The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-26

/ Susquehanna river, in which he says
shad fisheries have not materially
decreased, but that unless legislation
is enacted soon there will be virtual
| extinction of the fish.
| The funeral of Mrs. Anna e.
/ Zerfas, 20, mother of Mrs. Fred Dill
/ man, who died Tuesday at the Dill
man home, took place from that
house this forenoon. Rev. J. b.
! Cody of the Bethany Presbyterian
church conducted the services and J.
/ Sam Brown took the body to Bethany
to be buried.
DIR. McConvill, who put his horse
in Bunnell's pasture before start
ing for Atlantic City and the board
walk. did not have him there long
The animal, like the cat, got home
sick and came back, jumping the
fence and trotting a mile and a half
to get home. He was returned to
the pasture today and tied.
H. w. Lynn, Walter L. Banta. j..
J. Burns of Brooklyn; w. T. O'Dono-
hue, chief of detectives of Hoboken,
n. j.; Herman Jackins, Charles Bull
winkle of Hoboken, n. j., and w. j..
and E. j. Tanning of High Wood
Park n. j., who are spending their
vacation at Beach Lake house, Beach
Lake, spent Wednesday in Homes
dale.
At a dinner given at the Beach
Lake house Tuesday evening, the en-
gagements of Miss Dottie Killers of
New York and Herman Jackins was
announced; also that Of Miss Annetta
Packer and John Burns, both of
Brooklyn, and William T. O'Donohue
to Miss Bette Vincent, both of Ho-
boken. The parties are well known
in Honesdale and their friends are
congratulating them.
One of the most enjoyable eXcur-
sions that will be held at Lake Lo-
dore this summer is the annual out
ing of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
congregation on Monday. The pre-.
vious outings under the auspices OF
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel church have
proved very enjoyable and it is ex-
pected that the attendance this year
will be even larger than heretofore
There will be fine music for dancing
and an interesting program of athle'
tic events is being arranged.
The landscape gardening at St
Johns church starts with the stone
wall and steps, which have been
pulled down. Walks, fiower-beds and
shrubbery are to come. Mr.. Lutes
the Ohio man in charge, is an ex.
pert and comes with the best sort OF
church, park and other recommen'
dations. He is expected to do an ar
tistic job and to employ the neces'
sary time and help to carry out the
lawn scheme decided upon. A
team and three or four laborers are
at work.
Mayor John Kuhbach, who love:
, his little joke as much as some mel
love their little drink, told NJ. F
Dorm that the Jeitz quarry the Mayor
bought on High street hill was to bt
, the site of a crematory. Mr.. Dorm
{ equally fond of a joke and at once
wise to Mr.. Kuhbach's hint, told sew
! eral women about the cremator!
scheme. Mrs. Dorm, prompted b!
her husband, told other women OF
High and Spring streets. The whole
: petticoat population of that localit!
flew to arms. They do not want
crematory on that street. They tall
of circulating a petition to the eoun
o ell to keep the crematory away. Th
council, however, cannot help them
, for the Mayors purchase is beyon'
the borough limits.
q According to figures publishe'
4 by the census bureau a few days ag
: Scranton has a population of 1923,
o S97, says the Archibald Citizen
o These are close to the figures give
p by conservative forecasters and the
6 are sufficiently high to satisfy every
g one Scranton is still the third cit
e of the state in point of population
d it's nearest competitor being Read
:. ing, which has about $4,000 less pee
f pie. Scranton's ratio of gain durin
= the last decade has been about 2
s per cent and If that ratio holds goo
+ throughout the county it will give Il
g close to 100000 people. The pass
# ing of that figure will mean impol
taRt changes in the salaries of count
officers and if apportionment fol
lows soon after the publication of tn
census returns we may have anothe
. senator and one or two more assem-
q blymen. Aside from these thing
O. however, we are anxious to know ho'
.T many of us there are in the county.
e The Forest City-Honesdale gam
h Saturday afternoon will be called {
p o'clock. 1t is expected to be
e good contest, for Forest City playe
l. series with Carbondale and wo
e it, and Carbondale, as HonesdaI
II fans know, has no slouch of teal
Ie this year. Gregor will probabl
ID pitch for Honesdale. The box wor
At of the clever young southpaw h'
3. steadily improved this season and
se all the games save the first one |
10 Walton in the Sullivan county serit
k last month he has shown excellel
e. speed and some curves that bottle