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Trackmen In the employ of the
Erie Kallroad Company picked up
the badly mangled body of Paul
Stclik near Hed Hock, between
Great 13end and Hickory Grove at
about C:30 o'clock Wednesday
morning. Further Investigations
were made and It was learned that
Stclik had previously been employ
ed as a track worker by the Erie
Railroad company, but recently was
In the employ of a farmer residing
near Hed Hock.
Death is Caused In Peculiar Manner
Philadelphia. Miss Dorothy C.
Bowman of this city died In a hospi
tal here from blood poison that de
veloped after she had ibeen Injured
while trying to escape from a cow
that was rushing at her. Miss Bow
man, who was 21 years old, was
showing some friends a three-week
old calf at the summer home of her
parents, Ogden Station, X. J., a few
days ago, when the mother of the
calf, lowering her head, rushed at
the party. Miss Bowman, in trying
to escape, fell and fractured a leg.
the bone going through the skin.
She was rushed to this city and de
spite the effort of physicians blood
poison set In, from which she could
not rally.
Xoteil Horseman Left Large Kstate.
New York. The net estate left
by Frank Work, who was one of the
best known horsemen in the coun
try, and for years a prominent figure
In Wall street, of $13, GOO, 000, ac
cording to figures Hied in Surro
gate's Court recently by a transfer
tax appraiser. Mr. Wok died here
In March 1911. Aside from his
home in this city his entire estate
was made up of stocks and bonds in
numerous corporations. It was be
queathed for the most part to his
children and grand-children.
Newspaper Passes Out.
The Falls Creek Advocate an
nounces that It will give up the
ghost. The sea of journalism In
Falls Creek, Jefferson and Clearfield
counties, has been full of rocks, and
when the Advocate is buried it will
bo the eighth newspaper that has
given it up in that village since
1891. "Mans a vapor, full of woes,
starts a paper up he goes."
Itailroiid Can be Put in Operation in
00 Ilnys.
Says the Canton World: "The
Pennsylvania & Southwestern Hall
way Co. was recently chartered with
a capital of $300,000 and having a
directorate containing the names of
several well known local capitalists
with F. A. Sawyer as President.
" It is estimated that the line be
tween Canton and Towanda can be
put in operation in ninety days at
the outside, while the route between
here and Oregon Hill will have to
be re-surveyed.
"The great tract of coal fields
which this line will open up for Im
mediate market is what makes the
project so attractive."
Wr Snake Story.
Joo and Martin Courtright, while
walking through an old clearing be
yond Hunters Hange, Pike county,
on Thursday afternoon, came upon
two large rattlesnakes, sunning
themselves near an old cellar wall.
The gentlemen jumped back and
quick as a flash, drew their guns
and each singling out a " snake
shot." Martin killed the snake he
shot at, which measured nearly five
feet in length. The other was kill
ed by Joe, who shot Its entire head
off. It measured five feet, four and
five-eighths inches, without the
bead, and the skin measured nine
Inches across. Stroudsburg Press.
The Rev. S. B. Keeney, for many
years one of the best known minis
ters of the Wyoming Conference,
died at his home in Newark Valley
last Monday night. The funeral ser
lces were held from the home,
Ke. H. M. Crydenwise of Bingham
ton. an intimate friend and associate
for 4 years, officiating. The re
ma ns were taken to his boyhood
home at Cuyler, N. Y.. Friday morn
ing, where interment was made be
side the remains of his first wife.
Tiif Erie is earning something on
its . ommon stock, but the prospects
o' diwdend on this issue aro very
remote, inasmuch as prosent plans
call for the extraction of $10,000,
OOii from earnings during the next
itrtb vc-urs to pay for part of the
U01 1-: racking to Chicago.
What it Cost to FcmmI Firemen.
At a meeting of the Norrlstown
Firemen's Union and Hollef Asso
ciation, the committee who had
charge- of handling the funds during
the celebration of tho one hundredth
anniversary last May made their
final report. The committee an
nounced that It cost $1,021.20 to
feed the visiting firemen after tho
parade on Thursday afternoon, May
9. leaving a balanco on hand
amounting to $020.
liO.OOO Gallons of Molasses Spilled.
Allentown. A molasses tank con
taining 20,000 gallons was one of
soven cars smashed when freight
trains on tho Lehigh Valley rail
road collided. A local freight was
crossing over a switch when a fast
freight bound from Buffalo to the
sea board thundered Into It, the lo
comotive, colliding head-on. Tho
crows escaped by Jumping. The
boilers of both locomotives were
telescoped and tho damago Is esti
mated at $30,000. Hundreds of
families got a long-time supply of
molasses, scooping It up clean as it
lay In lakes on tho tracks.
Bethlehem. Pa Lightning played
an odd prank on Mrs. Henry L.
Koch, of Northampton. While a se
vere electric storm was at Its height,
the woman picked up a galvanized
bucket. A severe bolt of lightning
flashed at the moment her hand
touched the bucket, and when she
tried to put the bucket down she
found she could not release her hold.
