The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-19
NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA

Tho Ladies' Auxiliary Of the PITTS
ION Young Mems Christian association
has accumulated the sum of $500 as
nucleus toward a building fund.
After but two days illness OF Brights
disease. Jennie, wife OF James Nlch-
olson, OF 314 Salem street. west fltts-
ton. died at ~ o'clock yesterday HAD
she lived until next month, deceaseu
would have been II years OF age
II is said, and that by reliable au-
thOrity, that hard or anIhraclle co"t
will again be used on most OF the Le-
high Valley engines, especlallS thos'
used on passenger trains II naNHhs
been demonstrated that IL is INJURIOUS
to q locomotive to burn ulrt III
fire box built for coal
An infant daughter of James Dolan'
residing at Dimock, three miles from
Nontrose. was found Monday complete
ly immersed in a watering trough on
the turnpike used by farmers for wat
ering horses The little one was dead
when found. She had evidently lost
her balance and fell to her death.
Lizzie Wassill, 14-year-old girl, was
sent TO iail at Wilkes Barre Monday
morning for stealing. She has been ar
rested several times and is quite a
hardened criminal despite her youth
fulness. She is the daughter OF Ter
rible" Pete Wassil, who is now in the
Luzerne county Jail under sentence of
death.
The saloon men Of Park View and
Beaver Msadow are trying to organize
a saloon trust. The business is not
paying in these towns because there
are too many licensed places. If an
agreement can be reached the number
of licensed hotels and restaurants IN
Park View and Beaver Meadow VIII
be considerably reduced.
Coroner Bowman, of HaZletOn. en-
paneled a jury to investigate the death
of John Bukor, who Is said to have
committed suicide at Old Sugar Loaf.
1t was develODCd at tne hearing that
Rukor died under suspicious circum-
stances, and the belief is now prevail
ent that he was shot by u fellow-coun'
tryman. The case will be investigated.
+. w. Ward of Wllkes-B Barre, was
driving from that city TO Avoca Mon
day evening. When at SmithVille, he
made a call and tied his horse in front
of Creedons hotel. He had not been
in the place very long when thief
came along, cut the strap which fas-
tened the horse to the post, and drove
off in great haste The thief went in
the direction OF AVoCa but has not
yet been caught.
John Sabol. Michael PotoChney and
Andrew ROwinsky, employed at Dick
& Mantz's strippings at Upper Lehigh,
were seriously injured day before yes
terday. Sabol had prepared to fire a
blast. AS it did not go off in the al
lotted time the three returned to as
certain the cause. When almost to the
blast it went off and buried them un-
der a large quantity Of clay and rock,
seriously iniurinE them.
Michael Kane, assistant day yard
master of the Lehigh Valley at Sayre,
was killed on Sunday afternoon. Kane
lived in WaVerly and was returning to
his work riding on the step of the
engine pulling the stub" train be-
tween Sayre and Waverly. He leaned
out too far and was struck by a scma-
phore post receiving a bad cut on the
head, two broken ribs and terrible in
ternal injuries. lie was removed tC
the hospital where ne died in a few
hours.
George Rutledge, one of the Oldest
and best known residents of Inker-
in that place at II o'clock yesterday
morning, Of paralysis. Deceased was
C6 years of age. He came to this coun
try from England in the year 1S47 anC
after residing a few years at Tama
qua, moved to Inkerman, where HI
has since made his home. During hi!
entire residence here he has been il
the employ of the Pennsylvania Goa
company as an engineer at No. shaft
a peculiar suit in tresDass was en-
tered in the prothonotary' Office a
Wilkes Barre yesterday morning. An
suit is brought by Mary O. Brann, o
Exeter borough, against Patrick ant
Catherine Brann. The statement o
the plaintiff is that the defendants
on the 10th day of May, 1897, witt
force and arms, broke into and en-
tered the closure known as Brann'
farm, in Exeter borough, and that, fl
walking they trod down, trampled an
spoiled the grass and herbage of sal
plaintiff. then and there growing" III
plaintiff claims damages in the sum @
$1,000
An exciting fight between Russian
ana Hungarians occurred on the out
skirts of Shamokin a night or two age
in which three men were seriously in
1ured. John Recht had his skull al
most fractured and his face 50 badl
cut with a knife that he will likely di,
stephen Domaskie, Of Hickory Ridg,