The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-10

House.
Quite a number of poultry fan
ciers contemplate attending the show
in Scranton next Wednesday.
Scranton has had II fires in the
last four days. Wednesdays conflag-
ration did admage to the amount of
$4,000.
Grace Episcopal church, Sun
day, Jan. 12. Services at 1880 a.
M and 1880 p. m; Sunday school
at IL M.
The Parish Aid society of Grace
church will meet with Mrs. S. T.
Ham on West street, Friday after
noon, Jan. 10.
Governor Tener has appointed
C. V. Hartzell, of Harrisburg, as
chief factory inspector, vice John
LeLaney, removed.
The Ladies Auxiliary and the
Ladies' Aid society of the Presby-
terian church will meet in the chapel
on Friday afternoon.
A drop of nearly so degrees in
the mercury was experienced between
Wednesday morning and Thursday
morning of this week.
Christ church, Indian Orchard,
Sunday, Jan. u, Rev. A. l.. Whit
taker will hold service consisting of
Evening Prayer and Sermon, at 2:30
p. m. Sunday school every Sunday
at 1870 p. m.
The following letters remain un-
called for at the postoffice: William
Ayers, w. II. Daley, Edith Gregory,
j. G. Qundly, Cecile Mignerey (for-
eign), DR.. S. B. Thomas. NJ. B. AL
len, Postmaster.
The regular gymnasium classes
of the high school will hold an
athletic meet Friday night at the
high school gymnasium. There will
be foot races and basket ball. Ad-
mission 10 cents.
-Honesdale friends of Miss
Queenie Cooley, who is in California,
state that she writes that the cold
weather just experienced is the cold
est ever known out there. Winter
garments have to be worn for COM
fort.
-Libels in divorce were filed in
the Prothonotary's office by Robert
E. Sands, lib. VS.. Grace S. Sands,
res; and by Minnie Hankins, lib, VS..
w. H. Hankins, respondent. In each
case desertion is named as the
cause.
The late Vice-President, James
S. Sherman, left an estate valued at
70,075.30 practically all personal
property, according to the report of
the transfer tax appraiser. The debts
and expenses amount to $46, ,429. "a,
and the net balance goes to Mrs.
Sherman.
The Citizen is in receipt of sey-
eral hundred copies of 1913 pocket
diaries from G.. A. Snow & Co., pat
ent lawyers and solicitors, Washing
ton, ID. G. 1t is replete with a num-
Der of interesting facts. Free at the
Citizen office or sent to any address
upon receipt of two cents postage.
John l.. Schmidt, of Jefferson
vile, who recently received a patent
on a shock absorbing nail set, which
he invented, was in New York last
week and made arrangements for the
manufacture of the nail set, and he
will market the article himself. Mr..
Schmidt refused an offer of $2,500
for his invention.
Engineer Morgan and Firemen
Surplus, of Gouldsboro, of engine No.
"a, of the switching service on the
D., L. & w. railroad, received first
merit award since the visible recog-
milton system was inaugurated. The
award consists of a large brass star
surrounded by ring placed on the
box front of their engine.
The National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress has indorsed an an
nual expenditure of $50, 200 for
river and harbor improvement. The
committee expects to write into the
bill appropriations for about $6,-
Mississippi River, to be devoted
flood districts.
Burgess c. A. McCarty and
Postmaster M. B. Allen attended the
Hawley town council meeting on
Monday evening. The latter appear
ed before the council in the interest
of the proposed Wayne County
Street Railway company. We have
been informed that the request OF
Mr.. Allen for the company was
granted. Anton j. Kerber, former
ly OF Honesdale, is president OF the
Hawley town council.
Building of an automobile boule-
ward $50 feet wide, with separate
driveway for horses, out Asbury ave-
nue., from Philadelphia to Freehold
a distance of 20 miles, is favored by
State Road Commissioner e. A. Stew
ems, who declares the State might
we'll contribute 40 per cent. of the
cost of such a road. Should the pro-
ject go through, favorable action is
promised in Strengthening the road
from Freehold to Trenton, thus max
ing almost direct line from the cap
ital to the sea.
Miss Hortense Hurley, of Indian
Orchard, had an exciting encounter
with a bear Monday while bringing
milk from a nearby farmhouse to
her home. Miss Hurley was walk
ing along the roadway when the wild
beast came out of a clump of bushes
and made straightway toward her
She took to her heels and being some
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