The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, July 06, 1910, Image 5

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    iHE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUIA 0, 1010.
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CENI A WORD tuLUMN
IX)ST In tho poBtoHlce on the
Fourth, a yellow-handled umbrella,
not valunblo as a rain lid hut prized 1
hecauBO It has travelled so many i
miles with me. Reward. Millard '
Bruce, Tho Citizen. i
HARNESS, COLLARS nnd all1
klndB of horse goods at Murray Co.,
Honesdale, Pa. 53tl
FOR SAIiE Kelly & Stelnmau
brick factory building, including en
gine, boiler nnd shafting. Inquire of,
J. D. Robinson. 50tf. !
WE HAVE 100 WAGONS ready
for your inspection, possibly we enn
make a deal. Come nnd see us. j
Murray Co., Honesdale, Pa. 53t4 !
LOST A pointer bitch, 'liver and '
white; a hound, black, white and
tan; reward. L. Senft, Fallsdale.
52t4.
KNIVES. GUARDS and Rake
Teeth for all machines at Murray!
Co., Honesdale. 53t4.
FOR SALE One 2-yenr-old
Orange county Holsteln bull. Spots
are all right on him. P. L. BRA
MAN, Indian Orchard, Pa. 3t.
DESIRABLE PROPERTY KOR
SALE Residence of the late H. C.
Hand, located at the corner of Cnurch
and Eleventh streets; 75 feet on
Church street and 120 feet on Elev
enth street, together with house and
barn. For Information concerning
above property, address W. H. Si one,
Court street, Honesdale, Pa. 43m2
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IF YOU ARE PARTICULAR In j
buying hay tools, call on us. Wcj
can suit particular buyers. Murray I
Co., Honesdale, Pa. 53t4
FOR SALE Honesdale National i
Bank stock, 23 shares, or any part
thereof, at ?1C5 per share. Warren,
P. Schenck, Honesdale, Pa. !
ALL KINDS of legal blanks, notes,
leases, deeds, warrants, bonds, sum
monses, constable bonds, etc. Citizen
office.
PROX kills both the potato bug
and the blight, and will not wash
off. Murray Co., Honesdale. 53t4
FOR SALE A walnut upholster
ed, parlor set of furniture consist
ing of sofa and two large cnairs. In
quire Citizen Office. tf
LOCAL MENTION.
Leo Theobald Is now clerking
for Michael Galvin.
The locusts that have been so
thick the past month have entirely
disappeared from the mountain sides
between here and Scranton. j
The First Aid excursion to Lake
Lodoje will be held July 13. Indi
cations point to a large attendance,
and It is probable thnt, as in previous
years, the excursionists will have a
good time.
It is unlawful to catch, take or
kill any bullfrogs only from the
first day of July to the first day of
November, and terrapin save only
from the first day of November to
the fifteenth day of March each
year.
Eugene H. Cortrlght of Hones
dale, a former sheriff of Wayne
county, who is a special census agent
for manufactories, mines and quar
ries, was in town this week attend
ing to his duties. Milford Dis
patch. The will of the late E. P. Wil
bur, Sr., former president of the
Lehigh Valley, and a well known
iinancier, was entered in court in
Easton for probate. The estate,
which will amount to about $17,
000,000, is left to his family.
William H. Gibbs, the Hawley
cut glass manufacturer, whose in
dustry has been secured for Strouds
burg, has purchased the lot of Mrs.
Willis Barry ou Scott street In
pt'oudsburg, adjoining the lot re
cently purchased of Elmer Stone.
P. S. Bass, who called
on The Citizen one day tho latter
part of last week, said the wire
worms have raised the mischief with
the farmers of Cold Spring this
summer. One of his neighbors had
three acres of field corn ruined by
them, ho says, and E. E. Yale, a
neighbor,- has three acres the worms
have devastated.
