DAILY TO WAN DA REVIEW. VOLUME 11, NO. 179. ADDITIONAL LOCAL Personal. Hon. J. G PATTON has already rented his house. J. R. KITTRIDGK, who has been ill for some time past, is improving. W. H. BLIGHT, the Elmira coal dealer, was in town yesterday. Miss KENTON of Athens is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. FRANK BROWN. W. H. CATERDALK has gone to Bradford to do a job of painting. Miss ALICE SIIAW. of this place, has open ed a dressmaking establishment in Athens. We are pleased to notice that ex-Sheriff SPALDING is able to walk out. Miss LILI.IAN CHASE and Mrs. A. B. AL LYN were callers at this office yesterday. We regret to learn that Mr. 11. L. LAMOR- Eux is suffering from a painful attack of ery sipelas in the head. E. T. NOBLE, Esq., of POWELL Co., is spending a few days in Hazleton, Maucli Chunk and Wilkesßarre. Prof. BURGAN is so much improved in kealth that he is able to be around and spend a little time in school each day now. Miss LIZZIE MERCUR of Wilkesßarre is visiting in town and is the guest of her unele, M. C. MKRCUR, Chestnut t. We are glad to learn that our aged friend, JESSE BROWN of Sheshequin, is recovering from an illuess of some dava, CHARLIE SCOTT, who has been confined to his house, with an attack of rheumatism, for several weeks, was able to ride out yester day. Hon GEO. LANDON lectured before the stu dents of Kingston Seminary last week. The lecture gave entire satisfaction, and was very highly complimented hv all who heard it. Dr. PRATT has given gratifying e>idence of his interest in and love for his children, by purchasing the VANDOUN residence in the Third ward and presenting it to his daughter, Mrs. W. G. GORDON. Mr. SPRING, manager of the Singer Sewing Machine Co. in this place for the past year, has taken a similar position for Steuben Co. New York, with headquarters at Bath. He ts a reliable business man and an accomplish ed gentleman. Linguists will read with pleasure the beau tiful hymn,"Jesus lover of my soul," written in Latin by our former townsman. Prof. FRANK SMALI.Y. An eminent linguist and educator says, "C'ICERO never wrote better Latin." We take special pride in printing the verses, evidencing as they do the pro found scholarship of Mr. SMAI.LY, who, al though a youug man, has already acquired deserved fame as a writer and educator. He is now a member of the faculty of Syracuse University. It will be read elsewhere with pleasure that the well-known Sullivan coal (now known as Loyal Sock coal,) may again he purchased in this city, at No. 2 Granger Block, west end of Williams' news room. This celebrated coal possesses a score of merits that we need not enumerate here; they are well known to all who have long used it. People buying tills fuel will be sure to he pleased with it, and they will find the agent, Mr. ADAMS, a gen tleman to deal with, and will get full weight and prompt delivery.— Syracuse Times. The pav ear was in town 011 Tuesday. The blue birds and robbins are here again. Mrs WM. L. POST, formerly of Montrose, hut for some years past a resident of Wash ington, D. C., died in tluit eitv on Friday of last week, aged 66 years. Her remains were brought here for interment, and hej* funeral was attended at the house of her son-in-law, W. L. Cox, on Saturday at 3 p. m.—Mont rose Democrat. TOWANDA, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1881. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. Frank■ Shaw, aged 16, deliberately shoots Himself, Lives only Three Hours. FRANK, youngest son of E. C. SHAW, re siding on Ward Avenue, this borough, com mitted suicide by shooting himself with a musket yesterday about noon. The circum stances as we glean them from his grief stricken fasher are these: The young man had been employed at HUMPH KEY BROS. A TTKACY'B boot and shoe factory, and with most of the other employes had to be idle during the time occupied in taking the annual account of stock. This seemed to produce a kind of melancholy, although he was natural ly light-hearted and cheerful. Of late he had been inclined to seek employment where he could get more remunerative wages, and for that purpose went to Elmira Monday, and it Is understood got a job. Tuesday night he ■tayed with his sister in Athens, and told her that he should return from there to Elmira, but appears to have changed his mind, as he came home 011 the 10:15 train and went di rectly to his father's house. 11c was appar ently in good spirits, and asked his mother for the gun which he had taken apart a day or two since to clean it. The pieces were given him; he went to his chamber and was not seen again until the report of the fatal shot aroused some members of the family, who went to his room and found him lying on his bed with a ghastly wound, showing that the shot took efl'ect in the neighborhood of the heart. The gun was an army musket and the charge large shot. The suicide seems to have been well planned,as the muzzle was placed nearly over the heart. The charge made a large hole, breaking a rib and tearing one of his lungs in pieees. He lived only two or three hours, and was conscious to the last. He told the family that he committed the act because he did not desire to live longer. A post mortem examination disclosed the fact that he died from hemorrhage, the heart not