The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-23
G, SCHIMPFF
317 LaCkaWanna Ave.
NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA

On Monday 1892 quarts of strawber-
ries were picked off the truck farm of
j. L. Winout. IF Plainsvilie.
The mipiature locomotives built by
the late Daniel Coke OF Drifton, have
been presented to Lehigh university,
where they win be preserved as models
for the students.
The Wyoming Historical ond Geologt-
cal society will have meeting TO-
morrow evening a $50 O'Clock to COM
memorate the discovery OF the Ameri-
can continent by John Cabot.
Hal Pointer. 2:O4. arrived at West
Side park, Wilkes Barre, Monday. He
is in excellent condition and will be
seen iE the races tomorrow afternoon.
He is expected to beat the track rec
Cris of the state.
S. c. Wilcox, who lives at East To-
wanda and has half acre strawberry
patch rear the fair grounds, has al
ready picked forty bushels of the fruit,
and thinks he is only about half
through the harvest.
Mrs. George II. Clark. who with her
husband and family occupies the Clark
homestead farm at Plainsville, which
was first occupied by John Clark, the
great grandfather of George, in 1872,
last week found a copper coin in the
garden, hearing the date 1888 It Is
well preserved.
The Wilkes Barre e Northern rail-
road will snon have its trains running
to Harvey Lake, In the meantime
the improvements in beautifying the
picnic grounds about the hotel are
going on. During the coming winter
the present Lake Grove House will be
torn down and the railroad will erect
larger one.
Judge Bennett at Wilkes-Barre yes
terday handed down an opinion in the
case of A.. l.. Spencer and Thomas Au-
brey, who were recently convicted of
conspiring to defraud George w. Rooms
&, Co of Audenried of $4,000, denying
the motion for new trial The case
will probably be carried to the superior
court.
The will of the late Maria Waddell
of West Pittston gives all her estate
in equal shares to her two sisters, Ja-
net and Margaret Waddell, and they
are named as executors A codicil
gives the sum of $4,000 without inter-
est to each of her neces, Janet Wad-
dell Dryden and Louise Dryden, and
her nephew, Thomas Waddel Gangloff,
when they attain the age of q
years.
The committee Of the Parsons els
teddfod to be held in that place on La
Dor Day, in September, is meeting with
success. John w. Morgan of New
York one of the best known Cambro-
Americans in the United States, has
consented to preside at the evening ses-
sion, and Mayor +. NJ. Nichols of
Wilkes" Barre, will preside at the after
noon session.
Two young men from Newark, C.
Elmer Willis and Clarence Trelease
wheeled through Wilkes Barre a day
or two ago. They have undertaken a
trip across the continent from New
York to San Francisco on their wheels
and are stopping at the principal cities
on direct line for a day or two. They
are to arrive in San Francisco on Il
wager by Nov l.
The Avoca sub-district Epworth
League convention will take place in
the Yatesville M. E.. church on Thurs
da. The Avoca. sub-district comprises
the following chapters: Avoca Eaton
Iackawanna, Old Forge, Pittston
(Christian Endeavor), Rendham, Tunk-
hammock, Taylor christian Endeavor)
West Pittston, Yatesville. The officers
are: President Rev. James Jones
secretary Mrs. It. NJ Furey.
Burglars paid a visit to Tobyhanna
early on Sunday morning. ransackine
three places and attempted to enter a
fourth. They escaped without detec,
tion. The places entered were the bar
her shop of Samuel Phillips; the house
of the D., L. & w. station agent, d. G
Yothers, also the house OF Peter Muir
ray, and the attempt of H. f. Krauter
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off before securing any plunder. Tht
rohberies took place all within sight o
three night watchmen, none of whicl
heard noises or saw any Suspicion
characters about