The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-04
MONTROSE.

James Wooley of Scranton, is in
| Montrose.
DR.. j. Lawrence Nevin and J. b.
| Meinken, of Jersey City, are registered
at the Montrose House.
c. Kinney has accepted the position
| of day clerk al the Montrose House.
Joseph Doyle is, FOR several days. the
guest of his brother, James Doyle.
Rev. Ariel Hughes, Of the Montrose
Baptist church, has resigned his pas
! torate and will accept call at Newark,
n. ]. Mr.. Hughes has been in Mon
trcse for several years and will leave
many friends who will regret his de-
parture.
Samuel Rogers. of South Bridge
water was in Montrose on Wednesday.
Mr.. Rogers is a veteran of the war of
1912 and nearly a centenarian.
w. F. Ransom. of New Milford, was
in Montrose on Wednesday.
James Peck. of Great Bend, Is a
guest at the Exchange hotel.
Harry Il. Jones, proprietor of Mott S
| woolen MILL is making preparations
for running the mill to It's full capacity.
Charles Beck. who was injured re-
Gently by becoming entangled with the
rope of hose cart bound for fire, is
now able to walk without the use of
crut ches
The Montrose Telephone and Tele-
graph company's charter has been re-
ceived, and on Tuesday, April 9, meet
ing will be held to elect officers for the
ensuing year.
Mrs. j. Brewster McCullum has re-
turned from Florida, where she and her
husband have been to attend the we'd
ding or their son, Searle McColum
Judge McCollum is in Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. w. d. Lusk and Miss
Elizabeth Lusk, who have been spend
ing the winter in Florida, are expected
to return home shortly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Searle McCollum are
the guest of Mrs. d. w. Searle.
Hon. Galusha A. Grow was in Mon
trose on Tuesday last Mr.. Grow has
been very kindly treated by time and
enjoys his temporal visits to Montrose
as in days OF yore
L. 3. Hardenburg, of Honesdale, and
NJ. L. Drane, of Stroudsburg, are regis
tered at the Tarbell House.
Prothonotary w. j. Baker sold, last
week, to Juan +. Portuondo, the noted
Philadelphia cigar man, "a team of
registered Percheron horses. This Is
not Mr.. Bakers first dealing with
Senior Portuondo. as last fall he sold
him a large flock of registered Shrop-
shire ewes. Mr.. Bakers farm is locat-
ed but a short distance from Montrose
and Is model one.
Frederick Biddle Butler, of Philadel-
phia, will arrive In Montrose on April
II. Mr. Butler has for several years
spent his summers in Montrose and his
many friends will be indeed glad to
see him.
G. w. Baker has returned from Bing-
hamton.
The impeachment to pedestrians which
The Tribune spoke of in a recent issue,
as existing in front of Church street
jewelers., has been growing. A large
glass sign, in which photographs are
displayed. has been anchored to the
strips of wood. There is plenty of room
in Montrose which could be used for
advertising without utilizing the side
walks for that purpose. Why Is it al
lowed? A small case could be hung or
placed in the stairway leading to the
photographers The owner of the
building Is at fault for allowing such
a nuisance-the photographer is all
right.
And about this case. Thereby hangs
a tale-one of the oldest dentist in Mon
trose took the same view of it that The
Tribune man does-he had his office In
the building whose front is desecrated
by the unsightly sign. He Is now en-
joying new quarters in a different
building.
1t was the privilege and pleasure of
The Tribune correspondent to witness
a road review, which took place on
Tuesday at Elk Lake, Dimock town
ship. The reviewers, d. d. Lathrop, T..
p. Munger and A. II. Patrick, were ex-
ceedingly kind and obliglng to the
farmers interested in the road, which
is wanted by thirty-nine men and not
wanted by an unknown number. The
proposed road Is to skirt Elk Lake and
it is apparent that those in the vicinity
want "a road all around the lake.
An encounter between Two of Mon
trose's elderly and prominent men oc-
CURED early Wednesday morning at
McCausland's drug store. No serious
damage was done by either of the con-
testants. but an eyewitness claims
that the insurance man made a few
more points than the man who presldes
over the festivities of the grand jury
The cause was an argument over cor
poral punishment of young girls In the
public schools and nearly ended in q
practical demonstration of exactly
what constitutes corporal punishment
No need to suffer with rheumatism,