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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28
COURT BUSINESS SLACK FOR
LAST WEEK
-Four Cases Sure to be Tried--Prob-
ably Two Others-Two Cases
Listed Will Probably Be
Arbitrated

The second week of the January
term of court opened to-day with
Judge Searle on the bench. The
week promises to be short one and
will probably finish up Thursday, as
two of the cases listed for trial are
pending arbitration and two more
of the cases will probably be dis
posed of after decision is reached
i'll the first of the Cortright cases.
Out of the thirteen cases listed for
this week it is probable that only
five of them will be tried.
The first case to ? .ried this week
began this afte' 1 after court
convened at 1t is a labor
case is in w Lawson brings
suit against dtzer to recover
$66.30 which ,esents wages for
twenty days 0 cents per hour.
M. e. Simons al Deared for the plain
tiff and Searle & Salmon were the
attorneys for the defendant.
The second case listed for trial this
week is the case of the Wayne
Concrete Supply and Construction
Company against Chauncey A. Cort-
right and Eugene Cortright, trad
ing as G. A. Cortright & Son. Chas.
A. McCarty represented the plaintiff
anu tiOhOl vi OO1C dppOul lOl IhC
defendant concern. The action is
brought to recover $64S.75. The
claim is that 5000 cubic feet of
bricks to the value of 5000 were
taken from their premises in East
Honesdale for the construction of a
barn and also that 10000 cubic feet
of concrete brick valued at So per
thousand were taken without their
consent. Payments were made to
the amount of $3.50. Blocks to the
value of $1S.75 were also taken.
The balance sued for is $648.75.
The defendant admits contract and
delivery of 5,240 cubic feet of blocks
and 5000 bricks but denies taking
any without the consent of the
plaintiff. They also allege that
bricks and blocks were not fit for
intended use and were negligently
made, causing barn in whose con-
struction they were used, to collapse
causing a loss to them of $4,000
which they want to recover.
The first case listed for this week
was that of Ezra Sellick against
Frank De Bruen and Martin De
Bruen in which Attorney F. P. Kim
BILE, appears as attorney for the
plaintiff, and on account of his ill
ness the case was continued.
The cases of Frederick Kreiger
and Gertrude Kreiger, his wife,
against the township of Salem and
Frederick Kreiger against the town
ship of Salem are pending arbitration
and will not come up for trial.
In both these cases the plaintiffs
claim $1,000 for personal injuries to
wife and $500 for care and attention
by reason of a fall from the high
way over steep embankment
which the defendant township failed
to guard near Ledgedale in that
township on November II, 1909.
The cases of Theresa Gerety
against the Columbian Protective
Association and of Rena Congdon
against the Columbian Protective
Association are not likely to be
tried on account of the plaintiffs at
torney from Scranton not being able
to be here.
The other cases for trial are Err
win L. Thomas against w. M. Nor
ton, executor of the last will and
testament of Mary R. Thomas.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28
THREE-STORY BRICK
BUILDING MOVED.
Substantial Building Successfully
Moved to New Site in Forty
DayS.

A recent issue of the Engineer
ing Record describes the manner
in which a large three-story brick
building was raised bodily from it's
site, revolved through a right angle,
transported 800 feet and deposited
on a new site on the opposite side of
the road. The clearing operations
had to be carried out within forty
days to avoid a penalty of $100 per
day, for every day beyond that per-
iod. The building weighed 1850
tons, covered an area of 60 feet by
1O5 feet, had falls 16 in. thick, and
was embellished with tower 120
1T. high. At the outset, the entire
weight of the building was trans
ferred on to a series of beams sup
ported on five longitudinal sills.
Four hundred lotion jack screws
supported the sills and by means of
these the building, with the upper
part of the tower removed, was rails
ed #. in about two weeks. A cast
iron bali-bearing pivot was disposed
beneath the building at its centre of
gravity, and roller planks laid
around it. The weight of the build
ing was then transferred to 500 Sim
rollers it. long. Tackle and a
number of two-horsed capstans were
then employed to revolve the build
ing. This process occupied another
two weeks. The roller planks were
then removed and longitudinal track
timbers set in their place. The roll
ers were again inserted and the
building steered across to it's new
site.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28
BOY MATHEMATICAL WONDER.
Tamil Youth of 10 Does Wonderful
Problems With Ease.

