The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-12
Mayor Kuhbach held his first court

Mayor Kuhbach held his first court
on. Wednesday last. Horace Maloy, of
East Honesdale, pleaded guilty to the
charge of having been drunk and disor-
derry, and was discharged on payment
of $3.50, fine and costs, and reprimand
from his Honor.
Our offer of prizes for essays on
"The best way to decorate the new high
school grounds" is open fort scholars
in all grades, and not alone for high
school scholars. We have changed the
date TO April Is, in order that the young
er scholars, who may have thought they
were not eligible may have longer
time to prepare their ESSAYS.
The Hawley town council has pass
ed the ordinance granting franchise in
that borough for the Lackawaxen Valley
Railroad, the proposed trolley line to be
built from that place to this. The ordi-
nance, which has been approved by the
burgess, is identical with the Honesdale
franchise, with only such notifications
as relate to the streets upon which the
rails are to be laid.
DIR. A. B. Stevens, who, with his
wife and daughter, has just returned
from trip to Bermuda, has removed from
South Canaan to Scranton, where he will
continue the practice Of his profession as
physician and surgeon. The doctor
brought with him, on his return from
Bermuda. a native colored man to whom
he will give employment. Among 9TH
ers from Scranton and nearby places who
were visiting the island while DR.. Stevens
and family were there, were E. ].
Lynett and wife, John A. Jones and sis
ter, Margaret, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Storrs, (the latter formerly Miss Nan
Kingsbury), Miss Clark, Mr.. and Mrs.
David Boies, Charles P. Savage, ]. T.
Fear, Frank P. Swartz, and N. Bennett,
secretary of the Wilkes-Barre Board of
Trade.
Some of our older readers, especially
of the Democratic persuasion, will be in
terested in the announcement Of the
death at Lewisburg last week of Mrs.
Katharine Dill, widow of Andrew H.
Dill, State Senator and United States
Marshal years ago. Mrs. Dill was a
daughter of the late Eli Slifer, who was
secretary OF the Commonwealth under
Governor Andrew G. Curtin. Her hus-
band, Andrew H. Dill, was one of the
most influential Democrats in Pennsyl-
vania, having served as State Senator
from the Union, Snyder, Northumber-
land district, and been the Democratic
candidate for Governor against Henry
M. Hoyt, in 1878, when he came to
Honesdale and made ringing speech.
This county, on that occasion, however,
gave the Republican candidate for Con-
gress, Edward Overton, Jr., nearly 1000
majority.
The New York Journal says we are
gradually drifting back 70 the old days
OF stock companies popular in the time Of
the elder Booth, Mccullough and Salvini.
In all of the larger cities we lind one or
more stock theatres permanently iocat-
ed and from esetheatres issue the best
plays which the public are receiving to-
day. With the growing popularity OF
the stock idea becoming so evident, the
Chicago::stock Co., which was originally
located in one of the leading theatres OF
the western metropolis, was placed on
tour this year and will be seen in the
leading cities between Chicago and New
York. Manager Dittrich has secured
weeks engagement of the company for
next week, and from the list of plays
which they are presenting and the gen.
eral prospectus sent out by the promo
ters from the Chicago Office, we are
given to believe that theatre-gosrs have
real treat in store. The opening play
for Monday evening, March 18th, will be
"The Dairy Farm" beautiful rural
drama by Eleanor Merron. Every play
during the week will be staged complete.