
State taxation being smaller than a
year ago. Some of the counties
showed decreases amounting to
thousands of dollars. Twenty-six
counties, on the other hand, showed
an increase. The board directed
State Treasurer Young to issue the
precept for the collection of the tax.
Thursday, August 14th, will be
Elks Day at Liberty, N. Y. On that
date will be held the mammoth clam
bake and outing under the auspices
of Middletown Lodge No. 1897, B.
P. o. Elks. These Elks and friends
will invade the beautiful village of
Liberty in the height of its summer
boarding season. Liberty will well
come their coming, and all the peo-
pie of that picturesque mountain
village are anticipating a big time
on August 14th. The town will be
thrown open to the visitors.
-" Train No. 564 delayed 40
minutes at Dodge City, Kansas. Is
stalled by grasshoppers." This was
the report received at the Rock Is
land, Illinois, depot one day last
week. The train was coming out of
Ford when it struck a deep cut
where hoppers covered the rails.
AS the engine wheels crushed them
the rails became so slippery that the
drivers spun round and the train
stopped. The crew with shovels fin
ally scooped the hoppers off the
track and covered the rails with
sand before the train could proceed.
"A funny story is told about sew
eral well-known men who were
standing on a street corner talking
about the warm weather. 1t was
few days ago and there was not
cloud in the sky. Suddenly drops
of water began to patter down on
them and for the space of a few
yards about them the pavement was
covered with dots where water had
fallen. They began to feel uncom-
Portable and were about to think that
| they were victims of optical illu-
sions when one looked up. Then he
shouted: Hey! sprinkle your flow
ers so that the water gets on the
| flowers"
-Vaulting into the Susquehanna
river, near Pittston, John Quincy
of West Avoca, rescued two friends
from drowning as they sank for the
last time Friday afternoon. They
are John Grilla and Anthony Curley,
both of West Side. Grilla was in
| first and while swimming a distance
off the shore, was seized with
cramps and rendered helpless. He
cried for help and Curley responded.
The men began struggling in the
water and finally Curley lost. Both
sank and would not have appeared
again had not Quincy taken a
hand. Disregarding the peril he
vaulted into the water and hauled
the pair out.
w. Winifred Nuss, receiver of
the Hawes-Laanna Company, Pike
| county, was sharply rebuked last
week in a decision by Common Pleas
Court No. 5, Philadelphia, for his
management of the affairs of the
concern and the Court then sustain
ed the action of the Auditor in sur
charging the receiver with $32, $780,
| "a and knocking out all compensa-
| ton for the receiver and counsel
fees, which aggregated $17,959.S9,
bringing the total to over $4,000.
Nuss was formerly manager and
treasurer and for time president
of the company, which was incor-
porated in New York, with an au-
thorized capital of $150,000. 1t con-
Quoted large and profitable bust
ness, operating factories for the
manufacture of wooden novelties in
Towanda, Bradford county, and at
Laanna, Pike county. But in 1904
it became involved and Nuss, with a
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