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

VIII De ClOseu ali uay VIEW 4 ear B.
The Citizen will reach its read
ers few hours later on Friday ow-
ing to New Years coming in be-
tween publication days.
Commissioned Clerk T. Y. Boyd
and assistant are now preparing the
tax duplicate from the assessors
books for the collectors of Wayne
county.
The International Harvester
company suffered a 100000 fire in
Akron, Ohio, on Saturday. Two thirds
of their mammoth plant was de-
stroyed.
County Auditors w. o. Avery,
of Bethany, e. R. Bodie, of Promp-
ton, and Leroy Gilpin, of Sterling,
will commence to audit the accounts
of the county on Monday, Jan. 6.
Owing to the removal of Chris
topher Woltgen from Dreher town
ship to Pike county, Arthur E. Gill
pin has been appointed assessor in
the formers place by the county
commissioners.
The success of the recent dance
at the Exchange club has induced
the entertainment committee to ar
| day evening, for the club members
and out-of-town guests.
The children of st. Mary Magda-
| lens parish enjoyed their Christmas
entertainment and treat in the Ger
man Catholic club rooms Friday af-
ternoon. A delightful program was
rendered. A Christmas tree was
among the many features.
Andrew Carnegie gave SIS, 900
to his friends for Christmas This
amount of money was sent out in
checks especially engraved with a
| border of holly in amounts ranging
from $50 to $1,000. Five hundred
persons were remembered in this
manner by Mr.. Carnegie.
Beginning January 1, the D. &
H. Railroad company will issue
no more editorial tickets to
the press in exchange for advertis-
ing, which it has done in the past.
That company states that it proposes
to pay for it's own advertising,
which in turn means that the editor
and his attaches must hereafter go
down in their jeans whenever they
take trip over this road.
The marriage of Frank X. Hoe
flein, formerly of Honesdale, and at
present of Galeton, Pa, to Miss
Mary A. Reilly, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Reilly, of this place,
occurred in st. Johns r. G. church
Tuesday morning at o'clock. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
Father Burke in the presence of the
family of the happy couple.
They left on the early D. & H. train
for short wedding trip. The Citi-
zen as we'll as their large number
of friends wish them happy
union.
John Temple Graves of New
| York City, who gave a lecture in
Honesdale about a year ago, will un-
doubtedly be appointed Public Ser
vice commissioner of New York to
succeed w. R. Wilcox, the present
incumbent to that office. The ap-
pointment will be made by Governor
elect Sulzer Mr.. Graves is now one
of the editorial writer's of William
R. Hearst's newspapers. He was
foremost Democrat in Georgia and
edited number of Democratic pa
pers in that thoroughly Democratic
State before coming to New York
city. Mr.. Graves is a warm friend OF
the governor-elect of New York state
AT a regular meeting of Homes
dale Council Royal Arcanum, held
December "a, the following officers
were elected: Regent, f. p. Kimble;
vice regent, j. E. Krantz; orator
Charles Dein; collector, Mark Breg,
stein; secretary, F. G. Keen; treas.
urer, Otto Taeubner; chaplain, w
P. Schenck; guide, Edward Charles
worth; warden, Emanuel Freeman;
sentry, Conrad Roeschlau; trustees
A. T. Searle, Samuel Katz, B. F
Haines; auditors, j. A. Brown, JohI
Krantz and Edward Charlesworth;
representative to grand lodge, F. c
; Keen; alternate, Emanuel Freeman
Grand lodge will be held in Pitts
burg, May IA, 1918.
A commission composed of DR.
F. w. Powell, Robert S. Dorm ant
E. G. Mumford was appointed OF
Monday to determine as to the sanity
of John Shaffer, of South Canaan
township. The commission met il
: the Grand Jury room Monday after
noon and after hearing the evidence
of Shaffer and other witnesses the!
= determined that he was insane anC
laboring under delusions, and fol
that reason should be put under re
straint. The report of the commits
sion was approved by Judge A. T
Searle and the poor directors o
South Canaan township were order
ed to convey John Shaffer to tn,
; State Hospital for the insane a
Rittersville to be confined there un
} til legally discharged.
THE Merry Widow" a Viennes
= operetta in three acts was greeted
| by a large and appreciative audi
ence at the Lyric Monday evening
/ The play is taken from the bool
: written by Leon and Leo Stein AM
: the production staged by George
7 Marion. This alluring musical com
edy with it's beautiful costumes
> stage effects and characters al
= Popoff, MarsoVian Ambassador
t Natalie his wife, Prince Danilo, EN-
? bassy attache, Sonia, young widow