DAILY TOWANDA REVIEW. VOLUME 11, NO. 231. ADDITIONAL LOCAL. Personal. Rev. G. D. STROUD, of Tunkhannock, was in Towanda yesterday. Keys. CRAFT of Wyalusiug. and STIEN, of Wysox, exchanged pulpits Sunday. J. O. FROST is slowly improving, but still eonfined to his room with rheumatism. G. MORTIMF.R LEWIS of Wilkesbarre is registered at the Ward House this morning. Mrs. R. B. HOWELL, formerly of this coun ty, is very sick at her home in Auburn, New York. We arc indebted to Mrs. JAS. DARLING, of Salt Lake, for a copy of the daily Tribune of that city. Gen MADILL sprained his ankle the other day and is now compelled to use two canes to aid locomotion. Mrs. GOODRICH has taken up her residence at the Ward House, and Mr. PORTER is pre paring to occupy the elegant residence vacat ed by her. Mr. WILL BLIGHT, who has been quite ill for a couple of weeks, has entirely recovered, and is about with his business again.— Elmira Advertiser. W. H. DODGE and PARK SMITH, of the First National Bank, are both on the sick list, and Master FRED BETTS is acting messenger in that institution. JAS. T. IIALE is erecting a handsome house on State street. Mr. L. B. RODGKRS is the contractor, and expects to have it ready for occupancy in July. Two money kings of the county, 5. W. POMEROY, of Troy, and N. C. HARRIS, of Athens, neither of whom inherited their wealth, were in Towanda yesterday. W. R. FASSETT. a printer of more than or dinary ability, who formerly resided in this place, and who was taken to the Danville I nsane Asylum about a year ago, was brought back here 011 Saturday by Mr. KINGSBURY, Secretary of the borough council, and taken to the county hospital at Burlington. The many friends of T. C. DISBROW, who has of late been studying in the law office of DAVIS, CARNOCIIAN FC IIALL, of Towanda, will be pleased to hear that he was admitted at the last examination, the board being com prised of Messrs. OVERTON, M'PHERSON and IIALL. Mr. DISBROW was brought up in Bradford county and has hosts of friends who will extend their congratulations at his pres ent success, and his prospects of a prosperous professional career that is thus opened up before him. lie is a young man of unusual ability, a pleasant gentleman personally, and will, 110 doubt, make bis mark in the profes sion that lie lias chosen for his life's work.— Elmira Telegram. The new steamboat made a successful trial trip 011 the river last evening. The tirst. old fashioned thunder shower of the season was experienced last evening. It was accompanied by very territie lightning. ARCHIE I)E\ OK. of Elmira, and well known in this place, died in St. Josephs, Mo., yes terday morning from the effects of an over dose of morphine. The council have voted to place a lamp post at the. corner of Huston and Watts streets. This will prove a great convenience to the residents of that neighborhood. It is said that eye sight is often injured by the inferior quality of glass in spectacles sold by itinerent dealers. The safest plan is to buy spectacles of responsible home merchants. J. J. K A VAN A UGH desires the public to know that lie is now giviinr his entire atten tion to his own green houses on 4rli street, and that lie has a large stock of garden plants and flowers. Mr. 1 . L. MCCLURE, father of the two young men mentioned by our Monroeton cor TOWANDA, PA., TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1881. respondent on Saturday, called yesterday to inform us that the report contained hardly the semblauce of truth. The high reputation FITCH'S ice cream has sustained heretofore, is well maintained this season, and the throngs who visit his parlors is evidence that the people of Towanda ap preciate the delicious confection. M. O. MOODY, manufacturer of the Califor nia Pick has just received an order from the Owego Water Works for fifty of these supe rior implements. All who have used the pick pronounce it superior to any on the mar ket, being both light and durable. The common amenities of life were aptly illustrated yesterday when two citizens met in front of the REVIEW office. First citizen, "I see you are no longer on the town." Sec ond citizen,"Yes, and I see you are 110 longer in jail." And they both passed on about their business. The brick block occupied by S. M. BROWN as a restaurant, in the First Ward, was offer ed at public sale yesterday afternoon, by J. B. JUDD, president Towanda Mutual Building Association. The property was started at SIOOO, and after being ruu up to $:>000 the sale was adjourned. A giant ox, six feet four inches in height and nine-feet-six inches from head to tail, was exhibited on the Square this afteruoon. He is the property of MARX WEIL, of Fly mouth, and came from Bradford county. Six feet four was the advertised height of BAR NUM'S ox, but the general opinion is that this is larger than his was.