The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-15

on the new pipe organ at st. Johns
German Lutheran church on Tues
day evening of next week. DR.. Fred
j. Wells, who will give the recital,
is man of ability. ..
County superintendent oi
Schools j. j. Koehler, who was
elected presidential elector on the
Republican ticket, went to Harris
burg Sunday to cast his vote for
Theodore Roosevelt for President
Monday He expects to return
Tuesday evening.
The senior class of the High
school in charge of Principal H. A.
Oday and vice principal r. T. Davies
were shown through the Exchange
of the Bell Telephone Company
Thursday of last week and the work
ing of the switch board was explain
ed to them by the agent w. A. Dell
more.
Judge Edwards sitting at Scran-
ton, heard testimony Thursday in the
injunction suit of E. B. Lown,
against John w. Kirby and H. w.
Howard, and in which Lown has
temporarily succeeded in enjoining
the defendants from carting away a
portion of the roadbed of the grav-
ity road at No. 21 plane, up near
Winners. There is considerable
marketable coal in the "ill' of the
gravity right of way and Lown
claims that the portion that lies on
his property was being carted away
by Kirby and Howard. He got an
injunction, some months ago, so that
final hearing was had Friday. A. A.
Vosburg and Attorney Tinkham
were for the plaintiff. Attorney
Wedeman appeared for the defend
ants.
Mrs. G. B. Little, wife of At
torney G. B. Little, and one of Mont
roses most respected women, died
suddenly early Friday morning. She
was aged about seventy years. Mrs.
Little had been a sufferer for some
months, but her condition had not
been serious and death was alto
gether unexpected. She was born in
Montrose, the daughter of eX-Sher-
iff NJ. c. Warner, and had resided
there all her life. Besides her hus-
band, Mrs. Little is survived by one
son, Hon. Ralph B. Little, judge of
the Susquehanna county courts; and
one daughter, Mrs. Anna Jeffers;
three brothers, F. G. Warner, Chas.
Warner and Edison Warner, and
three sisters, Mrs. G. N. Stoddart,
Mrs. F. l. Lott and Miss Emily War
ner, all of Montrose.
The funeral of Harrison Gard
ner, of Scott township, was held
Thursday afternoon with services in
the Methodist church, at Montdale,
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field, N. j., officiating. The pail
Holly Carpenter, Michael Guinan, j.
Nelson Graves, Charles Lowden and
Henry C. Stone. Mr.. Gardner was
born in Scott township seventy-three
years ago and spent all his lifetime
as citizen of that place. He was
township constable for several terms
and was also county contractor on
several bridges in Scott and Green
his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Ira
Hobbs, of Scott township, and one
grandson, Earl Gardner, now in Cir
ard college, Philadelphia. Two sis
ters and two brothers also survive,
Mrs. Calvin Vail and Mrs. Josephine
S. Vail of Jermyn, and w. S. Gard
ner, and Attorney G. B. Gardner, of
Scranton.
AT the regular December Term
of Pike county court at Milford
Judge Staples stated that the county
was to be congratulated on the clean
bill given by the constables; no vio-
lations of the law were reported and
the roads and bridges were all re-
ported to be in good repair. The
court, from it's own knowledge, was
of the opinion that the roads of the
country irrespective of locality were
in better condition than for many
years past. Judge Staples invited
questions from the constables and
the only one put forth was a puz-
Zler. Constable Rosencrance inquir-
ed if the state roads Chat is roads
now in charge of the state highway
Department. become drifted this
winter is it the duty of the super
visors to open them. The judge
frankly admitted his inability to find
any law on the subject but told the
constables that the best thing to do
was to instruct the supervisors to
write to the Highway Commissioner
in the matter before any drifts come
and he would undoubtedly satisfac-
torily inform them.