The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-03
THE COUNTY
HAWLEY.
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The High school pupils observed
Arbor Day with appropriate exer-
cises.
William Watts has purchased a
lot on the corner of River street and
Main avenue, opposite the |. o. o.
F. Hall, where he will erect a two
story building to be used for a gar
age and for housing hardware i'm
plements, ne previously having rent
ed several different rooms about the
town for this purpose at the same
time having large stock in his
store.
DR.. Russell Wall leaves this week
for Scranton where he will enter the
Moses Taylor hospital and begin his
professional duties as assistant sur
geon.
Mrs. Ella Hittinger will accompany
her friend, Mrs. Annie Swingle, to
the Electric City on Tuesday where
the latter will enter the State hospi-
tai to undergo a serious operation
advised by her physician, DR.. r. II.
Ely.
Ira Resigue and family, Hamlin,
also his daughter, Miss Edna, Homes
dale, visited with relatives here Fri
day and Saturday.
Samuel James is recovering nicely
from a relapse of his recent critical
illness.
Mrs. Annie Decker, who spent the
winter with her niece, Mrs. Ray
zimmerman, at Wilkes-Barre, arrived
in town Wednesday.
Hawley now has twenty-three au-
tomobles. This is one machine for
every S7.14 of our inhabitants. With
so manT dust raisers on hand the
people are getting busy applying oil
on Church street from the Eddy
bridge to E. l.. Schlager's residence.
How much farther they will extend
this good work remains TO be seen.
has moved from there to town in a
house on Bellemonte Hill.
John Martin, Sr., has moved into
a house near Tafton, while Mr.. Hope
will occupy the house vacated by
Mr.. Masten.
T.. Frisbie has moved into the
house near the saw mill built for the
sawyer. Farmer Miller is occupy
ing the large house at the watering
trough and will keep a number of
boarders. 1t is house of sixteen
large rooms and well suited for that
purpose.
Irwin Daniels, Lakeville, has pur-
chased of his father heavy pair of
horses with which he commenced on
Monday hauling for the Paupack
Power Company.
Exciting Runaway.
George Heichelbeck, driver of the
team that ran away last week, said
that he was in no way at fault. He
was driving home and wishing to
make some purchases he securely tied
the horses in front of Ewerding' S
store on the old Wilsonville turn
pike. While in the store the horses
became frightened, pulling over the
tie post and breaking the tie strap
and dashing up the turnpike at a
terrific rate of speed. Two drivers
who were a short distance above
saw by the cloud of dust a warning
and were able to avoid a collision.
William Mordwaunc, who was driv-
ing towards his home at Uswick, was
not so fortunate The team ran in
to him, smashing one of the wheels
of his wagon. The next one they
met was p. j. Keary who was near
the gravel bank on his way home.
He made an effort to get out OF
their way but was unsuccessful.
They dashed into his wagon, upset
ting it and spilling Mr.. Keary out
and turning his team down an en-
bankment a distance of twenty feet
but fortunately neither man nor team
was seriously injured. The runaway
team was caught at Wilsonville by
Patrick Ryan with but slight bruises
A fire which started in the neigh
borhood of Adelia on Friday and was
sweeping through the woods be-
tween that place and Wilsonville
caused a great commotion with those
Interested in the numbering business
of the latter section. A force OF
men was hurridly sent to fight the
flames. They managed to head il
off on the old Bone Ridge road. Not
much damage was done except the
burning over of the same piece ol
woodland which is burned ovel
nearly every year.
The grading and leveling of the
tram road is about half completed
The foreman said that it was to bt
completed in one month but owing
to the difficulty that he has had il
getting sufficient number of labor
ers it will now take at least two
months. The distance is about two
miles or 1856 feet. He estimated
that one man would grade eight fee
a day and at that rate forty mel
would complete the job in thirty
three days. He said his estimate 81
far was about correct but not having
the necessary number of men i
what is hindering him from complet
ing the job at the specified time. TIL
engine which will be used on tn
track arrived on Tuesday. 1t wa
shipped from Virginia.
While ex-county commissions
George Hettinger was driving u
Main avenue on Wednesday hi
horse became frightened by an auto
mobile and ran up the street at
frightful pace. Mr.. Hittinger bein
a man nearly 80 years of age di
well to manage the frightened hors
so we'll. After crossing the bridg
and before reaching the railroa
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