The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-06
SUSQUEHANNA.
Special to The Scranton Tribune.

Susquehanna, Dec. Brew. c. G..
Mitehall, of Binghamton, is lecturing
| in Wayne county on THE Dark Side
| of an Actors Life" He was formerly
| an actor
The Darktown Social club this even
ing held a masquerade ball in Hogan
| Opera house. The attendance was
! good.
Moody Relief corps No. ~, @. A. r.,
| will elect officers this evening for the
ensuing year.
The Binghamton Street Railway
company will in the spring extend its
tracks to Hallstead. But for the re-
cent advance in the price of material
of all kinds the extension would be
made this winter.
The Dorcas society of the Presby-
terian church this afternoon opened
! its two days fair and festival in the
! church parlors. Among the attrac-
tions are booths representing the days
of the week, in which useful and fancy
articles are exposed for sale.
Cards are out announcing the mar
! riage of Miss Ada Clark. eldest daugh-
! ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clark, of
| Mcclure, to Tracy +. Phillips, of Wind
sor, the ceremony to occur at the resi-
dence of the brides parents, Dec. %.
John Francis Mcdonald, Of Carbon
dale, is much in evidence in town to-
| daY.
John d. Miller. esq, is professionally
engaged in New FORK and Brewster's.
Mrs. Ida Tuttle, district deputy, on
Saturday evening installed the officers
elect of Dora Rebekah lodge, l. o. O.
f. At the close of the installa ton
| ceremony refreshments were served.
The Cecilian quartette and Edwin
Weeks impersOnator, all of Bingham
ton, will appear in Hogan Opera house
Dec. is in the Epworth league course
of entertainments.
Tracks of a large animal. thought to
be a bear. were seen near Starrucca
on Monday and a party of hunters are
in pursuit.
Two Gibson men are said to have
exchanged wives one Of them receiv-
ing washing machine as boot"
Some time since a Great Bend town
ship man desired to sell his wife to q
| neighbor for a dollar. The two men
and the woman in the case appeared
before a Sus1uehanna justice of the
peace to have legal writings drawn. but
the angry justice drove the astonished
trio from his Office.
c. Fred Wright. our popular towns
man, yesterday took his seat rs mem
Der of congress from this district. That
| he Will make an able hard working
popular representative goes without
the saying. 1t is equally certain that
his record will be a clear one.
Some Suguuphan nna cOuntv farners
are complaining that they have not
received pay for apples sold to tran
sient buyers The buyers claimed to
be out of money and said they would
send checks. The checks have not yet
| materiali2ed.
\ teachers local institute for the
| townships of Rush, Forest Lake and
| Jessup will be held at Fairvile on
| Saturday next.
Vicinity hunters are bagging a large
! number Of rabbits and foxes.
Merchants are receiving their hol-
| day goods Santa Claus will have Il
fat purse this year.
The MontrOse Republican and the
! New Milford Advertiser are paying
their regards to each other.
Several Oakland people are in the
| vicinity o. Shohola hunting for bear,
| the deer season having closed.
The remains of the late Robert En-
| gle, who died in LcnoX, this county.
on Thursday last, were on Saturday
taken to Carbondale for intermont.
Forest City has raised $500 to pay
! for the removal of a silk mill to that
| borough
William G. Atkinson has been ap-
| pointed outside superintendent Of the
| Erie general stOre-room in this place.
The Erie shop force is gradually
| being increased.