Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-06-03
Local and Personal.


Frost, --Early risers in this region found frost
a, several places this "Wednesday morning. Owing
% the fog hut little. if 'uy damage resulted from
mi, uucaled for visit of master Jack
The Ladies will find at Mrs e. Leas' Store
full stock of "phancy pbixings" both for their COM
f,,, and convenience, and to aid them in arraying
th.msslves more like the lilies. A wise man, said
thew couldn't beat these in fixing up-but we think
those who get their goods at Mrs. Leas' come very
near dong So
Navigation .--Water was let into the North
Branch Canal on Saturday last and it is now said to
be in navigable order. This will be welcome news
to many weary, waiting boatman, as well as the
business comm unities along the line of the ditch"
The Laying Of the Track on the Lehigh Val
I,y Railroad, between this pace and Pittston is in
,.aiu quO just now, the company having exhausted
their supply Of iron. 1t is said, however that work
will be resumed about the first Of June, when a new
,upply Of iron be obtained sufficient for complet
ing the track to this place. 1t is laid from
Pirts,oR to near GLriners Ferry, distance of some
Eve or six miles and with the increased facilities
which canal navigation affords, for the dstribu-
the work will be pushed forward with sufcien Wig
or to reach Tunkhannock in time for Fourth of
July Excursion.
sherman - LathrOp have been making recent
additions to their Large sto'k of dress goods and
clothing to which they invite the attention of the
public. The Laiies wlli fnd at this place goods of
superior texture and quality, AMI n greater amount
and variety than in stores devoted to general mer
chandise. This establishment makes fne dress goods
speciality, and are determined to afford their pa
irons good goods because they think by so doing
they will leear longer.
Don't Forget to examine The work and work
ings of the ''Combinltion" Sewing Machine sold by
Mrs. Newman and Tutton, of this place. This
chine is truly wonder, in this age of wonderful iu
yentions. 1t needs only be seen, to satisfy the
most in,re lulous to its great capacity for work
shop-I.Ifting. .---Some light fingered gentry.
more pracced in the hOcuSpOcus art than is good for
the morals of community entered the money drawer
ofB VI. Stone on MonIay last and extracted there
from $40 or Sl2 in greenbaeks and fractional cur
rency. He v0ry generously left a check of $50,
which in the drawer at the time that couli pos
sbly be of no TO him, but too all the small
change. Mr.. $. objects to such legerdenaln games
being played in his shop and gives due notice that
il caught in the act ihe presugIators will suffer the
extreme penalties of the law.
A SpirituOus iufuence appears to be pervading
community TO such an extent as To cause serious
disturbances occasionally On Saturday evening
some young b'oods," unler the influence of the
spirit Of his satanic majesty other era sPirit
in our midst, entered the grocery store OF d NJ
Stone and demolished things generally Ono
"dusatsr," gifted and spiritually minded"
than his followers, appeared to take the lead in this
heroic affair" As fitting finale to this grand
coup d eiat IA dance occurred ulon one of canal
Lridges iu town under the inspiring music Of Bae-
chus iu which some OF the party, while endeaYOring
to swing the circle, unfortunately made the circle
too large and swung clear off the bridge into the
ditch below where they found more water than they
bad been IN the habit of imbbing Let them be-
ware lest they fall into that ditch, the last ditch"
from which there is escape.
HuffOrd HOuse.--Eviieuces of prosperity are
abundant on every hand, and among the least of
these is the HUFFURD House. formerly Baldwin Ho-
tel This House, now undergoing thorough repairs
and ron,yatiou. cannot fail, under its present man
agement 10 meet the wants of the travelling public
Harry Huord, the proprietor, ranks among the first
class landlords of the State and from present ndi-
cations does not intend to ALLOW his reputation to
suffer in this pect. He Is among the very few
landlords who "know how TO keep hotel" and
knowing, does not fail to NEE: the expectations of
his numerous guests. All who 50 lortuua'e ~ :"
domcil beneath his roof met with thai D!andnCs,
Of smile and cordiality of feeling wht. makes ,Hen
feel entirely Mt home. He anticipates The wants #
bis guests and ministers TO their comfort. At
such house the travelling public like to tarry AMI
We predict for it that success which the enerprsuS
and gentlemnnlY proprietor 50 richly deserves
wallis Hotel is also undergoing repairs and
presents many inducements to the travelling public,
We notice among its recent impro vements extern
zion of it, bar, which has been fashioned after the
more recent styles of architecture. The house is
well managed AMI is deserving of public patronage
Sullivan 4. Erie II. R.--On Monday, lth
ult work was resumed on the Sullivan Erie Rail
road, and it is expected that the entire line from
Dushore to Towanda will be graded and brdged
this year,-SuHrdn Free Press.
Singular ACcident.--The ay wheel or balance
wheel as 1t is more commonly termed. (Seishing %
tons) to one Of the engines in the Iron Comranys
mill at Scranton to pieces on Thursday last at
little past II o'clock NJ just after the hands had
quit work for dinner while revolving at the rate OF
IS times per minuts The diameter of the wheel
was "a feet and hence its periphery or outer bound
sry of the wheel, travelled at the rate of little
over one mile per minute. its segmentS flew in ey-
cry direcon--those portions rising went up
wards and the bal ance down directly forward
backward. One piece, weighing about tons. weOt
upward through the roof and about 50 feet in the air.
moved about leo feet describing the arc Of circle)
iu the air and fell hrough the roof, making hole
ten bv fifteen feet Where it went out Of the roof it
made a hole twenty by thirty feet Another seq
ment vent through the brick wall. The engineer
was present at the time of the accident AMI escaped
uuinjured He s.atss that the wheel was making
no more than is accustomed revolutions, and that
the accident is entirely anaccountable.
Sabbath School Convention aud InSti-