One of tho four young men to
get mnrried last week is a tailor by
trade a tailor whose cutting and
sewing is carried on within fox
shooting distance of the postofflco,
the union station and other familiar
buildings right In tho heart of tho
borough. Ms Joking shopmates no
sooner saw him out of town than
they gave vent to their practical
Joke tendency by putting a sign at
tho second story window, where he
who runs may read. Tho sign says:
"No pants pressed for two weeks,"
Declaring many farmers in that
vicinity have sold their cowb for
beet and that the supply of milk is
very much decreased, tho Philadel
phia Milk Supply unlou, composed of
dairymen in Now Jorsey, Delawaro
and Maryland as well as this state,
has notified tho Philadelphia Milk
exchange, composed of the largest
milk dealers In tho city, that after
July 1 tho price will be raised from
3 cento to 4 cents a quart. Tho
milk dealers declared this increase
would drive somo of them Into
bankruptcy, as they could not raise
tho retail price of 8 cents a quart
to the customer,
The Mooslo Elks will picnic nt
Lake Lodore Saturday, July 16.
The street commissioner will
put 55 chestnut posts around tho D.
& H. lot.
The Presbyterian Chrlstlnn En
deavor society will servo lco' cream
on the lawn Thursday night.
The Fell-Dunklebcrg-Brooks-Hnm-Glbbs
sidewalk was completed
and "unboxed' Saturday night. It
Is smooth, sightly nnd satisfactory.
Pedestrians appreciate It.
On Fridny the Delaware nnd
Hudson pnld the employes of the
Bteam road, tho motive power re
pair shops, tho stores and the con
struction departments their wngo
checks for the first half of June.
It has been suggested, In a
western paper, that fishermen should
bnit their hooks with the fish law,
in order that the fish might take
the responsibility of violating the
law themselves, if they happen to be
too small to be caught. Peckvllle
Journal.
Rev. C. C. Miller, the new Ger
man Lutheran pnstor, expects his
family to Join him Wednesdny. They
are coming from Allentown. Mr.
Miller thinks Honesdale is a beauti
ful town, containing tho most friend
ly people he hns ever seen. His
two sermons to his new charge Sun
day were full of Interest for the good
sized congregations that henrd them.
Judge Gnrmnn has handed down
decrees granting divorce to Eliza
beth Staples from Frederick Staples
of Mooslc. Mrs. Staples was granted
a divorce from her husband on
grounds of cruel and barbarous
treatment. The couple were mar
ried in Stroudsburg Oct. 23, 1895,
and resided together at Wilkes-Bar-re
and Mooslc. Wilkes-Barre Rec
ord. Louis Smithing of Scranton
has been appointed to succeed E. M.
McCracken as manager of the Hones
dale branch of the Bell Telephone
company. Mr. McCracken has been
promoted to the post of rural super
intendent. Mr. Smithing is a practi
cal telephone man of wide and suc
cessful training, and should keep the
Honesdale service on the high plane
where Mr. McCracken put it.
Eastern Pennsylvania has her
Westons. The young Allentown
pedestrians, Harry J. Wieand and
Alvln Kutz, left Sunday afternoon
to walk to Chicago by way of St.
Paul and return. Their route, which
covers a distance of 2,200 miles, will
be to Delaware Water Gap, Wilkes
Barre, Scranton, Pittston, Lake
Cayuga, Buffalo, Detroit, St. Paul
and Minneapolis, back to Chicago
and return by way of Indianapolis
and Pittsburg.
Mrs. Charles H. Gustln and
family, formerly of South Washing
ton street, Carbondale, are visiting
relatives at Mount Pleasant before
leaving for the west. Their house
hold effects have been shipped to
Pocatello, Id., where Mr. Gustln
has been employed the past four
months In the motive power depart
ment of the Rio Grande. Mrs. Gus
tln and family will leave some time
next week for that place, where they
expect to make their home.
Mayor William C. Ames has
posted notices near the borough
limits on all roads leading to Haw
ley warning automobillsts not to ex
ceed twelve miles an hour while
driving in town. This is a timely
warning and the law should be rigid
ly enforced. Reckless driving with
in the borough limits has been too
frequent during the present season.
