The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
In cold weather blanket your
horses while stopping.

Mrs. G. H. Dorflinger and Mrs.
D. e. Decker of, White Mills, are
stopping at the Hotel Wolcott in
New York City for a few days.
Walter Moules, of Seelyville,
killed fine buck deer in Pike coun-
ty on Monday. 1t was sent here and
is now on display in H. A. Dunkle-
berg's meat market.
About fifteen Honesdale persons
attended a roast pig dinner at the
home of Mrs. Wheeler, Prompton,
Wednesday, for the benefit of the
Presbyterian church at that place.
The Pomona consisting of seven
teen Wayne county oranges, held a
banquet at Dyberry on Wednesday.
Judge A. T. Searle, who is a member
+ of Pleasant Grange, made the ad-
dress of welcome.
The members of the Improve
ment society of East Honesdale, held
one of their popular balls at the
Alert hall on Wednesday night.
Light refreshments were served and
good music was furnished for dane
ing.
"A Scotch terrier, belonging to
Mary Bell, the eleven-year-old daugh-
ter of Mrs. Annie Bell of Forest
street, was poisoned the early part
| of this week. Mary drove cow for
| four years with the dog, and wher-
ever Mary was seen, there also was
the dog.
II Iuno nrHou hu q
New York newspaper that all of the
big hotels in that city are filled to
the roofs. The guests come from
everywhere and seem loaded with
money. Prosperity" is the explana-
tion. That is, the rich have recover
ed from the scare of 1907.
Present dividend declarations
seem to indicate that, in the calendar
year 1910, shareholders in the indus
trial corporations throughout the
country will participate in larger
dividend disbursements than at any
time since the record year 1907, if
indeed not in excess of that year.
Chief of Police w. F. Wilkin of
Port Jervis, received a notice Tues
day that, on Sunday, November 14th,
a black cob horse, 9 years old, weigh
ing about 900 pounds, with splints
on his front legs, and a spindle
wagon nearly new, had been stolen
from James Gardner in Dover, Nor
ris county, N. j. The man is known
as Frank Snyder. A reward of $50
is offered for the capture of the rig
and thief.
There will be a total eclipse of
the moon generally throughout the
United States on the night of Fri
day, Nov. 26, or on the morning of
the 27th, as the eclipse does not be-
gin until after midnight. The moon
will enter the earth's shadow from
the southwest at 2.11 a. m, and
totally will begin at 3.14, with the
middle of the eclipse at 3.55. The
mdon leaves the shadow at 5.38 and
Hddle of the eclipse at 3.55.
THE following real estate trans
fe{s have been recorded Mrs. Nan
cey Slower of Scott township to Orin
Lee, 200 acres of land; consideration
$500; Marcus A. Wall to Alonzo w.
Wilcox, 36 acres of land in Damas-
Gus; Burton Chapman, of Lake to
George Edwards, 40 acres of land in
Lake township; consideration ST.
900; j. e. Dodson of Dreher to ]. D.
Snyder, lot in Dreher township,
twenty-five dollars.
In our last issue we gave a de-
scription of one of the largest loco
motives in existence, being at the
Hawley yards, from whence it took
S5 steel dumps over the Wyoming
Division to Avoca. There it could
not be turned, it was so big, and was
sent to Dunmore and ended about,
and then returned to Avoca. Thence
it was started east, when it was no.
ticed that it Tapped over so far that
1t could not pass engines on the other
track. In order to use this engine
on the Wyoming division orders for
single-track line were issued, but
this not proving satisfactory, the en-
gine was returned to the Delaware
division.
The seat portion of D. & H. Cafe
Car No. 603 has been converted into
a Parlor-Car and will be operated on
trains Nos. 7 and weekdays and
Nos. 81 and 81 and 3S Sundays, on
the Susquehanna Division between
Albany and Binghamton-servic to
begin about November 21st. The
car seats Is persons and contains all
the comforts usually found in Pull
man cars, including double windows,
revolving chairs, sofa, etc. 1t is
finished in mahogany and artistically
carpeted and upholstered in blue,
is lighted with Pintsch gas, has au-
tomato ventilators and electric push
buttons. Meals are served la carte
in the cafe portion of the car which
has a seating capacity of % and is
daintily decorated in green and gold.
There is also a smoking compartment
fitted up with wicker chairs, leather
trimmed. Rates will be very low,