The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-24
LOCAL MATTERS.
ACCIDENT and INCIDENT
What TOwnsfOlk are Doing
Business Changes and Other
Happenings.

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Brandamore house, and tried to turn
the horse and wagon around. At this
place there is no guard rail along the
thoroughfare, and the horse backed the
wagon down the embankment, which is
about fifteen feet high. Mr.. Artman was
thrown from the seat and had two ribs
fractured. The horse broke loose from
the wagon and clambered back to the
street.
On Friday afternoon last a horse
owned by Sheriff M. Lee Braman be-
came frightened by noisy carpet
cleaning machine, operating on South
Church street. The animal made dash
up the street, throwing the driver, Ed
ward Hampstead, from the wagon. Mr..
Hampstead was cut about the face and
head, and was taken into the Office of
DR.. w. T. McConvill, whence, after treat
ment, he was removed to his home on
Main street. The wagon and harness
were damaged, but the horse escaped
injury.
Horace Dexter, of Laurella, was
brought before Justice of the Peace r.
A. Smith, on Thursday afternoon, March
18th, charged with threatening to kill
]. w. Mills, and also with cruelty to ami
mails. He was found guilty in each case,
on the first charge being put under bonds
to keep the peace, and on the second
fined thirty dollars and costs, the whole
amounting to $50.61. He gave cash bail.
While driving to Honesdale, last
Thursday afternoon, William Strofahl, a
butcher employed at Herzog's meat
market, fell from the wagon and sus-
tanned fracture of two ribs. Mr.. Stro-
fahl and George Masker went to Promp-
ton that day for wagon-load of wood,
and when near Dein's hill, on the return
tstps NE former attempted to take hold
| ~ lse bgt ttall. to the ground and
saassa y y over him
Conductor Ward and his crew of the
Delaware & Hudson passenger train, en-
joyed their monthly three days vaca-
ton last week.. A crew from Carbon
dale had charge of the train during their
absence.
An unusual number of business
changes are taking place in Honesdale
this spring. Commencing down town,
G. j. Weaver will shortly occupy his
new Commercial Hotel, formerly the
Coyne House; the Boston Store will re-
move to the A. A. Grambs establish
ment, Mr.. Grambs going out of the mer
camille business; Smiths shoe store will
be removed to the Dittrich building, MIR
Dittrich having given up his store; Fred
Colbert has taken possession of his res
taurant on 9TH street, vacated by Johr
Theobald, who has succeeded JOSEPH
Schiessler in the adjoining saloon; Mrs
G. P. Eldred will remove from the Dit
trich store to the Schuerholz building
j. Oscar Terrell is offering his store ant
stock for sale George B. Kimble is clos
ing out his stock of merchandise at cost
and will devote himself exclusively to TIN
carting business, his store having beer
leased to the Wayne Cooperative Com
pany, who will remove from the Ridge
way building; Martin Calvin has solt
his livery business to Herbert Plum, o
Hawley; the Theatorium on 7th street i
to be renovated and brought fully up-to
| Hotn fo oT1,ilxy fhaotro for Dxyiy,ry yNio
ture and vaudeville entertainments tn
Calvin living rooms over the Herald OF
fee are being adapted to the uses of tn
Knights of Columbus; Schwenker, tn
baker and confectioner, has establishe
himself in the Powell building; the man
/ ufacturing corporation of the Durland
Thompson Co. has been changed to tn
Durland-Weston Shoe Co.; William II
Kranz has withdrawn from the Homes
dale Shoe Co.; and will be at the hea
of the Honesdale Footwear Co., with
new concrete factory at the foot of Par
, street; new Photographic gallery wi
! be opened by Thomas .Charlesworth, i
the Schuerholz building; and man
: minor changes have been made or al
}. contemplated in the personnel and MAJ
r agement of other business concerns.
q The Carbondale Leader announce
s the arrival in that city from Albany (
G. f. McKim, a prominent official I
s the Del. & Hud. Company, for the pu
4 pose of putting in commission numb'
= of Pennsylvania engines hired to ASST
!, in relieving the coal congestion now e!
isting there. 1t will be some time befo
. the local firemen, who are used to ham
d ling hard coal, will be able to manaI
e the soft coal burners. There are sever
n thousand cars of coal in the local va
and along the road that are standing st
because of the lack OF power.