The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21
TUNKHANNOCK.

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Today closes the two-weeks' session
of court, and the temple of justice
will resound no more to the Hear ye!
Hear ye!" of the crier, or the Now,
gentlemen of the jury" of the pleading
attorney. nor the dignified Ninety days
in the county Jail and COSTS of the
judge until the year 1896 has passed
into the great sea of eternity and Il
new year has dawped upon this great.
restless, throbbing world. ''Courtin' is
a welcome diversion in the otherwise
monotonous life of the farmer who
comprises the bone and sinew. as we'll
as the majority OF this county's pop
ulatiOn. For three or four days he can
Danish grubbing toll from his mind
tilt his chair against the wainscoting
in the barroom at the hotel and swap
stories or talk politics. The occasional
panel" at the court house into which
he is drawn is tedious. for he is not
used to sitting in one place and put
ting his mind to one subject for any
great length of time. but the days are
not so long as on the farm, and the
average case is not so lengthy as to
make it very arduous. Courts are ex-
pensive machinery, but the farmer pays
the court Of appeals to eXonerate, and
he is entitled to the luxury of being
a juror as often as he can get his name
on the list.
a sad funeral procession wended its
way to the railroad station yesterday
afternoon to take train No. 4 for Pitts
ton. 1t was Butcher d. l.. Hess and
family, who were bearing away their
youngest child, little Gertrude, for bur-
ial. She was accidentally burned on
"Wednesday Inv her cloth r a fphipT fire
while playing about heap of burn
ing rubbish. Her sufferings were eX-
crutiating, but death came to her re-
lief in about eight hours. The funeral
services We're conducted by Rev. S. c.
Rodge. pastor of the Presbyterian
church.
UP AND DOWN THE RIVER.
The daring robbery at Meshoppen
last Saturday evening is still topic
for conversation in that little town.
Benjamin Shannon. II Wilkes-Barre
man, was the victim. 1t is said that
he displayed his money in public places,
and when he started after dark to pass
through the narroWS, which separate
Allentown from the borough, a couple
of disciples of Dick Turpin thumped
him on the head and toted away his
poCkctbook containing $50. He sus-
tanned Il bad scalp wound, and was un-
conscious for some time. hut is now
said to be recovering. The thieves are
still at large.
The Towanda Review says that the
Braintrim Messenger is the best local
paper in Wyoming county. 1t is. with
one exception, as all the editors in the
county, except Mac, will agree.
The time of the Black Diamond en-
press, between New York and Buff
falO was shortened five minutes by the
new winter schedule. A still greater
reduction will probably be made next
spring. Winter is not favorable time
for fast running.
Rev. j. c. Leacock was in attendance
at the Epworth league convention at
Avoca yesterday. The Avoca sub-dis-
trict takes in TunkhannOck, Eaton
Vile and some of the lesser places all
the way down to Pittston.
The remains of the late Mrs. Richard
Gunton, formerly of Wilkes Barre, are
now on their way east from Colorado
Springs and will be buried at Lu-
zerne's capital. The party of friends
accompanying the body will pass
through this place today, provided no
delays occur. Mrs. Gunton was form
erly Mrs. Cyrus Stark, of this county.
and had many friends in this section.
The enterprising fish and game re-
porter for the Harrisburg Telegram de-
livers himself of the following. 1t
isn't ours to discredit the story. espe-
cially as the scene of plot is laid In
our own county. If that reporter ever
gets out of a job, he will find firm
friends up in this section: Theodore
Miller, of Falls. Pa, shot pheasant
which was Immediately seized by a
large eagle. Miller fired the other bar
Il 49, l.; fI.a ht In ip1 i.h
then seized one of the hunting dogs and
lifted it several feet from the ground.
The hunter ran to the rescue when
eagle dropped the dog and made a
rush at the hunters face. Miller grab
bed his gun and fortunately killed the
bird at the first blow. The bird meas
ured eight feet one inch from tip to
tip.
Ex-Judge Sittser has again taken up
law practice and conducted several
cases in the courts just closing. He
was an able judge, and his counsel
as an attorney is highly esteemed.
A. j. Tickner, a war veteran and
pensioner, lies very low at his home on
Turnpike street, and his death is hour
ly expected.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. Judson Stark enter
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the American Revolution, of Pittston,
at their pretty home on East Tioga
street, yesterday. Among the guests
We're Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Langford,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Coward, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Ford, and others from
Pittston; Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Wilcox,
of Scranton. and several members of
the society that dwell here in Tunk-
hammock.
George Kutz, the harness dealer, is
papacrat since a brand new son drop
ped into his household.
The county papers are giving undue
prominence to The Wealthy People,"
in view of the fact that they are al
most an unknown quantity in this sec
tiOn. The New Age, the Democrat and
the Nicholson Examiner each take a
hack at them in the current issues.
The pOstotIice war has subsided. so
far as surface indications show. Coun-