The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-08
LOCAL. NEWS

Company E will be inspected by a
regular U. S. A. officer Tuesday
night.
The Business Mems Association
will meet at the city hall Wednes-
day evening, January s, at 8 o'clock
to transact important business.
The season for fishing through
the ice closed last Tuesday and be-
fore that date some good catches
were reported by Honesdale anglers.
The free library in the High
school building was opened for the
public Nov. 10. At the close of De-
cember there were 394 borrowers
who had taken out 1900 books.
County auditors w. o. Avery, of
Bethany; F. l.. Gilpin, of Sterling,
and e. G. Bodie, of Prompton, met
at the court house and began the
auditing of all county property
Monday.
Easter will fall on March 23d
this year. Not since 1918 has it
arrived any earlier. Then it arrived
on March 22d. 1t will be the year
1000 when it comes so early again.
Ash Wednesday comes on Feb. 5th.
DR.. ]. w. Balta of st. Mary
Magdalen's church gave a smoker
Sunday afternoon in the basement
of the church to about two hundred
men of the congregation. Music
was furnished and social time was
had. Refreshments were served.
Moses K. Burchell, of Ararat
township, has been adjudged a vol
untary bankrupt in the United States
court at Scranton. His liabilities
are placed at $500 and his re-
sources are $4,000. r. M. Gardiner,
Esq, of Forest City, was appointed
receiver by Judge Wilmer.
Norman Bodie recently made a
trip to Springfield, Mass, on his In
dian motorcycle, having travelled the
distance of PAP miles in twelve
hours. He left town Sunday morn
ing at seven o'clock and arrived in
Springfield at Z o'clock that even
ing.
The American Knitting Mill
company has just closed a very sue
cessful year. The directors and Of
ficers were elected on Monday as fol-
lows; President, w. B. Holmes;
Philip Krantz, vice-president and
general manager; Asa e. Bryant,
secretary and treasurer; directors,
F.. P. Kimble, John Weaver, G. Will
liam Sell. 1t is rumored that this
company, owing to an increase of
business expects soon to enlarge their
present large three-story building at
Industrial Point.
The committee to secure prizes
for the annual euchre and dance of
st. Johns congregation have decided
not to ask the merchants of the
town for contributions for the
euchre to be held Jan. 22 at the
Armory. This will mean that any
merchant or manufacturer who do
nate any article will be doing so
freely and without being solicited.
Any prizes received in this manner
will be appreciated more by the
members of the congregation than if
they had been solicited and a better
feeling of loyalty to the home mer-
chants is sure to exist. Everything
indicates that the affair will be a sue
cess.
One of the peculiar storms of
the season struck Honesdale Friday
evening between six and seven
o'clock. 1t was a regular blizzard
and Saturday morning no signs OF
the STORM remained, many Oh the
electric light wires were crossed and
broken and service was stopped in
many places throughout the day.
Friday noon the wind carried with 1t
part of the south wall in the wing OF
the new elevator works in course OF
construction on South Main street
The wall was about a story and a
half high and had no supports. None
of the workmen were injured. The
telephone lines along the valley
were put out of commission and
poles and wires were torn down in
many places. At Fallsdale, L. A
Lybolt had a barn badly damaged
MANY trees were blown down.