Such driving is not only a menace
to the lives of the public but Is a
nuisance as well because of the dust
that is raised. Hawley Times.
The following Item about a
Hawley boy who has pitched here
this summer Is from the Hawley
Times: Eugene McCloskoy, who
signed with Altoona, was given a
trial and returned home the fore
part of tho week. He pitched a
game and a half and made an ex
cellent showing and the manage
ment was well pleased. His return
is duo to a weakening of the arm
and he will remain here some time
to allow It to rest. If ho fully re
covers he will return to Altoona.
The biggest excursion for this
season will be that of tho Russian
churches of Lackawanna and Lu
zerne counties, which will bo run
to Lake Lodore July 28. Tho pro
ceeds will bo for a building fund
for tho mammoth structures this de
nomination proposes to erect on Its
150-acro farm at Canaan. Already
a large monastery arid chapel has
been orected, and it Is proposed to
build a school and seminary where
young men may bo educated for tho
clergy. Tho Russian citizens
throughout tho region are deeply
interested in tho project, and are
determined that the enterprise shall
bo a great success.
Tho Texas No. 4 picnic at Belle
vuo park on tho Fourth did not get
much of a crowd in the afteraoon,
for tho ball garao was a counter
attraction and Lako Lodoro was an
other for hundreds, but after
supper tho friends of tho liro boys
commenced to climb tho hill, nnd
many of them stayed until tho danc
ing ended at midnight. Freeman's
orchestra played, and tho music, as
usual, was gilt edged. Tho commit
tee that ran tho picnic had as its
chairman Lawrence Dried and the
other members wore Ed. Faushlour,
William A. Sluman (foreman of tho
company over Blnco it started),
Jacob Greenfield, Clifford Gray, Ed,
Murtha, Ed. Holl and P. P. Dalles,
A tidy sum will bo cleared to apply
on the debt on the company's house.
Rev. A. L. Whlttaker will hold
services in White Mills Sunday at 3
p. m.
At Grace church on Sundny
there will be services at 10.30 a. m.
and 7.30 p. m.
Union G43, F. of A. M., will pic
nic Saturday at Bellovuo park. Tho
Honesdale band will piny.
The Langcllffe and Mooslc Pres
hytcrlan Sunday school outing will
he hold nt Lake Lodoro Thursday,
July 2L
Thoro aro letters In tho post
office for Miss Sophlo Burbank, J. E.
Brown, Miss Rose Fuller, Warren
K. Rutan, Wallace Vlllefranckc.
Capt. James Ham post, G. A.
R took part In the Scranton parado.
Commnnder Wilson had 12 men In
line.
S, J. Wint, tho piano tuner,
was In Damascus last week getting
tho piano In shape for the city visi
tors. The Durland-Weston Shoe Co.
nnd several of Honesdnle's glass fac
tories have suspended operations for
n week's vacation.
Company E, 13th Regiment,
assemble nt their quarters Saturday
nt 1.30 p. m., heavy marching order,
one day's cooked rations, by order
of Carroll J. Kelley.
The officers, teachers and older
pupils of Grace church Sunday
school met Tuesday afternoon to
discuss plans for the annual picnic.
The Knights of St. Paul will meet
Thursday at 7.30 p. m.
Mrs. Albert Jones, who hns been
on a visit to Lake Ariel, Pa., for a
few days, reurned Fridny, accom
panied by her two sons, Arthur and
Paul, who have been spending two
weeks at that place with their grand
parents. Mntamoras cor.
Tho two-horse team of Stephen
Sargent of Niagara ran away on
Main street Friday noon and in
front of Dein's market collided with
the wagon of Graham Watts. Both
wagons were overturned and the
contents of the Sargent wagon were
scattered along the street, hut no
serious damage was done.
