The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-13
TUNKHANNOCK.

The annua, teachers institute will
be- held the week commencing Dec. IL.
and is expected To exceed in interest
anything that has preceded il. The
lecture course. as announced by Coun-
ty Superintendent Jarvis, covers four
evenings, including one musical and
literary entertainment. Monday eve
ming DIR. Lincoln Hulley, of Lewisburs
university. will speak. his subject be-
ing Jokes and Fun" Tuesday eve
ming Hon. II. W. j. Ham, of Georgia,
will lecture on "The Snollygoster in
Politics" Wednesday evening Judge
Alfred Ellison. Of Anderson. Ind, VIII
dwell on Kings and Queens, Or
Earth's True Royalty" Thursday eve
ming the Arion-Cookc combination Will
give Il musical and literary entertain
ment. which promises to excel anything
in the ordinary line. 1t is seldom that
the people of this place are afforded
course of entertainments from which
SO much may be rightfuliy expected.
The charter members of the to-he
Rebekah Degree lodge Will meet at
odd Fellows hall on Wednesday next,
at y. m. to organize. The new So
sety will be chriStened Lady Esther"
and a team from Springvile lodge will
come down to put the novitiates
through the mill. Supper will he served
from . to : y. m, and an evening ses-
sion will be held.
RAILROAD GOSSIP.
The November schedule on the Le-
high Valley is expected to bring about
some importan, changes. a new sleep
ing car service will be inaugurated he
tween Wilkes Barre and Jersey City.
and on the northern end of the line
engineers and tiremen will he required
to make continuous runs between Sayre
and Buffalo. This class of employees
have been notified to 4 Ike up their res
idence at either the one place or the
other. much to their inconvenience. as
many of them had purchased homes at
Manchester. the present end of the di-
vision.
Last weeks storm did material dam
age to the Harvey's Lake branch.
Washouts OccuI red. food trash block
AIDED the line, and through travel was
wholly imoeded for day or two.
Arrangements for a large increase
of milk traffic on the Montrose line
next year are being made. At Dimock
and Lemon new large ice houses have
been erected. and at the latter place
a flow pond is in course of construc-
tion. from which ice will be gathered
this winter.
The Lehigh Valley is having q boom
in freight business. Thousands of or
ders that We're held back to await the
result OF election, are now being
poured in. and rush in the carrying
trade is the result.
New winter schedules will go into
effect on both the Lehigh Valley and
Montrose roads on Sunday night. Sew
eral important changes occur in the
former.
POLITICAL CHATTER.
Coins financial school Is taking n
vacation.
The Eatonvile Mckinley and Hobart
club will hold an OK roast and politi-
cal can-can On the fair grounds ON
Friday evening of this week.
The Peoples party followers and the
Free SilveriteS We're almost totally
swallowed up by the Bryan Democ-
racy in this county. The two tickets
mustered but G6 votes all told.
The friends of A. NJ. Eastman. asSo-
ciate judge-elect and Captain X. w.
Bannatyne, chairman of the Republi
can county committee. have solicited
money and purchased each gold head
ed cane, to he appropriately inscribed
and publicly presented.
The OK roast at Laceyville Tuesday
evening drew in the country people
for miles around. a number of Eaton
Vile enthusiasts were up and pronouI1c-
ed the affair a success.
HERE AND THERE.
The auction sale Of the personal ef-
fects Of Mrs. f. L. Stevens, of Lemon.
occurred yesterday.
Joseph Luce, formerly of Lynn. has
become resident here. having pur-
chased the Treinayne property on Pine
street.
The East Lemon camp. Sons Of Amer
lea, Will hold their annual supper in
the basement of the Methodist Episcu-
pal church at that place on Friday
evening, Dec. IS, the anniversary Of
the founding of their camp.
Court has been in session this week
and the usual crowd of jurors, Wit
uesses and general hangers-on have
filled the place. Judge Durham occu
pies the beA'h. with his two associates,
II. NJ. Harding and C. |. Lacey.
William Russell. one of Aiehoopany
townships most prominent farmers.
was buried the early part Of the week. |
He was Il genial, whole esuulcd man. |
one whom everybody spoke well Of. |
He was Il soldier of the late war. and
did gallant service. He was wounded
at Gettysburg, hut returned to the ser
vice again as soon as able.
Thompson Bodle, Il Wyoming 'oun-
tian. " ho went To Colorado some years !
ago, was elected 10 the state legislature |
last week. He was IL young man Of a |
good deal of ability, and served one
term as superintendent of common
schools in this county. previous to his |
removal to the land of the potato |