The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02
news OF This VICINITY
TUNKHANNOCK.

young man and has good knowledge
OF the printing business. That he will
make his services valuable to the
Rocket proprletors we haven't a doubt.
II. II. Atkinson, of Vose. is seriously
Ill. DR.. Bardwell attends him.
Frank Herman is suffering with in
fiammation of the eyes.
On Saturday the last of the Hawke
families moved to Nicholson. With the
removal Of the stone mill to that place
Tunkhannock suffered the material loss
of quite little colony Of worthy citi-
zens, which is Nicholson's gain.
Mrs. Musser, of Canton, who has been
boarding at John Barth's for some time,
returns to her home today.
Next Sabbath the last missionary SER
vices of the Methodist Episcopal Sum
day school for the conference year will
be held, and in consequence they will
antedate Easter by joining that festi-
val with 1t also. An interesting pro-
gramme- will be rendered, and the
school will indulge in their usual Easter
treat Of eggs and cake.
The volume of through passenger
traffic on the Lehigh Valley Is said to
be three times as great as 1t was year
ago. While the Valley Is one Of the
best and most royally-equipped trunk
lines in this section, and Is getting its
full share of deserved patronage. yet
along with the above statement must
be considered the fact that year ago
the road was just cohvalescing from
one of the worst strikes in Its history,
Il t.i htnh t,af fE.,
reduced to minimum.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Hoffa visited the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Barth, over Sunday, while en- route to
Weatherly. to assume charge of their
new drug store recently purchased.
1t Is related that man boarded
Lehigh Valley train not thousand
miles from Meshoppen station a few
days ago, and thrust Legislative pass
under the conductors nose when he
came along. The latter thought he
knew the pasteboard, but not the man.
rs that your name?" he quered, eye
ing the pretended legislator and point
ing to the card. The fellow was slight
ly related to George Washington, and
had to admit that it wasn't. When
the conductor placidly slipped the pass
into his vest pocket and collected full
fare the gloom that settled down over
the passengers face put a chill on the
whole car, and made the brakeman
hustle to turn on the steam heat but we
venture the opinion that it wasn't
marker to the way the owner of the
pass felt when the returns came in. If
there is any grief more pungent than
that which comes of having to toe the
ballast or pay fare, after having lux
uriated In passes for a season, the en-
cyclopedias make no mention of 1t.
The Ladies' Home Missionary society
will make their annual roundup at
meeting at the Methodist Episcopal
church today.
Various wiseacres are confidently as
serting that the judicial contest is prac-
tically settled, and that the case will
probably not be called up in May. Such
prophets are evidently not acquainted
with the nature of the contestants,
neither do they realize what plum
the attorneys are getting out of it. The
goose that lays golden eggs gets to the
chopping block only in the story books.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Tremayne go to
Ashley today to visit relatives.
Mrs. James Donley has been called to
the bedside of her father, James Meek
er, who Is very Ill at his home at Leh-
man.
Noyen township has 24O voters.
Elmer Clark, a Lemon township far
mer, died of consumption Sunday morn
ing. He was upwards of so years Of
age, and left family.
Rev. Herbert Pease, of the Lewisburg
university. preached at the Eatonville
Baptist church Sunday. No regular
pastor has served the church since the
resignation Of Rev. Hatch, but it is said
that one will soon be called.
julius II. Winterroth, travelling sales
man for Rochester shoe house, dined
with C. F. Potter, another knight of
the grip, Saturday.
An order went into effect yesterday
morning allowing Lehigh Valley mile
ages to be used en- the Montrose road.
Dr. A. B. Woodward, a member of the
State Medical Examining board, went
to Harrisburg yesterday to be present
at the reorganization of the board.
The Democratic county committee
met in the grand jury room yesterday,
pursuant to a call by Chairman Keeler
AS the meeting was held for the purpose
of electing new chairman, someone
nominated Asa S. Keeler to succeed
himself, but the honor was promptly
declined. Then somebody else moved
that Hon. F. II. Piatt De unanimously
accorded the position, and the motion
prevailed He was empowered to choose
his own secretary, and George w. Fer
ris was selected. That being the ex-
tent of the business, the meeting ad-
journed.
Marriage license was granted yester-
day to Herbert Eilenberger and Eta
Hough, both Of Lake Wlnola.
Rev. c. b. Henry, a native Of this
county, but who Of late has been at
tending Drew Theological seminary
and doing missionary work in New
York city, was calling here yesterday.
He expects to be given a charge at the
coming conference at Carbondale.
Yesterday was license day, and the
ginslingers held the town. All applica-
tions were granted with the exception
of the Graves house, at Jenningsville,
and the Forkston house, Forkston,
against which remonstrances were filed.
Considerable testimony In the former
case was heard, but 1t was finally put
over until this morning on account Of
absence Of important witnesses. Some
witnesses in the other case were also
heard, but the matter was still on when
court closed for the night.
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