The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-02-28

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! $4,000 tons of ice.
The opening of the forty-fourth
annual state convention of the Y. M.
G. A. of Bradford, was delayed by a
blizzard which stalled the coming
trains.
-Washington's birthday holiday
was observed in this place by the
closing of the banks and by a holi-
day schedule at the postoffice. Spec
ial exercises were held in the schools
The Citizens job department is
rushed with orders, its force being
kept on the jump from morning till
highland Is also working into the
night to keep up with the business
we have on our books.
The Cambria Steel company re-
ports net income of S2,777,33S in
| the fiscal year ended December 81
This is equal to 6.17 per cent. on the
outstanding stock and compares
with 10.11 earned the previous year
The Ancient Arabic Order of
the Mistic Shrine met in lrem Tenn
| pie at Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday
evening. A special banquet was
prepared and Messrs. Horace Men
ner and Michael F. Fritz were in at
/ tendance from this place.
About three hundred and fifty
persons have applied for relics from
the battleship Maine now on board
the collier Leonidas, in the Wash
ington navy yard. Under the law
relics win be distributed among
patriotic societies survivors of the
Maine and municipalities and rela-
tives of the victims of the disaster.
Scranton is to get one of the relics.
The annual ball of the Mid
night Sons, which affair is always
looked forward to with great inter-
est, Will be held at the Lyric ball
room at this place on the evening of
April 3. The hall will be decorated
to represent a Japanese tea garden
at night, and the electrical effects
will surpass any former attempts in
that line by this club. The favors
and souvenirs and even the refresh
ments will carry out the Japanese
idea.
The Susquehanna County Agri-
cultural society received S503.51
from the state, under the law which
gives assistance to three and four day
fairs. The society had one of the
most profitable years in its history.
note of $500 was paid off, and i'm
provements on the grounds were
made to the extent of $500. The
treasury has a balance of over $500
The society had lot of misfortunes
in the past, but during the past year
has gained about s. 900.
In an interview with Manager
Cortright of the Skating Rink re-
garding the rumors of another race
here soon, a Citizen representative
was informed that he was trying to
arrange a race between Mr.. Yale, the
winner of the recent 24-hour race
here, and Miles Gallagher, winner of
similar race in Scranton. This
would indeed be an interesting race
and we hope he will be successful in
arranging it He wants to make this
a siX-hour race, from ) p. N. to II
p. m.
Charles Allen, of Towanda, re-
Gently celebrated the sixtieth an
niversary of his entrance into the
printing business. During all of
these years he has never, for one
moment, deserted the trade. He has |
always been employed in some ca
pacity around print shop, and has
probably seen more type lice than
any other three men in Pennsylvania. |
He has forgotten more about the
trade than six of the ordinary print |
ers of to-day know. And he can
still stick" type and kick" a job |
press.
Sir General, the pony with the
human brain, gave very clean and |
pleasing performances at the Rink |
last week before small audiences |
Prof. Long certainly has we'll
trained horse; the way he would |
spell words by picking the different
letters from a rack and pick out !
cards previously named from
euchre deck scattered on the floor as
well as open and close a cash regis !
ter and ring up amounts asked for,
was nothing short of marvellous.
Those who missed seeing these per-
formances missed something well
worth while.
Mrs. Sylvia Simons, of Hamlin,
and John L. Wright, of 211S Gibson
street, Scranton, were united in mar
riage on Wednesday of last week at
the Myrtle street Methodist Episco-
pal church in Scranton by the Rev.
A. r. Burke. They were attended by
MISS Minnie AmeS and Homer ST.
mons. A reception followed the cere-
mony at the home of Mrs. F. A.
Markell, in Scranton. The newly
couple will make their home
In Scranton. Both the young people
are well known in this vicinity and
their friends will unite in wishing
them much happiness.
Leon Sheible and D. B. Gibson
returned, Friday, from New York,
where they attended the mid-winter
sale of horses held in Madison Square
Garden. They brought back, Calora.
a PAGER, bred and consigned by Wal
nut Hill Farm. She is a half-sister
Of Ringing Bells, 2:131a, out of half
sister of Mediumwood, 2:19A, etc.
Her sire is Ozona, own brother of Mo-
master, 2;04, and half brother of
Ozanum, 2:07, and Kinley Mack,
2:14A. She has been entered in sew
eral futurities and is pronounced a
,omer in the speed ring. S. II. Bron-
son brought back, Athens, a com
1ination horse, a trotter and PAGER
hat is a good one. II. j. Tuttle
brought back two that are beauties