The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-29
LOCAL MENTION.

cartoonist, has consented to appear at
the Lyric theatre on Friday evening,
Feb. 9Th, under the auspices of the
Honesdale Realty Company.
The ice went out of the Delaware
on Monday morning. At Deposit when
the pack started the river was high and
covered the flats, creating considerable
excitement among the interested onlook-
ers, but no loss to property occurred.
-Coxtown lake, one of Preston's
prettiest sheets of water, will be made
more attractive the coming summer by
221S foot steam launch, which has just
been built at Uniondale by D. H. Cole
man for Spencer & Wright, to ply on its
bosom.
Bregstein Bros. the extensive Homes
dale clothing and gents furnishing
goods firm, on Wednesday last purchas-
ed in a lump the entire stock of the
Peter Hittinger clothing establishment
of H3wley, at bankrupt sale, paying
81, ,765 for same.
-R-H. Slocum, brakeman on the
Delaware Division of the Erie, was
.scalded about the face, both hands and
wrists by water glass breaking on the
engine at Lackawaxen at about six
O'Clock Wednesday morning. He was
taken to Port Jervis on train Eight and
taken to the Hospital for treatment.
Information is desired of the COM
pany and regiment in which Ira Thomas
enlisted, during the rebellion. He is
understood to have been a resident of
Scott township, Wayne county, Pa,
and to have enlisted in New York regi-
ment. He was killed at the battle of
Fair Oaks, Va, May 31st or June lst,
1862.
The State Board of Health has is
sued orders to creamery managers
throughout the state to keep the va
rious branches of their business sepa-
rate that is to say, the reception, bot
Ting and handling of milk cannot be
done in the same room where the wash
ing of cans and other work of a more or
less dirty nature is done. This is mere
a sanitary precaution.
"A Maltese cat was worried by dog
and climbed to the top of tall tree in
Harrisburg one day last week. Its perch
proved to be anything but place of
safety for the feline, however, as, afraid
to leave its perch, it endured fusillade
of bricks and stones, for several days
and then quietly yielded up its nine
lives. By the aid of long ladder and
through the stimulus of dollar, man
was found who Skinned up the tree and
dropped the cat. Our Honesdale tab
bies do better. Within few days past
we have seen three mounted on tele graph
poles just outside of our sanctum win
dow. OF course every passer-by waf
greeted with an appealing NEW; but
no first aid turning up, the wise cats
finally ventured to turn around and lei
ithemselves backwards down to terra
:firma.
The Third Annual Banquet of the
Wayne County Pennsylvania Society oi
New York city will be held on Tuesday
evening, February 23d, 1909, at hall
past seven o'clock, at the Hotel Man
haitian, corner of Madison Avenue anC
42d street, New York city. The privilege
'of purchasing tickets to the dinner will
be extended to many Wayne count.
people but as there will be limit II
ithe number who can be accommodated
and as applications will be filed in tn
'Order received, H. will be we'll for sucl
as accept invitations to notify Che Secre
tary, Charles s, Penwarden, II Nassau
street, before the 18th of February, oil
which date seats to members and guest
will be assigned. The officers of tn,
Society are Chas. w. Hand, President
VIM. F. DorAinger, 1st Vice President
DR.. Peter ]. Gibbons, I'd Vice President
W. Monroe Weiss, Sd Vice President
John H. strongman, Treasurer, and O
b. HadSsll, Historian.