The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-02-16
- -Sleighing is worn out.
now at 6 p. m.


daylight now at p. m.
Read the advertisements in this
issue of The Citizen. They contain
many bargains.
The Seelyville fire men will hold
their last ball before Lent on Fri
day evening, February 16.
"A crowd of young people enjoy
ed a sleighride to Mr.. Shorts home
at Steen on Tuesday evening.
"A marriage license has been is
sued to John Nicks, of Passaic, n. j.,
and Miss Anna Kchenick, of Mt.
Pleasant.
The Sodality OF st. Mary Mag
dalen's church will serve supper at
the Lyric on Tuesday evening, Feb.
15. The public is cordially invited.
The Penn Tobacco Company, of
Wilkes-Barre, filed notice of an in
crease of capital stock from $780,
GOO to $1,000, 0,000.-Harrisbu Tel
egraph.
The Walton Chronicle says that
the people of that town spend about
100000 annually to mail order
houses instead of trading with home
merchants.
DR.. r. A. Smith, of Sterling,
has been appointed lay delegate of
the NJ. E. church of that place, to the
annual conference which meets in
Scranton in March.
The following trustees were re-
elected for another term of years in
the Presbyterian church on Wednes-
day evening: II. S. Salmon, w. T.
Moore and }. d. Weston.
We have experienced 49 days
of solid winter weather. The tenn
perature during this time has been
at or below the zero mark. PraCti-
Cally no snow has fallen during the
present month.
AS we go to press word was re-
ceiyed from Dyberry that William
kimble, of whom we have a special
write-up in todays Citizen, is very
low and that his death is expected
to occur at any time.
A large sleighload of young peo-
pie from Waymart were entertained
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Miller on East street on Tuesday
night last They were royalty en-
tertained with music and games and
left for home at o'clock.
Frost has disturbed the working
of the Farmers and Mechanics bank
clock in manner that it refuses to
run. The pedestal stands on a con-
crete base, which is four feet thick
The frost is evidently as deep as the
thickness of the standard and has
forced it out of plumb
king Belger, a horse commonly
known as the guidless wonder, drop
ped dead a few days ago while be-
ing driven home from Kenoza Lake.
The animal had been on exhibition
at county fairs in this neighborhood
and had a track record of 2:17 12
guidless and 2:2SA driven.
The red fox seems to be very
plentiful here in Wayne county and
every once in a while there is a re-
port of one or more being caught or
captured. Last week a fine speci-
men was caught in a trap by Eugene
Kuhn, of Adelia. Three were killed
in Newfoundland by Elmer and Fred
Waltz.
AS a result of a search insti-
gated by the Italian government to
locate the whereabouts of celebrat-
ed oil paining reputed to be worth
s2S,OOO, the desired canvas is
thought to be in the possession of
John Sheridan, a laborer living in
Binghamton, n. Y. The painting is
one of the first two copies of the
Madonna and Child" immortalized
by the great Murillo.
The benefit basket ball game
for the Bergman fund was played
at the Rink on Wednesday night, be-
tween the Rink Five and Seelyville.
The Honesdale team outclassed their
rivals from the start, and the way
they passed and shot was a feature
If the Rink Five would always use
their team work as they did last
night it would be a hard matter to
beat them. The final score was 80
to 4. The receipts were about $50
Manager Cortright donated the use of
the Rink for the occasion.