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68th YEAR -NO. 55
HONE SD ALE, WAYNE CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1911.
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SUB-COMMITTEES APPOLNTED
TO CARRY OUT DETAILS OF
COMMEMORATION FRO
JECT. An adjourned meeting of the
Stourbridge Lion Horatio Allen
monument committee was held last
Friday evening In the law office o
Homer Greene. The chairman called
the session to order and the minutes
of the first meeting of the committee,
held June 28, were read by the secre-j
tary and approved.
The following members of the
committee were present: Homer
Greene, Miss Caroline Petersen, S. T.
Ham, W. T. Heft, F. W. Kreitner,
John Kuhbach, Martin Caulield, E. A.
Penniman, and E. B. Callaway.
'Mr. Greene made a few remarks In
which he said:
"The project Is a large one, and
one of deep significance, and, if suc
cessfully carried out, will mean much
for Honesdale. I am fully convinced,
however, that the citizens of Hones
dale cannot and should not try by
themselves to erect this memorial.
The appeal must be made to the
country at large, or else the project
should be abandoned. If the scope
of the work of this committee is en
larged in accordance with this Idea,
a thorough and business-like organi
zation must be effected, and sub-committees
appointed charged with the
duties and invested with the powers
necessary to carry on the work.
"The first thing to be done is to
raise a sufficient fund contributed by
our citizens to pay expenses of the
campaign, such as postage, station
ery, printing, and other preliminary
expenses. This fund should come in
small amounts from a large number
of people. In no sense and at no
time should any considerable finan
cial burden be Imposed upon the
people of Honesdale in connection
with the project. For this purpose
a committee on local subscriptions
should be appointed;
"An Important feature of our
work, will consist! of. getting the
proposition before' the' public' and
interesting the people af -largo ,ih
the enterprise. For this purpose an
effective working committee on
publicity should be appointed.
"As I have already stated, the
successful carrying out of our pro
ject means the raising of a large
fund and an appeal to the county.
This should be done under the aus
pices of men who are well and fa
vorably known, not only locally, hut
outside our borders as well, men of
business prominence and large in
fluences, with whose names we can
go before the people whom we de
sire particularly to interest, assur
ed that our backing will be recog
nized as sbstatntial. For this pur
pose a committee on finance should
'be appointed, consisting of such
men, with power to use such means
and methods as they may adopt to
effectuate the purposes of the com
mittee. "One other suggestion I desire to
make: The bulk of our contribu
tions must come from the great
railroad companies, and industrial
and beneficial organizations affiliat
ed with them. Therefore one of
the first things for us to do, in my
Judgment, is to obtain if possible,
the permission of the heads of some
such organizations to use thalr
names as members of an advisory
committee. This being accomplish
ed, ana tno other suggestions I have
made being carried out with the ap
proval and co-operation of this com
mittee, our project will be fairly
launched and we will have every
reason to believe that it will be
brought to a successful conclusion.
And such being the case, Honesdale
may congratulate herself on having
inaugurated the enterprise."
On motion of Mr. Kuhbach, sec
onded by Mr. Ham, the chairman
was authorized to appoint such com
mittees as are necessary to carry
out the project; and that the chair
man be a member ex-offlclo of all
committees so appointed.
In accordance with the above res
olution the chairman appointed the
following committees:
Publicity E. A. Penniman, chair
man, E. B. Callaway, John Kuhbach,
and Martin Caufleld. Homer Greene
ex-offlcio.
Local Subscription F. W. Kreit
ner, chairman, S. T. Ham, L. Blum
enthal, W. T. Heft, Homer Greene
ex-offlclo.
Finance J. D. Weston, E. B.
Hardenbergh, A. T. Searle, L. J.
Dorfllngor. Homer Greene, ex-offlclo.
The basic committee then approv
ed of the following resolution:
The finance committee appointed
at this meeting Is hereby ompowered
in amnlnv snMi ntnttinHa no if
deem appropriate and necessary to
raise the funds required for carry
ing out the purpose named In the
resolution of June 28, 1911.
