s THE KONESDAXE CITIZEN : THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1908. CENT A WORD COLUMN Two car load a of New Jersey peachea Jut nrrivea, ana aro now on saio ai inn swiien near Durland-Thompion .V Co.'e. Price, G'j rents ana f I uu per uasaei. OIlll, WANTED at tho VOIOT HOUSE, Main street, Uonesdale. Ji" Vitn MAi.r A seonnil hanrl nhaelon.in stood 1'nimuiot . Inquire at No. 347 Fifteenth sireei, nonesaam. WALL PAt'KIt, borders and arllstlo dec orations, In Tet variety, and of the latest patterns, fainting and paper hanBing In the best style. JOHN UMtllV, lli.7 I)y THE CITIZEN Terms: Ss.50 per year In advance Entered at the Hnnesdalo, l'a., Post Offlrr aa perond rUi matl matter. LOCAL RECORD. Personal and impersonal. Tho Berry family and tho Cronlc quartette will give freo concerts between tbe heats, at tho coming fair, Officers of tho 13th regiment in Ssranton, aro working hard to secure, a new and up-to-date armory in Uonos dalo, for the ueo of Co. E, -Tho afternoon Krio passenger train from Now York now arrtvoa in Hones dalo at 1:39 I. M , iostoad of at2:0D tho old timo table, Founders' week will bo obsered in Philadelphia from Oct, 4th to tho Rib inclusive Co. K expoct to participate in tbo great parade on tbe latter "date. Address K. W. Qammoll, llonos dalo, and obtain a froo book, giving tbe premium list, etc., of tbo canting fair. A woman whose husband died re cently, leaving her t J oyo lifo insurance, reported tho sad Down to her rolativo thuslys "Jim died this wock. fully corcred by insurance" Tbo production of anthracito coal in l'cnnsylranin for tbo month of August, wi IfiW tons, as against r. "115:11 tons for tho corresponding month of 1HU7, showing a docroaso of 1 lilti.gSI tons. The output, tbis year, to dep'.ombor is 11 8IUI Oil tons, a loss ol 11 59,571 tons, as comparod with the oorrosponding dato of 1907. Miss Agnes I'lum has purchased tho Allen proporty on 11th stroot. Con sideration about f3,7uti. Possession giv en Oct. 1st. When ono soos tho Oolossoum for tbo Qret timo, tboro is a sudden revul eion, a veritable shock; it is grand nothing grander could bo imagined Tbis was tbo oncioat circus of tho Ho mans. On tbeso graded seats eat 1U7, (100 spectators yelling, applauding and threatening simultaneously. S (MO ani mala were slain, and lu.UOJ combatants contended in this arona. When the gladiator from tho cent ro of tho arena looked around at tho lUJ.tiuo faon and saw tbo upturnod thumbs, demanding his doath, wbatn sonsatlonl Ono turns and looks ugaiol Too beauty of tbe eJifijo consists in its simplicity. Its continuous lino of nrcbo forms tbe moat natural and tb.3 flrmj'it of props, The CIosEOJm is tho moat imposing sight in Home, and will bo presented in detail by Edwin J. Iladloy, at tbo Lyric Thoatro, Wednesday, Sept, 23i, 19UA Tho 21 it annual rc-union of tho survivors of tbo 521 1'enn'u Volunteers will bo held in Wilkee-Barro on Wed nesday, Sept. 23i. Hot. Dr. JI D. Fuller, djpt. of the llouesd'tlo District of tho M. K church, la tho chaplain. Wajno county had a number of met, in tl.L ttgtn.tLt. Thoitrres for tho races at the r.p prciictiin,; lair Imvo teen about diub l.'d, whict. will prove nn addiliunal r.l traci hi t.i liordoiuon. Tliu fo lowing aro tho cllleern r!:ei apRti' 1j ujJ.Ij Kif.i I) pJr.iii la. to. Ino coming year: Krii.il'. F. Da ll.if. lVo-ilent: Win. II. UiJur, Vice 1'rosidO'ii; Frank W. Schueibo'r. Hecrctury; W. W. Kimble Trcueiircr;C'uHrlio 11. Gray, George J. Bergman una John II, Carroll, Trustees; O. J. Weaver. Foremun: Andrew J. Carroll, Firot A-s:eurit; John CauQcld, Berond A8isiiu,t; John Jl. Lyons, Chicl Engineer; Win. G. Ball uad John U, Carroll, AieHtaulu;U 11, Hjckwoil aud C'liL.rk'8 ituncui, blotters. James MiL'iiffrcy, ot Uniontown, Fayetto county, prevented bis wife op poaring against him as a witness beforo thegrund jury, by burning allot her clothing. Noting tho fact that a number ol eel racks and walls havo been construct ol in tbo S'JKiuohsuua river, in Wy omiog county, tbo Nicholson Examin er siys thut "tho persons who have secured Stato liceiiecfl to maintain thefo racks have mndo ull preparations for tbo opening of the eel flatting season, which will bo early this month. The eels migralo i'j the srping from tbo ooean up the clear water streams as far as they can get to cpawn.nnd tbon when tho first frosts como in September, re turn down tho streams to the ocoan to spend the winter in thu salt water. Ex-pjritu-ed llshermeu claim that this year there will bo an unusually heavy run 0! eels audit ij nothing to secure soverul hundred pounds of them in a night when thoy ore migrating." Hasn't ournaigriujr fullon la'j anerrora.1 the habitant oels, and rovorsod tbe order and objects of their migrations? The best authorities say that tbe oels which desjoud to eatuarioa or the soa, deposit n thero, anil that count!"1 