The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-04

Sueu W nay ~. JOuSo VI hinulOIu,
N. Y, and Miss Elsie M. Thomas, of
Scott. tr
James McGinty, formerly clerk
in Snyder & Freethy's drug store, has
opened a new store on Main Ave-
nue., Hawley, with himself as pro-
prietor. The new pharmacy began
business April L.
The Buy-U-A-Home Realty COM
pany sold Mrs. Lillian M. Polley's
property at Seelyville, Monday, to
w. N. Alberty, Jr. There is a good
dwelling and other buildings there
on. Possession given Immediately.
The State Livestock Sanitary
Board has authorized the State Vet
erinarian, DR.. G. j. Marshall, to in
stitute proceedings against N. G.
Hitchcock, of Mercer county, and w.
s. McConnakey, of Westford, Craw-
ford county, for violating the inter
state cattle law.
Miss Ethel Lee delightfully."- en-
tertained number of girl friends at
her home Monday evening in honor
of Miss Gladys Weaver. The first
prize at Five Hundred was won by
Miss Alice Tallman and Miss Alma
OCuull6I was d dIutu Illt
prize. Refreshments were served.
An election of officers was held
by Freedom Lodge No. SO, l. o. o.
F., in their hall Monday evening and
elected the following officers: 7. Y.
Boyd, noble grand; Fred Keene,
vice grand, and George w. Penwar-
den, trustee. The other officers will
be named by the noble grand and
vice grand. An installation will be
held at an early date.
Friend Seely, of Lebanon town
ship, received severe wound Tues
day while chopping wood for Ezra
Van Orden. The axe with which he
was working crashed into his leg in
stead of the log and split it wide
open. Seely was brought to Homes
dale that afternoon when DR.. F. w.
Powell attended him. Three stitches
were necessary to close the wound.
George Payne, of Burnwood,
has a Bible in his possession that
was printed nearly four hundred
years ago. 1t has been handed down
as an heirloom for generations. At
one time during the prosecutions in
Ireland it was buried in the sand and
was thus saved to posterity. John
Wesley, the founder of Methodism,
used it frequently. Mr.. Payne values
it beyond price.
The last will and testament of
Richard Randall, late of Bucking-
ham township, was admitted to pro-
bate Tuesday in the Office of w. B..
Lesher, recorder of wills and deeds.
Under the terms of the will he
leaves all his personal property and
real estate to his wife, Louisa A.
Randall, and also makes her eXecu-
triX of the will The will was made
on May IL, 1911, and was witnessed
by E. Nielsen and w. H. Stone.
ALI of the liquor license money
for Wayne county has been paid into
the hands of w. w. Wood, treasurer,
the total amount being $10,675. This
amount was $25 more than last year.
Sixty per cent. of the money received
from retail licenses goes to the bor-
oughs and townships in which the
houses are located. The state re-
ceived twenty-five per cent. of the re-
tail and all of the wholesale, the
county of Wayne receiving only fif-
teen per cent. of the retail.
General orders will be issued
from the Adjutant Generals office
within a short time announcing the
camp of instruction for officers of
the National Guard, at Mt. Gretna,
June to 12. The camp will be
held much along the lines of former
years and the officers will waive all
considerations of rank during the
sessions. The camp was attended
last year by almost all of the officers
of the Guard and the problems were
worked out as in actual service.
"A commission composed of Jas.
o. Mumford, DR.. e. w. Burns and
w. j. Silverstone, heard evidence rel
ative to the sanity of William Doney
in the Grand Jury room Tuesday af-
ternoon. Doney has been an inmate
of the Berlin township poor farm.
The commission decided that Doney
was of unsound mind and recon-
mended that he be sent to suitable
institution. The report of the COM
mission was mailed to Judge Searle,
who is holding court in Philadelphia
this week, for his action.
The new Indian-buffalo nick
ell has been counterfeited. Banks
anu u nave DCSh " eNA -
ed that a good imitation of the ori-
ginal is in circulation. So well has
the work been done that the only
difference the public can notice is
the absence of any " ring when the
spurious coin is dropped; in every
detail it is apparently like the good
coin. But experts have detected
that one of the feathers in the red
mans headdress is a trifie shorter
than in the government nickel.
-" The Shepherd of the Hills" is
splendid story of real life among
the Ozark hills of Missouri and Ar
kansas. If you go there you will
easily find a Mutton Hollow, a hill
like Dewey Bald and people like
Sammy Lane, Young Matt, Mad How
ard and Father Hewitt. Clinging tc
the beautiful story simply told, is the
very atmosphere of the life of the
picturesque region which is so sadly
unfamiliar to the travellers in search
of new scenes. 1t is a clean and