The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-11
news OF this VICINITY
TUNKHANNOCK.

The Montrose train crew have not at
tempted to make a trip since Thursday,
and it will take two or three days yet to
get the tracks dug out 80 that traffic
can be resumed. Traversing one of the
bleakest strips of country in this sec
ton, there is no other difficulty with
which it has to contend so bad as the
| snowdrifts. But the company displays
commendable zeal in keeping the road
clear for they never give up as long as
| fighting is of any use, When obliged to
abandon, they always set about open
ing the road as soon as the storm
abates.
The county commissioners have con-
tracted with NJ. V. Wandall, of Nee
hoopany, to rebuild the abutments to
the Tunkhannock creek bridge The
specifications contain Il proviso that
should the foundations on which the
abutments now rest prove insecure, the
contractor is to dig deeper, until the
commissioners are satisfied that sta
BILE foundation has been reached. To
provide for this emergency Wandall
put in two bids viz: S52S and SSl3. II
| is remarked that the price is too low, as
the stone are all to be chisel dressed.
| A number of the friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. n. H. Mack gathered in Saturday
night to pay them farewell visit be-
| fore they leave for Bethlehem. y
pleasant social evening was spent, and
tokens of esteem We're presented.
The funeral of Miss Clara Lobeck oc-
Cured yesterday at y. m, at the
family residence. Rev. S. c. Hodge of
| ficiated, and the remains We're laid to
rest in Sunnyside cemetery. Miss Lo-
| beck was a daughter of IL. +. LObeck
and is one of the three Lobeck sisters
who possessed much talent and have
gained considerable celebrity as musi-
cal performers. Miss Clara and her sis
ter Marie. who is now Mrs. James f.
| I'rear, were skilful violinists, and Mar
tina, the third, is none the less brilliant
as q pianist. Their father has always
taken special pride in their musical
ability, and sent them to Germany tC
| finish their education. Though possess
| ing talent far beyond the average stage
| performer. their natural mOdesty has
kept them in the background. and tn,
|
skill. Some twenty-five years ago tht
| father was a resident of Scranton. and
later went to Philadelphia, finally retir-
ing to the wilds of Dutch Mountain
this county, where he owns a fine large
farm. 1t is only within a very few
years that the girls settled in Tunkhan-
mock.
The average householder has to turn
his thermometer t'other end up these
days in order to get any service out OF
| IT,
| The Gray Candy company are pushing
the wholesale trade. AS an indicator
Of their enterprise we note that they
advertise maple sugar of the 1895 crop
| DIR. c. II. Dana is just getting out
again after a siege with the grip.
| Roland McNab and Carrie Rice have
| been made man and wife.
John Collins. stone cutter who is
| laid up with a fever sore on his leg, has
chiseled out a fancy clock which is on
sale at Arnt's barber shop. 1t is lime.
stone, of beautiful design, and inasmucll
as he is poor and unable to work ii
would be an act of charity for someone
| to purchase it. His wife, who helped
eke out a living by doing washing. re.
Gently fell and broke her arm.
Mrs. Joseph Welch is convalescing.
| Travel has not been more impedcd on
the Lehigh Valley since the blizzard OF
| 1888. Trains have been running with
| double headers for three or four days
and even at that have not pretended
to make schedule time.
Stephen Harding is expected from
Montana about March 10 with carload
of horses.
Norris Swisher has ordered a press
and a new dress of type. and the Meth.
odist will soon appear in an improve
| form.
| The Nicholson Examiner says that
while they think that the objections t,
the repeal of the billiard law are al
bosh, yet the people of the county are
ten to one against the repeal, and Rep.
resentative Tiffany will act according
ly. Bosh or no bosh, the will of the peo.
pie must be done.