The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-12

will have its open cut through Ber-
gen hill ready for use March first.
The Society for Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals reelected their
efficient corps OF officers for another
year.
The grand jury is now in ses-
sion having organized on Monday
afternoon with our townsman, w.
l.. Burnard, as foreman.
Big pine trees. although grow
ing scarce, are not entirely extinct in
Pennsylvania. A. r. Swingle, who is
operating a sawmill at Ulster, Brad
ford county, recently cut one which
sawed 2,0S7 feet of lumber.
Commissioners Clerk Geo. p.
Ross, believes in having. fresh eggs
the year around contrary to the con-
ception of the egg trust MIR. Ross
keeps sixteen pullets which recently
layed 20 eggs in eight days.
-Jno. Male, Sr., passed his 92d
milestone in the journey of life on
Saturday evening and number of
his friends called to congratulate
and present him with a nice cane and
a splendid pipe.
Hans Wagner for Congress; dis
gruntled Republicans and Democrats
are booming Hans for Congress to
replace Barchfield who is unpopular.
Hans says he knows more about run
ming for first base. than he does for
Congress.
Wayne County Pigeon and
Poultry Association held their an
nuar meeting Saturday afternoon at
the court house and elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Rev. j.
B. Cody; vice president, e. E. Kins-
man; secretary, Russell Erik; treas
urer, George Erik.
John w. Pelio, formerly of
Honesdale, now a prosperous mer-
chant of Scranton, has purchased a
four-story brick building on Lacka-
wanna Avenue for which he paid
$4,000, which is $1,000 per foot
front. This is a record price for real
estate in that section of Scranton.
we nave IL nuIuDeI VI lSII6TS
from subscribers asking what COM
binations of papers we have to Of
fer with The Citizen. In answer will
state we will send any subscriber of
The Citizen any magazine or papers
they wish charging them for same
the reduced price which as newspa-
per publishers we receive.
The School Directors Depart
ment OF the State Educational AS
sociation will meet at Harrisburg on
Thursday and Friday, Feb. 10th and
11th, 1910. The delegates from
Wayne county are: A. W. Emo,
Seelyville; George Ehrhardt, New
foundland; l. j. Many, Bethany;
Thos. Smith, Orson; Edward Deit-
ger, Honesdale.
The Honesdale Democratic eau
Gus will be held on Saturday even
ing, January %, at the Town Hall,
between seven and eight o'clock
They will nominate two candidates
for school directors, two for town
council, one for judge of election,
one for inspector of election, one for
auditor, one for justice of the peace,
and one for assessor.
DIR. Landes, State Secretary of
the Pennsylvania Sunday School AS
sociation, will address the conven-
tion at Honesdale on the goth inst
which is to be held at the Baptist
church, and also the convention at
Hawley which will be held in the
Baptist church on the 21st. He is a
very interesting speaker and you
will miss a treat if you fail to hear
him
The Democratic caucus of Tex
as township will be held on Saturday,
January 22nd, between the hours of
6 and s to nominate two candidates
for supervisors, one for one year and
one for three years, also two candi-
dates for school directors, one for
auditor, one for assessor, two for
Justice of the Peace, one registra-
tion assessor, one judge of election,
and one inspector of election.
The Callicoon Bridge Co., at its
annual meeting on Monday of last
week, declared a three per cent.
dividend which would have been
greater had not the company lost
money by the recent Knapp failure.
Charles r. Curtis, Jacob Knight,
Martin Hermann, John Deering,
Chas. f. Strack, C. A. Thorwelle
and Charles +. Curtis were chosen as
directors.
The Republican caucus for the
borough of Honesdale will be held
in the city hall from to p. m. Sat
urday, January 22. Two council
men, two school directors, assessor,
auditor and election officers, justice
Of the peace are to be nominated
All persons who desire their
names printed on the ballot
should notify the committeeman,
Geo. p. Ross, and deposit fifty cents
toward the printing bill.
james Johns, OF Bethany, met
with what might have been a very
serious accident. About p. m. on