THE CITIZEN, WEDNES0AY, JANUARY i, 1913, PAGE FIVE FOR SALE. AH! THREE DROPHEAD SEWING machines, nearly new, $10, '$18 and $25. See Mclntyro quick. It2 LATEST SHEET MUSIC ALL kinds 10c -per copy at M. A. Igo.'s, lOltf. FOR THE FINEST LINE OF eloigns at bottom prices call on E. T. Smith, Honesdale. 97eltf MISCELLANEOUS. SKATING RINK FOR RENT FOR balls, parties, bazaars, fairs, otc. Seo N. B. Spencer, Manager, for terms. leoltf. LOST OR STOLEN ALL PER sons are hereby cautioned against receiving or negotiating Interest de partment bank book No. 179 issued by the Honesdale National Bank to Mrs. M. J. Swoyer. As said book has been lost or stolen payment has been stopped and I have made application for the issue of a new book. MRS. M. J. SWOYER. Honesdale, Pa., Dec. 24, 1912. 102el3 STORAGE FOR FURNITURE, ETC. Dorin's brick storage house, 6th street. Rates reasonable. DORIN, the Real Estate Man. It WANTED AT ONCE A GOOD Chambermaid at Hotel Wayne. 102t2. WANTED A POSITION AS STEN ographer and book-keeper In of fice. Address 1207 East street. WE PAY IO14. CENTS PER POUND for trimmed green hides. Dunn's Meat Market, Honesdale, Pa. lOOellOt WANTED 50 GIRLS TO LEARN glass cutting. Wages $6 per week to start. Krantz-Smith & Co. LET THE LACKAWANNA DO your laundry. Thomas F. Bracy, Honesdale, agent. Lock for our wagon with the sign "Lackawanna Laundry Co." 57tf THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE stockholders of the Milanville Bridge company for election of di rectors, and transaction of other business brought before meeting, will be held at the office of Mr. T. J. Fromer, In Milanville, Pa., on Mon day, January C, 1913, at 10 o'clock a. m. CHAS. E. BEACH 102 tl Secretary. LOCAL NEWS A Happy and prosperous New Year to all our readers. Tunkhannock is endeavoring to obtain free mall delivery. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. David Robblns, Waymart, Dec. 23, a daugh ter. The cantata, " The New Santa Claus," was rendered In the Grace Episcopal church Friday evening un der the direction of Miss Dorothy Menner. There will be a New Year's Eve party at the skating hall In the old armory 'building New ' Year's Eve. Skate out the old and bring In the new at Spencer's rink on Eleventh street. A large black bear was seen in the vicinity of Winterdale Monday of last week. All the neighborhood hunters started in pursuit but failed to capture bruin, says 'the Hancock Herald. The second number of the High School Concert Course will .be the ".Music Makers" at the Lyric .theatre on Tuesday evening (to-night). This attraction is a quartet composed of four gentlemen, who come here high ly Indorsed by the public wherever they have appeared. Don't fall to hear the Marlmbaphono band. Now that the roads are good the merchants of Honesdale, by advertising special January clearing sales, ought to enjoy a good month's business. The people in the rural districts have now acquired the habit of trading in Honesdale and it depends upon the merchants to keep tho trade where it belongs. Ad vertise. Atlanta had a "sane" Christ mas. Instead of snow, evergreens and the means of celebrating the fes- tival as we have in tho North, the South resorts to fireworks, pistols and other barbaric and warlike noise- malting devices, ana as a conse quence two hunded victims shot, cut, bruised, burned and otherwise Injured are being treated at Atlan ta's hospitals. On Thursday evening the mora bors of "Do Gang" club gave a dance at the Lyric, and about two hundred guests were, present. Tho hall was beautifully decorated with artificial flowers and mottos of the .club and every one had a good tirao. A four- piece orchestra rendered the music for tho dance. This club will also give a banquet at tho home of Albert Krantz on Thursday evening of" this week. Tho issue of 1913 automobile li cense tags passed the 15,000 mark at the State Highway depaitment re cently and the number of chuuffours licensed approximates 6,000. The issuo this year Is unprecedented as in ordinary times the shipment of new year tags did not .begin much before this time. Tho Income thua far has reached $150,000, The force of the departmental automobile division is so rushed that the men are working at nights and oven then they tro kept on tho Jump. Tho Wayne county farmers In stitutes for tho season of 1912-1913 was opened hero with meetings intlie court house Saturday 'morning, af ternoon and evening. They were well attended meetings and much good information waB derived. Mon day and Tuesday meetings were held in Aidenvlllo, in tho Baptist church. On