The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-24


Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. j. c..
Smith, a son, Monday, May %.
Fred Seitz, Honesdale, was
married Saturday, May 20, to Miss
Laura Eta Thomas, Shaverstown.
There will be a special meeting
of the Business Mems Association
Thursday evening at o'clock in
City Hall.
The severe thunder storm of
Saturday morning blew down large
limb from one of the bushy naples
in Central Park, opposite the chapel
of the First Presbyterian. church.
The Bowden farm of 63 acres,
located near Bethany, was sold to
Albert Emo, last Friday. Consider
alton, $500.
Fred Lord had a good hatch
come off last Friday, seventy-two
Buff Orphingtons being hatched out
of ninety eggs.
The Alert Hook and Ladder
company will give a May Pole
dance at their hall, Wednesday
evening, May "a.
The thunder storm of last Sat-
urday morning was one of the most
remarkable storms ever experienced
in this section of Northeastern Penn
sylvania.
The southeast cornice of the
Honesdale National Bank was
struck by lightning during the
thunder shower Saturday morning,
and a number of bricks hurled to
the ground.
Company E, Thirteenth Infan-
try, will drill next Thursday night
in the new Park Place Armory for
the first time, although formal dedi-
cation will not take place until some
time in June.
The following members of Os-
lex Tribe of Red Men visited the
Hawley lodge on Monday evening:
c. L. Dunning, H. A. Tingley, L.
Bader, A. NJ. Leine, L. Blumenthal,
c. P. Searle and H. G. Rowland.
The wedding of Charles jacob,
and Miss Catherine Bill
lard, Honesdale, will be solemnized
June 81, in St. Mary Magdalena's
R. C. church, with a nuptial high
mass at a. m, Rev. Father j. w.
Balta officiating.
Advertised letters remaining in
the Honesdale postoffice week end
ing May %, 1911: Miss Daisy
Bates, Miss Maggie Hough, Miss
Edith Robinson, Mrs. F. Stocker, o.
c. Wilbur, Miss Violet Wyett. NJ.
B. Allen, Postmaster.
The wedding of Walter A.
Schiessler, 1889 West street, and
Miss Josephine Herzog, 519 Main
street, will take place in st. Mary
R. c. church, Monday
morning at o'clock, May 20, Rev.
Father J. w. Balta officiating.
-Out-of-town relatives who at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Jacob C.
Storr, Saturday morning at Hawley,
were Mr.. and Mrs. George Hoffman,
Carbondale; Mrs. George Splitter,
Mrs. Richard Riedmiller, Mrs. Frank
Riedel, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Shopp,
Scranton.
DR.. Charles E. Thompson,
Scranton, and Miss Edith Grulfoyle,
a trained nurse of Scranton, accom-
panied by DR.. w. T. McConviT,
went to Cherry Ridge,
Tuesday afternoon where they will
perform an operation on Mrs. John
Burns.
"A growing patronage cOmpels e.
McCrea, proprietor of Dreamland,
to increase the seating capacity of
his amusement emporium, so as to
accomodate 800 people. The cur
tain has been pushed back ten feet,
and five foot double exit doors have
been installed.
According to County Superin-
-endent j. J. Koehler there are 296
teachers in the shire, of whom seven
are college graduates, fifty-two nor
NAL graduates, four holding state, |
permanent, thirty-five
and 119 provisional GER
-ificates. Out of 200 who completed
he work required to obtain a com
mon school diploma, 147 were sue
'essful in passing the examinations.
Sunday afternoon Canaan, South
Canaan and other villages in that
were visited by the worst
rain storm in years. For several
hours the rain poured down in tor
'ents and accompanied by a gale, |
damage was done. A |
barn owned by George
Bronson was struck by lightning
and burned to the ground. The live
stock was saved but other valuables |
we're consumed by the flames. The
heavy wind also damaged many
dwellings, and barns and the rain |
lid considerable damage to vegeta-
ion as well as rendering the road
ways in places almost impossible.
In the Canaan section the tele-
phone and telegraph wires were put
out of commission for several
hours.
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