The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-09
LOCAL MENTION.

George A. Smith, ct ux. of
Wayne county to S 5. Spruks of
Scranton, so acres in Lackawaxen
township. Consideration S4OO.
Dated January u, 1910.
Rev. DR.. Swifts address which
was delivered in part at the Wayne
County Pennsylvania Society's DIM
uer is printed in full in this weeks
issue.
Every living soldier who enlist
ed in the Civil war, in answer to
Lincoln's call for $1,000 volunteers,
will receive a medal that has re-
Gently been produced at the Phila-
delphia mint.
Paul and Walter Coenen have
discontinued their gas fixture factory
and have established a coffee roast
ing concern, buying the coffee bean
in green state and roasting it fresh
every day.
Prof Oday entertained at din
ner in the Allen House the princi-
pals of the Dunmore and Carbondale
High schools. the contestants in the
literary exercises and their instruc-
tors. Homer Greene was also pres
ent, being the guest of honor.
DR. Male, formerly of Homes
dale, late of Long Eddy, ~ Y, has
moved to Yampa, Colorado, where
the doctor was induced to locate by
his brothers who own extensive
tracts of land, under which rich
veins OF coal have been discovered.
The automobile garage, former
ly owned by Augustus P. Thompson,
situated at the corner of West and
Fifteenth street, has been purchased
by Smith Bros, and on Saturday it
was moved by The aid of six horses,
and rollers TO their property in
Seelyville.
Rev. Wright Gibson, Presby-
terian preacher at McKees Rocks,
Pa. on Sunday last, announced from
his pulpit, that he would not per-
form marriage ceremonies for per-
sons who cannot show an income of
at least $4,000 a year, saying power
" is to blame for the majority of di-
vorces.
Thomas Decerto, of EastOn is
suffering from a peculiar injury that
may cost him his life. A few even
ings ago, while at a mOving-picture
show, a woman whOsat in front OF
him and was laughing at the pict-
ures, threw back her head, and one
of her hatpins struck Decerto near
the right temple. He did not pay
much attention to it until he got
severe pain in his eyes. Blood pois-
on has developed and now his head
is swollen 10 almost twice its nor
NAL size.
The Rapid Transit Railroad Co.
of Philadelphia have introduced a
number of innovations in the care OF
their conductors and motormen.
They have established in each car
barn a first-class up-tO-date restaur-
ant where the best food is served at
cost price to their employees and
each employer is privileged to pur-
chase cooked food at the same rates
for the use of his family. They
have also fitted up lounging rooms
and furnished them with pianos and
monotony Of their work. This looks
like a move in the right direction
and ought to make better feeling be-
tween employees and employer
February I'd is a mucn named
day. It is Candlemas Day, Purid-
eaton of the Virgin Mary, Presenta-
tion of Christ in the Temple and coll
loquially in England the Wives
Feast, but the name that is possibly
most familiar TO us is GrOundhog
Day The celebration of Candlemas
is observed in the Anglican, Roman,
Greek, and Lutheran churches, its
principal feature being the distribu-
tion of candles and a procession of
lighted ones. 1t is more than prob
able that it is from this custom that
the name Candlemas Day originated.
Some authorities claim that the in
stitution of the feast antedated the
manner OF celebrating it.
In a recent issue, In mention
ing the progress of the trolley com
pany which own the right of way,
franchises and property of the part
ly finished railroad between Seely-
Vile and Hawley, we misstated the
name as being the LackawaXen Val
ley Railroad, when we should have
printed the Wayne County Traction
Co., and as great number of peo-
pie throughout the county are now
financially interested in this road
through the purchase of bonds and
stock this error on our part was mis-
leading. All the rights, privileges
franchises and properties are owned
and have been for some time by the
Wayne County Traction Company
and the officials of this company
have assured us that as soon as good
weather prevails, construction oper-
ations will be begun SO as to CON-
plete the road between Seelyville
and Hawley.