The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-29

the Rupert house.
The ladies of the w. c. 4. u.
are collecting for a rummage sale.
On Friday evening Mrs. Jacob
Doetsch will entertain at cards in
honor of Miss Alice Wood of Derby
Conn.
The ID. G. H. r. r. Co have a
large number of men employed in
fixing up the lawns adjoining the
Union depot
On Saturday, May 7th, we are
going to have the band parade. as it
is the day when Willow Park ID to
launch it's boom.
Virginia Brown, daughter of J.
Samuel Brown, and Maurice, son
of Ex-Sheriff Roadknight, are down
sick with diphtheria.
-Honesdale has furnished this
big country with lot of big, brainy,
wholesome men and women who
look back upon their experiences
gained in Honesdale with thankful
ness
Bishop Talbot will confirm a
class of candidates in the Indian
Orchard school house on Sunday,
May |, at ESQ p. m Miss Jennie
Hagaman will sing an offertory solo
at this service.
The Right Reverend Ethelbert
Talbot, d D., LII. D., will preach
the sermon at the service in the
White Mills church on Sunday, May
lst. at $3.50 D. m Special music
has been prepared for this service
Judge A. T. Searle, Homer
Greene, John y. Weston and Capt
Carl Kelley met the State Armory
Board on Tuesday evening at Scran-
ton, and we are informed that an
armory in Honesdale will be built
without a doubt.
William II. Prosser, one of the
prominent men of Damascus, a Civil
war veteran, an ardent Republican
and one of the most respected citi-
zens of Wayne county, has passed
away. Particulars of his death and
date of funeral have not been re-
ceived.
When the Armory Board met at
Scranton a communication from
Herbeck-Demer Co. of Honesdale
was received in which they offered
their lot and building at a very
low figure for an armory or for a
site for a new armory. The matter
was referred to a committee.
The Right Reverend Ethelbert
Talbot, d. D., LII. D., Bishop of
Bethlehem, will preach in Grace
Episcopal church on Sunday, May
l, at 1880 a. m. and at 1880 p. IN.
In the evening a class will be pre-
sented to him for confirmation.
There will be special music at both
these services.
The sale at Boyds Mills of the
estate of Mrs. T. Y. Boyd on We'd |
nesday, was one of the largest pub
lie sales ever held in Wayne coun-
ty. People from far and near were
present. The bidding was spirited |
and the general opinion was that the |
prices obtained were good. Hiram,
Wood was auctioneer.
church on Sunday morning at 1890 |
and the evening service will be at |
1880. Preaching by the pastor at |
both services. Communion of the |
Lords Supper at the morning ser
vice and reception of new members. !
Sunday school at 11:45 a. m. |
Young Peoples society at $50 pm.
The case of William Grey against
Herbeck-Demer Co. for wages !
to $1O.93, was decided in
favor of the plaintiff. The conten-
tion of the defendant was that the
plaintiff did not finish his work, hav-
ing gone out on strike and that he |
should have returned and finished |
his work before receiving pay. The
case was tried before Squire VIM. II.
Ham who decided as above.
William j. Bryan has lately
been ordained an elder in the Presby-
terian church. He is also a trustee
in the Methodist church, is a firm
and outspoken believer in Baptism
by immersion, he has a strangle
hold on the Democratic party, and
has lately come out for Prohibition
pure and simple. AS the Presiden-
tial election will not be held until
1912, there is time to cast few
more lines to the windward.
~ Bishop Talbot will lecture at
White Mills on Monday, May I'd at
8 p. m at Woodman's Hall The
subject will be From the Wild
West to England" This lecture
was given recently at Green Ridge
for the Mems Club of the Church of
the Good Shepherd, and was well
received The Bishop spoke in his
usual entertaining way, and his fund
of anecdotes and stock of stories
kept the audience in good cheer.
Governor Draper. of Massachu
sets, has signed bill for the aboli-
ton of the common drinking cup,
and under the provisions of the act
the State Board of Health is en-