Wednesday nnd Thursday of this week meetings will be held in Pleas ant Mount school hall. Oh Friday and Saturday they will be held In Lakov'ilp Methodist church then tho same speakers that Wero in Hones dale last week -will bo present. The-following unclaimed letters remain at the postofflco here: Roy S. .Culler, Warren Grey, Susie Hoff man, Chester Van Orderi. ' Tho county,' commissioners,' .at their Jast meeting,- appointed James L. Noble, of Hamlin, mercantile ap praiser for Wayne for 1913.. -"Senator Penrose .has Introduced a bill that provides .for one cent post age within the territory of the post office wherein a letter is mailed. Passenger trains on tho Hones dale branch of the Delaware and Hudson railroad, stopped at tho new Farview depot for the first on Christ mas Day. Dr. and Mrs. Mead Schenck and son, of We'st'Plttston. havo returned after spending the holiday season at the homo of the former's parents, Mr; and Mrs. W. P. Schenck, on Ter race street. " Christmas Gifts From All the Nations," a cantata 'given In the chapel of the Presbyterian church Thursday evening by the Sunday school pupils, was very creditably rendered. After tho program gifts were distributed to the children. A Tolley reunion was held at tho home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Whalte, Scranton, on Christmas. Those present were Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Tolley, daughter, Miss Edith, of this place, George Tolley, of Smlthtown Branch, L. I., N. Y. Every county In the state was represented In the attendance at the sixty-third annual State Educational Association In Harrlsburg frojn Thursday to Saturday of last week. From the Honesdale high school Pofessors H. A. Oday and R. T. Davles were in attendance. -Announcements have been re ceived of the marriage of Prof. El bert L. Blakeslee, of the Hawley schools and Miss Rosa H. Johnston, which was solemnized in St. John s church at Brooklyn, N. Y., on Satur day, December 28. Following the ceremony there was a reception at the home of the bride s parents, Rev. and Mrs. Levi Johnston. -Tho discovery of what is believ ed to be the real Mt. Sinai of Holy Script is reported to the Academy of Science at Berlin by Prof. Dr. AI Musll from Damascus. Prof. Musll believes that the extinct volcano, Hala-l-Bedr, in the Hedja region of northern Arabia, Is the biblical mountain where tho Ten Command ments were given to Moses. -Mrs. Mary Felter, of Starrucca, is the guest of Miss Margaret Perry on South Terrace street. Miss Grace Erk, of Seelyville, is the guest of Mrs. Carl Roeslger of South Wyoming street. J. E. Tif fany and daughter, Helen, of Pleas ant Mount, and Miss Minnie Tiffany, of Pleasant Mount, spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert KIsp- paugh of South Washington street. Carbondale Leader. Jamc3 Robinson, the popular Main street pants manufacturer, has purchased a lot 80x70 feet facing West street of Kreitner Bros, who havo the foundation well under wily for a modern eight-room house of the bungalow style. Kreitner Bros. have had no trouble to dispose of these valuable lots, having recently sold one on tho corner of West and Fifteenth streets to B. H. Dlttrich, who will build in the early spring. The Citizen is always glad to publish items of interest that peo ple .may give from time to time. If you have friends visiting you, or are going away yourself, if there is some party or other social func tion that you would like to seo in The Citizen, do not hesitate to tell us about it. This really applies to any news. Send the Item by mail, telephone, or give It to any one con nected with tho office. When mail ed, please sign your name, not for publication necessarily, but as ovl denco of good faith. Tho blowing or many whistles and gongs and the ringing of bells at midnight tonight will mark the close of the good old year of 1912, for tho borough of Honesdale and will likewise mark tho beginning of a new year of promise for our town. It will mean a step forward to be in keeping 'with tho times. Although 1912 has not been tho biggest year, tho borough 'has made many ad vancements and tho year has seen many improvements in the town. We hope that the new year just about to open up to us will bo a prosperous one for all of our large lamily of subscribers and friends. Having .been used for 122 years, the old organ in ZIon's Lu theran church, near Spring City, was set aside recently when a new ono was dedicated with impressive ser vices. The old instrument, how ever, will continue to occupy a prom inent place in tho church and will