Towanda daily review. (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, April 21, 1881, Image 1

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    DAILY
T() WAX DA REVIEW.
VOLUME 11, NO. 215.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
Personal.
Mrs. A. SNKI.L IS visiting HER parents iu
Athens.
W. C. BUCK and wife are guests at the
Ward House.
Mr. and Mrs. K. T. Fox are spending a few
days in Philadelphia.
Mrs. G. V. MYER is spending a few weeks
with her brother in Arnot.
N. S. FuAZKR,of Wyalusitig, has boon quite
sick, but is mending now.
11. A. ELMER of Waverly was yesterday
appointed Second Assisiant 1\ M. General.
GRACK RODGRRS entertained a select com
dany of her young friends at a dancing party
last evening.
Airs. F. E. BUSLI and children of Standing
Stone are visiting at 1). (). IIOLI.ON'B in
North Towanda.
It noticing the election by Co. A the other
evening we should have stated that Sergeant
JOHN HKNLY wascleeted Second Lieutenant.
Titos. E. PROCTOR, a wealthy leather mer
chant of Huston, yesterday purchased the in
terest of the other stockholders in the Green
wood tannery and is now sole proprietor.
SENECA ARNOLD gave his wife substantial
evidence yesterday of his prosperous busi
ness as well as affection for her, in the pre
sentation of a hoautiful and costly gold watch.
JOHN PLACE of Lellaysville lias been in
town for a day or two visiting his daughter,
Mrs. GEO. W. BUCK on Houston street. lie
honored the REVIEW office with a call yes
terday.
ALEX DKLS.NO, of Detroit, Mich., spent a
a day or two with his brothers here this
week. He started for home yesterday ac
companied by his revered mother and niece,
Miss ALACK DELANO.
ADAM INN IS, Presidentof the First Nation
al Bank, Canton, proprietor of the Scotia
tannery in Granville and one of the most, sue-
C3Bsf jl business men in western Bradford,
was in Towanda yesterday.
From an invitation received yesterday, we
learn that Mr. TRACY C. CHALKY of this
office was married in YVayerly last evening
to Miss LUCY A. SLOAN, a young lady well
known in this place. We wish them much
joy.
Hon. J. G. PATION is piping his Main st.
block and will introduce water all through it.
This is an evidence of enterprise that will he
appreciated by bis tenants. The work is be
ing done by El> WILLIAMS, whose skill and
experience as a plumber guarantee a good job
Our old friend Ex-Treasurer BUN YAN made
us a pleasant call yesterday. Mr. P>. has
passed his seventy-seventh birthday, but is
still hale and hearty, and one of the most in
telligent, eompanionable gentlemen in the
county. We arc always glad to see him and
have the pleasure of grasping his honest
hand.
O. A. TULDWIN Esq., of the S. L. & S.
I£. li. Co.. is the fortunate owner of an Al
derney heifer with a culfov her side. Though
petite , the little cow is handsome as a picture
and good looks are not. her only merits, as
she gives a bountiful supply of rich milk.
We congratulate Mr. B. on Ins good fortune
in possessing so valuable an animal.
A friend of the REVIEW who had the
pleasure of visiting at Mr. SAMUKL KELI.UM'S
in Macedonia the other day. reports the fol
lowing interesting items which he gathered
while there: Mr. KELLUM'S paternal great
grand father, whose name was also SAMUKL,
married his fourth wife when he was eighty
years old and lived happily with her for 21
years before his death at, the, remarkable age
of 104. He resided in New London, Conn.
Mr. KKI.LUM has a horse 30 year# old that
works every day and apparently is a# full of
mettle and ambition as a colt. The animal's
excellent condition is accounted for in the
kind treatment it has uniformly received du
ring the 22 years Mr. K. has owned him. It
pays in dollars and cents to be " merciful to
your beast."
TOWANDA, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1881.
Janitor WATERS, of the Graded School,
has brought suit against IIIRA,M BAKER, for
slander.
The county house was opened yesterday
for the reception of inmates. Between tifty
and a hundred were registered.
On Saturday we expect to issue a double
number and run off an edition of about 2000
copies. Advertisements must handed in
Friday morning.
Those wishing to enjoy a pleasant evening
should not fail to attend the last of the Ger
main:'. Orchestra Assemblies, next Friday
eve in Means' Hall. Tickets 50 cents.
"Tom Moore." a trotting horse lately
owned by 1). C. PKWITT, who sold him a
few weeks since to W. G. TRACY for £2OO,
who in turn sold the animal to C. M. SAN
DERSON, of Pittston, for $350, has again
changed owners. The purchaser being a res
ident of Lackawanna county, and the price
paid SSOO. Cheap enough.
A dangerous counterfeit of the standard
silver dollar has made its appearance. They
have the ring of the genuine metal, the mill
ing is perfect, and there is an absence ot that
greasy substance which is found by running
the thumb over the general run of base coins.
They are, however too light, and a trifle
thicker than the genuine.
We are pained to announce the death yes
terday afternoon of little CLARRIE, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. IIENRY C. PORTER,
after an illness of only a few days, of that
terrible enemy of infancy, scarlot fever. The
child was only ten months old and was the
idol of the fond parents. While they mourn
her early demise they know " that in heaven
the angels of such do always behold the face
of their Heavenly Father." Funeral at four
o'clock this afternoon at the Ward House.
