The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-15
NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA
EACTOR YNILLE.

The borough caucus will he held on
Saturday afternoon, Jan. 22, from to
5 O'Clock. for the purpose of nominat-
ing borough officers for the ensuing
year
James Griffin died at Wallsville last
Tuesday The funeral was conducted
at Fleetville yesterday. He was a
brother OF our townsman, John Grif-
fin.
James Smalley and John Carpenter
are engaged in a series of games of
checkers. to be finished in the near
future The winner of the series Of
games will then challenge any player
in the county to a series of games to
he played at this place, the winner to
be entitled to the championship OF
Wyoming county.
The second intermediate session of
the Lackawanna and Wyoming Musi-
cal alliance is tC be held in Nicholson
in few days. Announcement of the
tn The Tribune a day late. Better send
it late, "OlG boy" rather than not have
the proper thing to head it with.
w a. Coleman, Frank DePue and
Fred. Seamans, all of Scranton, were
calling upon our merchants Thursday.
The Factoryville Tidings is now
printed on Thursday evening, and
comes out greeting it's many readers
bright and early Friday morning, much
appreciated.
The residents of the North End are
again in a mudde to know who has
stepped on the corns of the town coun-
Cll as there have been no street lights
on North Main street, above the Six
Principle Baptist church, for two or
three nights in succession.
Brother Whitney of Susquehanna
has evidently been over in the region
of Brookdale this week looking after
a bear story, hence his communication
TO The Tribune two or three days late.
Better send 1t late, "old boy" rather
than not have the proper thing to head
ii with.
The scribe will leave next Monday
for New York on business trip.
The funeral of Mrs. O'Dell occurred
yesterday at the Stark church, at II
o'clock. Interment was made in the
Stark cemetery. Mrs. ODell was the
mother of Mrs. j. W. Reynolds, of this
place.
Rumor says that Mr.. Milo Travis, of
the firm of +. l.. Foster & Co., pur-
chased from David Armstrong, Thurs
day, his house and lot on Main street
JUST A FEW DONT'S.
Don't, when smoking, ask a lady for
light, she might be a member of the
white Cross society,""
Don't forget to apologize when you
step on your friends corn. He might
kick
Don't leave your girl stand on the
corner while you step aside to see a
friend" She may be thirsty, too.
Don't complain to the burgess that
your neighbor don't clean the snow off
his walk. Save your wind.
Don't, when you step into a pool OF
mud and water that trickles down your
shoe-tops, on dark night, get up and
say bad things about the council. OF
course, they can't help ii because it's
dark.
Don't ask Commissioner Chase any
thing in regard to whether the. soldier
Or the monument is smiling or not
He perhaps may not be in the right
humor to answer 1t.
Don't ask your best friend for a loan
You may need his friendship in the
future.
Don't ask Smalley for a game OF
checkers, for he is not acquainted with
the game.
Don't ask sam" about his party, be.
cause-well, don't say anything about
it.
Don't forget that The Tribune is the
leading paper for home news.
Don't tell the reporter that you dom
know anything, when he asks you fol
news.