The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-13
LOCAL NEWS

There are 245 teachers in
Wayne county.
KRAFT & Conger have built a
oof over their storage of chestnut
oal at the north end of the pockets
b the local coal yard.
-Banns of marriage were an
ounced in St. Mary Magdalen's S
hurch on Sunday between Louis
&ckard and Margaret Dean.
A double variety shower was
iven last Thursday evening by the
800" club at the home of Miss
knna Bader, Thirteenth street, Mrs.
b. G. Weaver and Miss Nina Frailey
being the honored guests. num-
per of pretty and useful presents
we're received.
Congressman w. D. B. Ainey,
Who recently returned from Switzer-
and, will give an address at IL
'clock Wednesday morning upon
| Universal Peace" This address
e. viii undoubtedly be very instructive
Ind interesting and should be well
sustained. 1t will take place in the
school house.
C. Smith & Sons will conduct a
public sale of blooded cattle,
thoroughbred boars, horse, open
buggy, single harness, etc, at Crys-
I al Spring farm, five and One-half
| niles from Honesdale, on Thursday,
November IA, at l o'colck. Many of
| he COWS advertised for sale have
tnilked . 10 80 pounds of milk
ylaily.
benjamin White was to have
been taken TO the Eastern Peniten-
harry at Philadelphia Thursday by
Sheriff F. c. Kimble but was pre-
vented in going by the fact that the
prisoner was unable TO walk. A
|Eery sore boil had formed on his leg
|hnd was very painful when he stood
|up or laid down. Judge Searle
made an order extending the time
|of Ben's removal to the penitentiary
for thirty days.
The Central Glee Club of the
Methodist church will give a musical
Entertainment at the Prompton
Methodist church, Thursday evening,
Nov. 2l. The club will be assisted
by Miss Dymond, of Waymart, and
wv. B. Lesher, of this place. Rick
|ert's bus will convey all who desire
Ito go free of charge. c. j. Dibble
desires to know few days ahead OF
that date if you anticipate going so
can be made to provide
for your transportation. A free will
offering will be received at the door
|of the church and supper will be ex-
|tra. 1t it hoped that a large number
will attend from Honesdale and
help the good folks at Prompton in
clearing the debt on their church.
Samuel Alvin Seitz, a leather
dealer OF Philadelphia, was acci-
|dently shot and killed by Joseph A,
Murray, of Germantown, near
|Stroudsburg. Seitz and Murray, two
of party of eight prominent Phila-
delphians, who had gone there for a
few days in the woods, were hunting
together when the accident occurred
Murray, who was on his first hunting
"trip, had shot a pheasant and was
|jubilant. Hastily reloading, the gun
was accidentally discharged and the
shot struck SeitZ, who died almost
instantly. Mrs. SeitZ was in the par
ty and is prostrated. 1t took the
combined efforts of guide and 9TH
er members of the party from pre-
venting young Murray from com.
mitting suicide when he realized
what he had done.
In an interview with w. A
Dellmore, local district manager for
the Bell Telephone company, he told
us that a fund of ten million dollars
would be available January 1st mex
for the 175, 900 employees of the Bel
system. The fund, which will be
made from year to year by annual
appropriations on the part of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
companies, Associated companies and
the Western Union Telegraph com
pany and Western Electric company
will be set aside for pensions, sicl
benefits and life insurance. ThC
company pension all male employees
who have reached the age of 6C
years and who have been 20 years
or more in service, while female
help who have been employed sever
al years will be pensloned in each
case five years younger than that o
the men employees.