The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-29
MONTROSE.

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Montrose, Nov. 2s.-.SherlT William
j. Maxey. assisted by Postmaster s. s.
Wright and =. r. Brewster ESQ.,. con-
veyed four prisoners to the Eastern
penitentiary at Philadelphia Monday.
viz. Thomas Brick. Frank Smith and
Michael Burns. who vii! each serve
fifteen months for jailbreakng. and
Frank Fassett who will serve one
year and eight months for horse steal
ing. Brick will also have to serve one
year and eight months for breaking
! and entering the Eric station at Great
! Bend
Editor james p. Taylor and family
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
man Stewart at The Sterling in
| Wilkes Barre. They will return on
| Friday.
| Miss Bertha Gerritson. of Springville.
has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. M.
| T.. Gcrrtson. in this place.
| Arthur Grifiis of I.eistcrshire, N. Y.
| was the CUES, OF his parents. Mr.. and
| Mrs. NJ. r.. Giitfis, in this place, over
! Sunday.
| Nrooman Gardiner, a student at the
/! Keystone academy. Factoryvillc, is
home to spend Thanksgiving.
! Glenn Guy, who holds fine posi-
, tion as electrical engineer at Schenec-
tody, n. T., will spend Thanksgiving,
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j..
Guy, at the Montrose House.
Albert Miller. one of our popular
tonsorial artists. has been confined to
his home by illness for few days.
Union Thanksgiving services will be
held in the Presbyterian church and
the sermon will be preached by Rev.
A. l.. Benton, D. D., pastor of the
church.
There promises to be very large at
tendance at Village Hall tonight.
when "rhe Two Orphans" will be pra-
sonted by local talent. for the benefit
of Rescue Hook and Ladder company.
Every citizen of MontrOse and espec-
tally every property owner in the bor-
ouGh, should contribute toward the H.
nancal success of the occasion.
Thirty-twO tons. siNty-four thousand
pounds. of poultry, was shipped from
this station last week for the city
markets. The prices paid We're nine
cents for chickens, ten cents for ducks
and eleven cents for turkeys. an aver
age of ten cents a pound. amounting.
in the. aggregate. to So 400. Quite IL
neat sum for our vicinity farmers to
put in their pockets.
Charles w. Brodheau. of NIontrose
member for Susquehanna county of
the state board of agriculture. has
completed arrangements for q number
Of farmers Institutes, to he held at
various points in this county next
month. Prominent speakers will ba
in attendance, and everyone is cor
daily invited to attend. The insti-
tute for this vicinity will be held in
the court house in this place on Dec. 5.
Mrs +. II. Sweet, OF Scranton. who
visited hcr sister. Mrs. w. S. Mulford,
in this place, last week. returned homo
the first of the week.
The pupils of Miss RearGslee heli
an informal recital in the studio on
Saturday afternoon They will soon
give a public recital in Village HALL
to which all interested in music will be
invited.
Miss Mabele Shaw will spend
Thanksgiving with relatives in Bing.
hanitOn.
The proposed excursion of the teach
ers Of Susquehanna county to the
nations capital city. "a take place
next month has been abandoned, as
the committee IS unable to guarantee
the sale OF the number of tickets re-
quired by the railroad companies.
Miss Lena Doolittle, OF E,asl ...odds.
burg. formerly of this place, Is vislt-
in ganonG friends in this place.
The Misses Riddle will close their
homo on Church street the first of the
week and with their nieces. the
Misses HalSey, will return TO Phjla-
delphia for the winter.
Miss Anna Harrington left Monday
morning for i.enoN, n. c.. tn nurse
her brother, James F. Harrington. who
is critically i'll of typhoid fever.