having been touched by the shot. Drs. PRATT and WOODBUKN were sum moned, but the nature of the wound was such that 110 aid could be rendered. Itev. Doctor STEWART who was paesent, thinks, as do the physicians, the young man's demeanor indi cated that his mind was not just clear, and he was probably suffering from a lit of melan choly, induced by the thought of leaving his happy home where he was the idol of the whole family. The family are thrown into the deepest dis tress by the sudden and tragic death of one so dear to all of them, and whose usually hap py, genial disposition brought joy and glad ness into the' heretofore uubroken home cir cle. They have the warm sympathy of the entire community in their great bereavement. Had the deceased lived until the eighth of next month he would have attained his 16th birthday. He was a modest, industrious, ex emplary boy and his rash act, together with the stoicism and unconcern manifested as his young life was ebbing out, can only be ac counted for 011 the ground of a sudden tit of insanity. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock to-mor row afternoon, at the house. The spirited pair of hack horses diiven bv FRANK BOWMAN, and owned by WARD & DECKER, became frightened while waiting for a train at the upper depot, on Tuesday, and ran down the street. They were brought up on the corner of Main and Poplar street, and came very near landing in the barber shop under the market. The only damage was one broken stran. Policeman BURNS returned from Auburn Tuesday night with SAVKRCOOL and lodged him in jail. WEATHER INDICATIONS FOR TO-DAY.— Cloudy and rain, warmer. MARRIED. BRESNAN —GALVIN.—At the M. E. Parsonage March 14th, 1881, by Itev. O. H. Wright, Mr. John Bresnan, of Boston, Mass., and Miss Mary E. Galvin, of New York city. Helen Potter's Pleiades. Mercur Mall , Saturday, March 26,188J Specially organized for this season and pronounced by popular acclamation the most attractive, enjoyable and thoroughly artistic Lyceum entertainment before the public. COMPRISING THE FOLLOWING TALENTED ARTISTS: Harriet Earnest, Soprano. J. Williams Macy, Buffo. THE CELEBRATED EICHBERG STRING QUARTET Lillian Chandler, Violin'. Lillian Shattuck, Violin. Lettie Launder, Violin and Cello. Emma Grebe, Viola. Anna Ring Greene, Pianist. Harry St. Ormond, - - - _ _ Director. Appealing in new and attractive programs in combination with the " Queen of the Rostrum," HELEN POTTER whose dramatic genius, acknowledged by the press and public at large, places her pre-eminently at the head of all American Elocu tionists, Readers and Impersonators. The News Condensed. The Bar Association of New York pro nounce against the adoption of the new Code. The former owner received SIOO,OOO from the Navy Department for the steam whaler "Mary and Helen" which is to search for the Jeannette. The export of Swiss products to the United States during 1880, were greater than in any year on record, exceeding 187'J by 15,000,000 francs. Strong efforts are being made to induce Sitting Bull and his followers to return to the United States. The patience of the Canadian government is exhausted. The Pennsylvania railroad Company has obtained control of the Mineral Min ing and railroad Company at Shamokin, and of the Susquehanna Coal Company at Wilkesbarre. The Republican members of the Ten nessee Legislature, in caucus agreed unanimously to vote for the bill to settle the State debt in accordance with the bondholders' proposition: at par with three per cent interest. The Governor of Tennessee sent a mes sage to the Legislature Tuesday reco mending the prompt acceptance of the bondholders' proposition to adjust the debt at par and three per cent, interest, the bonds to run twenty-nine yerrs. Ex-Secretary Sherman has expressed the opinion that the experience of the banks in the matter of surrendering their circulation will do them good, and that they will not again go off half-cocked. They now know what will happen to them when they act that way. PRICE ONE CENT. DR. T.B. JOHNSON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office over U. 0 Porter's Drug Store, Residence corner Maple and Second Streets, ELSBREE & SON, A I TORNEYS-A T-LA W. South side Mercur Block, Towanda, Pa. N. C. ELSBREE. | L. ELMBREE. FL. HOLLISTEETD. I), s. " (Successor to Dr. E. H. Angle.) OPERATIVE AND MECHANICAL DENTIST. Office on State street, second floor of Dr. Pratt's offlce - lOjanSO F THORNTON, TUNER AND REPAIRER Of Pianos and Organs. (Over 17 years experi ence.) Orders received at Holmes & Passage's Music Store. , GW. RYAN, '■ BOUNTY SUPER INI END EN I Office Patton's Block. aY. MASON, ■ A TTORNE Y-A T-LA W, Office over Patch & Tracy, Main street. HENRY STREETER, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW TOWANDA, PA. JOHN W. CODDING, A TTORNE Y-A T-LA W, Office Mercur Block, over Kirby's Drug Store. OD. KINNEY, A T TORNE Y-A T-LA W, Office, corner Main and Pine Streets, Towanda, Pa. PECK & OVERTON/" Attorneys-at-Law, Towanda, Pa. D'A. OVERTON, | BENJ. M. PECK. T X TILLIAMS, ANGLE & BUFFING ** TON, ATTORNEYS-A T-LA W, Office formerly occupied by W. Watkins. 700 D & HALE, * * Attorneys at Laic, Office corner Main and Pine Streets Towanda, Pa.l JAS. WOOD. | JAS. T. HALE.
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