Fred Suydam entertained the
following young people at a house
party the latter part of the week:
Ned and Elizabeth Jermyn, Margaret
and Lillian Connell, Elizabeth and
Helen Bissell, Mildred Maaple, Ben
Throop, Earl Rice and Theodore
Vandling of Scranton; Ellen Pom
eroy of Reading; Edward Hoover of
Chicago, 111., Morris Wilson of Evans
ton, 111., Lou Wallace of Nyack, N.
Y Wade Bunting of Ashland, Bea
trice French of Cnrbondale, Frank
O'Brien of Plattshurg, N. Y., and
Dorothy Lynch of Canton, O.
Have you thought of Saratoga
Springs and Lake George as the
place to spend your vacation this
summer? See advertisement. 54t4
PERSONAL MENTION
Mark Killam of Lakevllle called
at this office Friday.
Miss Martha Jenkins was calling
on her friends last week.
John Conkllng of Hawley was a
business caller in town Thursday.
Mayor W. C. Ames of Hawley has
been a Honesdale visitor.
Alfred Schuller of New York spent
the Fourth with relatives here.
Clarence Calloway of New York
passed the Fourth with his mother.
Earl Williams of Scranton is spend
ing a few days at his home here.
Maude Colwell of Wilkes-Barre Is
spending a few days with relatives.
Walter Campbell of Scranton
passed tho Fourth at his home hero.
Miss Gertrude Drake of Hawley
spent all last week in Honesdale.
Miss Nan Brown left Friday for
a visit with friends in Rhode Island.
Walter Moore of New York Is
passing a few days with relatives
here.
Miss Ina Babbitt of Scranton
visited at her home here on tho
Fourth.
J. L. Oakes and family spent the
Fourth at their bungalow at Elk
Lake.
David Marth and family nre spend
ing tho week with relatives at Or
son. Miss Alice Wilson of Townnda is
spending a few days at her homo
here.
Sir. and Mrs. Gnil Jenkins of
New York spent tho Fourth with
relatives.
Llewelyn Woodloy of Scranton
spent several days In town on busi
ness last week.
Miss Blancho Westbrook of Haw
ley has been tho guest of Hones
dalo friends.
Joseph A. Bodie, Jr., and Frank
A. Jenkins were at Lako Wlnola for
tho Fourth.
Mrs. James Ryan and son James
aro visiting tho former's son, Frank,
in Scranton.
Mis3 Grnco Redmond visited last
week In Thompson. She has gone to
Ithaca. N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Hnrloo of
Hawley have been In Honesdale to
call on friends.
E. Q. Simons of tho Boll Tele?
phono company, Scranton, was in
town Inst week.
Leopold Blumenthal drovo to
Calllcoon, N. Y Sunday and passed
tho Fourth there.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Alfred Swoyer of
Wllkes-Barro were recent Hones
dale visitors.
Otto Truscott Is visiting Scranton
relatives.
John Ktrkwood spent Sunday at
his home in Cnrbondale.
Miss Kate Minor is spending a few
weeks with her mother.
Morris Moylan of Cnrbondalo Is
spending a few days In town.
Miss Lucy Murtha Is visiting
friends at Hemlock Hollow.
Frank Buckley of Janette Is visit
ing his parents on Cliff street.
Miss Mary Glbbncy of Scranton Is
the guest of Honcsdnlo friends.
Adam Cronln of Cnrbondale spent
Monday with .friends In this place,
Lloyd C. Roscncrans of Towanda
was a visitor In town over Sunday.
Ernest Wilson of Towanda spent
tho past few days with his relatives
here.
Frank Wclsch of Scranton is the
guest of Mrs. Ellen Hlggins of Ridge
street.
Miss Regina Murray of Scranton
Is visiting her parents on Ridge
street.
Miss Llda Gregory spent Sundny
nnd Monday at her home in Beach
Lake.
Mrs. BenJ. Policy of Seelyville Is
visiting her daughter at Strouds
burg. Mrs. Edward Bader Is spending
a few days at Towanda with her
husband.