Colombo, Ceylon, Jan. 25.--A Ia
mil boy, 16 years old, has for some
time past been astonishing the in
habitants of India and Cochin, China,
by his wonderful calculating feats,
and has now submitted to a test at
the hands of the Ceylon branch of
the Royal Asiatic Society here.
He knows little English except the
names of the numerals and mathe-
matical expressions. He is abnor-
NAL not only in mind but also in
body, for he has six fingers on each
hand and six toes on each foot. His
own account of himself is that his
wonderful powers are the direct gift
of the god Subramana, and he says
that when he was s years old he was
taken to the Karthigay festival at
Tiruparankundram and that in the
night he dreamed that the god came
to him and wrote the word "mathe-
matics" on his tongue and in the
morning he had twelve fingers and
twelve toes instead of ten. At the
same time he found himself possess
ed suddenly of great calculating
powers.
Among some of the tests given
him at two recent public demonstra-
tions, all of which are answered cor
rectly, were the square root of $685.
776, the answer of which-924-was
given in an instant; the cube root
of 74,625-65, which was given
just as quickly. When asked the re-
suit of 9S2,347 multiplied by 231, in
about two seconds came the answer.
In the case of one sum set him the
examiner had the wrong sum set
down in writing, but the correct
answer was given by the boy.
Problems in compound interest
| discount, exchange and other arith-
metical rules were set him and he
answered all tests correctly, using
considerably less time than the
problems could have been worked
out on paper, The boy, whose name
is Arumogan, comes from a working
class family and is quite illiterate.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28
JOSEPH KERL FuS%,lD DEAD
Well Known Resident of Texas
Township Dies SuddenIy-Is Not
Discovered Until Several Hours
Later

Joseph Kerl was found lying dead
in the yard near his home on Lin
wood street late Saturday night.
Death was probably due to apoplexy.
Mr.. Kerl left the house after sup
per to visit friend. He left the
place after staying a little while,
telling the members of the house
that he would return shortly, that he
wanted to go to the smokehouse,
which was on his property. His
son, John, was also at the place.
The father did not return and John
went home. When he arrived Mrs.
Kerl remarked to her son that father
had not come home. A search was
then started. The mother and son
did not have to look far, for within
. feet from the home lay the form
of Mr. Kerl. His body was cold
when discovered, signifying that life
had been extinct several hours. He
was tenderly removed to his home.
Mr.. Kerl went to the barber shop
between 4:30 and o'clock Satur-
day night. He returned home short
ly afterwards, had his supper and
then went out to the house for a few
minutes. Mr.. Kerl had been at
tending to his duties as usual on
Saturday and was apparently in good
health.
Joseph Kerl was born in Homes
dale, February 12, 1859, and there
fore would have been 54 years of
age the 18th of next month. For
many years he was in the employ of
w. w. Weston and later worked for
G. Smith & Son. Mr.. Kerl, besides
his wife, is survived by two chill
dren, John, at home, and George of
Hawley.
The funeral will be held Wednes-
day morning from the German Cath
Ollie church, Rev. j. w. Balta Off
ciating.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28
HONESDALB PATTERN
FOR OTHER CITIES,

That Honesdale is on the map and
does things worth while and that
count for good is proven by letter
recently received from Moorhead,
MINI. The writer is a member of
the Moorhead Civics club and con-
sequently is especially interested in
beautifying that town. At the sug-
gestion of Mrs. Allen Welch, of
Rock Island, ILL.,, the writer cor
responded with Honesdale parties
claiming that she had heard that
Honesdale had done wonders in the
line of civic pride.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28
Bulletin Board This Editors Med
ium of Circulation.