— Wilkesbarre Union- Leader. Court Proceedings. Attorney H. C. Baird presented a petition from the burgess and council of Athens boro. setting forth that said borough had been di vided into wards since last election, and praying the court to appoint ward officers for balance of year; whereupon Judge Morrow appointed the following: First Ward —Judge of Election, F. A. Allen; Inspectors, Henry Carpenter, E. W. Davis; Ward Assessor, M. N. Nevins. Second Ward—Judge of Election, Jos. M. Elv; Inspectors, D. C. Gray, 11. F. Maynard; Ward Assessor, George A. Kinner. It was ordered that the place of holding elections in the first ward should be at the Central House, and in the second ward at the engine house in the tirst ward. During the argument of the East Towanda road case last week, J. E. Piollet, who is one of the commissioners of Wysox township, twice interrupted S. K. Payne, Esq. who was arguing the case for the petitioners, by de nouncing his assertions as lies. lie was se verely reprimanded by Judge Morrow and informed that a repetition of the offense would consign him to jail for contempt. Yesterday Mr. Piollet sent the following note to the Judge: TOWANDA May 0,1881. Hon. P. D. MORROW, Judge of the Court of Bradford Co.: I take this mode of apolo gizing to the Court for having forgotten that 1 was in Court on Monday of the first week of May term 1881, when I interrupted counsel during his argument. I have 110 other excuse to otter than that I was listening to the Attor ney and did not tlnnk. I regret the interrup tion and ask pardon for the offence. Respectfully, J. E. PIOLLET. P. S. With your approval I wish my at torney to make this announcement J. K. P. Com vs John C Mareellus and Eunice Mar" eellus. Forcible entry and detention. Dis trict Attorney Fanning and WM. Maxwell for prosecutor. Overton & Sanderson for defendants. On trial. On account of illness of defendant the case of the Coin vs J A Pendleton was continued to next term. WEATHER INDICATIONS FOR TO-DAY.— Fair, followed by increasing cloudiness, oc casional rain, stationary or higher tempera ture. Don't fail to go to JOHN SULLIVAN'S, on Bridge street, for the best five cent cegar. FOR RENT.—A desirable medium sized house on 4th street near Chestnut. Inquire at this office or of J. H. Nevins. LOST.—On Main street, near Fitch's store, an overcoat, the finder will be rewarded by leaving the same at this office. W. P. ROCKWELL. The News Condensed. The President's wife is reported seri ously ill. Ben Hill had a long interview with Sec retary Blaine on Friday. Judge Lambert Tree, who is worth about $4,000,000, is said to be Chicago's wealthiest man. Mr. Gladstone's clothes are usually ill fitting, the nap of his hat is worn, and he walks with a slouch. Four per cent of the covicts in the Au burn, N. Y., State Prison are annually sent to the insane asylum. The Colorado beetle is making havoc on young potato vines in the vicinity of Norfork, Va., and the crop will be short. Brakemen on the Hudson Central road can no longer make love to girls along the line under penally of being bounced. A number of venerable Senators, and even the Vice President, visited the cir cus while it was showing in Washington. When the Delaware river yrelds 125,- 000 shad in one week it does not look as though the black bass were doing much harm. It is stated that Presedent Garfield has a cousin in Dunkirk who is a "school marm." lie used to be a teacher him self. There is a general demand that the pop ulation volume of the Census Report be Issued befors the next meeting of Con gress. The strike of the Pennsylvania Coal Company's loaders at Hawley, is ended. The men accepted the advance offered by the company. S. T. Arnot, lias been appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate of New York, one of the managers of the Elmira reformatory. Mr. Soliu N, Abbott, General Passen ger Agent of the Erie railway, has en gaged rooms for his family for the sum mer at Milford, Pike county this State. The Grand Duke Nicholas, son of the Grand Duke Coustantiue and cousin of the present Czar, has been sent to For tress Dunaburg for an iiulefiuite period, Owing to the limited amountgranted by Congress for printing post office stamps the department is cutting close 011 all the orders, and the officers say there is dan ger of a postage stamp famine. The republican senators held a pro tracted caucus yesterday but adjourned without action after listening to a long speech from Senator Conkling. The cau cus will convene again to-day. Mrs. Francis Keegan, of Nanticoke, near Wilkesbarre, was fouud dead in bed Thursday morning. Her husband has left the country. It is thought that lie beat her severely, from the effects of which she died. The Monetary Coference at Paris is proceeding leisurely exchanging views and collecting statistics. The probabili ties are that a ponderous volume setting forth these views and statistics will be the only tangible result of their meetings. PRICE ONE CENT. BUSH'S COLUMN- WANTED! §§ a call from everybody in search of READY MADE CLOTHING. It is an ad mitted fact that BUSH, The Bridge Street Clothier, keeps the largest, most fashionable, and best made Clothing-, consisting of everything in 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. /-~N BUSH, at the Bridge Street Clothing House has just received a cargo of TR UJVLTS, VALISES, GRIP SJLCRS, ETC., ETC., which he is offering at manufacturers prices. His invoice filled one and a half cars, and comprises the best those goods ever offered in this market. .T. K. BUSH.
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