The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-05
NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA

CONGRESSMAN Grow has returned to
Washington from visit to his home in
Glenwood.
The Delaware, I.0ckawanna and
Western company will erect a new sta
tion in New Milford.
1t is rumured that the Erie's mines
at Forest City and elsewhere will be
placed on three-quarters time.
The Economic Electric Light COM
pany has been granted permission to
build an electric light plant in Ashley.
The coroner's jury in the case of
Peter Reese, of Wilkes-B Barre, who shot
himself last Wednesday, returned a
verdict of suicide.
Rev II. Ii. Dresser, for years a
prominent member of the Wyoming
conference of the Methodist church, is
critically i'll at Duluth MINI.
The contract for erecting new
school building on Stephenson street,
Duryea, has been awarded to Michael
Lynch, Of Wilkes Barre, price, $11 ,2O9
1t is automatically stated that over
$50 witnesses have been subpoenaed for
the celebrated KnorrW Wintersteen dy-
Mantle case, to be tried at Bloomsbury,
May "a
Rev. James Walker pastor of the
mokin. will remove to Scranton today.
Rev Mr.. BeaCtley, Of Pittsburg, will
succeed him.
Henry Harding. esq, one of Tunk-
hannock's successful attorneys, has left
home for a European trip, and it is said
that he cOntemplates a permanent re-
moval from his present home.
on Sunday afternoon thirty boot and
shoemakers of Wilkes-Barre came to-
gether in the city hall and formed an
organization to be known as the pa
iional Boot and Shoemakers' union.
The trial Of George WOrden, a Pitts
ton young man. on the charge of send
ing obscene letters through the mail
to his wife, takes place in the United
States court in Pittsburg this week
Rev. Pribyl, the priest who was re-
Gently attacked by a mob in Bridge
port. Conn, has returned to Hazletun.
He will not assume control of the con-
gregation until the bishop settles the
DISPUTE.
The Spring Brook company is build
ing a new pipe line in Plymouth to
supply the Plymouth and Nottingham
COllieries with water from the Hunts
willie dam. These Collieries at present
use Spring Brook water.
Perry V. Moore the farmer who was
struck by the milk train on the New
York, Susquehann and Western rail-
road at Unionville, some months ago
and badly hurt. he's sued the railroad
company for $4,000 damages.
County Treasurer Robinson, of Lu-
zerne, has completed a deal by which
he becomes proprietor of the Wilkes
Barre Telephone James Boyle. who
has been connected with the paper, w4Ii
continue to edit it for the present.
The corner stone of the new ST. Ste
phen's church was laid at noon in
Wilkes-Ba yesterday. Rev. DR.
Jones was in charge of the services
and he was assisted by Rev II. +. Hay
den, Rev. w. ID. Johnson and Rev, D.
w. Coke.
The Schuylkill grand jury in session
at Pottsville, found a true bill i'm the
case against II. Il. Luebkin. of Auden-
ried, who is charged by a Wilkes Barre
detective named Jones, with embezzline
funds belonging to the Lehigh and
Wilkes Barre Coal company.
Miss Celia Brennan. one of Freeland's
fair young ladies. is reported to be the
champion wing shot in Lu2erne county
one day last weeh she entered a con-
test with two experts, and succeeded
in breaking twenty blue rocks out OF
twenty-five, while her opponents only
broke eighteen
A sad drowning accident occurred in
Weatherly Monday night. Frank, the
7-year-old son of Mrs. Peter Benson
with q number of boys, were strollinG
along Quaker creek. In some manner
the youth fell into the stream and was
soon washed along. The body was moi
recovered until several hours after the
accident.
The enforced idleness of n large mum
Der of men and their efforts to secure
work were eXemplitied at police head
quarters in Wilkes Barre Monday wher
over one hundred men beseiged MaYol
Nichols to secure orders for work or
the boulevard at Kidder street which
is being repaired by the generosity O
Albert Lewis.
Middle Smithfield has a curiosity il
the shape of hairless calf The anima
was born from an ordinary COW on tn,
farm of Eugene Hineline. who operates
the property of the late f. II. Gun
saules. The skin of the calf resembles
that of an elephant in color. and tn,
only hair on the body is a minute tuf
at the tip of the tail
Mrs Coke, widow Of the late Eckiel
B. Coke, of Drifton, one of the boar,
Of trustees of Lehigh university, anC
whose splendid technical library wal
given to the university by Mrs. Coke
has created fund of $4,000, the in
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