The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20

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reports IL deaths and l3 births, in his
district, for December, 1908.
I The Honesdale basket ball team
will play the White Mills five in the lat
ter place, on Saturday evening next.
The two teams recently played tie
game, and spirited contest is antici-
pated.
The Waymart Knitting Mill Co. have
reelected the following hoard of di-
rectors for 1909: L. B. Guckenberger,
F. r. Varcoe, q. A. Wonnacott, j. F..
Dooley, q. j. Lord, H. T. Inch and f.
s. Stephenson.
The Archdeaconry of Scranton met
in st. Marks parish, Dunmore, on Mon
day and Tuesday of this week. Twenty
nine clergymen were present, including
Right Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, D. D., and
Rev. A. L. Whitaker, rector of Grace
Episcopal church, of this place.
Otto Brown, of Lake Ariel, convict
ed at last term of court of selling liquor
without license, and whose sentence
was suspended, was brought into court
on Monday last and sentenced by Judge
Purdy to three months imprisonment
in the county Jail, with $500 fine and
costs.
AT the annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Wayne County Savings
Bank held on Tuesday oflast week, Jan.
IL, 1909, the entire old board ofdirectors
was reelected, as follows: H. G. Hand,
A. T. Searle, T. B. Clark, Charles j.
Smith, H. ]. Conger, w. F. Suydam,
w. B. Holmes, F. P. Kimble and H. s,
Salmon.
The parsonage of st. Johns Luther
an church will be dedicated on Thurs
day, January 2Sth. The dedicatory
ceremonies WILDE performed by the Rev.
R. Lucas, of the Lutheran church at
Hawley. The dedication, which will
take place at 7:30 p. M, will be pre-
ceded by German supper, given by
the Ladies' Aid Society of the church
at $3.50 P. M. The public is invited.
FOLLOWING are the officers OF the
Wayne County Agricultural Society for
the present year: President, w. L.
Ferguson vice-president, E. P. Jones,
Ariel /; treasurer, j. V. Starnes and sec
retary, E. w. Gammell, both of Beth
any. The ground committee, composed
of T. B. Clark, j. v. Starnes, w. E.
Perham, E. P. Jones and w. L. Fergu-
son, were empowered to prepare an ex-
hibition room for poultry that will ac-
commodate 1000 birds for the coming
fair.
On Tuesday night of last week the
Honesdale Mannerchor gave its usual
anniversary entertainment at its pleas
ant rooms on 9TH street. The features
were delightful concert by the White
Mills Cecilia Harmonic Club assisted by
some of the best of our local talent, with
Miss Clotilda Billiard and William Schloss
as soloists. Hon. Leopold Fuerth de-
livered an appropriate address. A most
appetizing re past followed, and then
came the dancing which was greatly en-
joyed by all. The Mannerchor is in a
very fiourishing condition.
In default of $250O bail, Peter Hit
finger, former merchant clothier of
Hawley, was committed to the county
Jail by Justice of the Peace R. A. Smith
on Saturday last, on charge of having
collected $1,000 as dues from members of
the Order of the Golden Seal, of which
he was local treasurer, and appropria-
ting same to his own use. The complaint
was made by the Cashier of the Order,
and Constable George Rickert was sent
down to make the arrest. On the hear
ing before the Justice Mr.. Hittinger ad-
mitted the truth of the charge, and it is
said that he freely acknowledged it to a
nuruber of persons before he was taken
into custody.
The fair sex are sometimes referred
to as being hasty and impulsive, as COM
pared with their more staid brothers
but an employe in the Honesdale post
office furnishes us the following example
of female deliberation and take-your-
time-ativeness which is rarely excelled
by the sterner sex. He writes:
"This morning lady entered the
Honesdale post Office and called at the
stamp window to purchase two two-cent
and one one-cent stamps. She opened
her handbag and took out a purse
closed the handbag, and opened the
purse took out dime, and closed the
purse; opened the handbag, and put in
the purse handed the dime to the clerk
and took five pennies IN change. Then
she opened the handbag, and took out
the purse closed the handbag and
opened the purse put in the five pen
nies and closed the purse opened the
handbag and put in the purse closed
the handbag, hung it on her arm and
walked out"
Samuel f. Morrison, foreman in the
plumbing department of the hardware
establishment of o. NJ. Spettigue, met
with quite serious accident at the new
high school building just before noon on
Saturday last. With Frederick Gender
as helper, he was engaged in some work