The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-19

Thomas Canivan left Wednes-
day for Hallstead, where he will
install the steam heating plant in the
cut glass factory of Herbeck-Demer,
a former Honesdale industry.
-Oslek Tribe No. 31S |. o. R.
NJ, hunting grounds of Honesdale,
will hold a smoker with refresh
ment accompaniments on the 18th
Sun, flower moon, at the eighth run
in their council chamber.
Regular services at the Central
Methodist Episcopal church, Rev.
Will H. Hitler, pastor, next Sunday.
Preaching by pastor morning and
Other Elam"; evening subject:
God or Devil
Eleanor Louise Switzer, May II,
by her next friend, f. r. Bodie, fill
ed a libel in divorce against John
Switzer. Desertion is alleged. They
were married October %, 1905, and
have been separated since May 25,
1903. She lives in Prompton, and
he resides in Honesdale.
Among the out-of-town physi-
clans who attended the meeting of
the Wayne County Medical Society,
Thursday afternoon, at the Allen
House, were Drs. John d. Wilson,
f. w. Stevens, A. B. Stevens, Scran-
ton; H. C. Noble, Waymart; w. A.
Stevens, o. j. Mullen, Hamlin.
Charles Mcdonald, the present
proprietor of the Commercial Hotel,
is the grandson of the late Thomas
Coyne, the founder of the old Coyne
House which is now the Commercial.
Mr. Mcdonald has been connected
with this same hotel for over twen-
ty-five years, having been employed
here by nine different landlords, start
ing with his uncle, Michael Coyne,
and the following landlords: Patrick
McGarry, John Layman, John E.
Pedrick, George w. Fable, Mrs.
Julia McGarry, Frank Hager, Will
liam Tripp and F. w. Fleckstein.
In the Superior Court of Pa.
at No. 8, March term, 1911, in the
case of William j. Ramble VS.. Penn
sylvania Coal Co., appeal of plain
tiff from judgment of Common
Pleas of Wayne county, opinion by
j. Morrison, filed May 16, in the
prothonotary' office, the assign
ments of error are sustained, and the
judgment is reversed with a pro-
cendo. The case was an action of
assumpsit brought to recover a por-
ton OF a ten per cent. reservation
from the amount of money the
plaintiff alleged he had earned un-
der certain contract with the
defendant company. The court be-
low granted compulsory non-suit, !
and refused to take it off, and the
plaintiffs counsel excepted, and took |
the appeal.
w. II. Bullock, state horticultural |
Inspector for Wayne, Pike and Mon
roe counties, left Thursday morn
ng for Monroe county where he will !
spray for codling moths in the dem |
Onstration orchards.
The time to spray for codling |
moths which make our wormy ap-
)les," he said Wednesday morning !
% a Citizen man, lis not to spray
While the trees are in blossom as it |
kills the bees, and the bees are
beneficial. People want to be care
ul not to spray until after the bios
sons fall. Spray, the sooner the
better, after the blossoms are off.
That's a timely warning. We
get accused of destroying the bees
~ spraying. But it's foul brood, a
disease, that kills the bees, and we
lnow that they are killing them be-
ause they are losing their bees in
he southern part of the county,
where they have not been spraying
heir trees at all. It's good thing
o bring before the people,
The preparations, by Capt. Ham
'ost, No. 1913, G. A. R., for the OBJ
ervance of Memorial Day, are
practically completed. Tomorrow
May 20) is the 50th anniversary of
he departure of the first company
rom Honesdale for the seat of war.
his company, organized as the
Honesdale Guards" was mustered
nto the service as Company C, 9Th
Reserves. On Memo
ial Day MAY 30), instead of the
sual Grafton at the cemetery, some
t the survivors of this company
I'LL describe the scenes attending the
by our county to Presi-
ent Lincoln's call for volunteers to
reserve the Union, the state of pub
&c feeling on the subject, the or
of troops, how the ranks
,ere filled, scenes on the way to
harrisburg, the muster-in for the
ar, the movement to the front,
tc. These "reminiscences will be
I rare interest, especially to those
hose recollections do not go back (
0 that memorable occasion. The
beral support given by our citi-
ems enables the Grand Army Post
commemorate the preservation of
ne Union in manner not surpass-
d. in spirit and interest, anywhere
l the country.