It took several minutes of hard work
on the part of two persons to wedgo
the woman s hand loose. Aside from
being esverely shocked the woman
escaped Injury.
Schv.nl Will Spend $15,000,000 on
Plant.
South Bethlehem. General Mana
ger E. G. Grace, of the Bethlehem
Steel company announced part of
Charles M. Schwab's scheme to
spend nearly $15,000,000 during the
next few months In extensions to the
big local plant. Tho programme, as
arranged so far, calls for the expen
diture of $3,000,000 only. Several
hundred additional mechanics will
get work.
Six additional open hearth blast
furnaces will bo erected in a space
of 157 feet by "20 feet. Each fur
nace will have seventy-five tons
dally capacity. These new furnaces,
with the ten already In operation,
will have a monthly capacity of 75,
000 tons.
To locate these new furnaces,
160,000 cubic yards of rock will
have to be removed. This improve
ment will cost more than $1,000,
000. Additional buildings will be added
to the drop forge department at a
cost of more than $100,000. Forty
office rooms will be added to the
present general office building,
doubling the present capacity. An
other improvement will be the erec
tion of a gigantic gas tank to hold
1,000,000 feet.
fantllo paralysis following a scratch
received from a pot kitten; but at
the time the scratch was not con
nected with tho fatal disease.
The Pennsylvania state firemen's
thirty-third annual convention will
be held in Lebanon during the week
of September 10-13. There are sev
en hundred and more fire companies
identiiled with the state association.
GOOD TIDINGS FOK THE
WOltllYlXG PENSIONERS
Delayed Checks Should he Received
Ry To-day at the Latest.
Washington, Aug. 20. Two hun
dred thousand veterans whose pen
sions have been held up owing to the
controversy in congress over the
abolishment of pension agencies will
probably receive their overdue
checks to-day. This assurance was
given by government officials to
day, following the announcement
that the senate had yielded to the
house in the pension agency dispute.
The house will agree to the pension
conference report to-day; the bill
will be enrolled and signed by the
president to-morrow.
Checks are already 'prepared for
mailing at all the pension agencies,
and as soon as the president signs
the bill, authorization for their pay
ment will be telegraphed from Wash
ington. All the pensioners it was
said ought to receive their checks
today at the latest.
WANTS HL'SHELS OF SNAKES.
Curator Ditmnr May Depopulate This
County of Her Choicest Reptiles.
Curator Dltmar, of the New York
Zoological 'Park, says there are more
snakes in this state than In many
years preceding and that rattle
snakes are more numerous than
others. It may not be generally
known that Mr. Dltmar captures
most of his entire supply of rattlers
for the New York Zoo right here In
Sullivan county, and ho passed
through Montlcello tho early part
of the week in a largo auto filled
with all necessary trappings, Includ
ing a 500-candle power searchlight,
on his way to the Black Lake sec
tion where he expects to capture
several bushels of rattlers. A Park
keeper accompanied him and they
expect to do most of their hunting
at night. Sullivan County Republican.
FIND THAT CATS C.U'SE
INFANTILE PARALYSIS.
Massachusetts Health Hoard Traces
Dread Disease to New Source
Flies Hitherto Illumed.
Springfield, Mass., Aug. 19. That
the primary source or infantilo par
alysis, or poliomyelitis, may bo trac
ed to the common house cat Is tho
belief of the Springfield board of
health. This opinion is based on tho
discovery of well-developed cases of
the dread disease In cats. Two or
three of tho cats thus affected will
bo sent to Boston for expert obser
vation and afterward dissection.
The health department has commun
icated Its findings to a state board of
health representative.
Bacteriologists throughout tho
country have for several years been
seeking tho source of Infantile par
alysis infection. Two years ago tho
dread disease becamo epidemic In
western Massachusetts. As a result,
the opening of the public schools in
Springfield and elsewhere was post
poned, and the children of the well-
to-do wero sent outsldo tho epl-
uemic zone.
Last year there wore few cases,
hut this summer tho disease. Is again
prevalent to an extent which causes
tho authorities gravo concern.
Heretofore poliomyelitis has been
attributed principally ttf flies, es
pecially tho stable variety, and ner
mlttlng children to play with cats
during the summer months has not
been considered dangerous. Two
years ago a small child dlod of In
PLEASANT MOUNT.
(Siieclal to Tho Citizen )
Pleasant Mount, Aug. 17.
Henry Blgeiow, a farmer fifty-two
years of age, who resides near Blge
iow lake, In Mount Pleasant town
ship, was kicked by a horse last
Thursday and sustained severe In
juries. He had been drawing In
hay, and wishing to back tho wagon
from the barn, ho palccd his hand
on the hip of one of the horses. It
retaliated by giving him a kick in
the face, crushing In tho upper Jaw,
breaking his nose, knocked all his
teeth out and cut his Hps In shreds.
Both eyes wero closed by tho Impact.
He was taken to the houso and Dr.
Craft summoned. Some delay was
caused by tho doctor being at Lake
wood. Mr. Blgeiow Is doing as well
as can be expected and If blood
poisoning does not set In he will soon
be out. It makes the fourth case of
a similar nature that Dr. Craft has
treated within the past six weeks.
