The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-05
LOCAL MENTION.

The class of 1909 will hold
their annual outing at Beach Lake
Friday.
Edwin F. Dolph and Mabel E.
Robinson, both of South Canaan,
took out marriage license in Scran-
ton Tuesday.
Attention, Veterans! Regular
meeting of Capt. Ham Post, No.
1913, G. A. R., Friday evening this
week, Aug. 5.
Congressman A. Mitchell Pal
mer of Stroudsburg will be among
the speakers at the Lehigh Demo-
cratic county meeting Aug. 20.
The Democratic gubernatorial can
didate, Webster Grim of Bucks
county, will also be present and
say something.
Organizer Luckock of the glass
cutters went to Philadelphia early
in the week to remain. From April
10 to Aug. l he paid out $1S,004
in strike money and there is $500
on deposit in the bank, waiting for
the men entitled to the money to
get it when they need it.
Emory Stadler is the Young
Weston of Wayne county. He
walked from Gouldsboro, where he
belongs, to Honesdale, a distance of
3S miles, to take the job of porter
at the Commercial hotel. Mr.. Stad-
Ter tramped the old North and South
road and covered the distance in
II hours, an average of say three
and-one-half miles to the hour.
IT. D. o'Connell is laying flag
ging six inches thick in front of
his property at the corner of South
Main and Fourth streets. The big
gest stone, however, will not come
within hailing distance of the big
flag, 231a feet long and eight wide,
that runs from the curb to the
foundation wall of Mr.. O'Connell's s
house on Church street.
Every box is taken for the big
race meet in Goshen in August and
enough applications were received
TO fill another 100 boxes had they
been built. The problem now is
where to put all the people. The
hotels have almost all their rooms
taken already and many private
houses will have to be used. Goshen
has never seen the day when it was
crowded as it will be all through
the week of August 16 to 19.
Half a dozen vacancies exist
among the privates of the four
troops of state police and the exam
nations of applicants was held at
the capitol Monday by officers of
the department. The applicants
for the few vacancies numbered
about 800. The vacancies are
caused by men leaving the service
for other places, principally upon
the police and detective forces OF
railroads and other corporations.
John Schoonover and son, John
Haggerty and II. F. Coolbaugh ar
rived in this city Thursday in the
interest of the Monroe County fair
that will be held in Stroudsburg
Sept. 5, 9, 7, 8 and 8. They came
up the valley by auto through Penn
sylvania and will return on the
New Jersey side of the river. These
gentlemen are distributing posters
and other advertising matter, and
they state the fair will be bigger
and better this year than ever be-
fore.-Port Jeryis Gazette.
-Honesdale has decided to give
Carbondale one more chance to play
clean ball and will go to that city
Sunday for the third game of the
series. Capt, Kupfer, who went
up against couple of stones in th'
game of a week ago Sunday, saiC
Wednesday that he hoped this game
might be pulled off without any
stones or hard feelings, and that h'
rather expected the game would gt
smoothly from the fact that Umpire
Burke, the man who presided owe
Carbondale games IL
years gone by and always SUITED
both sides, has been engaged t
hold the indicator. The Honesdal,
team will leave Sunday morning OF
the 11.15 and the game will b,
called at 2. A good-sized crowC
will go from here. The following
Saturday Carbondale will come her,
for the last game of the series.