The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-25
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At MehOOcany, where a church wal
divided the town two or three years
age. a kindlier spirit has come upon the
people and they are now united In one
common cause aginst the enemy Of all
truth and righteousness. There are
three churches in the place, Baptist,
Methodist and Presbyterian. and the
pastors, Revs. Phillips, Northrop and
Everitt. with their respective cOngre-
cations, have joined hands and are
holding union revival services with
very encouraging results. Behold
how good and how pleasant 1t Is for
brethren to- dwell together In unity"
John Patrick, an able and esteemed
former citizen of Overfield township,
who now resides at SnohOmish. Wash
ington. contributes an interesting ar
ticle to The New Age on What Has
Become Of the Water?"
The petitioners for the judicial con-
test have been directed to appear at the
December session Of the tribunal at La
porte to show cause, II any there be.
why the costs Of the contest should not
be placed upon them. 1nasmuch as
there are but a very few of the whole
number of signers who have any avail
able asSets. those few will Industrious
ly apply themselves to the task, as
they have no desire whatever to shoul-
der the whole burden of costs. 1t Is not
seriously believed that the court will
impose the costs upon them, but the
judges are not making up their minds
without a full hearing of the case.
No change I'm the Montrose schedule
has been announced as yet, and 1t Is
probable that the present train ar
rangement may be continued through
the winter.
Michael Brown, ore of the energetic
farmers at Lake Carey, raised LOO
bushels of potatoes this eason
The Jennings Milling company at
Mehoopany have the remodeling Of
their mill COMPLETED and are now run
ming night and day. Their facilities
are among the most complete in this
section and they draw the patronage of
a large. section of country In the west
ern portion of the county.
Argumnt court Is set down for De-
cember 16 at this place, Judge Dun
ham and his associates occupying the
bench.
The Epworth league has appointed a
prayer meeting at 6 a. m. THANKSGIVING
Day. and has invited the other Chris
tan Young Peoples societies to join
them.
East Tioga street was torn up Sat-
urday to allow sewer connection to be
made between Hotel Graham and a
large cessDool on the Handrick prop
erty On the opposite side of the street.
Many merchants in this section are
adopting the ready-pay system. and
the remainder of them will doubtless
be forced to do so in the cOurse Of time.
The hard times of the past two years
have left many dealers with more I'M
cOllectable accounts or bOOk than pro-
fits in the till. and the only way to pre-
vent a continuance of hat experience
Is to shut down on credit entirely.
There Is little doubt that a complete
cessation Of the credit business would
be BENEFICIAL to both dealer and patron,
hard as 1t nay seem at first glance.
Railroad, telegraph, and kindred cor
porations have been doing a solely cash
business for generations, and yet no
hardship Is wrought to any one by It.
II they were to commence booking ac-
counts, bankruptcy would follow i'm
mediately.
A special train will be provided for
the knights of Pythias who visit Mon
trose on the evening Of Thanksgiving
Day. The team will be photographed
In their knightly equipments before
starting, and will be accompanied to
Montrose by a large number of Pythi-
ans from this place and Vose.
The decision of the Lehigh Valley
company to charge employees one-half
cent per mile, instead of granting
passes. and devote the proceeds to PEN
sioning old and faithful employees
meets with general favor among the
railroad men. or such, at least, as are
with the company permanently. The
various brotherhoods care for a men,
Der who Is disabled. and now the old
veterans are to be provided for.