be used onco each year at a special service. It was constructed by David Tnnneberg, who emigrated from Germany, and Is said to have been the first pipe organ built In Pennsylvania of Philadelphia. Rev. W. O. Fegely, pastor of the historic Augustus Lutheran church, nt Trap- po, tho cradle of the Lutheran faith in America, preached the dedicatory sermon and Rev. C. F. Dapp, pastor of the Zion's church, performed the act of dedication of the- new organ, Tho Scranton Tribune Republi can or a recent dato has tho follow- Ing to sny of the letter .from tho Battlefield of Antletam. written by J. E. Richmond, which Is highly com plimentary: "One of tho imost Inter esting bits of history that I have read In many a day Is the "Story of tho Battle of Antletam," which was published In the Carbondale Leader of December 18. Tho story was writ ten for the Carbondale' Advance fifty years ago by our friend, J. E. Rich mond, of Honesdale, who was with the Boys in Blue on that occasion In tho story republished from tho Advance, which years afterwards be came tho Leader, Mr. Richmond speaks of his messmate, W. W, Lathrope, who has for many seasons been tho guiding spirit of the Lead er. I congratulate these veterans of ono of the most notable wars of his tory. They have lived to enjoy the fruits of victory, and havo witnessed tho 'marvolous progress that -has fol lowed the uniting of the North and South, and has demonstrated even to the most ardent supporters of the Confederacy that a union of states Has been best for tho nation." -Tho schools -will bo closed New Year's Day. Start the new year right by sub scribing for Tho Citizen. Tho Gurnoy Electric Elevator Co. will work on Now Year's Day, owing to a rush ot .business. Leslie Decker met with a painful accident Wednesday of last week when he slipped and fell, striking his head. Tho Scranton Poultry show will bo held tho week of January 14. There will probably be sevaral en tries from Honesdale. According to a new law which goes into effect In New York state June 1, 1913, bread must bo sold by weight after that date. There will be a supper at the Calkins Grange Hall on Friday evening, Jan. 3. Benefit of R. D. Mlnch. Everybody invited. Charles Chandler, of Unlondale, died at 'his home on Tuesday last, aged 58 years. Mrs. Truman Whit ing, of Starrucca, is a sister of tho deceased. Dr. C. J. Hunt, associate chief medical Inspector, has returned to Harrlsburg from Wayne county, where he investigated the smallpox situation Owing to the smallpox epidemic at Hancock, the O. & W. has order ed all station and train employes 'be tween Mlddletown and Scranton, and' their families, to visit the railroad physicians and bo vaccinated. So much has been said about the intricacies of tho parcel post system which will be put in opera tion Wednesday that Its simplicity will amaze those who have been led to believe they are going to have trouble in utilizing Its advantages. Descriptions of Its details are more confusing than their application. The sixty-third and most suc cessful annual meeting of the Penn sylvania State Educational Associa tion ended at noon Saturday in Har rlsburg after Pittsburg had been chosen for the place of the 1913 meeting and resolutions adopted cautioning the legislature against making ill-consld'ered amendments to the school code. From an Interview in a recent Issue of a Philadelphia paper with Connie Mack of the former World's champion "Athletics," it appears that Eddio Murphy of White Mills is sure of his job in right field next year. Mack seems to have a very good opinion of Murphy and says that ho Is just the man for whom he has been looking to lead off his bat ting order. There were more Red Cross Christmas stamps sold during 1912 than in any year in the history of tuberculosis work In Pennsylvania. Nearly 700,000 more seals were dis tributed and placed on sale than dur ing any .former year. Over three millions stamps were In the different stores for distribution. One reason for the increased sale is the publicity given through tho press. The "Almeda," a three-story summer boarding house at Jeffer- sonville, Sullivan county, N. Y., was destroyed by fire on Saturday, Dec. 21, entailing several thousand dol lars loss. Its capacity was 200 guest3. It is presumed that tho flro was due to an explosion of an oil lamp placed near the pipes to keep tho water from freezing, insurance to the amount of $20,000 is claimed to have been carried on tho building by Its owner, John Beck, Sr. The house cost $50,000 to .build. The property was recently listed with tho Buy-U-A-Home