With a three-room hovel as an edi-
torial sanctum, a tablet and a pen
Gil for printing press, two dogs
and rabbit as co-workers, his own
fertile imagination and thoughts as
a news field, and a bulletin board as
his only medium of circulation, l..
c. Anderson of Buchanan county,
Mo-, is publisher of the most unique
paper in the world.
Years of seclusion, with no COM
panions but his pet animals; life on
a 40-acre farm, which in reality is
a seething wilderness of unpruned
apple trees, grape vines, berry
brambles, and weeds; family
troubles, to which Editor Anderson
will only allude in guarded whisp-
ers; a reverse in law suit in a St.
Joseph court, an alleged prosecutions
on the part of some of his neigh
bors, have made Anderson the pub
Usher, owner, printer, editor, car
toonist and circulator of his novel
sheet"
The circulation of the Anderson
paper numbers only the farmers who
drive, ride, or walk by his place, and
of course all of these do not read
it. The enthused editor has nailed
d large DOdru 10 Lue renee, WHICH Ql-
vides the highway from his tangled
orchard, and on this board is space
for 6 sheets of tablet paper, each
sheet containing one editorial or ar
ticle, with headings and quite often
with small drawings at the top.
In order to CLEAN the ideas of the
paper the reader must dismount from
his buggy and walk up a narrow
path to the board, for Anderson is
not particular whether or not any
one reads the editorials. He "just
sticks them out so if any one wants
to read he can," and for this reason
he did not build his bulletin board
far enough out in the road for the
passersby to drive close to it. He
simply set the board up at the most
convenient spot.
Anderson's paper is unnamed, it
has no politics, no religion, other
than the Edison motto: do unto
others as you would have them do
unto you," and has no set policy,
except to fight on organizations of
all sorts, whether labor unions, po-
litical parties, lodges, or churches.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28
SPORTING NOTES.

Christy Mathewson, who is whal-
ing away at a typewriter for a New
York newspaper, is getting ready to
turn loose the details of a gigantic
trade that will shake the American
league to its very foundation. 1t is
likely that the trade, if it's sure
enough in the air, will mean the
Strengthening of the New York Yam
KEGS. 1t wouldn't occasion a great
deal of surprise if about five star
players were handed over to New
York by other teams in the league,
bringing about a general swap, in
which every team would have to con-
tribute a share, under the lash of
President Ban Johnson.
Crawford, Carrigan, Bender and
Lajoie are players who would look
good with the Hilltop crowd.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28
COURT NOTES.

The following accounts were con-
firmed absolutely this afternoon.
First and final account of Friend
w. Osgood, administrator of estate
of David Brundage, late of Salem,
deceased.
First and final account of Grace
B. Edsall Administrative of estate of
Robert H. Edsall, late of Damascus,
deceased.
First and final account of ]. w.
Bodie, administrator of William
Bodie, late of Dyberry, deceased.
First and final account of G. M.
Hampstead, administrator, of Fan
ME Hampstead, late of Buckingham,
deceased.
First and final account of Charles
S. Houck, executor of Martha Kim
NETT, late of Hawley, deceased.
First and final account of Julia
Lebarr, Administrative of S. D. Le-
barr, late of Preston, deceased.
First and final account of George
M. Wilcox, administrator of Rebecca
L. Wilcox, late of Mt. Pleasant, de-
ceased.
First and final account of Andrew
Lauther, administrator of Jacob
Jaeriko, late of Clinton, deceased.
First and final account of Lenna
Bergman, executrix of Mary Thomas,
late of Honesdale, deceased.
Second and partial account of
Wilhelmina Smith, executor of John
H. Smith, late of Honesdale, de-
ceased.
First and final account of l.. C.
Mumford, administrator of William
w. Tarbox, late of Scott, deceased.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28
Elizabeth O'Hea.

Eighth Grade-A Grammar.
The subject of this sketch is a
tall, thin man. He has long feat
ures, dark eyes, gray hair, gray
beard and wears glasses. This gen.
tleman looks at every one very
sharply. He is very pleasant
talker and is at times inclined to be
humorous. He enjoys being out in
the fresh air and he is very attentive
to his wife. He has a pet of which
(though it causes him dots OF
trouble) he is very fond. He is a
retired citizen, wears dark clothes
and is very neat about his appear
ance and is very much respected by
all who know him.
No. 13.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28
Moscow Christian Church at War
With Members of Board of Trus-
tees

Rev. j. D. Fry, pastor of the Mos
COW Christian church at Madisonville
the past thirteen months, through
his attorney, c. w. Soper, Saturday
morning had warrants issued for the
trustees of that church, and also for
Ira Mitchell, constable of the Ninth
ward, Scranton. The warrants
charge them with forcible entry and
ejecting him and his wife and four
children from their home.
The names of the trustees for
whom warrants were issued are:
Isaac, Frank and Byron w. Be-
seeker, ]. w. and e. e. Hornbaker
q. #. Swartz and Charles Hartneck
There has been friction between the
trustees and the pastor for some
time.-Scranton Times.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28
Hazel Irwin
Nellie McCabe.
Eighth Grade-A Grammar

