The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-06
sUsQUEHANNA COUNTY.

Special to The Scranton Tribune.
Susquehanna. March 5.--Congressman
C. Fred Wright is home from WASH
ington, for a brief time.
T.. II. w. Searle Is professionally en-
gageds sin Montrose today.
The Republican caucuses will be
held on Tuesday evening.
The Republican county nominating
convention will be held in Montrose on
Thursday next.
Largely attended services were held
last evening in St. Johns Catholic
church. During Lent, evening services
will be held on Sundays and Fridays.
The programme committee of the
Susquehanna High School Musical
and Literary society have arranged
for Il mock trial. to take place March
IS. in the assembly room.
The high price of coal along Jeffer-
son Branch towns has caused great
increase in the demand for wood. OF
which large quantities are being sold.
Quite number of Susquehanna
county farmers are Joining the "Farm-
ers' union"
The reunion of Franklin academy
students. Hartford, will take place June
IA, one day preceding the centennial
celebration. They will be the largest
days in the history of the old village.
Noah Bisbee, a former postmaster of
Lanesboro, Is seriously i'll at his home
in Binghamton.
Rev. w. S. Peterson, of Dakota, who
| has been spending the winter in Brandt.
and filling the pulpit of the Oakland
| Methodist church, has accented call
! from the Presbyterian church in Nam
| ticoke.
Rev. l.. c. Floyd, Phi. D.. of Bing-
hamton presiding elder Of this district,
occupied the pulpit of the Methodist
| church on Sunday morning.
| Rev. w. S. Peterson, of Dakota, on
Sunday. occupied the pulpit of the First
| Congregational church in Oakland.
| Rev. B. II. Abbott, of Carbondale, on
Sunday, conducted services in Grace
| Episcopal church in Oakland.
| Welsh Brothers Dramatic company
appeared in Hogan Opera house this
evening in Ten Nights in Barroom, II
to good business.
County Treasurer Leander Lott is on
the sick list.
1t is said that Representative Adams
is not a Republican candidate for a
| denomination.
Chief Engineer Thomas d. Payne. OF
the Montroge Fire department, has
been reelected, as have been the as.
sistant chiefs, Charles w. Broadhead
and w. D. Stoddard. Montrose take:
a just pride in its fire department.
A district Sunday school institute viii
be held at Fair Hill on Wednesday.
The big Leslie rotary steam snow eX
cavator yesterday returned from 4
trip on the western division of the Erie
This great machine will go through
mountain of snow at lively speed.
II. II. Curtis, the Fries mechanical
engineer in this place, last evening ad
dressed an after-meeting in Chris
Episcopal church.
Charles II. Alexander, of Bingham
ton. has succeeded Mr.. Crandall a
assistant superintendent of the Pru
dental Life Insurance company in thi
place.
1t is reported that the Erie boile
shop will be removed to the old stean
!; hammer shop building. The vacate
) building will then be used as an addi
tional erecting shop.
The insurance companies have raise
the rates of insurance on farm prop
erty in Susquehanna county.
The Herrick Centre coal prospector
are cunning for the chap who reporte
that a five-foot vein of coal had bee
encountered w there.
, ''The Montrose Telegraph and Tele
phone company" will apply to the gov
/ ernor for a renewal of its charter.
Rev. II. ]. Millard. of Rush, Is quit
/ seriously i'll.