The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-02-25

many changes in Honesdale about
April 1st-moving day. It's
A marriage license was issued
Friday to Melody Nasverchchuk and
Miss Martha Kellchow, both of South
Canaan.
The thunder storm of Saturday
night did considerable damage in
eastern New York, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania.
Damage suits aggregating $780,
600 have been filed against the Bay
less Paper Co., whose large dam
broke and wiped out the town of Aus
tin a year ago last September
Prof. James p Wilson, former
ly principal of the Uniondale school
and now superintendent of public
schools of Dickson City, has filed suit
in divorce from his wife. Her par
ents are sued for $25, 900 for alleged
alienation of his wife's affections.
Miss Kate McKanna has rented
the south half of the Cortright
building occupied by the Ready Pay
store and will move her millinery es-
tablishment there very shortly. The
building she now occupies will be
torn down in the spring and rebuilt.
"A very interesting Mems meet
ing was held in the Methodist
church Sunday afternoon. Rev. w.
II. Hitler spoke on interesting top
les and there was a large number
of men present. A double quar-
tette and an orchestra furnished mu-
sic as well as the regular choir.
An unusual profit-sharing ar
rangement is that in a new store in
West Berwick, in which the priest
and members of the Greek Catholic
church have taken stock, with the
arrangement that the profits of the
business are to be divided equally
between the members of the COM
pany and the church.
Rev. F. A. VanSciver and Rev.
Robert L. Roberts of Brooklyn, were
callers in town Monday. Rev. Mr..
Roberts is planning a trip to his
former home in Wales, this Spring,
hoping the change will be beneficial
to his health which has been far
from good this winter.-Montrose
Independent Republican.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Merton Dunn
of Tunkhannock, sailed from New
York for Berlin, on Saturday, where
Mr.. Dunn expects to take the serum
treatment of DR.. Friedman, which
has been exploited much of late for
the cure of tuberculosis. Mr.. Dunn
is Prothonotary of Wyoming county
and has been in poor health for some
time.
The special Lenten preacher at
Grace Episcopal church Wednesday,
Feb. 20, at 1880 p. M, will be the
Rev. John Hall Griffith of Plymouth.
There will be service with address on
the Life of our Lord, Tuesday, Feb.
%, at Alb p. m. The service on
Thursday afternoon, Feb. 27, will be
omitted, as the Rector will on that
day preach at Towanda.
james Burnett, of South Ca
naan, received a very cold ducking
Thursday of last week when he fell
into the icy waters of Lake Lodore.
Men were engaged in cutting ice off
the lake and Burnett was standing
on the ice watching them. He acci-
dentally fell into the water when his
feet slipped on the ice AS a result
Mr.. Burnett is now very ill with
pneumonia.
An interesting fact in connec-
ton with the Pennsylvania legislature
is that it is just one hundred years
since the first legislature of Pennsyl-
vania met in Harrisburg. In April,
1912, in accordance with the acts of
1900 and 1911, the State capitol was
moved to Harrisburg and on Dec. /,
1912, little over 100 years ago, the
general assembly convened in Har-
risburg the first time.
Edward Murphy, of White Mills,
the popular outfielder of the Athle-
tics, left his home Saturday morning
on his way to San Antonio, Texas,
the Winter training quarters of the
Athletics. In order to keep Eddy's S
friends here and in White Mills in
touch with the camp while in the
South, this paper, has made arrange
ments to have him send a weekly
letter while there.
j. X. Smith, district deputy
Supreme Archon, of Scranton, in
stalled the officers of Honesdale Con-
clave, No. 210, Improved Order of
Heptasophs Wednesday night. The
following officers were installed:
Grant Tallman, archon; secretary,
Fred j. Tolley; financier, H. W. Rey-
burn; treasurer, Duane Reed; trus-
tee, e. j. Tolley; inspector, Chaun-
cey Bates; prelate, Fred Libby; war
den, John Allenbacher. The bust
ness session was followed by ban
quet at which many toasts were
heard.
Acting for creditors whose
claims exceed twenty-five thousand
dollars, Attorney John S. Courtright,
of Montrose, has filed in the United
States Court a petition in involun-
tary bankruptcy against Miller Allen,
the Susquehanna county attorney,
who so suddenly disappeared. The
petition also seeks to prevent a Sher-
ifs sale of some of Aliens property
for the satisfaction of creditors who
first pressed their claims. One of
these is R. l. Bush, who holds judg-
ment note for $500 against Allen.
Among the other creditors mention
ed are Mrs. Lillian Allen, the Farm
ers' National Bank and ]. ]. Ryan
and Company, all of Montrose.