The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-01
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uontrose. Dec. 3iL-There Is consid-
erabIe interest eyind ed among the local
stoclholders of thd Lackawanna and
Montrose railroadl over the annual
meeting to be helf in tniss place ""
Tbursday. JanuaryIs, 1901, for the cleo
tion of presldentI and directors. Ihere
Is now. as there bias been for several
vears. n very gendral desire on the part
of our people whf put their hard cash
IN the enterprise to learn something
asto what the eaikning Of the road have
been and lust What Is its financial
status today. A strong nope Is enter
tanned that as a Result of the approach
inpmeoting the management will see fit
70 make a stateiInent and take into its
confidence all oil the company stoch-
holders.
Editor II r. II richard of the Susque-
hanna TranscriBt and Ledger, accom-
panied by his " fe and son, are Vlsitihs
relatives in this place.
4 number OF prominent Republican
politicians left Ehere today for Harris
burg to witnesk the opening of the leg
islatiye session and take hand in
the hattie for 1.-THE United states sena-
torship. Susbuehanna countys rep
resentatiyes. kIessrs. Tiffany and Hill,
are unpledgedl on the senatorship, but
there Is a pJrsistent rumor that they
will oppose Quay.
Mrs. A. II, tConklin Is the guest of her
sister. Mrs. i. +. Hunter, in Sayre, Pa.
A great ujhion meeting was held in
the Presbyterian church last evenig,
emphasizind the closing of the nine
teenth and Jhe opening OF the twentieth
centuries. Eloquent and inspiring ad-
dresses wdre made by Rev. L. X.
Thomas, of the Baptist church; Rev.
II. b. Benedict, of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, and Rev. A. l.. Benton,
OF the Presbyterian church.
Editor ahd Mrs. w. G. Cruiser enter
tained q Ilarty of friends at phono-
graph patty at their home on Friday
evening, December 2S, 1900. Among the
guests present were Chief Justice j.
Brewster McCollum and wife; District
Attorney Ralph b. Little and wife;
Prothonoltary and Mrs. II. +. Manner;
Register and Recorder Bruce b. Buff
fun and wife; Sheriff w. ]. Maxey and
wife, DEPUTY Sheriff H S. Conklin and
wife, Hon. and Mrs. D. G. Titman,
Rev. and Mrs. II. Il. Benedict, Mr.. and
Mrs. III A. Ellsworth, Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. $. Ikessauer, Professor and Mrs. b.
f. James and o. a. Gilbert. The guests
were entertained with some very fine
selections on a phonograph of unusual
distinct 4ness, after which delightful re-
freshmyents were served, this part of
the entertainment engaging the atten-
ton Of the guests until a late hour.
ThereI We're recitations by Miss Julie
CruseIr. Miss Meta Guy, Professor
JameG and Rev. II. p. Benedict. More
r,ueiI, from tho rbapppronb aud Iiyn1y
cOnv Irsationfilled out an evening of rare
ENJOYMENT and the "wee sma' hours"
intrjded themselves before the merry
partly realized how the hours had sped !;
all Expressing their delight with the
gre1t variety in the evenings enter
tAirf fment.
C& therine r., wife of John F.. O'Brien,
die}i at her late home on Chenango
str pet yesterday afternoon at o'clock
2ftSer an illness of about two weeks.
Ter age was Al years. She is survived
by her husband, five children and two
listers, Miss Mary II. Burns and Mrs. j.
Il. Quailey. The funeral will be at
tended from st. Mary's church on We'd
nesday morning at 10 o'clock. 1t Is eX-
4 pected that Father Lafferty, of Jessup,
a former rector of the deceased will
officiate at the mass and Father A. r.
Broderick, of st. Mary's, will preach
the sermon.
Among those who left here for Har-
risburg today were Republican County
Chairman Ralph b. Little, Prothono-
tary ii. +. Manner ex-County Treas
urer A. r. Burns, Justice John s.
Courtrisht and Frank f. Barron.
A "a meeting of the stockholders of
the Canning company held in the arbi-
tration room at the court house on Sat
urday afternoon it was decided to re-
engage Mr.. Gill as professor and su-
perintendent of the factory for the year
1901 This means that the cannery will
undoubtedly be operated during the
coming season and it now lies largely
with the farmers of the vicinity to say
Whether the next season shall be a
profitable one or not. If sufficient
acreage is secured to run the factory
the full season to the limit of its ca
pacty there Is little question but the
returns will be fairly satisfactory to
both the producers and the stockhold-
ers
Mr.. and Mrs, Edward 7. Harold of
Binghamton, are visiting in this place.
Misses Elizabeth Mack and Margaret