The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-21
TUNKHANNOCK.

Special to the Scranton Tribune
Tunkhannock, July 2O.--The chair
man of the Democratic county COM
mittee, Hon. a. II. Squier, has called
the county convention for Monday
Aug 10, primaries to be held the pre-
vious Saturday. The offices to be
filled include representative, associate
judge, jury commissioner and conferees
will be appointed to meet conferees
from the other counties in this con-
gressional and senatorial districts for
the purpose of nominating state sena-
tor and congressman. The following
persons have announced themselves as
candidates before this convention for
the various offices: Representative,
A. II. Squer and G.. s. Knapp: asso-
ciate judg Harvey Sickler and d. w.
Herman No candidate yet for jury
commissioner. Hon. A. II. Squier is
the present member from this county
and has the record of two successful
campaigns to back him. c. S. Knapp,
the other candidate for representative,
is from Braintrim township, where he
is engaged in the stone business. He
is we'll known and was sheriff of this
county one term. OF the candidates
for associate Judge, Harvey Sickler Ia
a resident of the borough here and has
been active in politics all his life. He
served as register and recorder of the
county one term and refused a ra-
nomination. The other candidate, d.
w. Herman, is farmer Of Eaton
township; had the nomination of his
party at the election in 1896 and was
defeated by Hon. A. NJ. Eastman. The
date of the Republican convention has
not been announced
The funeral of Mrs. Cynthia Hard
ing, widow of the late William b.
Harding, of this place, was held from
the house this afternoon with burial at
Sunnyside cemetery.
A party from here will spend the
next ten days at Lake WinOla as the
guests of Miss Eleanor Little, at her
cottage there. In the party Will be
Miss Eualie Piatt Miss Joe McKown,
Mis- Marion Metcalf and Mr.. and Mrs.
-. :. Harding, of this place, and Miss
rirby of Towanda; f. X. Little and
Alexander c. Jackson, Of Wilkes Barre.
c. b. Little, esq, of Scranton, was
in town over Sunday,
DIR. w. A. Sprout, formerly of this
place, but now located at Providence,
was visiting in town this week.
The following people from Lake WI
nola drove over here yesterday and
spent some time In town Miss jose
phine Lees, Miss Julia Pettigrew, Miss
Penwarden and Miss Rice, of Scran-
ton, and Miss Haight, of New York
A woman with a small child, giving
her name as Julia Kipp, OF Warsaw,
N. Y, was put off a Lehigh Valley
train at this station on Wednesday.
They were on their way to Scranton
and ran out of funds. The woman ap-
| piled to the poor masters of the bor-
ough for relief, but failed to get IT..
| Squire Kutz took her to a hotel and
obtained lodging for her and the child
and in the morning, through the gem
erosity of the squire and other per-
| sons, she was forwarded to her destin-
alton with money In her pocket.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Billings, OF
| Wilkes Barre, Mr.. and Mrs. II. d.
| Billings, Mrs. Jennie Brundage and
| Miss Name Williamson, of this place,
who have been enjoying two weeks
| trip over the great lakes, returned
home on the Black Diamond, Wednes-
| day.
A. L. Stull, of the Albert Lewis Lum-
Der company, Of Stull, Pa, was in
town on Thursday.