The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-16
WHITNEY'S WEEKLY
BUDGET OF NEWS
lefend Of the ladian Maiden's Grave at
Red Rock.
POsTOfFlcE BURGLARS AT WORK
Story Of a Dog That Ate Up a Farm
in Susquehanna County..Work OF
the Silver Prospectors on Elk Noun.
tains..News Of the Secret So.
cieties.. Railroad Waifs..General
GOssip.

Special Correspondence Of The Tribune.
Susquehanna, Dec. 15.-Near Reo
Rock, between Susquehanna and Great
Bend, can be seen faint traces OF the
grave of a beautiful Indian maiden
the only daughter of a chief. whose
tribe was at one time encamped in TINS
vicinity. She was betrothed to young
brave. member of her fathers tribe.
Her father desired her to wed the son
of the chief of q neighboring tribe. AS
the ukase of her patcrnal ancestors
usually counted for something she at
once resolved to fly to the happy hunt-
ing grounds" and one dark night she
stole noiselessly out of her wigwam'
and with the death song on her lips,
dashed herself from the cliff. her lie .
blood staining the rocks below, and
unto this day they retain their coloring,
and the floods and rains of a century
have failed to obliterate 1t. When her
lover saw her mangled corpse by the
rivers side he fled to q cave In the
mountain, where forty years later, his
petrified remains were found by the
wandering remnant Of his tribe. Under
his body was found the long, black tres
ses of his beloved. He was glued to a
platform and painted. and today, grand,
gloomy and desolate, he stands before
q Binghamton cigar store.
POSTOFFICE BURGLARS.
At an early hour on Friday morning
the Postofiice in Lanesboro was entered
by burglars, who blew open the safe
with dynamite and carried off $50 in
stamps and cash. The safe was explod-
ed while a heavy train was passing
over the iron bridge nearby. Nearly
every window In the room was shat
tered. The Great Bend postotfice was
robbed on Wednesday night. probably
by the same gang.
DOG EATS UP A FARM.
A Susquehanna county dog has eaten
up q farm and set of buildings. The
dog killed a neighbors sheep. The
neighbor offered to call 1t square If the
dog was killed. The dogs master re-
fused to agree to this, and lawsuit
came next. To pay the costs and dam
ages answered by the court the owner
of the dog had to mortgage his farm
for 5000. The mortgage had a bigger
appetite than the dog. and soon the
farm was sold as the owner had to
move away. The dog Is now dead.
PASSED ON.
After a brief illness, Mrs. William
Fitzgerald (nee Cora Carrington), died
on Saturday afternoon, aged 2S years.
The funeral took place this morning
from St. Johns Catholic church. Re-
QUEEN high mass was celebrated. and
the interment was made in Laurel Hill
cemetery.
Mrs George Dodge. for many years
and until recently Of Susquebanna, died
in Buffalo on Saturday morning after
brief illness of paralysis. The fu-
neral will occur from the Susquehanna
Presbyterian church at 3 o'clock on
"wednesday afternoont The pastor,
Rev. d. /. Sutherland, will officiate, and
the remains will be inferred in Ever
green cemetery.
GRIP AND PASSWORD.
:. Susquehanna chapter. No. 276, H. r.
A. Masons. on Friday evening, elected
the following officers: High priest.
Charles Sabin: king, II. +. Manner;
scribe. M. l.. Mercer; treasurer. c. A.
Miller; secretary, DR.. George w. Glea-
son.
Moody Relief corps. Grand Army of
the Republic, will pay Simrell corps,
Of Great Bend, fraternal visitation
Dec. 2S.
lodge of the Daughters of Rebekah
was instituted in Odd Fellows hall on
Saturday afternoon, with over one
hundred charter members. Mrs. Skill
monies. Mrs. Hendricks, of Montrose,
instituted the lodge.
THE ELK MOUNTAIN NINE.
The silver prospectors on Elk noun
tain are down eight feet, and, as the
good old Methodist hymn runs, 1.-THE
prospects they are so transporting.
The Scranton backer of the enterprise
is said to have put up $1,000 already
"and there's more to follow" The
works are opened 1t is presumed, to
prevent the drillers from robbing the
Quarries Of the vicinage. Let us hope
there's millions in It," BY the way
what has become of the South Canaan
silver mine? Silence over there Is
80 dense that you can hear 1t.
IN THE COUNTY.
At the coming borough election, it is
rumored, that the Poles and Savs In
Forest City will put full ticket in the
field.
The postoffice robbery in Great Bend
is still the towns talk. Editor Moore
of the Plain-Dealer, hopes to estab-
ltsh an alibi.
Three Susquehanna county couple
are praying the court for a divorce.
The fueral of Ferdinand Whipple. an
aged and esteemed resident of Mont
rose took place on Friday.
The next county convention of the
Patriotic Order Sons of America will
be held in jackson.
A Susquehanna county man at diff
ferent times, Of course has married
two Of his sister-in-laws.
1t Is proposed to hold a county con-
ventiOn of postoffice candidates. If a
building large enough can be secured
to settle the postoffice question. 1t Is
paramount. Minor matters, such as
the tariff or the currency, can be at.
tended to later on.
TIE AND TRACK.
Twenty-three cars of Conductor San.
ders' Erie coal train were on Saturday
morning piled I'D at Ararat Summit
No one was injured. Traffic was
blocked for several hours.
The Cooke Locomotive works, of Pat.
erson, are building eighteen locomo.
tives for the Erie.
The traffic on the Erie continues
heavy and trainmen are jubilant.
The Delaware and Hudson Jefferson
branch employees were paid on Satur.
day for November.
The Erie will make heroic attemp,
to stop the tramp nuisance on its
trains.
YOUNG BUT vIGILANT.
A young married woman near Lanes.
boro was very much worried during G
recent storm. Her, husband had jus,
purchased q COW and Dut 1t in the
barn. AS soon as 1t commenced tC
thunder the lady rushed wildly to tn:
kitchen and cried to the cook, Run
Mary, and shut that stable door. i
that COW hears thunder it will turn hel
milk souri,
SUNDRIES.
Adam Jiggs, of Tuscarora, has disap
peared suddenly. When last seen h,
was driving toward Susquehanna. 4
he drove into Main street he has gon,