The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-28


day, June 2S.
The Guerney Elevator Works
commenced running on 30 hours per
week Monday morning.
A marriage license was issued to
Frank Freeman, Moscow, and Miss
Anna Smith, Madisonville.
We passed the longest day of
1911 last Wednesday. The shortest
will be here before we know it.
The former home of Fred Bry-
ant on Tenth street is being remodel
ed. John Bryant is doing the work.
There will be meeting of the
Wayne County Poultry association
at r. F. Martins poultry farm, Haw-
ley, Friday, June 80, at p. m.
The music pupils of Mrs. L. B.
Richtmyer gave a delightful piano
forte recital last Thursday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. ]. w. Lambert.
The Boy Scouts enjoyed a hike
Saturday afternoon to Hawley. 1t
took them about three hours to make
the trip. They returned on the 6 :56
p. m. Erie train.
Jesse Carey made FIVE miles in
nineteen minutes and seventeen sec
onds, two seconds slower than his
record of 19A minutes for five miles,
at the rink Friday evening.
A block of Main street will
probably receive an application of
oil this week. The apparatus be-
longing to G. Dorfiinger will be
borrowed for the occasion.
Unclaimed letters are remaining
at Honesdale postoffice, week ending
June 26, for the following individu-
ais: Mrs. F. Stocker, Mr.. Walter
Langan. M. B. Allen, postmaster.
There will be a good game Of
base ball at the silk mill grounds,
Saturday afternoon. The opposing
team will be either the South
Scranton nine or some other first
class team.
The twelfth annual picnic Of
Texas Fire company No. 4, will be
held July 4 at Bellevue Park.
Mrs. Louise Case, graduate
nurse, is in Susquehanna caring for
Mrs. Charles Lent.
Misses Mildred Spencer and
Alison Sterling, Pleasant Mount, at
tended the wedding in Carbondale
last Wednesday evening of DR.. T.
A. Rutherford, Clark's Summit, and
Miss Marjorie Spencer, Carbondale.
Relatives in Honesdale were
notified by telegram Friday that
Miss Libbie Holbert, formerly of
this place, was stricken with apop-
leXy on Thursday. She is lying in
a precarious condition in a Los An
geles hospital.
Owing to the Fourth of July
coming on Tuesday, the Citizen will
be published on Monday instead.
Advertisers, correspondents and all
those to whom it may concern are
requested to forward their copy a
day carrier than usual
George B. Kimble, the drayman,
lost his valuable horse on Sunday.
The animal was sick a few weeks
with distemper, which developed in
to pneumonia. Mr.. Kimble refused
$3.50 short time ago for the horse.
He raised it from a colt and feels
his loss quite severely.
Helene Purdy, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. c. A. Purdy, Seelyville,
underwent a very serious surgical
operation at the State hospital, in
Scranton, Monday morning. The
operation was performed by DR.. A.
w. Smith, assisted by DR.. Harry B.
Ely. Her condition is favorable.
The l. T. club, composed ex-
clusively of girls, enjoyed a fine din
ner at the home of Mrs. William
Briggs last Thursday evening. Those
present to participate in the excellent
menu served by the caterer were
Misses Ethel Schiessler, Merle Ed
red, Minnie Schoell, Gertrude Krantz,
Harriet Arnold, Marion Charlesworth
and Florence Eldred.
"A hearing was held before
Squire William H. Ham in his Office
Monday morning at 10 o'clock, on q
plea of assumpsit for wages of labor
in the case of Miss Emma Conley
versus Miss Kate McKenna, the plain
tiff claiming two weeks wages at SIS
week or $50 in all. Attorney
Chester A. Garrett appeared for the
plaintiff, and Charles P. Searle, ESQ.,,
appeared for the defendant. After
hearing the evidence, Squire Ham
reserved his decision until later in
the week.
Now that Fourth of July is near
at hand it might be we'll to warn
the juvenile patriotic leaders that
there is an ordinance forbidding the
burning or setting off of fire crack
ers before July A. Never mind how
strong the temptation, even if you
want to celebrate in your own yard,
if the firing of a cracker made a
horse to run away and caused any
damage you would be held RESPONSE
BILE. There is a borough ordinance
prohibiting the setting off of fire
crackers under a penalty of 81.
Stephen Heines was rendered a
delightful surprise party Friday
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Abraham Decker, Cliff street. The
customary party diversions were en-
joyed. In honor of the occasion
Mrs. Decker served dainty refresh
ments. The participants were
Misses Alice Seelig, Alice Knapp
Cecilia Knapp, Elizabeth Mauer
Elizabeth Castek, Margaret Keigler
| Cora Lestnader, Iva Kelley, Scran.
| ton: Mary Kreiter Rose Seelip