The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-02-07


days.
According to the Scranton news
papers, Mike Madigan of Towanda,
is slated to play with Scranton again
this year.
A marriage license has been
granted to Royal j. Cross, an cleo
trical engineer OF Sterling, and Lo-
retta NJ. Augenstein, of Panther.
IF you have house or rooms to
rent or If you have anything to sell
insert a line or two in our cent-a-
word column and watch the results.
February 2-Ground Hog Day
came and went and it is safe to say,
if we can rely on the old tradition,
that six weeks of winter are still
before us.
A record price OF 5000 a front
foot was paid by the Economy com
pany, Scranton, last week for prop
erty on LaCkawanna avenue. The
building and lot brought $150,500.
On Thursday last Martin Reaf-
Ter, of Hawley, sold his hotel proper
ty to Ambrose Altemas, of Scranton.
The property is located in Hawley
and has been run for about IA years
by Mr. Reafler
A number of Honesdale and
Wayne county people heard Julia
Marlowe and f. II. Southern in the
Tanning of the Shrew" and Ham
let Saturday afternoon and evening,
respectively, at the Lyceum theatre.
George L. Whitmore, aged 81
years, pioneer dry goods merchant
of Scranton, died at GAS o'clock on
Sunday night at the residence of his
son, +. G. Whitmore Mr.. Whitmore
has been retired merchant since
1887.
There will be an installation of
officers of Honesdale Conclave, No.
210, Independent Order of Hepta-
sophs, on Wednesday evening. The
installation will be conducted by
District Deputy J. II. Smith, of
Scranton.
Squire Calvin Stroll, of To-
wamensing, Carbon county, announc-
ed that he would make no charge
for performing marriage ceremonies
during leap year. There is chance
to save a little money to get start
at housekeeping.
The annual meeting of Groupe
three Pennsylvania Bankers Asso-
citation, will be held in Scranton on
Thursday of this week. II. S. Sal
mon, chairman of this group and rep
resentatiyes of other HOnesdale
banks will be in attendance.
Floyd Bortree, of Ariel, who
represents the Ford runabout in
Wayne county, expects a carload of
machines in his home town this week,
followed by another carload next
week for Honesdale. Watch for his
advertisement in The Citizen.
Last week the petition of Paul
Maynard and others to have J. w.
Ballard, receiver of the Keystone
Guards, dismissed for neglect of duty,
was heard before Judge Kunkle, in
the Dauphin county court. The pc
tition was dismissed at the cost of
the petitioners.
The Hawley High school has is
sued its second High School Re-
view" and it is a worthy number.
The cover is gray, printed in maroon.
1t contains several pages of adyertis-
ing, editorials, class notes, athletic
notes, alumni notes and stories by
many of the students.
On Monday last occurred the
death of Miss Olive CalkinS, of Mi
lanville, at the advanced age of
eighty years. The funeral was held
from the Milanville church on We'd
nesday. She is survived by a sister,
Miss Ella Calkins, and one brother,
Oliver Calkins, both of Fosterdale,
n. Y.
Allentown has a Jag list con-
tanning forty-nine names. This is in
accordance with a decree issued at
the last License Court. The object
of it is to prevent old soaks from
getting anything to drink and also
to save saloonkeepers from getting
into trouble through selling drink to
habitual drunkards.
The stockholders and friends of
the Wayne County COOPERATIVE as
sociation held their semi-annual cleo
tion of officers and social at st.
George Hall on Jan. 81. John Weis-
er was reelected president; p. Nc
Carty, vice-president; James Monogh-
an auditor and John Seitz, H. Cross,
L. Weniger and Fred Weniger di-
rectors.
The chicken pie supper at the
Tyler Hill parsonage on January 30
was a success, both socially and fl
nancially. The house, which is by
no means a small one, was packed
from cellar to garret The young
people enjoyed their games in the
garret. The ladies who had charge
of the supper wish to thank all those
who so kindly helped to make the
occasion great success, and also
thank those who came from north
and south, east and west to show
their love and respect for Rev. and
Mrs. Minch.
A bill has been introduced into
Congress for the prohibition of in
terstate commerce in intoxicating
liquors. The object of the bill is to
prevent the shipment of liquor from
one state to another when it is the
purpose of the shipper to violate any
law of the state into which the liq-
uor may go. This law, if enacted,
will not prevent a citizen from hav-
ing a quantity of liquor shipped to
his own residence for his own per-
sonal use. 1t will, however, prevent
the shipment of beer or whiskey to
speakeasy keepers and others whose
intention IT is to violate the law.