ot young el'- Ire--. In epriuir. wi. hoping to I Park Latto dam, at the opomog ol inu season, has sceu thousands of them, smaller than u lead pencil making their way up el ream. Bo strong is tho in- ct which impels them that they sur mount obst'iclos apparently tar morn than sutllciont to arrest their progress, and 1 bey aro oven known to perform migration!! oa land among moist grass. Towards winter, when well grown, they descend tu brackish or suit water bo cause of their aversion to cold, and to perpctuato their spocirs by spawning. A pitens was iisusd on B.'pt. 8th, to our townsman, Fra-ik U. Farnhatn, for an attachment to pool und billiard bridges. It can bj attached to any ordinary bridge in a minute's timo. It is strong and serviceable and mado of sheet steel, heavily ulckelod, Whon necessary to uso it can bo clovated so a player can roach over a number ot balls and reach tbo cuo bill without followiug or losing his stroke. It is cortainly a novel device and should bi an adjunct ot every pool table in tboUnltod Stutes. Several of tho Wayno county acid factories havo rosumod manufacturing, And others will follow about Oct. 1st. P irhapj nothing is so cxasparating to the progressive farmer as to find him self deceived in tho seed which ho has been inducod through sposious advor. tising or other fake Inducements to sub slitu'.o for tba old stand-bys. with whoso merits and demerits ho Is at least famil iar, and knows how best to cultivate, or moit fUootually to overcome Toseoa field of grain provo practically barren and worthless, from which hobos ex- pectoi a phenomenal yield with cor' responding profits, and upon which be has expended extraordinary cost and troublo. would have proven tho last straw for the proverbial patience of Job, and very probably havo elicited tho harsh language In which tbo patriarch's friends advised him to indulgo. Uero is tbo new fangled, high priced, much advertisod Alaska wheat, for ltistanco, which an Idaho man isoffjriog tor salo. A special agent ot tho Government De partment ot Agriculture wn recently sent to Investigate tho merits of tbo grain, and this is bis report : "The Alaska wboat is yielding not over 25 bushels to tbe aero, instead of tho 200 as advertisod, and it is badly mixed. Tbe grain Is in terior; tbe quality being soft and white. Ordinary wheat is yielding fully as much and tbe best varieties far moro.'' Thus is another seed fako exploded. Tho August crop report issued by tho Government at Washington is not very encouraging. The condition ol corn was tho lowest in five years, and means a loss of 125.0iJ,0uo bushels over the August estimate, tbo probiblo yield tor tbis year being now about tho ectui narvest of 19u7. For spring wheat the report indicatod tbe loss ot nearly 9,- 100 000 during August, leaving the crop still, however, abovo last J car; but fot oats tho report showed u further heav liss last month, so lb -it this year's yield II bo far from tho bimpor crop lookod f r at tho opening ot tho summer. Tin probablo harvest n Hit nt 210 h5C 0 i' h labels. Tliu nveragn condition of tin oit crop when harvested was i! lis mintli; 65.5 in 1907, uud til 9 111 190(1 In Pennsylvania the avi-Mgu conlilui w is 81. agaitmla ton yoir nvorngoof Kl By applying to thi United Stale D ip'irtmint of Agriculture, Waihing ton, D. C, you ujh luvo your name placod on the list of thono receiving the in inthly announcement of tho govrrn mont publiuitious that nro ready to distribution. From this hit you c-ii. select nui write for any publtcati in which you desiro. It is a freak of geography thut tho Democrats should disf raucbiso tho negro in rho South anl ba tenderly soli.:itcus about tbe vote of tbo colored brother in tho North. ForcBt VanWert, who has occn Ciiunectcd officially with tun Aldcnvilh Cut Glass Co. sines its inception, hut rLoignod bis position, and entered th imploycf tbo Wayco Cut Glass Co. (1 tnesdalo, as traveling salesman. The Inter plant is working lo the full cu picityot their factory. Tho company vj.ll 60on remove to their new thru story brick building, ut tbo loot of street, on lodue'.ry 1'oiut, und incrcapn tnnir forco to seventy oinployoos. The Farviow hospital nuilding com niHsiou met iu Philadelphia on the 3j 11 stant, and opened tho bids for tho cou s ruction of tbo first two builJings. Ii is undoretocd that tho only bid fron Q jniBdalo was Bubmitted by contraelui Uichard II llrown, who is no'v cngagcrt in tho erection of tho lioucsdalo liinl S bool buildiog and Ttxs Nu. -1 Fin Kogino Uousi'. The Fiirviow contra'! wis awurded to Georgu A. Glenn SO of Philadelphia. Tho spicule itions cul (or constructing tho building ot Nuy A lg etono, Pennevlvauia marble or ilummolstoue. It is said that tbo bid ol Qbnn & Co. was tho lowest tendered bi Bover.il thousindsof dollars, amount ing to tUS.OOOfor tbo erection of the t vo buildings It is