11. VANSANT MCCUJ.LY, Esq., the elocu
tionist and impersonator, of Philadelphia, is
visiting in this place, and will give on Friday
evening a Reading at Mercur Hal), under the
auspices of the ladies of Christ Church. The
follow ing notices will give an idea of Mr.
McC.'s ability and attractiveness as a reader:
11. V. MeCqJly, Esq.,
Dear Sir: I congratulate you 011 your
success in all your Readings in "the different
departments of Tragedy and Mirth. Let me
say that I consider your renderings of the
works of Charles Dickens as exceeding any
reading from that writer 1 have ever heard.
T. DKYYTTT TALMAGE.
lie is one of the best readers and declaim
ers in the nation. Jll reading the humerous
creations of Dickons I think lie has no equal.
A. A. WILLITS, D. D.
His range of ability is very groat, and his
•-kill in personification remarkable. I regard
bim a* rarely gifted, and having few equals
in his line. T. S. ARTHUR.
Among tin' various elocutionists who have
appeared in Philadelphis, there is none that
so fully realize our idea of what a finished
reader should be than our talented townsman
11. V. MeCu'ly, Esq. In voice, gesture, em
phasis and the other qualities that constitute
an elocutionist par excellence, Mr. MeCully
stands pre-eminent; and his efforts are in the
highest sense enjoyable.— Philadelphia In
quirer.
Mr. McCully ranks among our best elocu
t onists, having a clear rich voice, a very dis
tinct prononneiation, and uncommon power
of personation.— Jiucks County Intelligen
cer.
The price of admission has been placed
very low—only Twenty-Five Cents includ
ing reserved seats. Children under twelve
years, Fifteen Cents. Doors open at 7:30.
Tickets at KIRBY'S after 1 p. m., to-day.
NOTICE.— 4 New Milcb Cows, 2 Yearlings,
and some Calves For sale. Inquire of
B. W. LANE, Towanda.
John Iloldren, who has taken Dodge's shop
comes from Corning highly recommended as
a practical Blacksmith. lie gives special at
tention to Horse Shoeing.
WEATHER INDICATIONS FOR TO-DAY.—
Fair: stationary or higher temperature.
The News Condensed.
No break in the Senatorial dead-lock
The French Atlantic cable has been re
paired.
• The new hotel at Cressou Springs will
beTTDTfteet long and 22," f< et wide.'*"*
The Ohio Legislature adjourned sine
(lie yesterday, after a session of 100 days.
Twelve hundred persons lvave recently
signed the temperance pledge at Brad
ford.
No fears are felt at the Brooklyn navy
yard for the safety of the frigate Consti
tution.
The New York'sash and blind makers
have secured an advance of twenty-flive
cents a day.
The sale of the late I)r. Chapiu's libra
ry which cost 50,0000 dollars began in
New York yesterday.
All the officers of the navy in Washing
ton have been ordered to attend the un
veiling of Farragut statue on the 25th.
Five thousand one hundred and seven
teen emigrants arrived Tuesday at New
York, the largest number 011 record in
one day.
General Samuel D. Sturgis will prob
ably be assigned to the governorship of
the Soldier's Home at Washington to
succeed Gen. Potter.
News has been received from Oregon
that ex-Senator Joseph Lane, who ran for
Vice-President 011 the Brcckenridge
ticket in 18(10, is not expected to live.
At Hastiugs, Neb., lightning struck
and burned the house of a fanner named
Parnell, Sunday night. Mrs, Parnell
perished and her husband was seriously
inju red.
It is rumored that ex-President Ilayes
already begins to tire of private life and
is willing again to enter politics if there
should seem to be a general demand for
his services.
The moulders in nearly all the found
ries in Cleveland are on a strike, leaving
between fifteen and twenty works idle.
The proprietors are firm. All classes of
workmen seem preparing to strike if not
paid what they want.
Acting Indian Commissioner Price pro
poses to institute some temperance re
forms in the Indian management, by put
ting thorough!}' temperate men in charge
of the agencies, who will not drink or
sell liquor to the Indians.
In Forest county there is a well which
has recently begun to produce a black oil
bearing a close resemblance to coal tar.
No other well in the vicinity produces
anything like it, though the drill passes
through the same kind of slate at equal
distances iu all of them.
The President has nominated General
James Lougstreet, now Minister to Tur
key, to be United States Marshal for
Georgia; Philip 11. Emerson, to be Asso
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court of
Utah; and Benj. G. Casler, to be agent
for the Indians of the New York Agency,
New York.
r l he flood of the Rock river is unpre
cedented and it has thrown 1,500 men
out of employment in the city of Rotk
ford HI. Water power manufacturers
lose thousands of dollars. The low lands
on either side of the river North and
South, are under water and the occu
pants of houses are obliged to lease
boats.
PRICE ONE CENT.
BUSH'S COLUMN-
WANTED! j
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a call from everybody in search of READY MADE CLOTHING. It is an ad- j
mitted fact that BUSH, Tlie Bridge Street Olothier, keeps the j
largest, most fashionable, and best made Olotliing, consisting, of everything in
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the line to be found in the country. He defies competition either in quantity or ;
quality of stock. His Spring- Suits have just arrived, call and examine ;;
| them. He can fit you out with every article of clothing needed by man or boy.
TRUNKS.
BUSH, at the Bridge Street Clothing House has jusffreceived a cargo of
TR UJVJTS, ~VA.LISRS, GRIP SjICRS, ETC,„ EIC.,
which he is offering at manufacturers prices. His invoice filled one and a half cars,
and comprises the best line of those goods ever offered in this market.
.T. K. BUSH.