The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-03

day. They do not expect to elect any,
body. They meet from force Of habit,
and for principles sake" y
Our Democratic friends meet In Sol
emon County Conclave in Montrose to-
day. As the party is entitled. by law,
missioner and an auditor, there will
be lively squabble for those plums.
The Jefferson Branch Union Of Chris
tian Endeavor society will hold a con-
vention at Forest City on Wednesday.
TOWN TOPICS.
The funeral Of Harley, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Smith. Of New York. oc-
Cured from the residence Of r. c.
Woodruff, in this place, on Monday af-
ternoon.
After a protracted illness, Mrs. James
Bradley died on Monday. aged As years.
The funeral will occur from st. Johns
Catholic church on Wednesday morn
ing
While at work in the Erie yard on
Saturday, Switchman Daniel Holloran
sustained a broken leg.
Thomas Shily received a broken leg
on Monday while at work In the Erie
shops.
The Republican club will have a
grand ratification meeting September
u afternoon and evening. Good speak
ers will be engaged.
The Oakland Water company has Sc
cured its charter, and will begin busi-
ness at once.
The remains Of Andrew Van Wye,
late of Stevens Point. were on Monday
inferred in this place.
HE KILLED THE CAT.
While Edward Carter was cutting
wood on hill near Starrucca on Sat
urday he spied large wild cat sitting
upon the limb of a small beech tree.
Carter forgot to bring his gun along,
but he resolved to have that wildcat.
Then he commenced to fell the tree,
and in few moments the cat began
sliding down the trunk, and. when
about ten feet from the ground it made
a leap, landing squarely upon Carter's
back. Then ensued rough and tum-
bic battle for the supremacy, the cat
being very much in evidence. Finally,
Carter succeeded in picking up the AK,
which he had dropped in the Grim
mage, and with one blow he severed
the cats head. When Carter took an
inventory of himself he discovered that
he was worth about 50 to a surgeon,
and that he had no clothing upon his
person worthy OF mention. The cat
weighed forty pounds.
ODDS AND ENDS.
Montrose is having Living Pic
lures" Do not breathe 1t to Anthony
Comstock.
An Oquega man found silver dollar
in an old building. bearing date 1904. He
supposed that 1t was worth 500. He
now learns that it is counterfeit. The
silver people will have many disappoint-
ments this year.
The Erie has again placed mileage
books on sale. good only in York state.
They better get out an edition for Penn
sylvania and Jersey.
A goat belonging to a Brandt Hun
garian died suddenly on Sunday. A
post mortem eXaminat ton disclosed the
fact that the stomach of the animal
contained six railroad spikes, a quot,
a bed spriiIg, some swamp grass, few
steel shavings and a speech by Sena-
tor Tillman, in pamphlet form. 1t was
decided that the speech killed the goat,
which was the first victim of the cam
paign.
While picking pears on Monday, a
Lanesboro man fell out of the tree and
sat down heavily upon yellow Jackets
nest in the grass. Being Presbyterian,
he does not mind standing up while he
prays.
SOME OTHER THINGS.
Some along-the-Erie newspapers are
rehashing the ancient story that the
Lehigh company is preparing to build a
road from Tunkhannock to Lanesboro.
Such a road will probably be built
some day.
Has anybody recently seen the Bing
hamton and Williamsport railway? IL
has gone astray, and its projectors are
much alarmed.
Occasionally peregrinator will drop
into town and tell us that the farmers
over In some township are yelling them
selves hoarse for Bryan. OF course
some of the farmers are for Bryan-but
they are Democrats. 1t is also true that
a great number of Democratic farmers
utterly refuse to train with the allied
aggregation Of Popocrats.
Mrs. Watson Boyden, of this place.
the department president of Pennsylva-
MAS Woman's Relief Corps, left on Sat-
urday for st. Paul, to attend the Ma
tional convention.
Matters political hereabouts begin to
be interesting, and there will be fun
alive before the ides of November. The
next nresident will he n ReDublican
WHITNEY.