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

Did you ever see the store win
dows of Honesdale's merchants look
prettier?
The Wells Fargo Express Co.
have two extra drivers this week to
handle the holiday trade.
The second degree of Odd Eel
lowship was conferred upon five can
didates of Freedom lodge Monday
evening.
The Wayne county commission
ers will hold their last session of the
term on the 29th of the present
month.
The Home Missionary Society of
the Methodist church sent barrel
of clothing and provisions to Rev. e.
c. Sanders, Lexington, Tenn, last
week
Frank Killeen of Carbondale, is
express messenger on the D. & H. this
week, the regular man, William
Lewis, substituting on another
route
Mrs. John Wetzel fell through a
trap door and down some steps at her
home on Elm street on riday last.
She was badly bruised about her per-
son but fortunately no bones were
broken.
Wayne County Pomona is in ses-
sion today (Tuesday) in Odd Fell
lows Hall with a large number of
delegates present from the various
oranges.
Two former Wayne counteans
secured divorces from their husbands
in lSnrontnn OF
Mrs. Rena Silsby Foster from Fred
Foster, Scranton wrestler; to Mrs
Carrie B. Woodley from Llwellyn L.
Woodley.
William G. Reick has purchased
from Mrs. William M. Laffan a ma
jority of the stock of the New York
Sun. The Sun, in its issue of Sun
day announces the transfer Of con-
troll to Mr.. Reick, who since 1907 has
been attached to the New York
Times and the Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
Interesting news items will also
be found on the inside pages of to-
days Citizen. Clipped from our
Contemporaries" is a new and newsy
column on page two. The third page
also contains considerable good read
ing matter. Send in your subscrip-
ton to this paper to-day. Only
$1.5O per year, semi-weekly.
Work on the drilling of the oil
well is progressing favorably and
depth of over 1900 feet has already
been reached. This is within about
400 feet of where the bit was lost
the company hope to have the we'll
nn nj 1ntad hnfnrn hn
weather sets in. 1t is hoped that
this test will fully demonstrate to
those interested whether there is
oil or gas in paying quantities in
this locality.
VIM. B. Holmes, President of the
Wayne County Savings Bank, who
has been conducting a wholesale
grocery and feed store at S23 Main
street for the past thirty years, had
the misfortune, Tuesday morning,
while going out the back door of the
warehouse, to miss his footing and
fall down the stone steps leading to
the basement, severely cutting and
bruising his face. DR.. e. w. Burns
was summoned and Mr.. Holmes was
taken to his residence at 1888 Main
street, where he is resting comfort
ably.
The remains of Mrs. Katherine
Price were brought from Matamoras
through Honesdale and inferred in
the Canaan cemetery on Monday
The deceased was a former resident
of Waymart. The surviving rela-
tives are: Three sons, Harry Price,
of Matamoras; William T. Price, of
Hood River, Ore, and Lewis G..
Price, of Galveston, Tex; three
daughters, Mrs. P. D. Lunny, of Car
bondale; Mrs. Walter Carr, of Nor
ristown, and Mrs. T. l.. Medland, of
Trappe; two brothers, Michael Muir
ply, of White Mills, and Peter Muir
ply, of Pleasant Mount.
The Scranton Trust company is
especially well equipped for the
transaction of a general trust busi-
ness. 1t does not do general bank
ing business, but confines itself strict
ly to executing trusts of every char
acter, acting as executor, co-executor,
administrator, guardian, committee,
trustee, receiver, fiscal agent, regis
trar of stock and bond issues, trans
fer agent, etc. It's executive COM
mittee and board of directors are
made up of men who have met with
marked success in their respective
lines. All important questions of the
company receive the careful attention
of the Executive Committee, which
meets each week.