On motion of S. T. Ham, second
ed by F. W. Kreitner, it was carried
that the chairman be authorized to
appoint an advisory committeo con
sisting of such persons prominent in
business and railway- clrcjes in the
United States as will consent to
serve on such committee.
E. A. Penniman offered to give the
monument committee about thirty
copies of "The Stourbridge Lion," a
booklet he edited and published and
which gives conclusive evidence that
the Stourbridge Lion was the first
locomotive to turn a wheel on the
Western hemisphere. The booklet
will be used In the preliminary work
of the project.
On motion of Mayor Kuhbach,
seconded by F. W. Kreitner, it was
carried that the committee accept
with thanks the offer of Mr. Penni
man in donating thirty copies of his
booklet, and that the committee be
empowered to reproduce same for
distribution.
On motion It was carried: That at
the request of the committee the
treasurer is to give bond with some
responsible surety company' In such
amount as the committee may name
fr the faithful performance of his
duties.
Chairman Greene was the recipi
ent last week of a very encouraging
and enthusiastic letter from Horace
G. Young, Albany, N. Y., former
vice-president and general manager
of the Delaware and Hudson Com
pany, and who lived at Honesdale
many years. He read It before the
committee and owing to its public
Interest Mr. Greene gave the letter
to a Citizen representative for re
production. The letter reads:
Manchester, Vt., July 2, 1911.
My Dear Mr. Greene:
The proposition to erect a
monument to Horatio Allen and
in commemoration of the first
trip of the first locomotive on
this continent, appeals strong
ly to me and should awaken the
enthusiasm, not only of every
native of Honesdale, but the
people of the United States
generally, and I hope the move
ment so auspiciously inaugur
ated by your committee may be
warmly supported and the work
begun at an early date.
I take pleasure in subscrib
ing the sum of one hundred
dollars toward the fund, and
venture to suggest that the
memorial take the form of a
bronze statue of Horatio Al
len mounted on a suitable
granite base, with bronze en
tablatures thereon, depicting
the Stourbridge Lion crossing
the trestle over the Lackawax
en. With best wishes, I am
Yours cordially,
, HORACE G. YOUNG.
The committee adjourned at 9
o'clock to meet again at the call of
the chair.
JOSEPH MENNER
HURT IN RUNAWAY
THROWN FROM SEAT AS WAGON
CRASHES INTO DITCH; MR.
MENNER WILL RE TAK
EN TO SCRANTON.
A serious runaway occurred Tues
day shortly after noon when Men
ner & Co.'s store team became
frightened by one of the horses
jumping over a trace.
Joseph Menner, the driver, was in
the delivery wagon and made an ex
tra effort to stop the team. The
horses started just after he had en
tered the home of Stuart Lincoln.
Mr. Menner realized that the team
was getting the better of him and in
endeavoring to check their speed,
headed them for the hill at the in
tersection of Spring street, he being
on Fifteenth street.
Eyewitnesses said all was well un
til the team struck the water bar
from Fifteenth street to West street.
As the wagon went down into an
eighteen inch gulley, Mr. Menner was
thrown from the seat of the wagon
to the ground, the rlra of the right
rear wheel coming off at the same
Instant. Mr. Menner clung to the
reins and was dragged the width of
West street, where the wagon tipped
over pinning Mr. Menner under
neath. All but three spokes were
broken out of the wheel, which caus
ed the wagon to fall. A mortar box
which was standing along the road
was struck and demolished. The
horses stopped and after freeing
themselves from the wagon, went
home.
Mr. 'Menner was removed to the
home of 'Hon. Leopold Fuerth, after
wards being taken to his own home
on East Street Extension. Dr. F. W.
Powell was called and reported that
'.Mr. Menner was suffering from a
compound dislocation of the right
shoulder and that the ligaments were
also badly torn. Mr. Menner's legs
were also bruised. He was removed
to the State hospital, Scranton,
where the shoulder was set. Mr.
