The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-05
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age.
A good sized audience greeted the
Fisk Jubilee singers at Piatt's Opera
house. Though this troupe has visited
the town several times, it seems to have
lost none of its popularity and always
draws good houses. Their singing is so
we'll known that no comment is neces-
sary.
j. Wood Piatt was rustling around
Saturday in an endeavor to secure the
release from Jail Of the "alley gang"
1t was purely philanthropic on his part.
Morgan Lille, whose death by ty-
phOid fever occurred at Montrose re-
Gently, was well known in this county,
he having been resident of Meshoppen
Q few years since. His friends here
learned of his demise with sorrow.
Burton Tickner, who has been work
ing at Glenburn, has returned home
for the winter.
The Epworth league adopted a new
code of bylaws at their Friday night
meeting and on Sunday evening held u
special missionary service. Their an
nual election of officers occurs next Fri
day evening.
ID. Clinton Dewitt, esq, of Towanda,
has been retained by Judge Durham as
one of his counsel in the approaching
election contest The big, jovial "Clint"
can see through milestone as far as
the average man, or farther
The widest sort Of guessing is made
as to the probable cost of the election
contest, the guesses ranging all the way
from $4,000 to 100000. Some of the wild
est of the guessers are willing to back
up their assertions with the gamblers S
universal argument--a bet. The costs
will depend upon the amount of trouble
and search it may take to ferret out the
frauds, If there be any; and there is
nothing in sight at present that can be
used as basis for calculation.
C. r. Stafford was down from Mont
rose Saturday.
The further arrests expected in con-
nection with the Waterman murder
case have not yet materialized 1t was
alleged that Wall, in his confession to
Richmond, implicated other parties in
the murder, and warrants were sworn
out, but for reasons unknown to the
public, have not yet been served. There
is an inclination abroad to criticise the
detective for being premature in his
work, but it is possible that the public
are not in possession of all the facts in
the case. Another coup de etat may
herhf IL,
velopments have been eagerly expected
every day since Wallis arrest.
The assessors of the various town
ships were at the commissioners office
Saturday receiving their assessment
rolls.
Lehigh Valley Conductor Lou Wood
ward is one of the best and most faith
full men on the line, and an interested
reader of The Tribune.
Miss Allie Donley, a teacher in city
schools, at Wilkes-Barre, returned
home Saturday after brief visit with
her parents here.
Stevens D. Streater returned to Cor.
nell university yesterday.
The list of Farmers institutes for 1885,
as arranged by the state meeting al
Harrisburg does not include one fol
Wyoming county, though several are
to be held in Susquehanna county. The
farmers Of this county have held three
or four Institutes in the past six oi
eight years, and they have always beer
sessions of a good deal of interest anC
profit. If the lack of appointment fol
one In this county next year is due t
lethargy on the part of the farmers
they should bestir themselves and set
that the matter is attended to.
Miss Katherine Welch has resumed
her position at the cashiers desk a
Spaces store after an illness of twt
weeks.
A family of Texans have moved into
the Murray House, on Harrison street
Stebbins, the coal dealer, advocates
drop of 20 cents a ton on chestnut
and all larger sizes of coal.
Mrs. Hiram Cortright is very sicl
at the home of her brother-in-law
Aaron Bartron, where she went to en-
joy Thanksgiving dinner. Erysipela.
is said to be the trouble.
Aloah T. Stark, formerly of Lemor
township, but of late years stenogra
pher and typewriter in Division
Freight Agent Bert Hayden's office, a
Sayre, has received the appointment a.
soliciting freight agent, with headquar
ters at Sayre. Mr.. Stark is receivin,
the congratulations of friends here ol
annotnt pf tho
A black bear is reported to havu
been seen among the cattle of Farme
| Joseph Robinson on Russell Hill Sat
urday, and men, boys, guns and dog,
| are out after him en- masse. 1t Is pre-
| sumably the same bear that made tn
hair of Brooklynltes stand on end {
few days since as there seems to b.
a regular runway between Elk ant
| Dutch mountains.
Petty thievery Is reduced to a scienc
in this section. Over near Lake Win
ola 1t is said that farmer got up il
! the morning and discovered that some
| body had been around in the night ant
hog-dressed his fine young porkel
| leaving the entrails on the ground an,
| carrying OH tHe CdTCdSS. AT NOSe
| young man named Frank Smith bs
several dollars worth of skunk skins
the net results of a months diligen
attention to traps. George Conrad,
farmer near Lynn, observed shadow
form reaching for the remnant of hi
flock of Thanksgiving turkeys a fey
nights since. He brought his trust
gun to bear, and the marauder wen
went limping away, leaving ira
of blood behind. 1t Is also rumored tina
a man in the Button neighborhood wa
shot for the same offense.
George Kutz, who has been Athlete
with innumerable carbuncles, is gettin
about again.
Mrs. Elmer Thomas is entertainin
Miss Davis, a young lady friend fror
Jermyn.
William Hahn has gone to Meshor
pen to work at Miller& q Lan's saw mil
b. w. Lewis, II. F. Metcalf, G.. S
Baldwin, Hon. f. H. Piatt, N. A. Mo
Known and John b. Jennings are 1
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