The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-13
WILkES=BARRE AA YEARS AGO.
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the Right Rev. Bishop Potter with APP
propriate ceremonies on Monday next,
June 29th QS53) at 43O o'clock p. IN. In
the evening at 7.30 o'clock the bishop
is expected to preach in the Baptist
church and administer the rite of con-
tirma.ion."
An interesting item in this old pa
per is the one on the value of news
paper in the home and it makes this
eloquent plea: when two bushels of
wheat will pay a years subscription,
what farmer who thinks anything OF
himself or his family would be with
out one?" Here is notice of the meet
ing of the Presbytery: The Presby-
terry of Luzerne will meet at the wy
oming Institute on Tuesday, the list
inst, at 10 o'clock a. M This was the
old name but the sly people up there
in Scranton has wrested the name away
from us and the name of the Presby-
terry is now the Presbytery of Lacka-
wanna just as the name of the Episco-
pal session is now called the Archdea-
conry of Scranton. 1t is Il great Won
der that the Scranton people have not
made an attempt to change the name
to Scranton conference.
In the news department the Mesilia
Valley affair is mentioned as a possible
attempt of General Santa Anna to
crafty his enmity against the United
States" (The Mexican war had not
been more than five years over and
Santa Anna hadn't got over his thrash
ing)
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page. The first article is a long COM
municatiOn on the evils of special leg
islation and that bugbear has been re-
vived many times in later years. There
is also an article on President Pierce $
cabinet and sketches of the individual
members thereof. The advertisement
of the commissioners sale of unseated
lands has a very modern look The
commissioners then We're Richard
Hutchins, Peter Winter and Abram
Smith. An advertisement of an or
phans' court sale is signed by Sheriff
G. W. Palmer.
The only marriage notice in this pa
per is that of John d. Hoyt and Miss
| Elizabeth Goodwin, both of Kingston
| The ceremony was performed by Rev.
| DR.. Peck This was presumably Jona-
than K. Peck. His tomb is in Forty
| Fort cemetery. And so also the two
| others mentioned in this notice are
| buried there.
An advertisement of the proposed or
ganization of the Delaware, Lehigt
q Wyoming Valley Railroad company
is signed by the president George Nj
Hollenback, and secretary, Samuel P
! Ceilings.
Several jury lists are published ir
| this issue, but there are few names
among them that sound familiar now
| Among them, however, appear the
names Of John Turner, of Plymouth
Isaac Everitt, Pittston; Jesse b
Schooley, Kingston; Jameson Harvey
| Plymouth; Jacob Bertles. Wilkes.
Barre; +. c. Wadhams, Plymouth
Joseph Coons, Wilkes Barre.
The character of the general store.
| of that day is shown in the ads. The
top column of the third page is giver
to a space ad of Reynolds and Stur
devant, who had a fine line of silk.
and goods Of that kind, including
ladies' dresses, also groceries, hard
ware, crockery, mackerel, Goldfish anC
| all that sort of thing. A. Morse, mer
chant tailor, advertises French clotl
and imported woolens for mems suits
also all kinds of ready-made clothing
and a first-class satin vest maker
| is wanted" These We're the days U
the satin vest.
Engleke, Kuschke and Brother Were
| merchant tailors located in the ''nev
building of Charles Roth" opposite o
the Hillard block on North Mail
street. This notice says also: Vest
and pants made on six hours notic
and a whole suit in twenty fou
hours" Mordecai and Reading had
general store of spring and summe
goods. dress goods, mems wear, gro
ceries, crackery, boots and shoes, etc
This place was at No. . West Mar
ket street.