The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-09-25
MAIL CLOSING HOURS.
LOCAL NEWS

A gang or men arrived in Haw-
ley on Thursday and began work on
feconstructing the Main avenue Mid
Pile creek bridge on Friday.
The following letters remain at
! he Honesdale pOstoffice: Costo Cor
|lllo, May Gardner, Mrs. p. Hermes,
Mrs. Thos. Hurley, James Ellsworth.
Bishop Hoban, of Scranton,
preached at the 1870 mass at St.
|norning to a large and appreciatiye
audience.
The bridge crossing the Erie
racks between the borough of Haw-
| ey and Palmyra township, commonly
known as the Marble Hill bridge, is
being replaced by a more substantial
Structure, and traffic that way will
be cut off for the next week.
The White Mills opera house
will have a new curtain in the near
Iuture and it will have advertise
|nents from many of Honesdale's
Merchants printed thereon. The de-
|igner and agent who are doing the
loliciting were in Honesdale on Fri
Hay.
The morning train on the Erie
which arrives here at sos a. m.
WAS an hour and a half late Satur-
hay on account of being held up be-
hind a coal train near Gravity. The
loal train jumped the track and the
passenger was obliged to wait until
he track could be cleared.
Homer Sandercock, who acci-
|lentally shot himself in the arm
while duck hunting at Peck's pond
|ome time ago. is getting along nice
" and his condition is very encour-
Iging. His physicians say that there
Is no danger of his losing his arm
bow, although the danger from
|etanus will not be passed for twen-
~ days.
The Paupack Telephone COM
Iany is placing an exchange in the
large house at Wilsonville, next to
| he old store building. This eX-
|hange is being installed to take
|are OF the subscribers on the line
which was formerly the Wayne and
Pike Independent Telephone com
Ibany. There are about thirty tel
phones on this line.
The members of Sonner's or
|hestra enjoyed an outing at Cherry
Ridge, at the home of John Spinner
asst Sunday. The party was compos-
I'D Of the following: Paul Sonner,
Joseph Bodie, Jr., John Bussa, An
brew Coles, Henry Wagner and Mr..
Robert Dorm. Richard Hartnett was
tirum major and Harold Rowland,
Ireatore. John SOnner was the
Ihaperone. They all report having
pad very pleasant time.
The publication Of the State De
bartment's note to Nicaragua detail
1 lng the administrations why we in
Ieryened in Nicaragua" was noted in
iiicial circles last week as a direct
|hallenge to the group OF senators
who have been outspoken and active
n their criticism of dollar diplom-
cy" to do their worst. The an
kouncement is regarded as a prom
Sc that the administration is going
| o intervene in all Central American
revolutions that endanger American
life and property, and that it will
Ignore the opposition of senators
who have objected to sending ex-
peditions of marines to settle dis
putes in other republics.
Wayne County Pomona Grange
|net at Greentown, Pike county, last
week and it resulted in a very in
leresting session as well as being
highly instructive to all who at
tended. Although this was the reg
|llar meeting of the Wayne County
Pomona Grange, it was held in Pike
bounty and Greentown. 1t is the
bnly place in that county that has
bn organization and a hall. Most of
|he grangers of Wayne are in the
6outhern part of the county. The
Regular business Of the Grange was
transacted and an entertaining pro-
gram was given. About thirty mem
bers received the fifth degree.
Hessrs. T. Y. Boyd, w. b. Lesher,
p, L. Kinsman and Mr.. Partridge
|were in attendance.