Cyrus Hornbeck, who for years has had his home with his sister, Mrs. Joseph H. Clark in Ellenville, died in Thrall Hospital in Middletown Sunday morning from dropsy with which he had suffered for six months. At this death he was aged 70 years and nearly four months. He was born in Wurtsboro, son of Everett and Sarah Masten Hornbeck, Port Jervis and Ellenville. He was a clever fellow, and had a circle of friends in all the places named. He was attacked with the fatal disease at his sister’s a few months ago, and when his case became more serious was taken to the hospital, where he failed steadily until his death. He leaves four married sisters, and Miss Mary of Ellenville. Funeral and internment were on Tuesday at Wurtsboro.

Which Foot Walks Faster?

If you take a pavement that is clear, so that there will be no interference, and walk briskly in the center, you will find that before you have gone fifty yards you have veered very much to one side. You must not make any effort, of course, to keep in the center, but if you will think of something and endeavor to walk naturally you cannot keep a direct line. The explanation of this lies in the propensity of one foot to walk faster than the other, or one leg takes a longer stride than the other.

Quite a Success.

“Is a college education a success for girls?”

“It was a brilliant success in the case of my daughter. She is to marry one of her professors.”

Masonic Officers.

Wawarsing Lodge, F. & A., elected officers for the ensuing year as follows:

W. M. – Ulster Palmer
S. W. – Dr. J. W. Rapp
J. W. – Charles Cleveland
Sec’y – Frank V. Sanford
Treas. – Dr. L. E. Vernon
Sr. D – Dr. Arch Freer
Jr. D. – Dr. F. A. Bueltmann
S. M. – C. Robert Bonnyman
J. M. – C. Albert Sherman
Tyler – Benj. F. Palmer
Mar. – A. J. L. Wolf
Trustee – Frank B. Hoornbeck

In the County Court

There was a session of the county court on Monday afternoon, Judge Jenkins presiding. Among the new officers present was Sheriff Doyle.

George McGuire was arraigned and charged with the crime of burglary in the third degree committed last July in the town of Wawarsing, in company with Joseph Divine. He pleaded guilty. Joseph Divine was also arraigned for a similar offense and he pleaded guilty. Later McGuire was brought up for sentence. He will be sent to the reformatory, being only 15 years of age. McGuire and Divine boarded at the boarding house of a man by the name of Ehlers not far from Ellenville, and worked for a lumber company.