The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-07

the employ OF the Gurney Electric
Elevator Co., being located in the
electrical department.
A petition for a guardian for
Bridget Clune, a person of feeble
mind, of Buckingham, was presented
to court Monday. March Is was SET
for hearing.
There will be another athletic
meet in the gymnasium of the Homes
dale High school Friday night. Two
basket ball games, races and wrest-
ling matches will be part of the pro-
gram.
-Lackawanna county is a trifle
behind the times in the matter of
handling liquor licenses. 1t is Gus
tomary for the applications of old
houses to be granted without read
ing and only the new places and
those against which remonstrances
have been filed, will be read. Lack
awanna county with 400 licenses,
heretofore has had them all read.
Needing a suggestion from our
county they now get through in a
comparatively short time by only
reading the list of new applications
and remonstrances.
The funeral of the late Christie
pher Lowe was held from st. John s
r. G. church at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning. Rev. Burke celebrated re-
QUEEN high mass. The out-of-town
people who attended were: Mr.. and
Mrs. James O'Neill of Pleasant
Mount; Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
O'Hara of Pleasant Mount; Mr.. and
Mrs. Patrick Scheaver, of Scranton;
j John Frederick, of Scranton; Mr.
and Mrs. James Brennan, of Carbon
dale; Mrs. Joel G. Hill, of Lookout;
Mrs. R. E. McDermott, of Scranton;
Evelyn and Sadie Lane, of Bingham
ton; Mrs. Joseph Tobin, of Scranton;
Mr.. Hill, of Wilkes-Barre.
The Honesdale borough council
held special meeting Monday even
ing to consider the granting of a
franchise to the Wayne County Rail-
way Company. The company asks
for the right of way of'certain streets
of Honesdale for maintaining and
operating street railway. Sever
al minor changes were made in the
and decided upon. One of
the changes was to extend the life
of the franchise from fifty to seven
ty-five years. No definite action was
taken on the matter Monday night
but at the regular meeting this
Thursday evening the matter will
probably be favorably acted upon.
The members of Co. E are TAX
ing new interest in their work since
the inspection last week. Last Tues
10 hn in - J,,i1
ing that showed that they were
there" and meant to have a better
Next Tuesday they
will enjoy smoker after drill and
it is requested that all members be
present. Some lively matches on the
rifle range are being talked of for
this summer for which prizes will be
offered by the officers of the COM
pany. A membership contest is
started in the company. Major E.
Fl. Conrad, of Scranton, has offered
a prize of a regimental pin to the
one securing the most recruits.
The members of Texas No.
Fire Company are making some
great improvements about their
at the present time. Under
The supervision of Ernest Daniels and
Jacob Greenfield, the boys assemble
at the truck house almost every
night to help in putting on a metal
ceiling in all the rooms on the first
1oor. They are also putting metal
sides around the rooms. When com
Dleted it will change the appearance
of the rooms on this floor so that
persons who have been in the build
ng will be greatly surprised. Each
'oom is of a different pattern. When
he improvements are completed the
boys will have a reopening of their
ire house in the near future.
Argument court was held
Thursday morning with Judge A. T.
Searle presiding. Several motions
we're made and one or two argu-
nents heard. The trial list was read
md most of the cases for trial were
either continued or settled. The
,ase of the Wayne Concrete Supply
Ind Construction Co. VS.. Cortright
Z Son will be settled. Ordered that
Judgment be entered by agreement.
The cases of Theresa Gerety VS.. Co
umbian Protective Association and
3ena Congdon against the same were
'OhblhuOu w oppllSoIiOh VI uO-
endant whose attorneys, Scragg &
Scragg argued that the whole
rouble of the American Fraternal
Association would probably be set
led in the near future. The fire
'ases of A. NJ. Leine against insur-
lnce companies to recover insur-
lnce. Ordered that if not settled be-
ore March 10, rule granted to strike
,ff appeal will be made absolute.
The other cases against the Co.
umbian Protective Assn will be ar
,ued in April.
Sheriff F. C. Kimble received
he first of the week circulars from
Ralph w. Chapman, sheriff of Kala-
nazoo, Mich, offering S400 reward
or the arrest and conviction of John
/. Kline with several aliases. He
S wanted for forgery and obtain
ng money under false pretenses on
IAN. 2S, 1913, at Kalamazoo, Mich.
t is thought that the man is some
where in this locality. Kline had a
lnique method of working. He cal
ed up the banker in a small town,