The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-19
TONk I ANNOCk.

TUNk HAMMOCK.
The people of the Presbyterian
church will hold a festival and enter
tainment at their church on the even
ing Of July 4.
Misses Clara Hadsell. Bessie Jayne
and Flora Davis, of Jenningsville, are
visiting friends in town.
Harry Cooper, assistant at w. II.
Morris meat market, met with a Sc
we're accident yesterday. He was en-
gagged in cleaning up, and climbed
step ladder to wash down the rows of
hooks upon which the meat Is hung.
BY some mishap his foot slipped and
he was impaled upon the ugly hooks,
making terrible flesh wound upon
one arm near the elbow. The muscles
were badly torn in the effort to release
himself.
Professor i. II. Jarvis, of Meshop-
pen, was visitor here yesterday.
The funeral of Mrs. Lewis Taylor, an
aged and respected Lynn lady, occurred
at the Methodist Episcopal church at
that place yesterday. She had been in
feeble health for long time.
The drunk and disorderlies appeared
before the burgess yesterday morning.
legacies left over from circus day. The
customary tax of 81 in such cases was
levied, and two Of them We're allowed
TO depart, but the third had spent all
his substance and was remanded back
to Jail for forty eight hours.
Ben Davey, the Wilkes-Barre archi-
tect was up yesterday and photo
graphed the brick row on Warren
street as preliminary step toward de-
signing handsome two-story front for
the office of Paul Billings G. Son. With
an attractive front there the row of
buildings will look materially less like
q jail.
John Madden is now at the Robert
Packer hospital at Sayre, having un-
derwent an operation for the injury to
his leg received two or three years ago.
He is likely to be compelled to remain
there for several weeks.
Mrs. Hunter and Mrs. Ide, who have
been visiting their sister, Mrs. w. s.
Kutz, for some time, have returned to
their home down in the Wyoming val
ley.
About 175 witnesses in the judicial
contest were examined yesterday. Out
of all the cases investigated up to last
night there will not be more than a
half dozen votes thrown out, and these
are cases that were the result of care
lessness on the part of the election
board, with the exception of one or
two, who admitted taking money for
their vote. The witnesses thus far
were subpoenaed upon the part of the
contestants, and it is probable that the
other side, when it comes to be heard,
may show enough irregularities to Off
set these. There is nothing at present
to encourage the belief that the cleo
tion will be overthrown.
Jonah Luce. aged II, died at the home
OF his son-in-law. Chauncey Fuller, last
evening. The funeral services have
not yet been arranged.
Mrs. EbeneZer Evans and children,
of Pittston, are visiting her old home
at Lynn.
Almon Nichols and Bertha Pratt,
both of NoXen, are newly married peo-
pie.
James Braggs, of Mayfield. is spend
Ing some time in town. Jim is an ex-
perienced drug clerk, and formerly
compounded prescriptions here.
A large audience greeted Volney b.
Gushing at the Presbyterian church
Sunday night. Mr. Cushing is a clear,
logical speaker and presents the tenn
perance question in forcible yet pleas
ing way. His adddess here was COM
plimented very highly on every hand
He is making tour of the county and
will return to address our people again
on Friday evening at the court house
Hon. ii. d. Tiffany, of Nicholson, was
over yesterday keeping tabs on the ju-
dicial contest and circulating among
friends generally. Mr.. Tiffany's rec
ord as legislator Is creditable one
and satisfactory generally TO his con-
stituents. On all questions of impor-
tance that came up for action he fol-
lowed the wishes OF his constituency,
80 far as was apparent from this dis
tance. That is custom that Is nearly
obsolete among legislators, but one that
could be revived with a good deal of
propriety.
Judges Rice, Searle and Archibald oc-
cupied the bench in the court room yes
terday while the examination OF wit
nesses In the judicial contest was going
on. They We're not acting in their off,
cial capacity, but were merely noting
the progress of the work and storing
up such facts as might be useful to
them thereafter II II. Coston, of
Scranton, was at the stenographer's
desk, and the attorneys for either side
sat around their respective tables.
Judge Dunhams benign countenance
was conspicuous among his counsel,
and he was fianked at the left by d. c.
Dewitt, esq, of Towanda District
Attorney Frear and Hon. e. j. Jordan
are their associates, while the plain
tiff's interests are represented by j. G.
Scouten, of Dushore. James w. Piatt
and c. j. Terry, of this place. About
seventy-five witnesses were examined,
the same routine being gone through
In each instance. The questions relat-
ed principally to the payment of taxes,
and whenever witness exhibited a re-
ceipt It was closely scrutlnzed and usu-
ally laid aside for future reference. At
the present rate of progress 1t will take
all the week to dispose of the witnesses
summoned.
Invitations are out FOR the wedding
of Miss Geneveive Mills to Arthur d.
Stebbins, of Baltimore, Md. The cere-
mony IL to take place at the Presby-
terian church at $40 y. m. Wednesday,
June &C. Rev. S. G. Hodge pastor of the
church, performing the ceremony.
Miss Mills is daughter ,f Mrs. E. G..
Mills, the well-known music teacher,
and Mr.. Stebbins Is assistant traffic
manager for the Merchants and Mi
ners' Transportation company at Balti-
more. A reception at the home OF the
bride will follow the wedding ceremony.
During the progress of Pawnee Rilps