The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-23
NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA
BRADFORD COUNTY.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

Towanda, Jan. 22.--The Towanda
council of the Catholic Mutual Benefit
/! association has reorganized for an
other year by electing the following
officers: President, ]. C. McCarty;
vice-presidents, ]. w. Campbell, John
O'Heron; recording secretaries, j. j..
Scott ID. Cullinan; financial secretary,
r. j. Brennan treasurer. Edward
lDingley; marshall, j. Fitzgerald. .
guard. ID. kirwin: trustees, j. j..
Lynch. T. j. Maloney; spiritual advis-
or. Rev. j. j. Coroner; medical exam
iner, DIR. F. N. Newton; chancellor,
| Thomas Lynch.
f. M. Lincoln, superintendent of the
Erie's mines at Arnot, and r. s. Her.
ere. of Arnot, spent the past week on
| the Barclay mountains, investigating
| for coal deposits.
Two little waits, with whereabouts
| unknown. appeared at j. II. Smith 5
home in East Waverly few days ago.
| They are about 3 and years old, re-
spectvely. and are unable to state any
| thing about their parents.
At the annual meeting of the Brad
ford Central Railroad company the fol-
lowing were chosen directors: w. Fl.
| Kimball and G. w. Adams, bankers,
| New York city: e. l.. Tracy. r.. F..
kizer, +. j. Angle, +. A. Sawyer. Tow
anda; General j. a. Hill. Powell: +.
n. Beardslee, G. A. 1nnes. Hugh Craw-
ford, Canton; f. II. and c. W. Good
year, Buffalo. c. w. Adams of Bu:-
falo. was reelected president.
An entertainment will be given ut
st. Agnes hall on Wednesday evening
by the members of the school, assisted
| by others.
q. +. Childs, of Boston. is visiting
relatives in town.
Irving Hitchcock. an attache of the
Reporter-Journal office, has gone 70
Washington. d. c.. to receive instruc-
| tions in operating a linotype Cype-set
| ting machine.
one of the TOwanda work trains On
| the Lehigh Valley has been laid off,
thus affecting 100 employees.
The late rains caused the ice in the
| river To break up on Saturday morning.
The Keystone Social club will give a
| red, white and blue carnival on the
| evening of Feb. II. The ladies are To
| furnish lunches in boxes, which will be
| disposed of 1T auction.
Miss Helen Tracy is visiting rela-
tives in Mansfield. Ohio.
Mrs. +. Il. Kintner, of Buffalo. N.
| Y. is a guest of friends and RELATIVES
| in town.
Mrs. John NJ. Rahm has returned
| from an extended visit in Texas AMI
| California.
The Keystone Male quartette. assist
ed by Misses Charlotte Armstrong AMI
| Fannie Miller, appear at Hale's opera
house tomorrow evening for the Y. NJ.
| G. A. benefit.
! The annual meeting of the stock
| holders of the Troy Agricultural soci-
ETY. was he'd last week and the fol-
| lowing were elected, after naming the
| fair week to be September II to a.:
President. J. T.. Dobbins; vicc-p -presi-
| dent, j. l.. Rockwell: treasurer, l.. T..
| Van Dyne: treasurer. j. \. Parsons:
| directors. II. a. Long, j. l.. Rockwell,
f.. T.. Van Dyne, J. A. Parsons, w. a.
: Brown, j. W. Pomeroy and ]. w. Lam
| kin.
| The TOwanda Haymakers elected the
| following officers last Thursday even
| ing: Past chief haymaker j. II. Gill
lis; chief haymaker. j. II. Carman:
assistant chief haymaker, II. II. Cow
an; overseer. a. C. Scheuiler; keeper
of bundles, William Maggie: collector
of straws, +. j. Kline; horn blower,
Frank Rooney: boss driver, James
Green; guard of the hayloft, Clayton
| Knapp; guard of the barn door F. L.
| Nought.
The Presbyterian society of this
place has adopted a new plan by which
| they propose to pay the debt on their
| church within four years. The entire
amount is to De divided into shares of
| S2i each. payable in four years, at the
| rate of 80 cents a month. or $500 n
year, the payments to be made to suit
| the subscriber.
Judge Faning his appointed board
| of viewers to inspect the recently con-
| structed county bridge across Sugar
| Run creek in Wilmot township.
Fred F. Talada, of Waverly, popular
| ly known as as a base ball player has
been granted q permit by the Judge of
Tioga county to have his name changed
to Tucker" to go into effect Jan. 80,
| 1900.