The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04
NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA

The Erie shops at Susquehanna are
now on seven hour time.
The Florence breaker at Smithville
was badly injured by fire Saturday.
The Susquehanna County Musical So
cicty will meet at Montrose today.
II is reported in WILKES Barre that
ex-Judge Rhone will defend Banker
Rockafellow.
Unless there are late frosts. there
will be an immense fruit crop through
out Susquehanna county
Joseph Turner. a resident of White
Mills. was drowned i'm the canal below
White Mills lock Saturday night.
John Ingraham, of Hughes street,
wilkes Barre. has been sent to Jail in
default of $1,000 bail on a charge of
bigamy.
Music hall, Wilkes Barre, has seen
its last theatrica. performance. 1t
will be torn down to make room for
the new hotel
The Erie railroad is putting a new
scale, forty feet long in place of the
old thirty-fIve foot scale near the Erie
pockets in Honesdale.
The twelfth annual convention of the
SusulpaI anna County Sunday School
assocft:.sn will be held in the Baptist
church at New Milford today.
Theodore Hart and James II. Mosicr
aspire to the PittstCn postoitice. Con-
Eressman Williams is understood to
have pledged his support to Mr. Hart.
The corner stone of the new st.
Stephens church in Wilkes Barre will
be laid at noon today with brief eXer-
cises. No invitations have been Issued.
=. &. Miller, fish warden at MCMich
aers and policeman for the Pohoqua-
line Fishing association, has placed
about 200 brook trout in PoconO creek.
James Kelly, of stockton, was placed
under arrest Sunday, charged with
stabbing James Devinney in the back
at Stockton. Ii is feared DeVinney Will
die.
John Rooney, of Plymouth while in
cbriated, tried to walk off with GOtt-
fried's meat market in Wilkes-B Barre
and must now face a trial for bur
Plarv.
Thirty small LehiGh Valley cars were
destroyed by fire in the Old Buck
mountain siding. The destruction was
due to the brush fires which ragged in
that vicinity.
Bradford couuty's soldiers monu'
ment will stand directly in front of the
main entrance Of the new court house
midway. between the doorway and
street sidewalk
Charles Scanlun left yesterday fol
Los Angeles, California. where he vii
attend the convention of the Order OF
Railway Conductors as a delegate from
the lodg, at Hallstcad
At a recent meeting Of the congrega-
tion Of the Hallstcad Baptist church
it Was decided to retain Rev. Johr
Davis as pastor for another year anC
also to increase his salary 800.
John Zebusky, until recently a clerl
In Benjamin Bauer's clothing store a
Hazlcton. has disappeared. 1t is al
lered that he dabblod in stocks anC
lost over $1,000. although his friends
rcfute this charge.
Andrew Atwater, of Great Bend, wa:
quite seriously injured in a runawa!
accident His horse took fright at
passing bicyclist and threw Mr.. At
water out diSloCating his shoulder anC
breaking several ribs.
trolley car ran into the wagon o
Frank II. Patterson at Pittston yoster
day morning, smashing the vehicle AM
scattering a big load of Hour and gro
ceries abOus the street. The horse
and driver escaped injury.
An Episcopal church organization ha
been effected at East Stroudsburg, tn
first Of the kind in Monroe county
Bishop Rulison Is expected IN StroudS
burg i'm a few days to perfect plans fo
the organization of the new church.
At McntroSe, John Rice. of Fores
City, the cell-mate of Altfcld, the con
tidence man, pleaded guilty to
charge of conspiracy to break Jail, an
was sentenced to pay fine of $50, cost
of prosecution, and undergo imprison
ment in the county Jail for thre
months.
The Lehigh Valley railroad has re
Ceived lilo tons of 9O-pOund steel rail'
which are now at TOwanda and Hon
cts Ferry, ana which will be used I
replace the rails on the east boun
track between Homets Ferry an
Wyalusing. The work will he don
next month.
Mine Inspector Davis of the HaglC
ton region, reports for the month
April fatal and s non-fatal acciden'
in that district, leaving widows and
orphans. Both the fatal accidents r,
suited at the Stockton colliery, on
from a fall of coal and the second frol
a fall of rock.
The executive committee having
charge arrangements for the FiN
County Volunteer Firemen'5 convcI
tion at Athens, have changed the da
90 Thursday and Friday. Sept. 2 and
This was done to avoid conflict wit
fair dates and for other reaso,
uh tn ha 70 "a
Judge Woodward has rc-appointC
Dr. G. b. Scamans, Louis Seibe an
Paul Bchan, directors of the PittstC
poor board. DR.. j. Il. Mahon was AZ
pointed auditor. With the close of Il
last fiscal year of the district Pa
Bohan, Of PittstCn, completed twent,
one years as a director of the board.
g, Etterick, of New York has leas,
the plant of the Wilkes Barre ca
company and will start up the wor'
with a large force Of men. Mr.. Elite
iclS has invented a gun which contai
many good points and he claims
have orders for about 1000 at presel
He proposes to deal only with the 10
btrs.
officer j. j. Gaylord, Of Athens, h
invented and applied for a patent (
police club which Is no doubt an G
cellent article. The stick Is made reg
lation size. A leather cover a whis
and encased dagger are the imDOrta
features. In case of a tuSsle if [
club is grasped the cover Slips off a
gives the officer the drop on the
sailant. If il is grasped again a spri
can be touched which releases [
club part. in which Is enclosed an sin