The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-12-29

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elected director in the Wayne
County Savings Bank.
Zero weather is being enjoyed
CD in Colorado. The mercury reg
istered below on Wednesday
-Honesdale's glass cutting estab-
lishment are closed down for the
usual holiday vacation. The wheels
will revolve again January 2.
Myths, Mysteries and Mem
ories of Merry Christmas" written
by Frank P. Woodward, of this
place, will be found on the third
page of to-day's Citizen. Read it.
Postmaster Dreber, of Strouds-
burg, took the part of Santa Claus
for the children of that place on
Christmas. He gave each boy and
girl box of candy that called at the
postoffice between the hours of and
3 o'clock Christmas Day.
Industrial Agent Ira H. Shoe
maker, of the Delaware & Hudson
system, with headquarters in AL
bany, and G. e. Bates, division
freight and passenger agent of
Scranton, were business callers in
Charles Riley appeared be-
fore Justice of the Peace r. A.
Smith charged with obtaining money
ON false pretense from Patrick Nc
Nally. Sentence was suspended for
week and Riley is held under bail
of S400 which was furnished by NJ
j. Hanlan and F. H. Crago.
Two prominent business men of
Honesdale, one of whom has been in
business here for long time, stated
to the writer that Saturday, Dec. 23,
was the best business day he ever
saw in this town. He stated that
there were more people on the street
and that they had more money to
spend than usual even at Christmas
time.
At the last regular monthly
meeting of the Business Mems as
sociation the matter of Wednesday
half holiday was discussed. In Car
bondale and other places the mer-
chants midmeek half-holiday is OBJ
served. The matter is being agitated
by the Business Mems association of
this place. 1t is requested that
every merchant and business man
Will give IL d uOOSI.
The Christmas exercises of the
Sunday school of the First Baptist
church took place Tuesday evening
in the chapel, and were largely at
tended. About twenty-five children
took part in the services. Candy and
oranges were given to the little
folks, the oranges, a whole box of
them, being a treat from some un-
known donor. The collection on
Christmas Day at the First Baptist
church amounted to $40.
E. c. Van Horne, of Park
street, who for the past eight years
has been the local agent for the In
ternational Harvesting company, has
been transferred to Binghamton. He
has been made manager of the
Binghamton district which includes
Broome county, N. Y, Susquehanna
and part of northern Wayne. H.
R. Garrison, of Canisteo, N. Y, will
succeed Mr.. Van Horne in this dis
trict.
Squire Robert A. Smith heard
argument Wednesday afternoon in
the case of the Texas township SUI
pervisors against Contractor Chas.
G. Brown, Mayor Chas. A. McCarty
appearing for the prosecutors, and
Attorney w. H. Lee representing the
defendant. Brown is charged with
stopping and filling up a ditch in
the road in front of his property on
Cliff street. The Justice reserved
his decision.
Francis Maloney was arrested
on Thursday last by Detective N. B.
Spencer. A warrant was issued last
May preferred against him by his
wife, Bertha Cook Maloney, who is
now in sanitarium. Maloney was
charged with deserting his wife and
year-old-son since October 10, 1910.
He was taken before Robert A.
Smith, Justice of the Peace, and af-
ter hearing the Squire held Ma,
laney in bail of 5000, and in default
of same was committed to jail
L. B. Schaffer, of Dunmore, a
supervisor for the Erie Railroad COM
pany, has been awarded the first
prize of 5000 for keeping his section
of the road in better shape during
the last year than any other on this
division. His section extends from
Nay Aug to Pittston and includes the
Jessup and Scranton branches. A
prize or $50 for the greatest i'm
provement was divided among c. E.
Barlight, Bertram Buckingham and
George Emery, all of Elmhurst
A pretty wedding was solemn
lied at the Lutheran parsonage on
Wednesday morning at II o'clock,
when Miss Katie d. Drummer of
Long Island was united in matri-
mony with Horace w. Cruise of Haw-
ley. Mr.. Cruise is a glass cutter and
is employed by the Keystone Cut
Glass Co. at Hawley where he is
well known. The couple was at
tended by the brides mother and
Mrs. Selberg of Hawley. The young
couple will go to housekeeping in
Hawley.
Sheriff and Mrs. M. Lee Braman
left Wednesday for Philadelphia ac-
companied by Ella Simpson, the Or
son domestic, who was sentenced to
spend not less than two nor more
than ten years in the Eastern Peni-
tentiary for the crime of burglary.
Master William Burger, the youth
full offender, who pleaded guilty to
stealing a shot gun from Graham
Watts store, was in the party, too.