The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-08-06
Personal and Impersonal.

-hcn0cf Oh 1HE NITiIhN, uOeB your
copy have penny stamp attachedH II
80. it denotes that you are in arrears
for year or more. Kindly remit bal
apco due, and then the postal laws will
permit us to omit the stamp.
Springs and wells are going dry all
.pthrough Wayne county.
Monday, Sept. 9TH, is Labor Day,
md the next legal holiday.
The police have been given orders to
shoot oil unmuzzled dogs on sight.
Berwick, Columbia county, hos o
rather singular social organisation, it
comprising no less than forty .one wild
ows, ranging in ages from 90 to 80. They
held their second annual picnic last
week, and it proved very happy affair.
Frank Strains dwelling in Scott
township, was struck by lightning, one
day last week, and badly damaged.
The plan to combine the regular
army of the United States with the
National Guard, of the country, max
ing tho latter liable to be called out III
defence Of tho Republic, wherever and
whenever needed, practically gives this
country d standing army Of 300. 900.
The Murray Mackey Comedy Com
pany opened their weeks engagement
at tho Lyric Theatre, on Monday even
ing to capacity house, and Judging
from the appreciation shown by the au-
deuce they will no doubt play to record
business IN this town. This Thursday
evening young King Brady" will hold
rshe boards, and on Friday evening one
the best bills of the week will be the
httraction, THE Scarlet Letter." All Of
the above performances will be elabor.
ately staged with special scenery and
handsomely costumed in every detail
The vaudeville acts carried by this com
pany are one OF the features Of the show
Miss Marie Freck ID very pleasing with
her singing and dancing; VIM. Q. Price
can make them all laugh; Hammond,
the hoop manipulation. does some OF the
cleverest work yet seen on the Lyric
stage; Frivolc, the mystic. perfectly as
tOnishes his audiences. and Smith Il
Daum, the musical artists, do one Of the
best acts of it's kind ever seen, it being
replete with several new and up-to- date
novelties.
-Hazleton saloon keepers have reach
ed an agreement to do away with free
lunches. The scheme is too expensive
they say, costing about $7b por month.
. in addition to the labor involved. Tho
uew arrangement went into effect on
Saturday last.
Tho Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. has
10000 tons of coal piled few miles
from Hazleton. which are being added TO
every week. 1t is claimed that the num-
ber OF tons can be doubled without ex-
haustiug the capacity of the dumping
grounds but. even admitting this.
Ronesdale still taxes the lead, not less
than half u million tons having been
stored hore on more than uno occasion.
1t is claimed that new directory
OF Scranton and Dunmoro shows com.
bined population Of 14i S37.
Tho two boilers, to be used for heat
ing the now high school baildiug, ore
now being put i'll position.
Captain james Ham Circle, Ladies
of the G. A r., will meet tomorrow
Friday evening. at 1880, at the home
OF Mrs. l. Ii. Ball.
The Del & Hud. Co. are soon to
make an extensive enlargement to their
chops at Oneonta, N. ", intending to
expend $3.50 900 in the improvements.
THE CITIZEN has been requested by
an officer of the 18th Penn q Cavalry, to
obtain for him list OF the surviving
members of Co. NJ, Of that regiment.
which was recruited In Wayne county.
The following ere all that we have been
able to secure:
Lafayette Balkcom, George L. Spetti
que, James B. Keen, George q. Brown,
Ed. K Belknap, Smith Simpson. VIM.
E. Justin. Henry A Sampson, Peter Il.
Oollum, j. Ed. Cook, Jonathan Shap-
ley, George Chapman, Lucian + stan
ton, Ebene1sr L. Losey. Geo. VanOsdell,
MuBson j. Mitchell. Brice b Wood
ward, Earl Sherwood, Hubbell Rounds,
Verdine e. O1eli, David Dsnslow, John
Griswold, Bonj Odell, Fr,d. j. Skeels,
james Brannon.
II any person knows OF any additional
names they will confer great favor by
forwarding same TO this Office with their
post office addresses.
Last Saturday evening, Aug. 1at,
W. II. Bullock, one OF the committee
appointed for organising new oranges,
was called to the home OF L. K. Manager,
on Smith Hill, for the purpose Of CON
sidering plans to organize q new grange
IN that vicinity. The neighborhood
was we'll represented, the house we'll
"A led and considerable enthusiasm
manifested i'll the matter. the pros
pect Ii that new grange will be estab-
iehed in that region in Il short time.
Richard Kimmacher caught an Is
pound Lake Erie catfish in Lake Henry,
at Maplewood, last Thursday night,
making the third of nearly the same
weight caught in the same lake, this
summer.
Rural free delivery started only
ten years ago, and has noW assumed
mammoth proportions. Originally only
$1,000 was appropriated to establish an
experimental route, and this year t3h,
567,0 ia set aside for the maintenance
and extension OF the service. There are
now 86, 145 carriers. besides O large
force Of clerks.
-Oh Tuesday m )rning of Lost weok
tho dsli boiy of JJseph Fi9es was
found lying on tho ground h)or OF q
barn in PioasInt N Iunt. ITO left no
tel early in tho evening, and it is sur
missed thu. hs at once made his way to
ths hay mlw. A coroner's jury rem
der5d u variIIt "tnIt deceased came TO
his death by falling through a trap in
nolr Of blrn whore his body was found A"
According to a statement issued by
the city controller, the bonded indobt.