The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-29

"A jolly crowd of about twenty
five enjoyed a straw ride to Bethany
last Saturday evening.
j. f. Mcdonald, assessor of
Cherry Ridge township, was the first
to bring in his books for the assess
ment for 1913.
Mrs. N w. Bass, an organizer
for Home Missions, will speak in the
M. E. church at Honesdale on Dec.
3; at Bethany on Dec. 4; at
Hawley on Dec. 5.
"A number of Honesdale persons
went to Scranton to attend the
Sothern-Marlowe play at the Ly-
ceum Thanksgiving Day. They were
disappointed as Julia Marlowe did
not appear in the afternoon per-
formance.
The schedule for the fourth
week of the demonstration orchard
work in Pennsylvania has been pre-
pared in the office of State Zoologist
II. A. Surface at Harrisburg. Wayne
county, Monday, December 2, w. Il.
Perham, Pleasant Mount, r. d.
The Laurel Lake property at
Tyler Hill was sold at Orphans sale
at the court house, Honesdale, on
Wednesday afternoon, at two
O'Clock. The property was bid in by
Geo. II. Browns attorney for S6,-
900. There are 240 acres Of land
on the farm including a lake of rs
acres.
The case of Rev. ]. d. Fry,
former pastor of the Christian
church of Madisonville, who is suing
the elders and trustees for more
than $3.50 salary, has been post
poned until next Monday afternoon.
l.. p. Wedeman, counsel for the pas
tor. declares that Rev. Mr.. Fry was
to receive $500 per year for his
services as well as free rent for his
family. The attorney further
states that his client was engaged
for the full term, but before it ex
pired the church officials informed
him that they desired to make a
change and requested his resigna-
ton. The suit followed. Among
the defendants in the summons are:
Isaac Biesecker, J. w. Hornbaker,
Enos Schwartz, and Charles Her
bauck, elders, and E. E. Hornbak-
er, q. T. Schwartz and B. w. Bic
seeker, trustees, and w. NJ. Wader-
man, Olive Waterman, Laura E.
Walters and c. l.. Schoonover.
Reuben Seig and William Zeig-
Ter, both of Newfoundland, have
each shot and killed a deer this sea-
son, in Pike county. Franz Wolfe,
of Greentown, Pike county, shot and
killed a deer last week in the vicin
ity of Goose pond that weighed 1S0
pounds. Mede Burns, a son of
Henry Burns, of Scranton, while
hunting in Greentown on November
23 succeeded in shooting an Eng
lish pheasant, very fine specimen.
In company with Mr.. Burns were
James Duffy and Charles LaRue,
both of Hyde Park, Scranton. They
returned home on Saturday evening
and were guests of ]. r. House, of
Newfoundland. Grey squirrels have
been unusually plentiful this season
in that locality, and in several in
stances they have been very destruc-
tive in corn fields, located near the
brush Uncle Billy" Hughes, of
Hyde Park Scranton, is the guest of
J. w. Hause and family. Mr..
Hughes is quite hunter and eX-
poets to have some sport with the
bears and rabbits.
John Myers, of Raymond court,
citizen by Judge A. T. Searle of
Honesdale, Tuesday in Scranton,
when Myers appeared before him to
plead guilty to carrying concealed
weapons and feloniously wounding
Angelo Areno, of Wilkes-Barre, Oct.
! 2 last, at the Klondyke hotel, Penn
avenue. Judge Searle sentenced him
to a year in jail conditionally on
Myers agreeing to get out of the
city when his time is up. Myers
agreed. Myers and Areno met at
the hotel and in a dispute over the
arrest of Sam Bartona, a convicted
white SLAYER, Myers shot Areno
which came dangerously close to be-
ing fatal. Myers appeared as a wit
ness against Bartona and this fact
saved him from a longer term of i'm
prisonment. Bartona was sent to
the penitentiary for from three to
ten years at the last term of quar-
ter sessions. Austin Johnson, color
ed, was sent to jail for six months
for burglary at Mark G. Melvin's
apartments, 321 Spruce street He
stole clothing, most of which was re-
covered by the police. Judge Searle
imposed the sentence.