The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-30
news OF This VICINITY
MONTROSE.

G.. w. Baker intends spending the
Sabbath at Binghamton.
Mr. and Mrs. Searle McCollum (nee
Lusk) have returned from Florida and
will spend the remainder Of their honey
moon in Montrose.
The Sons of Veterans, Captain Beard
sley post, held an entertainment in
honor Of Lincoln's birthday on Friday
night. Four Brothers post, Grand
Army of the Republic. were invited. as
| well as many of the prominent citizens
of Montrose.
A menace to pedestrians and dis
grace to "a civilized community exists
in front of a jewelry store on Church
street Several people have narrowly
escaped severe falls from the strip of
wood firmly fastened to the sidewalk.
and it is high time that the useless and
dangerous impediment should be re-
moved. Where are the town officers?
Blind or sleeping?
Butter realizes 16 to 20 cents; eggs, 12
| cents per dozen; milk (received from
creameries), 11s cents per quart.
The little members of the Junior Sew
ing society of st. Paul's Episcopal
church have during the Lenten season
| met regularly, and their work has been
phenomenal To see their happy faces
going and coming from these Monday
| afternoon meetings is good evidence of
their willingness to work and the pleas
ure 1t gives them.
The Lenten services at st. Paurs
have never before been 50 largely at
tended.
The Rev. L. A. Warriner will preach
the baccalaureate sermon to the gradu-
ating class of the Montrose high school
in June.
James r. Beardsley has returned
from Scranton, where he has been
spending few days.
r. j. Manning. of Susquehanna was
in Montrose this week attending to
legal affairs.
H. w. Bardwell, of Tunkhannock, is
registered at the Tarbel house.
The fact that Montrose will very soon
have complete telephone system is
almost assured. The applicants for a
charter are A. Lathrop, w. W. Reyn-
olds, DR.. J. f. Butterfeld. d. V. Gard
| ner and j. Il. Whiting AS soon as the
charter is obtained immediate steps
Will be taken to erect and equip thor
ough town service. The capital stock
of the company is $1,000. of which 10
per cent has been paid in. There are
200 shares at par value of $500 each.
1t Is the idea of the company to have
1t cooperative body and the stock
Is mostly taken in small blocks by the
business men here. W. w. Reynolds
stated to Tribune correspondent that
as soon as Montrose had its telephones
in working order efforts would be made
to connect Heart lake, Forest lake.
South Montrose, Rush, Fairdale and
Birchardville.
Mrs. George Watrous, who has been
confined to her house for several weeks,
is now convalescent.
Mrs. Henry Turrell, Of Lake avenue,
is suffering from an attack of grip.
The County association. Patrons Of
Industry, met at Rush and elected
Thomas Sheridan, president: A. J.
Terry, vice-president; f. NJ. Gray sec
retary. and William Hibbard, treas
urer. There Is a great deal of conten-
tion among the members of this organi-
LdllOi III COUNTY,
many stores which they could run are
kept closed
The snow which fell Thursday drifted
so in certain sections that both sleigh
ing and wheeling We're almost impos-
sible. The warmer weather on Friday
reduced the drifts considerably. One
drift on the Lackawanna and Montrose
railway is higher than the top of the
passenger coaches.
Grand Jury Returns.
The grand jury which began its work
March - was dissolved Thursday,
March 2S, after disposing of thirty-one
cases, twenty-One being true bills and
ten no cause for action. In several in
stances such trivial offenses were com
mitted that the jury caused the com
plainant to pay costs. John FitZpat-
rick. the Forest City fiend. who is
charged with assaulting a little girl.
will linger longer in the county Jail, as
the witnesses necessary to appear were
not here. He will await the action of
the next grand jury and will not be
tried until the August term of court.
Aside from those already given in ale
Tribune their other indictments are as
follows:
w. II. Driscoll ate drank and was
merry, but did not pay C. Stringham.
of Susquehanna, who charged him with
defrauding him of his board bill He
pleaded guilty
Humphrey NJ. Lynch signed note
in a fraudulent manner, so j. NJ. Kelly
though, and the grand jury agreed with
him.
Burton White, of Montrose, accused
by an Angel. Mary by name, of various
deviations. including the seventh com
mandment, will be tried.
John Schwick tried to defraud
| butcher of Forest City-Max Heller,
| but Max had him indicted.
Jasper F. w. Halves embezzled s112.77
| and is sorry he did 1t. F.. d. La Larne
e. Co, were the sufferers and C. II.
| Stockley for them entered the com
| plant.
Frank Thomas. charge of illegal
| liquor selling.
Township of Clifford, supervisors
charge of not repairing road.
Township of Rush, supervisors
| cnafRe OF not repairing ROADS.
| Jerdon Blair, of Montrose, is also In
dicted on two charges. one instigated
by p. Rafferty, for carrying deadly
weapons: the other by John Ramer for
keeping a gambling house.
| Relief in Six Hours.
Distressing Kidney and Bladder dIs.
eases relieved in six ho,.rs by the New
| Great South American Kidney Cure"