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CENT A WORD COLUMN iTlATTWISIf Vnu HAT.M Annlv tn ITntiMr Parish. SttOItlvcr street. WANTEtJ-1000 rnrils nf Kxcclstnr Wood. to bo delivered nt the mill of J. IS. Keen, Son A Co., In Cannun township, neur Keen's pond. KHl THE I1E8T rhrl.ttiti.in Tnc Holder on the VOll RALE A eood two-seated Sleleh, reasonable. Inquire Hotel Wayne. 4St( Our nhow windows will eivc an Idea of mil RAT.E linv Iwihsp. on Hast Extension Our six foot show case full of Ladles' and Wnhftvnn wonderful dlsnlayot Clocks all Tnn QiTv-rrhn rnktutit-nllt 1illl1(lln" On 7th urnace, now occupied oy jmm inn umu, n. Honesdale. L. ri'Kimi. ix toot tsliow ruse fullof Ladles'.dents'and v snilii linlil SlL'iiet itnu Htonc set lues. Fifteen hundred different styles to licet from. Hommimi. The Jeweler. 42el5t hlldrcn irwi AfiM. l.w It M (icinil nuililini's-.tor j-i::.v.:.v: i,, ii;,nn..i;inni lawley. JOS. STKitMiAUKK. liawiey, ra. , i I.,...,, ..,.!. V,0 111 UrilU'lUlE iiuit tu- j t vn if lit 1 1 n 1 1 hnnti ins tn remove hnv from lip estate of Clifford L. Chapman. (iEO. A. 'HAl'UAN. AUininisiraior Mnll nnd Tclenhone orders promptly filled. .. I . miMMKII. ilLnLlUIi VOll SALE Lot and building located at 1ml linlil atvnn, I- nnitlrfl Mr write I:. ihha iinnoai n ii 1'n .11.1 All ennds sold encraved free of charge. HOLIDAY FURNITURE at MtOWN'S. rarlor suits at isrown s. Bedroom Suits at Ilrown's, Couches at Brown's, Fancy Chairs at Brown s. Dining cone and wood Chairs at Brown's. in ComD, JJrusn nnn iiiirrur auia uuu mi AVo rnrrtr the Inrpest stock this side of New orKnna I'nnaueimuu ui oicnmiiui 'wu Ul uealulis. ou.nmr.it. iuu utncici. Chains, Tickets, i,aveinercs, jjroocnes, it 1 . lnww.- ri'Kf. lAmnlA jLOGAL MENTION. Thss Citizen is not sending out i J J. C l .'.V.r. rvWfl hecran our new naner on rirA im IMIIH V7t Mil VM. VHI'V . O V ill IO LLlCbU. VJ two wuv n t Jli. T.,r,.r 1 1Q1A UU UIOUIU IU yuuuitij J.wVj ul tDL.iJu. itiiu. aiou y wu. co c i i ir : i (TTttw . T )j -MEItltY OHKISTMAS ! -The Honesdale schools are closed mil auer uiu iiuiiuuv bcubuu. uvy .i i, .i r i j m. will rovnpn Mnnrlnv. Jlnnnnrv 4th. T0n Monday last Mrs. Winifred Gaff- nil fnllmr. Rnstninod a fracture ot the iiiii mink. Charles Mohisky, an Erie trainman, ilii i,i iti iiiiiiuit? iiiiL?t;i ui inn iuib uniiu t i tit .i ,1 . t i . i.i. i.t. e r uib uut MO iiwo 'nun Newfoundland, way down in our , i t 1 f. 1. 1..U 1 t i a ir j nint'r. u. wuiiz. jxruiur uruuiur. niTffrl T. Smith WnrH Frnu Phnrloo J. .1 Tir1t! Tl 1 r-The estate of the late Webb Horton J-W1 J .11i ...I. ...til. ll 1 - - " been appraisea at ,ooy,yy7.03. debts and administration expenses i mtn mi... .u children, a son and daughter, get n test n to, ana me oiuie tux on me ca nto is $24,7.10.73. Ed. H. Mott, now of Goshen, N. YM !li ,l!i,l 1 ! I .1 i iU oqueat of the Lincoln Centenary Com- it i irL f of Abraham Lincoln's uirtu, a du I 'ir.TtfPnT.w Ait nil tf inn nf 9nn.fMVl the past summer, will not be aur- nil wn nnnr innr it 11 i a m nn nrinron W IILUl I 1 1 U b I1U ID UUIIIt UUUftViU tnuiv xi;ura iiru itinjr nun, it is naserc I, however, thrtt owing to the opposi- n oi ins intner, who tlilnka him too ib lila college course, lie is not likely accept the Tigers' offer. He ii now Following nrc the newly elected offi cers of the Spring Brook Orcnmcry Co., of Tnnners Foils : W. J. Ogden, J. I. Bates, Wm. Riefler, Jntnes Taylor, T. F, Dunn, It. W. Kimble and E. W. Gam incll. They organized by selecting W. J. Ogden, president ; .1. I. Bates, secretary; Wm. F. Itiefler, treasurer. The Woyno Countv Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company have now pol icies in force, on exclusively farm prop erty in Wayne and a portion of Pike counties, amounting to about three and a quarter millions of dollars. ' It is one of the most carefully and economically managed institutions of its kind in the couhtrv. Orders were issued Saturday from K. Oi. 1'. headquarters in Harrisburg fixing the inspection dates for the vari ous regiments of the Pennsylvania mi litia. According to the schedule the members of the Thirteenth will pass muster early this year. Company E, of this place, will be Inspected on Wednes day, February 3d. Monday last was the shortest day of the year, the sun rising at 7:42 o'clock, and setting at about 4:55, allowing only 0 hours and 13 