The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-01
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

The thoughts of man shall be
As sentincls TO keep
Your rest from danger free.
Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours.
Memorial day was appropriately OBJ
served in Susquehanna. At an early
hour in the morning, Moody post and
Moody Relief corps visited MCKune's
cemetery and decorated the soldiers
graves. In the afternoon the process
sion, made up of the Susquehanna
band, firing squad, Moody post and
veterans, Moody Relief corps and the
school children, moved to Laurel Hill,
Grand street and Evergreen cemeteries
and decorated the veterans graves,
with the ritualstic service Of the
Grand Army of the Republic. The pro-
CCssion then moved to Main street and
was dimissed Immediately following,
public meeting was held in Hogan
opera house. Rev. Charles NJ. Newing,
pastor of the Methodist church, deliv-
eriug an able, appropriate and eloquent
address, which was very attentiVely
listened to throughout and frequently
vigorously applauded. In the evening
in Hogan opera house, a very meri-
tOrious musical and literary entertain
ment was held, under the auspices of
Moody Relief corps, to defray the nee
essary expenses of the day.
SUNDRY SCRAPS.
The Honesdale Independent wants
the rhododendrOn adopted as the state
flower. Then call it something else
something easier to spell and pro-
nounce
Dogs killed $G2 worth of sheep in
Auburn township, a few nights since.
Why not raise more dogs and less
sheep?
Next to a newspaper, a base ball
team, If ii is a good one. brings a
town into prominence more than any
thing else.-Forest City News Es-
pocially 50 if neither are worth a
daylight dream!
FOREST CITY SAFE.
If We had a storm like that Of last
Thursday night, once week. the prob
lem of grading the hill streets would
solve itself. 1t would simply he mat
ter of carting them away from Main
street in the morning. And just think
what time they must have i'm Sus-
quehanna to keep out of the river dur
ing these spring freshets! our own
troubles are as nothing compared to
theirs.-Forest City News
Forest City is safe. When the rains
descend and the floods come, the viii
layers can just tie their houses to a
few stumps in the street and lie down
TO pleasant dreams.
IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY.
The In nj tal
That marks a soldiers resting place.
And lays 1t on his mothers grave.
comrade i'm sacrifice and grace
God knowest best which offered more
The heart that dared, the heart that
brake:
But like affection halows mounds
Where lie the martyrs for truths sake.
Jackson's volunteer company is near
ly organized. Its captain. d. w. Cole.
has had considerable military eXperi-
enca in the Colorado militia
1t is understood that w. n. Stoddard
Is Montrose's Coming postmaster When
this matter is settled, the villagers can
begin to think about the war with
Spain.
In Montrose, Juno 3, Miss Jennie II.
stephens. Of Montrusc and Frank A.
ShefeH of Scranton, will he united in
marriage.
The Summer Normal school. now in
session in Muntrosc is attended by a
large number of the teachers of the
county.
In tIalIstead there is almost an epi-
demic of tonsiits
Mar Hallstead. a few DAYS since,
what is believed t. be the skeleton of
an Indian, was unearthed. There was
once an Indian tribe near HaIlstead.
and quite number of the direct de
srendcnts If the tribe now live at
Smoky Hollow.
Or. ellen T.. MITCHELL formerly Of
Montr"se now medical missionary i'm
INDIA, has row gone to Thaudaung, a
Will mountain region, to reCuperate.
y Sunday school has been organized
at Heart Lake.
The county board of Farmers Insti-
tute managers will meet in Montrosc
on the second Tuesday i'm June to ar
range for holding the county institute
next fan.
STANDARD AUTHORITY ON WIp-
OWS
Br'er Haines, of the Honesdale Inde
pendent insinuates that certain Sus-
Cuehanna county newspaper men are
searching for marriageable widows. II
the allegation is correct, / would ad,
wise them To consult that eminent and
standard authority on widows, Rrer
laines, who has had considerable re,
muneratlve experience In that direc-
tion. He is a cOnnoseur He is alsC
again i'm the market, with legion OF
widows-real ana bodybuilding over
each other in mad race to win the
pearl of great price. And
Our Br'er Ben
Will wed again!
NEW BREED OF TRAITORS.
A correspondent Of the Carbonate
Leader writes that there are lovers Ol
En.llln In nlA Enln.Ill.