The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-10

wednesday.
The Cadets have leased rooms
in the O'Connell building, South
Main street.
William j. Brill, of Oregon, was
the first tax collector to settle his
1912 duplicate in full.
The Lackawaxen river raised
two feet during Wednesday morning.
1t nearly overflowed its banks on
Park street.
Anthony Rickert has pelt of
white mink in his possession. 1t
was killed by a dog on his farm.
The mink's body is pure white, but
its tail and forelegs are brown.
"A cake sale will be held in
Grace church Sunday school rooms
from to 5 on Friday, January II.
Coffee, tea and kuchen will be
served. Orders may be sent to Mrs.
j. w. Lambert.
The seniors of the High school
under the direction of Miss Alice
Gregory are preparing a play to be
given in the High School Auditorium
January 81. This is a part of the
regular English work.
AT the Kinnie sale of registered
Holstein cattle at Maplewood recent
ly Thos. G. Tormey, of Fosterdale,
bought several head at fancy prices.
Mr.. Tormey's dairy is now consid-
cred one of the best in western Sui
livan county.-Ex.
Mrs. Edna Mathews, aged %
years, died at her home in Scranton
on Sunday, January 5. The funeral
was held at ten o'clock Wednesday
morning. The body was conveyed to
Gouldsboro Wednesday. Interment
took place in Lehigh cemetery.
Major w. D. Jackson and Ma
| jor E. M. F. Conrad, of Scranton, in
spected Company E, 18th regiment,
at the armory Tuesday evening. De-
spite the inclemency of the weather
the boys turned out in large num-
bers and made a good showing.
In st. Johns Lutheran church,
Rev. c. G. Miller, pastor, services
will be as follows: 1890 with Ger
man sermon, Der Zug der Herzen
zum Heiligtum"; 11:45 a. m. Bible
school; 2:30 p. M, services at White
Mills; 1880 p. M, sermon, "A Pout-
ing Son."
Miss Adeline Reichenbacker and
JOSeDH II VA Wei Z NY iNSN' w =
| H, Swift, of the First Presbyterian
church, Wednesday morning at 1880
o'clock at the brides home on Main
street. The bride and bridegroom
left on the S:22 Erie train for New
York City.
The regular gymnasium classes
will hold an athletic meet at the
High school gymnasium tonight at Z
o'clock and lasting till 10 o'clock.
There will be foot races, drills, and
basket ball games. Admission 10
cents, proceeds to be used in pur-
chasing gymnasium apparatus.
B. Golden, Optometrist and OPP
tician of Carbondale, will be a pro-
fessional caller in Honesdale and
Hawley again next week. This will
! make his ninth year of practice in
| Wayne county where he has success
fully served more than three thous-
and people. See Want Column for
particulars.
Magistrate German, of Phila-
delphia, recently advocated the use
of ice water baths, compulsory physi-
cal exercises and padded cells in the
treatment of cases of acute alcohol
ism. The magistrates remarks fol-
lowed the arraignment before him of
a number of men whose appearance
indicated too much use of liquor.
Two Wayne county men have
been drawn to serve on the grand
jury of the U. S. Federal Court
which convenes at Williamsport,
Monday, Jan. 13. They are John D.
Bryant of Honesdale, and Milton L..
Skinner, of Milanville. There are
| ten cases listed for civil court and
only two criminal cases. The grand
jury will probably be in session only
a few days.
The London morning papers are
heartily pleased with President
Taft's declaration of his intention to
submit the Panama Canal contro-
versy with Great Britain to arbitra-
tion if diplomatic negotiations should
| fail The Daily Mail says: ANY
other than the honorable course
which President Taft has taken
would have been almost unthinkable
on the part of statesman who has
| devoted such efforts to furthering
! the cause of international peace
! throughout the world. If the Senate
follows President Taft's lead, the
Panama question is as good as set
tied"
Many interesting statements
concerning it's work are contained in
the annual report of the University
Hospital, at Philadelphia, just issued.
Four thousand six hundred and thir-
! ty-eight patients were treated in
wards and 14,120 in dispensaries.
More strict enforcement of fire regu-
lations is contemplated by Director
Porter, the establishment of a rigid
! system of inspection being the chief
feature of his plan. The minimum
wage for women is SO according to
! investigations of the New Jersey
Public Service Corporation, a repre-
sentative of that concern declaring
at the City Club that self-respect
could not be purchased with a less
sum.
State inspection of every or
chard at least once a year to pre-
vent the start of infection is being
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