Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1867-08-28
Local and Personal.
Commenced

Commenced.
The building of the Rail Road Bridge at
this place has now commenced. The Mess-s.
lees. to whom the contract was awarded, are
busily at work in getting the stone in place.
Gone South.
Mesus.P B Baldwin and B.M. Stone of this
Mace are now absent on a trip to the State
Of Delaware. Whittier they propose to 60,
and settle, if the chances are as good as an
ticipa,ed. This is their second visit to that
state. and is said to mean something besides
peaches.
school Funds.
The board of school Directors of Lemon
Township, publish in to-day's paper q report
of the Receipts and expenditures for that
Township for the past year. TIE General
school laws: Act of April llth, 1862, Sec 18
requires annual publication by oil school
boards.
Personal.
Mr.. David Fl. Sampson and two of his SIS
ters, late Of this place, took passage on board
the steamer, South America, at New York,
on Thursday last, bound for Brasil. We
wish them o safe voyage.
Turn Out.
Democrats will bear in mind that the elec
fion Of Delegates to meet in County Conven
tion, for the nomination of candidates for the
coming election, will take place on Saturday
next. Let there be a general attendance
and let every town be represented by up
right and intelligent men, to the end thst fit
men may be selected BY them as candidates,
for the Offices to be filed.
The MelOdesns and Organs.
Furnished from the music establishment OF
i. B. Powell 1l6 Penn Ave. Scranton are
everywhere spoken of as instruments of the
very best class.
A Startling Truth!
Thousands die annually from neglected
coughs and colds, which loon lipen into con-
sumption, or other equally fatal diseases of
the Lung: when by the timely use Of single
bottle of Wistdr's BdLsum of Wild Cher ~
their lives >ouId have been preserved to o
green old age.
Will open.
The Fall Term Of Gardner aud Wheelers
Business College at scranton commences on
Monday next Young men and women wish
ing thorough business education will make
q note Of the fact, This Institution is
regarded as one of the best of its kind 10 the
country,
DR. j. c. Becker g. CO.
DR. Becker has left at this Office, his books
OF accounts and notes, az ainst persons in this
county, with directions 10 sue all such as are
not promptly paid. A word to the wise &C.
Perils OF the Deep.
The Pittston Stage while unloading baggage
on the towing path in town yesterday, was,
by the carelessness Of q passing boatman or
the driver, or the stubbor ness Of the horses,
or from some other, or all of these causes,
backed into the canal and upset. The
passengers, including one or two Ladies,
taking the alarm in time hastily unloaded
themselves on the path The baggage
after brief bath in the raging canawl,"
was all finall, res cued from a watery grave.
a PeremptOry VIsIter.
A large, fine, but rather stern looking
stranger, day or two since, drove up TO the
National Bank at this place-walked in
showed his commission, and without further
ceremony called for the accounts, books,
bonds, notes and monies OF the Bank. These
were promptly furnished him and be pro-
ceeded TO examine and count them with q
raplditV belonging only to a professional.
This unexpected, though not unwslcome
visitor, was G oversment Bank detective, or
financial agent. He of course found matters
entirely sound and satisfactory a: this insti
tuition but may, ere this, be engaged in ex-
amining the rotton bowels of some bogus
bank hundreds Of miles distant.
Watching won't do them sny harm.
Base Ball.
Country villages are often wisely slow in
adopting games which originate in cities
However, we think the young men of Tunk>
hammock have been needIessly tardy about
Iuaugurating the national game" which for
years past has been so popular throughout
the country. 1t is manly sport and vIgOr =
GUS exercise hence We are glad TO record
the organization of the "Tunkhannock Base
Ball Club" as follows President. G. De-
Witt; Vice President, G LuIl i; Secretary,
I. Kennedy; Treasurer, A. Avery; Direc
tors, D Mcconnell and T. Flickner.
Tuesday and Saturday are the days for
practice. Get ready for the Nicholson Fair
boys, and carry away the laurels and the
premium
Byron says,
''Tis sweet 10 hear
At midnight the blue and moonlit deep,
The song and oar OF Adi-'s gondolier
BY distance mellowed, DER the waters sweep
IT'S sweet TO see the evening star appear;
lis sweet to listen as the night winds creep
From leaf to leaf, tits sweet to view on high
HE rainbow, based on ocean span the sky;
To person of small poetry and large
"sugar. tooth" six 10 box Of mixed candies
marked compliments OF Ii. c. Perkins Agt
for Ii 4. L Tltchner, confectiOners, Bing-
hamton n. Y" is about the sWeetest mess
that can be fixed up. We are the individual
that takes and acknowledges all such ''com-
pliments" and calls 'em sUeet.
A Gentleman
Of great medical knowledge says that q
more genial, wholesome and effectual tonic
and appetizer than Drake's Celebrated Plan
tation Btlers was never discovered, He re
!. for Dyspepsia, for Liver Complaint, for
Exhaustion, Weakness, for q want of Appe-
tite, and for MeAtal Depression. It is au
agreeable stimuiant, and is equally adapted to
young and old. Persons of sedeHtary habits
like eIergynsn, lawyers, merchants, and deli.
cate females are particularly benefited by it's
use.
Magnolia water.