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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-27

amicable arrangement was reached
on Saturday morning between L. Il.
Southworth and John Jermyn. owner of
the building occupied by the West
minister hotel Mr.. Southworth says
he was entirely justified in removing
his property from the Westminster
early Saturday morning. He had bill
OF sale for the goods and took the ac-
ton he did on the advice of his attorney.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-27
Cabhy Thought il n Good Jokc {.

Ed. Flynn and Lawrence Roach.
while in playful mood Saturday night.
assaulted Cabman George Archibald
and to heighten the merriment smashed
one of his cab lamps with hammer.
Patrolman Joseph Block could not
properly appreciate the joke and locked
UP the pair in the station house. The
cabman, however took the matter in
the proper spirit evidently for he failed
to appear against them in police court
yesterday morning and they were dis
charged.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-27
MIR, M'BRIDE IN CHARGE.
Assumed Control Of the Westminster nt
Noon on SATURDAY..

At noon Saturday William Mcbride
assumed control OF the Westminster
hotel. which was so suddenly vacated
during Friday night by the late pro-
prietor. J. G. Vance.
Negotiations for the transfer of the
hotel to Mr.. Mcbride had been pending
for some time and he would at all
events have taken charge in n few
days. Mr.. Vance's departure only
hastened the consummation of the deal.
Mr.. Mcbride is well fitted for the Of
flee of boniface and will no doubt in
crease the popularity of the now highly
popular Westminster
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-27

Jan. q, Alice Scranton Adam,
second daughter of the late Joseph H.,
and .Cornelia Walker Scranton. and wife
of John Folger Adam, OF New York.
Funeral services at the residence of her
brother, W. W. Scranton, No, Ridge
Row, Thursday afternoon, Jan. ~, at .
O'Clock, Interment private.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-27
LAW SCHOOL PROJECT.
win be a Conference With Lafayette
Officials This Week.

Relative to establishing in this city
a law school branch of Lafayette COL
lege. Judge Hand, director of the de-
funct Dickinson college branch school.
and Attorney j. J. II. Hamilton. a
graduate of Lafayette. will go to Eas-
ton during the early part of this week.
1t is reported on good authority that
the trustees of Lafayette approve the
plan.
T. p. Duffy and NJ. J. Ruddy, students
of the abandoned Scranton branch Of
the Dickinson college. leave today for
Carlisle where they will complete this
years course.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-27
MARRIED.

CHAMBERS-PELHA Scranton.
Jan. u, 1896, by Alderman Wright. Wal
ter Chambers, of Falls. and Miss Nellie
Pelham, of Clark's Summit.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-27
OFFICERS OF COMMITTEE.
They We're Officially Announced or
Saturday.

Saturday.
The officers Of the Democratic city
committee and members of the execu-
tive committee were made public on
Saturday. They are as follows:
George S. Horn, chairman: Edward J..
Blewitt and Edward c. Newcomb. vice
chairmen; r. ]. Beamish and NJ. A. Me
Ginley, secretaries; Charles Fl. Schadt.
treasurer; Executive committee, Charles
Du Pont Breck, Martin LOTUS, a. II. Van
ding, Hon. NJ. F. Sando, Nathan VidaVer,
NJ. J. Kelly. Henry Koehler. O. 8. john
son. Enos Flynn, c. r. Boland, j. Alton
Davis, John O'Malley. NJ. d., John Natal
eivitz, Daniel j. Campbell. .. s. Spruks,
Hon. John J. Quinnan. a. F. O'Boyle,
FRANK Stetter. William II. Roe, a. f.
Duffy James s. Mott.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-27
Protest Has Been Entered

Manager Sullivan, Of the. New Haven
club, has protested to President Young.
Manager McDermott In signing ]. p.
Shearer for the Scranton club.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-27
Exchanges at tho Clearing House.