minutes of daylight. Some close figuring is necessary to dis tinguish this "shortest" day from the two days precedfng and following it. It is shorter than they by only a small frac tion of a minute. The daylight period of all is spoken of as being nine hours and 13 minutes in length. This is to allow the use of even minutes in the rec ords. As a matter of fact, however, December 21st is just a little bit shorter than all the rest. There has been a movement on foot for some time amongst several repre sentative business men of Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Vayne, Luzerne and Monroe counties, to form a Benefit as sociation, with the home office in Car- bondale, says the Leader, of that city. The object of the organization is stated to be to give the members estate funds for immediate use, to meet expenses in cident to death, undertaker's charges, car fares, burial plot, clothes, carriages, etc., and thus relieve the family from the humiliation of seeking financial as sistance from relatives or friends, before moneys become available from wages, saving accounts, or life insurance pol icies. Mrs. Mary Hillmau, who died on Monday last, at the Wilkes-Barre poor farm, at the advanced age of 92 years, was fifteen years of her life a circus rider, entering upon her public career in that capacity when fourteen years of age. She traveled with the shows of Fore paugh, Bnrnum and Dan Rice, and was noted for her "dare-devil" performances on horseback. Though personally at tractive, it seems to have been a risky thing to become her husband. Shortly after she reached the age of fourteen she married Bernard Bertram, a ringmaster of the circus. He was shot in Califor nia in a dispute over cards. Her second husband was killed in Connecticut by falling from a horse. Her third, a nephew of the second, was drowned by falling from a ship while crossing the Atlantic, and her last husband had his head sev ered in a railway accident. For many years it has been the cus torn for alumni and former students of the Honesdale Public Schools to meet with the regular students the Monday after New Year's Day. This year there is much more interest than usual being shown, owing to the fact that it will be the last meeting in the old building. There will be vocal and instrumental music, a short history of the school, and former students who are now attending other institutions of learning, will tell of their respective schools. The following will be represented : Smith, Vassar, Wilson, Wells, Wellsley, National Park Seminary, Syracuse, Lafayette, Univer sity of Pennsylvania, State College, Yale, Amherst, and West Chester Normal This ought to prove most instructive to the students in the High School, as well as to all friends of education. The pro gram will begin at nine o'clock, and con tinue most of the morning session of January 4th. In Wednesday's issue we gave a brief notico of the death of John S. Kir- by, at Oneonta. A Carbondale corres pondent furnishes further particulars He says : "Jumping from a caboose on a moving train, James S. Kirby, of South Terrace street, had his ankle crushed so bodly that it was found nec essary to amputate it. The injury prov ed fatal in character and the unfortunate man passed away. Kirby was a brake' man for the D. &H. and loft Carbon dale lost Wednesday with a crew in charge of Conductor Inch, of that city, The accident occurred on Friday and he died later in the Fox hospital at One onta. Ho was hurried to the hospital immediately after the -accident, and it was while the physicians were amputa ting the foot that the unfortunate victim succumbed to his injuries. Deceased was about forty years ot age and was born at Hoadley's, Wayne county. He had been an employee of the Delaware and Hudson for some time. The body arrived in this city Saturday night and was taken to Honesdale on the 0 o'clock train Sunday morning. From there the body was taken to his late home at Hoadley's. Whllo an onployee for tho D. & H. company he resided at No, 130 South Terrace street. He is survived by his wife, mother, two half-brothers and Rev. R. D. Minoh will occupy the pulpit of the Baptist church on Sunday, Dec. 27th, morning and evening, and also on Wednesday evening, Dec. 30th.. Hon. Leopold luerth lias sold his three-story building, on 7th street, to Fred. Gelbert, of Hawley. Possession