The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-07
NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA

Thieves are raiding cellars in Hazel
Consolidation is the campaign cry in
Mauch Chunk.
The Erie shops at Susquehanna are
now on 7-hour time.
A Hazleton bicycle dealer has sold
o,ghty-eight wheels this year.
The Susquehanna County Republi-
can convention will be held at Mont
rose tomorrow
Sheriff Denel, Of Montrose. is inter-
ested in telephone to run from Mont
rose to Tunkhapnock.
Major Phillips, superintendent of the
Stockton washery, has removed from
Pottsville TO Hazleton.
A semi-acnual dividend of eight per
cent. was declared June by the Citi-
zens' Water company, of Beaver Mea-
dow.
The next meeting of the Binghamton
District Methods Episcopal Minister
ial association will be held in Hall
stead, June 21-22.
At Montrose recently perfectly
formed egg, shell and all, about the
size of a robins egg, was found in
the yolk Of a henrs egg.
Harry Dryfoos, Of Hazleton has in
llls possession a photograph of a lady
on n mule in the mines. the only one
oi its kind in existerce.
The hotel at Rupert was entered by
burglars at an early hour Saturday
morning. They secured s25 and SIS
worth of beer and cigars.
The West ELd store of f. J. Leaven
wurth & Co. will remove from CCran-
a..ua to Shickshinny as soDn as q
SUITABLE building can be found.
Burglars ransacked the St. Charles
houel at Shamokin last week and sue
ceeded in getting away with cash and
other securities valued at about $40.
The erection of an addition TO the
COleraire breaker is being rapidly
uusseu to completion, the greater part
Of the heavy timbers having been
placed in position
At the seventh annual convention of
International League of Press clubs,
convened at New York city, T. P.
Ryder, of the Will<es-Barre Record, was
elected vice president.
The Cross Creek Coal company of
IIGzleton, on Saturday announced thai
all its collieries would work on full
time commencing july l. over a
thousand men will be benefited by the
new order.
The Hiram Gee fellowship in paint
ing at the Syracuse university was
awarded to Miss Flora NJ. Williams, of
Sayre. The fellowship, established by
the late Hiram Gee, of New York
provides for a years study in art in
Europe.
Heebner Walker, aged 20 years. was
found under a tree at Bangor Satur-
day morning after exposure to rain all
nigat. He was removed to the home
of friend, where he died He had
made all arrangements for his own
funeral.
Wyoming county is to have a lady
attorney. Miss Eleanor ]. Little be-
ing about to register as a student Of
law in the office of w. f. & c. A. Lit
tie, after passing a highly creditable
examination in the requisite education
al branches
Workman digging in a bank near
Melrose came upon a pine stump, now
converted into something resembling
iron ore. The stump showed all the
fibres and bark Of the original pine
tree, and resin streaks were plainly
seen in places.
Farmers in the Quakake Valley state
That they will not plant many pota-
toes this summer because they have
hundreds of bushels feft from last
year, when the crop was so large that
the markets were supplied over their
usual capacity. They are selling the
potatoes at very low figure merely to
to get rid of them.