The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-01

if he comes once he will come again.
That's way most of our summer Wis
itors have of doing.
Holy communion will be administered
at st. Pauls Episcopal church next
Sunday morning.
Rev. Mr.. Cooper, of Norwich, N. Y,
preached at Bethel African Methodist
Episcopal church on Sunday last.
At the annual meeting of the Baptist
society, II. C. Burgess was elected Il
deacon, and f. P. Pope, George p.
Sprout and s. j. Rogers We're elected
trustees.
At court on Monday evening, resolu-
tions in memory of the late Judge w.
II. Jessup were presented to the court
by Attorney G. p. Little, chairman OF
the committee appointed by the Legal
association to prepare such resolutions,
and after making appropriate and elo-
quent remarks thereon, Mr. Little
moved their adoption and asked the
court TO make an order that the pro-
ceedings be made a part of the court
records and be filed in the number Of
Judge Jessup's admission to the bar. A
number of attorneys made eloquent and
eulogistic remarks upon the life and
works of their deceased associate, and
all seconded the adoption OF the reso-
lutions. The resolutions We're adopted
and the order of court was made as re-
quested.
The new officers Of the Sunday school
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
elected on Sunday last, are as follows:
Superintendent, Z. T. Corfied: secre-
tary, j. C. Van Campen; assistant sec
retary, Will Buffum: treasurer. w. N.
Barnes; librarian, S. w. Oakley: as
sistant, W. p. Cruiser: chorister J. T..
Barney: assistant, w. A. Ellsworth;
organist. Lillian Ellsworth: assistant,
Mary Barney; lookout committee, Mrs.
III. +. Manner Mrs. II. E. Benedict, Mrs
Edith S. Jones
II. d. Jones, of the auditor generals
department at Harrisburg, is at his
home in this place, preparing to move
his family to the state capital the first
of next week.
w. ID. Ainey and II. p. Read have
been reelected trustees of the First
Presbyterian church of this place.
The Mems Four O'clock meeting of
the Presbyterian church will be held
next Sunday at the Jail. S. nj. Wilson,
leader.
w, l.. Crofut, former proprietor of
the Spring house at Heart Lake, has
just purchased the Central house at
Great Bend, and expects to take pos
session of his new property in few
days.
Union services will be held at the
Presbyterian church next Sunday eve
ming.
Miss AlmiRl Fordham is the guest
of relatives i'm Scra anton.
Hon. George B. Tiffany, of Gibson,
was visitor in town this week.
Congressman C. f. Wright. of Sus-
quehanna, was here on Wednesday.
Miss Blanche BostwiclS entertained
about forty of her friends at party
given at her home on South Main
street on Wednesday evening.
The Philadelphia Inquirer on Tues
day published what purporter to be a
portrait of Senator" Du Bois. OF
Idaho, but the features were readily
recognized as being those of our dis
tinguished fellow countian, Hon. James
T. Du Bois. of Hallstead.
Colonel Charles C. Pratt, of New Mil
ford, has announced his candidacy for
the state senate. subject TO the decision
of the Republican nominating conven-
tion to be held in this place early In
March.
The borough Democrats have made
the following nominations: Borough,
oyerseer OF poor, r. s. Searle; justice
of the peace, Francis G. Allen; auditor
+. G. Lake; high constable, Thomas
Payne. First ward, judge of election,
George b. Smith; inspector. T.. w. SAT-
ford; constable, John Rutan; town
council, j. e. O'Brien; school director,
w. b. Hibbard. Second ward, town
council. M. S. Allen; constable, Aaron
Arnold; judge of election. ]. Grihis;
inspector, ]. C. Keeney. Third ward,
town council, o. p. Beebe; school d-
rector, w. C. Cruiser; constable, George
B. Felkeri judge, of election, NJ. w.
Denison; inspector, c. W. Brodhead.