The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-25

MISS El1ZaDetn burger Will leave
on Friday for the State Hospital,
Scranton, where she will go in train
ing for professional nurse.
Miss Laura Cortright enter
tanned a number of friends at her
home on Ridge street Tuesday even
ing in honor of Miss Elizabeth Bur-
ger.
Mrs. Friedewald of Scranton,
will be in Honesdale again Saturday
afternoon to entertain her large lit
erary class with an Interpretation
of "The War God" by Israel Zang-
will.
w. H. Bullock conducted a
demonstration on the apple orchard
belonging to Prof. H. A. Oday
Thursday afternoon for the benefit
of the Agriculture class of the High
school.
The athletic classes of Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday evening at
the High school will conduct a con-
test on Friday evening of this week
in the gymnasium of the High
school.
Lewis A. Howell, cashier of the
Honesdale National Bank, made an
address at the meeting of the Scran-
ton Chapter of the American Insti-
tute of Banking held in Scranton
Tuesday evening.
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Lake Lodore I'm
provement company held Monday
afternoon at their offices in Waymart
the same officers were reelected as
follows: F. P. Kimble, president;
P. McNally, treasurer and general
manager; ]. H. Stephenson, secre-
tary.
Farmers take a day off and
bring your families to see the finest
fruits and biggest fish ever, and
learn for yourself what can be done
without irrigation. The California
Cars to be here May 5, 6 and Z, are
we'll recommended to us and all say
there is more to see for 25 cents than
at many higher priced shows.
Rev. c. c. Miller is preparing
to attend the one hundred and sixty
sixth annual convention of the Evan
gelical Lutheran Ministerium which
will be held in Philadelphia on May
16. At this convention of ministers
SIS congregations will be represent
ed. The number of communicate
members of the church at the last
report was 2,9O7,SS7.
The Young Mems Guild of the
Evangelical Lutheran church will
hold their annual banquet in the
church parlors on Tuesday evening,
May 6. The speakers will be Rev. L.
Chantry Hoffman, of Philadelphia,
and Judge A. T. Searle of Honesdale.
The Mems Guild have a membership
of over one hundred and sixty
young men of the church.
"A good sized audience Witness
ed the production of Bought and
Paid For" at the Lyric Monday
evening. There was much humor
and enjoyment in the play and Chas.
Millward as Robert Stafford, and
Miss Julie Herne as Virginia Blain,
appeared in the leading roles to per-
fection. The play was one of the
best that we have witnessed at the
local play house this season.
Miss Harriet secor was sudden
ly stricken with paralysis on Monday,
her right side being afflicted, and at
the present time is lying uncon-
scious at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Thomas Whitaker, on Willow
avenue. Miss Secor has been un-
able to wait upon herself for the past
few months, but Of late she had
been showing signs of improvement
and had planned to return to her
home.
Word has been received in Mon
ticello that the application for the
formation of a bank in that village,
- h. l., a.
tional Bank, has been granted by the
Comptroller of Currency at Wash
ington. Active steps will be taken
for the subscription of the stock, the
bank having a capital stock of $780,
600, and the projectors expect to be
able to open the doors for business
within short space of time.
The case of William j. Ramble
VS.. The Pennsylvania Coal Company,
which has been pending in the courts
here for many years and in which an
appeal was filed in the Superior
Court last year, is now practically
settled. Attorneys F. P. Kimble and
Homer Greene represented the ap-
pellant, and Warren, Knapp &
O'Malley, of Scranton, and Searle &
Salmon, of Honesdale, represented
the appellee. The judgment or the
court Of Common Pleas of Wayne
county has been sustained.
"A two-year-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter F. Fitzgerald, of Promp-
ton, narrowly escaped death on
Tuesday by taking quinine pills.
The child found the box and the
mother told DR.. w. T. McConvill,
who was called, that her child took
about 10 grains. Mustard was CIV
en- the little one and by the time
DR.. McConvill arrived it had freed
itself of the effects of the dope
and is now recovering. Parents
ought to be careful about
medicines and poisons and keep
them out of reach.
Henry Kohl, of Newburgh, has
been retained by Mrs. Eva Grant and
Miss Elizabeth Young to bring suit
against the Board of Supervisors of
Sullivan county to recover $4,000
damages for the death of their faith
err Erastus Young The latter who