The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-06
Personal.

Miss Mae O'Neill spent several days
recently in Carbondale. ..
Mrs. Emma H. Brown, of Scranton,
is visiting relatives and friends in this
place.
Mrs. Charles Mangini and son Ralph,
of New York city, are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Barbieri.
Miss Grace Williams, of Carbondale,
is the guest of the Misses Secor and
other friends this week.
Winfield Bush, of Meriden, Conn,
returned home the first of the week,
after a pleasant visit with friends in town.
Hon. Leopold Fuerth left for Harris
burg on Sunday last, and was in his
seat at the opening session of the Legis-
lature.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kiegler and
Miss Pauline Kelz, of Honesdale, are
spending few weeks in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Frank Steinman and daughter,
Mrs. Lester r. Knapp, went to New
York on Monday, for few days recrea-
ton.
Miss Nellie H. Killian, of West Pitts
ton, has returned from holiday visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Hebert, of
1891 Spring street.
Mrs. Lawrence Wefferling and son,
of Newark, N. j., are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Adam Kraft and other Homes
dale relatives and friends.
-Sigmund Katz, of the Katz Under
wear Company, who is to be married in
the early spring, has leased the residence
OF Mrs. f. o. Hamin, on North Main
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul w. Gardner and
daughter, Sarah, of Scranton, were
guests last week of Mr.. Gardner's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Benz. Gardner of
East street.
The January number of Hampton's
Broadway Magazine has a very fine
color reproduction of Miss Jennie Brown
scombe's beautiful painting, "a Fair
Intruder
- Miss Clara X. Iorrey lett yesterday
morning for New York city, where she
will spend a week with her sister, Mrs.
Arthur B. Hull.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Suydam took
party of friends to the Lyric, on Thurs
dav evening last, to see "Paid in Full"
and after the performance entertained
them at their home on Ninth street,
where they watched the Old Year out
with much mirth and good cheer.
We are grieved to announce the
death of Harriet Kennedy Torrey, only
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Fuller
Torrey, and grandchild of Cashier Ed
| win F. Torrey Of the Honesdale Nation
al Bank, which occurred at the home of
her parents in Clinton, N. Y, on Tues
day of last week, Dec. 20, 1908, after an
illness OF two days with ptomaine poison
ing.
Married at the home of the brides
mother, in Brooklyn, N. Y, on Wednes-
day, December 3Oth, 1908, Miss Rey
Bonner to DR.. Leander Newman, of
New York city. The groom is promis-
ing young physician, and the bride
pianist of rare talent who studied for a
professional career. She is a daughter
of the late Charles Bonner, of Mount
Pleasant township, this county, who
located IN Brooklyn and died in that
city eight years ago. Mrs. Newman is
cousin OF Miss Jennie Brownscombe,
the artist.
M-Clarence M. Bushnell, the eminent
attorney-at-law, of Buffalo, has associat-
ed with him in co-partnership for the
general practice of his profession, Ralph
S. Kent, under the firm name of Bush
nell & Kent, with offices at 9l7 Chamber
of Commerce. Mr.. Bushnell is a son of
the late Sidney N. Bushnell, and grand
son of the late Pope Bushnell of Bethany,
for many years one Of the most promi-
nent citizens of this county. "Ralph S.
Kent" says the Buffalo Evening News,
lis one of the best known Cornell men
of the last decade. He received the de-
gree of Bachelor of Arts in 1902, and
the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1905.
/ He was president of the senior class of
1902, and ranked among the highest of
his class in scholarship, and played CEN
/ ter on Cornell football teams that de-
feated Princeton and the University of
Pennsylvania. He is one of the two
men in the history of Cornell football
who have won both varsity &C. and
Phi Beta Kappa key. Mr.. Kent tried
the State Bar examinations in February,
1905, and stood first on the list of 300
men throughout the State who passed
the examination at that time. The an
nouncement by Judge Hiscock of this
latter feat attracted considerable attention
at the time, owing to Mr.. Kents promi-
nence in intercollegiate athletics. Mr..
Kent was born and reared in Franklin
VILE, N. Y, and entered Cornell Uni
yersity after preparation at the high