The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-21
BRADFORD COUNTY.



Towanda, Aug. 20.-The Modern
Woodmen of America have formed a
lodge here with the following officers:
V. c., c. f. Heverly; w. A., c. c.
Smith; f. b., II. c. Wilcox; clerk, V.
L. Smiley; escort, r. II. Johnson;
Waterman, b. A. Chapman; secretary,
F. c. Lament; managers, w. r. Dim
ock, II. L. Arnold, f. w. Rockwell;
delegate, F. H. Johnson.
The viewers appointed have report
ed to the court that river bridge was
deemed necessary al Sayre.
An advertisement in a matrimonial
paper brought G. f. Young OF Cath
age. N. Y, to Towanda and after Sc
curing a license, was married to Mrs.
Jennie Williams. Both bride and
groom have been married before. They
will reside In Towanda.
G. r. Chamberlain, formerly OF the
Wyoming Valley, now of Rockford,
H., was calling on Towanda friends
Friday.
The sidepath commissioners held a
meeting at Athens last week and dis
cussed the probability of a suit being
brought in court to test the consti-
| tutionality of the act taxing bicycles.
No one is paying the tax and the county
commissioners are very quiet on the
| enforcement of the act.
The grand jury for September are in
session this week.
| D. c. Dewitt, esquire attorney for
Elias Powell, has brought an action in
| trespass against d. j. Sweet for 10000
| damages.
! Rev. e. NJ. Beysher, of Hobbie, Lu.
| zerne county, will assume the PASTOR
| ate of Sayre's Lutheran church about
September /.
Two fire companies have been formed
at Ulster.
The force of the car department at
the Sayre shops will be increased one
| third, according to a late report Fifty
instead of thirty coaches a month are
to be turned out, on account of the eX-
cursion season and Buffalo exposition
| to be used next year.
| John Harvey, of California, while at
tempting to jump a train near Wyal-
using on Friday, had three fingers
crushed.
A Bethlehem dispatch concerning the
death of Asa Packer Wilbur in Cali
fornia, states that the story is believed
to be a fake, as no such person is
known at that place.
Three prisoners escaped from the Ell
mira reforma tory on Friday afternoon.
Their names are Thomas Fenton,
Thomas Terrell and Harry Roberts,
and were "trusties" engaged in carina
for the lawn. Rewards are offered for
their capture.
The recruiting station at Athens, in
charge of Captain Charles F, Wolf, has
just been closed.
An unknown man was found dead
on the T.. c. & n. tracks, near Horse
heads. on Friday night. A paper in
side his hat contained the address of
Edinburg, Pa. One cent was also
found on the person.
The Bradford county soldiers and
sailors encampment at this place last
week proved a decided success in every
particular A large number of SOL
diers were present, besides the numer-
Gus patriotic orders. The principal
speakers were Daniel f. Sickles, OF
New York, General Horatio King, OF
Brooklyn; Department Commander
Miller of Harrisburg; Judge \. C. Fan
ming, of Towanda. The new officers
chosen are: Commander, j. r. Hested
of New Albany; senior vice, G. L. Mul,
lock, of Waverly; Junior vice, II. II
Spencer of Canton; adjutant Alex
Kiefe, of Athens; quartermaster, Q. 7
Hull of Athens; officers of the day, II
; Wittig, of Saco; officer of the guard,
H. Chaffee, of HOrnhrook.
, The next annual convention of th'
Patriotic Sons Of America Will be helC
at East Smlthfield.
j. r. Pott, of Williamsport, had bus
mess in Towanda a few days ago. II,
represents the Chicago, Milwaukee
st. Paul Railway as district passenge
agent.
, The seventeenth annual reunion o
the One Hundred and Forty-first regi
ment will be held at Ulster, August 20
? Lehigh Valley track foremen hav
been ordered to destroy all advertising
matter posted on poles and other prop
. erty in the different sections.