ElSntn GTdue-A Grammar.
The subject of this sketch is a
young person. She is not very tall
but has plump figure. She has a
round full face with a short, we'll
shaped nose and large blue eyes.
Her hair is very light, with ray of
sunshine in it, and her teeth are
large pearls. She takes short steps
and walks quickly. Her bearing and
manner are plain and modest and
she has a fine clear voice. She is a
person possessing jolly disposition
and is most always smiling, and she
never forgets to speak when she
meets one. She dresses neatly and
is altogether a charming person.
No. 12,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28
William LaPolt. AGED 13 vea

William LaPolt, aged 13 years,
of White Lake, Sullivan county, was
drowned while skating on that lake
Thursday evening. The boy with
several others was skating on the
ice which was about three inches
thick. The ice gave way and he
went to the bottom.
The Pennsylvania Conservation
association will ask the Legislature
to provide for a country life commits
sion to study the problems of the
dwellers on the farms of this state.
The measure provides that the gov
ernor shall appoint a commission OF
five to make a thorough investiga-
tion into the conditions of farm life
in Pennsylvania, together with agri-
cultural resources and to make rec
concentrations to the legislature of
1915.
Up in Wyoming county they
have commenced the manufacture OF
maple sugar. On the other hand they
are wondering when they will get
their supply OF ice for the coming
summers use. Not a bit has been
gathered as yet.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28
BEWARE OF LAMP WICK FAKER

1t has come to our notice that
there is a fakir making the rounds
in this vicinity purporting to sell
a new kind of lamp wick for which
he has been known to receive as
high as 75 cents. We wish to warn
persons from patronizing him. Last
Friday he made the rounds in White
Mills and sold many of the wicks.
He received from 80 to 75 cents
piece for them. He claimed that
they were new kind of wick. The
fact of the matter is that these wicks
were purchased in Honesdale for two
and one-half cents apiece. 1t is al
ways safer to patronize the home
merchant.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28
BURNETT FOR JUDGE.

Stroudsburg, Pa, Jan. 27.-Rog-
ers l.. Burnett, Esq, has announced
himself as a Democratic candidate
for judge in the Monroe and Pike
district The term of Judge Staples
will expire soon.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28
WILL IMPORT THEIR ICE.

Binghamton ice dealers, discour-
aged by the unfavorable outlook for
ranging with the northern ice COM
panies to get their stock from the
lakes north of Cortland and from
the Adirondacks.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28
AS OTHERS SEE US
Some Guessed Right-Others Wait
ed for The Citizen for a Tip
Now Try 1t Again.

AS Others See Us" is de-
partment in The Citizen that is
daily increasing in interest. When
this paper is received in the home
among the first articles read are the
brief descriptive sketches written by
the A grammar pupils of Eighth
grade. By many they are the first
read. There has been considerable
guessing since the appearance of last
Fridays characters and for the bene-
fit of those who want little assist
ance we will reproduce their names
as follows: No. 8, r. M. Stocker;
No. 8, Miss Margaret Griffin; No.
10, Rev. w. H. Hitler.
In the following descriptions you
cannot help but guess who the per-
sons are intended for. We, how
ever, will leave it to you. Compare
them with the answers next Friday
and see how near right you are.
Hazel Irwin.
Eighth Grade-A Grammar.
The subject of this sketch is a man
of medium height, not very stout
nor very thin. He has quite thick
hair and mustache which l would
call of sandy color. His complex
ion is clear and he wears glasses.
His bearing and manners are plan
and modest. He always dresses
neatly and appears to be a gentle
man. He is very prominent and the
position he holds is very helpful.
He is well educated and is known
by a great many people.
No. II.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28

After being free of the disease
for four days, the home of Dean Nc
Knight at Altoona was again quar-
antined recently for smallpox. The
victim was Mcknight himself.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28
Local Options Chances.

