The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-16

"A two-story addition is being
placed at the rear of the George Erik
house on East street.
Billy Sunday won 11,459 con-
verts in the Johnstown meetings,
which closed on Sunday after hold
ing two months of evangelistic SER
vices.
Mrs. c. M. Harris sang a solo in
the Methodist church last Sunday
morning which was rendered very
sweetly. She is pupil of Mrs. j. M.
Archer.
Two additional passenger trains
were placed on the Delaware and
Hudson road Monday between Car
bondale and Scranton to take care of
the suburban traffic.
The farm of the late John Ryan
in Canaan township was sold to Mrs.
Margaret Burke on Friday by Attor-
ney G. A. McCarty for the estate.
Consideration 81, ,45O.
"A notice appears elsewhere in
to-day Citizen asking the Wayne
county court to grant a charter on
January Z, 1914, to the Honesdale
Business Mems Association.
ALL subscribers of The Citizen
who are in arrearages can obtain DR..
F. A. Cooks Attainment of the
Pole free by paying their delinquent
account and $1.5O in advance.
The Delaware & Hudson Rail-
road system is to have a new yard in
Carbondale. Several thousand dol
lars will be spent in it's construction.
1t is the plan to have the yard mile
in length.
The recent cold snap formed ice
on Park Lake sufficiently strong
enough to hold skaters. A number
of boys and girls have enjoyed this
exhilirating sport for the past few
days. The Dyberry river is still open.
Hon. A. T. Searle, who has been
presiding over court in Scranton,
Lackawanna county, sentenced three
boys to the reformatory on Saturday
last, There were other sentences
given to erring sons by Judge Searle.
Christmas advertisements and
Yuletide reading matter brighten the
inside pages of to-day's Citizen.
the advertisers Christmas sugges-
IlOHS lounu ou oil pages VI ChlS ""
per.
If you want to hear some extra
good music, go to Carley Brook
church, Saturday, December 20, at
2:30 and hear a quartet from Wyo-
ming Seminary Glee Club. No ad-
mission fee will be asked. A rare op-
portunity. Tell your neighbors.
The family of J. Adam Kraft
moved into their new and handsome
home on Park street on Monday.
After a few alterations have been
made in the home they just vacated
on Tenth street it will be occupied
by DR.. and Mrs. l.. B. Nielsen.
The ladies of st. Johns Evan
gelical church netted 1925 from the
bazaar and bakery last Friday af-
! ternoon and evening. The ladies
worked hard to make the affair a
success and were certainly rewarded
in their efforts. All the booths were
we'll patronized. Refreshments were
also served
Two wagon loads of parcel post
packages arrived at the Honesdale
post office on Sunday. Another
load came in Mondays mails. The
Christmas mail, it being the largest
this year. The st. Louis, an Ameri.
can liner, arrived in New York Oh
Saturday, bringing S,261 sacks oi
Christmas main, it being the largest
single shipment across the Atlantic
ocean.
According to a statement Civ
en- out at Harrisburg the valuation Of
property assessed for state taxes il
Wayne county is $1,062,677. In Pike
county it is $466,794.15. Wayne
countys gain was only one per cent
The net increase in dollars and
cents for 1913 was $S29,S57, ,670.S3
and the total decrease was 1885,,
$4,000. The total valuation il
1890 was $572,653, 3,602.12.
An event of Importance to musi
clans in this locality will occur il
Scranton this evening, when the
Philadelphia Orchestra, under the
leadership of its distinguished new
conductor, Leopold Stokowski, viii
appear in a symphonic concert. EvaI
Williams, the tenor, always a grea
favorite wherever he is known, will
be the assisting artist. The concer
J by the Philadelphia Orchestra, will
be in the nature of a gala musica
event, since the orchestra is now
recognized as one of the creates
virtuoso orchestras in the country
and under it's new leader has gained
a greater reputation than ever be
fore.
1T is with considerable regre
that the editor of The Citizen an
nounces that H. G. Van Alstyne, whC
for the past two years has been ont
of the managing editors of this pa
per, left Sunday for his former homc
in Chatsworth, Ill. Mr.. Van Alstyn'
left behind him a large circle of ad
miring friends who also regret hi
departure. He was quiet and unas
suming in his disposition, but wa
always alert to his duties. Mr.. Val
Alystyne left Sunday morning fo
Wilkes-Barre where he took his traiI