The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-01
news OF This VICINITY
TUNkHANNOCK.

The funeral of James Harding, of
Fatonville will occur at that place at
II a. IN. today. He was 60 years of age,
and died of Inflammation of the lungs.
John Madden, a young man employed
at the harness making establishment
of G. +. Kutz, narrowly escaped Il
horrible death yesterday morning. He
is subject to epileptic fits, and whils
engaged in tending the fires one at
tackled him suddenly and he fell for
ward against the stove. w. s. kutz
was in another room close by, and hear
ing him fall, ran out, finding him in
sort of kneeling posture, his breast and
face pressed closely against the red hot
stove. His cheek was horribly burned,
the skin coming off in iarge patches
and clinging to the stove, and his
clothing smoking, just ready to burst
into a flame Had not assistance been
close at hand he would have been dead
in few minutes.
Miss Lizzie McKelvey, who came
home to help nurse her brother-in-law,
r. Il. Brown, has returned to Mans
field school, her aunt coming to take
her place here. Mr.. Brown is material
ly better.
DR.. w. A. Sprout, failing to secure
suitable rooms at Athens, will remain
here another year.
The notorious "alley gang" We're up
before the cadi again last night on com
plant of John Custard. who alleges
that they assaulted him on Bridge
street, near the Montrose railway cross
ing, the previous evening. Failing to
secure bail, they We're placed in jail to
await a further hearing. They are Il
tough lot, and their acts of hoodlumism
in the past We're a disgrace to the COM
munty. 1t is to be hoped that they
will not get justice in homeopathic
doses this time.
Rev. Omer Butler, pastor of the Evan
gelical church has accepted an offer as
teacher of instrumental music in
Schuylkill seminary. Fredericksburg,
Pa, and will preach his farewell SER
mon on Sunday next. The EVangeli-
cal conference meets at York next week
and it is expected that another minis
ter will be sent to take his place.
It is alleged that w. +. Richmond,
the detective who has made himself
somewhat notorious in connection with
the Waterman murder case, has de-
sert his wife and child at Pittston
and skipped TO parts unknown, after
spending nearly all the money inherited
t.. h-r. she was Miss Addic Rogers.
daugh,cr of Henry Rogers, of Centre
moreland
While pouu ling hot iron in his black
smith shop dav or two since Charles
McNicar VIZ strucl; over the eye by
n dying picc and his fare badly burned.
The chunl' Of iron was hot enough for
a weld. and the escape from losing his
eyesight was narrow.
The Gray Candy company will re-
move their manufacturing plant to the
Gray block April |, and Fred Jennings
viii associate himself with J. w. and
D. f. Gray. and the bakery and con-
fectiOnery business all carried on un-
der one firm name.
Work on the bridge abutments will
be begun by NJ. V. Wandall tomorrow.
The snow is wasting away quite rap
idly. and much uneasiness is felt lest
there should be rainfall enough to
cause n breaking up of the ice. A hard
rainfall now would probably send ev-
cry bridge in this vicinity toward the
Chesapeake Bay.
The Epworth league will practice
singing from the new evangelistic song
books at their session tonight.
Mrs. b. II. Brown and daughter, Ella,
have both been i'll this week with threat
ened pneumonia.
Nelson W. Tice, of Nicholson. and
Bertha NJ. Hinkley, of Lenox, are new
matrimonial candidates.