expected that the onamiwion will visit Farvin.w within 1 fuw days, and that preliminary work Hill bo soon started. -A rare treat for tho people of Ilonce d&lo. Tho John Griffiths Co. will prcern' ' Ovbcllu" ul tho Lyric, Oct. l!tb. N. II Bullcr, of tho Pleasant Mount II h hatchery, is at once to maRo u great improvement to it, being u l trgo pond, cuvoriug some throo acres, to bo u?ed f.r supplying water to tho houso uecd for pickciol hatching. Mrs, Kdna Kennedy, of Wilming toi, Ddt committed ouiciJe, Aug 3o h, by drinking laudanum and carbolic acid. Sao died in a brief p-rnd aftor taking tbo poison, lier husband diod some three yoars ago. Mrs. Konnedy was S3 years old. Tbero is no known cause tor her committing tho rash act. She was a daughter ot W. O. Curtis, ot Sjormao, this county. "Guy Tell," a trotter owned by F J. Crockcnburg, of Wnymart, was en tered in thu 2 20 class at tbe Grccco, N. V , fair last wock, and canio in sec ond iu tbrco heats. Mrs. E. H. Chrk, of North Main stroot, has sold hor proporty in that lo cation, ompnsiag a modern two story d veiling, barn and nearly six acres ol land, to hor son-in-law, Charles F. Bul lock. Consideration in tbo deed, $1 0,1. Don't wasto the water. Many com P'inies havo already shut off tho supply from manufacturing plants, street sprinkling, garden hydrants, etc. In thu rcepect Uoncsdalu bas been highly favored. Economize in tho uso of w ucr as far as possible. 1 Honesdalo public sihools opon 'onday morning with nn nttend 215 boys and 25,i girK n total ol ,1 ., ntt.imoro tocomi'. List yoar at tuo end of the first month, there wero enrolled 10s scholars. -Tho soldiors' monumont erected by tho State on tbo battle-Held ot Winches ter, V11., will be unvcilud on Suturduy, Srpt. 19th, tbo 41tl nmuvcrsary of tbe battle. Among thesoldiers from Wayno who look part in the battle, and havo received invitations to attend thounvi il 11 g, aro J. K. Cook, P. It. folium, aud E, K Belknap, who porved in Company M, 17th Pa. Cavalry. To tbo soft melody of curtain music cud tho rippling ot fountain water, tbo curtain rises on Mildred Holland's great oit success, "The Lily and tho Princo," at tbo Lyric Theatre, on Tueeduy, Sept, 22J. A very commodious and handsome Coloniul portico has been added to tbe front of tho spacious dwelling of Goorgo M, Qcnung, on Court elicct. Tbo im. provement affords a fluo viow ot nearly the whole of Central Park, Tho residents ot Bethany aro suf fering sivorcly from a scarcity ot water, most of the wi-lls having cuusod to sup ply thorn. From all nosounts the main stroams of this H3 3tljn ot the country, as well as tho smaller sourcos of water supply were narer bo low ai at pressnt. It is not only tho fact that the brooks, wells and pnag-jhiraibojw bive practtailly run dry that excita apprehension, but that principal rivers, like tho Delaware and Susquehanna, have at many points reached record low water. All along thi Wayne county border wa are told that the Delawaro is uaprecedentedly low, and substantially the same story copies from Port Jervis, Stroudsburg, Etston and alt other places noarer tide water. "At Port Jervis," says thoGi zetto, "the river is the lowest in 17 yoars." Tho Sparrowbush correspond ent ot the Sims paper says: "People are driving miles to gaza upon the Dela ware at its lowest rocorded notch. One 89-year-oldor, who has known the river for 70 years, saw it yesterday. As ho looked at It bo smilod and showed his teoth and said: "Tho old river's got mo boat 1" Zidok Decker, ot Stroudsburg, who has spent the greater part of his life along tbo Dataware river, says that the ntroam is two inchos lower now than be has ever seen it. Keports from places up tho rivor and from Belvidere and below are all to tho same effect. A short distance above Harrisburg the Susquehanna river Is slightly below tbo lowest mark, which was cut in a rock in 1803. Some distance below, in York county, the river is a little abovo tbe mark of 1803 -tho lowest on record. At plac34 tho rivor can bo wadod, or even roHid on tbe rioks, some of which, it is snid, havo not been oxpos3d for a con ciry. At many points hero in Wayno county it is nnjessary to carry witor 'or siock whero thero has heretofore al ways boon an abundant supply, nnd joma of what havo boon rogirdoi as porenui'il springs about Hones Jain, from which pure drinking water for town use his been obtained tor the pist yoar or two, havo either abiolutcly given out or aro showing signs ot early exhaustion Thero will ba a chickou-plo supr.or s'rved in the M, K. church parlor, 011 Thursday, Sept. 2l'.h. First tablo at :30 r. 11 Tickets. .'15 cents. Tho directors of tho Wayno county fair offer u (10 prizo for tho largest pumpkin ruisod in tho county, and ex bib.ted at tbo lair. Sacond prizo, $5. Tho Presbytery of Lackawanna will open its fall session at Sayre, on Mon day evening, Septomber 21 it. Tbo State Forestry Commission bos just purchased 7,0H) acres of wild land in Lycoming county, which is to be added to tho already extensivo forestry reserve of tho Stato. Tho Winwood high school opened with so attendance of nearly ono hue - ire!, under tho principalsbip of J. I. Ilo: shaw, with Charles E Marlz, vie.