The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-23
TUNkHANNOCK.

| Ill D. HAWKE was down from Mich
! olson over Sunday 30
| trio of Lynn citizens, who are re-
| ported seriously i'll, are Charles Thom-
| as, Charles Chamberlain and Charles
| Sherman.
| Mrs. wilcox, wife Of Rev. w. s. Will
| cox, Is still confined to the bed at the
Eatonville parsonage. and unable to be
moved to Askam, where her husband
was appointed by the recent conference
The Lemon creamery is being oper-
ated by N. j. Wells again this season.
| The new dwelling house of d. c.
Gearhart. erected on the site of the
one recently burned, Is an imposing
structure, and adds materially to that
| quarter.
S. w. Robertson is applying paint to
! the house of Mrs. Helen Williamson.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Depue and daugh-
| ter Fanny went to Meshoppen yester-
day to attend the tenth wedding an
| niversary of Mr. and Mrs A. p. Storm.
The ever progressive Lehigh Valley
| company are covering their hopper
bottom coal dumps with portable roofs,
| Transforming them into sort of box
cars.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Stafford, of Mont
| rose formerly of this county, will go to
Lenoir, North Carolina, next week,
where the former has a position as
| lumber Inspector for the Wilson Lum-
Der company.
S. Judson Stark, who is q descend
ant Of the Marcys and Hardings, of
| pioneer stock. is looking up old records
| preparatory to writing up his family
| history. The record goes back to 1772-
| Is, the time when all this section was
held under the Connecticut survey. Mr..
| Stark came into possession, a few days
since, through Hiram Marcy, of Nichol-
son township. of the old compass draft
| ing tools and other instruements used
| by Zebulon Marcy in laying out the
| township of Putnam. embracing what
Is now Tunkhannock township and q
portion of Lemon, Washington and
Eaton. The compass was made for one
Of William Penn's surveyors, William
Poyntelle by name, under whom Marcy
learned surveying. Mr.. Stark also has
an old iron tobacco box carried by
Marcy, and which saved his life when
fired upon by a British Tory, 16ust be-
fore the Wyoming massacre. The
British We're massing Tories up in New
York state preparatory to making a
raid down this way, and sweeping the
valley. Marcy and one or two other
men were sent up this way to scout
around and watch for the invaders.
While stopping at Slocum spring, on
the site of the present Tunkhannock
tannery they were espied by Adam
Workman, a Tory living short dis
tance away Workman's wife told
Adam to shoot, and he did so, the bullet
and slug which the weapon contained.
striking the tobacco box and glancing
harmlessly off. Marcy returned the
fire. mortally wounding Workman.
These and other incidents of revOlu
tionary days, recalled by those old
relics, go to make up an intensely inter-
esting page in local history.
Messrs. w. T.. Little, e. ]. Jorden
and Charles T.. Terry were attorneys in
the suit Of Blackmar VS.. Hopkins at
Meshoppen yesterday. Hopkins had
leased a stone quarry of Blackmar, and
the latter sued for royalties alleged to
be due him from the product OF the
quarry. The defendant claimed to
have fulfilled his part Of the contract,
and the matter was finally settled by an
equitable division of the property.
Deputy Sheriff G. A. Miller went to
Meshoppen yesterday and levied on the
hotel fixtures and other personal prop
erty of f. f. Coggswell, proprietor OF
the Riverside hotel.
Miss Ella Boardman will visit Scran-
ton friends this week.
w. N. Reynolds, quartermaster of j.
w. Reynolds post. No. 9S. Grand Army
of the Republic issues the following no |
tice, by order Of department encamp-
ment: ANY old soldier who has been
dropped from the post roll for nom
payment of dues may be reinstated by
making written request for same, pro-
vided a majority of the members pres
ent vote therefor. They will be charged |
81 upon reinstatement"
A business meeting of the County |
Womans Christian Temperance union
will be held at Mrs. +. r. Knapps |
Wednesday at 2 y. m.
Mrs. F. Bbardman, son. Fred, and |
daughter, Edith. were at Wilkes-Barre
the latter part of the week, where the
latter underwent treatment for eye |
difficulty.
Mrs. Prentiss, wife Of Rev. r. d.
Prentiss Of Beech Pond, Wayne coun-
ty was taken sick while attending
quarterly meeting services at Golden
Hill, this county. and is unable to be |
removed to her home.
The Free Methodists closed q four
days quarterly meeting service at
Prospect, Sunday.
Some four years ago John Wolfe. a
native Of Hessen, Germany. died here
and was buried by Tunkhannock lodge.
knights Of Ppthias, of which he was a
member. Later his son, Johnnie. was