The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-14
news OF This VICINITY
TUNKHANNOCK.

ciHu WIS Helu at Lake w lnOld yeStei-
day. No services We're held here, the
funeral party leaving town at about s
a. m. Rev. G. l.. Burson ofIiciated.
The Lehigh Valley paymaster will
make his monthly visit here tomorrow.
Mac. Ward, editor of the Braintrim
Messenger, was in town yesterday.
Taylor, the man who has been asso-
ciated with him ever since the paper
was started. goes next week to New
Albany, Bradford county.
Mrs. c. ]. Reed spent Sunday with
her uncle, D. C. Dewitt, at Towanda
She expects to start for Florida next
week.
Word from California conveys the in
formation that Gordon Wheelock died
Of stroke of paralysis at one of the
hospitals out there.
Bert Pratt, the man who was arrested
for completely in the murder of G. W.
Waterman, was given a hearing before
Esquire Kutz Saturday afternoon. The
principal witness against him was Miss
Nina Shook, who was waiter girl at the
Stevens House at the time of the al
legged murder. Pratt and Irwin Wescott
ate supper there, and Miss Shook testi-
fled to hearing a conversation between
them at the supper table in which Pratt
offered Wescoti first a handful of silver
and roll of bills if he would see to it
that Waterman was not allowed to tes-
tify at a case in court next day in
which the former was interested. She
also claimed to have heard Pratt say
next day. after the tragedy had oc-
CURED, that ''if they arrest us they
won't find anything about us, even a
knife" The defendant was sent back
to Jail.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Kittridge have
gone to White Hall, N. Y, in response
to a call on account of the dangerous
illness of a brother of the latter
G. Avery Miller is now full-fedged
deputy sheriff, having ben sworn in.
Nightly services will be continued at
the Methodist Episcopal church during
this week.
A slight blaze occurred at Wallshotel
Friday night as result of a match
being carelessly thrown down through
the grating in the sidewalk into a heap
of straw. The fire alarm was sounded,
but the services of the hose company
We're not needed.
The sheriff sale of the real estate of
E. II. Elston, at Stull, consisting of a
small piece of land, couple of store
houses and mill with a lot of wood
working machinery, occurred at the
court house Saturday afternoon. As
most of the machinery and betting was
claimed by the Scranton Supply and
Machinery company, and the balance
by B. NJ. Stone, there was but little to
sell. 1t was struck off to the plain
tiffs, the Wyoming National bank, for
$5O5.
Amnog the important meetings of to-
day will be those of the Republican
county committee, the stockholders OF
the Montrose railway, the convening of
court, and a special business meeting
of the Women's Christian Temperance
union at the home of Mrs. L. T. Burns
in the evening.
The Prohibition conferees of this dis
trict met at the office of DR.. c. II. Dana
Saturday afternoon and nominated DR.
II. w. Champlin, of Towanda, for con-
gress.
A number of the young friends of
Joseph Squires met at his home on
Foundry street Friday evening and
helped him celebrate his fourteenth
birthday. 1t was surprise to him.
John b. Smith. prominent business
man at Plymouth, was in town Satur-
day. He owns large farm near
keelersburg.
Scarlet fever is raging at Evans Falls
up Bowman's Creek. Two deaths in one
family are reported and several other
severe cases are on the doctors hands
Green goods men and the Louisiana
lottery are still showing their circulars
into this section in abundance. Harry
Brown, porter at Wallis hotel, reports
having received half dozen of the
former within a short time. The bait
doesn't appear to take well so far as
reported.
THE Pittsburg Oil company" is the
averred title of the company who are
leasing land in Windham and North
Branch townships. A. p. Ruch, q
practical oil driller, and w. A. Sturde-
want, of Scranton, are interested in the
operations.
The ice house at the Packer House Is
being filed with ice which was jammed
up on the river bank when the breakup
occurred.
Work on the foundation for the new
! meat market of l.. l.. Ball. on East
Tioga street, has been commenced.
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