The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-31
GATHERED HERE AND THERE,

The Delaware and Hudson are sending
circulars to all their agents requesting in
formation as to who in their respective
| towns take boarders. that they may next
year give more complete list of hotels
and summer boarding houses than Is now
given in their beautifully illustrated book
| entitled Mountain, Lake and Meadow,
which is hotel and boarding house reg
ister. Many who take boarders during the
summer are not represented in the work
owing to the failure to respond to circu-
lars sent out by Mr.. Burd.ck, general pas
senger agent early in the spring. He Is
anxious to give more complete list next
season and every one desiring boarders
should make application to the nearest
station agent on the Delaware and Hud-
son for these blanks, properly fill them ont
and return them to station agent or mail
them to ]. W. Burdick. general passenger
agent, Albany. N. Y. You will get rep
resentation free, or II you desire an en-
craving of your house shown In the work
you can get 1t at an expense Of 50, IS or $40,
as is fully explained In circular which will
be furnished by station agents. A copy of
Mountain, Lake and Meadow will be
mailed to any address on receipt of a 2
cent stamp. Address ]. W. Burdick, gen.
eral passenger agent, Albany. N. Y.
George Adams, formerly connected
with the Scranton, Pa, office Of r. G.
Dun & Co., was at the Globe hotel yes
terday," says the Syracuse Post "Mr. Ad-
ans recently fell heir to some real estate
in the vicinity Of Buffalo, on which soil
suitable for making brick was discovered,
and he has Just disposed of some of 1t at
terms exceedingly advantageous to him
self. Speaking Of Scranton yesterday, Mr..
Adams said: Business in Scranton Is
booming just at present. There Is an ac-
tive demand for real estate and prices
have advanced from Is to 25 per cent. This
is an encouraging sign, as real estate Is
generally the last thing to feel the effects
Of returning prosperity. There Is a good
deal Of building going on in Scranton and
Its suburbs. A large ten-story office build
ing Is being erected in the heart Of the
city, ground has been broken for a mag
n!fcent bank building and the chamber Of
commerce is to have new structure
Any quantity Of smaller structures, in
Guiding a number of handsome residences
are in process of construction or planned
The iron mills are all running, some Of
them night and day, and everybody Is
busy and everybody happy"
John l.. Kerr, representing Wagner &
Reis, the lessees Of the rockingham the
ater Is in the city and will remain here
q few days to make arrangements for the
formal opening during the first of next
month, although Cleveland's mtnstrels
have been secured for the night OF Friday,
Aug. 16. When interviewed by Tribune
reporter last night Mr.. Kerr was unpre-
pared to make an early announcement CT
the seasons bookings nor could he state
who the manager and attaches Of the
theater will be. He remarked that IL suit
able persons could be procured in Scran-
ton he would prefer to engage the whole
theater corps from this city. In discussing
the class-of attractions to be presented
Mr. Kerr said that none Of the cheaper
kind will be engaged. nor will the theater
depend upon companies playing on the cir
cult Of which the rockingham Is a part.
Standard companies and standard plays
and operas only will be secured, while at
intervals the best New York attractions
Will appear in special engagements Tho
policy Of the management will be to cater
only to the best theater-going element.
Alderman Millar relates good story Of
the First brigade camp at Saratoga.
Rev. Henry A. F. Hoyt. the venerable
chaplain Of the State Fencibles of Phila-
delphia, on Sunday afternoon took as the
text Of his sermon 1.-THE Way of the
Transgressor Is Hard" That evening the
chaplain went TO visit friends in Potts
town and staying later than he intended
reached the lines after taps had been
sounded, and not being provided with the
countersign was placed under arrest and
conveyed to the guard house, notwlth-
standing his most vigorous protestations.
While the corporal Of the guard was look
ing up the colonel to lay the case before
him the dominic. in none too amiable a
mood. was languishing in the guard house,
and during all this time mischievous
sentry kept repeating the minister's text
Of that day, "The Way Of the Trans-
gressor Is Hard"
There II on exhibition in Hill & Connell's
window q very interesting relic of revolu-
tionary days, which is attracting much
attention. 1t II q desk used by Charles
Thompson. first secretary of the con-
mental congress. 1t Ii in an almost perfect
state preservation. Mrs. r. J. Foster, Of
this city. Ii the owner.
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