Exchanges at the Clearing House.
The exchanges at the Scranton Clear
ing house last week We're as follows:
Jan. 90, $l4S,371.SS; Jaa. q, $3.50. .6S3.3i
Jan. 90, $li3,97S.7O: Jan. %. Sl41, 10;
Jan. "a. sl66, ,993.36; Jan. %. $l23.5O 81
total, $903. .66S.9l. Clearings for the
week ending Jan. 26, 1895. $3.50. .SO745.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-27

SIEBECKER-WATKINS-At their store
4G Lackawanna avenue. YOU will be able
to purchase Carpets. Draperies AMI
Shades at lowest possible prices.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-27
Musical. Literary and Social Entertain

mcut.
OF the Scranton Arion Singing society,
to be held on Monday, January q. 1896,
at Liederkran. hall. commencing at
p. m. Tickets, admitting gent and
ladies. so cents Address in the Penn
sylvania German dialect by Rev. r. j.
F. Schantz. D. D., of Meyerstown. Pa.
Subject, Die Pennsylvanisch Deut-
schp ss
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-27

cure for the production of Handlers
masterpiece, which will be given April
g. The Choral union is making rapid
progress under the leadership of Pro-
fessor Haydn Evans.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-27

II you want cup OF good COCOA OR
CHOCOLATE you should use HUY-
LER'S. All grocers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-27

Dr. Dunnelrs Group Powder. tho FavOrite
medicine for Group, sore throat and
cough. Sold by dealers, % cents a box
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-27

Difficulty Amicabiy Arranged.

Watkins will go TO London for music
study.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-27
SCRANTON People READ
Over 10000 Volumes Taken Out Of
Public Library Last Year.
ANNUAL MEETING OF TRUSTEES
Reports OF the Past Year and RECON-.
mendatiOns for tho Future Al the
Officers Rcciectcd-S0mc Interest.
ing statistics About the Library.

The trustees of the Scranton Public
library held their annual meeting Sat
urday afternoon in the boards rooms in
the Albright memorial building. Hon.
Alfred Hand. president; William T.
Smith, vice-president: Henry Belin. jr.,
treasurer. and Henry ]. Carr. secretary.
and librarian, We're reelected to their
several offices. and all the present en-
ployes We're re-appointed.
The report of President Hand, Treas
urer Belin and Secretary Carr. which
showed very gratifying condition of
affairs. Were ordered printed in full for
presentation to the mayor and ,coun-
ellis.
In his report President Hand suggests
that councils be asked to appropriate
$5,SI4 for the maintenance and i'm
provement of the library during the
coming fiscal year. OF this amount
$l2,524 Is for the actual running ex-
penses inclusive of insurance. $3.50 is
for the laying of q sidewalk around
the building. and $2.400 is designed to
be used for the establishment and
maintenance of delivery stations and
reading rooms as adjuncts to the H.
brary.
Treasurer Belin's report showed that
less than 81 900 remained in the treasury
at the end of the year. which amount
will be barely sufiicien: to meet current
expenses of the interium between that
time and the beginning of the fiscal
year April |.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-27

Mothers--See flannel nightgowns for
yourself and children at Baby Bazaar,
512 Spruce street. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-27
Statistics About the Library.

iie it!'pit VI the secretary anu IL
brarian. Mr. Carr, in addition to many
other good points was highly interest
ing for the statistics which 1t contained.
In round numbers 10000 volumes were
taken out Of the library during 1895
which is an average of about 600 day
for the actual number of days upon
which the library was opened. Some
days. as high as 1000 volumes were
taken out, which means that on such
days there was vast attendance at
the building, as there Is always a great
number who visit the library to use the
books of reference or reading room
solely. At the end of the year the H.
brary contained 25.300 volumes, and
ITO cards are in active use. The use
or the reading and reference rooms
were taxed many times. especially dur
ing the winter season. The present Is
the busiest period of the year On Sat-
urday last an even 1000 books were
taken out by home readers, and a very
large number visited the reading and
reference departments.
In regard to the delivery stations en-
braced in Judge Hands recommended
ions, Librarian Carr explained to a
Tribune reporter that 1t is proposed to
establish quarters in the suburbs where
books can be exchanged and papers and
periodicals read. thus bringing the IL
brary to the very door of the people liv-
ing in the extreme districts of the city
and thereby saving them much time
and Inconvenience. A person desiring
TO exchange book could leave 1t with
the card and an order for a new book
at the station and the next day the
order would be filed just the same as
II the person went to the library. A rea-
son for collecting and delivering the
books. the cost of the additional papers
and periodicals and the time of the as
sistant librarian at the three stations
would be the main items of expense in
carrying out the idea. 1t Is thought that
the people Of the respective localities
wherein 1t is intended to establish sta
, tons will secure the necessary quar-
ters.
Nav Have to Wait Another Year.
The trustees fear, however. Mr.. Carr
states. that owing to the pressing de-
mands on the city revenue this year
that they will have to be content to wait
for another year for the additional ap-
preparation necessary for delivery sta
tions.
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The rapid growth of fraternal organiza-
tions I'm this country during the past ten
years fully demonstrates the fact that
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-03
THE ROADS ARE BAD.
And Missionaries Knapp and Colo Can No
Get to Constantinople.

