The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-07
FACTOR YVILLE.

one OF the twelve true and tried jury
men on the Van Horn murder case.
Diphtheria is still raging to quite an
alarming extent in Nicholson, regard
less of the reports to the contrary
Two children of Patrick Doyle sue.
cumbed to this terrible malady last
Saturday within few hours of each
other. and a third one is not expected
to live.
East Lemon Camp, No 4So, p. Q. s.
of a., will hold their anniversary sup
per Friday evening. Dec. 10, in the
basement Of the Methodist Episcopal
church of that place. oysters will be
the principal feature of the menu.
1t is now rumored that the projected
railway line from Scranton to VIII
Transport will run via Factoryville and
Lake Winola. We trust such will he
the case. as IL would benefit this Sec
ton in many ways.
our expert chess and checker player,
George Griswold recently played seven
games of checkers at Tunkhannock
with Mr.. William Hall, Of Beaumont.
Griswold won four straight games, and
the other three were a draw. Hall,
previous to this series of games held
the championship of Wyoming. coun-
ty having easily conquered all copers.
In Griswolds not allowing Hall to get
a game in the series. plainly demon
strates Griswold's superiority over the
ex-champion. Griswold will next play
with a man in Sayre, Pa. Last even
ing Mr.. Griswold Through invitation
attended the organization of city
chess and checker club at the Office of
DR.. Pierce, in Scranton.
The Wyoming county teachers in
sttutc will convene at the court house
in TunkhannOck on Monday. Dec. 90
and promises to he one of the hest and
most attractive institute ever held in
this county. The lecture course, as ar
ranged by Superintendent r. ii. Jar
Wis, is one of the hest ever arranged
for an institute in Wyoming county.
Following is what the New Age has
to say in regard to the programme of
the lecture course: Monday evening
an instructive address. entitled Coal
and Coal Products" will he given by
Prof George w. Twitmeyer, superin-
tcrdcnt of public schools at Bethle-
hem. Pa. 1t will be illustrated by
charts, drawings and specimens, will
be presented in a new and attractive
way, and will be interesting as well
as educational. Tuesday evening Hon.
II. W. j. Ham, the southern orator and
humorist. will give "Old Times in
Dixie" Those who heard Mr.. Hams
lecture on The Snollygoster" last year
will certainly want TO hear this. His
peculiar southern dialect, his origina,
and laughahle way of illustrating
things. and his occasional flights into
hn I'm, Of ~ oIt al
hold his audiences TO the end. Wed.
nesday evening Colonel George w
Balm, of Lexington, Kentucky. will
speak on THE New Woman and the
Old Man" Colonel Bain's reputation
makes it unnecessary to dwell upon
his powers as an orator It will Suf
flee to say that he has spoken seven
teen years in succession at Ocean
Grove, New Jersey, filing thirty-foul
engagements. He is also a popular
Chautauqua lecturer. The New Wo.
man and the old Man" is a new lecture
and is said to be his best. Thursday
evening the Mozart symphony club, OF
New York city, will give an entertain.
ment. This company is engaged al
perhaps as great cost as any enter.
tainers that ever visited this county
Their string quartette play the violin
viola, cello and several obsolete instru
ments, such as Viola d'Amour o.
strings, DaGamha 90 strings) Roman
Triumphal Trumpet (5 feet in length)
etc They are also accompanied b,
Miss Marie Louise Gumaer. a celebrated
prima donna contralto. The press anC
public praise them everywhere.
Last Saturday evening Dec 4th, Mis-:
! Lyman 5. Chase of this place, Deputy
Inspector Of the Department of Penn.
sylrania, inspected the Ladies' AuXil
larry, G. \. r. circle. No. 19, in A.O.U.W
hall at i2l Lackawanna avenue, Scran.
ton, Pa. After the inspection gen,
oral hand shaking and social was en-.
/ jOycd. after which refreshments were
served. Several of the academy stu.
| dents, who have had an occasion t.
return to the academy some what
! belated at night, claim to have seer
an aDparitiOn fitting to and fro il
the campus, and upon one occasion il
was heard to give kcystones wei
| known foot ball yell. 1t might be tn,
foot bah teams Jonah" but perhap,
it's nothing more than the ghost oI
| the New Woman"
Legitimate news left at the post Off
&c, OF hand to the scribe will be thank
| fully received, and given prompt at
! tentiOn.
! PaulOuna, Rebekah degree lodge. No
| is, will meet tonight and elect officer!
| for the coming term.
| The many friends Of Miss. Haiti,
! Crisman are pleased to welcome he
home again. Miss Crisman has beer
| spending the past year in New Jersc,
and New York states.
Nickwire Finn & CO. who have beer
occupying the basement of the "Deut
! Patter" store house for the past ii,
months have moved into the Dav,
| Winfield house at Starkvile.
InnEST EIry