Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-09-05
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
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Personal.
Mrs. C. +. CROSS has returned from Me-
shopper.
Miss HELEN NEvINs is visiting friends in
Waverly.
WRIT DIAIMOCK, station agent at Foot of
Plane, was in town yesterday.
I. w. TAYLOR has been spending a few
days with his Towanda friends.
Mrs. A. J. NOBLE, of Troy, is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. REED BRAUND, on Second
street.
Miss MAY ADAMS has returned from Block
Island where she had been sojournng for
several weeks.
Miss MORSE, who has been visiting at Mr..
MCINTOsHs OH York Avenue, returned to
her home in Brooklyn, Saturday.
CHARRICK WETsBROOK, Jr., and j. n.
DIETER, of Harrisburg, are spending few
weeks with friends on Pond Hill.
Mrs. JAMES ID. SPALDING, (nee Miss SA-
RAH WARNER, of this place. of Sioux City,
Iowa, is visiting at Col. MCKEAN's.
Miss sELLA FRIsBIE of Orwell has been
elected teacher in the Towanda graded
school, She is a graduate of the Elmira Col
lege and has taught several terms with great
success.
ALBERT ADRIANCE, a brakeman, fell I'M
der freight car at Sayre, Saturday evening
and was SO badly injured that he died vester-
day.
Two young men, named WHEELER and
WARNER, have been arrested on suspicion
of being the parties who assaulted and rob-
bed young BRENAN. They will have u hear
ing this morning before Esquire HALL. The
evidence is strong against them.
Col. III. B. WRIGHT, one of the most prom
inent business men and politicians of the
Wyoming Valley, died in Wilkes Barre Fri
day, aged 73 years. For fifty years he had
been member of the Luzerne county bar.
and several times represented his district in
Congress.
The Mercury for Setember, which is al
ready on our table we'll maintains its high
literary reputation. A marked feature of the
number is continuation of the interesting
searial "Karin'' written especially for that
journal. We believe the story will be given
to the public in book form, and we have no
doubt will have an extensive sale.
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BOB. WILLIAMS passed a perfect exam
Ination in everything except arithmetic be-
fore the Military Board at West Point. In
the latter branch he had five discredit marks,
which under the rules rejects him. Gen.
HOWARD, however, gave him a letter to Con
gresham JADwlN requesting that he WILL
IAMs) be re-appointed, and we have no doubt
the request will be cheerfully complied with,
and that at the next examination in June.
ROBERT will go through all right, and win
his uniform. 1t is proper in this connection,
to say that Mr.. WILLIAMS had but short
time i'll which to prepare for his examination,
and that for the last week he was prevented
from studying by a fearful boil on his face.
On Frldry evening the Fourth degree was
conferred on candidate by Oscauwa Grange
Patrons know what this imples-a feast and
good time. In addition to tritling menu,
tit for a king, the members were treated to an
intellectual feast consisting of the reading of
the Grange paper, F." The OScauWa Indepen-
dent" Sister BELLE SMITH was ediicss, and
the articles, original and selected, indicated
rare talents. The most entertaining produc-
ton was an able letter from Hon. C. +. NICH-
OILS, a former active member of Oscaluwa.
and now Justice of the Peace in Mcpherson,
Kansas. 1t was listened to with marked at
tention by all present.
According TO custom, after tho iniatorv