Miss Alice Wilson of Townnda
spent the Fourth at her home In
Seelyville.
Frank Donnelly of Philadelphia Is
spending the week with Honesdale
friends.
William Swift and family of Balti
more are visiting his father, Rev.
William H. Swift.
Jacob Ohmer of "Jersey City is
visiting his mother and Bister on
Terrace street.
Mrs. John Carroll and three chil
dren are visiting Mrs. Carroll's par
ents In Brooklyn.
Miss Grace Wlgge has been pass
ing a number of days with her
Honesdale friends.
Mr. nnd Mrs. John H. Smith spent
Sunday and Monday with friends at
Binghamton, N. Y.
William Denk, who has been em
ployed In Elmlra, N. Y., has return
ed to his home here.
Mrs. Martha Brown is visiting her
sister, Mrs. J. S. Bateson, of Jef
ferson avenue, Dunmore.
James Murphy and William Doud
of Carbondale are the guests of John
Murtha of Grove street.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hull and
child are stopping with Mrs. Hull's
mother, Mrs. Robert Torrey.
John O'Brien of Rochester, N. Y.,
is spending his vacation with his
mother on Church street.
Mrs. Homer Hutchins and Miss
Annie Mohrs of Carbondale have
been tho guests of Honesdale friends
lately.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Roegner of
AVest street are visiting their daugh
ter, Mrs. Ambrose Keleher, of To
wanda. Mrs. Minnie Shaffer and daughter,
Miss Mildred, are guests of the form
er's daughter, Mrs. George Spen
cer. Miss Elizabeth Case of Welcome
Lake spent Sunday and Monday
with Miss Elizabeth Marsh of West
street.
Kevin O'Brien left Monday for
Sullivan county, N. Y., where ho will
direct an orchestra during the sum
mer months.
Angus M. Lawyer of New York
spent Sunday and Monday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lawyer
of Thirteenth street.
Miss Jessie Trleblo of Nantlcoke
sang a solo in tho Presbyterian
church Sunday morning. Her voUe
was greatly appreciated.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Jones of
Scranton spent Independence day at
their summer home nt Lake Ariel,
where they met Honesdale cottagers.
Miss Olive Rellly left Saturday af
ternoon for Brooklyn, N. Y., where
'she will bo the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Michael Dardls, for about two
weeks.
Mrs. Lizzie Hattler, Miss Annie
Elty and Leo and Helen Mullen left
Saturday for Brooklyn, N. Y where
they will remain about 10 days with
Miss Elty's sister.
Miss Rose Lane of Scranton visit
ed her aunt In Lookout several days
last week. She also visited her
brother hero before returning to her
duties on Tuesday.
Mrs. Hattlo Decker of Honesdale
and sister, Mrs. Mary Bishop of Cal
ifornia, were tho guests of tho form
er's daughter, Mrs. W. P. Coon, nt
Clark's Summit during the past
week.
Robert Pitman made his escape to
tho cool Rhode Island coast Friday.
Ho took tho Erio to Now York and
then Journeyed over tho Shore lino
to Westerly nnd Quonochontaug,
whore ho will recreate with boyhood
friends for 10 days or a fortnight.
OLD HOME AT FOREST CITY.
Considerable Sentiment For Reunion
and Local Paper Pushes it Along.
D. Stanley EvnnB, a Forest City
boy who has gone out In tho wITrld
nnd mado himself useful, was a call
er in town. He is tho same gonial,
energetic Stanley, and at once be
gan working nn sentiment for ant
Old Homo week, an idea also sug
gested by M. J. Collins of Olean,
Tom Jones of Chicago and Joo Jen
nings of Avoca in times past. Stan-
ley la now in charge of tho Railroad
Y. M. C. A., Portland. Me. Ms ser
vices wero recently solicited to go
to the Hawaiian Islands to organize
a railroad Y. M. C. A. but he decided
to remain nt his post In Maine.
