The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-06
news OF This VICINITY
TUNKHANNOCK.

Attorney c. A. Little has gone to
Ithaca, Syracuse and Union Springs, n.
Y. on a business trip.
A board of arbitrators comprising II.
C. Burgess, Peter Ace and n. J. Hard
ing, heard the case of r. w. Banna-
tyne VS.. c. f. Vosburg at the court
house yesterday. The action is for
trespass, and the matter Is not yet con-
cluded.
EXSheriff l.. b. Miller, of Susque-
hanna county, visited relatives here
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. f. Hitchcock. of
Forkston, We're down to attend the fu-
neral of John Hitchcock child.
The first of the series of Shakes
perian lectures occurs at the court
house tonight. Single admission, 80
cents; full course ticket, $3.50
People coming into town who have
not yet signed the remonstrance
and wish to do so can find the paper at
the office of b. w. Lewis. The balance
of this week is all the remaining days
in which to utter protest.
DR.. A. ID. Tewksbury, formerly of this
place. but since of Elmira, N. Y, has
purchased the vacant lot at the corner
of Tioga and Putnam streets, adjoining
the Presbyterian church. 1t is one of
the most beautiful locations in town,
and he will erect handsome residence
in the spring.
The bob veal season Is on.
Martin Ellis was released from Jail on
a writ of habeas corpus yesterday.
Thomas Hawke has removed to Mich
olson.
The Presbyterian people will give a
supper at their church on Friday even
ing, Feb. Is. The details are not yet
fully arranged.
The blizzard of yesterday was about
as severe as any that have preceded ii
during the winter. The Lehigh Valley
trains were from one to two hours late,
and the Montrose train succeeded in
making but one trip, getting in here
about p. m, after terribly tedious
battle with the drifts. The extreme
dampness of the atmosphere made the
cold most biting, and the end ia not yet,
apparently.
Professo" j. p. Breidinger, of Mans
field, dropped off here Monday enroute
home from Easton, where he had been
to visit a sick aunt
That veteran project. the building of
the Williamsport and Binghamton rail-
road. via Wyalusing, is again being re-
vived by the newspapers up north, but
has no terror for people down this way
The road has been built on paper toe
many times to awaken interest any
more. When built at all it is quite as
likely to come by the way of Tunkhan-
mock as any other route, and even that
is as uncertain as the Delaware peach
crop.
Mrs. Gordon Williams is seriously III
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. T
Burns.
Mrs. Theodore Kellogg, of Springville
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs
C. a. Hungerford.
Miss Eva Gearhart went to Wilkes
Barre yesterday to visit her sister, Mrs
FrantZ.
The wedding Of Perry Fl. Lyman and
Miss Name Wilson occurs at Spring.
vile today. Hosts of friends will wish
them bon voyage.
The Susquehanna river Is blocked
with ice nearly the entire distance from
Wilkes-Barr to Binghamton. After
the breakup of several weeks ago nC
further danger from that source was
feared, but the continued cold weather
seized the cakes of ice that came float
ing down and has united them together
making a heavier and much more dan
gerous mass than plain, smooth ice, be
cause of its enormous bulk. Fears fol
the safety of bridges and other struc
lures are entertained if it should e
out with a sudden freshet.
The annual statement for Wyominl
county for the year ending Jan 3, 1895
shows the total receipts to have beef
25,69S97, and the expenditures. $22,
2l4.35. The largest item of eXpens,
seems to have been for bridge buildin,
and repairs, for which there was
total expenditure of 81, 562S5. The car,
| of the insane cost $2,320.5i, and th
sheriff's bin was s2,O2Sl1. These ar
the heaviest items, and when the i'm
provements to public buildings an,
| grounds. the cost of court trials an,
| the hundred and one other things ar
| taken into consideration it is no wonde
| the amount is as large as 1t Is. Tn
report is "a favorable one, compare,
with other years.
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