The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-21
WEEKLY SALAD
FROM WHITNEY
Nuggets Of News from the Fair Hills Of
Susquehanna County.
THE TEACHER KILLS A WILD CAT
Exciting Struggle Of Miss Grinrell
With u Feline MOnster..Of Interest
10 the RailrOaders .. Matt Riley
YclIs for Brvan..ShOrt County News
Notes.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

SuSuutIldIUd, Id.s w. 100
Grinnell, q sprightly school teacher
near Pleasant Mount, Wayne county,
had lively experience a few mornings
since. Going into shed to procure
some wood, she was amazed to see q
strange animal upon the wood pile. She
opened the door to allow the animal to
escape. when it at once attacked her.
tearing her flesh and clothing quite
badly. During the battle she succeeded
in getting hold of an iron poker, with
which she soon killed her antagonist,
which proved to be wildcat weighing
forty pounds. Miss Grinneil Is the he
Ioine of the neighborhood.
RAILROAD TIDINGS.
The Erie shops were on Monday
placed on eight hours time. 1t is to be
hoped that low water mark has been
reached.
The Erie's winter time table will take
effect Nov. /.
The Erie is reported to have placed
an order for 1000 cars with the Michi-
gan Peninsular company.
There are in the United States more
Than $4,000 men in the railroad busi-
ness. The popular vote for president
four years ago was little more than
100000, so that if all the men en-
gagged in the railroad business voted,
they east nearly one-fourteenth OF the
total vote of the nation.
The Susuehanna Locomotive Firemen
viii hold their annual ball, Oct. 30. 1t
will be fine affair.
New Mother Hubbard" locomotive,
No. 904, has Just emerged from the
Susquehanna shops.
\ new style combination parlor and
sleeping coach is being exhibited in
New York. 1t possesses several new
features.
Erie trainmen are being measured for
their new winter uniforms.
POLITICAL SUNDRTES.
Matt NJ. Riley, a susquehanna boy,
but now Of Milwaukee, Is vociferating
through the boundless west for Bryan
and free silver. Matt used to be a
Republican, but for some time he was
in partnership in the law business with
the late Frank Hurd, the great free
trader. That accounts for the milk in
the cOcOanut.
delivered a rafting good speech before
the Thomson Republicans on Friday
evening. The attendance was large.
A Susquehanna man, who went to
Binghamton to put in political day."
says that in the morning he was a
Democrat. In the afternoon he remem-
bers that he was Populist and at
night he has a dim recollection Of be-
ing a middle-of-the-road man. Today
he is Prohibitionist-in theory.
Congressman James H. Codding and
George w. Ray will address a Republic
can rally in SusQuehanna on Thursday
evening next.
When the ballots all shall counted be
Upon election day,
Wen wonder why we could not see
That it would go that way.
THE MOTIONS ONLY.
A few days since a vicinity farmer
went over to q neighbor's, q good old
deacon, to see on what terms he could
trade a stone boat for tanning mill.
When he arrived at the deacon's barn
he was amazed to see the old gentle-
man going through q series Of gym
nastic pyrations such as he had never
before seen outside Of circus He
would strike his fists together, paw
the air, jump up and knock his feet
But he never uttered a word. In a few
minutes the old man suddenly stopped
and fell back exhausted upon a pile Of
oats. Then the neighbor saw that
it would be safe to approach, and he
did SO, saying: Deacon, for the Lord 8
sake, what have you been doing?"
Well" was the reply, i've been the
maddest just now that have ever been
in sixteen years, and with good reason,
and have been doing just as a good
many other men do when they are mad,
only I didn't swear. I merely went
through the motions. and 1t has done
Inc just as much good OF course 1t was
foolish, but 1t was human nature" The
neighbor went away with new idea.
ABOUT THE COUNTY.
The wood acid factory at Stever's
Point. belonging to Mrs c. D. Mum.
ford, of Starucca. was destroyed by
fire on Friday morning. The plant cost
$4,000 some twenty years ago. 1t was
insured for $4,000. The origin Of the
fire Is unknown.
Near Montrose. few days since.
white pheasant, freak Of nature sell
dom seen. Mr.. Stevers Is on the trail
of a white blackbird as q silver Re-
publican, both rare birds.
Great Bend has quarantined its half
dozen cases Of diphtheria, and the
dreaded disease Is not spreading.
Some portions Of the county are
drinking wood alcohol. You can do it
If you have O copper-lined stomach.
In the old cemetery in Hartford Is
one of the strangest epitaphs ever writ
ten. The stone was erected to the men,
ory Of John Caves, who died Novem-
ber 10, 1S43, aged 67 years, and reads:
Death Is the end Of human life.
1t separates man and wife.
In deeds Of love he was not barren,
He initiated Moses and Aaron"
LOCAL sUNDRIEs.
On Friday morning the Oakland Side
barn of Frank Andrews was fired nv