Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-12-23

Personal.


Miss JESSIE WARD of sayre was in Tow
anda yesterday.
J.P. CULVER of Bradford is visiting his
TOwanda friends.
Miss MARY BARBER of Livonia, n. Y, is
visiting friends in this place.
Mrs. j. j. GRIFFIrHs is visiting her son,
Dr.iPATToN GRIFFTTHs, in Louisville. Ky.
HARRY MADILLi is with his uncle, the Doc
tor, and cousin WILL, hunting deer in Sui
livan county.
Congressman JADwIN is Il member of two
of the House committees-Revision of Laws
and War Claims.
The Commissioners have appointed ROB-
ERT NJ. PRUYNE, of Burlington, mercantile
appraiser for next year.
Master ROBBIE MERCUR has gone to Buff
fao to spend Christmas with his little friend,
Master KNowLToN MINER.
Mr.. O. a. BALDWIN, of Towanda, was in
Wavery yesterday, registered ut the hotel
Warford."-W dUeWy Re0ieU.
Adjutant MOORE, 9th Reg, Of Wilkes Bar
was in town yesterday consulting Captain
WILT in regard to military matters.
JESSIE SPALDING, formerly of Athens,
this county, has been appointed by the Presi-
dent Collector of Customs at Chicago.
We are pleased to learn that Mr.. SCoU-
TON who was recently accidentally shot
while hunting in Sullivan county is impro-
wing.
To
is attending boarding school in Canandaigua,
n. Y. is spending the holidays with her
parents.
Rev. G.. D. STROUD came up from Tunk-
hammock yesterday to otflciate at the funeral
of Mrs. JOSEPH JONES. The Old lady was
81 years Old
superintendent LYON paid out $50 900 in
gold to the nil ers this month and the men
now amuse themselves pitching quoits with
twenty dollar gold pieces.
Mrs, G. II. WELLEs and daughter, of Wy
abusing were IN town yesterday purchasing
articles for Il public Christmas tree to be
erected in one of the churches of that
town.
AARON CLAUsON, Il typo who took GREE
LY's advice and went West, after serving
his time as an apprentice III this place. made
us Il call yesterday. For the past twelve
years he has been in Colorado, California,
Oregon and Nevada. He visits Towanda to
see his aged parents.
We can guess what certain young lady
not far from State street, Will find in her
stocking Christmas morning, but we're not
going to give old Santa Claus away. We
hope she's not the only BELLE in town to be
so handsomely remembered, though such ar
ticles do not grow on bushes.
+. NJ. REMAEGE, q barber in this place,
while crossing the bridge, Wednesday night, |
about O'Clock. and when about two thirds |
of the way over was attacked by some per-
son and dealt powerful blow on the head
1t was evidently Il case of highway robbery |
The bridge was not lighted. The |
Commissioners should see that the bridge is
properly lighted these dark nights.
A GOOD SELECTION we see by the To-
wanda REVIEW of yesterday, that Il. d.
COOLBAUGu 1st Asst Engineer of the Naiad
Hose Co., was unanimously elected Chief En- |
gineer of the Fire Department for the COM
ing year. Mr. COOIBAUGH who is now run
ming as postal clerkEon.thel Lehigh Valley rail-
road, has been connected with the fire depart |
ment of TOwttnda, since his boyhood, and on
account of his good record as fireman, and
his many genial and social qualities has won
the friendship of every one. The firemen of !