The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-10
sUsQUEHANNA COUNTY.

special TO Inc scranton ITlDunc.
Susquellanna, March 0.--The funeral
of Charles w. McGill, n popular pas
senger conductor on the Susquehanna
division of the Erie, took place in
Hornellsville on Thursday. He had
been in the service of the Erie since
1858.
Pharmacist Adelbert P. French is
wrestling with the grip.
Mrs. Alice Crago, OF Carbonate, Is
in town. called here by the illness of
her sister. Mrs. Thomas Jameson, of
Jackson street.
An Italian laborer had foot badly
crushed at the Erie ash pit on Thurs.
day.
The what Happened to Jones" COM
pany is billed for Hogan opera house
March II.
Messrs Samuel s. Wright and
Thomas Kilrow were delegates to the
Republican county convention on
Thursday.
Edward L. Jones. of Hartford. Is hav-
ing published in book form the poems
Of his aunt the late Miss Sarah Jones
They will be edited by Prof. w. j..
Thacher of Hartford
Frank H. Richardson. of Bedford
City. Va. has presented the Congre-
gatonal church at Hartford with
crayon portrait of his grandfather, the
late Lyman Richardson.
Rev. Mr.. Dwyer, late of Schnectady.
N. ". has assumed the pastOrate Of
the Baptist church at Jackson.
The Jackson Dramatic company vii!
produce "Imogene. or the Witch's
Secret" March Is and 1s for the bene-
fit of the Patriotic Order Sons OK
America.
A masquerade auction will be held
this evening in Thomson. All ladies
over II will go masked and carry
luncheon for two.
Deputy Sheriff Charles B. Perry. of
Deposit. was in town yesterday.
Bryant & Tucker. of New Milford.
have purchased the dry goods business
of +. j.. Perkins, in Deposit, N. Y.
Funeral Director Dayton Handrick,
| who has been employed in Susque-
hanna for several months, has ac-
cepted position in Great Bend, his
home.
The Gibson Corne. band is rehoarsins
| for a concert. 1t is one Of the bes:
| musical organizations in Susquehanna
| county.
A hunter named Crawford killed a
large wildcat in Deep Hollow. Great
Bend township. on Thursday. 1t
weighed thirty pounds.
| Notwithstanding the recent very high
water in the Susquehslnna the great
ice jam at Windsor is still intact.
| Prof. j. A. Hillwood. a peregrinating
dancing master, who recently swindled
| nI 1c in,
Hallstead and Great Bend. has been
plying his old game at Ann Arbor,
Mich. He will yet dance the clock
step i'm some pcnitentiary.
Two shivering robins We're today seen
sitting in a Susquehanna tree. Afl-
davits furnished upon request.
Rural school examinations will be
held throughout Susquehanna county
on Saturday. March II.
| There are 31S schools in session In
SusqUehanna county.
The county Teachers association
will meet in Great Bend September II
and IL.
The SusDuehanna county teachers
institute will be held at Montrose Oc-
tober Is and l6.
The county School Directors associa-
tion will meet at Montrosc October 49,
The county school principles annual
meeting will be held in August. The
place and date are not yet fixed.
a summer school for advanced pu-
pills and teachers will be held at south
Gibson. The students class will be
formed April Q. ard the professional
May IA.
| Henry Ackert, the Great Bend mer.
chant. who recently went into bank
ruptcy, expects to reopen his store in
the near future.
Hallstead talent will appear in the
drama. 1.-The Fortune Teller" on Sat-
urday evening. Binghamton talent
will assist.
A cantata will be givcn for the bene-
fit of the Hallstead COrnet band.
Lackawanna Conductor Gerald Cap
well and Brakeman William Snedaker,
of Hallstoad, leave for Paterson. n.
j., on Monday, for the hearing con-
cerning the wreck in that city a few
months since.
a Republican club has been organ
lied in Hallstead.
The butchers of Forest City and Van
ding have formed an organization
"for material protection against dis
honest and unscrupulous persons who
make it a practice To run up bills
without paying" A "black list" will
be prepared
Hon. PhilO Burrett and family, of
Uniondale. have returned home from
q trip to Washington. u. c.
According TO the News, Forest City
ought to have factories other than coal
factories
Quite number of Susquehanna
county people will in the early spring
leave for Alaska and Lower Califor-
MIA.
The mana cement OF the Eal1stead
Young Mems Christian association Of
fers u reward of $5 fer the arrest OF
( he party or parties who threw fuse
in the bath room February 81.
Rev. Il. II. Allen, OF Susouehanna,
will assume the pastorate If the Bap-
tist church in Worcester, N. ". April
Is. instead of March IL. az was re-
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