The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-13

There are Ia 900 licensed liquor
places in he state of Pennsylvania
Don't forget the spelling con-
test at the court house $3.50 Wednes-
day afternoon.
-The Business Mems Association
of Honesdale will meet in the city
hall Wednesday evening at o'clock.
james Mumford is running
new 1913 Hudson car which he pur-
chased through the Cortright garage.
Miss Isabelle Penwarden enter
tanned at cards at her home on
South Main street Saturday after
noon.
MIR. and Mrs. w. T. Moore en-
tertained about twenty of their
friends at their home on West
street Thursday evening. Pinochle
was played.
William II. Stone and o. NJ.
Spettigue were appointed by the
Court on Monday to set aside $500
worth Of property from the estate OF
George ]. Bergman, late of Texas
| township, deceased, for his widow,
Kate J. Bergman.
Floyd A. Ziegler, of Sterling,
and Miss Minnie Roggenstein, of Ho-
! boken, N. j., were married at the
Elm Park parsonage, in Scranton, by
/ the pastor, Rev. George Wood An
derson, ID. D., on Saturday. They
will make their home in Moscow.
The Scranton and Lake Ariel
railway ordinance, which has been
! pending in the Scranton council for
several months, was finally unani-
mously passed on Friday last. The
| franchise is limited to 40 years. 1t
is expected that the road will be
| built next spring.
-Twenty-six years ago last Fri
| day the Delaware and Hudson COM
pany started its first passenger and
| freight train out of Wilkes-Barre
for Carbondale. In those days it
used to be daylight the next day or
the day after before the train would
get as far as Lookout.
1t is reported that there are
| twenty cases of smallpox in Hancock,
N. Y. Schools and churches are
closed and all public gatherings post
poned. The schools at Long Eddy,
N. Y, Hankins and Mileses have
been closed to prevent the spread of
the disease. A strict quarantine has
been placed on these towns.
Councilman WIN. Wirth, of
Scranton, has introduced an or
dinance prohibiting the erection or
maintenance of chicken coop
within 40 feet of a residence. If
the ordinance is adopted it will af-
feet thousands of poultry raisers
within the city limits. 1t is being
vigorously fought by parties and
newspapers.
C. j. Dibble, of the Delaware
and Hudson company, desires The
Citizen to state that locally the COM
pany has nothing to do with the sale
of tickets for the special train,
which will be run to Scranton on
Thursday; that the train is being run
under the jurisdiction of the Scran-
ton Board of Trade. A special COM
mittee from the Electric City will ac-
company the train to Honesdale and
sell the tickets enroute.
On Thursday next, November
IA, the local branch, No. 503, of the
l.. G.. B. A, will conduct social in
the municipal hall for the benefit OF
St. Anges' church and it is expected
that the affair will be the most sue
cessful of its kind ever undertaken
by the ladies of that organization
Great preparations are being made
and the music will be excellent
These socials have become a yearly
feature looked forward to by the
young people and there will un-
doubtedly be large attendance.
The official count for Wayne
county, completed Thursday night
shows the following: Taft, Cos;
Wilson, 1894; Chain, 1923; Debs
40; Roosevelt, 2604. For Congress
-Ainey, 244S; Hill, 2193; Her
mann, 113; Welsh, 3S. For Treas
urer-Young, 1855; Berry, 2025;
Huntington, 101; Schwartz, 80.
For Auditor General-Powell g.
1888; Cresswell, 1866; Cameron
113; Eldridge, 40. Representative
in General Assembly-H. C. Jack,
son, 2461; N. j, Spencer, 2195;
Marks, "a.
Miss Grace Brown attended the
funeral of Mrs. Jennie Smith in New
York on Sunday. Mrs. Smith, who
was well known in Honesdale, and
who visited this place on several oc-
casions, died on Friday last in a hos.
pital in the city. Her former home
was in Yonkers. She is survived by
one daughter, MISS Bessie Smith
Mrs. Smiths maiden name was Jen,
ME Reury and lived at Prompton
She is also survived by one sister
Miss Anna Reury, and one brother
Howard, both of Chicago. The de
ceased was a school teacher for q
number of years. She was aged 81
years.
In our table of last week the
vote from Preston No. l was moi
given as it had not been received VI
to the time of going to press. The
} vote was, Taft IA, Wilson 46, Roose
|. welt So, for State Treasurer YOUNG
AS, Berry AZ; for Auditor General
Powell AZ, Cresswell 81; for Con
gresham, Ainey 3S, Hill 81; fol
Representative, Jackson Al, Spencer
! At. The vote for President in 1905
! was: Taft rs, Bryan 81. In the
table printed last Friday there were