The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-12
FOREST CITY.

Mrs. Mary Wescott Is sick with an
attack of pneumonia.
Owen Jones, of Depot street, is dam
gerously i'll.
Professor Reeves dancing class will
meet this evening in the Davies House
hall.
man named Corey, who is EN-
ployed as a laborer in the mines at
Richmondale, a small hamlet south OF
Forest City, has just received notice
from attorneys in England that he has
been left large fortune by rela-
tive lately deceased. Mr. Corey will
start for England in a few weeks to
claim his inheritance.
j. +. Toole's Killarney and the
Rhine" was unable to show here Sat
urday night. They We're snow bound
at Olyphant by reason of the blizzard.
Very interesting union revival SER
vices were held in the Baptist chl-'ch
ON Sunday evening. Rev. +. b. Ken
nedy, of the Presbyterian church,
spoke eloquently from the text, Jesus,
Son of David, have mercy on me-" His
appeal to non-professors was very
touching. About eighty have been con-
ings. These services will continue
every night this week Except Satur-
day. in the Baptist church.
The blizzard which has been doing
such great damage all over the country
commenced operations here Thursday
night and Friday found us completely
showed in, with no communication with
the outside world. Business was sus-
pended and both breakers were COM
PEELED to shut down. Engines were
stalled" all along the jefferson branch.
The Saratoga" managed to get through
from Scranton on Saturday morning,
but did not reach here until a. m.
The flyer" from Susquehanna got here
the same day, but was about four hours
late. Trains are running regular once
more. No damage was done by the
storm in this immediate locality outside
of the general suspension of business
and the freezing of few toes and ears.
In a recent correspondence from this
place to the Carbondale Anthracite it
is stated that the school directors of
this borough have not made a report
that could be passed on by the auditors
in several years. We think this state
ment is unfair if not untrue. The An
thracte writer evidently has a long
knife in his boot for the school board,
and he is not particular how he gets
rap at the members. The Anthracite
scribe's attack is not appreciated by
the best people of the borough. But
then, it was a political trick, and hardly
worth notice, after all.
A warrant was sworn out before Es-
quire Braman Thursday by Edwin
Bradbury, of the Blazing Stump"
charging Thomas Phillips, of Forest
City, with having stolen a gun from
him three years ago. Edwin was a lit
tie slow in beginning the action, but
that may have been because he had
no attorney to urge him into a squab-
BILE. Be that as it may, Thomas had a
hearing Thursday and Friday and was
given an opportunity to answer Ed
wins charges. Edwin alleged that he
had lent Thomas the gun to kill weasles
and that it had never been returned, but
the latter deposed and said that he
never had the gun in his possession,
couldn't handle a gun if he had one,
and would not be able to shoot a COW
at a distance of ten yards, let alone 4
weasle. The justice held Phillips in
5000 bonds to appear at court. George
T.. MaXey readily furnished him bail.