- principal. Miss Grace Monaghan ha :ha-go of tho primary department. According to official flsjuros issued it the pension office, Washington, Sept. Ut! , there aro fower persons on the U S. I'jnsion rolls at present than at any ini'j during tho pist fifteen yoars, num uenag at prosont 951.U37, and at tbi rat they aro being reduced by distb will havo shrunk to 900 Oon beforo an other year. Since IMS 3,G00,OO0,O00 us boon paid out for pensions. Tbis is nearly four times tbo amount ot tbe in-torr-it-boaring public debt. In recent yers tho annual disbursement for pen sions bas beon in Ibo neighborhood of tliu C'OO.000. rno Herald bas complete! ani is now delivering tbo last ot five books of views of "Picturoaqus Wayna," to the -minjribers. Tho viows aro finely got ten up and aro a credit to any office. Frank Uollonbeck is erecting u modern two story building on a portion of his proporty in Carbondalo. Tbe first floor will befitted up for two stores and thu second tor dwelling apartments. - Tbo Carbondalo Instrument Com pany, of Corbondale, bas been awarded the contract for all of tho United States gangers' testing instruments, including hydrometers, thermometers, copper cupj and carrying cases required by tbe Commissioner of Internal Uevcnue at Washington, during the fiscal yoar end ing June 30, 1909. During tbe past year nearly 2,000 instruments wero used by tho department. Tho company has re cently udded a new department for the salo ut chemically puro reagents for lab oratory ueo. William Buerket, ot tbis place, was for somo timo connected with thij establishment, and has only good words to say of tbo quality of tho in struments it produces, and tbe reliabil ity of tho scientific peoplo who ore at tho head of tbo concern. D. G. Konnody, arocont resident of i'leisant Mount, has purchased a lot in Deposit, and bas mochanics erecting a dwelling on it, which ho will ocoupy as soon as completed, Thero will bo on exocutors' solo of personal proporty ot tbo home of Mar tin Prentiss, lato ot Ploasant Mount, on ffUy, S-ipt. 22, 19H, at 10 o'clock, a m Tho property comprises dry goods, groceries, boots, shojs, gla93 ware, etc ; also household furnituro ot all descrip tions, Dr. S ihermjrborn, tho boalth of lim.'il ot Honcsdalo, reports six doalhs und oleveu births for August, for his district, No. 921, which includes Hums i le, Texas, Borlin und Oregon, and iH'.net No. 925, tihiolt includes Promp ion. - dtito Supt. SchucflerliaHdeHignated Friday, OjI. 2.11, as Arbor U.iy to In uU4rvd by tho public nchoals of r. nnsy Ivani'i. Thero will be nvcmng prnjernnd fcoruun in tho hila Mills chapol on the coining Sunday afternoon, ut ;i o'clock, by Ilav. A. L. Whittuker. Such twos of ut ns saw "Tho Throo ot Us" at tho Lyric on Monday evening last, were, with few exceptions, well pleased with tho ontcrtaimiu'tit. Such grumbliug us thero was was mainly owing to tho long waits between tho aclB, and an occasional difficulty in hearing tbo lines ot tbe performers, Tbo star, Miss Janet Waldorf, acquitted herself most creditably throughout, and in tbo third act wob especially worthy 01 commonaation. ino support was well abovo tho average, and the suooery well painted and appropriate. Alto getber tho play was entitled to much better patronage than it receivod, Wo aro gratified to learn that, in addition to the tbrco surviving non commiesionod officers of Co. 0, 6tb Pa, Iicservcs (Honcsdalo Guardel montioncd in last week's issuo, Julius 0. Wright, brother ot tbe lato Cipt. John 8. Wright, of tho same company, is also living, lio is at a Soldiers' Home. According to tho canons of fashion and taste, it is in as bad form to wear a straw hal in the north temperate sone after the 15th ot September as for Win- tor to lioger in tbe lap of Spring. De laying the Boason is quite as bad as rushing it, and in the citios those who offend muBt be prepared to take the con sequences. Woe has befallen the man who has bad the temerity to appear in Wall street with the out-of-date head covering since Tuesday last, and as a consequence Panamas and their kindred have taken to tbe hat-box as their fel low-hibernators, the woodchuck and b;ar, will shortly seek their winter quarters. Honesdale is not as yet suffici ently up to date to respond as promptly to tbeso demands ot style as tbe motrop olis, but even here those who offend are objects of wonder. The Taft Club will moot every Fri day ovening duting tbo Presidential campaign at tbe club rooms, in tbe Al len House annex. Tbe patrons of the Lyrio Theatre on Tuesday