The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-18
sUSQUEHANNA COUNTY.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Susquehanna, Nov. IT, Dora Re-
bekah lodge, 1. o. o. F., last evening
made Beulah lodge, Of Binghamton,
a fraternal visitation. A very pleasant
time is reported.
DIR. Henri Hacker and family have
removed from Hallstead to Scranton.
Evangelist John Davis. late the pop
ular pastor of the IIallstead Baptist
church, is conducting meetings in
Scranton.
Temperance Sunday will be observed
in the Susquehanna churches Nov. 26.
Thomas Graham, the hustling repre-
sentative of Megargee Brothers, Of
Scranton, was much in evidence in
Susquehanna on Wednesday.
w. d. G. Outwater is in New York
attending the funeral of his brother,
James Outwater. an Ontario and West
ern engineer. Deceased was a former
Erie engineer and for several years
resided in Susquehanna.
The funeral of the late Martin Ros.
enbaum occurred on Thursday after
noon in Elmira. Deceased formerly
resided in Susquehanna, where he was
employed by the old firm of Gutten-
burg, Rosenbaum & Company.
John D. Ormand and company, sup
ported by Miss Agnes Fuller, will APP
pear in Hogan opera house on Monday
and Wednesday evenings next in "The
Musketeers" and Monte Carlo"
Alton Packard will give a crayon
talk in Hogan opera house on Tuesday
evening next as the first attraction in
the Epworth league entertainment
course.
After a protracted illness, Andrew
Townsend, highly esteemed resident,
died at his home on Pine street on
Thursday afternoon. He is survived
by the widow and three sons. For
many years deceased had been a clerk
in the Erie store room. The funeral
will occur on Sunday.
The WOmen's Christian Temperance
union are circulating a subscription
paper to raise funds to erect a public
drinking fountain on Main street. A
fair and supper in aid of the project
will be held in Knights of Pythias hall
on Friday afternoon and evening, Dec.
s. The ladies deserve the very liberal
support of the public.
Miss Lena B. Coyle. of Binghamton,
ri
copal church on Sunday, singing
Heaven Is My Home" and Holy
City"
The Dorcas society Of the Presby-
terian church will hold a fair and sup
per In the church parlors Dec. and C.
The funeral of the late Erie engi-
| neer, Erastus Pettis, will occur from
st. Johns Catholic church on Satur-
| day morning, when a requiem high
mass will be celebrated. The remains
| will be inferred in Laurel Hill ceme-
| terry.
Edward Role sr, and Edward Role
| jr., father and son, Of Gulf Summit
are serving a five day sentence in the
Susquehanna lookup for public intoxt-
cation.
The Young Mems Library association
has received nearly 200 new books.
Two Atlantic" type passenger loco
motives. built for the Erie by tho
Baldwin Locomotive works. in Phila-
delphia, arrived here last night. They
will probably be assigned to the West
ern division.
Sheriff Ward Dewitt will remain IN
Montrose during the winter and return
to Little Meadows in the spring.
The county court this week granted
a charter to the 4anesboro Fire com
pany.
At the recent election the Socialist
Labor party cast seventeen votes in
Susquehanna county; the Union Re-
form party, fifteen votes; the Indepen-
dents, three votes; the Peoples, twen-
ty-nine votes; and the Prohibitionists,
an average of about 425 votes.
A district Sunday school institute
will be held in North Jackson. Dec. G.
A large number Of Susquehanna peo-
pie will attend the hop to be held in
Kistler's hall, Great Bend, on Monday
evening next. Music will be furnished
by the Hoolihan-Haisett orchestra. of
Susquehanna.
The Hallstead Water company has
completed the connection with the
mains of ten-inch pump, insuring an
abundant supply of water from the
Susquehanna river in case the auue-
duct supply fails. The suction pine
extends into the rivers two hundred
feet
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