to be given April lBt, 1009. The property is at present under lease to John Theo bald. Paul Graff, a barber in the employ of John Happ, Port Jervis, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor at 11:45 o'clock on Tuesday morn ing. He severed his neck from ear to oar, cutting bothjugular vein and caro tid artery and ending his life instant ly. Although this is Friday, it is not a fast day in the Catholic church, a special dispensation of Pope Pius X allowing the eating of meat. Fasting from meat on Friday is a disciplinary matter in the Catholic church. It is always the sub ject of dispensation when Christmas falls on that day. Following are the newly elected of ficers of the Honesdale Baptist Bible school : Superintendent, F. H. Trask ; assistant, Rev. R. D. Minch ; secretary, Miss Lelia Ridd j treasurer, George Per ham: librarian, Miss Nellie Kimble; pianists, Misses Bertha Pfiume and Gladys Mantle. That "finding" does not warrant 'keeping" was made apparent last week when James Fish, 10 years old, of Elmira, picked up a lady's handbag containing $10.42, and spent most of the money, instead of making 'an effort to find the owner after she advertised her loss. He was jailed for larceny. The successful comedy drama, 'My Dixie Girl" has been appropriate ly described as "a Play of the South" with the green hills of Kentucky as its background. It is a comedy drama, dealing with the varying fortunes of Dixie, a waif, who is made the victim of schemers and plotters, but finally comes into her rights. "My Dixie Girl" will be seen here to-day, Friday, Dec. 25th, matinee and night, at the Lyric, theatre. An alarm of fire shortly after 11 o'clock, yesterday forenoon, brought out the department, including the Alert Hook and Ladder Co.. of East Honesdale. An immense crowd of people followed the firemen to the foot of Main street, where it was discovered that'the occasion for the alarm had been a slight blaze in a pantry, which was extinguished by the family with but little trouble. The dam age was trifling. F. J. Reynolds, of Scranton, Pa., has purchased the Theatorium and Nick' elette and will remodel them and carry on the amusement business in both places. As Mr. Reynolds has six other places of amusement which have been successfully patronized, we are assured that nothing will be left undone to make both of the above places attractive and interesting to the amusement loving pub lic. The Nickelette will have moving pic tures exclusively, with a change every day, while the Theatorium will be de- voted to vaudeville and moving pictures A. O. Blake is a good loser. He made a gallant fight for the office of Register and Recorder, and only lost the battle because he was pitted against an unusually strong man. But he isn't going about with a long face on account of his defeat. On Tuesday last he cir culated among The Citizen force, loaded up with cigars and confections as though he were the advance agent of Santa Claus, and it is safe to say that all hands including the girls will vote for him next time he is a candidate. What the borough of Honesdale sad ly needs is a decent lockup one com' plying with the requirements of the law The most modern structure of this kind is the steel cage, with which not only hundreds of smaller cities have supplied themselves, but with which many larger prisons have been equipped. They are furnished with sleeping, eating and toi' let conveniences, something impossible with our presentbasement lockup. Mat' amoras, in Pike county, has placed a steel cage for a lockup in the building occupied by the Justices for holding court, and last week the city clerk of Binghamton was directed by the board of contract and supply to advertise for proposals for a large steel cage with four steel cells to be placed in the Muncipal building, to be used for a city lockup the total cost of the improvement, in eluding plumbing, being estimated at $1,200. PERSONAL. Martin B. Allen is in New York city, Giles Green, a student at Yale Col' lege, is home for the holiday vacation. Mr. and Mrs. John Bader have re' moved from Philadelphia to Honesdale -Miss Helen O'Neill, of New York city, will spend Christmas at her home on Erie street. The genial Patrick Coggins, of the Elk Lake "G" house, paid Honesdale a visit on Tuesday. Miss Theresa Kalisch, of Wilkes Barre, is a guest of Honesdale