Realty Company or this place. -Thirteen of the counties of the State have received their appropria tions from the State in aid of agri cultural fairs and settlements will probably be made on others within a short time. But one is undor inves tigation of charges by the Auditor General. Last year at this time four complaints wero pending and inves tigations being made of charges that gambling was permitted on the fair grounds. In some of these cases it was proved that games of chance were allowed and the exhibitions lost tho State money. The effect of this stand has been that a couple of fairs which had figured In previous com plaints and against which charges would -have been filed did not make any application to their county com missioners for State appropriations. Tho county wherein an investigation Is under way is Tioga. -Manager William D. Fitzgerald, who is regarded a very genius of de tail thoroughness in his theatrical enterprises, will present Rose Mel ville's production of "Sis Hopkins" at the Lyric theatre on Friday, Jan. 3. This is good news for Honesdale theatregoers for plays of "Sis Hop kins" merit aro "few and far be tween." Here Is a stage diversion that has every element of pure, downright entertainment without a moment of vulgarity or boisterous ness. There is laughter In its every nhase. a tear now and then to vary tho emotions, and withal It Is one ot tho most Interesting, unforgetable comedy dramas that ever won popu larlty. It is a veritable chunk of Indiana life, picked up In Poseyvllle and spirited away for "preservation In the minds and hearts of a nation Manager Fitzgerald counts thi3 pro duction his supreme effort and cer tain it is that his cast could hardly bo improved upon. Tho TOle of "Sis" Is played by Helene Malilton, who seems to havo been put upon the stage providentially that she might enact this character of tho simple, sweet country girl of tho gingham gown. It fits her peculiar abilities like tho "proverbial paper on the wall. Then there Is Obadlah, the droll undertaker, who sees In every acquaintance a possible future casket customer and who makes no hesita tion about letting his friends know his ambltlbns. Ma and Pa, Margery, Bart, Miss Peckover, and all tho other quaint folk of this classic pleco are played by especially chosen char acter artists, including such player3 as Charles Guthrie, F. P. Haven, Jack Morton, Goorge Byron, David DeWolf, C. C. Randolph, Martha Richards, Nettle Lindsay, Oertrude Arden, Winna Rogers and Paulino Emerson. To those who know, there Is a good tlmo In store in the visit of "Sis." The barber shops of Honesdale will bo closed all day New Year's. Tho Citizen wilt reach Its read ers a fow hours later on Friday ow ing to New Year's coming in be tween publication days. Commissioners' Clerk T. Y. Boyd and assistant are now preparing the tax duplicate from the assessors' books for tho collectors of Wayne county. The International Harvester company suffered a $300,000 fire In Akron, Ohio, on Saturday. Two thirds ot their mammoth plant was de stroyed. County Auditors W. O. Avery, of Bethany, E. R. Bodle, of Promp ton, and LeRoy Gilpin, of Sterling, will commence to audit the accounts of the county on Monday, Jan. 6. Owing to the Temoval of Chris topher Woltgen from Dreher town ship to Pike county, Arthur E. Gil-, pin has been appointed assessor in tho former's place by tho county commissioners. Tho success of the recent dance at the Exchange club has Induced tho entertainment committee to ar range for another to bo given Thurs day evening, for the c'lub .members and out-of-town guests. Tho children of St. Mary Magda len's 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 $75,000 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 Its own advertising, which in turn means that the editor and his attaches must hereafter go down in their jeans whenever they take a trip over this road. The marriage of Frank X. Hoo fleln, formerly of Honesdale, and at present of Galeton, Pa., to Miss Mary A. Rellly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Reilly, of this place, occurred In St. John's R. C. church Tuesday morning at 6 o'clock. