The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-21
And Other Freaks 10 the Wonderland OF
Eastern Pennsylvania.
SUGGESTIONS AS TO NEWSPAPERS
What PIeases Montrose--An Evil
dence of Insanity at HaiIstead--A
Glance at the World of Politics.
Senator Hardenburgh May Become
n Candidate for Congress--Editor
Howeii's Ambition.

ware and Hudson station in Lanesboro.
He had filled sack with plunder, when
Of1cer Miles Lovelace and several OF
the villagers appeared, and Lovelace
and Gallagher at once commenced a
struggle, during which Lovelace shot
Gallagher through the neck, the bullet
lodging in his cheek The wounded
burglar was taken to the Town Hall
where his wounds were dressed. On
Monday he was taken to Montrose jail
to await the action of the grand jury
Gallagher is thought to be guilty of
various crimes along the Erie and the
Delaware and Hudson lines. He claims
to be native of Hawley, Wayne coun-
ty He will probably recover from his
injuries, and probably do the state
some service.
AND THESE ARE ODDITIES.
A Cascade man put his patent incu-
bator over a ducks egg and hatched
duckling with four legs and two bills.
A gose with four feet is owned by
Uniondale farmer When swimming 1t
uses one of its legs as rudder.
Myles McCaffrey, of Gulf Summit, has
four pigs that beat anything ever seen
in that vicinity. One has no trace of
claws take the place of the generally
thought porcine appendix.
and the two others have claws as toes,
and pretty nearly everything else that
pigs can get along without.
In litter of pigs recently farrowed
near Starrucca was one which nearly
resembled an elephant. 1t had enormous
ears, long trunk and one tusk. 1t
was the color of an elephant, and It's
feet turned up in a peculiar way. The
trunk started from the forehead, and
extended out and down over the mouth.
1t was one of those peculiar freaks
which occasionally occur in the animal
world.
IN A LINE OR so.
1t is now reported that the shirt fac
tory will resume operations August 1.
'Tis a consummation greatly to be de-
sired. Resumption will be warmly well
coined.
In Beebe Park, on Saturday after
noon, the Susquehanna club downed
the crack Port Jervis nine II to 5. The
home nine will cross bats with the
Binghamton nine, in this place, on
Thursday next. game with the Cuban
Giants is being arranged,
Contractor William Knoeller, of Hal
| stead, has been awarded the contract
for erecting the new Presbyterian
church edifice in this place. Consider
ation about $12, 1000. The work of re-
| moving the old edifice to an adjacent
| lot, will begin today. The old structure
will be used as a place of worship un-
| til the completion of the new edfice.
Prof Harley Newcomb is endeavor-
| ing to arrange for the presentation of
| the opera, THE Recluse" in this place.
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM.
1t is possible that, when the city
| fathers of Carbondale pass the Cur
| few ordinance, they will include some
| of the old boys who prowl around un-
til the small hours of the morning.
| An Ararat farmer a few weeks since
| placed a dozen goose eggs in an old
| bureau drawer. and forgot all about
| them. Last week the farmers wife
found seven goslings in the drawer.
| The intense heat had brought them
| forth.
Montrose has something of a sensa-
ton and lovers of newspaper sewerage
are delighted. 1t doesn't take much to
| please some people.
The Hallstead Herald suggests that
the new borough Jail be made large
| enough to accommodate the common
| council An excellent suggestion If the
| common council of many of the cities
| and towns We're kept in Jail 1t would be
| mighty good thing for the taxpayers
and the streets
The Great Bend Plaindealer states
that an escaped lunatic from the Bing-
| hamton asylum was a few days since
in that borough. calling from house to
house for a bible. The man was surely
insane. A sane person would not ex-
pect to find bible in Great Bend.
BITS OF POLITICS.
A Washington correspondent has dis
| covered that our own Galusha Grow Is
a hard man to get along with in the
| House. That's bad. Let's send him to
the Senate.
There is a rumor that If our state
Senator Hardenbergh fails to secure
the Republican nomination for auditor
general, that he will be a candidate for
congress from this district, to succeed
Congressman Codding, who hopes to
succeed himself. With Wright, of
Susquehanna, and Greene, of Wayne,
also prominent in the race, things
political in this district will be trifie
mixed. There is room for merry war.
COUNTY It'd BITS.
Mrs. Lucinda Cleveland died in
| Thomson on Monday morning, aged &C
years. Funeral services will be held
in Binghamton on Tuesday afternoon,
In Hallstead, on Sunday evening,
Street Commissioner John G. Austin
suddenly fell dead while leading the
Epworth League meeting in the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, aged 70 years.
The Griggs' family reunion will be
held at the residence of John Griggs
in Thomson, August 10.
The fifteenth annual reunion of Com
pany Il, One Hundred and Forty first
Regiment, p. ", will be held at the
Eagle hotel in New Milford August "a
The annual reunion. of the descend
ents of Captain oliver Payne will be
held on Friday, August 6, ut the home
of Urbane Barns, near Gelott.
over in Montrose they are having
progressive hammock" parties.
The New Milford Creamery company
is shipping milk to Philadelphia.
Editor Howell, of the Advertiser. has
been appointed postmaster in New Mil
| ford All things to those who wait.
The Past Sachems' association OF
Susquehsnna cou;Sy, Improved Order
of Red Men, will meet at Franklin
Forks July 22.
PRODUCING THEIR PAPERS.
Toreign-born residents, employed In
! and about the Erie shops are just now
producing their naturalization papers
when they have any to produce-ol
preparing to pay the state tax of thret