relatives for the holiday season. Edson H. Blandin, of Scranton, a grandson of Mrs, H. A. Woodhouse, is a Honesdale. visitor this week. Mr. and Mrs. H, R. James, of Lanes boro, are guests of the latter'a parents James P. Riley, of Pleasant Mount, was a Honesdale visitor on Wednesday, Percy .Lyman, proprietor of the Mil- ford Inn, at Milford, Pike county, was in Honesdale on Tuesday last. Mrs. John Bauman and children left on Wednesday for Scranton, where they will spend Christmas with her Bis ter. -Geline Alexander, formerly of Sher man, this county, now of Deposit, made The Citizen sanctum a call on Wed nesday. A marriage license has been issued n Lackawanna county to Harry Steven son, of Hawley, and Miss Ella Teeter, of Scranton. Miss Anna Reed, who holds a good position as stenographer in Binghamton, is spending Christmas at her home in this place. Louis D. Menner, of New York city, is spending a few days in town, at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Menner. -Earl L. L. Crocker and Leon Ross have recently purchased Ludwig pianos, and Miss Ina Mitchell a Munn piano of W. J. Mclntvre. George F. James is expected in town the last of the week, for a brief visit with his mother, Mrs. J. P. James, of East Street Extension. Attorney William H. Lee, with his wife and daughter, take dinner to-day with James G. Wentz, of Wilkes-Barre, a brother of Mrs. Lee. Mrs. Nelson E. Bigelow has accepted a clerkship in the Wayne County Savings Bank, a position for which she is well fitted by experience. Her penmanship is remarkably fino. Ten members of the Carbondale Conductors' Club, wives of local rail way conductors, spent Saturday at the home of Conductor and Mrs. Nichols, on 15th street. Mrs. Noble A. Ray, of Chicago, is visiting Honesdale relatives. Mr. Ray has accepted a position at Bowling Green, Ohio, and the family will make that place their future home. Mrs. Duncan MocTavish, of Cliff st., was prostrated by an attack of heart trouble, whileshopping at Katz Brothers' store, on Wednesday evening last. She was taken to her home and attended by Dr. P.- B. Peterson. The lady has been a sufferer from a heart affection for some time. Mrs. Raymond W. Charles, of New York city, (formerly Miss Marcia Allen, of Honesdale,) and her bright little boy, Martin Allen Charles, both of whom have been suffering from unusually se vere and protracted attacks of typhoid fever, are slowly improving, with most encouraging prospects of ultimate com plete recovery. In one of our pioneer families in Dy- berry township to-day, there are George E. Baker, aged 87 the 23d of next May, Mark VanDeusen, his brother-in-law, aged 86, the 4th of May next, and Mrs (VanDeusen) Baker, 77 the20th of June last. The combined ages of these three of Wayne county's early residents amount to 250 years. The annual dinner of the New Eng land Society of Northeastern Pennsyl vania was given at the Hotel Jermyn, in Scranton, on Tuesday evening last. Those present from Honesdale were Homer Greene, R. M. Stocker, A. T. Searle Henry Z. Russell and John D. Weston The officers of the society are as follows President. Colonel L. A. Watres ; Vice President, James G. Shepherd; Secre' tary, W. H. JeBSup; Treasurer, James Blair, Jr.; Chaplain, Rev. Dr. George E Guild ; Historian. Homer Greene. Mr. and Mrs. Alpheus W. Gates were united in marriage at Jackson, Susquehanna county, Dec. 23, 1840, the ceremony being performed by the Rev A. H. Fish. On "Wednesday last they celebrated their sixty-second wedding anniversary, at their home in Scranton surrounded by their children and their children's children, including Quincy Adams Gates, their oldest child, born in Scott township, this county, where the family then and for years resided Dec. 19, 1847. Attorney Q. A. Gates read law with Wallers & Bentley, of Honesdale, and was admitted to the bar Dec. 2, 1873. For many years he has practiced his profession in Wilkes Barre. Carbondale Council, No. 239, Knights of Columbus, will give a banquet in honor of Judge-elect J. J. O'Neill, on Monday evening, January 4th. Judge O'Neill was the first Grand Knight of Carbon' dale Council, and has always taken a lively interest in the welfare of the or ganization. Preceding the banquet ex ercises, the newly elected officers of the council will be installed by District Dep uty T. E. Manion, of Hawley. "Follow' ing the