Menner received no cuts or bruises
about the head.
OIL HEARSAYS.
"In other places a light covering
of sand is sprinkled over the oil and
then rolled down."
"A street ought to be closed when
It is oiled to allow the mixture to
congeal with the dust."
"It Is proper that a block be oiled
first to give it a test. After that the
public will know whether It is advis
able to apply Jt to the remainder of
'Main street."
"No matter what Improvements
are made in Honesdale, there is al
ways a class of people who oppose
them."
"The town ought to know better
than to oil the street. It draws the
sun's heat and has a tendency to
make It hotter."
"The oil would track anyway even
though the sidewalks were covered
by the numerous wagons going over
and back on tho walks."
"Oil is bad for automobile tires,
It tracks and la the next thine to
an Impossibility to remove after it'
is on rubber."
NO EXTRA POLICE
NEEDED
$25 Appropriated to G.
A. R. at Monthly Meeting
of Borough Council
COST ABOUT $1(1 A BLOCK TO
MAKE UPPER MAIN STREET
PRESENTABLE.
" For tlio first time in many
yearn we went through the Fourth j
without the necessity for any extra
policemen."
Such was the encouraging report j
made last Thursday evening at the
regular monthly meeting of the
Borough Council by 'Mayor John
Kuhbach.
President Martin Caufleld called
the meeting to order at 8:05 p. m.
The following members answered to
their names when the roll was call
ed: President, 'Martin Caufleld; secre
tary Wyman W. Kimble; treasurer
George Pen warden, Messrs. P. F.
Murray, George Genung, S. T. Ham.
Visitors present were .Mayor John
Kuhbach, Street Commissioner Law
rence Weidner and Judge Henry
Wilson.
Following the reading and ap
proval of the minutes of the pre
ceding meeting. Treasurer Penwar
den reported as follows:
Balance on hand last re
port $1SG0.73
Received from Licenses... 12.00
Total $1S72.73
Paid out 936.74
Balance on hand $935.99
Judge Henry Wilson made a plea
for an appropriation of ?25 to tho
G. A. R. "The expenses of Memor
ial Day," said the Judge, "have
been heavier this year than before.
We have to bury more men every
year. We have to get one or two
more carriages every year. People
who In former years gave us their
conveyances are dropping carriages
and keeping autos. We'd like to
keep Memorial Day going until 1915.
It ought t,o be public function."
On motion of Mr. Penwarden,
seconded by Mr. Ham, it was de
cided to appropriate $25 to Captain
James Ham Post, Noj 198, G. A. R,
Under the head of reports of com
mittees, sfiverak f applications for
Scrip weremade,inclnUing ,G-- A.i
Kimble, 171C East Extension street,
on curmng. Mr. ,Kmbie built a
new house on a vacant lot formerly
known as the Ball property.
Frank M. Robinson, 1720 East
street Extension, also asked for
scrip on a 48-foot sidewalk with
curbing on East Extension street;
and so did Mary H. Weston, 323
Park street, who recently put In 74
feet of curbing on Park street. On
motion of 'Mr. '.Murray, their appli
cations were Referred to the com
mittee on scrip with instructions to
investigate before the next meet
ing. Street Commissioner Lawrence
Weidner when called upon to state
how the work on grading upper
Main street was progressing said:
"I am getting along all right. The
expense on it Is $22 a day. This Is
the seventh day we are working. To
morrow we finish."
According to Mr. Weidner the
monster ten-ton Texas roller con
sumes, on an average, 13 gallons of
gasoline a day, at a cost of 13 cents
a gallon.
The work on upper Main street
cost about ?4G a block.
A motion prevailed that the
Street Commissioner be authorized
to go on repairing Church street
from the bridge as far up as deem
ed advisable.
