The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-23

-RememDer the Pomona picnic al
Calkins on Wednesday of this week
The East Honesdale Eagles
beat the Uptown Sluggers, Sunday
by the score of 23 to 13.
Howard J. Erik has purchased
of the Auto-Transportation company
its large passenger car. Mr.. Erk
will use the machine for special pur.
poses, parties and the like.
An infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Bauer, White Mills
died the first of the week and was
buried Monday afternoon in St
Mary Magdalen's cemetery, Homes
dale.
Miss Flossie Bryant rendered a
beautiful solo, My Redeemer and
My Lord" last Sunday morning in
the Methodist church. Miss Bryant
has sweet soprano voice and her
singing was greatly appreciated by
the large congregation present.
The children of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Doney gathered at the home
of their parents last Friday for a
family reunion. Those present
were: Mrs. William Gunsank, of
Vandling; Mrs. Corey Buckland, of
Forest City, and Mrs. William Ball,
Honesdale.
IN the Case or Ruel Wilcox VS..
Winfred Mumford, trespass, a sum-
mons was issued against the defend
ant, August II, returnable to the
second Monday of September. The
action is the result of the collision
between livery team and an auto,
on the Main street bridge, Fair week.
Among the early out-of-town
visitors in Honesdale Tuesday was
Theodore Day. He stated that there
was a white frost at his place Sat
urday morning and Monday morn
ing and that the mercury was down
to freezing point Tuesday morning,
but there were no indications of
frost. The temperature Tuesday
reached SO degrees.
A subpoena in divorce was
granted William A. Murphy, Aug. 10.
The libel alleges that he was married
to Lena Murphy Nov. 13, 1902, but
that from Sept 2, 1909, she absented
herself from his habitation, without
reasonable cause, up to the present
time, and said desertion still con-
tinues.
The McKenna Cooperage Co.
are busily engaged in the manufac-
ture of apple barrels for New York
state. There have been very few fur
nished for Wayne county, Mr.. Nc
Kama said to a Citizen man on
Monday, owing to the light crop of
apples. The first carload of barrels
were shipped to the apple district in
New York state the first of the
week
N. R. Butler, the new state fish
commissioner, will not plant trout
less than one inch long or yearlings
in streams. 1t is alleged that the
tiny fry heretofore planted do not
survive. He further thinks there
should be one first-class central
trout hatchery, where trout will be
made a speciality and other hatcher
les where shad, bass, pickerel and
frogs would be made specialties.
The charter of the Waymart
Improvement company, corpora
lion formed for the purpose of the
purchase and sale of real estate, for
leasing, mortgaging, selling
and improving real estate in said
was filed with Recorder e.
w. Gammell on Friday. The COM
oany is capitalized at $4,000 and the
directors are w. j. Hopkins, w. j.
Cramer, R. Wonnacott, 2. A. Won
lacott, F. R. Varcoe, w. w. Pier
son and D. w. Hull. In addition to
he above there are thirty other
shareholders.
Wayne county has five candi-
lates for President Judge. On the
Republican ticket A. T. Searle the
Incumbent and e. c. Mumford are
making a contest, OH the Democratic
ticket Frank P. Kimble and C. A.
McCarty and Hon. w. H. Dimmick,
we'll known to the older generation
lere, is on the Keystone ticket. The
contest before the primary will be
spirited and no matter who wins out
he strife will no doubt be warmly
,arried on until November. Wayne
las "a number of independent voters
Who can not be classed with either
If the old parties and their inclina-
ion may add uncertainty to the re-
ult.-Pike County Press.
"A large barn belonging to Will
lam j. Cole, who lives about three
niles above Prompton, was struck |
~ lightning and burned during last |
friday afternoons storm. Mr.. Cole |
vas unable to save any of the con-
ents and barely escaped with his I
ife in freeing horse and colt. The |
Ire was very hot which prevented |
he saving of the farm implements,
tc. Mr.. Cole had placed $50 BUSH
Is of oats in the barn Friday morn
ng, which together with a large |
uantity of other grain and hay,
vas consumed. He carried $1,000
n the Wayne County Farmers Nut
al Fire Insurance company; $500 |
n contents and $500 on the barn.
lr. Cole places his loss at $4,000.
Percy Van Ess and Fred Ellis,
'ath, N. Y, assistants of Aviator
ohnson, who made a short fight at
AXE Lodore, Saturday, arrived in
own Monday morning, along with
he Thomas Headless Biplane, en-
QUITE for Wellsville, N. Y, where an
Walton meet will be held next week,
n connection with the annual Fair.
he machine according to Mr.. Van
lss, weighs 700 pounds, and is val
ed at $500. 1t is just one year
Id, and has gone up into the air 800
ines. It's capable of flying" said
Ir. Van Ess. " Mr.. Johnson didn't
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