The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-11
TUNKHANNoCK.


Special to The Scranton tribune
Tunkhannock, Dec. 1O.-This evening
Prof. \. w. Hawks of Baltimore, Nd,
will give an entertainment in the court
house under the auspices of the High
school and for the benefit of the pub
lie school library. Prof. Hawks calls
his evenings performance sunshine
and gives any number of impersona-
tions, accompanied by funny speeches
and humorous reCitations. He ranks
among the first as an entertainer and
will undoubtedly be greeted with
crowded house.
Company NJ, Thirteenth regiment,
wishes to acknowledge receipt of do
nations to their fair from the fol-
lowing firms: Pond Extract company,
Emerson Drug company Garfield Tea
company, Pratt Food company, Walter
Lowney company the G. A. Edaton
Manufacturing company and John Z.
Lucas company. In return for the
goods received from manufacturers
the company agrees to make a special
effort to advertise these concerns The
doors will be open in the afternoon
for this purpose only and no goods
will be sold turing the day. There
lar farmer in wyoming county, and
the most popular commissioned officer
in the Ninth regiment.
on Saturday last Sheriff Gregory
sold a tract of thirty acres of land in
Monroe township with a house and
barn on 1t, for $2j to James w. Piatt,
the judgment creditor. The place is
known as the Chester G. Hall farm
and lies between the lands of William
Montross and James Jones and 5. b..
| Cook and John Montross.
G. O. Dersheimer, as trustee, last
saturday afternoon sold the large
farm of the late Robert Myers, on
Prospect Hill, to James Mahana. There
were but two bidders and both evil
IDENTIFY wanted the place, but at a low
figure, so that the price advanced by
s. until il reached S., 100, and then Mr..
Smith dropped out and it fell to Ma
hama, who is now working the place.
Another tract of land belonging to the
estate located in Lemon township,
| back of Lake Carey, containing fifty
/ acres. was bid off by Mrs. Myers,
| widow of the deceased, at 5000 She
| already has a one-half interest in this
| property.
Ross Handrick, of Wilkes Barre,
was the guest of his brother, Colonel
| r. S Handrick. over Sunday.
Aaron Browns new storage ware
| house is lighted by electricity. :'he
| New Age office is also being connected
! up.
Mac Ward says that "a woman
doesn't have to ride a bicycle to run
| down another woman"
1t is reported that petitions are being
| circulated to make both the Mehoop-
any and She Laceyville bridges free
| 1t is laimed that the county com
| missioners have authority to make as
many bridges free as they choose to
under the recent act OF assembly.
Attorney Charles f. Terry arrived
home from West Virginia last Satur.
day.
Austin Carey has gone to Bethlehem
to look after a prospective position.
Rev. and Mrs. James W. Putnam arc
visiting friends in Peensburg. They
were accompanied by Miss Jennie
Simpson.
The Monday club meets this after.
noon with Mrs w G. Graham. TIL,
programme is as follows: Beginning
of Modern Spain, Under Ferdinand ant
Isabella" Mrs. Day; "GOnsalvO d.
Cordova," "El Gran Captain" by Mrs
Northrop; Ancient Spanish Ballads
Historic Romantic, Moorish" Mis-!
Keifer; "Valladolid, Salamanca" by
Mrs. Miller.
Rev. Frank Hawke, a few years agt
a resident of this place but now I
minister of the gospel located at Tul
lytown, Buck county. is visiting friends
in town and talks of coming here t,
live.