The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-19
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"PreServed Pickering IL the name
Of u Gibson. SusQuehanna county man
of ripe years and excellent reputation
Lots of anxious parents In this vicinity
would like to obtain the recipe.
Ms. Etna OsterhoW has suffered
paralysis of nearly the whole nervous
system and Is In helpless condition.
1t Is not probable that her life can be
prolonged for any great length OF time.
Mrs. Jennie Thomson and daughter
Guthrie. have returned from Luzerne,
where they have been making weeks
visit.
An itinerant photo artist has pre-
empted Bedford park.
Mrs. Samuel Hunsinger. a female
inmate of the county Jail. was attacked
with epileptic fits Friday evening and
required the attendance,of a physician
for several hours. She Is said to be SUBJ
ject to such attacks.
The ever-,ecurring question Of hav-
ing the grand jury meet week in ad-
vance of cou Is up for discussion
again. 1t IS matter about which
there need be but little argument. IL
there is any general desire on the part
of the taxpayers to have the change
made 1t can be easily done, and II. upon
trial. 1t is less satisfactory or more ex-
pensive. the practice Is just as easily
abandoned.
Henry Luce. a resident of the First
ward, is reclining In Jail on charge
of stealing goods from the store of N.
Fox. Luce was in the hab3t of trading
at the store mentioned, but his credit
becoming somewhat shaky. the pro-
prietor demanded pay in advance for
some goods bought. While arguing
about the matter Mr.. Fox's attention
was drawn away by another customer
for a few moments and Luce seized the
goods off the counter and went home
with them. His arrest was followed by
a hearing, and in default of bail he
was sent to Jail for appearance at
court.
w. s. Kutz and sister, MIS-. Jackson,
attended the funeral of an aunt, Mrs.
Eliza Preston, at Wilkes-Barre, yes
terday.
Theodore Streeter. the Tioga street
furniture dealer, is a numismatist of
local repute. and has large collec-
ton of genuine coins turned out from
the mints of forty-five different ma
tions. Some Of his United States coins
date back to 1857, and he Is constantly
receiving collections Of rare coins from
various sections of the country. 1t Is
a fad that runs into money quite rap
idly.
The controversy in the Mack & Mil
Ter audit case, arising ova' the distri-
button of the fund derived from the
assignee's sale of the silk spool fac
tory at this place, has just been de-
cided by William NJ. Post, esq. of
Montrose. who was appointed auditor
to distribute said fund The conten-
tion was as to whether a large mort
gage entered against the factory was
ar was. nat lisr N rpp1 hv tho z
not. it would remain a lien on the prop
q ty in the hands OF the purchasers.
The auditor decided that the lien of the
mortgage was divested by tha sale.
Exceptions to mis- report WI be filed,
and In all probability the case will be
taken ITO the Supreme court, no mat
ter which way the court here disposes
of 1t.
Or!n b. Hadsall. Of Lynn. and Nellie
Ace, of Avery, have been granted a
marriage license.
Mrs. Ezekiel Mead. Of Lemon town
ship. is reported very i'll, with little
prospect for recovery.
The case CT the Commonwealth VS..
George Miller and wife, of Lemon
township, charged with assaulting and
making threats against Stephen Will
s.y. has been amtcably settled.
Communication tickets for Dlmock
camp meeting, good for passage each
way every day during the meeting. can
be purchased at this end of the line for
81.
A carload of horses will be sold at
auction at the Keeler house stables by
John c. keefe on Wednesday next.
Rev. T.. r. James, of Ashley, occu-
pied the Methodist pulpit yesterday.
The Tritons were victors Saturday
afternoon In the game with Plymouth
on the home grounds. The score was
II and 13, the Tritons refusing to take
their last inning.
No commotion was created a.. the
Quay primaries Saturday afternoon,
the Hastings faction utterly refusing to
recognize the call of the chairman, and
Offering no opposition to the delegates
proposed. The delegates from the
First ward were G. NJ. Kishpaugh and
DR.. j. w. Derison, and from the Sec
ond ward J. b. Welch and Joseph
Rhodes