When the "hqrse question" came
up, it was mentioned that there
were twelve fires in Honesdale last
year, I.e., twelve fire alarms, or an
average of one a month. The best
proposition for furnishing horses
seemed to 'be that of E. H. Cort
rlght whose offer of $100 annual re
tainer, and $5 extra in case the en
gine went out seemed to meet with
the approval of the councilmen.
Permission was granted the Red
Men to hold an "auto parade' and
use red fire on the evening of July
18.
Under new business, Mr. Pen
warden informed the council that a
holder of three $500 4s Borough
bonds was anxious to dispose of
them In order to settle up an es
tate. Complaint was made that a cer
tain wooden building owned and oc
cupied as a hose house has been put
on West and Sixteenth streets, with
out authority frpm the Torrey es
tate, and a legal demand made that
the Council remove It without delay.
The matter was referred to one of
the council for Action.
An application from Hose Com
pany Number 1 stated that they
were In need of 500 feet of new
hose, and that they ran short at the
Cortrlght fire. It was decided that
their request he laid over until the
next meeting and that the Fire com
pany bo Instructed to Investigate tho
condition of the hose in Both com
panies. A letter from E. F. Torfey signi
fying the willingness of the Torrey
estate to lay a sidewalk clear to the
armory in front of a large Park
street vacant lot, owned by the es
tate, and that they were only wait
ing for an order, was answered by
the council passing a resolution re
questing that the Torrey estate, the
State authorities and the Irving Cut
Glass company be notified to put
a walk In front of their properties. I
Twenty-five dollars was voted to ,
the Ladies' Improvement associa-l
tlon for tree trimming. I
Street Commissioner Weidner'
added to the gayety of the evening
which was so warm and muggy,
that a suggestion was made to ad
journ and hold a special meeting
later, and the deliberations of which
were punctuated by recesses forced
by vicious attacks of the "Hawley
stock" of mosquitoes, upon some of
the councilmen by saying that "he
had sent for one of their (tree
trimmer) saws." One of tho coun
cilmen thought it would be a good
idea to "paint the trees whenever a
limb was sawed off."
Bills and claims amounting to
$1203. S7 were ordered paid, as fol
lows: Hills and Claims.
F. Varcoe (team hire) $10.25
L. Weidner (labor) 45.15
L. Weidner (team hire) 49.39
J. Thomas (labor) 19.19
T. Sweeney (labor) 31.i.
J. Fischer (labor) 28.84
F. Rlckert (team hire) 34.70
M. Knorr (labor) 7.50
C. Harder (labor) 1.50
W. Xeubauer (labor) 5.35
M. Stapleton (labor) 27.85
H. Knorr (labor) 27.85
T. Frank Ham (auditing borough
and school accounts) 4.00
Murray Co. (50 feet hose and
nozzle) 8.75
Kraft and Conger (coal) 5.35
Consol. Tel (fire and police) 30.00
Bell Telephone 3.40
Frank Truscott (auditing school
and borough books) 4.00
Herald Press Association (150
dog licenses) 2.75
Honesdale Consolidated Water Co.
(water rent Jan. 1 to July 1,
1911) 302.50
Canivan & McGinnlss (sup
plies) 10.75
F. M. Fuller (auditing borough
and school accounts) 4.00
Levi De Groat (police service) 50.00
Three months pay for Engineer
J. M. Lyons 25.00
Assistant Engineer Carroll 12.50
Stoker Chas. Truscott G.25
J. J. Canlvan (police service) 45.00
J. J. Canivan (disposing of three
dogs) 3.00
Electric Light bill (12 incandes
month; 41 arc lamps $5.84
per month, etc.) 322. 5G
$1203.87
Adjournment was made at 10:10
p. m.
Honesdale Man Found
.Unconscious Near Torrey
apnng
JERIMIAH LENIHAN FELL IX I
THE DARK; LEFT LEG
INJURED.
