The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-19
HAILSTEAD.

| Special TO the Scranton Tribune.
Hallstead, Sept. 1S-Last Thursday
Mrs. G. NJ. Lamb gave a reception to
number of friends in honor of Miss
Hattie Herring.
Mr.. r. II. Hayes spent Friday in
Scranton on business.
Michael Hayes station agent at
| Gouldsboro. was in town to spend Sum
day with his family.
Mrs. Tighe and daughter are visit
ing friends in Carbondale.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Teed entertained
Mr.. and Mrs. MCGOWAN, of Scranton,
the first OF the week
d. d. Lathrope, the surveyor, of
Montrose, was in town Monday and
run the line of the borough extension.
From the lines run he will make
map, to be filed with the prothonotary.
N. T. Mitchell last week sold hand
some team of bay horses to a livery
man in Montrose.
Notice was posted in the Lacka-
wanna yards Monday, announcing that
Thursday will be pay day.
The strike in the coal regions is AL
ready materially affecting Hallstead.
The coal trains have for the most part
been discontinued on the Lackawanna.
Trains 237 and 239. to Syracuse have
been taken off, and coal trains north
will be stopped. One yard engine. in
| charge of Engineer p. r. Carpenter,
has also been temporarily abandoned.
1t is sincerely hoped that the trouble
will be of short duration.
Some person maliciously inclined
started the rumor that the merchants
were to discontinue giving credit until
after the strike. The report was ab-
solutely false, as no such intention had
| entered the minds of the merchants
here. The merchants are now trying
to find the persons guilty of the mean
| trick.
The chair factory, anticipating a
strike in the coal regions, have coal
| enough on hand to run the factory on
full time for two months.
During the last week some of the
switches have been re-arranged near
the Pine street crossing. AS the
| switches are at present, it is a big
Improvement and convenience to the
railroad yard men.
Edward Nichols, of Main street, has
reported the largest yield of potatoes
per acre of any one in this section.
From an acre lot he has dug over 16O
bushels of potatoes. The potato crop in
general was small this year, on ac-
count OF the dry weather, and this is
considered as a remarkable yield
large leak in the water main near
the house of Mrs. E. X. King was dis
covered Tuesday, and is now being re-
paired.
The silk mill is undergoing a general
overhauling, preparatory to starting
up again.
Henry Dorothy and Fred Bell have
been given positions on the railroad,
after several months idleness.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. p. Currier have re-
turned home from an extended tour
among various towns in Massachu-
setts.
Miss Emma Trowbridge, of Lyons, IS
visiting her brothers, William and
Henry Trowbridge.
Miss Clara Hall, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Hall, has returned to re-
sumo her studies of music at Syra-
cuse. Miss Hall is an accomplished
musician, and will be an efficient and
capable instructor in music upon her
graduation from the institution she is
now attending.
Miss Myrtle Swartz has returned to
Elmlra, where she is attending the Ell
mira Ladies' college.
Mrs. George Travis, of Binghamton,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. L. T.
Travis.
Mrs. Wilton Bunts, of Vestal, was
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Scotten last week.
Improvements are being made upon
the Mccarthy homestead, on Susque-
hanna avenue.
Miss Anna Mccormack, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mccormack, is at
tending school this winter in Scran-
ton.
Constable Elmer Decker last week.
Saturday, sold the household goods of
a tenant in one of the Stoddard houses.
The tenant owed for back rent. and
the goods were seized upon a land
lords warrant.