And Missionaries Knapp and Colo Can Not
Get to COnstantinopIe.
CONsTANTINoPLE, March 30.-Rev.
George p. Knapp and r. M. Cole, mis-
sionaries stationed at Bitlis, the for
mer of whom has been ordered to
come to Constantinople to answer
charges of sedition and murder made
by the Turkish officials, telegraphed
the following message to the
United States legation on Friday:
1--WE are blockaded. Our servants are
unable to go to the market. The gov
ernor orders us all to leave immediate
ly by the southern route. The roads
are bad. We are awaiting a reply
from Minister Terrell"
The Turkish officials at Bitlis at
tempted to arrest Mr.. Knapp about six
weeks ago, but Minister Terrell insist
ed to the porte that if the charges
against Mr.. Knapp were maintained the
missionary should be brought to Con-
stantinople and tried before him. Mr..
Knapp has since been unable to make
the journey on account of the bad con-
dition of the roads. Messrs- Knapp
and Cole have their families with them.
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| OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

An avalanche of rocks caused tho
death of three persons at Echo, w. Va.
Mrs. Dimmiclx, ex-President Harri-
sons fiancee, favors Allison for presi-
dent.
George Forester, managing editor of
the German Gazette, New Orleans, died
Sunday.
-Four persons lost their lives in a
tenement house fire in New York city
Sunday.
William Becker, of Morgan county,
III. killed his father and then committed
suicide.
The English people fear that Sails
bury's Soudan campaign will lead to
disaster.
St. Louis is to have a new street-car
factory, which will be run on the CO.
operative plan.
w. B. Smith, cf Monmouth, Ill, died
on board ship, while returning from
the West Indies.
A bridge at Weston, w. Va. oD which
was a large crowd, fell. Several per-
sons were injured.
The report that the Turkish minister
to the United States has been recalled
is officially denied.
Returns from all the states that have
selected delegates show that Mckinley
is holding his own.
Prominent republican leaders are in
st. Louis to make arrangements for
the coming convention:
Fred Garrell, of Columbus. o., shot
his wife and cut his own throat. He is
dead. She will recover.
Pulaski Duclxworth, an Arkansas
farmer, murdered his wife and child
and then cut his own throat.
The First Baptist church of Urbana,
one of the finest structures in Central
Illinois, was dedicated Sunday.
A masked man entered the house of
Alvin Stone, near Tallmage, o., and
killed Mr.. and Mrs. Stone and wounded
three other persons.
Charles Ectoman and Frank Dennis,
farmefs, were held up by highwaymen
near Duquoin, H., and Ectoman was
probably fatally shot.
Mrs. Louis A. PEBBLES, one of the
foremost singers of st. Louis, died Sum-
day at her home of pneumonia, after
an illness of six weeks.
William Strubinger, Cleveland (O.)
commission merchant, who had lost all
he possessed by speculation, committed
suicide at Detroit, Mich.
Amos J. Cummings, of New York,
says that if Illinois and Missouri will
give William R. Morrison their full
votes New York will support him.
The record of train accidents in Feb
ruary includes "a collisions, 81 derail-
ments and other accidents, total of
129 accidents, in which 81 persons were
killed and 1o7 injured.
]. Withers Clay, Sr, the nestor of
Alabama journalism, died at Hunts
vile, Sunday, after long illness, from
stroke of paralysis received soon
after President Cleveland's first cleo
ton.
John Gillespie, the manager of
"Heinegabubler's" saloon in st. Louis,
nd his assistants have been arrested,
charged with causing the death of Am
brose Green by means of slide down
the 'chute" of that somewhat eccen-
trlc establishments
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-03
A plain CAGE oe PrsI,ercv.

