The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-08

Mrs. Bessie Hector is suing for
a divorce from Claude ]. Hector, and
Mrs. Annie Eldred is doing likewise
from Charles p. Eldred.
AT a recent meeting of the d.
rectors of the State Hospital for
Northeastern Pennsylvania held at
Scranton, Ex-Auditor General Har-
denbergh was elected first vice
president.
-Jno. Reed, master mechanic of
the Delaware and Hudson, was in
town last Friday on business. He
made an inspection of the round
house in company with John Lyons,
who has charge of the mechanical
interests of the company at this
point.
Landlord Godfrey, who has so
long catered to the wants of the
travelling public at the Hotel Jermyn
Is going to retire on account of i'll
health. 1t is said that his annual
income from his hotel was $4,000.
some of which he has been spending
to Europe trying to get back his good
health.
Port Jervis, much larger place
than Honesdale, has an assessed val
uation of $2,528,5O9, which is only
few hundred thousand dollars
more than our assessed valuation.
Either our valuation is assessed too
high or Port Jervis taxpayers are
lucky to have their valuation much
lower than its actual worth.
The Big Eddy Telephone Co.
have built line from Lookout to
Pine Mills and the following have
phones on same: John Maudsley,
Sullivan Hawley, James Osborne,
Burton Gillow, Albert Gillow, John
Ewins, John Quinn, Harris Hill, and
Anthony Gill. This makes total of
thirty phones that have been added
during the last thirty days.
WHAT'S the use of working!
There is more money for some peo-
pie in fighting. Jack johnson, the
negro, and Jim Jeffries, the white
man, both top notches in the fight
ing business, are to fight at some
place in the far west on July 4th to
decide who is the biggest brute and
they will divide nearly, If not more
than 100000 between them. They
receive $1O1,O0O as purse and two
thirds of the profits arising from an
exhibition of the fight as seen in
moving picture shows; this latter
sum is estimated will reach $780,
900.
Isaac LoveIass, one of the oldest
residents Of Damascus, was pleas
ant caller at the Citizen Office on
Monday. A half-hour chat with him
revealed many interesting facts re-
garding the early days of the coun-
ty. Mr.. Lovelass is nearly seventy
two but is hale, hearty and vigorous,
due to his temperate living and ac-
tive life. He has been a lumberman
in all its phases for nearly half a
century and is to-day physical sound
and whole, which is remarkable
when one takes in consideration the
dangers and hardships of the wood
men.
Fish Warden w, 2. Shoemaker.
who is very active In breaking UP
Illicit fishing, caught a young man
at Seelyville who had two pickerel
less than twelve inches long In his
possession and paced him under ar
rest. The prisoner was successful
in breaking away and making his es-
cape on account of the fish warden
breaking through the ice, but on
searching the residence of the young
man he was recaptured, taken be-
fore Judge Smith at Honesdale and
on payment of $12.75 he was re-
leased. The warden wishes it to be
known he will prosecute to the full
extent of the law all who are caught
fishing without hook and line.
Capt. lanes Ham post held their
annual election on Friday evening.
Dec. 3rd, at their regular camping
grounds. The Hon. Henry Wilson
was unanimously reelected COM
mander and also all of the other Of
ficers were reelected. After the
election they marched with banners
flying to Roadknights where they
gathered around the campfire, and
a table of good things, and fought
over Tin words) the battles of old.
Mr.. M. ]. Hanlon made one of his
excellent addresses in which he
briefly reviewed the progress of the
nation from Plymouth Rock to the
present time, after which Comrades
Watts, Fisher, DR.. Brady and others
enlivened the meeting with short ad-
dresses, while Commander Wilson
filled in with his good-natured sallies
of wit that prevented any time being
lost by silence. At an early hour
taps were sounded and all hands re-
tired to their homes with another
milestone left in the rear on their
march to the last encampment.
The parlors of our Methodist
church were the scene of an interest