The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-11
TONkHAN MOCK.

Rev. Northrop. pastor OF the Me-
hoopany Methodist Episcopal church.
will deliver lecture at the Eatonville
Methodist church Thursday evening on
his experiences at the recent national
convention of the Epworth league at
Chattanooga. Tenn.
While Philander Cassidy and son,
Walter. were driving an unbroken colt
Monday evening, the animal suddenly
stopped at the west end of court house
square and commenced kicking. A
moment later 1t plunged into the pickle.
fence in front of +. l.. Slttser's resi-
dence, where 1t reared about In the
widest fashion until 1t succeeded in
breaking loose from the wagon. Mr..
Cassidy succeeded in holding onto the
lines. however. and the horse did not
get away. The wagon was more or
less wrecked, but the men were not
seriously hurt.
Rev. John Breckenridge, Of the Brook
lyn. ~ Y. hospital. will occupy the pull
pit at the Methodist church Sunday,
Sept. 30.
Misses Lydia Osterhout Efie Reyn-
olds and Lizzie McKelvey have all gone
to Atlanta, where they have positions
during the exposition.
Scientific men down In the Wyoming
valley say that the supposed petrified
oysters found on the top Of Dutch
Mountain are no petrifications at all,
but are iron nodules. 1t Is In order
now for the geological class to take an
excursion up there and settle the ques-
tion.
Hon. +. II. Piatt. James w. Plat,
esq, and Newman Fitch are In attend
ance at the Democratic state conven-
tion at Williamsport.
Il. r. Herrick and family are taking
a drive To Lopez, DushOre and on
toward Williamsport. to be gone for
some time.
II. NJ. Piatt has purchased the Teal
property at the corner of Second and
Pine streets.
A most sudden and startling death
occurred on East TiOga street Monday
evening. William Whipple, aged 81. of
Mehoopany. was delegate to the Re
publican convention on that day. and
while waiting for the evening train to
take him home, went with several
friends to the house of w. |. Avery, the
successful aspirant in the convention.
Mr.. Avery is Il truck farmer, and re-
galed his friends with luscious melons
and other fruits. When the party
started for the railroad station they
had gone but a few rods when Mr..
Whipple sank down and expired al
was picked up and conveyed back to
the house and DR.. J. w. Denison
hastily summoned. but 1t was no use.
life was extinct. Funeral Director
Streeter prepared the body for burial,
and the friends at Mehoopany We're
notified of the sad event. The remains
We're shipped to Mehoopany yesterday
morning in charge of Undertaken
Decker, of that place. Mr., Whipple
was a respected citizen of MehOopany
township, veteran of the late war and
an ardent Republican. He leaves a
wife, whose maiden name was Eliza
beth Bender. but no children. He was
a nephew of Mrs. Emma Osterhout, Of
this place. and n. ]. Harding, of Eaton.
Miss Ruth Stark. of Philadelphia, is
stopping at Hotel Graham.
Judge and Mrs. Sittser have returned
from their long summer outing in Ne
braska and up in the lake region of
New York state. Both are feeling
much harder than when they went
away.
T. $. Burson lost $50 silver certif-
cate Monday afternoon between the
Hungerford store and his furniture
shop. AS the streets were thronged
with people that day, the chances for
his recovering 1t are small unless it
lell llto VI IloIltSl
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Weishart, of
Lafayette. Ind, are guests Of Hon. w.
n. Reynolds.
s. ID. Streeter, who was taken i'll at
Washington, d. c., while en- route home
from Chattanooga, Tenn, writes that
he Is getting about again. He Is ex
pected home on Saturday next.
Robert Graham and Miss Sarah Ath-
erton were elected delegates to the Ep-
worth league rally at Rhendum, Sept.
II.
Miss Lizzie Kittridge will open a
kindergarten school at Waverly. N. Y,
next week Her efforts to start one
here were not crowned with success. for
some reason.
Wyoming County Pomona grange
meets at Meshoppen today. The dele
gates from this place are Cyrus Shaw.
Lyman Ellsworth and Miss Anna
Brown.
All special trains to Lake Carey are
abandoned for the season.
The ordination of Rev. Herbert M.
Pease. pastor of the Eatonville Bap-
tist church, took place yesterday. Rev.
McGee, of Wilkes-Barre, preached the
ordination sermon; Rev. James Rainey,
of Laceyville. gave the charge to the
candidate; and Rev. George Hine. of
this place, the charge to the cOngrega-
tion. The Eaton people furnished din
ner to the visitors, and very pleasant
day was enjoyed.