The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-20
sUSQUEHANNA COUNTY,
cial to the Scrai ton Trihune.

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Special to the Scrai ton Tribune.
Susouehanna. Feb. 1o.--Hev. =. r.
Allen, pastor of the Susquehanna Bap-
tist church, and Rev. j. e. Lovejoy, OF
the Baptist church Ut Worcester, N.
y. exchanged pupits on Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. William Stonebach. of
Easton, Pa, are guests of the BRIDE
groom's parents in this place.
Mrs. Frey. the singing evangelist
of Paterson, y. j.. last evening closed
q series of very successful NEE tings
in the Oakland Methodist church.
Quite a large rumbcr of persons have
professed conversion during the meet
ings.
Appropriate exercises Will be held
in the Susquehanna High school on
Thursday next.
The Young Ladies' guild of Christ
Episcopal church will hold fair and
festival in the church parlors on Friday
ana Saturday next
Several Susquehanna employees OF
the Erie have been in Salamanca, N.
Y. and Bergen, n. j., during the past
few days operating rotary steam snow
plows
A. w. Cook, recently of SuSque-
hanna. now publishing the Deposit
Journal, Is issuing the Epworthian a
paper published in the interests of the
Epworth league ir this vicinity. The
current number contains portrait OF
Rev. Charles Henry Newing. pastor of
the First Methodist church in Sus-
quehanna.
A mammoth steam paper cutter has
arrived at the Erie printing office in
this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Era stus Carr, of Stew
ems Point, have been informed by the
war department that their son, Frank,
was killed in action January IS last.
He was member Of Company E,
Fourty-siXth regiment. United states
volunteers. He enlisted last fall in
Hartford, Conn.
w. w. Messenger prominent resi-
dent of Thomson, is seriously Ill.
The Erie will run a cheap excursion
to New York on Wednesday morning.
| The round trip fare from Susquehanna
is but $3.50, cheaper than walking.
In letter written to a Susquehanna
business man, internal Revenue Collec-
tor Penman, of Scranton, denies the
newspaper report that the revenue au-
thorities in Washington have recently
, ruled that receipts given for payment
, of telephones, water bills and insur-
ance premiums are liable to two cent
revenue stamps.
| In the Methodist church on Tuesday
| evening the church choir will render
the cantata. THE Great Light"
| Under the auspices of the Methodist
church choir an entertainment will be
held in Hogan opera house March 25.
The New Milford club will hold a
| hop in the New Milford opera house
on Friday evening.
| 4 Delaware division brakeman named
Maloney fell from a box car in the
Susquehanna yard on Saturday even
ing and received serious injury
| Frank Belcher, of Jermyn
Lackawanna county. who has cleaned
up s2O0,OOO in the Klondike country
will return to ALASKA in the spring t.
superintend the working of his valuabls
claim. He pays his workmen 81 az
hour.
The Universalist Sunday school OF
Brooklyn will hold masquerade socia
February 90.
The marriage of Miss Ada seldom, Of
Susqueharna. to Al F. Birkett, ol
Carbondale, will cccur at the home oI
the bride on "Wednesday rext.
Grace Episcopal church in Oakland
will give Martha Washington supper
in Knights of Pvthias hall Susque
hanna, on "Wednesday eve ming.
The marriage OF Miss Hattie Kay
ser, of Susquehanna, to Fillmore Frue
| 4 ,l.i .NfD L.,
the home Of the bride on SUNDAY mex,
l.. G.. Bergmuller, well known Eri'
trainman. is recovering from a sever
and protracted illness.
The Dorcas society viii hold Mar
tina Washington social In the churcl
parlors on Wednesday evering next.
Miss Mary Pope, of Montrose. ha
returned home from visit with Sus
quehanna relatives.
Harry NapBuskirk, The Harfor,
farmer who recently attempted sui
eide, has card i'm the New Mifor,
Advertiser warning the public agains
trusting his wife on his account.
+. S. Greenwood, of Lynn, is a Re
publican candidate for Representative
at Harrisburg.
f.. d. Bell, Lackawanna agent a
Nicholson, will on April /, it is re
ported, resign to engage in the mer
camille business.
Miller, the young son of Congress
man c. Fred Wright, is seriously i'll i
Washington.
The Board of Trade will hold its frs
annual banquet at the Starrucca houi
on Wednesday evening.
+. A. Davis, OF Dundaff, president q
the School Directors association, c
Susquehanna county. has returnc
from Harrisburg, where he attenae
a state convention of the associatio,
Just enough of The alleged 'beaut
full" fell on Sunday to make slim sled
din.
AS a result of the evangelistic Sc.
| vices recently held in the Sus1uehann
Presbyterian church and the Oaklan
Methodist church there will he a sui
stantial addition to the membership ,
several churches in the two borough
Yet We indulge the hope that the,
will be no unseemly scramble for cor
verts.
. Rev. and Mrs. Frey who have bee
; holding meetings In the Oakland Metl
odist church, left town today.
The Erie shopmen will presumab