The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-29
HAWLEY.
Especial to The Citi'en.I

Hawley, Pa, Nov. 2S.
The last Halloween party of the
season will come off in Squire w.
b. Ammermans Office next Wednes-
day right in broad daylight when
about twenty of our towns young
sters will be brought there for
hearing. On the night of October
30th when blacksmith Benz. De-
Groat locked his shop on Church
street he supposed that he had every
thing in safekeeping, but accidentally
left wagon standing outside. This
was too much of a temptation for
this bunch of boys so they had their
own fun. The next morning Mr..
DeGroat found his wagon down by
the Lackawaxen in a dilapidated
condition. Ever since that time he
has been doing some detective work
and now says that he has the names
of the culprits and intends to bring
them to terms.
Peter Bowers new knitting mill
is nearly ready for occupancy. He
will move his machinery in this fine
building about the middle of next
month. Mr.. Bower has given his en-
ployes permission to have a grand
ball in the building just previous to
his moving which will go a good
ways towards warming things up.
Mr.. Shultz, owner of the Cherry
Ridge cottage near Wilsonville, will
not return to the city this winter ow-
ing to the illness of his wife.
All are cordially invited to the
Thanksgiving supper which will be
given on that evening in the base
ment of st. Philomena church. Price
of supper, 35 cents.
The smiling countenance of the
genial Reinhard Thielke is receiving
a warm welcome in town this week.
The Rev. Mr.. Hess occupied the
pulpit of the Baptist church on Sun
day night.
Some fine timber is being cut up
the Paupack river Last week Chas.
Afford helped. cut a hickory tree
straight as an arrow from which
three 16 foot logs were cut. The
butt log at the top end measured SO
inches across.
Mrs. P. R. Cross of Shohola, at
tended Rose Rebekah Lodge Satur-
day evening. She remained in town
until the following afternoon and
was entertained while here by Mrs.
Augusta Buck and daughter, Har-
riet.
DR.. M. H. Ely paid a visit to the
county seat on Wednesday, being
called there by the indisposition of
his son, DR.. Harry Ely.
The Ladies Aid of the Presbyter-
ian church met with Mrs. e. l.. Sch
lager Thursday
Mrs. Morris Skier has with her as
a visitor her sister, a young lady
from New York city.
A. Baird of the East Side, called
on friends at Bohemia, Pa, the lat
ter part of the week.
Miss Edna Lewis, a school teacher
in the state of New Jersey, will spend
Thanksgiving in town at the home
of her brother, Merton.
The grade pupils will give school
entertainment in the school audi
torium December s.
Frank Murphy had the lucky num-
ber which secured for him the oak
rocker given away at Dreamland
Friday night There was full house
and special music.
Mrs. Irwin Daniels, of Wilsonville,
has returned from a trip to the
Electric City, stopping on the way
at Ariel and spending the afternoon
with her friend, Mrs. .Starbert Tress-
Ter.
Rev. B. P. Ripley and wife will
partake of their Thanksgiving dinner
at the Ripley family reunion to be
held in Scranton.
Wall e Murphy have purchased
the lumber on a 200-acre lot of S. R.
Crane, Uswick. This lies joining the
lot they recently bought of the late
Charles Crane estate. They now
have $50 acres of timber in that i'm
mediate neighborhood. A gang of
men are now at work cutting the
timber
T. j. Burke, Scranton, spent sew
eral days at Hawley last week.
Quite a large sum of our peoples
money was invested in the Colum-
bia Sterling Magazine Publishing
Co., which went into the hands of
receiver lately. Some are bewailing
their loss while others consider it
worth the amount of their loss to
learn their first lesson in finance.
David Spruks and a party of
Scranton sportsmen are among the
campers in the wilds of Pike coun-
ty. They have thus far killed two
fine bucks, one tipping the scales at
200 pounds.
j. S. Lee, Milford, was a business
caller in town on Saturday.
A new model steam boiler has
been placed in r. Richarts home on
the East Side.
A character social for the benefit
of the M. E. Sunday school was held
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. T. F.
Wall on Tuesday night
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