installation ceremonies at the rooms the members of the council will go in a body to Watt's hall. Mr. O'Neill will be the principal speaker of the even ing. Among the others who will deliver addresses are Judge M. F.Sando, Mathew Drown, Hon, John P. Quinnan, nf the Scranton council; T. E.Mannion, district deputy, and David L. Walsh, grand knight of No. 320. VTOTIOE OF ADMINISTRATION, , ll estate of misa nrioifnEiinRii. late ot the township of Dyberry, Pa. All persons Indebted to said estate are noti fied to make Immediate payment to the un dersigned : and those having claims against the said estate are notified to present them duly attested (or settlement. eolt8 W. t. LKMNITZEB, Executor. The SHixlay Taperi 1 spent five cents for The Sunday Dart, and hauled it home in a two-wheeled cart ; I piled the sections up on the floor, till they reached as high as the kitchen door; I hung the chromos upon the wall, though there wasn't room to hang them all, and the yard was littered some ten feet deep with "comic sections" that made me weep ; and there were sections of pink and green, a woman's section and magazine, and sheets of music the which if played would make an audience quickly fade; and there were patterns for women's gowns and also for gentle men's hand-me-downs ; nnd a false moustache and a rubber doll, nnd a deck of cards and a parasol. Now men are buBy with dray and cart a-hauling away The Sunday Dart. Walt Mason, in the Emporta Gazette. "My Dixie Girl." It is an oft quoted expression that 'There is nothing new under the sun," but Sadie Calhoun, tho nuthor of the successful comedy drama, "My Dixie Girl," has introduced to the stage a character that is different in the heroine of this popular play. It Is a character best seen to be appreciated, and it is ulraost Impossible to describe her under standing. She will be at the Lyric on Christmas afternoon nnd night, when 'My Dixie Girl" will be presented by a company of excellent merit. The play is a strong one, full of wit, humor and clever dialogue. The scenes are laid in and about the hills and valleys of old Kentucky and admit of several beauti ful stage pictures and musical interpo lations. A lotof LadlM1 ninth nnnpn t.n nlnarniif at Menner & Co.'s at very low prices. 4161 LADIES' Dress Goods Jacket suits Fur Sets Opera Cloaks Winter Coats Separate Skirts Stylish Waists CHRISTHAS SUPPLIES -FOR.- Holiday Gifts ! - MENNER & CO. Store open evenings for holiday trade after December 12th to December 24th. JUNIOR and MISSES' Nobby Suits Jumper Dresses One Piece Dresses Winter Cloaks Muffs and Boas Fur Caps and Hats GREAT Clc&r&ncG faille The entire Stock of J. N. C. Bader, consisting of Mens', Youth's' Boys' and Children's Suits, Overcoats, Ulsters, Hats, Caps, Shirts, Waists, Under wear, Sweaters, Gloves, Neck wear, Collars, Suspenders and Overalls MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE REGARDLESS OF COST. L. A. HELFERICH Successor to J. N. C, BADER. Mennek Co. will close out' their winter stock of Ladies' cloaks and suits at cut prices. 41ei7 FOR JOB PRINTING call at the Tho Citizen Office. Bill Heads, Statements, Letter Hoads, Circulars, Hand Bills, Public Sale Bills, Programs, Tickot, Etc. LYRIC THEATRE ! BENJ. Ilr DITIRICH, - - LESSEE AND KANAOEE Christmas FRIDAY DEC. 25 MATINEE AND NIGHT-' The Dashing Little Comedienne Sadie Calhoun' And her Superb Company, In the Success ful Comedy Drama, it IVIY DIXIE GIRL 99 A Dollclitful Story ot Dixieland. - Purine tho action ot tho play SI'EC IALTIKS will be Introduced by Miss Calhoun and other members of tho com pany. DDIOCC . riAIN FLOOR. 3SandS0c rniULO . BALCONY. 35 nd 35 cents W SEAT SALE ut the box office, ut 9 p. m., Thursday. Dec. 34th. WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK Election Tho annual meeting of the stockholders of the Wayne County Savings Hank for the election of Directors, will be held at the banking ollice, on TUESDAY. JAN. 12, 1000, , , , between the hours of three nnd four o'clock, n. m. II. S. SALMON, Cashlor. Honesdale, Pa., Dec. 21. 1008. 45w3 GENTS' Umbrellas Winter Underwear Gloves and Mittens Ties and Collars Initial Handkerch's Bath Robes, etc. A.T - GIRLS' and f INFANTS' White Dresses White Skirts Hoods -and Capes Gloves and Hosiery Muslin Gowns Muslin Underwear Ribbons, Mufflers, &c, &c. a half-ilitsr. Mr. ana Mrs. Joseph C, Menner,