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

The very latest is an appllca-
tion to the government to carry
baby chicks by mail
State Treasurer c. +. Wright,
it is claimed, is a candidate for the
| office to which he was appointed
| Treasurer Wright has made an ex-
cellent official and we would like to
see him reelected.
| The Epworth League of the
| Lake Como NJ. Il. church, will hold
an indoor picnic at the lodge on
! Friday evening, Feb. 2. The young
I people expect good time as sleigh
! ing is fine in that section.
N. J. Spencer, former editor of
the Wayne County Herald, has po-
! litiCal aspirations in view. He de-
| sires to represent Wayne county in
! Harrisburg at the next legislature
and has announced himself as can
didate for that office.
Charles Culver, who hauled the
! first steam passenger train from
! Scranton to .Carbondale on the Del
| aware and Hudson railroad when 1t
was changed from gravity to steam,
1874, is dead. He was II years of
age and a we'll known railroad man.
Funeral services for the late
Senator Daniel A. Welbent, who died
last Friday were held at the home
in Pittsburg on Sunday. The SER
vices were in charge of Chancellor
Samuel b. Mccormick of the Uni
versity of Pittsburg. Mr. Milburt
was State Senator.
The removal of the frog and
stand switch shops and nursery of
lN. I abb
from Kingston to Dover, n. j., is be-
department of the company. A de-
cision is expected soon and it will
likely be in favor of the removal to
the New Jersey city.
Tho Carbondale councilmen are
| still deadlocked on chairman.
From accounts, all they have done
since being elected is to ballot and
hold Tecesses. Get down to business
gentlemen-nothing will be ac-
complished as long as you remain at
loggerheads. Come over to Homes
dale, we will show you how.
Frank Da Vail, of Sellersville,
Pa, died at his home there and the
remains were taken to Lakewood
for burial. Mr. Da Vail is a brother
of J. S. Da Vail of Lakewood. The
funeral services were held on We'd
nesday, Jan. 81, at l o'clock from
the Lakewood NJ. E. church. Rev.
William S. German, of Lake Como,
officiating.
-Four persons were burned to
death or suffocated and five others
are in a serious condition, as a result
of fire Sunday at the home of Cur
It's Hole at Claytonia, a mining town
ten miles from Butler, Pa. A family
reunion was being held at the home.
The fire was discovered at 3 o'clock.
An overheated stove or explosion of
kerosene lamp is thought to have
been the cause.
Records of the State Railroad
Commission show that during 1911
there were Lila persons killed and
S,449 injured on steam railroads in
Pennsylvania and on street railways
1913 persons killed and 1852 injured.
There was a decrease of sixty-three
killed and 1,51S injured on steam
roads and increase of six killed and
a decrease of 364 injured on trolley
lines, as compared with year 1910.
The pension appropriation bill
carrying $152, ,579, 900 for the COM
ing fiscal year was reported to the
House on Wednesday and debate on
the measure was Immediately be-
gun. The bill will eliminate seven
teen branch agencies throughout
the country at an estimated saving
of S25O,OOO year. Democratic
leaders have declared that they are
determined upon their abandonment.
Mrs. Barbara Hershey, the old
4 est woman in Lancaster county, died
at the home of her daughter, on
Sunday at the age of 100 years and
five months. Her husband died fif-
ty-seven years ago. She was born
in Mannheim and was one of the first
members of the Mennonite church
and had score of friends. She
was a remarkable woman in many
ways and preserved her mentality
wonderfully to the end. In early
life she always had desire to reach
the century mark. She is the last
of her family and is survived by a
daughter and two sons.
The funeral of the late Rev.
James B. Cody, a former pastor of
the Bethany Presbyterian church,
mention OF whose death was made in
the last issue of The Citizen, was
held from his late home on We'd
nesday morning at 10:30 o'clock
The services were conducted by Rev,
j. H. Odell, pastor of the Second
Presbyterian church of which the
deceased was assistant pastor until
last September, when he was forced
to resign owing to i'll health DR..
Odell was assisted by Revs G. w.
. Bull and EberneZer Flack. The pail
bearers were Rev. Harry Nye, Rev
J. J. Rankin, Rev. G. E. Guild, Rev
S. p. Murray, Rev. J. NJ. l.. Eckard
and Rev. Dr. Leishman. Interment
was made in DunmOre cemetery.
twenty-five years ago the ice
houses at Lake Henry were built but
owing to the open winter very little
ice was harvested. The ground was
bare and croquet was played on the
late Henry o. Silkmans lawn on
Christmas day. Since that time the
ice houses have always been filled