The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-18
SUSQUEHANNA.


Slsquchanna, April l7.--After hri.f illness,
Samuel Hill an old resident of this vicinity,
died at Brushvillc on Monday morning. Ne is
survived by the widow and several adult cnl'
drcn, the latter by former marriage. Deceased
was for number of years a prominent resident
of Jackson township.
Invitations are out for the marriage of Alfred
Atkinson, of SuSquchanna and Miss Augusta
Bolch, of Sayrc, to take place in the Episcopal
church in Sayrc at noon ON Thursday, April 26.
Editor and Mrs b. F. Pride spent Easter
with their children, Mr. and Mrs. EdwdI +.
Pride, in Bridgeport, Conn.
Congressman C. Fred Wright and family have
returned home from Washington.
Rev. W. II. Williams, Of Scranton, will return
to Ssuquehanna on Monday, April %, remain
five days and make an effort to secure the or
ganzation of an Anti-Saloon league. \ mum
Der Of persons have already signed the roll OF
membership. The meetings arranged are As fol-
lows: Monday, April o. in the Methodist
church; Tuesday and Friday evenings, in the
Baptist church; Wednesday in 0akland Thurs
day, April 26. in the Presbyterian church.
L. NJ. Baldwin. an old and prominent resident
of Montrose. is dead.
Rev. d. l. Sutherland, pastor of the Presby-
| terian church, is in Scranton, attending the
! spring meeting of the Lackawanna presbYtew.
Tax Collector George Main on Monday escorted
Charles Murphy to the county Jail. Murphy had
neglected to attend to the formality Of paying his
| taxes
IIassett and Ioulihan's orchestra of Susque-
| hanna, will furnish music for ball to be held
in Kistler's hall, Great Bend this evening.
The Republican congressional conference fUr
| this district will be held in Susquehanna on
Saturday next.
Mrs Suggit and daughter, Miss Anna of In
| gcrsell, Canada who have been visiting Rev. ard
| Mrs David l. Sutherland returned to their
| home Monday
| Charles L. Crook, esq, of IIallstead, was in
| town on Monday
Rev George W. Leach, of Oakland, will occupy
the pulpit of the Susquchanna Methodist church
! ON Sunday next.
The Monday club held an interesting meeting
| last evening.
Congressman Wright and SON. Leo, are i'll with
grppc.
Erie train men report that the coal business
| is increasing pcrccptby.
by telcgraphc adyices from Detective Mchacl
Moran of Carbondalc Chief Of Police Thomas J.
McMahon arrested two men upon the arrival OF
| Palmcr's Erie flyer last night and locked them
| up. The third man OF the party escaped. The
men arrested have three trunks and tickets ia
| Pittsburg II is not known what crime they
have committed. Detective Moran will arrive
here today.
Mrs. Anna Lcck, of Clifford, Susquehanna
county, died on Saturday afternoon, aged Il
years The funeral will take place from the
| Congregational church in the Welsh Settlement
today. Interment will be made in the Wesl
| Settlement cemetery
Scores of local anglers are wading the vicinlt,
streams in search of trout No large catches
have been thus far reported There is consider
able ice and snow water in the vicinity streams
Mrs. Charles Graves, Of New York city, il
visiting Susquehannl relatives.
A number of Onondaga Indians are in towh
selling bead work aud bric-a.brac,
\ resident of Lanesboro has leased some wilC
land in the ncighborhood, on which there Is
cave in which he expects to find lead and othe
valuable minerals lie tas purchased s. worth "
dynamite and o,.erwise prepared for great ~
plosion When the wrockage is cleared up l.
will he in luck il lac finds himself
There are scores Of cases of grippe in this plac
and vicinity
Rev. ", l.. Linaberry, pastor OF the Ayonu
Methodist church, in Oakland is in Owesu
attending the Wyoming conference.
Harry Mumford, of StlTucoa, has recoye,c
from a severe and protracted attack of typhpr
fever
Dr. NJ w. Miller will enlarge mis- private sam
tnrium and hospital.