The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-11-25

after being idle since the first of July
The IA lies of the Presbyterian church
packed and shipped, last week, three
barrels t. North Carolina, filed with
clOshing. shoes, etc, fsr destitute colcred
people OF that State
BY a recent ORDER Of the post office
registered rnaii matter il to
be delivered only to the person TO whom
addressed Not even on = written order
Will IL be delivered to another person
" r Kin ngsbnrv- of A7ltnnl,s Leaves
this county isas bpnshl n-'t ih- bakery
business Of ~ II. Fox in Deposit. lie
took possession on NJ pn1ay last AiT- Fox
remsining for the pres mt n an assistant.
District Superintendent NJ. n. Fuller
OF Car'scndale, will hold quarterly meet
ing services in the NJ E church. Alden
Vile, Sunday, Nov 1qih. at 2:sO P. N.
and Al Pleasant Valley the same day, at
$50 p II.
Eugene Fay is building a summer
boarding house At Starlight. calculated
to accommodate forty city guests Wm-
Cummings of Lake Como. has the CON
tract for the erection of the hotel which
will b. up-to-date in every detail.
The fact that November 18th fell on
Sundav this wear added cne days lease
OF life 1O the lot of some of tie deer that
rcanl the forests The deer season should
have opened on November 18TH but &s
Sunday hunting r. not permitted. Mon
dsy, November 10th, marked the open
ing of the season, and the killing of deer
may continue until December l. Each
hunter Is limited to kill ore male deer,
with horns, in season
Officials Of the Prudential Insurance
Co. are investigating the circumstances
surrounding tsae death Oi Norman E.
L2BaTr- formerly of Sasrucca- who Was
killed bv a train at HaZletcn- recently.
The deceased took ont a policy for S.
Coo with the Company during the past
wear and the policy is void if the insured
committed suicide within one year. The
Company claims that there is sufficient
mystery about LaBarr's death to war
rant an investigation
--daovernOr Stuart has approved the
application for a charter for a railroad to
run irofn Matamoras To- Milford. Pike
county Ii Will be the second raiir,ad
i'm the county, and will be STYLED the
Port Je-vis and Delaware Valley. Its
length Will be seven miles and the capital
stock is S,00.0o0. The directors are
Francis A. SAWYER, Canton, President !:
ex-Ccngressman c. F. Wright, Susque-
hanna; Isaac N Beardslee. Edward p.
Emerson and James :. Helden. Port
Jervis. and Representative Alfred Mar
vin and T. F. De,iraw, Matamoras.
-Stroudsburg's free mail delivery
system WAS inaugurated ON Monday of
last sgeek- The town is favored with
three deliveries day-at S NJ, and
and y T. ~ Here, where we have had
carriers ior wears, We have to- be content
with t%o deliveries day. and 1t so hap
pens thas they are at NOT by any means
al the UaOst convenient hours. 4 letter
reaching H"nesslale by the afternoon
Erie eT D. and H. railroads, ii address
Ell tO street and number. must lie i'm the
post-0:,;ce till the next forenoon. too
late for reply even by the morning
mails on either road ; and such matter
as comes after nocn on Saturday viii
mot reach the parties addressed before
mine O'Clock, "n an average, the next
Monday morning. Certainly here Is
good occasion f,r Uncle Salli to lit ui
and take noiicr.
Its an i'll wind that blows nobody
good N'llei. the Park Theatre in
Brooklyn, n y, was entirely DESTROYED
by fire last week. patrons ol that house
were for the time being robbed oi the
delights of stepping from their ironi
door into New York attraction, and
those that desired 10 visit theatrical
performance were compelled 40 take 3
long trolley OF subway ride. or stay al
home. and on the other hand, some
sixty persons were thrown out of work
until liae theatre can be rebuilt; bu;
had not this undesired catastrophe oc-
currsd. patrons of the Lyric would have
besn compelled To ga To their turkey re-
past without the thought that afterwards
they could witness what the BROOKLYN
folks were missing, for THE Sign ot
The Four, the famous Sherlock Holmes
detective drama, was booked for Brook
lyn this week, and NOW that il has nc
theatre 40 house them, Honesdale theatre
goers can reap the harvest. Tickets now
on sale ~ the box office.
Wayne county Is quite noted for its
cases of exceptional longevity, num-
ber OF its residents having passed the
century mark before answering the final
summons, and one at leasi-Mrs. Sarah
Benjamin-attaining the ripe old age Oi
il3. We have several OctOgenarians ia
HOnesdale to-day, and an occasional