The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-25
TOWANDA.

H. MARKS clOLnlnE STOCK was SnSntly
damaged by a small blaze early sun
day morning.
The new management of the Ward
house is making many improvements
in that popular hostelry
Our fire laddies, comprising six COM
panies, gave their annual parade on
Thursday afternoon. Besides the Ger
mania and Hornbrook bands the ST.
Agnes cadets were in line.
The members of Company NJ will
parade at Philadelphia on Thursday
leaving here on Wednesday. Their
quarters have been in the old court
house.
Sheriff Fell is making his hammer
ring on several Towandans this month.
Mrs. b. Laporte died at her home
in Asylum township October II, aged
10 years.
While riding a horse recently, Fred
Tyrell,a lie Raysvlle young man, was
| thrown off and died soon after from
his injuries
Miss Mabel Conklin, general secre.
tary Of the Red Cross movement. gave
lectures in town Saturday and sun.
| day.
Several TOwandians are courting at
| Troy this week.
Repairs are being made on the Cath
olic church spire, which was recently
badly shattered by lightning.
An I. o. o. f. lodge has been tnsti-
| tuted at Warren Center with forty
| one members
The chair factory has resumed oper-
| ations after being closed for several
years.
| Rev. and Mrs Ezra Tinker gave a
| jubilee reception at the NJ. T. church
| last Wednesday evening.
| Wyalusing and WysoX are said to be
the largest shipping points along this
division of the Lehigh Valley.
Mrs. Lancaster has been quite i'll at
| IIinman house. Montrose.
Landlord OchO and wife has returned
from few days visit at Mt. Psgah.
Fire destroyed tobacco buildings,
| hay, etc, to the value of $4,000 for D.
NJ. Hinman at Montrose last Tuesday
| evening.
Canton has the gold fever Thomas
j. Davidson, a business man of Cam
| ton, recently picked up what he be-
| leved to be gold quartz from Mill
| Creek. He sent it to a Denver test
| ing company and received from the
| company sertiticate of assay, which
states that the piece of quartz con-
| tains 116 ounces of gold to the ton. Mr.
| Davidson has leased several hundred
acres in the vicinity of the place
| where the quartz was found.
! A Masonic lodge has been instituted
at Wyalusing with eleven charter men,
bers.
d. f. Pomeroy, of Troy, president
of the Bradford and Sullivan county
Christian Endeavor union. will hold a
| number of rallies throughout the coun-
| try.
The Ward House and Park Hotel are
| being fitted for steam heating by the
| electric light company.
Several pieces of coal are claimed
to have been found in Orwell town
! ship. Drillmen are already working
in that part of Eastern Bradford.
The chairman of the Democratic
county committee is being greatly CEN
sured by his party for his slow move
ments and self-important methods, by
| which he is conducting the official af-
fairs. The result was shown by the
| very small attendance at George A.
jerks and party's reception and meet
ing held in TOwanda last Wednesday
afternoon. Only about 150 were pre-
sent and II Il count were taken they
would have been mostly Republicans.
Bradford county claims 22,192 tax
ables.
Huntsmen report game as being very
plenty this season.
The Universalists have contracted
for a $500 pipe organ with Bing-
hamton maker, to be placed before
the holidays.
During the past year reports show
that i,Sl1 cases We're treated at the
Packer hospital, Sayre,
Mrs. Jane Hills, relict of Richard
Hills, died at the home OF her son,