The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-17

Morrison at the Gurney Electric
Elevator plant.
There will be a game of basket
ball Friday evening in the gymnas-
ium of the Honesdale High school
between the Comets and the second
German Catholic club team.
The Eagles held an installation
of officers at their hall on Monday
night. The officers elected three
weeks ago were installed. A smok-
er was held afterwards and a lunch
con was served.
"A roller skating race between
two prominent business men of
Honesdale will take place at the rink
on Friday evening, January "a.
A HILARIOUS time is expected. Come
and enjoy merry evening.
1t will cost you nothing to have
the Thrice-A-Week World sent to
you for few times. You can secure
a good county paper also for the
price of one. Why not subscribe
now. Sample copies gladly sent you
upon request.
Miss Alice Tallman enter
tanned about twelve of her friends
at her home on Main street We'd
nesday evening. Five Numbered was
played and dainty refreshments were
served. Prizes were won by Mrs.
Leon Ross and Miss Estelle Congdon.
Northern Wayne is now about
free from the smallpox situation
and the quarantine has been lifted.
DR.. Frisbie, of Starrucca, who has
had charge of the situation there,
stated recently that only few cases
remained. A total of Al cases were
reported in Wayne but there were at
no time over dozen cases and none
of them OF serious nature.
AS 1913 will probably see the
first use Of the Panama Canal, there
is special fitness in The Youths
Companion's announcement of a
serial, 'The Steam-Shovel Man." by
Ralph d. Paine, author of "The
Cross and the Dragon This alb
sorbing story of the Canal Zone will
begin before the end of 1913, and
will be followed by seven other SER
ials by such authors as Ella w.
Peattie, c. A. Stephens, Arthur
Stanwood Pier and Archibald Rut-
tedge.
Long Eddy is in the throes of
another exciting episode which is
likely to make lurid history in the
annals of that hustling village and
the inhabitants are up in arms at
the audacity of one party who, by
their profusity at writing letters
have caused no end of trouble be-
tween husbands and wives in a num-
Der of families. And husbands and
wives are not the only ones who
have suffered the humiliation of
being basely defiled, for fathers have
received epistles of the supposed-to-
be shameful escapades of their
daughters. The letter writing has
been going on for couple of
months, although it was not until
lately that the trouble which they
have been causing became unbear-
able in number of families.
Auditors j. L. Noble, of Arling-
ton, and d. ID. Weston, of Homes
dale, completed auditing the ac-
counts of the Wayne County Farm
ers' Mutual Fire Insurance company
on Tuesday. The company's assets
amount to $9,360.27. This includes
cash in the agents hands, furniture,
safe, etc. The receipts for the year
1912 amounted to $14,774.52. The
disbursements for this length of time
were SIS, ,15S.46. A balance of $S,-
751 is in the treasury. The amount
of insurance in force December 31st
last was $4,476,607 and the amount
paid out for losses since the organi-
zation of the company 23 years ago
is $113,700.67. A complete state
ment of the Wayne County Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance company
will appear in a forthcoming issue
of The Citizen.
State Treasurer c. F. Wright is
having a search of the books of his
department made to ascertain the
amount of money due to the new
State school fund now that the State
Board of Education has completed
its plans for the investment and ad-
ministration of the money which is
to be devoted to the Common
wealth's educational foundation un-
der the school code. Pennsylvania
is one of the few States which had
no State school fund until the enact
ment of the code, but steps are be-
ing taken to provide it for the fu-
ture. Under the code ninety per
cent. of the net income from the
States forest reservations, which
now amount to from $4,000 to ST.
600 per year; water rights, which
have heretofore not yielded much
income; sales of real estate to the
State, which is comparatively small
and escheated estates which aggre-
gate from $4,000 to $4,000 a year,
together with any legacies. These
moneys will be due the fund from
the date of its approval in 1911 so
that the State will start off with
fair sum.
An elderly lady arrived on the
10 o'clock Delaware and Hudson
train Tuesday morning and was
bound for Cochecton, ~ Y. AS there
are no connections less than five
hours between the arrival of the
Delaware and Hudson train and the
departure of the 2:53 afternoon
Erie train the elderly lady was COM
PEELED to wait. The hour hand of
the big depot clock slowly advanced