Local option as an issue before
the present Legislature is to be push
ed to the foreground earlier than
usual, at a conference of legislators
to be held next Wednesday night in
the House caucus room under the
auspices of the Anti-Saloon League,
with the State Superintendent, Rev.
DR.. G. w. Carroll, and legislative su-
perintendent, DR.. H. M. Chalfant, in
charge!
More than 80 members are openly
or secretly pledged to the measure
according to the promoters of the
bill, while dozen others are favor
able, and a majority of the House is
claimed as likely to vote for it on
its final passage.
1t is conceded by all sides that the
bill has a better chance of passing
the present House than it has had in
years. 1t enjoys for the first time
the advantage of being heard by a
committee that is apparently friend
ly. Alonzo A. Moulthrop, of Clear
field county, chairman of the Law
and Order Committee of the House,
to which the bill will undoubtedly be
referred, is being quoted by the An
ti-Saloon people to the effect that
the bill will certainly pass the
House. He is of the opinion, it is
said, that the county will be made
the unit, though that is a question.
There is considerable element of the
Legislature which, while favorable to
some sort of local option bill, will
not support a bill that is based on
such large units.
The Anti-Saloon League, which is
making the fight for local option,
has already sponsored four bills in
the House and Senate, namely: The
Judson-Scott bill, placing clubs on
the same basis for license purposes
as hotel and saloons; the Ulerich
bill, prohibiting solicitation of con-
sumers' trade by brewery agents, and
the Dunn bill against treating.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28

third class cities, small council for
Philadelphia, regulation of cold
storage, "blue sky bill to stop sale
of worthless stocks, prohibiting
benzoate of soda in foods, State su-
pervision of hotel and dining car
kitchens, liquor licenses for social
clubs, anti-treating, removal of East
ern Penitentiary from Philadelphia
to the county, increasing legislators
pay repeal of mercantile tax and re-
turn of personal property tax to the
counties
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-09-18
CHAPTER XVI,
Unseen Danger.

Once he paused, blinded BY the
snow. flung up his arm, and fired
imagining he saw the dim shape of n
man on the ridge summit. There we,
no return shot. no visible movemept.
Reckless. mad with rage, he sprarg
up the wind-swept side, and reached
the crest 1t was deserted, except fur
tracks already nearly obliterated BY
the fierce wind. Helpless. bafiied, the
Sergeant stared about him into the
driving flakes. his ungloved, stiffen.
ing hand gripping the cold butt of
his Colt, ready for any emergency.
Nothing but vacancy and silence en-
compassed him. At his feet the snow
was still trampled; he could see
where the man had kneeled to fire:
where he had run down the opposite
side Of the hill. There had been only
one-a white man from the imprint
and he had fed south, vanishing in
the smother.
1t required an effort for the Ser.
geant to recover. to realize his true
position. and the meaning of this mys.
terious attack. He was no longer
numb with cold or staggering from
weakness. The excitement had sent
the hot blood pulsing through his
veins; had brought back to his heart
the fighting instinct. Every desire
urged him forward, clamoring for re-
venge. but the aroused sense of a
plainsman held him motionless, star
ing about. listening for any sound. Be-
hind him. down there In the hollow,
were huddled the horses OF his out
fit. scarcely distinguishable from
where he stood. II he should venture
farther OF. he might never be able
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-09-18

Aiers exposed flesh with snow. Tha
smart Of it. together with the rough
ness OF handling. aroused the latter
from lethargy. but Hamlin. ignoring
MS resentment. gripped the fellow
win hands of iron, never ceasipS his
violent illustrations until his swear
ing ended in silence. Then he wrap
pes MIN tightly in the blankets, and
stood himself erect. glowing from the
exercise Carroll glared up at him
angriiy out of red-rimmed eyes.
III get you for that. you big boob"
he shouted. striving to release his
arms from the clinging blankets. You
wait! I'll get you!"
Hush up. George, and 70 to
sleep" the other retorted. pokinx the
shapeless body with his foot. his
thoughts already elsewhere. Don't
b fool. Ill get q FIRE II can. and
something hot into you. Within an
hour youN be man again. Now see
heso-stop that! Do you hear! You
lis still right where you are. Carroll.
until i come back. or I'll kick your
ribs In" He bent down menacingly.
scowling into the upturned face. will
you mind. or shall l have to hand you
oner
Carroll shrank back like a whipped
child. his lips muttering something
indistinguishable. The sergeant. sat.
isfied. turned and foundered through
the drifts to the bank OF the stream