Choconut - Mrs. Elisha Mulford, an aged resident of Choconut, passed away after a three weeks’ illness. She was about 90 years of age and had lived in that place the greater part of her life. Her daughters, Mrs. Albert Post, of New York, and Mrs. Sarah Winlock, of Cambridge, Mass, were with her during her illness.

Forest City - W. C. Lott has been appointed a borough auditor by Judge Smith and Andrew Starinski has been appointed high constable in place of chief of police John Kaplavka, who has resigned.

Franklin Forks - Salt Springs school closed Friday with an enjoyable community picnic.

Silver Lake - Our roads are being worked and are a little rough for automobiles.

Dimock - The big woods owned by F. R. Cope, which caught fire last Friday evening, from a meadow fire, was saved by the strenuous work of the Woodbourne men and others from Dimock. If the fire had happened a day later, the woods could not have been saved on account of the high winds.

Uniondale - Glen Wells, manager of the Elkdale creamery and Thomas Jones, were business callers in town, Saturday. They report that they receive about 100 cars of milk a day and they sell their cream to the Woodlawn Dairy, of Scranton.

New Milford - Ben. Norris, who recently purchased the Taft property, on Main Street, is making extensive alterations to the building, transforming it into an up-to-date garage and show room. It will be known as the Central Garage.

Lenoxville - Mrs. Loren Robinson and children are very sick with measles, as is Perry Johnson. Howard Johnson is confined to his home with a severe cold.

Herrick Center - The pupils of the Intermediate room, Miss Roby Felter, teacher, are making fine progress in Palmer Method Penmanship. The following have received their Palmer Method Buttons: Russell Bennett, Peter Maslar, Nina Allen, Clara Reeder, Roland Stark. [The Palmer Method was introduced in the late 19th and early 20th century, and became the most popular cursive handwriting system in the United States.]

Thompson - Wedding bells are ringing on Pleasant Avenue. For further information inquire of Rex Gully.

Hallstead - Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roe, of this place, were severely injured in Binghamton. A street car hit the wagon in which they were riding, throwing both out. They are in City Hospital.

Montrose - The Ideal Theatre will show, Friday and Saturday, May 14 & 15, A big Zane Grey special—“Desert Gold.” Typical western melodrama of thrills, excitement, appealing love theme, wild riding, shooting, sweeping sandstorm and mountain avalanche—the highest point yet reached by Paramount in the production of Zane Grey stories.

Lanesboro - Arthur Prentice, a Lanesboro young man, died from injuries in the Barnes Hospital, Susquehanna. The young man was struck by an automobile a few days previous, sustaining internal injuries, a fractured leg and other hurts. He was 19 years of age and highly regarded for his friendly manner and exemplary habits. The accident occurred on a curve where he was at work building a retaining wall on the state highway, when an automobile, driven by a young woman struck him, although she made every effort to avoid hitting him.

East Kingsley - Surveyors on the Roosevelt trail are still active in this vicinity. Residents here are hopeful the route will soon be decided.

Alford, Brooklyn Twp. - Miss Bessie Ellsworth is in Lake Ariel, as pianist for Dr. Kreir & Co., the medicine show men, who were in Kingsley last week.

Brooklyn - At the concert given by the Brooklyn Musical Club, $24.00 was realized, which will be used to improve music in the high school.

Pleasant Valley, Auburn Twp. - Mrs. Alice Reimel and son, Arthur, visited her daughter, Mrs. Mercur Gardner and family, of Rush. Arthur drove his new car, which he is learning to manipulate very judiciously.

South Ararat - John Thomas, or “Uncle John” as he is called, took dinner at Henry Davis’. He was on his return home from a visit among old friends in Herrick. He is quite well for a man of his age and generally makes his trips on foot. Suppose some of the younger ones take pattern.

Fair Hill - C. M. Brands had a sick horse and called Dr. Miller. He had to go two miles to get to the phone as their line was on the “bum.”

Honor Roll of Revolutionary War Soldiers of Susquehanna County: BRISTOL BUDD SAMPSON — Colored, pensioner, with rank of private in Connecticut Continental Lines. Commencement of pension April 30th, 1818. He entered the Revolution as a servant of Washington, later becoming an enlisted soldier. E. A. Weston, in his History of Brooklyn, says that his first wife was Phoebe, daughter of Prince Perkins, and their children were: Susan, William and Anna. His second wife, also named Phoebe, and children by her—Joanna, Charlotte, Judy and Hannah. He died in 1848 and is buried in the Prince Perkins cemetery, in Brooklyn.

News Briefs: The report from Spitzenberg, the first of the week, that Commander Richard E. Byrd, an American aviator, had flown over the North Pole, created a world-wide stir. Byrd and two companions, in a huge Fokker airplane, went 1,400 miles in 16 hours, being the first men to successfully pass over the North Pole in a plane. ALSO Someone estimated that nearly 5,000 persons were at the dam last Sunday, says The Hawley Times. The water is now over the spillway and within ten feet of the top of the dam. Lake Wallenpaupack will, before long, be a beautiful body of water.

“200 Years Ago” from the Montrose Register, May 12, 1826.

From the Miltonian. STEAM BOAT DISASTER ON THE SUSQUEHANNA. The steam boat Susquehanna and Baltimore bursted one of her boilers in Nescopeck Falls, near Berwick, at 3 o’clock, P.M., on Wednesday the 3d of May—the following is a list of the persons injured: ? B. Edwards of Braintrim, Luz. Co., Wm. Camp, Owego, NY, dangerously; Wm. Fitch, do.; Christian Brobst, Cattawissa, do.; Col. Joseph Paxton, do. slightly; Cyrus Barton, Bloomsburg, do.; Wm. G. Hurley, do.; ?. L. Forster, do.; Wm. Colt, Danville, do.; Thos. Woodside, do.; David Rose, N. Y. State, do.; Fireman, do.; Engineer, dangerously. One or two passengers, belonging to the state of New York, are missing—it is supposed they were lost overboard—their names and places of residence are not known. There was a number more passengers on board, but none injured except those above mentioned. The above account is taken from the way-bill of the Berwick stage, arrived here this evening. [Since receiving the above account we have conversed with some gentlemen, direct from Berwick, who informed us that they saw the dead bodies of four of the unfortunate persons, one of whom was Mr. Camp, of Owego.—They also informed us that several others were so dangerously wounded that their lives were despaired of. No person on board the boat at the time of the accident escaped injury, except the Captain, who was standing on the platform or roof that covered the boilers.]