evening, Sspt. 2JJ, will have an opportunity of seeing the splendid romantic drama, "Tns Lily and The Prince," Mildred Holland's greatest success. This is an attraction that will pleaso every patron, and one that bas tbe distinction of entertaining all class es. Manager Benj H, Dit'.rich ii par ticularly anxious that every patron will sie this performance, not from a mo- tivoof financial advantage to him, but bocausa it is an attraction be knows will be a real treat to tbo theatre goers. He personally guarantees it, as bo is able to do, knowing tho merits ot the attraction as well as the manage ment of this notable organization. T .Trough a special effort on tha pirt of the management, tbo following prices will prevail for tbis engagement. Or chestra noals, tl 00, dress circle, 75 cents drefs circle (last 2 rowr) Co centn balcony (1st 3 row) 76 cents; re mainder of balcony 60 and 35 conts; gallery, 25 cents. Tbo final contest for a lilvor cup, on tho golf grounds, will bo ptayod on 3iturday aftorooon, tho only player remaining in the field being Frank S. Merritt and Williard S. Birdsall. Tho Waymart high school, under tho principalsbip ot J. F. Doolcy, is in a oioBt highly satisfactory and flourishing condition. Tho fall term oponed with 133 pupils. E oticing a singing robin red-breast nto his homo by temptiug morsels, An drew Marick, of St. Clair, captured the bird and plaoed it in a cage. A game wtrdeo placed Marick under arrest and b 1 wgs made to pay tbo cost end a fine of flO. Then ho liberated the btrd, hich will probably go South for the a tutor and furnish a toothsome moutb I for some Florida epicure. Kloyd Carpenter, of Waymart, fa a etu It- it of tho Wluwood blgb tehoSl. -Uorn, to Mr. and lire. Wm. It Knoll, o' ujiper East street, Sept. sib, a ion. -AitUur It. Hull, of New York olty, 1( kkIiik this week with UonmJule reiatlroa -UIm Irene Bishop, of Uawley, Is an la ' tii'lor iu one ot the South C'aman eotiosll Mra. E. Wagner, of Pet-kvllle, ban been li.gut'Bt of Waymart frlenda for eeveral I 1)8. Itev. Wm. P. Hopp will preach In tbe lenville eburoh next Sunday afteruoon at .1 o'clock Miss Louise Fuller, of Wllkea-llarre, la I'- iiR entertulued at the home ot Andrew Ti.oinpiion. Miss Hebeooa MoCabe, of Forest City, Is out) of tbe Instructors of the Aldenvllle limb aehool. Miss Mary Burger, of Ilonesdalu, baa lim n tbo guest ot Mrs, Mark V. Itlubarda, of Port Jervia. Mrs. Win. W. Wealon, who has been 1-rltlcally 111 tor a number of weeks, Is now 1 the galu. Chester lions, of Tyler Hill, Is now ailing a position as teacher In one nf tbe Wilming ton, Del., acboola. Mrs. Anna P, Lang, of Cherry Ilidge. a vi uerable lady of 111 yeara, la tbe guest of I'uibondale relatives. Miss Oraee Wegge, of Uawley, has en rolled as a student ot the State Normal Si '100I at Uloomsburg. Clyde Betts, ot Galilee, has gone to lu- duua, where be will pursue a course of at u ly in uivll engineering. -Mlaa FlorenoeEldred is pursuing a couree 111 stenography and typewriting at tbe Si-ranton Business College. A re-unlon of tbe Dann family waa held In Clinton, on Saturday, Sept. ftb, with a goodly number In attendance. Mlaa Louise Edgar, of North Main (licet, Is entertaining a school friend, Mlaa Mury Uogsett, of Danville, Ky. Mrs, K. O. Hamlin, of Syracuse, N. Y Is expected in Honesdale, ber former home, tbe last of the month for a visit. Eugene P. Caufleld, of West Park street, bas resumed bis studies In St, Bona venture's College, Allegany, N. Y. Samuel Kali, late ot tbe arm of Katz Brothers, has about decided to remain in Honesdale, and embark In business. Miss Jessie L. Davey, of Soranton, ra mmed home last week, after passlog two weeks most delightfully at Baioh Ltke, Mif. William U. MacMlllau, of West Pittston, Is visiting at tbe homo of ber mother, Mrs. Margaret Ball, of Park street. Mrs. Susan Spruks anl Miss M.Louise Kcefer went to New York on Tuesday, for a week's stay, combining business and pleas- UIH. Tbe engagement of Miss Gertrude Toole, of lltlyoke, Mass., to Charles P. Hcrle, of North Main street, has Just been made pub lic. Miss Vera A. Murray, of South Church street, succeeds Miss Mary F. Coleman as il-herof the fifth grade of tbe llonomlule putillc si tinal. -dule Stalkur, of Kellain, has entered the iiipluy of o. II. Hruiiiiu, at CurlbaiiH, N- V The latter Is u recent resident of Mati- rliester township. Miss Helen F. Tiffany, a dauisbler of J nines E. Tiffany, of Pleasant Mount, Is nun ul Ihe Instructors lu. the Kiwi Iluliieiford, N. J high school. Miss Mildred Klllotl, a ilauKbter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Elliott, of llollslerville, has entered the West Chester Slate Normal School us a student. Miss Florence E. Ilrown a daughter of Mr.audMrs.lt. H. Ilrown, Is soon to cuter upon a course of study In the Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass. Win. U. iiulslzer, of