The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-22
sUsQUEHANNA.
special to The Scranton Tribune,


Illness of but a few days of pneu-
monia, owen McKernan, one of the
oldest residents of Susquehanna, died
at his home on West Church street on
Tuesday afternoon, aged "A years. He
is survived by a son, George McKer-
nan, of Chicago. His funeral will take
place from st. Johns Catholic church
on Thursday morning when requiem
high mass will be celebrated. The in
terment will take place in Laurel Hill
cemetery.
Mrs. Charles Florence and Miss
Blance Dodge, of Buffalo. are in town,
called here by the funeral of their sis
ter. the late Mrs. Charles johnson, OF
Buffalo.
Charles A. De Lancey, prominent
and popular merchant of Jackson. has
filed voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy.
An entertainment will be held in Ho-
gan Opera house, April %, under the
auspices and for the benefit of the choir
of the Methodist church An excel
lent programme is being arranged.
Moody Relief corps. No. r. Grand
Army of the Republic. last evening
held a memorial service in honor of
tilc ldit MIS-. 2hIiliIt w lllldHlS. II Vas u
very interesting occasion.
Mrs. Clark Evans Is i'll at her home
on West Main street.
Druggist A. p. French Is on the sick
| roll.
Rev. Charles w. Boot is recovering
| from q severe attack of grippe.
The Locust Hill Epworth league will
| hold a social at the residence of Elias
Eizkmy on Thursday evening.
Mrs. J. A. Smith. of the Oakland
Side, is recovering from a severe and
protracted illness.
| The quarterly conference of the Sus-
quehanna Methodist church has elected
| f. j. Matthews as delegate to the lay
| electoral conference to be held in Owe
go in April.
| Matthew Anderson and family are
| removing from Lestershire. N. Y. to
Oakland borough.
Miss Sara Anderson. of the Oakland
Side, is i'll.
There are snow drifts in Montrose
for the first time this winter.
The Montrose Young Mems Christian
association will celebrate it's fourth an
niversary on Sunday next.
The Wyoming conference will bt
asked to return Rev. H. d. Benedict
pastor of the Montrose Methodist
church, for another year.
On sunday night at Great Bend 6
sand plank and springs fell from a ca,
loaded with horses and were tightly
wedged in a railroad frog in front o
the Erie station. The obstruction
weighed 400 pounds. w. J. Purtell ant
Night Operator Nj. s. BARLEY discov
cred the obstruction. The train from
which it fell and east t-bound night eX
press No. ~ were stopped by the towe
operators and the wrecking gang from
Susquehanna removed the obstacle
If train No. IL had struck it terribl
accident would have resulted. TIL
same frog was obstructed when da.
express train was wrecked Jan. q
1899. when Fireman Reidy was kille
and Engineer Dana Welch was in
jured.
, The rage for additional wards seem
to have struck some of the smalle
| boroughs of Susquehanna county
During the past conference yea
. fifty-five persons have Joined the For
est City Methodist church and the deb
upon the parsonage has been nearl
, raised.
\. G. Doherty. manager of Hoga
. ,pera house. is opening a store in tn
: Doherty block. Main street.
Timothy ]. Houlihan. a Susquehann
boy, recently chief clerk of the Tiog
division Of the Erie has been appoint
ed coal agent for the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western Railroad com
pany in Elmra.
= The choir of St. Agnes Catholi
= church, i'm Forest City. is rehearsin
Leonards mass in r fiat for Easter.
l Delaware and Hudson Station Ager
I t. l.. Barrett, of Windsor, was in tow
on Wednesday.
q Tonsorial Artist Thomas Reilly ha
+. removed his household effects frol
n Susquehanna to Honesdale, where Il
:. is conducting the Allen House shop.
Y Mrs. John Morgan. of Carbondal
n is visiting her parents in SusquehaI
e ma, while her husband, a CarbOnda
: merchant, is in Colorado for his healtl
il Rev. T.. X. Allen, pastor of the Bal
tist church, expects to remove to Wo
e cester. New YORK, about April Is.
Il The deadlock in the Susuuehanr
}, common council over the election
n borough treasurer is. as yet, III
n broken.
:, Mrs. Katherine Perrine Is still col
q fined to her home on the Oaklar
i Side by fall received some month
Y since.
Miss Julia Curtis. Of Jersey City,
y the guest of Susquehanna friends.
j. The British-B Boer unpleasantness ar
g the deadlocn in the Susquehanna con
: mon council are diverting the min,
- OF our people from their Lenten dutie
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