The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-09
TUNKHANNoCK.
Special to the scranton Tribune.

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Tunkhannock. Dec. s.-The question
OF site for the canning factory has
at last been settled. c. A, Hungarfor1
ana Aaron Brown,the committee chosen
by the stockholders, agreed with j. A.
Gallets, of the Construction company.
that the Nicholson lot was not as suit
aple a location as at first supposed. and
the plot of ground adjoining the cleo
trlc light plant was selected. Thomas
ID. RYAN. the owner, agreed To lease
thls lot for term of years gratis. or
10 sell an acre Of the land at the COM
mittee's own price The latter plan was
deemed advisable and so the lot was
purchased for 5000 in stock of the com
| pany. The Construction company Mt
once made a contract with Mr.. Ryan
TO furnish the stone for the founda-
tions and the work will commence next
week in earnest The contract for fur
nishing the hemlock lumber was let to
Dow Dewitt.
Triton Hose company held meeting
last Thursday evening for the purpose
or electing officers for the ensuing year
and they are as follows: President,
Aaron Brown; vice president f. B.
Jennings; secretary. T. S. Burson; as
I 'i'NS'iN SCI NNti y. y. 1. EASHtll, lfldll-
! cial secretary, j. Howard Hungerford:
fire warden, William Campbell; trus-
tees, j. l.. Bannatyne, A. NJ. Eastman
and d. w. Stark; foreman, George O.
Skinner; first assistant foreman, Percy
/ S. Stark; second assistant foreman,
/ Christopher Callahan; vigilant commit
! tee, ]. II. Hungerford, T. 5. Burson
and William Campbell; treasurer, II. c.
| Harding; librarian Arthur Baldwin;
assistant librarian, Edward Purdon;
musical director, Bradley Wakeman
auditors, f. b. Jennings and Howard
Hungerford.
Attorney b. w Lewis. H. F. Metcalf
s. Judson Stark and L. l.. Billings. of
this place, who have been in attend
! ance upon the Grand lodge meeting Of
the Masonic order in Philadelphia, this
week, arrived home yesterday. A. r
| MOWry of MCshOppen, was in attend
ance as delegate from Temple COM
mandery, and DR.. Sturdevant,of Lacey
vile, represented the lodge at that
place.
The new side-path commissioners viii
take the oath Of office on Jan. /, ana
look after the bicycle paths to be con-
structed in this county during the year.
They are -. w. Stark, Of this place;
Edward L. Day, Of Nicholson, and f.
Il. Bunnell, of Meshoppen.
+. c. Shook, the photographer, has
built what appears to be large wooden
chimney on the top of his gallery. but
it is really an arrangement for print
ing from his negatives. 1t has a glass
window on the sunny side, and by
means of a dumb waiter the printing
frames are hOisted and lowered i Is
an Ingenious idea, and necessitatcd by
the new addition to the residence Of
Mrs NJ. II. Bunncll. which cuts off his
sunlight i'm the afternoon.
Miss Lulu Dolph, of Lake Winola,
has purchased a new Stewart banjo Of
Prof Virgins, and Joined the class of
Prof. George Carr,
Bishop Hoban delivered an address in
the Catholic church last evening. \
class of fifty were confirmed. The
bishop was assisted by Rev. Father No
Cabe of Auburn; Rev. Father Brodar-
ick, of Montrose, and Rev. Father
Feeley of Nicholson and this place.
Hamilton Smith, of Rochester, y. V,
is around soliciting subscriptions to a
county directory. The directory will be
complete i'm every respect, with map
of the county, and the place of resi-
dcnce of every individual plainly indi-
Gated upon it and all the roads care
fully laid out. II will he a useful book
and Mr. Smith should he encouraged i'm
his undertaking.
Hon. A. NJ. Eastman is still confined
to his home and unable to look after
his business. Charles Smith, who has
been connected with his office for sew
eral years, now has charge and will
give all matters his careful attention
George Kennard, proprietor of the
Kennard house, MeshOppen, was call
ing on friends in town yesterday.
George White, the marble and gran
te dealer. has placed a superior piece
of workmanship in Sunnysid' cemetery
; to mark the last resting place of tn
late Robert Myers. The lettering /:
particularly pTaseWOrthy.
w. II. Morris left for Sayre yester
day to look after his branch office.
The members of Company VI, Thir
tecnth regiment, are actively engaged
i'm sending out circular letters to firms
5 , and individuals all over the country
asking donations Of some article q
I. their fair. which they will hold In tn
onera house next month.
l DR. c. II. Dana left this week 70
: Florida. where he will spend the win
, ter. The doctor has not been Yer!
strong since his illness last summer
| caused by a stroke of paralysis, ant
I feels he will be benefited by south
ern trip
HoNEsDALE.