About the next news we got from the
old lady Hasseltine she come up power
full student and unexpected like at the
Buckalew place-the first settlement
on this side of Caney Branch. And from
what can hear and pick up around
amongst the women folks, she had left
the mainest part of her clothes down
there on the branch-hangin around
promiscuous in that terrible tight-eyc
thicket, the canebrake and the bamboo
briar patch.
OF course, that was nothin' to me and
none of my business, but mother told
me that Sallie Virgins told her that
Rosebud BuckaIew told her that the
she come up at the Buckalew place.
And Bunk Weatherford was in the
crowd which went down there after
the skeleton, and Bunk says there was
enough calico hangin' around ON the
briars and cane and in that tight-eye
thicket to make new bed quilt.
It was the foIlowin Thursday before
the old lady got well enough to return
back home, and me and mother went
OSCA b4lCAE AuC AC4b W NDAAADA @AAA
condole with her as best we could.
81 had lxetched three mud cats, four
red pearches, seven hornyheads and one
skeleton, Rufus, and 1t was then high
time for me to take out and qsit, says
the old lady to me, and right then she
went sweatin great drops of perspira-
tion as big as your fist. az had ketched
everything in the waters of Caney
Branch, from speckled trout to n
blunt-tail moccasin. but up to that day
I never had pulled on the line and came
forth with q human skeleton, and ii
was jest simply one too many for me.
OF course, I knowed il wouldn't bite
nor sting, but the looks and the thoughts
OF the thing, Rufus, was more than l
could stand. Naturally, of course, !
tore out Of that place. 1t was plain
ease of pushency, Rufus. Twas bleedged
to come out from there"
+ don't make out like it was right,
you understand, to think funny
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In the beginnin to start with, bright
and early Monday mornin old Misses
Hasseltine took up fool notion all of
suddent that it was jest about her
time of year to go a fishin. Conse-
quentially she went out behind the gar
den and dug some earth worms and
caught a few crickets and put EN- in
her gourd and lit out for Caney Branch.
was out to the lot tendin to the stock
that mornin when the old lady come by
our house, with her fishin pole in one
hand and her bait gourd in the other,
burnin the wind and splittin the big
road wide open for Caney Branch. She
was in such tremendous big hurry to
give them fish a chance to bite till she
didn't even slow up at the front gate.
''rhe early worm fetches the fish,
Rufus" says she, in passin by, land
l told the girls to have the grease hot
when return back home.'
1t was then three days and nights
that l never laid eyes on Misses Hassel-
tine, but in the main time before the sun
went down that day everybody in the
whole settlement had heard the news
in regards to her fishin trip down on
Caney Branch, and the great gobs of
sorrow and confusionment which filed
that poor old lady's cup to the brim,
pressed down and runnin over.
From general appearments and all
the surroundin circumference of the
case, it would seem like the old lady
got 8 bite when she want lool1in for it
and caught somethin which she didn't
need in her regular business. In fishin
and foolin around she had finally at
last worked her way and wedged her
self into tight-eye thicket in the most
lonesomest place on Caney Branch.
And now presently it come to pass that
she got her hook hung where as she set
back and pulled and pulled till she
pulled cut a human skeleton. The thing
was as natural as death, and every bone
was there from skull to toes.
Well, to be certainly of course old
Misses Hasseltine didn't go way off
down there on Carney Branch by her lone
self fishin for the bones of dead men,
and she didn't need any human skele-
tons to speak of on her string. Where
as, she throwed down her fishin pole
and dropped her bait gourd on the spot
and tore out of there. And she didn't
fool off no time pickin her way out
neither. She jest naturally hit the grit,
and hit it a movin. There was that
tight-eye thicket all around, a big cane
brake on one side of the branch and a
great mass of bamboo briars on the
other. But old Misses Hasseltine she
tore out of there
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-03
On shiIoh's Field.

reunion of the survivors Of the battle
Of Shiloh viii be held on the battlefield on
Decoration Day, May So One feature of
the programme will be the dedication of a
monument by the members of the Ninth
Illinois Infantry at the National Cemetery
in honor Of their fallen comrades who fell
at Shiloh, they having lost 365 men in
killed and wounded in the battle. The
graves Of the fallen comrades will be
decorated with flags and flowers. A num-
Der Of prominent speakers will be present.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-03
ERIE PIER NO. s,
At Jersey City. N. j., Burned--One Life
Lost