The marriage of G. Everett Sands
and Miss Rose Ruth Kennedy took
place at the home of the bride's
father, J. II. Kennedy, of Pleasant
Mount Wednesday evening of last
week. Rev. W. Fallis Hunter per
formed tho ceremony In the presence
of tho members of Mr. Sands' and
Mrs. Sands' families. Tho house
was beautifully decorated with cle
matis, vines and sweet peas. The
bride carried a shower bouquet of
white sweet peas. The wedding
ring was used in tho ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Sands expect to make
their home in St. Paul, Brazil, South
America. While Mr. Sands Is a
Wayne county man by birth, and his
family still lives in this countyfshe
for tho past several years has been
connected with Bylngton & Co., who
are agents for the Western Electric
Manufacturing company s products
in San Domingo and that part of
South America.
Mrs. Sanas Is a girl of well known
family in Pleasant Mount, she hav
ing a considerable reputation as an
elocutionist. Their home will be
nearly 0,000 miles from Pleasant
Mount. They are now on their wed
ding trip through the states.
Former Lieutenant Governor Stone
Dies.
Warren, Pa. Charles W. Stone,
ex-Lieutenant Governor of Penn
sylvanla and prominent In the He
publican party, died at his summer
home near here Thursday. He was
C9 years old.
Mr. Stone was not active In State
politics during the last few years
He was a member of tho State
House of Representatives In 1870
and 1871, and was a member of the
Pennsylvania Senate in 1877 and
1878. He was elected Lieutenant
Governor on the ticket on which
Henry M. Hoyt was elected Gover
nor and served from 1S79 to 1883.
In 1SS7 he was appointed Secretary
of the Commonwealth by Governor
Beaver, and resigned In 1890. Mr.
Stone also served four terms in Con
gress from the Twenty-eight district.
THE TCHERCl'LOSIS DISPENSARY
Visit your local tuberculosis dis
pensary. It belongs to you. Your
taxes help pay for it. Pennsylvania
Is well equipped with dispensaries
and no matter where you live, there
is one within a few miles of you.
Send your friends to the dispen
sary if you think any of them are
suffering from consumption. The
doctor will tell them whether or not
they have the disease and If they
do not wish to pay for treatment in
a private sanatorium, ho will see
that they enter the State sanator
ium. Until tho patient can go to the
sanatorium, ho will bo Instructed at
the dispensary as to how to take care
of himself. A nurse will visit his
home and will see that things are
kept sanitary. When tho patient
comes back from the sanltorlum, he
should visit the dispensary regular
ly, so as to make sure that he Is
not losing ground and that the dis
ease does not get the better of him
through careless habits of life.
Tho dispensary tells the patient
what Is the matter with him, sees
that he goes to a sanatorium and on
his return encourages him to con
tinue living the life which at the
sanatorium stopped for him tho
progress of the disease.
Visit your dispensary at the first
opportunity. It is your duty as a
citizen and a part of your education.
Karl do Schwelnitz, Executive
Secretary, Pennsylvania Society for
tho Prevention of Tuberculosis.
HOW THE EARTH DRIED.
Gcriuun Scientist's Now Theory of u
Scientific Fact.
When water is decomposed by rad
ium or by ultra-vlolot rays It pro
duces hydrogen and peroxide of hy
drogen, and It does not form oxy
gen. Electrolytic decomposition
forms oxygen.
A German Investigator bases a
new theory relating to the drying of
the earth on tho fact that one form
of decomposition produces oxygen,
while the other form does not. Part
of the water vapor emitted by tho
seas Is decomposed by the ultra
violet rays of tho sun; the hydrogen
formed rises toward the high at
mospheric strata, and all tho water
does not return to tho surface.
Thorofore, tho quantity of water
on tho faco of tho globo Is always
diminishing and tho earth Is Inces
santly, If gradually, drying.
To cite ono example: On tho
north side of tho Alps thcro Is a
continual falling off In tho depth of
tho lakes and a gradual formation
of swamps. Two hundred and fifty
years ago there wero ono hundred
and forty-nlno lakes In tho canton
of Zurich, to-day there aro soventy
slx, Tho destruction of tho forests
and tho cultivation of tho land par
tially explain this, but the loss of
hydrogen is an Important factor
Tho hydrogen accumulated In the
higher atmosphere is diffused In In
torstollar space.
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LIST OF PKOPEUTIES IX HONESDALE, PA. :
Vacant lots at Blandln; 1 dwelling house on Park street, Honesdale;
1 dwelling house on Court street, Honesdale;2 dwelling houses on
East Street Extension; 1 dwelling house and vacant lot on 16th street;
1 dwelling house on 13th street; 1 dwelling house on 17th street. Also
farms, hotels, and business properties.
NOTICE TO
WATER
CONSUMERS
The use of water
for
sprinklincj lawns,
gardens, streets, etc.,
is hereby prohibited
EXCEPT between the
hours of 6 & 8 a. m.
and 6 & 8 p. m.
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Honesdale Consolidated Water Co.