The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-04
LOCAL NEWS.

The regular monthly meeting of the
supervisors of Texas township was held
at the court house Wednesday after
noon.
Isaac b. Garrett, of Eleventh
street, suffered stroke of paralysis on
Wednesday evening.
The following young men have en-
tered the employ of the Bell Telephone
Co.: Joseph Jacobs, Joseph Caprio,
Russell Burcher and Edward Kelly.
The Ladies' Aid Society will
serve supper and strawberry short
cake in the NJ. f. church Friday
June 4th. First table at $50.
-Jno. A. Codding, former sher-
iff. of Bradford county, and an in
fluential Republican, died at To-
wanda, aged 81 years, on June l.
A thirty-eight pound swapping
turtle, captured in Collins's pond,
Cherry Ridge, was on exhibition at
Hartung's meat market on Wednes-
day last.
The employees of Herbeck and
Demers Cut Glass factory started work
ing l2I hours Il dav on Tuesday. At
the present time tine concern is rushed
with orders.
The factory of Martin Cautield ON
Main street was closed several days tins
week, so that repairs could be made
about the place.
-Twenty-threc marriage licenses were
issued during the month OF May by
prothonotary, VI. j. lIanan.
The following were elected trustees
OF the Methodist church on Wednesday
evening: J. G. Birdsal, Isaac Lobb
and G. +. Bullock. The two latter
trustees were elected to ill the vacancies
caused by the removal from town Of G.
ii. Knapp and the death OF +. II. Clark
Henry Column OF Hawley, was re-
leased from the county jail on Tuesday,
June lst. COllum was arrested some
time ago on the charge of illegal fishing.
He refused to pay his fine and was com
mitted to the county Jail, where he
served thirty-eight days.
Richard Parry, of Carbonate,
was drowned in Bronson's pond,
formerly known as Robinson's pond,
in South Canaan township, this
county, on Sunday last. Parry,
with a party of seven others went
to the pond Saturday evening to
fish They stayed over night and
on Sunday morning decided to go
in bathing before returning home.
The water was colder than expected
and Parry was soon seized with a
cramp and sank out of sight. The
efforts OF those nearby to recover
the body were successful but not
until life was extinct The re-
mains were taken to Carbondale
the same afternoon. Deceased was
very estimable young man who
had resided in. Carbondale only
about two months. He had no
relatives in this country and came
here from Clydach vale, Wales. He
was twenty-five years of age and
was employed in the mines.
There are said to be 2,700 peo-
pie in Carbondale who were born
- NNuhty' hSlO olS hol
so many Honesdalers as that
who are natives of this county.
Carbondale appears to bear about
the same relation in the matter of
citizenship to Wayne county that
} London does to Dublin; the former
containing more natives of the
Emerald Isle than the entire popu-
lation of Ireland's capital city.
William Bosch, Sullivan
county On. Y.) farmer and boarding
house keeper, is in the Monticello
jail charged by his step-daughter
Florence Van Eastenbridge, with
having taken advantage or visit of
her mother to Honesdale in March
last, to invade her room and force
her to submission to his will.
Bosch is "a years of age, and is said
to have a bad reputation. The girl
is not yet sixteen.
The County Commissioners and their
clerk, Geo. P. Ross, are delivering the
ballots for the primary election, June
5th, throughout the county, this week.
The Commissioners have awarded the
contract to erect stone arch bridge near
Penwarden's factory, at East Honesdale,
to Frank Varcoe. The new structure
will replace the one recently damaged
by the high water. Mr.. Varcoe's bid
was $74O; the next lowest bid being that
of Seaman and Brenneman, $3.50.
;, REPUBLICANS Attend primaries
on Saturday, June 9th, and vote for
VIM. c. Ames and Charles T. Smth,
delegates to State Convention. ADV.