An Old Homo week sounds good
Who wants to take the scheme In
hand nnd push It nlong? Forest
City probably has more former resi
dents scattered about the different
states of tho union thnn any town
of Its size. In seven counties. And
there nre a lot of them who think
well enough of tho old burg to como
homo to a big family reunion.
Forest City News.
CENSUS IS NEARLY READY.
Figures to he Given Out by tho Hu
rcuu Within n Few Days.
The mammoth task of recording
tho thirteenth census of the United
States has progressed to such n
point that within n few days the
Census Bureau will begin to make
public tho population of the lnrger
cities of the land.
The figures for tho cities contnln
Ing 75,000 or more persons will be
given out first. They will be follow
ed Inter in the summer by the popu
lation of the states by counties,
which also will include tho cities of
8,000 or more persons. In all like
lihood the population of the nation
al capital will bo tho first given to
tho public.
The returns of about 47,000 enu
merators have been received by tho
Bureau nnd It Is expected the re
mainder of tho 70,000 reports will
be In by July 1. The bureau has
Increased Its clerical force with a
night shift, making a total of about
2,000 clerks. The data collected
by the enumerators Is being trans
ferred to cards, and, with, the in
creased force, it is estimated that
900,000 cards will be punched dally.
THREE rebuilt second-hand sew
ing machines. All were high priced
machines. Now $5.00 each. Mc
Intyre. 2eol 51
Notification Comes This Month.
John K. Tener and John M. Reyn
olds were In Philadelphia Thursday
and Friday, meeting the state lead-
In Emergencies
there isno other ;agency that
renders so great assistance
as the always dependable
BellTelephoifre Service
Protection and aid in case off
fire, burglars or illness is
always handy iff you
Use the Bell
The Bell Telephone Company
of Pennsylvania
E. M. McCRACKEN, Agent
Honesdale, Pa.
Menner & Go's Stores
eeeespecial SALE
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At Greatly
Colored Wash
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Linen Suits, White and Colored. $
Long Traveling Coats, Silk, Lin-
en and Light Weight Wool. x
A lot of Sample Dresses at less
than cost.
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Menner & Go's
MID-SUMMER SALE
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era and arranging for the notifica
tion meeting, which will be held
nbout tho middle of July. The place
for tho meeting has not yet been
fixed, but It Is stated that it will be
ready by tho end of this week, when
Chairman Crow will name tho mem
bers. Messrs. Tener nnd Reynolds wero
tho guests of prominent Phlladel
phlnns nnd their rooms were the
points of Interest for many leaders
from all parts of the state.
Horseshoe For Candidate Wright.
A recent mall brought Hon. C. F.
Wright of Susquehanna a small
souvenir thnt has given him much
gratification and which will bo
treasured among his choicest keep
sakes. It came from Charles Gorsuch,
a blacksmith of Martlnsburg, and is
a small horseshoe about one-half
inch In diameter. It was made by
the sender on his anvil, the only
tool he used being a hammer. ' It Is
a delicate piece of work and shows
Mr. Gorsuch Is a mechanic of no
mean ability.
Accompanying t'f horseshoe was
a letter asking Mr. Wright to ac
cept this souvenir as a token of
good luck in the campaign he has
Just entered on and assuring him of
the writers' best wishes.
HEAVY TRAVEL ON THE ERIE
Passengers Bound For Summer Re
sorts Four Cars Derailed.
Erie train 17, the westbound mall
and milk train due at this station at
7.57 a. m., was two hours late Fri
day on account of its engine break
ing down on the New York division,
says the Port Jervls Gazette.
Four cars of a westbound train
on the Erie and Jersey railroad were
derailed on Wednesday night nnd
caused considerable delay to traffic.
The Port Jervis wreckers were call
ed and cleared the tracks.
Passenger traffic Is steadily In
creasing on the Erie, the local trains
being particularly heavy westbound
from the seaboard terminals with
guests for the summer resorts In
Sullivan, Wayne, Pike and Dela
ware counties.
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