The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-26

nall on Thanksgiving evening.
A number Of the Honesdal,
Council, X. of c., will attend the
third degree exercises of Scranton
Council on Sunday next.
Milk men who drive in towr
these cold mornings should blanket
their horses as they go from house
to house delivering milk. The drive
into town warns up the horse and
the slow walk around town without
a blanket to protect at least the
Kidneys is cruelty to the animal.
On Tuesday, Nov. 3Oth, st. An
drew's Day, the Brotherhood of st.
Andrew of Grace Episcopal church
Will receive the Holy Communion to-
gether at 6.15 a. m. The early hour
Is appointed that employed members
may be present. On the Sunday
evening, preaching at 1880 p. M, the
Rector will speak to the Brother
hood and the congregation on Tools
and Their Use."
The members of Protection En-
gine Co. No. 8, their wives and the
sweethearts of those that have no
wives, met at the engine room par
lors on Thanksgiving evening and
enjoyed a most excellent repast in
which Mr.. Turkey was very promi-
nent. Dancing, both of the
modern and old-fashioned school,
was INDUCED in until the day en-
croached upon another day. The
town council had a deputation pres
ent, and with the Chief Burgess
helped to make the evening a pleas
ant one.
The seventeenth annual ball of
the Amity Club was held at the Lyric
hall on Thanksgiving eve and prov
ed a great success. The hall was
prettily decorated with the club col
ors, orange and black. Much credit
is due to the committee, consisting
of Jos. A. Bodie, Jr., VIM. H. Bader
and Otto Truscott. The following
out of town guests were present:
Miss Bessie Cavenaugh, Messrs. Ray
Hughes and Joseph Hessling, of Car
bondale; Miss Mary Almond, of
Scranton, and Misses Eva and Stella
School, Messrs. Homer Sandercock,
and Howell Bortree, of Ariel; also
Miss Lille Spencer of Parkersburg,
w. Va, and Mr.. Daniel White of
New York.
Evidence was taken Tuesday
before Referee, in Bankruptcy w. H.
Lee, in the bankrupt case of Smith
Lumber company. Among the wit
nesses examined were the officers of
the Honesdale Dime Bank. The rep
resentative attorneys for the trustee
were j. A. Haughwet, of New York
City and Hon. F. P. Kimble, of this
place. According to the schedule
made by w. H. Smith for the COM
pany the liabilities will reach $685.
600, while the assets were less than
$4,000. 1t already appears, accord
Ing to evidence given, that the assets
appear to be four times their value.
Detective N. B. Spencer arrested
Matte Cummings in Hawley last
and brought him to Homes
dale. Miss Emma Williams, Of Mar
BILE Hill, Hawley, was the complain
ant. Cummings was arrested for as
sault and attempt rape upon depond-
ent. He appeared before R. A. Smith,
Justice of the Peace, and held for a
hearing.
An automobile collided with a
wagon in the Erie Railroad
subway at Sparrow Bush, two miles
west of Port Jervis, Saturday even
Ing and was overturned. DR.. Chas. |
N. Knapp, Mayor-elect of Port Jer-
Wis, and DR.. w. E. Kelley, of Port |
Jervis, the occupants of the automo-
bile, were seriously injured. They |
were on their way in DR.. Knapp's |
machine to visit patient of DR.. |
Kelley's at Rio. DR.. Knapp, who |
was at the wheel, received a scalp
and some bruises. DR.. Kel-
ey's injuries were compound frac-
sure of the right foot and spine bad
" wrenched. His condition is seri-
BUS. Fred Long was first to their
assistance. He attempted to move
,he physicians medicine cases to
another automobile, when the ma
chine started forward and he was
ragged quite distance and was
BADLY lacerated and bruised. 1t de-
yeloped Monday morning that DR..
Kelley sustained broken pelvis
n addition to his other injuries and
le will be laid up for a long time.
Despite his injuries DR.. Knapp was
lble to get to his Office the morning
after the accident, but was unable
o do any business.
The Financial Review, of Scran-
on, has the following regarding our
aving banks: Most gratifying re-
,orts of the condition of the Wayne
county Savings Bank, Dime and
Farmers and Mechanics Bank of
were made at the close
# business of the respective banks,
November 6, 1909, as the result of a
all issued by the State Commits
ioner of Banking. The Wayne
Iounty Savings Bank, which stands
18th in the United States and 10th