The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07

| services In White Mills on Sunday,
January 4, at 3 p. m.
Over half million post cards
were handled by the Honesdale post
office during the holidays.
Grace Episcopal church. Sunday,
Jan. 8: Services at 1880 a. m. and
1880 p. m. Bible classes at 10 NJ.
The Honesdale High school bas-
ket ball team will play the White
Mills team in Honesdale this even
ing, Friday.
The streets of Honesdale yester-
day were a glare of ice and made the
walking very unsafe. So far as we
are aware no accidents occurred.
The ushers of Lyric theatre have
a dance at the Lyric hall on Friday
evening at which time they are ar
ranging to give their friends a good
time.
Company E, 18th Regiment,
viii be inspected by a regular army
officer on January 27th at their place
of meeting, they having no armory.
This inspection will be first under the
new law.
unclaimed letters remaining at
the Honesdale postofiice are as fol-
lows: Miss Hattie Bates, Mr.. Warren
Case, Mr.. Cornellis Perry, Mrs. Mary
Howell, Mr.. NJ. T. Mcdonald, Miss
Francis Schradler, Mrs. Frank Will
mirth.
A car load of potatoes at the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad depot at Brooklyn caught
fire and roasted potatoes were strewn
all over the ground. Crowds tlocked
to the scene and the tubers were gath
cred up very quickly.
The American Knitting Mills
held their annual meeting Wednes-
day afternoon and elected William
b. Holmes, President; Philip Krantz,
Vice President and Manager; Asa T.
Bryant, Secretary and Treasurer;
John Kuhbach, F. p. Kimble, G. VIM
Sell, and John II. Weaver, Directors.
A 10 per cent. dividend was declared
and it was resolved to add another
story to their factory, making it
three bodybuilding. The business
for the past year was excellent and
the outlook for the present year very
encouraging.
The following transfers of real
estate have been recorded: William |
and wife of Canaan to Thos.
Burns and wife of the same place, |
II acres of land in Canaan; consider !
alton $1200; Adam Theobald and |
wife of Texas to Charles l.. Harder |
and Charlotte Harder of the same
place, land in Texas township; R. B.
Gilpin and wife of Salem, to Free |
man H. Cross of Sterling, land in |
Salem; consideration $54,S4; Jos. |
Curray and wife of South Canaan to
Philip L. Frisbie of the same place, |
and in South Canaan; consideration |
$50.
The bear hunting season of
1909 will go on record as one of the
pest known in Pennsylvania, says |
Came Commissioner Kalbfus. The |
season was shortened by three
months but that did not hurt the
sport a bit. Bears were plentiful
and think that fully 400 have been |
shot. In almost every one of the |
countries they were re-
ported abundant and hunters secured |
some fine specimens. l do not think |
The closing of the season with the
year works hardship on any one.
It gives the bears a chance and as the
season for other game is now closed,
too, the wild creatures will not be |
disturbed"
MIR Taft decides that there are |
four different kinds of whisky, and |
hat when compounded they may be
,alled blends" name which
Dleases the makers and appeals to
he fancy of those who are thirsty.
Straight whisky is not the kind |
aiken without a chaser" but it is
he brand that is made by ageing in
,harred oak barrels. No man can
BOAST he takes his whisky straight |
lnless he calls for the No. l kind,
abeled by order of President Taft.
n clarifying this subject, the Presi-
lent has informed the consumers of
1876, 100000 gallons per day concern
ng mysteries they were never able to
penetrate of their own will.
The Fourth Annual Banquet of
he Wayne County Pennsylvania So
,iety of New York City will be held
IN Thursday evening. the 3rd of Feb
'uary, 1910, at seven o'clock, at the
Hotel Manhattan, corner of Madison
Avenue and 42nd Street, New York
Jity. Among the guests of honor
md speakers will be: Hon. Alonzo r.
SearIe, Judge 22nd Judicial District
If Pennsylvania; Rev. w. II. Swift,
,. D., First Presbyterian Church.
Horace G. Young, Esq,
Banker, Albany; Rev. James NJ. Far
ar, d. D., First Reformed Church,
Brooklyn, N. Y. The price of the
Inner tickets has been fixed at 81
Zach. Each member is entitled to
hree tickets only, one for his per-
onal use and two guests tickets.
Attention was attracted to a
connected with our arc
lights on Wednesday evening. There