The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-22
LOCAL MENTION.


White Mills, Saturday evening.
The Boot and Shoe Workers Union
will conduct their annual ball and con-
cert at the Lyric Theatre, on Friday
evening, Feb. 10th.
Henry Doss, aged 16, after drawing
his younger brother on sled to George
H. Schlund's meat market, in Port Jer-
Wis, on Monday last, stepped into the
place to have an order from his mother
filed, when he fell dead from heart dis
ease.
AN adjournment of the Legislature
permits Hon. L. Fuerth to pay his home
q flying visit. We notice in the list of
Committees for the present session that
he has been assigned to the Committees
on Education, Manufactures, Mines and
Mining, and Public Buildings.
Warren E. Perham, of Niagara, this
county, President of the, Pennsylvania
Dairy Union, leaves to-day for Harris
burg, in which city ameeting of that
organization will be held next week, be-
ginning on Tuesday, the 26th, and end
ing on Friday, the Goth. On Wednes-
day afternoon he will, as Chairman,
submit the report of the Committee on
Dairy and Dairy Products, =.
Mary A. Carey, of Hawley, formerly
of Scranton, and widow of William
Carey, on Tuesday last started suit in
trespass for $25 900 against the Erie Rail
road Company, for the death of her hus-
band on the rail. Carey was an Ontario
& Western brakeman, and while work
ing in Fell township on switch was
killed by an Erie train. He was between
the cars, when an Erie train switched
against the cars, and he was fatally in
jured.
The man who grew the Grand Cham
pion ear of corn at the late National
Corn Show at Omaha, will send his best
ear to the Pennsylvania Corn Show to
be held at Harrisburg, January 26-29, 80
our corn-growers can compare notes.
Every Pennsylvania corn grower should
send ten ears of his best corn to- W. H.
Moody, Chestnut Street Hall, Harris
burg, at once, and try to win one of the
nine silver cups or one of the 45 cash
prizes offered for good cornby the Penn
sylvania Live Stock Breeders Associ-
alton. There are no entrance fees.
Surely at least one of the 54prizes ought
to come to Wayne county.
"A. o. Blake, Republican candidate
for Register and Recorder in the late
election, was sufferer by fire at an
early hour yesterday morning which de-
stroyed his residence in Bethany, to-
gether with most of the furniture and
other contents. Miss Florence Blake,
his daughter, who occupied the house
with him, happened to be in Carbondale
on visit when the fire occurred, and
lost all of her clothing except what she
had with her. Her grandmother, Mrs
Sampson, who is visiting friends il
Peckville, also lost clothing and som'
bedding. Mr.. Blake was sleeping alont
in the house when the fire broke out
On returning from visit with his broth
er, on Wednesday night, he fixed the
fire in the kitchen stove and went to bed
About two O'Clock, on awakening, HI
was alarmed by smell of smoke, ant
found himself imprisoned in his room
by raging flames in the adjoining apart
ment. Cut off from egress in that di
rection he jumped from window ant
sustained severe sprain of his left leg
Crippled as he was, with the aid of
neighbor, Ernest Bodie, he manages
to save small part Of the contents
the house, but the loss was PRACTICAL
total, and is estimated by him at 81 20
on the building, and 5000 on furniture
clothing, etc. He had an insurance
$500 on the building and $500 oil tn
contents. The fire is supposed to hav
originated either from an overheate
stove or a defective fiue. Mr.. Blake
now laid up at the home Of his brothe
with a crippled limb, and underline car
OF DR.. F. w. Powell.