The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28

ACCORDING 10 an OTuer Ol JHe
treasury department at Washington,
all common towels and drinking cups
must be removed from cars in inter-
State commerce before March l.
officials of the operating department
of the Delaware & Hudson company
are preparing to carry out the or
ders.
The Pennsylvania electors who
drew three days pay for going to
Harrisburg and casting the vote of
the state for Roosevelt, and then
got mad and sent their money back,
should not be quite so thin skinned.
1t is all a part of the game. If
they stay in politics long enough
they will learn that they will get
cursed if they do, and cursed if
they don't.
The particular objection urged
against American pianos in the
tropics is that they are not adapted
to the climatic conditions there and
rapidly deteriorate. Commercial sta
tistics of the United States show
that while the export of American
pianos has tripled in the last nine
years that of piano players, organs
and other musical instruments eX-
cept monographs has declined.
John Yodus, of Port Carbon,
miner employed at Eagle Hill col
liery, met a strange fate on Friday,
his life being crushed out by a two
ton boulder which hung on the roof
of the mine chamber. After firing a
blast, Yodus tried several times TO
return to work, but was prevented
by clouds of smoke. When he did
return, the boulder, which had been
loosened by the blast, dropped upon
him.
The committee having in
charge the raising of money for the
purchase of books for the free Ii
brary have decided that February
9 to Is is to be known as Library
week. During that time solicitors
will call at every home in Greater
Honesdale and it is desired that
each family give something. Any
amount will be acceptable. Remem-
ber the time-Library Week, Febru-
airy 9th to 18th.
"A motion for a new trial has
been filed in the county court in the
case of Eberley Skinner VS.. James
Dolsen, by R. NJ. Stocker, attorney
for the defendant. The jury in the
case gave a verdict in favor of the
plaintiff for land and timber. Mr..
Stocker gave six reasons why a new
trial should be granted among them
being that the verdict was against
the evidence and against the charge
of the court. A rule was granted
by Judge Searle to show cause why
new trial should not be granted
and was made returnable Jan. 30th
at 2 o'clock.
An old gun, ploughed up last
spring by j. H. Freas, of Brier
Creek, went off Thursday of last
week when Thomas Sitter, one of
the men helping Freas to butcher
stirred the fire with the muzzle.
The shot tore over Sitler's head,
knocking his hat off. A moment
before one of the other butchers
passed right in front of the point of
the barrel. That the gun was load
ed was a surprise. When it was dug
up the stock and hammer was gone
from rust and decay, but the gun
was kept to stir the fire. The heat
caused the load to go off. 1t is be-
lieved the gun must have been in
the ground at least fifty years.
A special from New Haven,
Conn, says: 1t won't be the fault of
the Orange bank officers if the native
boys and girls of Orange henceforth
do not turn out to be Rockfellers or
Morgans or at least good money
savers. At the annual meeting of
the directors recently it was voted
to give all children born within the
limits of the town, which includes
West Haven, bank books, with dol
lar to their credit. The scheme was
conceived by Watson S. Woodruff,
president of the institution, and not
director opposed it. George M
More, treasurer, was instructed to
use the official return of births as
his guide and to forward bank book
to the parents.
County auditors w. o. Avery
Leroy Gilpin and w. r. Bodie, who
have been going over the books of
the county treasurer, have just
about completed their task and eX-
pect to finish the latter part of this
week, when statement of the coun-
ty finances will be made out. So
far the books show a balance in the
treasury of about $4,000 as COM
pared with SIS, 700 last year. The
expenses this year were less than the
year before by about $4,000. The
sheep claims paid during 1911 were
2,462.S5 as compared with SLAP
during the past twelve months.
There seems to have been a record
made for economy in all departments
of the county government during the
year 1912.
1t is announced that the Golden
Seal has been merged with the AS
surance League of America, a SINH
lar order, and it is stated that the
merger received the approval of the
State superintendent of Insurance.
The Assurance League was organized
as the jewelers. League in 1877 and
continued to be known by that name
until about four years ago. It's mem
bership is composed largely of men
engaged in the jewelry business.
Last sDring a DrODOSitiOn was made