Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1867-11-20
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go, pay, November 18th, afternoon and evening
FcL'rdr.u will not be admitted on Thursday, but
;r,ted to attend on Friday afternoon at o'clock
By order of Committee.
s.u Mill and Chair Factory Burned
s.,su Saw Mill and Chair Factory. belonging to
AZ. Nack. at Mack's Corners SusquehaDna coun-
arr consumed by fire on Friday night the 18th
", >" III. FIRE originated from the engine about
.clOck in the evening.
u.s,nped.-Mr Watts Cooke, so long connect
9TH the machine department Of the Delaware,
I..kawanpa Western Railroad COMPANY, has re-
;-,od His determination to take this step is the
.an,, Of general regret about Scranton.
potatoe Market.-The potatoe market has
ii ...n oure brisk this season. Buyers from abroad
h.,s been here picking up all the potatoes they
.ould End at from Is to so cents per bushel. The
.,op this season is hardly average One and hence
III, activity in the market.
Not a Break.-On Sunday morning last we
observed the water very low in the Canal at this
rIsce, and madam rumor would have it that there
H wws break in the ditch-not the " last ditch,"
neither is it the Dutch Gap Canal'-somewhere !;
but upon inquiry, ascertaned there was no break
,nIy a lO1rering of the water to accommodate the
,aisiag of fat boa!-not the kind uncle Abe used
to fcahdown the Mississippi on-which had stuck in
the mud a short distance above town in consequence
Of carrying too much water iron, hardly know
which It~as one of the Companys boats, cOnsign-
Cd to the upper waters of the raging canawl" WITH
q cargo of railroad iron, cars, &c
mo Backward STEP" saith the Radical
jcurnals Notwithstanding the people have spoken in
thundsr tones against their negro-equality amalga-
ustioH-recoustruction doctrine The popular will is
10 be set ut defiance by them. The people, in their
opinion, are unfit for especially
when they vote against the niger hence
III. neee ssty of disregarding the popular verdict.
Let them roll on their niger car of juggernaut
more overwhelming defeat awaits them in 1868.
Eleven bastard niger States will never be permit
ted to rule the lestines Of free people
stabbins AffaIr.-Mr Levi ConkIn, who re-
sil.s short distance from this place on Thursday
evening last at Cranes Saloon, had desperate
hsht with Thon! as Riley a stone cutter working
the bridge ahutments at the lower end Of town TIE
d.puiants went into the street, and from words
70 blows Riley was knocked down two o. three
times, and finally yelling murder at the top of
his voice. At the close of the ARRAY it ascer-
tanned that Conklin had a terrible cash in the
lust above the hand viii n had been inflicted By
very dangerous looking knife which was found at
the place of the difficulty. and identified
OSued an carried by Riley. A warrant was issuel
for Riley, but he has not yet been found.
An Important Secret.-An exchange paper
gets Of the following truth An editor leaves
sny money at home for fear Of fire, and never
RES any with him for tear Of robbers, nor deposits it
in any bank for fear of spsculating officials. His
money generally in the hands Of his subscribers"
The latter sentence indicates where " pile' of
is at present and our friends had better send
it TO US court week, some other week, lest they
get robbed. We sgres tn use it quick enough to be
free from " all sich axi ,ense."
BOatmen.--B Boatmen. as general thing,
jolly set of men. judging from the specimens who
navigate the North Branch Canal, and are making
music all the day long and sometimes far into the
night, upon that wind instrument--the boat horn .
30 peculiar to boatmen which, probably, is not the
sane horn spoken Of by the bard when ne says
u, bOatman Wlnd that norm again
For never did the listening air.
Upon its ambient bosom besr.
So Wild so sweet, so soft a strain I"
Runaway and Accident.-0n Monday even
ing last John Niver, Wm. N. Raymond and Arab
Squsr while returning home from this place to
Nicholson, met with a serious acc ident from the
running away of the team which they we're driving
All three were thrown violently from the carriage.
Aessrs. Niver aud Raymond so much injured
to be for some time unconscious Inc latter
suffered dangerous conclusion of the brain, and his
case considered j0zbtfuI. Mr.. Niver had danger
wound upon th head, and other serious bruises
MI. squier, we believe, was but slightly injured.
TIE carriage was badly broken to pieces. The
horses became separated at the forks of The road at
Dickson's where one Of them took the Factoryville
rOad and the other kept his the Nicholson
road. The horses we're shortly overtaken and were
found but slightly injured.
Business Oh the Canal Probably the coal
Transported northwarI on the \. B. Canal this
son will exceed in amount that Of any similar period
in former years. The business has been unusually
brisk since the opening of navigation which was
very late this season, owing to the repairs which
necessarily had to be made upon the Horse Race
Am-and boaimen and business have improv-
si their time to the best possible advantage. But
boating must soon come to a stop judging from the
lAteness of the season and the iccIes hanging from
the aqueduct over Tunkhannock creek, which ad-
monish US that cold winter is coming, in which there
will be 10 more device or labor on the raging
deep"
Sudden DE ath.--G. W. Osterbout who resides
about FIRE miles up the creek while returning home
Monday last with lead of coal, was seen by a
gentleman and lady who were coming down the
creek when within few rods Of him, to fall easily
back upon the load upon which he seated The
horses which be driving, stopped, as he still,
even 10 DEATH held the lines tightly grasped, bis
fall backward being just sufficient to check them
Upon coming up to and exam ming him. he was found
to be perfectly lfeless Help was imm cdiatey sum
noned, and efforts mado TO. restore animation, but
without success This sudden death WAS, doubt
the result Of apopIexy paralysis slight shock Of
which experienced by him on former occasion,
which at the time caused no serious Inconvenience
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