Jerlmlah Lenlhan was found lying
in a semi-conscious condition near"
Torrey spring Saturday night. He
had been to Lodore, where he went
to secure employment. Being told
that the last evening train would
not stop at iodore except on signal,
he attempted to walk home. At
Waymart he secured a ride to Seely
vllle on a cattle wagon and from
Seelyville to Honesdale he walked.
Wishing to quench his thirst, Mr.
Lenlhan endeavored to get a drink
from the Torrey spring. Not being
acquainted with the surroundings, It
being very dark, he fell and his fore
head struck the ground. Mr. Leni
han's groans attracted the attention
of young men and women returning
to their homes. One bathed his head
with her handkerchief and it is
claimed removed a small stone from
the forehead. After the removal of
the stone Mr. Lenlhan told the good
Samaritans that he felt better and
thought he could walk home, but
when he attempted to stand it was
discovered that ho had met with oth
er injuries. His left leg was badly
bruised and it was Impossible for
him to stand. The parties left Mr.
Lenlhan In as comfortable condition
as possible and then telephoned for
help, calling Officers Levi Degroat
and If. J3. Spencer. They removed
the injured man to Dr. W. T. Mc
Convlll's office where the wounds
were dressed and later Mr. Lenlhan
was taken to his home on Ridge
street. Outside of the cut on his
forehead, Mr. Lenihan's left leg Is
swollen twice its ordinary size, from
the ankle to the knee, and is in a
very bad condition. Dr. McConvIll,
who Is attending him, told a Citizen
man that there Is no dislocation of
tho hip, but that Mr. Lenihan's in
juries are severe. Everybody knows
Jerry Lenlhan, who has been trako
man on the Honesdale Erie passen
ger train for a number of years.
Mr. Lenlhan has the sympathy of
the neighborhood in his mishap.
Killed by Mortar Bomb.
Joseph Sennelll, aged 16 years
of age, New York, was Instantly
killed July 5 and two other boys
were badly burned by the explosion
of a Fourth of July mortar bomb.
Died in Ills Sleep.
Unable to sleep because of Intense
heat, George Mulkfusky, Shenan
doah, got out of bed and went to an
open second-story window, where he
dozed and fell to the pavement. He
was Instantly killed'.
Fanners Harvest by Moonlight.
Harvesting by moonlight is one of
the results of the great heat spell at
Lancaster. There are several rural
districts near Lancaster where work
ceased at noon and resumed again
during the evening.
SUPREME COURT
T
Lake Lodore Improvement
Company Loses Appeal
it. T. WHITNEY'S CLAIM SUS- '
TAINED IX INTERESTING j
ICE DECISION. '
i
A decision handed down by the j
Supreme Court in Philadelphia on
Thursday, July 6, 1911, was that of
Russell T. Whitney against the Lake ,
Lodore Improvement Company. This i
case was tried at the June Term of 1
Court, 1910, oefore Judge R. C.
Stewart of Northampton county,
specially presiding In Honesdale. It j
was developed at the trial, that the .
Honesdale Ice Company had entered
Into an agreement with the Lake Lo
dore Improvement Company, by
which the Lake Lodore Improvement
Company was to furnish the Hones
dale Ice Company not less than 1300
tons of ice a year, with the privilege
on the part of the Honesdale Ice
Company to take 1800 tons at $1.00
per ton, less the freight. On Feb
ruary 1, 1909, the Honesdale Ice
Company assigned its interest in its
business, including the contract with
the Lake Lodore Improvement Com
pany to Russell T. Whitney, who un
dertook to carry on the business of
retailing ice in Honesdale.
The winter of 1909 being unusu
ally unfavorable for the ice business,
only a small crop was harvested, and
Ice immediately raised in price, until
$3.50 a ton was paid for ice in
Honesdale.
