The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-28
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district are at odds over the length of
the yearly school term. The district
embraces the village and a part of
the township. The villagers desire a
longer term and the outsiders object
| on account of the expense. In cOnse-
| quence, the villagers petitioned for an
| independent district, and the viewers,
O. S. Mills, 3. II. Shook and S. Jud-
son Stark, will report favorably in the
matter at next term of court.
Mrs. Jacob Luce. of Vose, met with
| a serious accident a few evenings
since. Her husband returned from
Meshoppen just at nishtfall. and she
stepped to the door to speak to him.
as he drove up to the gate. Being par
TALLY blind, she made a, missteo and
| fell, breaking her shoulder bones. AS
she is well advanced in life. it is
doubtful if she ever fully RECEIVERS.
| Dillis j. Rooms, of Lynn, boasts a
quartette of sheep that weigh S74
pounds.
John Lee. of South Eaton. slept with
his bedroom window W in order to
get some fresh air. and sneak thieves
reached in and stole his pants, con-
tanning $50 in the pockets. John will
take his air through the closed blinds
| hereafter.
| George Barry. while feeding a stalk
l
in Washington township. put his hand
too close to .he knives and one finger
| was added to the pile of ensilage.
| The Owego District Ministerial assO-
| citation will meet at MeshoDpen Mon
day and Tuesday, Oct. and Z. Rev.
| NJ. ID. Fuller, of Owego, will make the
| opening address Monday evening. The
| programme includes a number of IN
| teresting features.
| at raI
| regiment will hold their annual re-
union at Nicholson on Thursday. oct.
-. The Seventeenth regiment is in
| vted 70 drop in and mess with them.
| If anybody knows how to make peO-
| pie feel at home in camp, it's the
| Sixteenth.
| BITS OF HOME GOSSIP.
| Ex-Judge Si:tser and wife have re-
turned from their summer residence
at Owasco Lake, N. Y.
Mrs. Theodore Borden is very i'll
at the home Of her parents at Camden,
N. }.
The borough school board has add
ed several new studies to the course
of study, among them bookkeeping.
Th" Democratic conferees of the F'if-
| teenth congressional district met at
the keeler house Friday and nominal
ed &. =. Shaw. of Bradford county
for congress. Two or three other men
| who would have been pleased to ac-
cept the honor felt like saying "Oh
Shaw But it isn't u plume worth
lighting about. Frank II. Biatt, Of
this place, was named for senator.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil c. McKown. OF
Waynesboro, Pa, are guests of the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. N. A.
Mckown.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. V. Kennedy left
Saturday for Steversville. Bradford
county. to attend a reunion of the
kennedy family.
UNDER THE WHEELS.
Jackson Harvey, "a young man about
| 23 years of age. was struck by the
south bound milk train, near the up
per end of the railroad yard Saturday
and instantly killed. He was walking
down the railroad tracks from Tague's
Eddy i'm company with Albert Bullock
and Allie During. They met a freight
train and stepped over on the Othel
track, only to get in the way of the
milk train, which was coming at q
high rate of speed. Harveys com.
panions jumped aside just in time tC
escape, and he must have heard the
engineers signal. for he turned partial.
ly about and met the pilot of the
|
knocked about thirty feet and was
dead when picked up. The body was
brought to the station and DR.. j. w
Denison held q coroner's inquest ovel
it. No blame attached to the rail
way company. Harvey was married
about two months ago. and was a So
Der, industrious young man.
SOME OTHER FACTS.
G. d. Dewitt has been appointed
administered of the estate of I. M
Dewitt, deceased.
Some interested party has figured
out that William Jennings Bryan ha!
numerous relatives among the Jen.
nings family in this county. Their,
are but very few pOstoffices in the
county that are worth having, how
| ever.
Spencer w. Dewitt. of Scranton
was circulating among friends here
the latter part of the week.
The county Women's Christian Tenn
perance convention held at the Baptis
church was a success in all points
The women are doing a good work IL
| the county