The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-02-12

/ The Lincoln Memorial services will
be held at the Baptist church next Sun
day evening, under the auspices of the
Sunday school. An appropriate and
varied program has been arranged. Mrs.
Archer will sing. 80. -.4.,
The State Highway Department will
not ask for any bids for construction of
State roads for time. The appropria-
tions for most of the roads have been
pretty we'll used up and the districts will
have to wait until more money becomes
available.
! In former issue we inadvertently
gave the signature to contributed arti-
Gle on "Wool VS.. Cotton" as "Nono-
genarian M. D." We should have print
ed it "Octogenarian,' as, though the
writer owns up to ripe age, he has
several milestones to pass yet before he
reaches his ninetieth.
Charles Mcdonald was the lucky
holder of the ticket which won the noted
white bull dog Belle, owned by F. G.
Reynolds, manager ofthe Family Theatre.
'Belle" is the winner of several blue
ribbons in Madison Square Garden, New
York, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, and other
bench shows. She is said to be valued
at $3.50.
Superintendent N. X. Buller, of
Pleasant Mount, returned on Saturday
last from a business trip to Erie and
Union City taken in the interest OF the
fish hatchery. He brought with him
100 900 lake trout eggs TO be hatched in
this county, and claims that species of
fish will in the near future, be the lead
ing lake fish in Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania.
Homer Davenport, who entertained
Lyric audience on Friday evening
last, was paid $4,000 year salary by
w. r. Hearst for his caricature work on
/ the New York Journal and has accumu-
lated fortune of $300,OO Readers of
"Human Life," sent without cost to
cash in advance subscribers for THE
CITIZEN, will find serial biographical
story of Mr.. Davenport's life running
through its issues for the current year.
The Presbyterian Church Society
held their annual meeting on Wednesday
evening, Feb. 1Oth--A. P. Thompson,
Chairman, VIM. II. Lee, Secretary.
Treasurer H. S. Salmon made his re-
port of the financial condition of the
church, which was accepted and ordered
placed on the minutes. An election of
trustees followed, which resulted in the
reelection of H. S. Salmon, w. T.
Moore and John D. Weston.
| The Scranton Republican in yester-
days issue gives an account of small
pox case, the victim being young lady
who had never been vaccinated, and
hence has the disease in severe form, and
locates the patient in Honesdale. We
are glad to be able to cay that the young
lady in question is lying i'll at Prompton,
village several miles from Honesdale,
and that there is no case of smallpox
either in this borough or it's immediate
vicinity. ...
The Ministerial Association of the
Honesdale District will hold its sessions
in the M. E. church, Hawley, on Tues
day and Wednesday of next week, Feb.
10Th and 10Th, opening at 2 o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon. There will be five
sessions, closing on Wednesday evening
with an address by Rev. Homer G.
Stuntz, D. D., First Assistant Secretary
of the Board of Foreign Missions of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Other ad-
dresses will be delivered, papers read
and discussions held by several promin-
ent clergymen of the district. The pro-
gram bearing the imprint of the Hawley
Times, is very creditable piece of print
ing.
The Uncle Toms Cabin Co., which
recently gave an entertainment at the
Lyric has been having all sorts OF trouble
since it left Honesdale. In West Pitts
ton after the show, B. S. Boyer, mem
Der of the band, demanded of the man
ager, Grant Luce, payment of arrears o
salary amounting to $65. The money
) not being forthcoming, an alteration
ensued in which it was alleged that thu
manager struck at the musician.
midnight arrest followed with hearing
before Squire Gillespie, at which the en-
tire troupe appeared. Marks, the law
yer defended Mr.. Luce, who was finall.
: put under $500 bonds to keep the peace
the money trouble being arranged by
promise to Boyer to pay over to hin
: nightly ten per cent, of the receipts, un
) til his claim is settled. At Freeland
there was another ruction, A. w. Ven
ada, another of the musicians attachin
t the box Office receipts. He got hi
money.
!. The club house at Blooming Grove
8 Pike county, together with its entir
j. contents was cOmnletely deatrovad h