The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-01
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Porter Mtcnati Is teucHlilS III Nil
waukee, Lackawanna county.
Commissioner A. NJ. Dewitt; ana +. ).
Harding. clerk. are in attendance at
the state commissioners convention
at Meadville.
o. ID. Dewitt and family arrived from
Tempe, Ariz., yesterday morning. They
had been absent about a year and took
their friends somewhat by surprise by
their unannounced arrival. Mr.. De
Witt speaks in very favorable terms or
that section of country.
Petty thievery is getting common
enough hereahouts of late to be an
noying. Some miscreant purlolned
heavy rug and Il chair cushion from the
porch of e. j. Reed Sunday night.
Frank w. Donley foreman of the
Rocket Office at Wyalusing, spent sun
day with his parents here.
Workmen are engaged in putting in
steam heat apparatus at the keeler
House.
Elmer and Arthur. sons of a. n.
Ide, an old war veteran and member OF
the famous Bucktail regiment. are to
be placed in the Soldiers orphan school
at Hartford.
The annual conference convention of
the Epworth league will be held at
Wilkes-Barre Oct. and .. The various
leagues in this section will send dele
gates.
Miss Nellie Donley enters the Wilkes
Barre hospital today with the intent
of fitting herself for nursing as pro-
fession. She will be on trial for the
first month.
John Mcqueen. the Lehigh Valley
florist Is gathering the frost-bitten Se-
raniums from the beds on the COM
pany's grounds along the line. They
will be taken to the Sayre greenhouses,
| where they are used to propagate cut
tings for another seasons planting.
Mrs. William r. Lockwood, who has
been taking vacation for several
| weeks at her home. at Stamford, Conn,
and other places, is expected here today
| to resume the work of reindeXing the
| county deed books.
Marriage licenses have been granted
| to Thomas w. Wilson, NJ. d., of Old
| Forge, Pa, and Stella Rogers, of Mill
| City; a. J. Griffith, of Beaumont, and
| Aida Rose. of NoXen.
Miss Etiie Reynolds, who has a posi-
| ton at the Atlanta Cotton exposition,
writes that the weather Is extremely
| hot down there and the exposition will
not be really enjoyable on that account
until November. 1t is possible that the
! whole party who went from this county
will return before long.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fox. of Wilkes
| Barre, are guests of Charles Tre-
mayne's people.
Mrs. Frank Dressler, of Noxen town
ship. is mentally deranged and has
been confined in the county Jail. A
commission will investigate and steps
taken to remove her to an asylum.
The Ladies' Aid society entertain
ment at the Methodist Episcopal
church tonight promises some innova-
| tions in that line. The programme Is
unique, and as the ladies are carefully
| looking after the details, it can hardly
| fail of success. Ice cream will be
served to all attendants.
| The Eatonvile Baptists have decorat-
cd their church with new windows, par
TALLY of stained glass.
| c. r. Stafford is working for the Gray
Candy company and has moved his
family into the double dwelling at the
intersection of Turnpike and Redgfield
| streets.
The district meeting of the Improved
Order of Red Men at the wigwam of
the home society Saturday night called
out the various tribes from Vose, Rus
sell Hill. Nicholson and Mill City. The
meeting was presided over by Deputy
Grand Sachem Kinner. Grand Sachem
Popre, of Philadelphia being present.
After lively and well-attended coun-
Gil. during which degrees were con-
ferred on several candidates the dusky
warriors adjourned to the Packer
House and slowed away refreshments
with a gusto that indicated there was
nothing wrong with their digestive or
gans. The visiting dignitaries and sew
eral others made addresses and every
bodN voted 1t a success.
Rev. w. NJ. Hitler, of this place, and
Rev. G. +. VanWert. of Nicholson, will
exchange pulpits next Sabbath.
The celebration of the tenth wedding
anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. r. b.
Stone passed off very pleasantly yester-
day afternoon. Numerous guests from
out of town We're present and the host
and hostess were very pleasantly re-
membered with substantial tokens.