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

started a night shift on Monday to
handle the rush orders.
Several new automobiles are
expected in Honesdale this season.
Many of our enterprising merchants
and business men have the fever.
The local court at York, Pa, de-
cided that three fingers belonging to
William II. Powell were worth $4,-
600, and it awarded him that
amount of damages.
--Gaby Deslys, the pretty French
actress, who has been the talk of
New York several seasons, was mar
ried on Friday morning last to
Harry Pilcer, vaudeville star.
B. l.. Holbert, proprietor of the
Ready Pay store of this place, and F.
l.. and Mark 7. Tuttle, Hawley, were
granted licenses January /, 1912, to
sell oleomargine in Wayne county.
The Right Rev. Ethelbert d.
Talbot, executive head of the Cen
tral Pennsylvania diocese, who has
been seriously i'll at New York hos
pital, has been obliged to undergo
second operation.
The funeral of Mrs. Ann Smith
was held in the NJ r. church at
Shehawken on Tuesday, Jan. 80 at
p. m. Mrs. Smith died last Friday
of pneumonia at the home of her
daughter Mrs. George German, at
Lake Como.
Christian Bergman wishes The
Citizen to state that the stories
afloat, concerning Mrs. G. j. Berg
mann and family removing from
town, as stated in other papers, is
without foundation, and that she in
tends remaining here.
A Pennsylvania Judge has de-
cided that it is no part of a woman's S
work to milk the cows in the morn
ing He was inconsistent in that he
also ruled that collecting the eggs
and feeding the chickens were part
of her household duties.
H. X. Knuevers, councilman of
the 26th ward, in Cincinnati, o.,
while eating a dish of oysters in a
restaurant, found nine pearls, valued
at 500 each, in single oyster. He
put the pearls in his pocket and re-
marked, Il wonder if | swallowed
any"
A man who proposes to know
all there is to know on health ad-
vises people who wish to live long
to eat sauerkraut, as it is supposed
to contain the longevity germ. The
desire to live long might be some
what checked by a continual diet of
sauerkraut.
James Copeland, of Siko, has
sold his farm, consisting of 80
acres, to Frank H. Avery, of Dy-
berry. Mr.. Copeland is undecided
what he will do, but is contemplat-
ing going to Cochecton, n. Y, where
he will engage in the summer board
ing business.
William d. Haywood, former
secretary of the Western Federation
of Miners, who has been in Law
renee, Mass, working in the cause
of the striking textile workers, has
been denounced by the Denver Trades
and Labor assembly as an enemy of
organized labor.
Frank V. Westfall, local agent
for Wells Fargo Express Company,
was called to Newburgh on Sunday
by the death of his father, Simeon
C. Westfall, who died in that city on
Saturday. He was 73 years of age
and death was due to heart trouble,
followed by short illness.
There will be an executors sale
of the personal estate of Thomas j.
Ham at his late premises in Berlin
township, on Saturday, Feb. 3, be-
ginning at l o'clock p. m, consisting
of six cows, two-year old, 3 yearl-
ings, horse, harnesses, wagons,
sleighs, household furniture, farm
utensils, machinery, etc.
The securities held by the
Wayne County Savings Bank,
amounting to over a million dol
lars, have been taken from the
American Safe Deposit company's
vaults in the Equitable building,
New York, and taken to the old
Carnegie Safe Deposit vaults. They
were in first-class condition.
Police Commissioner Waldo's
annual report to Mayor Gaynor of
New York, which was made public
this week, shows total of153,76S
arrests and 94,734 convictions. The
feature of the report is the chronicle
of 14S murders during the year for
which 1875 persons were arrested.
There were only 13 convictions and
none of these have yet paid the death
penalty.
Oliver Young, of Callcoon. ad-
ministrator of the estate of Emery
Young, deceased, through his attor-
ney, John Jaeger, has brought an ac-
tion against the Ulster & Delaware
r. r. to recover $4,000 damages for
the death of Emery Young. The
| claim is that the engine at the time
of the accident had no headlight, and
that no signal was given that could
| be heard at the crossing.
Walter F. Leedom of Bristol
Pa, is feeling highly elated over the
recovery of a valuable $500 horse
! from lockjaw. Two months ago the
horse stepped on a sharp nail which
penetrated the hoof DR.. Haines
the local veterinarian, pronounced
it lockjaw Friday when the animal
refused to eat. It's jaws were set
AntitOxin and alcohol baths relaxed
! the jaws of the animal. Recovery
from lockjaw is very infrequent.
An application for the appoint.
ment of a guardian for Katie
II l.