The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-06-26

will you not take a fresh air
child?
MIR. and Mrs. Edward Lindsay
on East tsreet.
Read about the New York
Tribune's Fresh Aid Society's work
in another column.
Minor Brown, of White Mills,
purchased a five-passenger Ford ma
chine on Friday. 1t was delivered
Monday.
The Young Mems Bible class of
the Methodist church will give fes-
tival at Buffers lawn on Thursday
evening OF this week.
b. The Citizen went to press ear
lier than usual to-day in order that
our readers may receive convention
news as soon as possible.
The executive committee of the
Farview Criminal Insane Hospital
will meet at that institution on
Wednesday of this week for general
business.
The home of c. L. Whitney is
undergoing improvements. The
front porch is being extended so as
to provide for the comforts of an
other family.
j. j. Canivan is taxing dogs
and will be engaged at this for the
next two weeks. Owners are oblig-
ed to pay taxes amounting to S1.10
on a male and s2.1O on a female
dog.
Rev. c. c. Miller delivered an
eloquent address on Lutheranism in
the Presbyterian church Sunday af-
ternoon. Rev. VIM. H. Hitler will
speak on John Wesley next Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. G.. p. Somner underwent
an operation for abdominal trouble
at her home on Thursday last. Drs.
Ely and Powell, of this place, were
assisted by DR.. Smith, of Scranton.
The patient is doing quite we'll.
The late Albert T. Bryant left
all real and personal property to his
wife, Mrs. Carrie A. Yerkes Bryant.
The will was filed for probation on
Monday and was witnessed by J. B.
Robinson and NJ. E. Simons. 1t was
| made in 1906.
Miss Carolyn Clark, daughter of
| Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Clark, of
of Sylvan, will be married by Rev.
| NJ S. Spear, of Dunmore, in the
! Boyds Mills Methodist church at l
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Alma Bortree, who has
| been teaching for the past few years
| at Hawley, has accepted a position at
| Newton, n. j., at an increase of sal
airy. Mrs. Bortree will teach along
/ special lines and will take a special
| course at Vineland, n. j., this sum-
! mer.
At the home of the bride in
| Brooklyn, n. Y, to-day, Ralph Sands,
son of Mrs. Ada Sands, of Hawley,
who is a teacher in the manual train
ing schools of Philadelphia, will
marry Miss Alice Stephens, daughter
of William stephens, of Brooklyn,
and granddaughter of the late DR..
Stephens of this place.
If you want to see the best colt
in Wayne county see Bill Barrable
| first. Cause Her is ugly Her"
| is "Bill' by Ethbelle 2.13%, and
Him is Ralph Burus 221A. This
| little Miss is a beaut and was born
! last Friday, June 81. Look out for
Bells colt in 1914. Let's hear
from some of your other blooded
stock.
A slight fire in the roof of the
! foundry of the Gurney Electric
Elevator Works Monday evening
called out the entire fire equipment
of the town and Texas. The fire was
extinguished by a bucket of water
| before the fire companies reached the
building. No damage was done. A
! fire in the cupola of the foundry is
frequent and almost daily occur
renee.
In turning over lower Main
street to the Gurney Electric Eleva-
| tor company as a site for the pro-
posed plant the borough neglected TO
make reservation for a sewer to
carry off the surface water that will
naturally collect there after the
! plant has been erected. A sewer
will be necessary there and the reser-
vation should be made at once so
| that the borough will not have to
pay damages later on for the pur-
pose of putting a sewer through.
Fire this morning destroyed
the Smith building and vacant liv-
cry stable in Peckville. The fire
broke out at 1:15 o'clock in the liv-
cry stable, which was conducted up
to a few months ago by Louis Pizer
and quickly communicated with the
Smith building, which was on the
front of the same lot on Main street
In the Smith building, a two-story
| frame structure, was the grocery
store of H. Lockman, and the shoe
making shop of an Italian. Up
stairs, Mrs. James HaZen, a widow
lived. She had plenty of time to es-
cape. The damage will amount to
10000. The property was owned
by Samuel Smith.