The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-15

HARRISBURG is Judge CnarleS B.
Staples of Monroe-Pike district.
The report of the auditor of the
estate of Maria Huflein, late of
Preston, was confirmed nisi. The
report will be made absolute un-
less exceptions are filed within four
days.
&C. E. Lathrope, of the Carbon
dale Leader, was a caller in Homes
dale Thursday and while here re-
newed many old acquaintance. Mr..
Lathrope is one of the oldest news
paper men in the state.
The Sullivan County Agricul-
tural Society announce their 3Sth
annual exhibition at Monticello, N.
Y, on August 18th, goth, 21st, and
22d, which promises to excel in num-
Der and variety of attractions and
exhibits any previous exhibition held.
Hose Company No. 1 at a re-
cent meeting chose the following
committee to prepare for their an
nual outing: Frank Stegner, Eugene
Freeman and Joseph Katz. The an
nual clam bake of the firemen will
probably be held some time the fore
part of September.
A suit in trespass has been
started in the local court by Vina
Goodrich and Alva R. Goodrich, VS..
Calvin D. Davis. A summons in
trespass has been issued and made
returnable the second Monday in
September. Fifteen days are re-
Quired for an answer.
j. S. Anderson went to Homes
dale Sunday with his daughter, Ger
trude, returning the next day. Mast
er Lamont, who has been spending
several weeks with his aunt, Mrs. E.
E. Williams, returned with his faith
er, while Gertrude will remain at
Eonesdale for several weeks.-Cal-
licoon Democrat.
The occupants of H. z. Rus
sells car narrowly escaped injury
when a bad accident was averted
near Jadwin's corner on Tuesday
night. The car was being driven
along Main street at a slow rate of
speed when one of the rear wheels
rolled off. The car was instantly
stopped by the driver.
At a meeting of the Protection
Engine Company, No. 3, held Tues
day evening, it was the unanimous
vote of the company that clam
bake be held at either Jeffersonville
or Lake Huntington, N. Y. A COM
mittee composed of H. c. Rettew, w.
B. Lesher and Charles Fletcher is
now making investigations.
The solicitors for Chautauqua
are hustling to dispose of the season
tickets which have been given them
to sell. The young ladies are doing
magnificent work. At noon Thurs
day over half of the number had
been sold. If any of the solicitors
have failed to call upon you you can
get ticket at the Dime Bank.
"A marriage license was issued
in Prothonotary w. j. Barnes office
on Wednesday to George N. Austin,
of Deposit, and Mrs. Emma D. Boyd,
of Winterdale. The groom is a mail
carrier and is 70 years of age, while
the prospective bride is 81 years of
age. The license was made out ac-
cording to the new form under the
new state eugenics law.
The members of Jenkins Boy
band will be well entertained two
days of next week and at the same
time will enjoy fine outing. On
Monday they will be entertained at
the Clifford Gray home and on Tues
day, August 10, they will be the
guests of Mrs. Leroy at Glen Eyre.
On Thursday of next week the band
Calkins Grange picnic.
The third degree of the knights
of Columbus will be exemplified in
the Honesdale Armory at o'clock
Sunday, August 81. A special train
will be run from Scranton at 8
o'clock Sunday morning, making all
the stops to Carbondale. Returning,
it will leave Honesdale at 8 o'clock
in the evening. The knights will
march in body to II o'clock mass
in Honesdale. A special entertain
ment will follow the degree cere-
monies. State Deputy A. S. McSwi-
gan, of Pittsburg, and Past State
Deputy j. T. Brew, of Erie, will be
the guests of the Sixth district on
this occasion. The degree work will
be in charge of District Deputy
Kennedy, of Scranton, and Supreme
Warden Mclaughlin, of Newark.
The second degree will be conferred
by Olyphant council on August 28
ana Dy CarDondale council August
| 29th.
"A. L. Riker, vice-president of
the Locomobile company, Bridge
port, Conn, who is one of the pion-
GERS in the automobile business, and
designer of the Locomobile, T. H.
File, engineer from the firm of Lock-
wood & Green, of Boston, Mass, and
A. F. Hunt, from the Hasco Build
ing company, New York, came from
New York with Mr.. Gurney by auto
mobile the first of the week.
The Gurney Electric Elevator COM
pany are manufacturing elevators for
the new Locomobile Building in New
York. These gentlemen came to in
spect the plant and the apparatus we
are building for the Locomobile
company. They returned to New
York via the Erie that afternoon,
and expressed themselves as very