The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-12
NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA


a county ticket on May 20.
Hughestown borough will begin the
paving of the borough's rank streets.
Twenty additional men are now be-
ing employed at the Twin shaft, in
Pittston.
The Reading Iron Works, of Dan
willie, have resumed operations in near
ly all departments.
1t is alleged that valuable coal de-
posits underlie the hills of Lower Leh-
man, in Pike county.
Early Monday morning footpads
held up a cab on Carey avenue, Wilkes
Barre, and tried to get money from the
three inmates but they were busted"
As Mrs. Benjamin Gottschall threw
a pail of boiling water out the kitchen
door at Tamaqua her 4-year-old
daughter passed. The child was fright
fully scalded
The Wilkes Barre Typographical
union has petitioned the city councils
of Wilkes Barre to employ only tax
paying residents of the city when CIV
ing out work.
Two through freights on the Lehigh
Valley colided early yesterday morn
ing between Falls and Tunkhannock
One engine was derailed and one ca
boose smashed. Nobody was hurt.
Traffic was delayed six hours.
John Burnes, of Pittston. suffered
serious injury to his left foot while at
his work in Coxton yard a few days
ago by having it squeezed. 1t was
thought at first ii would be necessary
to amputate the member, so badly
was it crushed.
Twelve years ago Daniel Scanlon
hid bottle of liquor between Honey
Brook and what is known as the Black
Hills. Recently he thought he would
see If the bottle still remained there
and he found the liquor in a good state
of preservation.
Two trolley cars on the Plains line
of the Wilkes Barre and Wyoming
Valley Traction company collded in
dense fog yesterday morning near the
Brookside bridge. Motorman McDon-
ough was injured, and the passengers
were well shaken.
Work has been begun in tearing
down the buildings occupying the
ground on which Wilkes Barre's new
hotel will be built. The places being
torn down are Music Hall and the
Welles building. The hotel will be
finished by May l. 1898.
Rev. L. b. Weeks, pastor of the
Sayre Methodist church, has secured a
patent on an improved tie plate and
rail clamp,a device calculated to great
ly prolong the life of q railroad tie.
The Lehgh Valley company will make
tests with the new idea.
While a huge weight was being hoist
ed by the use of a crane at the Vulcan
Iron Works at Tamaqua the chain
broke and the mass descended upon
James Newton, fracturing his skull
and mashing one hand. Several other
workmen had very narrow escapes.
For taking trout out of Cherry Creek
with trail net, John Fetherman and
Roger Shafer were. at Stroudsburg,
fined one hundred dollars each and
costs. The men were arrested by Fish
Warden Ross, of Northampton county
Edward Edinger, leader Of the party,
escaped.
John Yoncovich, a HaZleton miner
Joined a party of Celebrants the other
night, row occurred, a shot was fired,
1t is claimed Yoncovich was fatally
wounded, but as he has disappeared
this cannot be verified. Two compan-
ions have been arrested and placed un-
der $500 bail
The Spring Brook Water company
has 200 men at work near Hendlers
quarry on the Wilkes-Barre mountain,
cutting down brush and cleaning a
large space for the purpose of putting
up large dam to retain the water
running from Mill creek and other
streams near by
Minnie Alice Stone, the wife of the
well-known publisher. a. X. Stone of
East Stroudsburg,is dead, after a short
illness, from pneumonia The de-
ceased was the daughter of Milton
Turner, Of Hawley, Pa, and was 27
years old. The remains were taken to
Hawley for interment.
While Miner Daniel Mace was work.
ing up a breast at Tamaqua, the coal
upon which he was standing gave way
and he was carried down with the
mass fifty feet and buried up to his
chin. He was rescued after three
hours hard work, and surprised his
rescuers by walking home, unhurt.
The Pittston Poor board has organ
lied. 1t was decided to reduce the tax
levy four mills for the present year.
The following officers were reelected:
Dr. Seamans, president; James Jones,
secretary; l., F. Seibel, treasurer; Drs.
Porteus, of Taylor, and S. l.. Under
wood, of Pittston, physicians; C. Frank
Bohan, of Pittston, attorney.
The clothing of Mrs. Elizabeth O'Don-
nell, of Mahanoy City, became ignited
from brush fire in her garden and
her sister, Mrs. Mary Downes, who ran
10 the rescue, was also enveloped I'm
hames A neighbor saved their lives
by dashing several buckets of water
over the women, who escaped with
painful burns about the face, hands
and body.
When Constable Gillespie, of Kline
township, attempted to arrest Mike
BaVitch, Hungarian, at his home in
Hazleton on the charge of harboring
stolen goat, he was surrounded by
twenty or more Hungarians, who. with
axes, picks and shovels, defended their
countryman. The officer drew his re-
VolVer and ii was only by threatening
10 shoot that he was able to handcuff
his man.
Harry Long, former resident of
Wilkes-Barre, and Miss Florence Ros-
enbaum of New York We're married
In the latter city a. noon Monday. Tho
ceremony was performed at the resi-
dence of the brides grandparents. Mr.
and Mrs. S. Bacharach, on Sixty-eightb
street, between Fifth avenue and Madi-
son avenue, by DR.. Felix Alder, of the
Ethical Culture society, the relatives
OF both families being present
Charged with having inflicted a fatal