The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
news OF This VICINITY
TUNKHANNOCK.

TUNKHANNOCk.
The newly elected officers of Wash
ington camp, No. 2sS, Patriotic Order
Sons of America, are as follows: Presi-
dent, James E. Frear; vice-president,
A. H. Smith; master of forms and cere-
monies, Timothy Bedford; conductor,
Stephen Bullock; recording secretary,
]. L. Bannatyne; financial secretary,
Claude A. Arnts; treasurer, j. w. Deni-
son; inspector. Floyd Depue; outer
guard, Andy Wall past president; L.
NJ. Wintermute.
The sheriff sale of the Coolbaugh
house fixtures at Laceyville will take
place on Monday next.
The new county officials will not take
their stations until Jan. 7.
Wednesday nights storm knocked out
railroad traffic so effectually that
things had not settled down to normal
condition yet last night. For two days
the passenger trains have been running
from one to four hours late, and scarce
ly any coal or freight was moved. The
Montrose crew fought their way
through the drifts and succeeded in
making one trip Thursday. Yesterday
they were making their usual runs.
Conductor Walter AYERS 1t was one of
the worst storms he ever experienced.
Register and Recorder Provost re-
ceived an appeal from the register at
Coudersport day or two since asking
him to use his influence to have the law
repealed which provides that prothono-
tarys and recorders shall turn over to
the state so per cent. of all their fees in
excess of $1,000 per year, after deduct
ing necessary office expenses, clerk
hire, etc. AS the total income of either
of those offices here is less than s., ,00O
the incumbents are not specially inter-
ested in the repeal of the law.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Rooms, of Lynn,
are visiting their son-ln-law, Dean
Baker.
Carl Rhinehart is very i'll again with
another attack Of pleurisy.
Draper Billings took the weight of the
freshly-fallen snow lying upon his hay
scales and was surprised to find it 500
pounds. AS the platform is but by 10
feet, something of an idea of the terri
ble strain large roofs have to endure
may be formed.
Miss Susie Fox is assistant at her
brothers store during his absence.
In our report of the Christmas exer-
cises the names of Misses Sarah and
1,
share in it and were entitled to the
honors.
The Masonic order installed officers
Thursday night and indulged in a ban
quet afterward.
The Republican did not issue yester-
day on account of holiday week. and
the Democrat announces that it will
take vacation next week. The New
Age grinds out fiGty-two copies year.
Mrs. S. w. Eysenbach is quite
skilled artist in oil colors and a num-
Der of delightful productions from her
brush are in evidence at her own home
and the homes of her friends.
Otis Reynolds, the man who was con-
fined in Jail few days since for MAX
ing malicious threats, is evidently in
sane, and doubtless a commission in
lunacy will be appointed to investigate.
He labors under absurd hallucinations
the greater part of the time, among
which is the notion that the warden is
trying to poison him with paris green.
X. B. Camp, the Sayre jeweler, was
down last evening.
Mrs. Mary Knapp has gone to Kings
ton to visit her brother
Rev. j. G. Eckman, presiding elder
preached to small but interested audi
ence at the Methodist Episcopal church
last evening.
Mrs. Josephine Fulmer, of Easton,
whose maiden name was Martin, was a
teacher in the Presbyterian Sabbath
school some nineteen years ago. She is
now here on a visit to her cousin, Mrs.
A. E. Buck, and last evening six of the
eight members of her old-time class
made her a surprise VISIT, enjoying
social time and leaving her several
tokens of esteem. Their names. as
they now are called, are Mrs. John
Turn, of Falls; Mrs. John NJ. Garman,
Of Nanticoke; Mrs 7. b. Grenvllle, Mrs.
Frank Ace, Miss Lizzie Keifer and Miss
Kate Gearhart, of this place.
The Methodist Episcopal people have
ordered new slate blackboards for their
Sunday school and Epworth league
rooms.
The audit in the Mack & Miller as
signment case was not completed at the
llrst meeting, and the matter was ad-
journed until Wednesday, Jan. 9.
The snow plow of Peter Ace did good
service in cleaning the walks after the
recent snowfall.