The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-09-17
THE CITIZEN
Personal and Impersonal.

LOCAL NECOKDs
Personal and Impersonal.
The Berry family and the Creol,
quartette will give free concerts between
the heats, at the coming fair.
Officers Of the 18Th regiment il
Scranton, are working hard TO secure {
new and up-to-date armory in Homes
dale, for the use Of Co. E.
Tho afternoon Erie passenger train
from New York nov arrives 10 Homes
dale at l 39 2. NJ instead OF at 2. 90 the
old time table.
Founders week will be observed ir
Phil hdeIphia from Oct. 4th to the 9Th
inclusive. Co. K expect to participate
in the great parade on the latter date.
Address Il. w. Gammell, Homes
dale, and obtain free book, giving the
premium list, etc, OF the coming fair.
"A woman whose husband died re.
Gently, leaving her t2 900 life insurance
reported tho sad news to her relatives
thusly: Jim died this week. Lose
tully covered by insurance.
The production OF anthracite coal
in PennsylvaDia for tho month OF
August, was 4,hD9 o93 tons, as against
3 795 3i5 tons for tho correspo ndinR
month OF 1907, showing O decrease OF
1 l9G,25 tons. The output this year,
to september is Al 500 Oil tons, q loss Of
2 2592. 51l tons. as compared with the
corresponding date OF 1907
Miss Agnes Plum has purchased
- the Allen property on 11th street. Con
sideration about q, 700. Possession Civ
en- Oct. 1st.
When one sees the Colosseum for
the fret time, there is a sudden revul
sion, a veritable shock; it is grand
nothing grander could be imagined
This was the ancient circus of the Ro
mans On these graded seats sat 1O7
900 spectators yelling applauding and
threatening simultaneously. 8 900 ami
mails were slain, and 10. 600 combatants
contended in this arena. When the
gladiator from tho cent re OF the arena
looked around at the 1OO.O 900 faces and
saw the upturned thumbs, demanding
his death. what sensationl One turns
and looks again Tne' beauty of the
edifioe consists In its simplicity. Its
continuous line of arches forms the
most natural and the firms of props.
The Colosseum ia the most imposing
sight in Rome, and will be presented il
detail by Edwin j. Hadley, at the Lyric
Theatre, Wednesday, Sept. 23i, 1908
Tho 21st annual reunion Of the
survivors of the SGD Penn'a Volunteers
will be held in Wilkes Barre on Wed
nesday. Sept. 23l. Rev. DR.. NJ d.
Fuller, Slpt. Of the Houesdale District
OF the M. f church, is the chaplain.
Wayne county had q number of mel
in thu regiment.
The rurfes for the races at the Up
proaCh!nS lalr have rcen about dJub
led, whica will prove an additional 81.
tractlj ~ u horsemen.
The following are ;he officers elect
0a#'ne il esd .l1 t'ira Dipar.mau. To-
The comius year:
H. DulloS, Psesident; WIN.
II. Biler, Vice Prcsident; Frank W.
SchueTbo'E. Secretary; w. w. KImble
Treasurer; Coarlos IL. Grey, George j.
Bergman ana John II. Carroll. Trustees
Q. }. Weaver, Foreman; Andrew j.
Carroll, Fret Assistant; John Caufield,
= Chief EngIreer; VIM. g. Ball and John
~ 4 lsl LAT n ~ s,oh Jall
aud G hGrles IruscUtt, StuSers.
james McCaffrcy, OF Uniontown,
Fayette county, prevented his wife ap
poaring against him as O witness before
the grand jury, by burning all of her
clothing.
Noting the fact that q number OF
eel racks aud walls have been construct
Ell ia the Susquehanna river, in Wy
oming county, the Nicholson Examin-
er says thst Tho persons who have
secured State licenses to maipta tain these
racks have made oil preparations for
the opening Of the eel fishing season,
which will be carly this month. The
eels migrate il the srping from the
ocean up the clear water streams as far
as they can get tu spawn, and then when
the first frosts come in September, re-
turn down the streams to the ocean to
spend the winter in the salt water. Ex-
perIcn led fishermen claim that this
year there Will be an unusually heavy
run ot eels aud it is nothing TO secure
several hundred pounds OF them in a
night when they are migrating" Hasn' I
our nsighb )r fallon ilto an erroras the
habits of cells, and reVersed the order
and objects OF their migrationsH The
best authorities say that the cells which
descend to eotuaries or the sea, deposit
there, and that countlca=
'.slz1ntndes Of young cells rz'.ui r'vo--
in epriug. ',as ,ro wiz ,.
hoping to .'..ut E.r.
Patk Lake dam, at the opening OF IN,
season, has seen thousands Of them
smaller than Il lead pencil making thel
way up stream. 30 strong is the in
JssfRct which impels them that they sur
mount obstacles apparently far NOR
than sufficient to arrest their progress
and they are even known to perform
migrations on land among moist grass