The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-14
THE COUNTY
HAWLEY.
Especial to The CitlzenJ

in glowing terms of the great John
II. Sparks show which is billed to
exhibit at Honesdale on Friday, June
10. 1t is quite likely a large dele
cation will attend from this vicinity.
A wedding of much interest to
Hawleyites was that of one of our
most popular citizens, Thomas f.
Mangan, who was united in marriage
with Miss Celia Winters, Scranton,
at st. Paups church, Green Ridge,
Tuesday morning, June 6. The
groom is president of the Hawley
sank and conducts a successful mer-
camille business on River street. Af-
ter fortnight's wedding trip the
couple will be at home to their
friends at the Mangan homestead.
Nicholas Merderer, Nellie Merder-
er and Julia and Mary Mayer were at
Honesdale on Friday.
Miss Barbara Unger and Mrs. Pc
ter Unger are spending a week in
the metropolis. They went to at
tend a wedding at that place.
The Avoca base ball team again
failed to reach Hawley on Saturday.
Next Saturday they will play the
Aldenville team on the home
grounds.
District Organizer Robert Luckock
will give a lecture at the Standard
opera house on Thursday evening un-
der the auspices of the A. F. G. w. A.
Several of the unemployed glass
cutters have gone to Wheeling, w.
Va, where they have secured work
in the G. j. Goodnough cutting shop.
The trustees of the Baptist church
held business meeting on Monday
night.
Maud Locklin, Lakeville, and STAR
bert Tressler, Ariel, were married on
June 5, 1911, at the latter place.
known at Hawley. Congratulations.
At the Baptist church on Sunday
evening Mrs. G. T. Smalley gave an
address on India. She was we'll
qualified to speak on the subject,
having spent nearly four years in
that country. She said the worst
evil among the Hindo is child mar
riage. Of the 800, 100000 people of
India there were 270 thousand wild
ows and of these $4,000 were under
4 years of age. That the most of
the women were kept in separate
parts of the buildings from the sight
of man and did not have the COM
forts of life. They were allowed but
one piece of furniture and when she
called on them she sat with them on
the floor with the room filled with
smoke; there she told them the story
of Christ
Seth Bring went to Scranton on
Friday to attend the funeral of his
relative, Mr.. Phillips.
Mrs. NJ. H. Ely is spending some
time with his parents at Laceyville.
Hiram Goodrich, George Gillett
and wife, Hamlin, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Weir, Scranton, comprised an auto
party who motored from Hamlin
here on Saturday passing the day
with their relatives, Mrs. Angeline
Bell and Miss Martha Goodrich.
Rev. A. R. Pennell, Washington
vile, N. Y, was visitor at the home
of his brother, Joseph, on Barker
street, between trains Wednesday af-
ternoon. He was on his way to at
tend the reunion of his class at
Wyoming Seminary from which he
graduated twenty years ago.
DR.. Russell Wall, Scranton, was in
town over Sunday.
Rev. c. F. Smalley is enjoying a
short vacation. While absent he
will attend the Northern Baptist con-
vention in Philadelphia and the COM
mencement exercises of Grocer Theo-
logical Seminary, Chester, Pa, and
will visit his former home in Will
mington, Delaware.
Clare Vivienne, youngest daughter
of Dr.. and Mrs. l.. P. Cooke, aged
five years, died of intestinal trouble
followed by pneumonia, Thursday
morning, after an illness of much
suffering. The little one was an at
tractive and lovable child and her
early demise is deeply lamented by
the sorrowing family and their
friends. Her survivors are, beside
the parents, one sister and two
brothers, Florence, Earl and Ed
mund, at home. The funeral which
was private was held Saturday after
noon at 3 o'clock, Rev. w. S. Peter
son, of the Presbyterian church, Of
ficiating. Interment in the Walnut
Grove cemetery at the Eddy.
District Deputy Lena Osborne, of
Lakeville, installed the following Of
ficers in Rose Rebekah Lodge Satur-
day night: Noble Grand, Mrs. P. R.
Cross; vice grand, Mrs. Sarah Deck
er. At the close delicious refresh
ments were served.
Inc electrlc storm on sunday
morning was keenly felt here. Light
ming struck the house of George
Blossom at the Eddy, partly demol-
ishing the chimney and tearing off
shingles. On the Maennerchor pic
mic ground and G. Lehman's proper
ty nearby trees were splintered; con-
siderable damage was also done to
the electric power house.
During the storm on Saturday
afternoon lightning killed horse
at Cherry Ridge owned by Christian
Eppel; one of his children was
shocked by the same bolt.
The past week workmen have
been engaged laying new plank in
the bridge that spans the Lacka-
waXen river at the Eddy.
Children's Day services were con-