The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-12-20
only four more days to shop.

Only four more days to shop.
Judge A. T. Searle is holding
court in Milford. Our judge is in
great demand, which is evidence of
his popularity.
Mrs. Charles Wood, of Bethany,
fell in her home the first of the week
and dislocated her right, shoulder.
DR.. F. w. Powell was called.
"A slight fire in the barn of Fred
w. Clauson, Thirteenth street, Fri
day was extinguished by II. H. Rich
ards, before any serious damage was
done to the property.
Monday was a brisk business
day for our merchants. Several peo-
pie from the rural districts were in
town and went home with their arms
loaded with Christmas gifts for 9TH
er members of the family. A few
inches of snow would enliven trade
throughout the county. PatroniZe the
Citizens advertisers.
DR.. Frederick A. Cook has en-
tered suit against the New York
Times charging that the paper has
libeled him by publishing false and
defamatory statements for which he
asks 100000 damages. Three
causes of action are named in the
complaint, the first being the publi-
cation of a report of a lecture at
Copenhagen, in which it was said
that DR.. Cook stopped his lecture and
fed to his hotel by the side streets
escorted by police
The German Catholic club of st.
Mary Magdalen's church elected Of
ficers and enjoyed an evening to-
gether last Thursday. After cleo
tion banquet and smoker was held.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President,
Frank Vetter; vice-president, Joseph
Chambers; corresponding secretary,
John Stegner; financial secretary,
Joseph lHessling; treasurer, Frank
Myers, Jr., orator, Paul Sonner;
marshall, Henry Holl.
Contractor Addison R. Keesler,
of Scranton, through his attorneys,
Searle and Salmon, instituted suit in
the Court of Common Pleas of Wayne
county, December IS, against Nor
row Brothers, contractors, at present
engaged in work upon the State
Hospital for Criminal Insane at Far
view, for $1S7.26, with interest from
uly IOI1 wi INSColCl dllC5CO
that on June IL, 1911, and on divers
July 7, 1911, he performed for the
defendant, and at his request, cer-
tain work and labor of the value of
$2S7.71. Most of the items in the
bill of extras appended to the state
ment are for wages due certain of
his employees for gouging and drill
ing holes.
The new blanks to enable peo-
pie to apply to the State Department
of Fisheries for fish fry have been
completed and persons or clubs de-
string them may obtain the papers
at the office of the department.
With the announcement Commission
er N R. Butler inaugurates new
system of distribution of the output
of the States hatcheries.
The applications ready to be dis
tributed are for brook trout, sun
fish, black bass, yellow perch, cat
fish, frogs and wall-eyed pike. The
commissioner wants people who in
tend to apply for fry for the same
stream to combine and have the ap-
plication sent in the name of either
the club or an individual for each
stream. This is to be done to insure
the proper distribution and to keep
check on the manner in which the
cans are handled and the fish are
propagated.
I'VE will know within the next
week or so how many sign posts will
be required to properly equip the
highways of Pennsylvania" said
Highway Commissioner e. M. Bige-
low last week. THE engineers of
each district have been making lists
of places where posts are needed and
as soon as we can figure up the
number, steps to let contracts will be
taken. 1t is the intention to award
contracts as soon as possible and to
get the posts erected next spring.
The listing of cross roads and places
where sign boards are needed has
been in the hands of engineers who
have been engaged on general sur
veys for main highways and the data
will be the first of the kind ever
obtained. Mr.. Bigelow saw the
lamentable condition prevailing in re-
gard to sign boards last summer in
his inspection tours, and determined
to correct the difficulty as soon as
possible. 1t proved a big task, but
the information is now well in hand.
"A Farmers Institute will be
held at Hamlin, Pa, from January
18th to January 18th. The opening
session will be on Monday morning,
Jan. Is, at $3.50 a. m. w. Theo
Whitman, Allentown, will talk on
Breeds; DR.. ]. H. Funk, of Boyer
town, Pa, on ''How a Tree Grows" :"
At the afternoon session Mr.. Whit
mans subject will be Foods and
Feeding; Mrs. George E. Monroe,
Dryden, N. Y, subject, Farm Sani-
tation"; DR.. Funk, ''How to Feed a
Tree" Adjournment. At the even
ing session Mr.. Whitman will talk on
Houses and Yards; Mrs. Monroe
on 'The Farmers Children at
School,; DR.. Funk on Insect Enc
mics" Tuesday, Jan. 16, $3.50 a. m,
Mr.. Whitman, Simple Methods of
Poultry Keeping; DR.. Funk on
Fruits and Horticultural Litera-
ture." At the afternoon session Mr..
Whitman will discuss Incubation,
Brooding and Rearing; DR.. Funk,
"Fungous Diseases" At the even
ing meeting DR.. Funk will talk on
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