The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03

will open at Charleroi, the home of
Congressman John X. Tener. Re-
publican nominee for governor, the
night of Sept. 8. All the state can
didates will attend.
-Honesdale and White Mills will
play on the silk mill lot Saturday
at 3 to end the series of five games.
Honesdale has already won three
games and the series, but the fifth
game must be pulled off to make the
agreement good.
Wayne County Pomona grange,
No. Al, will meet with Cherry
Ridge Grange at Clarks Corners,
Cherry Ridge, Thursday, Aug. II.
All members of the Grange are re-
quested to attend this meeting.
says w. II. Bullock, the secretary.
The commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania has issued 20 summons for
storekeepers in Mayfield who have
not paid the mercantile tax. Among
these are the Erie Coal company,
this being the first time that they
have been made pay a mercantile
tax.
Landlord Shorty Weaver of the
Commercial announces the engage
ment of a new porter, Emery Sad
ley of Gouldsboro. Doc the Porter,
who has always been good natured
and accommodating to the hotels
patrons, will enter another line of
business.
The appearance of the Kohl
mann house at Hawley is being
greatly improved by the application
of a new coat of paint Painter
Ralph Turner has charge of the
work. Honesdale patrons are al
ways glad to learn about the Kohl
mann houses prosperity and i'm
provements.
1t is figured in Carbondale that
the one smallpox case will cost the
city S1,1OO. DR.. J. d. Day, the at
tending physician, spent six weeks
on the case at SIS a day and the
nurse was engaged at the rate of
$50 a week. Three men were hired
az the rate of SO each a day to
guard the house where the patient
lived.
A dwelling belonging to Allen
X. Martin of Scott township was
struck by lightning during the Sc
we're storm of July % and totally
destroyed with nearly it's entire
contents. The house was partially
insured, but there was no insurance
on its contents. Mr.. Martin had
been the owner of the property only
a few weeks.
About 25 of the Y. NJ. c. A.
boys camping at Big pond walked
from that place to White Mills We'd
nesday. They had a permit to go
through the glass factories of C.
Dorfiinger & Sons and were much
interested by what they saw. These
boys are all from Brooklyn, N. Y.
They think Wayne county is won
derful place.
Through the courtesy of Hon
Miles C. Rowland, The Citizen is
in receipt of a handsome memorial
volume containing the proceeding
of the memorial services held in the
senate in memory of G. Frank Row
| land, who died a member of that
body. Eulogies by colleagues attest
the high esteem in which he was
held by his fellow members. Hi:
brother Miles is now completing
the unexpired term.
Plans for the transfer of Scran
tons handsome Hotel Jermyn are
being completed. G. E. Webb, form
erly of the Ansonia, New York city
! will become manager. He is in the
city getting squared up. Stock i!
being taken and plans are beins
discussed for improvements under
the new management Mr.. Webt
states that these plans are in theil
infancy and that as soon as there
is anything definite they will bt
made known. Just now he has de
cided on but one point, and that i!
that there will be extensive change!
in the decorations.
An old map of Milford in thu
! Nouily VI w oy lC SllONo bhub lll'
road at that time crossed the Saw
kill near it's mouth and that a saw
mill stood about in front of the ole
LeClere house on the river bank
Israel Wells had a sawmill nea
where Strubles mill stands. Buch
anan had a tavern across the creel
in front of Metz house, the hous,
now occupied by Buist was called
Torreys house and a house on tn,
site of the DR.. DePlasse cottage wa
called Jensen's house. There was
tavern where Brookside villa stands
There are eleven dwellings noted
four saw mills and three grist mill
on the town plot. The map wa
made prior to 1S03.-Pike Count
Press.
If Phoebe Snow ever takes
ride on the d. & H. she surely viii
have to send her mousselins to tn
laundry, says the personal an
pertinent" paragrapher in the Car
bondale Leader. Not that the d.
II. is not as dustless as the road O