The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-01-24

the Hawley High school
About $4,000 worth of fur is
! trapped annually in Cortland county,
! n. Y.
"A. o. Blake, of Bethany, took a
car load of cattle to Jersey City
Wednesday of last week
On Tuesday evening the Phila-
| thea class of the Baptist Sunday
school meet at the home of Mrs.
Munson McDermott. on East Exten-
sion street.
Elaborate preparations are be-
ing made for the leap year dance to
be held in Lyric Hall this Wednes-
day evening. A number of out of
town guests are expected to be
present.
One of the largest steel rail
orders placed this year has been clos
ed by the New York Central Com
pany which placed contracts for / / s.
600 tons of rails for its requirements
for 1912.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mang of Fortenia
treated about thirty of their friends
to sleigh ride and a most excellent
supper Thursday evening. All speak
very highly of the host and hostess
hospitality.
The wholesale price of butter in
New York recently went to forty-two
cents a pound, the highest price
reached in twenty-eight years, and
retailers were asking So cents with
only limited supplies of the best
quality to be had at either price.
On Tuesday afternoon, January
I .I,,l,. l.,
third birthday at the home of his
parents on River street. About
twelve guests were present and a
very pleasant afternoon was spent.
At 4:3V refreshments were served
after which all departed for their
homes wishing August many more
happy birthdays.
Mayor Shank, of Indianapolis,
Indiana, and his salesman, H. R.
Adkins, had a lively trade in fresh
eggs, dressed rabbits and dressed
chickens in the city market there
recently. Fresh eggs were sold for
3S cents dozen, from to cents
less than other stands were charging
If we had more Mayors like Shank
we would soon reduce the cost of
living to a normal figure.
"A Chicago special of recent date
says: With the thermometer register
ing 80 degrees below Zero Carl
Faulkenberg, a 17-year-old fugitive
from the Minnesota State Industrial
school, rode 75 miles on the pilot of
a locomotive and was nearly frozen
to death. He was found in Chicago
hospital. Faulkenberg's hands, feet
and face were frozen and he was in a
serious condition from exposure
Passengers on the train took up a
large collection for him.
The election contest for the seat
in Congress from Luzerne county
now occupied by Hon. C. C. Bowman,
came up last Saturday before the
Elections Committee of the House,
of which Hon. T. T. Ansbury of Ohio
is Chairman. The entire day was
taken up with arguments Of counsel.
Hon. John T. Lenahan appeared for
George r. Mclean, contestant, and
w, l., Bowman of New York and
Hon, W, D. B. Ainey appeared as
counsel for Mr.. Bowman.
j. Gilbert Hiccox, bank director
and farmer, of Milwaukee, Wis, in
producing milk of quality. has dis
covered that the use of cheap
phonograph has increased the pro-
ducing value of his herd of seventy
blooded cows two quarts each day.
AS the milk to the exclusive set at
twelve cents a quart, this makes his
music work worth $1,000 a year to
the farm. He worked on the theory
that music at milking time would
make the cows less nervous.
The men of st. Johns Roman
Catholic church happily surprised
their new priest, Rev. John O'Toole,
last Sunday evening in the parochial
residence on Terrace street. Sunday
was Father O'Toole's twentieth an
niversary of ordination into priest
hood. Some of the members of his
parish learned of this the latter part
Of the week and purchased a spark
ling cut glass water set, most beauti-
full in design. The presentation
speech was made by Attorney c. A.
McCarty, and the response given by
Father O'Toole.
Attorney C. A. McCarty was
able to reach his safe on Monday af-
ternoon. The combination worked
freely and the door was opened
without any difficulty. The con-
tents, which consisted of valuable
| notes, mortgages, deeds, contracts,
wills, etc, were unsoiled and good as
| the day in which they were placed
in the fire-proof safe. The papers
represented several thousand dollars
worth of valuable papers. The day
/ book was slightly damaged by water
/ but not enough to obliterate any OF
| the writing. Other books, which
were partially burned, were recover.
| ed.
The tire on one of the driving
wheels of the Honesdale passenger
engine of Conductor James Wards
! train, became losened Monday morn
! ing. Engineer Jaile Arnold discOv'
cred the tire was working off at For,
tenia and ran slowly from that place
to Honesdale, arriving a few min
utes late. There being no extra To-
comotive in the round house and the
company having no means of setting
the tire here, another engine wai
sent for. II arrived in time to hau
the regular 1926 train to Carbon
dale. The disabled locomotive crep
along at the "Stourbridge Lion
speed, four miles an hour, until /
| reached Carbondale where IL wa