Mr. Whitney, on June 1, 1909, the
time that his contract became effec
tive, made a demand upon the Lake
Lodore Improvement Company for
ice, which was refused. Mr. Whit
ney demanded a reason for such re
fusal, but was Informed that his
contract had been declared void by
the Lake Lodore Improvement Com
pany on February 1, 1909, by reason
of the failure of the Honesdale Ice
Company to live up to their part of
the agreement, before assigning their
Interest to Whitney. It was impos
sible at that time for Mr. Whitney
to secure ice to supply his custom
ers, and was obliged to surrender his
business. All of Mr. Whitney's cus
tomers were left without any pro
visions for supplying them with Ice,
at a time when Ice was most needed.
His team, wagons and appliances
were left on his hands, at. a' loss, and
he was unable In any way to,.care for
his customers. " j
It was in the fall, following, Mr.
Whitney brought suit against the;
Lake Lodore Improvement Company,.
alleging the damages he sustained by
reason of its failure to furnish him
ice, according to agreement.
The case as above stated was tried
in the Court of Common Pleas of
Wayne county, before Judge R. C.
Stewart and a Jury, when a verdict
was rendered In favor of 'Mr. Whit
ney, In the sum of Three thousand,
two hundred fifty ($3,250) dollars.
The Lake Lodore Improvement
Company at once appealed to the
Supreme Court of the state, where
the case was argued in February,
1911. The decision as rendered on
Thursday, being a full vindication of
Mr. Whitney's claim, and the version
of the law as given by his attorneys.
Homer Greene and Chas. A. Mc
carty were attorneys for Mr. Whit
ney at the trial of the case in the
Court of Common Pleas of Wayne
county and also before the Supreme
Court at Philadelphia In February,
1911.
Chas. 'P. O'Malley of the law firm
of Warren, Knapp and O'Malley,
Scranton, Pa., and Frank P. Kimble,
Honesdale, appeared for the Lake
Lodore Improvement Company.
The defence set up by the Lake
Lodore Improvement Company to
Whitney's claim, was that tho Hones
dale Ice Company had failed to make
1 their payments In accordance with
I the terms of the agreement, and that
they had cancelled the contract be
fore February, 1909, though by the
terms of the contract itself, it would
continue until September, 1912.
The court held that one party alone
could not declare a contract void
without some failure or act committ
ed by the other party, and that the
fact that the Lake Lodore Improve
ment Company received payments
when made, without any objection,
acted as an estoppel, and they could
not declare the contract void, with
out first giving the Honesdale Ice
Company notice that they Intended
from that time to hold the Honesdale
Ice Company strictly to their agree
ment. The Lake Lodore Improve
ment Company also claimed that It
was the duty of Mr. Whitney, when
he received notice In February, 1909,
from the Lake Lodore Improvement
Company that his contract had been
declared off, to go Into the market
and buy ice from other parties, and
in this way supply his customers
The Court would not sustain this
view, but held that Whitney had a
right to rely upon his contract to re
ceive Ice. and upon the raiiure oi tue
Lake Lodore Improvement Company
to furnish same, he could recover
damages sustained by him. The
LLake Lodore Improvement Com
P .9 l-J .1.-4 tl
that Mr. Whitney intended to con
tlnue the business, after the assign
ment had been made to him, though
they admitted that they received the
check enclosed in the same envelope,
in which the letter was alleged to
be sent to them. The Court held
that the presumption in law Is, that
this letter having been written, seal
UPHOLDS
DIC
ed, addressed, stamped and placed in
the postoffice, reached its destination.
The Lake Lodore Improvement Com
pany asked for a new trial, which
Judge Stewart refused in an elabor
ate opinion, In which he affirmed
every contention made by Mr. Whit
ney's attorneys.
No case has been tried in Hones
dale In years, in which so many peo
ple were interested, as nearly the
whole town was affected at the time
by the failure of 'Mr. Whitney to
supply Ice to his customers, and no
doubt the decision of the Supreme
Court will receive the hearty approv
al of such people.
The amount given to Mr. Whitney
by the Jury, was undoubtedly reach
ed on the basis of the difference be
tween $1.00 a ton, the amount nam
ed in the agreement, and $3.50, the
price charged for Ice during that sea
son, being $2.50 on 1300 tons, the
amount which Mr. Whitney was
obliged to take from the Lake Lo
dore Improvement Company that
year, which amount would be $3,250
the amount rendered by the jury.