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father Burke In the presence of the family of the happy couple. They left on tho early D. & H. train for a short wedding trip. The Citi zen as well as their large numbor of friends wish them a happy union. John Temple Graves of Now 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 ofilce. The ap pointment will be made by Governor- elect Sulzer. Mr. Graves is now one of the editorial writers of William R. Hearsts newspapers. He was a-foremost Democrat in Georgia and edited a number of Democratic pa pers in that thoroughly Democratic State 'before coming to New York city. Mr. Graves Is a warm friend of tho governor-elect of New York state, At a regular meeting of Hones dale Council Royal Arcanum, held December 24, the following officers wero elected: Regent, F. P. Kimble: vice regent, J. E. Krantz; orator, Charles Dein; collector, Mark Breg- stoln: secretary, F. C. 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, John Krantz and Edward Cliarlesworth; representative to grand lodge, F. C, Keen; alternate Emanuel Freeman. Grand 'lodgo 'Will be held in Pitts burg, May 14, 1913. A commission composed of Dr, F. W. Powell, Robert S. Dorin and E. C. Mumford was appointed on Monday to determine as to tho sanity of John Shaffer, of South Canaan township. The commission met In the Grand Jury room Monday after noon and after hearing tho evidence of Shaffer and other witnesses they determined that he was insane and laboring under delusions, and for that reason should 'be put under re straint. The report of tho commis sion was approved 'by Judgo A. T, Searle and tho poor directors of South Canaan township were order ed to convey John Shaffer to the State Hospital for the insane at RIttersvllle to be confined there un til legally discharged. "The Merry Widow," a Viennese operetta in -three acts was greeted by a large and appreciative audi ence at the Lyric Monday evening, Tho play is taken .from tho book written -by Leon and -Leo Stein and the production staged Dy ueorgo Marion. This alluring musical com edy with its (beautiful costumes, stage effects and characters as Popoff, Marsovlan Ambassador, Natalie his wife, Prince Danllo, Em bassy attache, Sonla, a young widow and twenty-flvo of r beautifully gowned aids made' np the play full of life and merriment with Its pretty singing and dancing girls nnd Mar sovlan dancing men, together with tho music taken from tho Merry Widow waltz mado up a pleasing evening's entertainment and a num ber wero encored. Tho famous waltz In Lehar's operetta, "The Merry Widow," has probably receiv ed more comment than any other single .feature of any theatrical pro duction ovor presented In -this coun try or Europe. No other single bit of melody has ever enjoyed thfci widespread popularity of the strain wmcn runs iiko a thread through thlsplay. Is danced in theecond onla, tho -wealthy Marsovlan Prlnco Danllo, her lover. Blake Is confined to his home on Terrace street by Illness. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Brady spent Sunday with relatives In Jermyn. George ShleldB and Archibald Tanners returned to Great Bend Tuesday after spending ten days in Honesdale. haxmung goim ThisWiltz act bSj widowMid Georb PenroneJ Items John Pohlo apent Xmas with Car bondale friends. Henry Dennis, of Glrdland, spent Saturday In town, John Reed, or Jeanette, spent the holidays with relatives here. Gertrude Dlx, of Carbondale, Is spending a few days In town. Miss Martha Volgt. of Scranton, is tho guest of Miss Eva Wilson. Miss Anna Williams spent Christ mas and Thursday In Scranton. Mr. and Mrs. Edson Krletner were recent guests of relatives in town. Miss Emma Sandercock, of De posit, Is visiting relatives in town. Miss Elizabeth Lowo was a Scran ton caller on Friday and Saturday. Miss Monica Bracey is spending several days with relatives In Scran ton. Edmund Flnerty, of Willlamsnort. spent tho latter part of tho week in town. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. James and child spent Sunday with Waymart rela tives. Miss Daisy Alberty, of Carbondale, spent several days at her home here recently. W. H. Glbbs, of Stroudsburg, was a business caller in Honesdale last Saturday. Miss Jennie McLaughlin spent Christmas Day with her sisters In Scranton. Miss Tillle Harder, of Jeanette spent the holidays with relatives in Cherry Ridge. Misses Beatrice and Agnes Havey spent the latter part of last week In New York city. Floyd A. Thompson spent Saturday and Sunday with his mother In Blnghamton, N. Y. Misses Alice Duff and Loretta Rlckert attended the dance at Haw ley Christmas night. Miss Anna Reed, of Blnghamton, N. Y., Is spending a few days at her home on East street. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Palmer, of Dyberry, are the parents of a son, bora Tuesday, Dec. 23. James L. Oakes, of Blnghamton, N. Y., Is spending the holidays with his parents on West street. