The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-07

recently lost their lives within q few
months in the line of duty.
The Republicans Of jackson held q
big rally on Friday evening last. Capt.
W. d. B. Ainey. of M0ntrose. delivered
an able, logical, eloquent address. and
captured his audience from the start.
He was applauded throughout. Regis
ter and Recorder s. s. Wright also
spoke briefly and to the point. The
meeting was a very enthusiastic one.
TALE OF A TURTLE.
While a gang of Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western trackmen was at
work near Summersville on Saturday
they discovered a huge turtle, one OF
the largest ever seen in this section.
1t was thrown into hogshead Of water,
and the next day. the men found the
inscription, James Buchanan, 1S4S,'
carved upon the turtles shell. A far
mer remembers having seen the same
turtle, or one with the same inscription,
ten miles south of Scranton. In 1850.
The creature has therefore, journeyed
about fifty miles in 46 years. A school
master. who CHANGED to pass by. added
this legend to the turtles shell: will
liam Mckinley. 1896" The turtle will
probably be sent to Canton on Friday
hSAts vi tllt I<dCNdNdtlIu COuHtN SN-
cursion from Scranton.
FLOATSAM AND JETSAM.
The cider mills are making merry
music among the mountains, and the
apple jack crop will be out of sight
Campaign documents are arriving at
the Susquehanna pOstOffice in 1000 lots
and the g-suffering postmaster
thinks swear words.
A vicinity man offers to let pereg-
rinating prOfusion OF hypnOtism buy
him for six weeks. He evidently desires
to escape the financial discussion.
Tramps are returning from the OF
sego County hop fields, to the deep dis
gust of railroad men and housekeep-
erS.
Editor Mcclure. of the Philadelphia
Times, explains that a doubtful state u
this year. is a state in which there Is
a doubt whether the Republican major
ity will be 100000 or 800, 900.
Reptile amily"-lncluding. OF
course, gold bugs-is very questionable
Two wife-beaters have, of late, been
waltzed before Susquehanna justices
In both instances the wife has dropped
around later on. withdrawn the com
plant and paid the costs of court
Wonderful is the height and depth and
breadth of wOman's love and forgive
ness! All the same few Delaware
whipping posts ought to be transplant
ed in the soil of Pennsylvania-and
Susquehanna county.
NEWS MATTERS.
A Mrs. Keenan,. has of late, 1t is al.
legged, been ill-treating a little niece
whose mother is dead. Action was yes
tcrday taken whereby Mrs. Keenan,
was compelled to return the girl to the
Catholic Orphanage in Scranton.
Susquehanna Republicans expect to
have big rally about October IA, with
our Congressman, Hon. j. A. Coading
and Hon. George W. Ray, of Norwich
\. ". as speakers.
The First National Banks elegant
new block is gradually approaching
completion. 1t will be one of the finest
structures in this section.
The Susquehanna Mckinley and
Hobart club held an enthusiastic meet
ing in LansbOro on Saturday evening.
The Susquehanna County convention
Women's Christian Temperance Union
in session in Forest City last week
elected the following delegates to at
tend the state convention, to be held
in Pittsbure, beginning Friday next
Mrs. c. +. Whitney, Susquehanna: Mrs
Dr. Blakeslee. Forest City: Mrs. C. NJ
Lyons, Montrose.
Susquehanna county will he largely
represented at the great Christian En-
deavor gathering in Scranton this
week. AS a convention city, Scranton
is an unqualified success. As busi-
ness city, the concensus of opinion
among commercial men is. that today II
Is the busiest. most wide-awake city
OF It's size within two hundred miles
of New York city. Whitney.