The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-31
NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA
EACTOP u YVILLE.

VIII Isby has moved his shoe and
machine shop from the j. c. Reynolds
building to the building located on the
"Bowcry." and formerly occupied by
J. a. Huffsmith as a meat market
Mrs. Gardner, who has occupied
rooms over j. s Reeds store, has
moved to Nicholson.
Rev. II. II. Wilbur will deliver an
address at the watch meeting to be
held this evening at the Asbury Metho-
dist Episcopal church, in Green Ridge.
this (Friday) evening. 1t will he
under the auspices of the Epworth
league.
A. NJ. Sprague, of the Jonas Longs
Sons store, was up and spent Sunday
with his parents.
J. c. Reynolds has moved into the
Heller property on South Main street
James Kearney. of oxford, y. j., was
up and spent a few days with his
parents the first of the week. James
looks as well as ever, regardless of the
Jersey mosquitoes, which he claims are
very annoying there at this time of the
year.
The funeral Of Mrs. George n. Van
Fleet. who died at her home near
Fleetville last Wednesday, will he held
at II o'clock Interment in Fleetville
cemetery. Mrs. Van Fleet leaves a
husband and four children to mourn
her loss, two daughters and two sons.
She was a sister of Mrs w. W. Bard,
Of this village.
1t SHOWS and it blows, and it stngs
your nose-makes all creation shiver:
it bites your toes, increases your woes.
II bp
nips ALL both great and small this dis
NAL. dreary winter; it freezes type,
it hurts the pipe. and veXes sore the
printer. SO let il rOll-we mean the
Coal-it takes the cash in winter. Now
please be kind and make up your
mind, to settle with the printer.
our neighbOring town of Friends
vile, over in Susquehanna county
holds an unparalleled record for lon
Ecvity. The little town has a popula-
tion of about three hundred persons,
and out of this population there are
twenty persons that are over 90 years
Of age, ana five who have passed the
century mark. Mrs. Mary Cullen is
1O4, John ellison 102, William Derby
102. and Mrs Ellen Carey and Mrs.
Philaney Golden are just over 100.
They are all hale and hearty, the wo-
men yet knit stockings and do kitchen
work, and the men chop wood, build
fences and do their chores 1t seems
much easier to live there than to get
living in this county, but Friends
willie perhaps has no doctor, under
taker association, or those Centenar-
ans and octogenarians would have been
dead years ago.
A little girl of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Getman died of membraneous Group
last Wednesday evening. The funeral
will be held Saturday at IL o'clock.
HighWaymen are reported as having
been holding up pedestrians over in
the vicinity of East Lemon.
Miss Nina Stark. Of Forty Fort, is
spending few days at the home OF
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. X. Zwei.
zig.
The ladies of the Baptist church viii
this evening (New Years eve) serve
another of their famous chicken sup.
pcrs in the lecture room of the church
The price will be only ten cents, anC
fOr an additional ten cents they vii
serve you with ice cream and cake.
Last Wednesday evening a very en-
joyable surprise party was given a
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Stanle,
Reynolds. Mr.. and Mrs. Reynolds
have recently gone to housekeeping il