The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04
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handle and can be readily used
Major Thomas f. Penman, of this
city, grand Junior warden of the Grand
Commandery of Pennsylvania, on Fri
day evening last, at Susquehanna, in
stalled the following officers of ST.
Andrews commandery No. 76 Knights
Templar: Eminent commander Ho-
mer +. Spencer; generalssimo, Henry
F. Manzer; captain general, Charles
Sabin: treasurer, G.. A. Miller; record
er. John G.. Brewer. Following the GER
emonies there We're refreshments.
Bert Randolph, of Bumpville, Brad
ford county, last week while suffering
from dementia. awakened his two
small children and had his wife dress
| them and then he ordered her to take
them to her mothers home, or he would
blow her brains out, displaying "a big
revolver. She went. Randolph was
| finally captured and taken to Athens,
| where physicians succeeded i'm quieting
| him temporarily by the use of opiates.
a huge butcher knife was found on his
| person.
\ number of good catches of trout
are being reported at Stroudsburg and
it is noticeable that a goodly number
| of real large trout are being taken.
| Adam Strunk, of Marshall creek, sue
| ceeded i'm capturing thirty-five trout
| averaging ten inches. Edward Berry,
| a Saylorsburg fisherman, has to his
| record fifty-two trout, half of which
! measured twelve to fourteen inches,
| and the balance from eight to twelve
| inhcs.' c. f. Haukus and Hon. James
! Edinger secured siXty-five nice trout
! at Marshalls creek. George Serbert
! and l.. a. Gardner, of Easton, the 9TH
! er day. caught 12O fine trout.
Joseph h. Van Dusen, who died in
| Philadelphia Sunday aged SO years,
was one of the best known men in the
| anthracite coal trade He was one of
| the pioneers i'm the anthracite coal re-
| gions, operating first in Luzerne and
| later in Carbon and Schuylkill counties
| For some years he operated the famous
Black Diamond colliery, at Wilkes
Barre, and earned the reputation of
being the most skillful manager of men
in the coal regions. No strike ever
took place at a colliery of which he had
| charge, though he had in his employ
Jack Kehoe and other members of the
notorious Molly Mcguire gang, by
| whom he was frequently threatened
| with violence. At the time of his death
| he was the Oldest coal dealer in Phila-
delphia, having for sixty-three years
been engaged in the mining and ship
| ping of coal.
on Sunday afternoon. says the News
| Dealer, east bound No. passenger
train on the Lehigh Valley, leaving
| Wilkes Barre at 1903 p. M, was nearly
fifty minutes late, due to Grand Trunk
! connection being late. The train was
unusually heavy, being made up of
| eight heavy cars, viz: one dining car,
one day coach, one combination car,
two Pullman sleepers, one drawing
room car, one observation car and one
private car, containing a special party.
| All the cars We're crowded and seats
| were at premium. owing to the train
being unusually long and all the cars
heavy three engines instead of the
usual two, were attached to pull the
train up the mountain as far as Fair
view. Engineer Hufford had charge of
the regular engine. Engineer CaVan
| of Fairview. and Engineer Kelly, OF
Wilkes Barre, We're in charge of the
helpers. The train made a remarkable
and wonderful run from Wilkes Barre
to Fairview. The customary time al
| lOtted for thS run of sixteen miles is
thirty-fOu' minutes. but this heavy
train covered that distance with ease
i'm thirty-onc minutes, thus gaining
three minutes on the upgrade over the
into Easton about on schedule time