The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-23

on Willow avenue for FIVE years,
with privilege of buying same.
The Automobile Stage Line
Co.'s stockholders will meet Thurs
day evening in the town hall to eff
feet permanent organization.
The Merry Heart Club had two
sessions last week, being entertain
ed on Thursday by Miss Louise
Kraft and on Saturday by Miss
Janet Preumers.
Mrs. Ann Delezenne, of East
street, was stricken with paralysis
last Saturday night, and owing to
! her advanced age, is in an exceed
ingly critical condition.
Hon. T. j. Ham had slight
/ stroke of paralysis on Monday
morning. His left side is effected,
| but he is able to talk and his condi-
/ tion is reported as improved.
Henry Woodford, of Scott town
ship, attempted to commit suicide
few days ago, but it was not
success, owing to the early discov-
cry of the critical condition of the
desperate man.
The prospects of Co having
an up-to-date armory, early in the
coming season, are exceedingly
bright. 1t will probably be erected
on East Park street near the corner
Of Dyberry Place
Mr.. Henry Preumers has leas-
ed the house owned and now occu-
pied by Mrs. John Krantz, ST.. on
Main street. Mrs. John Krantz will
take up her residence with her
niece, Mrs. Chris Bergman, on East
street.
-Honesdale was well represent
ed at the banquet of the Amherst
College Alumni last week, in New
York City, there being present Judge
A. T. Searle, Charles 2. Searle, Esq,
Charles and l.. J. Dorflinger, all of
Honesdale.
The Carbondale High School
Basket Ball team will be the COM
petitors of the Honesdale team on
Friday in the latter's gymnasium.
The rivalry for supremacy between
these teams is sure to bring about
an exciting game.
The union revival meetings will
begin tonight wednesday, in the
Baptist church The pastors of the
Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian
churches will preside. A choir of
fifty voices will assist They will
be lead by pastor Wendell of the
Baptist church.
There will be very important
meeting held in the Baptist church
on Friday afternoon at o'clock p.
m. which will be addressed by c. II. .
Brandt, of Wilkes-Barre, who will
discuss the question of Home Rule
and Personal Liberty. Every tenn
perance man and woman should try
and be present. J. B. Cody, Chair
man County Anti-Saloon League.
Our mercantile appraiser, ~
c. Jackson, has gone the rounds of
the northern part of the county, in
making up his reports and is now |
struggling with the snow drifts in .
the southern end. The work could .
be done better in the summer or
fall and there is no reason why the .
custom of doing it in the worst sea-
son of the year is not changed /
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward .Keltz, of
River street, were completely sur
prised on Friday evening, by the .
gathering of a number of friends |
and relatives, to help them cele-
brate their crystal wedding The .
evening was pleasantly spent and /
after delicious refreshments were
served, the guests presented Mr.. and |
Mrs. Keltz with a handsome cut .
glass vase.
The New York police have ar
rested a band of horse thieves who
had rendezvous at a farm in Cen
terville, Sullivan county, and it is
this band which has been stealing
horses in Wayne county this state,
and Sullivan and Delaware county,
New York state. They were caught
while shipping horses from Pater-
son, New Jersey. They were ex-
perts in changing the appearance of
horses so that they were unrecog-
nizable by their proper owners.
In every one of the original
thirteen states. there are pointed out
buildings still standing or their
sites, where Washington is said to
have made his headquarters during
the Revolutionary war. Too little
attention has been paid to these
places and historians might make
study of the great leaders head
quarters should they devote to the
matter time and care. AS it is, with
the decay of many of these ancient
buildings, there is likely to pass away
interesting relics of the early his
tory of our country which SHOULD be
preserved for the instruction and
edifcation of posterity.
The gymnasium of the High
school was the scene of fast game
of basket ball on Friday evening