The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-08

Born, daughter, to Mr.. and
Mrs. George Mang, of Cherry Ridge,
on Wednesday.
Fifteen years ago Wednesday
Admiral Dewey and General Merritt
| demanded the surrender of Manila.
A party consisting of six cars
motored from Ariel to Honesdale on
! Tuesday and shopped among the
| stores.
State Commissioner of Health
Dixon is out with a warning not to
hurry and not to worry in hot wealth
er and to be careful about chilling
the stomach.
The base ball team of Homes
dale went to Milford this Thursday
to play the team of that place. They
were taken there in several autos.
Those who went from here are w. B.
Lesher, l. w. Sandercock, L. s. Par
fridge, T. Y. Boyd and others.
The Honesdale base ball team,
with a few exceptions, are Journey
ing to Milford to-day Thursday to
try conclusions with the strong team
of that place. If they continue to
play the way they have been for the
past month we predict defeat for the
Pike county seaters.
"A deed made out in 1881 by
John S. Osgood ct ux., of Sterling,
to j. Mortimer McLain also of Sterl-
ing, was recorded in the office of
Register and Recorder w. B. Lesher
on Tuesday. 1t conveyed a piece of
land in Sterling township to Mr.. Nc
Lain for the consideration of $3.50.
w. T. Blackburn, coroner of
Blair county, conducted an inquest to
make lawful record as to the death
of Engineer George K. Funk, of Har-
risburg, who was killed last We'd
nesday when his first-class passenger
train ran into another passenger
train at Tyrone station, many pas
sengers receiving minor injuries. The
verdict was that the dead engineer
had disregarded signals and was re-
sponsible for the accident.
Robert Tryon Menner, a Homes
dale man, has passed the test given
by the Naval Examining Board at
Washington, and is now a lieutenant
commander of the United States
navy. Lieutenant Menner was born
in Honesdale in 1877, and is a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Menner. He
was graduated from the Honesdale
High school in 1898, later attended
State College and Lafayette, and was
appointed to Annapolis in 1896. He
has served on number of ships and
at various foreign stations.-Phila-
delphia Record.
Sunday night two autos at Lake
IJ11n = in to hoJ Oh
William Bennedum's place. One of
the cars belonged to a New York
party and stood in the middle of the
road, while the party was making
repairs. The other auto, driven by
Clarence Cook, came over the hill
and before it could stop, hit the 9TH
er auto, damaging both considerably.
Although it has been reported that
one of the girls with the New York
party was so badly injured that she
was not expected to live, we under
stand that they were only slightly
bruised up.
The following from out of town
attended the funeral of James
Sterling, of Browntown, held Tues
day morning. Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Harmon, of Corning, N. Y; Mary and
Celia Harmon, of Oneonta, N. Y;
Mrs. George Kane and daughter,
Mary, Mrs. Mary Driscoll and Agnes
Malloy, of Susquehanna. Mary
Mclaughlin, of Washington, D. c.;
James Sterling, Jr., of Chicago, ILL.,;
Mrs. M. A. Ward and Elizabeth Rud-
dy, of Miners Mills; Mrs. NJ. F.
Carey, of Plains; Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
c. Boyle, and Mary Mexican of
Wilkes-Barre.
Charles o. Peters, of Boston,
who claims to have rescued Little
Tom," the mascot cat of the battle
ship Maine at the time of the ves-
sells destruction, was business
caller and pleasure seeker in Homes
dale this week. Mr.. Peters told a |
Citizen representative that in all his |
travels over the world he failed to
find place like Honesdale for beauty |
and the hospitality of it's people. Mr..
Peters is anxious to interest Homes
dale in cotton mill that manufac-
lures shoe laces, insulation for wire, |
and other articles of a similar ma
ture. All Mr.. Peters asks is $780,
600 for the business. Next town.
Conflicting stories are being told |
about the arrest of Carl Gatzell, of |
No. 3, Carbondale township, a dep
uty game warden, on the charge of |
carrying concealed weapons, who is |
said to have been found by the road |
side near his home Monday morning, |
quite badly injured. His arrest the |
night before was caused by persons
who had been arrested by the game
warden for illegal fishing. He was
given hearing before Justice of the
Peace Robert Walker and held in
bail for court. In default of the bail, |
he was committed. Justice Walker |
claims that Gatzell was injured by |
jumping from a street car in escap-
ing from Constable Mulligan who |
was taking him to the county jail. |
1t is said that Gatzell was given
previous hearing before an alder
man and released on the same
charge. 1t was reported from 9th
er sources that the deputy had been |