The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-03


/ chased a Liberty-Brush runabout of
E. w. Gammell on " Wednesday.
Court convenes next month.
The grand jury will meet the 10th
instant and traverse jury June 18th.
The Massachusetts primaries
are more than likely to give busienss
jolt, as it makes the situation all
the more uncertain.
Owing to the scarcity of coal,
due to the recent suspension Of the
mines, some of the washwomen of
Honesdale are unable to take care
| of their patrons clothes.
The Sunday School Institute,
with prominent speakers, will be
held at the Grace Episcopal church,
Friday evening, May II, and Satur-
day morning and afternoon, May IS.
st. Mary Magdalen's church is
now one of the best lighted churches
in Honesdale. Electric lights have
been installed and they were used
| for the first time at the evening
services last Sunday.
Madeline Liebig, of Erie street,
made 3S words out of the word,
Maher, thereby securing the 81
prize offered by the Philip Maher
Repertoire company, which played
here last week.
The annual convention of the
I Honesdale district of the Wayne
. County Sunday School Association
will be held in the Seelyville Union
| chapel on May Is. Prominent
i speakers will be present.
pleted crops, will crush the Mexican
. revolution within sixty days, is the
opinion of Mr.. Lewis Warfield, one
e. of syndicate of American owning
10000 acres of mining and timber
land where trouble is marked.
The Scranton Ladies' Musical
club gave it's annual spring concert,
last Tuesday evening, at the Ly-
ceum in Scranton, under the direc-
tion of Mr.. John T. Watkins. The
concert was an artistic success and a
large audience was in attendance.
Mrs. Lewis A. Howell is a member
of this club and sang in the concert.
The Western Sullivan Telephone
Co., New York State, on Wednesday
purchased the line running from
Bethel to White Lake and Mongaup
Valley from the New York Telephone
ICo. and have assumed charge of
same. AS soon as the weather per-
mits the line between FOsterdale and
Bethel will be improved and new
line will be built up through Hurd.
Chicago Methodists will descend
upon the forthcoming General Con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
i church at Minneapolis on May pre-
pared to make a vigorous effort to
i have removed from the Methodist
4 discipline the ban now placed on
a dancing, card playing and theatre
4 &going. This decision was arrived at
8recently by a majority vote cast by
4 the Chicago Methodist preachers
meeting.
The chestnut trees on the hills,
<north of Irving Cliff, are extensively
Einfected with the fungus which is
destroying so much valuable chestnut
I timber A field agent has examined
most of these trees and has marked
certain of them for the field work OF
Mr.. K. r. Rockey, who is TO give IN
structions at the tree, next Saturday
morning. The free illustrated lect-
ure by Mr.. Rockey will be held at
the school auditorium at s p. IN. Fri
day and the field trip will leave the
school house at $3.50 Saturday morn
4 ing.
The Scranton Times scooped the
New York and Philadelphia news
papers on the strike settlement
i story. The reporter who secured the
SCOOP was c. Fred Henne. When he
wound up his story over the wire he
said he would start for home on the
next train. Editor Lynott sent him
a wire in reply saying Don't come
home. Meet me in the morning at
Il the Waldorf-Astoria." And the boys
say that the boss did some neat
i things in the way of showing Henne
good time in New York including
a seat at the National Publishers as
sociation banquet where the plates
we're $40.