The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-01
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was awakened by the crying of his
youngest child and upon arising was
bewildered BY the close proximity OF
the flames to his sleeping apartments
He dressed himself quickly aud with the
aid of his son, Steve, hurried to the barn
in the hope of saving the stock which
consisted of two blooded horses and
two draught horses. The former were
owned by Mr.. Barrett and the latter by
Brewer Richards of Wilkes Barre.
During the time spent endeavoring to
get the frightened animals out Of the
barn the flames spread rapidly and the
task was most dangerous one. Mr..
Barrett finally succeeded in setting the
brewery team at liberty, but his own
refused to leave the barn. So terror
stricken did they become on seeing the
fire they bolted back into their box
stalls where their dead bodies were
found when the flames were extin-
guished. One Of the brewery team was
burned so badly that it died yesterday.
Along with the horses q quantity
of grain, hay, straw. harness, two
wagons and two sleighs were con.
The.loss, Mr.. Young calculates.
will reach 81, 500, on which he carried
no insurance. The fremen were pres
ent and did heroic service in saving
the adjoining property. How the fire
originated is mystery. The supposi-
tion is that it is the work of an in
cendiary During the time occupied in
rescuing the horses, Mr.. Barrett's hair
took fire and the top of his head was
badly burned.
The differences existing between the
Traction Railroad company and Valley
railroad officials. which have prevented
the former from running its cars to the
Lackawanns and Bloomsbury junction,
will, 1t is said, be satisfactorily ad-
justed within a few days. The copy of
the agreement reached has been for
warded to the president Of the Traction
company, for his signature and seal of
the company, and after it has been
duly signed by the Valley officials, the
road will be opened to the junction.
The hearing Of the injunction re-
straining the borough from making a
contract with the Barber Asphalt COM
pany will be resumed at Wilkes Barre
today.
1t is rumored that movement is on
foot to procure another injunction from
the court to restrain the borough trea.
surer from paying the expenses Incl
dent to the holding Of the alleged in
vestigation. The grounds upon which
the injunction will be asked are that
the investigation now being made is
an illegal proceeding.
William Simmons, of South Main
street. died at an early hour yesterday
morning at the age of 72 years. He
has been q resident Of this borough for
over DO years and was highly regarded
by everyone with whom he came in
contact Funeral nnouneement.la later.
The trial of the election officers of
the Cork Lane district of Pittston
township, who are charged by ex-su-
pervisor Thomas Mitchell, Of Brown.
town, with having falsified the cleo =
tion returns, was set down for hear
ing last week. but was put off until
next term of court.
Eight witnesses who had been duly
subpoenaed failed to respond, hence
the trial was continued. Sheriff Wal
ters arrested the delinquent witnesses,
and Judge Rice fined them $5 each and,
the costs. which amounts In each case
to ST. William Keating, for failing to
give reasonable excuse for failing to
appear, was fined $40 and costs.
The sickness prevailing among the
members Of Company F, Ninth regi-
ment, of Wilkes.Barre. is not alone
confined to that company, as William
Fl. Collier, q member of Company II,
of this place, has been lying seriously
i'll during the past two weeks and
much concern is felt by his relatives
for his recovery. Mr.. Collier is q
years of age and lives on Searle street.
The funeral Of Mrs. Emanuel Jones,
an old and we'll known resident OF Sc
bastapol, died Friday evening, of par.
alysis, took place yesterday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. Interment was made in
Pittston cemetery.
The 60-foot derrick, at the new Mi.
ners' Savings bank building, corner
Broad and South Main streets, fell
shortly after II o'clock Saturday. The
derrick was held in place by four guy
ropes, one Of which broke, and the pole
fell with crash, breaking a mum ber
of telephone and telegraph wires. They
in turn fell across the trolley wire and
great electrical display followed. The
street was crowded with people at the
time, and there was stampede to gel
out of the reach of the Kissing wires
A terrier dog belonging to William
Wilson, the South MAR street butcher,
stepped on one of the wires and was in
stantly killed. G. O'Boyle. of Scran ton,
lineman for the Postal Telegraph com
pany, who was in town superintending
repairs to the company's wires, clim bed
a telegraph pole, pulled the small wires
off the trolley wire, and cut them. AT.
ter delay Of ten minutes, the pole
was raised again, and fastened SO
curely. Nearly every telephone in towr
was burned out, and the circuit Of the
Suburban Telegraph company was
broken. The burning wires set fire Il
the woodwork of Joseph Kern's resi-
dence, corner Of Mill and Even streets
on which the telephone was located
At first it was thought necessary Il
send in an alarm, but Mr.. Kern, who
was at home at the time. succeeded in
extinguishing the blaze.
Tonight is the regular meeting Of the
town council.
Collieries No. 6 and Barnum, Psnn's
Coal company, will be idle this week
and all others will work,
In response to telegram announcing
the death Of his mother, Joseph L.
Cake and his family left on Saturday
for Port Republic, N. j., to attend the
funeral which will occur today. Mrs
Cake was aged 81 years. She was alst
the mother Of Mrs J. N. Rice. o.
Scranton.
James Drainey. who suffered the
loss OF his right arm by an Erie anC
Wyoming Valley railroad train on Fri
day. shows marked signs OF improve
ment. His advanced age--6S--it wal
at first thought together with the shoeE
sustained would make his case doubt
full one. but happily his constitution