The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-18
The Wayne county jail is empty.


Gammell agency in Honesdale on
| Wednesday.
A marriage license has been is
sued to Frank j. Master of Wilkes
Barre and Miss Lillian r. Peet, of
Hamlin, Wayne county.
Clara S. Loewus, of Towanda, is
made of unconquerable stuff. She
worked her way through Cornell and
| for twenty weeks lived on food that
cost only fifty cents a week Miss
Loewus would simply laugh at pow
erty.
"A petition has been filed by
Kimble e Hanlan for the appoint
ment of a guardian for John Shat
fer, August Il, at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon, was fixed as a time for
hearing evidence with notice to be
given John Shaffer and his wife.
The indications were that the
largest number of Ford owners as
sembled at any one time was seen
at Lake Ariel Thursday. Bauer s
band was in attendance to enliven
the occasion; baseball, exhibition
races, boat races and other sports
were the attractions of the day.
On Monday afternoon Mrs.
Perry Tallman underwent a very
serious abdominal operation per-
formed by Drs. Niles and H. B. Ely
assisted by DR.. l.. B. Nielsen and
Misses Richard and Hart, profession
al nurses. DR.. Ely, who is attend
ing Mrs. Tallman, reports her con-
dition as satisfactory.
A branch of the United Sports
] C I
lied this Thursday evening in the
City Hall. A party of Scranton
gentlemen will perfect organization.
Election of officers will follow. Su-
perintendent Frank H. Eisele of the
Honesdale Consolidated Light,
Heat and Power company, is the in
stigator of the local branch. About
25 have expressed their willingness
to join the new organizatio
Eddie" Murphy, of the Phila-
delphia Athletics, a White Mills
boy, made the hit that won the
game for them at Chicago Wednes-
day The Athletics played a double
header in Chicago and in the initial
game a single by Murphy in the
tenth inning scored Barry, who had
previously singled, with the winning
run. In the second game, although
the Athletics lost; Murphy was there
with the big stick. He singled and
another time found the ball for two
bases.
-Four hundred loaves of bread
have been contracted for with local
parties by advance agents of the
Young Buffalo and Wild West show,
which exhibits here on July 2S. This
show is one of the largest on the
road, having 40 cars, two of which
are advance cars. There are $40
people employed with the company
and 40 in the advance cars. This is
the first time Vernon G.. Seayer's S
Hippodrome and Col. Cummins Far
East show has exhibited in Homes
dale. The company has been show
ing to large audiences in Canada and
through the New England states.
Mrs. Ellen Harrison Gibbons
died very suddenly at her home in
Port Jervis, last Wednesday morning,
aged AZ years. She is survived by
her husband, John Gibbons, and
three sons, the youngest boy aged
about three years. Deceased was a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Harrison, who were former residents
of Hawley, but had removed to Port
Jervis ten years ago. Mr.. Gibbons
arrived at Hawley Sunday evening
with his three children and went to
the home of his mother on Marble
Hill, where the, boys will remain un-
til the grief stricken father can de-
eide on plans for the future.
Inability of the commonwealth
to make out case strong enough to
hold the defendant for the grand
jury, caused Judge Fuller Wednes-
day to discharge from custody Her.
bert Johns, who has been confined
in the county Jail for nine days,
charged with the murder of Alice
Crispell, whose body was found in
Harvey's Lake ON the morning of
July Z. When released from jail
Wednesday Johns said: II have no
idea how Alice Crispell came to her
death. I would like to know. But
there is no more booze for me. No
more gay parties or bright lights.
| have had enough of the gay life
now. l am going to join the church
and do the right thing in the future.
l am sorry for Alice, but l do not
know how she came to get in the
lake"
i met Ben Killam, a former
Scranton attorney, on the street yes
terday looking the picture of health.
Mr.. Killam, who at one time resid-
ed at Green Ridge, has for several
years past been engaged in farming
at Paupack, where he has large real
estate interests. He states that the
trout fishing in the Paupack this
year has been better than usual.
The California brown trout which
have been introduced in the streams
OF Wayne and Pike, have thrived
wonderfully within the past five
years, Mr.. Killam says, and he con-
siders them equal to the native
speckled beauties both in flavor and
as game fish. Mr.. Killam still re-
tains affection for the Electric City,
the scene of his business and legal
successes, but admits that the green
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