The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-02-18

Miss Clara Torrey and Andrew
Thompson attended the funeral of
the late Peter e. Farnum at Port
Jervis Wednesday.
"A large motor truck moving
van was in Honesdale on Saturday.
1t came from Scranton and brought
the household goods of a family
from that city to this place.
The Arlington Hotel, now the
largest in Binghamton, will soon
commence to build two more stories,
with a roof garden. 1t will add 235
more rooms to the house and will
cost between $4,000 and 100000.
There will be an old-fashioned
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Cole,
Steene, on Thursday evening, Feb
ruary goth, for the benefit of the
pastor, Rev. Burch. Everybody in
vited.
State Fish Commissioner N. r.
Butler is to make an address before
the Paper and Pulp Manufacturers
Association at the Waldorf in New
York on February goth on what
Pennsylvania intends to do to cleanse
the streams.
Miss Louise Kraft of this place
will be valedictorian of the class of
1913 of the Honesdale High school.
Owing to a tie in marks the salu-
tatorian honors will be divided be-
tween Sumner Crossley and John
LoZo.
-Legrande Wells, an aged and
respected resident of Elkdale, died
at his home there Saturday, Feb. Is,
1913. He was 81 years of age. The
funeral will be held Tuesday after
noon at l o'clock. Burial will be
made in Elkdale.
DR.. T. C. Fitzsimmons, superin-
tendent of the State Hospital for
Criminal Insane at Farview, an
nounces that commencing Sunday
the days and hours for visitors will
be on Wednesdays and Sundays from
8 a. m. to p. IN.
The following Wayne county
men have been drawn as jurors to
serve in the February session of the
United States court for the Middle
district of Pennsylvania that con-
venes in Scranton, March II: Hon.
Leopold Fuerth, Honesdale; j. w.
Andrews, Ariel.
The charge against Harry
Economous, proprietor of the cigar
store and pool room, of maintaining
a gambling resort, was withdrawn
Thursday afternoon. He paid a fine
of S25 and costs, in all amounting to
SAL and was released from the coun-
ty Jail where he was placed in de-
fault of bail.
Several of Honesdale's business
men have sent post cards to Hon.
Harvey Huffman, senator of this dis
trict, asking him to support the AL
ter bill against fraudulent advertis-
ing. The bill passed the House of
Representative in general assembly
and it is now up to the Senate for
its support. The bill is good
one and should become law.
Martin Caufield, proprietor of
the steam monumental works on
Main street, has installed a track up
on which crane will be operated
to convey large monuments and
markers from the manufacturing
department to the display room in
the front part of the building. Mr..
Caufield now has one of the best
equipped stone working plants in the
State.
On Monday last a coach team,
valued at $4,000 and owned by
Peter Gerry, were drowned in Lake
Delaware, N. Y. The team had been
driven on the ice of the lake and
they broke through at a spot where
1T is supposed a spring bubbled up, as
thn ipn 1t thnt nnint
inches in thickness. The water was
Z feet in depth. The bodies were re-
covered.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry j. Atkinson
of Hawley, left on Thursday for
New York where, on Saturday they
took steamer for New Orleans, 60
ing to the southern city without a
stop. From New Orleans they will
go by rail to San Antonio and Ell
Paso, Texas, and then to Los An
geles, where they will spend the
greater part of their time. They
will return by a northern route and
expect to be home about April Is.
"A couple appeared at the office
of the marriage license clerk in
Pittsburg last week, and wanted a
license to wed for one year. Skill
full questioning brought out the fact
that the woman's regular" husband
had gone back to Europe for a year,
and she needed a man until he re-
turned. The license was refused.
AS the indignant couple turned to
leave the office the lady fired this
parting shot at the clerk: Il sought
dis wass free country. You go -"
Great excitement prevails at
Westbrookville, N. Y, owing to the
rumors regarding the great electric
and, power plant about to be erected
on the John Brown property. The
main dam to be on the Neversink
at Hackledam on the Horton Case
property. The water to be conveyed
from said dam to the aforesaid pow
er plant by means of an acqueduct 2
feet in diameter. Same is reported
to furnish at least so thousand horse
power. If such is the case the pro-
ject completed, will mean that Pine
XIII fishing will ha M mana apd