Forest City - [This article came from the Forest City News, Feb. 19, 1926, when the mine strike finally ended.] The whistles at the local collieries were a welcome sound to the people of Forest City, this morning, calling the men and boys back to their work after an idleness of nearly six months. The men who work in the mines, at the local colliery, started this morning and the men and boys who work on the outside will start tomorrow.

McKune Cemetery - Twenty deer, in a herd, are often seen these days in the McKune cemetery district, says the Susquehanna Transcript.The deer go into the orchards and paw the snow in search of frozen apples. The farmers in that section place food for the deer, and they take full advantage of this generosity.

New Milford - Fifty-eight cases of typhoid, and four deaths, have been reported at New Milford. However, state officials expressed themselves as being very well pleased with the progress made, no new cases being reported in the last two days, and many of those seriously ill, last week, showing a decided improvement. It was decided to entirely discontinue the use of the water coming from East Lake, and depend entirely on the use of springs to feed the reservoir.

Brooklyn - P. H. Street, health officer of Brooklyn, was in Montrose fumigating. Mr. Street reported nine cases of measles in Brooklyn, of a mild form.

Montrose - Twenty-nine books have been burned at the county library, which had been in homes where cases of scarlet fever existed. Some of these books were new volumes, but no chances were taken of spreading the infection. All books coming from homes, where this disease has existed, are burned by the library authorities. ALSO The election of a county superintendent of schools will take place at the court house, in Montrose, on April 13th, when the school directors meet for the purpose. So far as known there will be no opposition to the present able superintendent, F. H. Taylor.

Harford - George Tompkins and Mrs. Mary Whitney were united in marriage, Saturday evening by F. A. Osborn. They will reside on the farm belonging to Mr. Tompkins.

Dimock - A little daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Smith, at the Ballentine Farm, Wednesday, March 10. The mother and child are being cared for at the home of her sister, Mrs. Earl Sherman. Mrs. Smith is the wife of the creamery man at Forest Lake.

Clifford - On Tuesday a small bee was formed to cut ice to fill Rev. Madden’s ice house. Those who held were: Frank Hasbrouck, E. E. Finn, cutters; Walter Ayres, Wm. Baldwin, Allen Finn, drew the ice; Emery Green and Mr. Scutt, were packers.

Birchardville - Word was received this week of the death of Edward Guilfoil. He resided on Stone Street for many years, removing to Binghamton last spring. He was nearly 90 years of age.

Honor Roll of Revolutionary Soldiers of Susquehanna County: ASAHEL GREGORY— Pensioner, with rank of private and sergeant, serving with Massachusetts Volunteers. Born in Lanesboro, Mass., in 1759. Died in Montrose, Pa., April 14, 1842. Buried in family plot on Frederick Scott farm, just south of the borough line. Grave marked by D. A. R. He settled in Herrick soon after 1790 and was the first justice of the peace in that section. Miss Blackman, page 166, says that “He brought his family down the Susquehanna to the Bend on a raft and when their destination was reached he built a log hut, peeled bark to shelter the bed, and took possession.” He lived in Herrick 40 years when he moved to the home of his son, Samuel, in Bridgewater. He enlisted in Massachusetts Volunteers, serving from June 1775 to summer of 1781. Served under Colonel Woodbury, Col. Seth Miner, Col. Marshall and Col. James Willett, all of Massachusetts Volunteers.

CORRECTION: In our last issue [of the Montrose Democrat] we stated that Geo. A. Post, Jr., of New York City, had been divorced by his wife, who before marriage was a daughter of Charles Dana Gibson, noted artist. This statement was true, so far as it being George Post, but he was not a son of George A. Post, known to so many in this county, and whose death occurred recently. It was another George Post.

News Briefs: One for everybody! No living president and no living ex-president has ever had his face on a United States coin. All precedents are broken in the authorization of a Coolidge half dollar to mark the sesquicentennial celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, at Philadelphia. John H. Sinnock, who was made engraver at the Philadelphia mint by President Coolidge, a year ago, is doing the designing. ALSO Short skirts are responsible for the slump in the trade of woolen, cotton and silk materials, an authority on the clothing trade states. “Seven yards of 44” material were once required to make a woman’s dress,” he said, “while now two or three yards of material, about 50” wide, are all that are necessary.”

“200 Years Ago” from the Montrose Register, March 10 and March 17, 1826.

MARRIED: On the 2nd inst., by J. W. Raynsford, Mr. Lemuel Ladd to Miss Harriet Snyder, both of Bridgewater. ALSO On the 2nd inst., by Elder Davis Dimock, Mr. Suel Farr, of this town [Montrose], to Miss Harriet Fisk, of New Milford.

DIED: On Tuesday, Feb 28th, in this town [Montrose], Mr Thomas Williams, aged 104 years. He was a soldier in the French war, and also in that of the Revolution; during which he received a wound that disenabled him for active employment. He was a pensioner. ALSO At Springville, on Wednesday the 1st of March, Mr. John J. Whitcomb, aged 30 years, after an illness of two years. ALSO At Great Bend, on Wednesday the 2d ult., Mr. David Hyatt, after a short and severe illness.

Extraordinary notice—The following notice appeared lately on the door of a Roman Catholic Chapel, in the West of Ireland.  Put away from Patrick M’Dallah! “Whereas my wife Mrs. Bridget M’Dallah, is again walked away with herself, and left me with her four small children and her poor old blind mother, and nobody else to look after house and home, and I hear has taken up with Tim Galgan, the lame fidler, the same that was put in the Stocks last Easter for stealing Barney Doodey’s Gamecock. This is to give notice that I will not pay for Bite or sup on her or his account to man or mortal, and that she had better never shew the marks of her ten toes, near my House again. PATRICK M’DALLAH. N. B.— Tim had better keep out of my site!!!”