The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-16
Julius Rickert has accepted q
position with Marsh e Fish

Julius Rickert has accepted a
position with Marsh e Fish.
-Birdsall Bros. and G.. Smith &
Son are contemplating purchasing
trucks for the delivery of goods.
Louis Gehl, of White Mills, was
at the county seat on Wednesday and
made application for his first papers
with the intention of becoming a
citizen of the United States. He is
native of Germany.
Bert Dain, who was elected as
SCISSOR about two yeras ago, but ow-
ing to some technical terms of law,
did not assume the duties of his Of
fee at that time, is now looking af-
ter the town assessment.
The case of Mary Deitzer, of
Hawley, against Thomas Farrell ct
al, comprising the Hawley Coal COM
pany was continued until June and
depositions will be taken during the
intervening time. The attorneys for
the two parties in the action for
damages failed to agree as to the
facts on Tuesday.
The arbitrators in the case of
Frederick Kreiger against the town
ship of Salem, we're taken to Ledge
dale Tuesday in e. H. Cortright's S
car, for the purpose of viewing the
scene of the accident which happen
ed to Mr.. Kreiger and wife,. The
arbitrators are F. H. Crago, Oscar
Bunnell and G. M. Betz. A decision
of the case will be made soon.
George w. Burger, aged forty
two years; his son, George Burger,
Jr., aged nine years, and Edward
Sipe, aged nineteen years, residing
on Stauffer's Island in the Susque-
hanna river, near York, were drown
ed Tuesday by the capsizing of the
boat in which they were rowing.
Burgers wife and daughter witness
ed the drowning from the edge of
the island.
Rev. Jesse Hermann preached
to large and appreciative audiences
last Sunday. At a meeting of the
session and trustees held Monday af-
ternoon, Rev. DR.. Swift was given a
vacation until September 1st, and
Mr.. Hermann was chosen to supply
the pulpit during that time. He will
return to Princeton each week after
supplying the pulpit until June 1st,
after which he will stay here.
When Erie train Five arrived in
Susquehanna at 1:15 on Thursday
morning last, the engineer discover
ed blood and hair, (believed to be
that of deer) on one of the pilot
steps of the engine. On the return
trip of the engine on train Six, a
sharp lookout was maintained by the
engineer and fireman along the Del
aware division, when, at Lordville,
the carcass of a deer was discovered
lying down on the bank of the river
below the railroad tracks, having
met its death a few hours previous,
by being struck by the engine.
A herd of thirty-five cattle, all
of prize stock and valued at $50, 900,
arrived Saturday at the State Hospi-
tai for the Criminal Insane, at Far
view, and are being pastured on the
Patterson farm in Waymart. The
cattle were brought from Media, Pa,
and consists of Guernseys and Aver
shires. Twenty-four of them are
milch cows. 1t is expected that the
herd will furnish sufficient milk and
butter to supply the patients of the
hospital. Stables will be erected for
InSlu lluUl6uldItly. lie is
progressing rapidly at the institu-
ton. Ten acres have been planted
in corn and ten acres in potatoes.
Forty-five acres in all will be un-
der cultivation in another week or
two.
Rev. Griffin Bull, D. D., pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, of
Scranton, and Rev. James Leishman,
D. D., of the Dunmore church, min
isterial delegates, left Monday for
the general assembly of the Presby-
terian church of the United States,
which opened Thursday in Atlanta,
Ga. Rev. Andrew J. Kerr, D. D., of
Wilkes-Barre, and Rev. A. NJ. Brown,
of Plymouth, also ministerial dele
gates from the Lackawanna Presby-
terry, left for the South, and Tuesday
the older commissioners, James A
Linen, of the Second Presbyterian
church; L. A. Stevens, of the Wash
burn Street Presbyterian church, and
A. w. Sawtelle, of Sayre, leave, going
by special train from New York to
Atlanta. Rev. Arthur Phillips, of
Beverly, N. j., formerly a resident of
Scranton, will attend the assembly
as one of the commissioners from
the Monmouth Presbytery, of New
Jersey.
"A birthday party was held Sat
urday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. M. Shaffer, of Gravity, observing
five birthdays. That of the host,
May 12; Miss Frances A. Walrous of
Dunmore, May 8; Charles w. Shat
fer, May 22; Miss Jane Day, of
South Canaan, May 20; Francis
Klein, of Ariel, May 20. Dinner was
served and stories were told by the
guests. Those present were: Misses
F. A. Walrous, Dunmore; Ira Smith,
Scranton; Jane Day, South Canaan;
Louise and Gertrude Klein, Ariel;
Mesdames A. Nash and Ida Kizer,
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