The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-06

wyoming Conference last week.
--Katz Bros. new advertisement
calling attention to housekeepers'
furnishings. appears in to-days
Citizen.
Governor Stuart has issued his
Arbor day proclamation, designat-
ing April Sth and 22d as Arbor
days throughout the state.
According to the Athens Gazette
the Hon. Robert S. Edmiston of
Bradford county. is making canvass
for the nomination for Congress in
this district
Peter Randall, a Wayne coun-
team, who prefers to live at Hancock
has purchased an automobile. 1t is
the buggy type Everybody knows
what buggy means.
The Rev A. L. Whitaker will
hold a brief service and give an in
struction at the Indian Orchard
school house, Thursday, April I, at
1880 p. IN. All are invited.
The Honesdale High school
basket ball team will play the Haw-
ley High school basket bali team on
Friday evening, April Sth. This
will be the last game of the season.
w. w. Ham and Eugene Ham,
who came to Honesdale on receipt of
news of the fire which partially de-
stroyed the residence of their par
ents, have returned to their respec-
tive homes.
More than $4,000 negroes in
Maryland will be disfranchised so
far as state and municipal elections
are concerned by the passage in the
legislature of the bill of w. Mitchell
Digges, of Charles county. Republi-
cans contend, however, that it is in
direct violation of the fifteenth
known John Brown furniture and
concern celebrated on
April I'd the sixtieth anniversary of
their existence in business, John
Brown having begun to cater to the
people of Wayne county on April
2, 1850 This is one of the Oldest
business houses in .Honesdale.
A little furry of excitement
was caused on Friday evening by
the arrest of Syrian, who persisted
in working at Herbeck-Demer Co. S
cut glass plant. The arrest was
made by constable Mang of Texas
township The charge was for
concealed weapons, but
The prisoner was not searched, al
though he requested the court to
have it done. Justice VIM. II.
Ham dismissed the case.
Evidently the department of
Fisheries is determined to stop pol
uting of the streams of the state.
Four Wyoming county men last week
paid 500 and costs, or over 5000 be-
,ause they failed to heed the warn
ngs sent out by the Department of
Fisheries. AS long as the law is on
statute books it will be enforced
and every violator will be made to
jettle. The best way to avoid pay
ng fines is to avoid breaking the law.
-bONGl IAhM III Gh-
lounces the appointment of Brigadier
General Wendell P. Bowman, of
Philadelphia, to be Major General of
he National Guard to succeed Gen.
Wiley and Col. c. NJ. Clements of the
twelfth regiment to be a brigadier
general and assigned to duty at
headquarters with Adjutant General
Stewart. Both appointments to date
rom March 29th. General Bowman
S the last of the general officers who
served during the Civil war. This is
he position for which General G. B.
of Wilkes-Barre, was
mentioned.
The Baby Contest at the Lyric
wound up on Saturday with a squirt
hat was as exciting as a six day
contest at Madison Square Garden
IN the last night. Baby Louise Nc
Mullen came under the tape on the
asst lap with lead of only two votes
lhead of Baby Marjorie Fryer Ross. !
All the other babies were distanced
10 far as vote getting was concerned. !
The winner received 1911 votes
While the second best received 1909. |
3oth babies received go-carts. This
contest did not settle the question
If which baby was the best looking,
or "Our Baby was just as good
ooking as any of the others.
Election commissions have no
judicial power to go behind the face
If petitions asking that the saloon
question be placed on the ballot, ac-
.ording to a decision handed down
,y Judge James A. Creighton of the
sangamon circuit court. He said
hat three circuit courts had so ruled,
hough the Supreme court has not
passed on the question. His decis-
on insures the submission of the
ialoon question to the voters of
Springfield on April 5th. The courts
lecision contradicts that of the Chi
ago election commission, which de-
ided it had judicial powers, and, af-
er examining the eligibility of
igners to a local option petition,
brew II ont because il contained in