The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-12-20

The White Star liner, Oceanic"
arrived in port in New York Thurs
day morning from Southampton,
Cherbourg and Queenstown. 1t
broke all records as an incoming
Christmas ship. She carried 5,616
sacks of mail. and 230 bags of par
cells post. This is the biggest batch
of mail ever brought to this country.
Pennsylvania registration of au-
tomobiles is going to run over $4,000
this year according to the way the
registration has been going on at the
State Highway Department. So far
44,300 machines have been register
ed. The best previous record was
1908 with 34,351.
Pennsylvania forest reserves will
likely reach the million acre mark
before the next Legislature meets if
the State can make favorable terms
for a number of tracts of land offer
ed. The total area of the reserves
is now close to 962,991 acres and
there are a large number of offers to
be considered. The Pine Grove Furn-
ace tract, which has valuable mineral
and ice rights has been formally TAX
en- over.
DR.. ]. f. Butterfeld, of Riverside,
Cal, has just sold his entire herd of
twenty cows at 5000 each. DR.. But
terfield, when he went from South
Montrose last spring, shipped his fine
herd of thoroughbred Ayrshires to
his new home. He had started a
certified milk station, when a party
came along and made an offer of
5000 head for each of the twenty
COWS. The doctor couldn't resist the
figures, selling the herd outright. A
number of young cattle also sold at
prices near the 200-mark.
The State yesterday issued war;
rants for the payment of $4,000 to
Sculptor Barnard as final payments
for his groups and $60,0US.57 for
the estate of Edwin A. Abbey, for
his paintings at the Capitol. In all
$4,000 has been paid the artist
of his estate and there remains near
ly 100000 for the payment of Miss
Violet Oakley, who will complete the
work outlined by Mr. Abbey.
Burglars entered the home of w.
l.. wolfe, Wilkes-Barre, Wednesday
night and after ranksacking the low
er floors carried off purse. The
purse was an old one and in it were
two pennies, one of which dropped to
the floor as the intruder made his
escape. A penny was all the bur-
glar received for his trouble. In his
eagerness to get away with the
purse, he overlooked valuables to the
amount of $1,000, which were stor-
ed in the sideboard that he ransack-
ed.
The Pennsylvania Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows is to raise $4,000 for
the Austin flood sufferers. The next
day after the food the grand officers
of the state turned over $1,000 in
cash from the emergency fund. Now
the Grand Lodge officers have taken
upon themselves to raise $4,000
among the lodges of the state for
use at Austin on flood sufferers.
Fire late Sunday night complete
ly destroyed the barn on the farm of
e. d. Aylesworth in Auburn, entail
ing loss of $1,000 in grain, stored
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self was a large one valued at $3,-
600 and stored in it were all the
years crops. A herd of registered
Holstein cattle two teams valued at
$1,000 and all farming machinery
were also destroyed
Tuesday of last week Officer Geo.
Uafave of Fish's Eddy, who has had
charge of the 'twet goods" seized by
the sheriff several weeks ago at the
residence of John Shaffer, Hancock,
took the stuff out back of the court
house at Delhi, and smashed the
packages with a hammer, allowing
the contents to escape on the ground.
There were Ill bottles of beer, z
quarts of whiskey and one jug OF
wine. The stuff was destroyed by
order of the court.-Hancock Herald
Five thousand volunteers are sell
ing Red Cross Christmas Seals
throughout the State. The number is
steadily increasing and by the time
the sale is at its height, the workers
. will total nearly six thousand.
A new white deer, of good size
was seen by parties at the Delaware
Water Gap, Thursday, in company
with two other fine specimens of the
fieet-footed game. Some say they
are going to get it regardless oi
fines.
Wednesday afternoon last was the
date fixed for the hearing of the
charges of selling liquor ON Sunday
against Associate Judge Englehart
of MatamOras Pike county Judge
Searle, of Wayne, was on the bench
The case was continued until thu
18th of this month, without the hear
ing of any witnesses.-E Strouds
burg Press.
In an attempt to duplicate the fea
of a friend in a hotel at Winton, nea
Scranton, who had Just drunk
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