The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-03
news OF THIS VICINITY
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The clatter of the fire alarm Monday
Afternoon was occasioned by smudSe
in the smokehouse on Captain James
Harding's premises which had set the
woodwork ablaze. 1t was quenched
without damage to adjoining buildings.
Mrs. Thomas Hawke is entertaining
her mother, Mrs. Kellogg, from Me-
shopper.
Some of the farmers are urging that
the game laws be so amended that game
shall be considered private property,
and no hunter be allowed upon any
mans premises without the express
consent of the owner. To anyone hav-
ing a knowledge Of the annoyance that
farmers are occasionally subject to
from the raids of thoughtless boys and
men this seems perfectly reasonable;
and if such u law should be enacted, a
commensurate penalty for infraction
should be attached. The present laws
afford no protection to the farmer for
it is more expensive to prosecute than
to suffer the damage in silence.
Albert Miller is moving into the un-
occupied Dana fiat.
Representative Tiffany is off to Har-
risburg to take his seat in the legisla-
ture.
Rev. Edward Martin, Of Wyoming
seminary, was a guest of his chum,
Samuel Stark, yesterday.
Nicholas Fox and his bride are eX.
pected home today.
Mrs. E. l.. Chaffee and son, Louis,
have been spending a week at Sayre
and Towanda.
John Wisey was up from McKune's
yesterday.
James Foss is visiting his brother at
Lopez.
New Year's Day was very quietly
spent in town. The bank, postofiice,
and several of the stores observed it
by closing.
School vacation ended yesterday.
Miss Lizzie McKelvey returns to
Mansfield today.
The numerous members of the Dana
family dined at Eleazer Danqs yester-
day.
Mrs. George w. Cooke and family
have returned from Beaumont.
EX-Congressman Bunnell and w. II.
raid up to Jenningsville.
A marriage license was issued yester-
day to Thomas T. Osterhout and Irene
l.. Bacon, beth of this place
The Steam heating apparatus at the
high school building froze and some of
the pipes burst. Repairs We're in prog
ress yesterday.
Mrs. Melinda Clark Schooley, an es-
timable Beaumont lady, is dead She
was well advanced in years.
Professor and Mrs j. +. Breidinger
returned to Mansfield yesterday.
The Mehoopanyites and the Lacey
villains are each enjoying a free river
bridge since the cold snap came on, and
honors will be even 50 long as things
continue uhusly. Nothing will incite a
declaration of war sooner than for one
of them to assert their claim for a
county bridge.
Rev. w. NJ. Hitler goes to Otego, n
Y, today to attend the funeral of al
old family friend.
The personal property of S. D. Cat
lin, of North Branch township. is adver-
tised to be sold by the sheriff today
James f. Day, junior editor of the
Democrat, arrived home from his Texas
trip yesterday in prime condition, judg.
ing by his looks.
The gladators in the judicial contest
will resumehostilites at La Porte again
tomorrow. The ballot boxes will be
| opened and a scrutiny of the vote made
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvah Il. Stark, OF
Sayre, are visiting friends down this
way. Mr.. Stark, having been appoint.
ed soliciting freight agent for the Le.
nigh Valley, will remove his family tc
Geneva, n. Y, soon.