The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-11

drew good-szed audience on We'd
nesday evening at Grand Army of the
Republican hall, Stroudsburg. The
company is an exceedingly strong one
and every member is an artist The hit
of the evening was A. j. McWatters
original song, entitled "Oh Child of
Mine"
Mrs. Stewart Heller returned on
Wednesday from trip to friends at
Bossardsville.
a. X. Brittian spent the first of the
week with his parents at Tobyhanna
The air is fun of electric railway
rumors in Stroudsburg and East
Stroudsburg. Among the latest is one
to the effect that charter will be
applied for a road to connect at
Stroudsburg with the Bangor, Pen Ar
cyl and Wind Gap Electric Rrailway
company's line and run over to Lake
Poponoming. Henry Fulmer, of Eas-
ton, who Is one of the principal projec-
tors of this road, in conversation with
gentleman from this borough last
week, said that there was no bluff
about this matter, but that this con-
Meeting link with Monroe county's
beautiful summer resort will positively
be built and in good running order by
the time the summer tourists begin
to move toward the mountains.
Sheriff Kresge closed up Robert
SIMPSONS butcher shop on executions
in favor Of his wife for $1,000 and the
Standard Mutual Live Stock Insurance
company for $7O.O7
District Attorney Williams OF
Stroudsburg, has started Il rogue's gal
lery An the prisoners in the Jail have
been photographed and additions will
be made to the collection when other
law breakers are confined in the Jail.
At the residence of the brides par
ents, Mir. and Mrs. Ruben Staples, at
the Delaware Water Gap, on Jan. 81,
1895. by Rev. David Lorch, Robert f..
Kister was married to Miss Sadie
Staples, both of Water Gap. The bride
and groom are well known in both bor-
oughs, the groom being a brother to
Mayor Hiram Kistler. of Stroudsburg.
DR.. Hardie, of this borough, will
preach in XiOn's Reform church on Sun
day morning. Rev. Professor Kemp,
of the Normal, will make an address in
the evening.
seighing party composed of the
ladies from this borough, seated in a
| 4-hOrse sled and several smaller con-
veyances, sleighed it to Frank Fether-
mons, in Cherry Valley, on Wednes-
day. The following braved the ele-
ments: Mrs. Albert Eckert, Mrs. T. b.
Drake, Mrs. Colonel Durfce, Mrs. DR..
Horace Bush. Mrs. Cox. Mrs. S S. Deit-
| rick, Mrs. oscar Crystal, Mrs. Joseph
Crystal, Mrs. Harry Dreher, Mrs. John
| Burt, Mrs. George PARCEL, Mrs. Beck.
Mrs. Jacob Shotwell. Mrs. Til Searfass,
Mrs. Irwin Edinger, Miss Carpenter,
Mrs. Cramer, Mrs Thomas Dunn, Mrs.
Wolfnger, Miss Olive Edinger, and
James Edinger.
Hattie Smith, a girl Is years of age,
employed in the silk mill. had the mis-
fortune to lose the index finger of her
left hand by having it caught in the
cog wheels of the machine she was
employed on.
The blizzard at this point has been
| terrific and business of every kind is
at standstill. 4 number of men from
the two towns, at 50 per day. are en-
ployed along the line of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western, clearing the
snow away. All the trains are late.
The employees of the Delaware. Lack
awanna and Western railroad We're
paid at this point on Thursday.
G. Burnett was itting as auditor on
Friday in the case of the Keystone
Fibre company. The $500 will be dis
tributed after hearing the various
statements of the creditors.