West street, who bas been a victim of Inflammatory rheu tui'lsm, fur several weeka, la uow able to be on tbe afreet again. Mrs. E. II, Clark, of North Main street, left ou Monday morning for an extended visit lu various towns in New York, Peon rylvauia and Illinois. Misses Carrie B. Stephens and Anna U Seuiuau are tbe teachers of that portion ot the Honesdale puhlio schoola holding their sessions in tbe town ball. Itev. E. A. Martin, oae of Ihe Instructors of tbe Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa., gave excellent discourses In the M.E. church, Waymart, laat Sunday, Meadamea E. B. Wood, L. B. Itlohtmyer and Johu Hawker bare leaaed tbe II. T. Whitney dwelling on Church street, and will ocoupy it on or about Out, lat. Henry Murrman, Sr. and Mr. and .Mr Henry Murrman, Jr., and daughters, Mar lon and Gertrude, of High street, passed Labor Hay with Peckvllle relatives. BeliJ. Gardner, of East street, attn lei tbe recent re-union of the Mil Penn'a Vol. unteers, at Boolrusburg He served as Fust Lieutenant ot Co. I, ot this regiment. Mra. Grant W. Lane announces tbe en gagement of ber daughter. Marlon Eleanor-. to the Itev. Wm, F. Hopp. pastor of J4! John's Lutheran church, HonesJale. Miss Maude Noble, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. U. M, Noble, of Calkins, a gradutte nf the Damascus high school has entered the West Chester Normal School as a studeut. Married, In St. John's Lutheran church Honesdale, Sept. 10, 1(KB, by tbe Rev. Wm.' F. Hopp, Miss Caroline Thomas, ot Spring atreet, to Arthur W. Ulsaop, of Arehbald. Frank 0, Alberty, of Drberry, is attend ing a re-union of his old regiment, IheMth N. Y. Volunteers, at Mildlelown, N. Y this week. He served as a private In Co. F, Warren K. Dlmock, who was stricken with paralysis about a month ago, fa still unable to partako of any solid fool, such as meat, has not regatotd his speech, uud baa no use of hla left arm or leg. Itev. F. C. Card, for the past lire years paatorot the Baptist church, ot Uawley, has closed his labors In that borouch, and srone to Dea Moines. Iowa, to enter upon a course ot study In a College ot Uiteoptthy. Robert Sanford, of Scott town-hip, Is the principal of the Buckingham high aohool, at Lake Como; Wintleld Mennhen- nett,of Como, assistant principal, and Ul-s Sarah Storm, ot Stroudsburg, principal cf tbo primary department Miss Mary F. Coleman, who has been one of the most 1 Ilk-leu t teachers of the Honesdale public schools for lb? past six years, has resinned, au 1 accepted a position at Instructor lu one of the New Yotk city sohools, at a salary of Mr. aud Mrs. Johu 1). Weston drov- tu Poit Jervis last Saturday, 111 their S10J-ilard-Dayton Huto, vtbere Mrs. Wsslou vi to pass several da)s with relatives, iiml tn- Jiy numerous trips oter the line roils 01 Orange county In that section. Dr. I), J. Waller, of tile llloii;i..ill State Normal Sclio.il, was r. c u l) u, 1er.1t, d in at lureruess, ditotliiul, fj- .1 e,i,)a ill ness, and word bas lleeu receive 1 Ihll tie is rooorcring, Dr. Waller Is a bruthei ol this late Judge C. P. aud lieurite II. Waller 01 this place. Mrs. Alma J. tl. tin, for sereral years one of tbe most successful teachers of the Honesdale high school, his leL-ntl) b-en appointed a m?mli-r of thi Vuario it divw ion of th-j T M.ioi ul r.li I'll, itm mission by tbo Internatioutl i:oirj;un. euoe Nchools of Scranto i. Uichard P. Ham, son ot Euseun P flam, of Spring Lake, N. J , is spending 1, portion of bis vacation with bis gran linr- ents, Mr. aud Mrs. T. J. Ham, nf this pi ice iiionaro la lu his third year at the Peddic Institute. Illgbtatown, N. J., and will return to that Institution at the close ot bis vaca tion. Sergeant Peter C. Johnson, of Denrtr. Colorado! Jerome Curtis, of Unload il , P '.! George Simpson, of Winwood, this wuinty. and Martin V. II Danu, of Waverly, N. Y . are ex-membera of Co. M, Kth Pcnn'a Civ airy, recruited lu Wayne comity, and rtill living. In addition to the lint printed I w. weeka ago. Misspb Alioj 7. Greiry au 1 Amy E lark relume 1 from Kurnpa on the Cu 1 ir 1 steam ir Crnula, anl reached llnc-lali oa Thutslay last. On Montny they lie, resumed their w.irk a tai"h"rs lu ti, Hones Jale high school, tu MUlly -tri 1 ph , . lally relurlBorateJ by tlmir ieilantfu' m listructlre travels lu the 01 1 World. Tbe esteemed wife of llou. K. E. Join s, of Harford, Su'ipi-hanna county, die I ic ihe home of ber partial, Mr. and Mrs. K. lackson, Inncranton, the.lM nil, Mr. Jon" who Is a son of tbe bile. Mrs Marietta Jones ind grandson of the late Dml. l tilan-lln of this place, waa married io Mist Juckni hree years ai:o. Their home unee then nas been in Harford, except durlns the s -salmis of Ihe Legislature, when they look up their residence lu ilurrisbiirg. Suffcrinc from organic heart disease, Mrs. Jones pt-s- ed her laat days with her parents, by whom she was Idolized as an only daughter. Court Proceedings. Motion day, Sep'. 