OF
ARGUMENT COURT
O'Connell Gets 60 Days
for Selling Stolen Goods
DIVORCE GRANTED TO TUE
LAMI JERTONS ; F. E. LORD
REAPPOINTED JUDGE OF
ELECTION.
Argument court was held at 10
o'clock 'Monday morning. Judge A.
T. Searle presiding.
On petition to the court, Fred E.
Lord, of the township of Bucking
ham, was reappointed judge of elec
tion of said district. The petition
wa3 signed by 14 taxpayers.
Deposits of the Honesdale Ceme
tery company In the savings depart
ment of the Honesdale National
Bank, as follows, were approved:
$150 from Abbie A. Kraft estate;
$100 from Mary H. Tracy trust
fund; $100 from Adam Pride estate;
$50 from Kate V. Toms estate; $200
fom Whitney estate trust fund.
In the divorce proceedings of F.
F. Lamberton, Hbellant, vs. Lizzie
Mary Lamberton, respondent, a di
vorce was granted by the court. Mr.
and Mrs. Lamberton were married
August 23, 1894, at Ariel.- The re
spondent deserted llbellant's home
March 5, 190S, according -'to his
statement in the master's report.
James O'Connell appeared before
the court and pleaded guilty to re
ceiving stolen articles and having
sold them, tho property belonging to
Graham Watts & Son, Hawley.
O'Connell stated that he sold the ra
zors, knives, etc., for another per
son, but did not know the man's
name. He claimed he knew the
goods were stolen. They were taken
from a freight car between Lacka
waxen and Hawley. A week later
the goods were sold at low prices at
Pittston. The police arrested O'Con
nell and held him, awaiting answer
from the Hawley police, who in the
meantime were investigating. The
arrest was made by the Erie detec
tive, James Bender, who brought
the prisoner to Hawley and from
thence to Honesdale. The defend
ant pleaded guilty to the charge,
after which the court sentenced
O'Connell to pay costs of prosecution
a fine of $1 and to spend CO days in
the county jail to be computed from
July 1.
Bill of $3.55 approved, same be
ing for viewing body of Augusto Gal
luzzl and holding inquisition upon
deceased, who was found dead along
O. & W. track near the Delaware
river July 4. James Hoag, Justice of
the peace, acted as coroner.
Rule was granted upon Jennie
Cortrlght and Elizabeth Cortrlght to
show cause why H. M. Spence and
J. A. Brown, administrators of the
estate of Eliza C. Peters, late of the
borough of Honesdale, should not be
granted. Returnable the second
Monday of August, 1911, at 10
o'clock a. m.
ITALIAN LABORER COMMITS
SUICIDE.
August GalluzzI, an Italian em
ployed by the McDonald Construc
tion company In making improve
ments on the Ontario & Western
railroad, committed suicide on July
4 by shooting himself with a 38
callbre revolver. In the absence of
Coroner P. B. Petersen, Honesdale,
James Hoag, Buckingham, a Justice,
was called and held an inquisition
over the body. He claims that when
he found GalluzzI ho was lying on his
back and near him was a 38-calIbre
revolver, showing evidence that he
had shot himself. A bullet wound
on the right side of the head behind
the ear told the tale. Henry Brown,
concrete mixer, and Edward Doollt
tle, watchman, heard a shot and
looking In the direction, saw the
young Italian fall. From what
could be learned from Americans
and Italians there existed no trouble
between them. There Is no evidence
of suspicion directed towards any
person that he had been shot by any
one other than himself.
BUSINESS
CARD OF THANKS.
We take this medium of express
ing our most sincere thanks to all
friends and neighbors and especially
to the Odd Fellows who have shown
their great kindness during my hus
band's late illness and death. To
all we, are truly grateful.
Mrs. H. J, Qulnney and Family.