The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-23
TUNKHANNoCK.

The election Yesterday was uneVent-
ful so far as local affairs were con-
Cerned There were few offices to be
filed and little controversy over them.
There was some excitement in the Sec
ond ward over the election of school
directors and ward constable, and
some electioneering in both wards on
the sewer question, At the time this
question was bfurc the people year
or so ago, the First ward, which had
sewer voted to put the sewer through
the Second ward. The upper ward how
ever, voted it down, and the sentiment
of the First ward now seemed to be
that the Second ward had had one
chance, and having refused to accept it,
they were not deserving of another.
The Second ward did not seem to be
particularly anxious for sewers, they
also giving a small majority against it,,
! The ticket elected in the borough was
as follows: For high constable, Thomas
NJ. Harding; for borough auditors, j.
! Howard Hungerford, for two years,
and F.. B. Jennings for three years; for
| pOormaSter, George Ellsworth. In the
| First ward the following persons were
elected: For council, Spencer -. Reed /;
+ for constable. Cyrus Walter; for judge
| of election, James f.. Day; for inspect
orS, Benjamin Carey and II. $. Hard
| ing. In the Second ward the ticket
! elected was as follows: For council,
| w. fl. Mentzer: for constable. r. NJ.
( Piatt; for school directors. B. w.
| Lewis and Il. G. Herrick: for judge Of
| election, G. b. Frey; for inspectors, j.
| B. Welch and Abram Melhuish.
Hon. Arthur II. Squier introduced a
bill i'm the Legislature last week, being
an amendment of the act of June oath,
| 1895, relating to the election of judges
of the superior court, so that whenever
J two judges are to be chosen for the
same term, each voter shall vote for
one only, and when three are to be
chosen he shall vote for no more than
two and when more than three are to
be chosen, he shall vote for no more
| than one less than the number to be
chosen; candidates highest in vote shall
be declared elected.-Wilkes-Ba Barre Rec
ord.
Wilbur Lott, Of Nicholson. has pur-
chased a lot of f. b. Hight on Harri-
son street and will erect a house and
take up his residence here in the
| SpIlllS' MI S-ONN lilt Shlil
pion Road Scraper
| John T.. Fassett, cashier Of the Wyo-
ming National bank, is in Mehoopany
| today
r. r.. Pendergrast, representing the
| firm of Pendergrast. Lackey * Rush
more, of Scranton, is in town today,
calling on the business men.
Captain Reynolds and Lieutenants
| Melhuish and Lackey, of Co. X. 9TH n.
| q. p, attended officers school at head
quarters last evening,
Frank l.. Sittser. accompanied by
Mrs. +. n. stone, left yesterday to
| ioin Hon. John A. Sittser and wife and
Mrs. f. L. Sittser at Larpcn Springs,
Florida, where he will remain about a
month.
George Hickman, freight agent at
| the l.. V. II. X. station, was taken i'll
on Monday evening with pneumonia.
Byron Kelley, baggagemaster, is also
off duty on account of illness. leaving
them short handed at the station.
II. NJ Lewis, of Factoryville, is in
! town today.
| The large barn Of James f. Donloy
on the old PeCkham place, i'm TunS-
hammock township, near Luke Carey's,
was burnt last evening along with
some of the horses and cattle and farm
ing implements. The insurance is with
the G. =. Dcrshimer agency at this
place.