The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-15
O HONESDALE AND ENVIRONS.

contractor Adam schroeder spent
the weekend and Sunday in Scran-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Ward, Nor
wich, N. Y, former residents of
Honesdale, were among the out-of-
town relatives who attended the
funeral Friday afternoon of the late
DeBritt Mantle.
Mrs. A. B. Transue visited friends
in Scranton last week.
A marriage license was issued
Thursday to Schenck Holiday, OF
Notch, Pike county, and Miss Car
rie Harloe, Hawley.
Judge Alonzo T. Searle and An
drew Thompson will attend the an
nual dinner of the Minisink Club at
Port Jervis on February %.
Jury Commissioner W. H. Bullock
went to Gouldsboro, Monday, to
make a public demonstration, in his
capacity of horticultural inspector,
at Sunny Crest Farm.
Miss Ruth Peck Carbondale, has
secured a position at the Hotel
Wayne.
The men of Seelyville gave their
annual oyster supper at the Seely-
vile Chapel, Thursday evening.
About 275 people were in attendance.
The total receipts were $3.50, and
the net proceeds will be about 500,
which will be divided between the
Seelyville Fire Company and the
Seelyville Chapel, the intention of
the latter being to pay off the debt
resting upon the organization. The
committees in charge of the affair
were: Edward S. Isbell, chairman,
Walter Moles, Walter Stocks, Peter
Kohlmus, Henry Smith. Richard
Heinrich made the stews.
The following officers and COM
mittees were chosen at the annual
meeting of the State Editorial AS
sociation, in Harrisburg, last week:
President, o. D. Shock, Hamburg;
first vice president, Cromble Allen,
Greensburg; second vice president,
| George w. Wagenseller, Middleburg;
third vice president, w. P. Hastings,
Milton; secretary-treasurer, r. p.
Habgood, and assistant secretary,
Miss Anna McGraw, both of Brad
ford city. Executive Committee
j. H. Zerbey, Pottsville; Fred New
ell, Canton; Ernest G. Smith, Wilkes
Barre; H. H. Ray, Leechburg; R. H.
| Thomas, Mechanicsburg. Legislative
Committee-H. p Snyder, Fayette;
r. II. Thomas, Mechanicsburg; A.
Nevin Pomeroy, Chambersburg; E.
j. Stackpole, Harrisburg; r. p. Hab-
good, Bradford, and o. d. Shock,
Hamburg.
Squire Robert A. Smith was un-
able to attend to his official duties
several days last week owing to a
severe attack of the grip.
Court Crier William II. Ham was
confined to his home several days
last week, suffering from severe
attack of La Grippe.
The bill abolishing the former
February election day as a legal
holiday and making Columbus Day
legal holiday will be signed by
Governor Tener as soon as it is re-
turned from the senate. Some
changes in construction of the bill
will be necessary, but they will not
alter the intent of the measure and
it will be signed by the governor
as soon as the changes are made.
Not far from Damascus on the
Mitchell property, is what may yet
prove to be a valuable bed OF
graphite. The parties have been dig
ging in guarded manner under the
pretense of repairing the dam to
conserve power for a paint and shin
gle mill. In their excavations the
edge of the plumbago strata was un-
covered at this point twelve feet
wide and nearly a foot thick, wedge
shaped and increasing in width as il
went back. There are also hundreds
of tons of pinkish red mineral
used as coloring for paint Hall
} century ago, houses throughout
that section were all colored with
the Mitchell" paint. There is also
soapstone on the same farm entirely
: free from grit
Miss Fannie Bennett, Eleventh
street, gave one of a series of &
chain of Teas for the benefit of the
improvement Society, on Thursday
= afternoon. Quite a number were
present, each contributing 10 cents
which goes into the fund of the so
ciety.
Bishop OH w. Whitaker, of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese O.
Pennsylvania, died at his home il
Philadelphia, Thursday noon. Deatl
followed an attack of grip, a seri
p Gus relapse occurring early Thurs
day, since which time he had been il
comatose state. Before coming Il
t Pennsylvania he was missionary bis
hop of Nevada for eighteen years
= The bishop was born in 1880, ant
| was graduated from Middleburg col
lege in Vermont in 1856. He wa
| ordained August 7, 1868, his frs
, charge being st. Johns parish, a
Gold Hill New.