The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-18
YUNkHANNOCK.

Inc iunelul OF MIS-. Safan >. NOOu,
aged 81 years, will occur at the home
of her brother, George. about half
mile west of town, today. Her home
is in Philadelphia, and she had been
troubled with nervous disorder for a
long time. She came here, after being
given up by the city doctors, in the
hope that the change would be bene-
fetal, but only lived three or four
months. Rev. George Hine, of the Bap-
tist church, will ofIlciate at the funeral
services.
/. Wheelock. the Eatonville mer-
| chant, is still confined to the house
| with rheumatism.
Yesterday was the thirtieth annver-
sary of the great flood of 1865, when all
the lower portion of town was in the
swim.
Day Hunter, of Lemon, is down in
North Carolina, engaged in landscape
photography.
| The board of health and school board
held joint meeting at X. Il. Billings
| oil1ce saturday night, at which Drs
Bidlcman and Hill We're invited to be
present, to consider the advisability of
closing the school on account of diph-
iberia. There is but little of the
disease around-perhaps not a single
case of actual diphtheria at present
but several children are suffering with
sore throat, and it is deemed necessary
to take every precaution.
The new township amputated from
Monroe is to be called Noxen, and the
little village of NoXen, up on Bowman's $
creek, will doubtless be the county
seat. Monroe has long been con-
sidered as sort of pivotal township in
county elections, and people were wont
to remark " as goes Monroe, so goes the
county" 1t will no longer enjoy that
distinction.
A new ferry boat Is to be constructed
at Falls in place of the one carried off
by the ice.
b. w. Farnham, a former resident
here, has rented his farm, near Hop
bottom, and gone to South MontrOse,
where he will be employed by DR.. f..
f. Butterfied. He and his family were
here over Sunday.
The two carrier pigeons which Bag
gagemaster G. NJ. Hickman had con-
fined here. and which belonged to Cort.
Colvin, a Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western engineer, at 425 Deacon street,
| Scranton, We're released at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning. one bore a mes
sage from the New Age office, as fol-
lows: "The NV Age sends greeting
by these winged messengers, and would
be pleased to hear of their safe arrival,
stating time" The other message was
from Mrs. Hickman, and simply said,
Left Tunkhannock at l0.-Kate."
After being released the birds circled
about for nearly fifteen minutes and
then disappeared.
An award in the arbitration case of
r. l.. Whiteman vs. II. d. Delong was
filed on Saturday and was in favor of
the plaintiff. w. T.. Carpenter, C. A.
Little and II. b. Grenville were the ar
biters.
The Methodist came out in a new
dress Saturday and with profuse illus
trations.
Mrs. Arthur Squire, of Scranton. is
spending the week with her mother-in-
law, Mrs. G. r. Cornell.
The pilot of this department desires
to thank Hon. Il. j. Jordan for generous
packages of seeds of various kinds.
Now, if he will send along a spade, hoe,
rake, patch of ground and some fer
tllizer we think we might enjoy some
garden truch before the season is over.
Rev. $. w. Weiss filed the Presby-
terian pulpit yesterday.
Rev. and Mrs. Il. NJ. Pascoe of Mes
hoppen, were guest at the Methodist
Episcopal parsonage Saturday,
Byron Kelley has purchased the
Frear house on court house square,
now occupied by Hon. George w. Cooke.
Why continue to pass your nights in
scratching and your days in misery?
Doans Ointment brings instant relief, anu
permanently cures even the worst cases
OF Itching Piles. 1T never fails