At Jersey City, n. j., Burned--One Life
Lost.
JERSEY CITY, n. j., March 30-Pier
of the Erie, at the foot of Ninth
street, this city, was burned at a. m.
A number of tugs and Erie barges were
located near by and their occupants
were panic-stricken when they
found themselves surrounded by
flames. Peter Hogan, Jr., aged
"a, of the barge Mulligan, jumped
into the water to escape death
by fire and was drowned. His father,
Peter Hogan, captain of the barge, was
terribly burned by the flames, which
had spread to his barge. He was re-
moved to St. Francis hospital, and
may die. The pier was entirely de-
stroyed. 1t was worth $50, 900.
The Erie barges Greycourt, Amherst
and Mulligan were also destroyed.
They were worth $4,000 each. The
Erie depot was saved, although it was
only a block awav
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-03
QUIET AS A CEMETERY

Are Wheeler q Co.'s Ship Yards Mt Bay
City, Mich.
BAY CITY, Mich. March Boz. w.
Wheeler s. Co. S ship-building plant
remains as quiet as cemetery. There
are no men working other than the
watchmen. The company is firm in its
determination not to pay off in any
thing but checks, and says the yard
will remain idle until the men accept
them. The company is amply pro-
tected in its contracts against strikers
and viii suffer no financial loss.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-03
Hog Cholera snccIne.

James H. Snoddys of Alexandria. is
preparing to manufacture his hog cholera
specific in large quantities 10 meet the in
creased demand. He left last week for
Lynnville, where he will make a public
test before a committee appointed by the
Giles County Farmers Association.
Other associations Of farmers will be
represented and a thorough test will be
made. The success of this remedy for
hog cholera has aroused much interest all
over the South and West, and numerous
Inquiries are received daily in regard to it.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-03
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS


Appropriation For Tennessee Rivers
Washington, March 26.-It was stated
today that the river and harbor COM
mittee has decided 20 allow a diversion Of
the appropriation set apart for the Mem
phis harbOr to be used for the improve
ment of Wolf river. Representative Pat
terson appeared before the committee
and urged that the sum Of $4,000 could
be pr06tably expended during the next
two years upon Wolf river, and the
statement was made that if a diversion
from the lump sum TO Memphis props
was applied 70 Wolf river the action
would be indorsed by the people repre-
senting the commercial interests of Mem
phis. A committee from Memphis repre-
senting the rivermen waited upon Col.
Patterson few days ago in behalf of
this proposition. but did not appear be-
fore the committee. As il is understood
that the net amount allotted Memphis
harbor is $4,000, no such sum as $4,000
viii be diverted The amount to be ex-
pended on Wolf river viii not exceed
$4,000, which is the sum allowed two
years ago.
Other reliable information from the
committee is to the effect that the lump
sum for the Tennessee waters has suf-
fercd materially in comparison to the
appropriation recommended by this com
mittee two years ago. Up to the 1st Of
January the unexpended balance was
said to be over 100000 The committee,
IN the line Of economy, has concluded to
allow Tennessee only the amount addi-
tonal to this sum which will tide the
work over for two years, and mis- amount
IS based on what was actually expended
during that period
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-03

in the greatest plenty, and the ground
tore up as with bear fight for miles
around.
White people, there was trouble last
week, and the most loveliest strip of
country on the broad bosom of the
earth went heels over appetite into the
most goneleyest confusionment yon
ever heard tell of or read about per-
haps. 1t would seem like everything
come crooked and went twistin-feet
foremost, catawompused and wrong
side up with care.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-03
They WIN Participate.

The Ladies' Hermitage Association met
last week and transacted interesting and
important business. The part to be taken
by the association in the inaugural Cen
tennial ceremonies in June was discussed
at length, and the first steps decided upon
i'm this direction. This was the result of
the invitation rendered the association by
the Woman's Board of the Centennial to
accept such space as they desire in the
Woman's Building, and also to participate
in the opening exercises.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-03
Not an Atom of Truth In II.

LONDON, March 30-In the house of
commons Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamber
lain. secretary of state for the colonies,
stated, in reply to a question upon the
subject by Mr.. John Redmond, that
there was not an atom of truth in the
report that the government was nego-
tiatlng for the purchase of Delagoa
bay from Portugal
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-03

OAKvu.LE, Ont, March 30. = The
greatest flood here for years occurred
at midnight, the weather having caused
all the smaller streams emptying into
the river to become greatly swollen.
The stone hooker Lillian was carried
out into the lake and the brig Rover
was partially sunk, while the Toronto
Ferry steamer Luella and the Mas
cote have entirely disappeared.