14 h; beforo Juigo Uples, of Mtinroo. Estate of Charles K. Cliff, S.orling. Bond on salo of land filed au d approv ed. Admitted to citizenship : Wilhelm Uichard Heinricb, of Seelyvillo; Wm. Kusters, ot Uawley. Com. t. Thomas Buckwalder. Com missioners authorized to discharge do toudant from county jail. John Kieujetal. v. Thi WaynoStor- ooje Water Power Co. Petition for issue to settle litlo to lands in L'jbaoon, containing two bodies of water known as tbe Upper Woods Pond and the Low er Woods Pond. Huie granted, re turnable next torm. In Memorlam. Eugene L. Simons, of Gouldsboro, died nt Ihe home of his father, In Pike county, "sept. 3, 1938, of diabetes, asei 11 years anl 5 months. He Is survived by hi wife, In terment in tbe Qreentown, Pike county cemetery. Roma It. Tiel died at his home in Dr berry, Sept. 13, lDJ-i, aged G3y.ur anl 11 days. The burial took place ou M jii 1 iy. In tbe East Dyberry oemstery. Mr. Tiel is surrlved by hie wife an I four chil Iren-the Utter being Floyd It., of Cirley Ilr.ik ; Clarence It. and Mrs. Scott E k, of White Mills ;aud Mis 1-la A a! houi. Dunn' Die civil war he served In Co. M, lU '.th li olurjtecn, from Oct. lu, 111, until in close of the wir; the rcritii-it li.iiu at tached to the 1st bligalii. 1st Oivi-; , 1 ,V,i army corps, and taking pn i'i u.iiu- tious attu Jin tic sie 1 Pt--.tjir 1 i- eluding the eiigiireuientt at Peebles's Fir.n on the Hjulri side lltilrnl. tlr irrr-j Level rotd, the Weldon It 1 nut I, U ttcii-i s Run, DiuwIjJie Court lijuiii, Grar.-i'y Run, the uoydton pUnkrial, F,vF.rk', and closing with tbe eu- euJ - u L ut Appomattox, White Mills. HKl'T. 15. The Willie Mill- Itelillliliriili Club held itH regular monthly uieetini; mi Haturilay evcliluu', Sept. l-'tb. There whs a large alteiiiliilice umi oil present bud a Vcrv tllui time After the rei-lllne order nf biiriiiHus, JcnKiuii. Juueii mid Itoilie, funnelled the iuiikIc for tlinnest niou, with which the Ulub wus Inglilt ieaeil. Tile (.peakere nf the evening item W. Hpry ai.tl Win. Marshall, of Heucli l.tke , Horace Th lor, of Houe.ilitle ; J. II Austin, ot Indian Ori-han! ; ('baric llur ger, Edward Hudileii, Wiu. Ilei-gie ,u,il .loeepn Htenlieim, or thin plnoe, mid the) all talked in behalf of the parly it the right one tu nupport itt the coming elec tion. Henry Hohlller, F. WaguerHiid lllwuril Nyiuiuous xhowed their old time c K i 1 1 lu preparing aud rerviug refreshments fur tbe Club. Mr. aud Mrs. Oakley Hensliaw, nt lu dlau Orchard, are rejoicing over tbe ar rival of a new born babe. The water situation would have been very serious at this time, bud it not been for tbe forethought of O. Dorlliuger A; Bona, who erected a seventy-live thous and gallon tank from which the fuotory U drawing Its supply, aud it would have been a serious loss not only to euiploter but to employees, us the glasii factory Is our ouly tupport. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Down, ot West town, Orange (Jo., N, Y were visiting relatives In town thu week. Henry ii, Meuner, of Honesdale, was u oaller In town, ou Sunday, Mr. aud Mrs. Albert Klttue', ot Swamp Brook, are rejololug over a youug uou. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Uotgrove have ueeu mvoreu wan another youug daugti Mr. and Mrs. Henry Utegg, ot this plaoe, are smiling over the urrivul of a youug sou. Save your tags from JOLLY TAR TOWN TALK STANDARD NAVY SPEAR HEAD Ttnslcy't 16-oz. KatarilUsi Eglantine f Old Ptaeh ' REDICUT and PICNIC TWIST Tags from the above brands are good for the following and many ettw useful presents as shown by catalog : Gold Cuff Buttons 50 Tags Fountain Pen 100 Tags English Steel Razor 50 Tag Gentleman's Watch 200 Tags Many merchants have supplied themselves, with presents with which to redeem tags. If you cannot have your tags redeemed at home, write us for catalog. PREMIUM DEPARTMENT THE AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., Jersey City, N.J. To the Teacher of Wayne Caunty. The munagemoiilof tbo Way uo Coun ty Ktir aro desirous ut eocuring the cc operation ot the touuhero und scholars in making tho coming fair not only u fi nnual eucucsa but to make it of an cducitto'iai benefit as woll. To aid in thi oituso wo have secured two eppuk fiont twn of thu foremost oducttiou al institutions in tbo Suite, namely: Tho International Correspondence J -fiool nnd tbo Lackawanna Businosa Ollego, both of S-'rauton, to bo prorent in vvuctnoeaay nfternoon, bept. Hutu N itlif r of these euhools need an intro iuution to tho peoplo of Wayne county. ua inducement for tbe Uaobere tod ucbolara to be present on this day m a Jmiamon ticket will be sent to nil 'CO'ilniB and also to all scholars undft 10 yoars ot uge. Scholars' tickets will U3 forwarded to tbo touchers for dis- ribu'io!'