The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09

the Lackawanna branch in one day, be-
fore Thanksgiving.
"A special meeting of the Y. p. s.,
of St. Johns Lutheran church will be
held on Thursday, at p. NJ. a large
attendance is desired.
Rev. DR.. VIM. H. Swift will preach
two sermons to young men. Sunday
evening, the 18th, on "The Making of
Man.. Sunday evening, the Goth, on
"The Making of Gentleman" Club
men particularly invited.
AT its meeting, last week, Capt. Ham
Post. G. A. r., reelected the present
officers for the next year. AS the Fri
day of January, the time fixed for the
regular meeting, falls on New Years
Day, it was decided to postpone the in
stalation until the first Friday in Febru-
airy, at which time the officers of the
Ladies' Circle also will be installed.
The brick work of the new high
school building was completed on Sat
urday last The whole structure is en-
closed and the roofs in such state of ad-
yancement that work on the interior
will doubtless be comfortably and Wig
orously pushed during the winter months.
The structure will be splendid one,
imposing in appearance and thoroughly
up-to-date in all of its appointments.
The recent fire at Belmont, which
destroyed the large barn of T. O'Neill,
ON the Meredith place, was doubtless an
incendiary one, and as number of
bones were found in the ruins, directly
under the haymow, while no cattle were
kept in the building, it is surmised that
a tramp perished in the flames. 1t is
suggested that the hobo probably took
shelter in the barn for the night, and
accidentally set the hay on fire by
spark from his pipe.
At regular communication of Haw-
ley Lodge, No. 305, F. & A. NJ, held
Tuesday evening of last week, the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the en-
suing year: Frank ]. F. Warg, Worship
ful Master; John m. Chapman, Senior
Warden; George W. Lobb, Junior War
den; George c. Blossom, Secretary;
William A. Gregg, Treasurer; John H.
Ames, James Millham and Anthony J.
Lobb, trustees Reinhard F. Warg, Rep
resentative to the Grand Lodge.
The water famine is clearly worse in
many other localities than in this imme-
diate vicinity. Residents in the southern
section of Hazleton are suffering acutely
because OF lack of water. Some of the
children were obliged to go to school with
out having their faces washed, no water
being available in their homes. 1t is
claimed that the water company has
plenty of water in its jacksonville reser-
voirs but refuses to turn it into the
South Hazleton mains. The people are
threatening to resort to legal measures.
Last Friday evening, James NJ. Thorpe
Post, No. 1876, q. A. r., OF Hawley, was
visited by Col. Graham Watts, Aide on
the General Staff of the G. A. r.. and TT
Wilson. Commander of Cant. Ham Post.
Honesdalc. and the animal insnectiop ot
Thorpe Post was conducted by the latter,
The VISITING officers renort the Hawley
Post in excellent condition; though weak
in numbers, strong in spirit and interest.
with Commander Elv Adint.nt Decker
and Ouortermaster HoIgate. and tbf
othar otticars we'll rualified and ot,icient
in ,bc discharge of their duties and the
Post oonero,slv sustained bv tbc neo.
nlo of U.wlcv The visitors wore vnr,
nloos,rtlv entertained NV their comrodn,
of ,ba Unulnv Post
DR. patar Gibbons who u,os horn
and hrough, nm here but is now. like
his brother DR. Richard nron;ron,
nbvs;cion Of Now York c;tv has Iopg con.
tondod tbot oloo+rocution ne uov, an,.
nlovod in certain States as y snhstitut,
for hanging. does not kill His theor,