The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-13
news OF This VICINITY
FOREST CITY.

The correspondent of the Wayne In
dependent says "the people (of Forest
City presumably are in favor of new
county being formed" Sure, Brother
Budd sure. They would be also in ia
vor of making Forest City the county
seat and of having several other things
happen that would be beneficial to us
in this immediate vicinity, but that
might seriously conflict with the inter-
ests of great number of other people.
Look at the practicability of the thing!
If the state of Pennsylvania allowed
every section that was a little incon-
Venienced, little more disgruntled and
above all had an ambition to strike out
for itself to be formed into new coun-
ty, the state would soon be chopped up
into counties as small as townships, and
every roadside hamlet would like to be
a county seat and have a court house.
OF course we would like to have new
county, with dear ancient old Coaltown
as the county seat df we couldn't get
that plum ourselves). but it is not to
be. Wayne and Susquehanna and
Lackawanna will have something to say
in the matter and Anthracite county
will be buried and Brother Mooney will
be the only mourner at the obsequies,
because nobody else ever took the mat
ter seriously.
A false alarm of fire was given Fri
day night while the blizzard was at ite
worst. The water had frozen in the
valve cup of the Clifford whistle and
was being thawed out. All at once the
whistle began to blow, and before the
steam could be shut off a first class
fire alarm had been unintentionally
sounded. The fireman at the Forest
City breaker heard it and joined in with
a shrill note of danger. The Enterprise
were at the hose house in body in an
almost incredible space of time and had
the hose cart dragged over snow banks
four and five feet high and were halt
way up to the Clifford breaker before
they found out they had been fooled
1t was an unpleasant experience fol
| them, but it showed Forest City people
| that there was as good a volunteer com
pany here as can be found in the state
Mrs. Emma Tyler. of Cochecton. n
Y. is the guest of her brother, c. j
Young.
Division No. Is. Ancient Order of Hi
bernians, of Vandling, will hold its first
annual ball in the Davies opera house
at Forest City, on Monday evening
April Is.
The Hillside employees received theil
monthly pay yesterday. The pay was
small one. as the Clifford colliery
worked but eleven and one-fourth days
and the Forest City colliery ten ant
one-fourth, both considerably less thar
half time.
The people here have known for Ions
time that The Tribune was the bes
paper for general news and editoria
comment in this meek of woods" anC
they have also observed that Fores
City is getting its share of local notice
If you want the best in every depart
ment. read The Tribune.
"A Barrel of Money" is the name OF
a play that Manager Collins expected
to have produced at Davis opera house
| tonight. on account of the storm ant
a consequent inability of the company
to fill all its engagements the manager
received notice Tuesday that the dat,
| would have to be cancelled.
1t is said that Charles Staley vii
build and run a steamboat on Crysta
lake next summer. He has had expert
ence in this line before and no doub
| could make it paying venture.
y correspondent of Wayne county
paper takes our councilmen by tn,
metaphOrical ear, shakes their anatomy
up considerably and bluntly tells then
| that they gave a traction franchise t
company on paper so that they would
he able to withhold it from the Lacka
wanna Rapid Transit company. Tha
| company now runs from Carbondale t
Nandling and intermediate points, an,
the correspondent estimates that dur
ing the holiday time alone Forest Cit,
lost $500 in trade because Nandling an,
RichmOndale We're connected with Car
| bondale by trolley, while If the peopl
| or those places got to Forest City the,
had to walk. Now all this may or ma,
not be So but we call the attention o
our esteemed fellow townsman to tn
fact that he is hardly consistent, 70
| further on in his article he spoils wha
he has said at first by saying that 9TH
road is public nuisance" and b.
clubbing 1t public man killer"