The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06


1890.
Goshen races will be held at the
driving park on August 10th to 1 9Th.
Big purses are to be given.
The Ward homestead at Bethany
has been rented to. family named
Woods from New York City.
-Hornbeck's excelsior factory at
Equinunk will soon be in full blast
after being shut down for some
time.
Misses Marie McDermott and
Isabel Reilly have both closed their
schools this week for the summer
months
Thomas Reese has sold his gro
cery store stock. etc. to William r.
Knoll, who was formerly clerk in
the Ready Pay store.
We note that n. E. Hause has
been continued as chief clerk to
Auditor General Sisson. Mr. Hause
is a very efficient employee.
They have another boy at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. S. New
comb, at Calkins. Came too late
to be counted in the census.
The full board of commits
sioners, consisting OF Commission
ers Hornbeck, Vaudeville, and Mad
den, are in session this week.
j. o. Terrell, one of Honesdale's
oldest merchants, will be succeeded
by Fred G. Peters of Scranton, who
mil q ,., OF hn p1
stand
Walter Beck is taking the place
temporarily Of Francis Murtha on the
",Na Fargo Express delivery wagon.
Ar MUrtha is confined TO his home
with the grippe.
The round house suffered from
the wind storm on Tuesday after
noon. A portion of the roofing was
blown off, exposing a space of l2x15
feet to the mercy of the rain.
There was an upset at the Union
depot on the arrival of the Erie af
ternoon train on Thursday, of the
Wells Fargo Express Co. s wagon. 1t
was top heavy, and it capsized.
When you hear of an Employer
of Labor advising other employers
to be liberal and fair to their employ
ees, you are safe in telling that fell
low to practice what he breaches.
Marriage licenses were granted
TO Edward Gearheart, of Angles, and
Bertha NJ Bender, of Gouldsboro;
also to William E. Seifarth of Brook
lyn, n. Y, and Grace E. Miller, of
Bethany.
The Transportation company are
doing a big business, and could do
more but the stage is loaded nearly
every trip to it's utmost capacity.
The receipts on Sunday were slight
ly in excess of S33.
Rev. Henry Baker and r. d.
Minch will begin special meetings in
Tyler Hill on Monday night, May
9th, at o'clock. Chapman-Alexan-
der music, together with the new
book, Familiar Hymns" will be
used. Everybody invited.
John II. Converse, of Philadel-
phia, died on Tuesday at his home
near Philadelphia of heart disease.
Mr.. Converse was President of the
Baldwin Locomotive Works, noted
Presbyterian Layman, and one of the
| foremost men of this country.
The Honesdale District Sunday
School convention was held at Way
mart on Wednesday in the Metho-
dist Episcopal church. There were a
number of delegates present from the
different schools in the district, Rev.
j. B. Cody presided. w. B. Hull
was the secretary. We expect to give
full report in our next issue.
The wind storm that struck
Honesdale on Tuesday afternoon did
considerable damage. The silk mill
of Dexter Lambert & Co. at East
Honesdale, received the full force of
the blow and about 50xl00 feet of
/ its roof on the west side was torn
| off, the noise of which caused some
| little CONSERVATION among the EN-
ployees.
Ed Mott, the well known
journalist, is resting up in Homes
| dale for few days, and made us a
call on Wednesday, Mr.. Mott, whom
we have known by reputation for
many years through reading his in
! teresting articles in the New York
| Sun and other metropolitan papers
and magazines, is a very entertain
| ing conyersationalist and might be
called the Mark Twain of this
/ section,
Services on next Lords day at
the First Baptist church at 1890 a,
m. and 6:30 p. m Sermon by the
pastor at the morning service, sub
( ject, Help From the Hills" At the
evening service Mrs. w. n. Multer
will speak in the interest of the Anti
| Saloon League. Bible school session
at l1:45 n. m. Young Peoples meet
ing at $50 p. M, subject, THE
Christian Graces," l Peter 4:7-11;
! Col. AS.
Once more the doors of the