The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-18
FOREST CITY.

Ten years ago the present week So
journers in this region OF the earth
were experiencing n blizzard worse
than any other in the memory OF even
the oldest inhabitant." No mail was
received at Forest City for six days
and for the same space OF time none
could be sent out. The Jefferson branch
was showed and drifted out of sight
and dead" engines and stalled trains
were distributed at short intervals the
length Of IL. The present fine March
weather is in strong contrast to the
short tempestuous and frigid period of
a decade ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ID. Evans and chill
dren are visiting friends at Kingston.
Mrs. Darrow and daughters Madeline,
Blanche and Bertha are the guests,
this week. of New Milford relatives.
George Il. Taylor and L. f. Wells left
here on Wednesday night enroute for
Newport News. Va. where they think
of locating, If they find conditions
there as they are represented to be-
Green was the prevailing color here
Yesterday in honor Of st. Patrick's day.
High mass was celebrated at st. Agnes
church at 8 o'clock in the morning and
borough attended in a body.
Miss Minnie stephens has returned to
brooklyn, N. Y, after a visit of sew
eral weeks at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph stephens, Main
street.
Mrs. May Coursen, of Honesdale. was
the guest of Mrs. l.. ]. Wells. on We'd
ncsday.
The Democratic county committee of
Susquehanna county will meet in the
court house at Montrose, on Saturday,
March 26, when n date will be fixed
for holding the county convention and
the primaries.
The people of Pleasant Mount, Wayne
county, about teri miles northeast of
us, are drilling for coal. This is the
third attempt they have made. Once
the hole w9s spiked and the second
time the core was stolen, but this time
| they are doing the work themselves
and propose to find out what there is
underneath them. Here's hoping they
find coal enough to satisfy their most
sanguine expectations.
Money is being raised by the citizens
along the proposed route to make a
preliminary survey for a railroad from
Nicholson to Lanesboro.
Tomorrow, commencing at 1890 a. m.
a farmers institute will be held al
Clifford. The sessions will be In the
Methodist church and some good
| speakers will be present.
Saturday evening the Presbyterian
church choir will give a concert al
Farno, Wayne county.
The opera house building, owned by
| w. j. Davis, of Scranton, has beer
purchased by julius Freedman. The
consideration is said to have beer
| $4,000.
Rev. G. y. Stone attended the ses.
sions of the Honesdale district Min.
isterial association at Prompton Tues.
day and Wednesday.
Temperance services will be held al
the Baptist church next Sunday even.
ing under the auspices of the Baptis
Young Peoples union.
| Wednesday evening the members Of
the Presbyterian church choir met a.
the home of their leader. Professor
John l.. Morgan, and presented hin
with life-sized portrait of himself a.
a token Of their regard.
NJ. p. Jacobs, Forest City hardware
dealer, has been studying some tim,
upon the subject of non -refllable bot
tie, and believes that he has at las
got the right idea He has made ap
plication for patent.
A service commemorative of the brit
of Neal Dow, the great Temperance
reformer, will be held in the Methods
church on Sunday evening