. As tbo County rjuperinten J'lat hii not as yot received tbo natrnt of i.ll tbo teachers, wo will ask that all .3 -jfijn 13 the county writo tho ucdei igntd at once, etatlog post office aa Jtcs.; and number of scholars attending .heir school under 1G yoam of ago. To help dofray traveling cxpcneei ,ictb ips you may havo somo article foi x ubiinn, a c H, calf, chekens. vegr -ables, f a-ify work, paintingi or flower r, so, however, fbould bo brought 1, 'IjnJiiy, Sept. 28ili. If you haven't'. ' mtJdi itt write the Secretary. Kmeusjn W. Qammei.i. bec'y iiotiisdalo, 8ept. 11, 1UUS Droller. i-EPT. lltb. Tho nsw Mnrnvi.n ehnc.h win w ai'nu-uiBl witn appropriate eervlvra ouscnt. th. Liiarit.s A. tieig la Having tbe cellar of bis uuufti eeiuuiueu, ana in tuo worn 01 laying 10b wall and oovi rlui: the bottom. Im nl otir til) hairs ot cement. itic now statu road is graded from tbe ioi 01 inn 11001 tun 10 ino rosiuenoo of A. ('. AnKt'l, aud tbo workmen have beguu putting lu the Telford stouo work. About luu men are employtd on tho road, if. ti btnlth reeentlv nurchasHd a nnr-lni? -lull ou mat can no a mile in less tbau tbrtt- tuinuies. Nearly all of tho cltv hoarftem In nml iround Neltfouullan.-l hilVH pnn tn tlieir nuiues unu ine town tookis deserted, llaag brothers have a new gasoline engine ol thu Woodneeker make. . r. reison is naving tno foundation pre pared for an addition In his hnnsn. tn Im uu iui auLueu, sinro room, meuuator anu uiooueranu neatiug room for plgeont and Kucenu Simons, n reslllenr nf rjnnMahnrn died suddenly of diabetes, on Sept. 3d, at tbo residence Of his liainnls. MF.anH Uri. James ttimons. of Qreentown. Iike rinnntv. inu muerai was neta irom mere on bun- aay, sept, btn.ana (ervices were held In the neiniocic urovo cuurcn, In charge of Kev. KdWin IC. M&cMillan. Interment waa marie lu Hemlock Grovo cemetery. Undertaker J. O. t'rey was in charge of tbofuueral. De- ceaseu wasageo -i years, and la survived Dy his wife, his parents, three sitters and four brothers lleury Croft, who had the misfortune to cut ono ot liis lees reivutly nitb an axe, is not iceovenuK irom its ell eels as no would like, and will probably be taken to Bcrautou for treatmeut. If tbe nrest-nt drouth continues. It will be Leoessary to feed cattle aud sheep to have lui-uj iu cuii'tuion tor wintering. Dry weather has hastened the rlneninir of buckwheat, corn uud potatoes, and as a cuii.t-iiueiicH me crop win tail considerably below tbe average. Notice- The Honksdale Citizen bas been pur- en-lfl-d b THE CITIZEN I'UllLlaHINCl t o, It will bo issued ou or baforo October, I'Mi, ih a eemi-weckly. in new form and dnsaas "TUK CITIZEN." eubnripuoiis at tho rat tl fu per year I'tiuentod. Corn up ludt'nta wnntod in ovcry com- iniiinij . Active, cncrg'itie solicitors in ovcrj io-n hip t.-nn't-d. TliKUIil.K.N l UllMS 11NG CO, V. v.. Wooli Maiin, r J"' IV I,IHT-OOr. TKllM, IKuK. IlIIAMt JlTIC'lt Bell n -Motiz'-.1. tvilluiu iiueklnsliHin A'tlliain J ('ti'iimlnirst. beiry Itldge Jacob Kellar. Cbll'0,1 Vu-to" tleer. DtinaM- is t'. H. Allen Iy ttt-r ry 'ainuel t'ollln. Drtbtr Kraok WhIiz llatvley Lewis I'lilllipt, W, N". Peatson. H .tie lull, Kbeu lf. iCeen, S. (). Lincoln. Lebanon Ireii. Klitliaidi. I.11 t Itsrt-1.. .Miller. bet'iuli -Jutiti K. Klelienlni h. Ml. l-liiis'inl-ll. K. Wlleoi. M u 1 'ie-.-r I, it tlretfu. I'l -t ill I'. I. Illtie. liiUi-n'k- Iiiuies lut-i-y. nit-ill -.fohu V. Wats 111. Imiiii - K. Mlm mil s-ii-iiinir-lluiace siiinnn. H'lutii 1 ui -ttn Mfiiu llnnnan, Ti x is i-ltuer i- Williams, Wii)itiui!-J. 11. IC1111, Jr. -I ItAt rit-K JL'IIOItS. In ilninj - 'i. V. make. I i inn lb i,ic- llml l.rtlnumn V. .Marshall, flu. kini:tiiii -Jituu-s gtilllicitu. ( In ii Hhli.-ii-.lolm Hull, el, Daniel Kins mini I'liiiton-l'lorrucii lleilru k, William Col-lev- llamas, ut I. M. Hun her, K. II Dennis, J. A. Nolile. A. I. Ilniril. Dlberr Wiiiiitm I'aynter, Ezra Oleason, tin ber I'liristiuu Woltjeu, Uawley Joseph Wheeler, Jr., Martin .1. Catliu. lloinslaN-John II lloyd, Patrick Mur t It it. J. K. uunnell. UtorKii U. Loreuz. betiauon Wm. Urown, Lafayette Nelson Lake fU-orge Corey, Charles W. Kd wards. Ml Pleasant Win Martin, (J. A. Filz patriek. Manchester -John Haluner. Oregon August Appel. l'restnn -Jaiuea K. Clark, Owen McNa mara, W, ti. Mustier. 1'aupack-ltichard Ilaz-lton. Arthur Crane. riuinptnu-satuuel round, I nomas Monro. Hu'.etn I'eter & Osborne, John Cook, Vin cent Hunvnn, Mark Kellain. Bcoit-WilSlam 0. Curtis. Htel ling ttnuon H. Lee. silarruoca Henry (Hover. Houlh Canaau J. C. I'iatt. Texai Henry Owen, It. K. Hansom, Ueo, Itobiusou. Waymart Wallace J, Hopkins. -TIIC CHILDREN LIKE w KENNEDY'S LAXATIVE COUCH SYRUP A tag from a 10-crnt piece will count FULL A tag from S-cent piece will count HALF value Tobacco with valuable tags Sailor' Prlds MMUrWorkmtn Rote AT. 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