The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-14
FOREST CITY.
A Fivc-Year.Oid Girl Nearly Killed
in n Runaway--TerribIe Death of II
Little Boy.


Little Boy.
A team owned by friedrich j. Os-
good, ran away yesterday forenoon and
in the course of their fight knocked
down a little girl and very seriously
injured her. Mr.. Osgood was at the
Davis Brothers planning mill, at the
foot of Centre street getting a load
of lumber The load was partly on,
when the horses were left standing
alone for q moment. They became
frightened and dashed frantically over
the Erie tracks, past the depot, ana up
Grand avenuc. When they were at
the point where the avenue turns west
towards Main street they Verred Off
into the ditch on the right hand side
and finally gained the sidewalk and
plunged along until they were brought
to a sudden stop by telegraph pole
at the point where Railroad street
crosses the avenue. Just before the
horses came to a standstill, the five
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Ferta, was knocked down and
run over. She received an ugly ana
ragged cash in the neshy part of the
right leg, and several stitches were re-
puired to close it. 1t is supposed that
the toe cork Of one of the horses struck
her there. 1t looks as IL one of the
wheels also passed over her. as the
lower part of her abdomen and the
small of her back were bruised and
discolored. Her right arm was hurt
at the elbow and slightly bruised be-
low the shoulder. The small sufferer
was taken to the home of her parents,
in the B. Maxey building OH Main
street, and Drs. Blakeslee and Gardner
and attended to her injuries. The child
will probably recover, though the physi-
clans are not sure yet but that she is
hurt internally.
The employees of the Hillside Coal and
Iron company will be paid their regular
monthly wages today
James Monte, Of Pittston, who was
for several years a resident of Forest
City, visited friends here yesterday.
A green" supper will be served in
the basement of the Presbyterian
crurCh. tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Keltz and little
daughter, visited friends and relatives
at Honesdale, Sunday and yesterday.
George and Mary Bras, who live in
building belonging to w. j. MaXey,
on Higgins alley, were arrested yester-
day, on a warrant charging them with
assault and battery on the person of
Mary Shost, the eight-year-old child
of Andrew Shost. The father claim
ed the man and woman had beaten the
little one severely, because it had
wandered over on their premises. The
parties appeared before d. r. Braman,
Esq, yesterday forenoon, but upon
hearing the evidence, the justice con-
sidered it insufficient to justify him
in holding the defendants and they
We're dismissed.
A very distressing accident which re-
suited in the death of three-year-
Joseph Dillon, occurred ut yandling,
Saturday afternon. The little boy. who
is son of Mr.. and Mrs. William Dill
lon, was playing on Main street, when
he was run over by a wagon containing
a load of hay. The wheels passed over
his abdomen and the child lived less
than thirty minutes after the accident
The driver did not know Of the sud af-
fair until he was apprieed Of it after
he had driven away some distance. NO
one knows just exactly how the baby
got under the wagon. One story is that
it was getting out Of the way of q
SNiNSN Noi anu idli uli6NllS the
vehicle. Another is that he loaded
wagon was standing still, while the
driver was waiting for a team ahead of
him to get out of the way; that the
child dropped an apple, which rolled
between the wh2els. AMI that just as
the little lot was about to secure the
fruit the teamster started not knowing
the child was there. The funeral oc.
Cured at three o'clock yesterday, inter-
ment being at st. Agnes cemetery,
Forest City.
Henry Weed. while engaged in car
penter work yesterday, sunk an ADJ in
to the fleshy part of his right leg, in
| fiicting a cash about three inches long.
Dr. Taylor, the attending physician,
found it necessary to take several
stitches to close the wound.
Contractor Henry Box, of this place.
is erecting two buildings at Vandling,
one for j. S. MoCabe, 22x30, with a
wing 12x20, and two stories high, and
a two-story house for j. Bosick 1Sx24.
William Donahue and NJ. ]. Ryan, of
Susquehanna, were visitors in town
yesterday. The latter is the candidate
| for prothonotary on the Democratic
ticket and presumably was looking
after his political fences.