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Sandercock and son, Charles, spent a few days with relatives in Scranton. Cashier and Mrs. L. A. Howell and family were Christmas guests of Mrs. L. I. Keller, In Scranton. J. F. White, traveling salesman for the Honesdale Footwear com pany, is spending a few days In town. Mr. and Mrs. M. Leo Braman spent the Xmas holidays at the home of Mrs. Braman's parents at Huguenot, N. Y. Leo Osborne, of Chattanooga, Tenn., returned on Monday after a week's visit with friends in Hones dale. Miss Grace A. Cory returned on Thursday to Now York City after spending Christmas with ner parents here. Misses Beatrice and Rachaol Trikelpaugh, of Peckville, spent Sun day with Seelyville relatives and friends. Mrs. Mary Simpson, of Keens, has returned home after snendinf: sever al days with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hilton. WE WISH YOU A I?appy 2TetP year ROWLAND, Jeweler HOTE JOHN H. After an absence of two years from Hotel AVnyno, during which time I leased tho building to other parties, I now dcslro to announce to tho public that I hnvo again assumed control of Hotel Wnyno where I will bo pleased to greet my former pa trons. Tho hotel Is being thoroughly renovated and placed In first-class condition for tho reception of guests. Good tablo accommodations. Special attention given to transients. Stablo in connection with hotel. County Commissioner and Mrs. Neville Holgate spent Christmas with Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Perkins In Car bondald James Kelly of this placo was a Christmas guest at the home of At torney and Mrs. Frank Monnghan, Scranton. Mrs. Wm. HIgglns, of Scranton, and Mrs. Julius Spaeth, of Carbon dale, aro the guests of relatives here this week. Miss Anna Ward, who was taken suddenly 111 at the Lyric last Thurs day evening, is reported to bo much Improved. . Kenneth, Uglow, of New York, Is spending a few days with -his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Uglow, of Main street. Misses Molllo and Dorothy Men ner entertained several of their friends at their homo on Church street Friday evening at cards. Ulysses Morgey, of the Bell Tele phone company, who spent Christmas at his home In Philadelphia, return ed to Honesdale on Friday last. Mrs. Louis Campfield, of Narrows burg, N. Y., spent the Christmas hol idays at tho home of her brother-in-law, Chas. Campfield, and family. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mlllspaugh and Miss Ruth Mlllspaugh of Port Jervls, were tho guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Salmon over Christmas. Edward Spettlgue, who has been confined with a severe case of grippe at tho homo of his son, William Spettlgue, High street, is improving. Sloan Truscott, who Is employed as an engraver on the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution, is spending tho holi days with relatives and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gurnsey and daughter, Miss Clare, of Scranton, spent Christmas at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Spencer. Mrs. A. Harris left Monday 'for her home in Danbury, Conn., after spend ing several weeks here with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Harris and family. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Norrls, of Willmantlc, Conn., returned to their home on Saturday, after spend ing the past two weeks at Mrs. Nor rls' home at Keens. N. B. Alfast, of Tyler Hill, was attending to business In town Friday last. He left Monday accompanied by his wife 'for an extended trip through the western states. Clarence C. Gregory, of White Mills, who was taken to the State Hospital two weeks ago suffering from an attack of blood poisoning, which affected his right leg, return ed home on Monday. Hon. A. T. Searle, a member or the executive committee of the State Bar Association attended a meeting in Philadelphia on Saturday. Among the matters decided upon was to .hold the next annual meeting of the State Bar Association at Cape May, the dates being June 25, 2C and 27. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lent of West street entertained a few friends at progressive pinochle last Friday evening in honor of Mrs. Lent's sis ters, Mrs. W. H. HIgglns, ot Scran ton, and Mrs. Julius Spaeth, of Car bondale. Floyd C61eman, of Nyack, N. Y., was also an out-of-town guest. Delicious refreshments were served after which It was announced that Charles L. Bassett had received the 1 first prize and Mrs. Wm. H. Hawken the consolation prize. WEAVER, JOHN H. WEAVER EH
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