The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-12
FACTORYVILLE.

Miss Kittie Henwood, of Providence.
and Miss Grace Wall, of Suttee, Pa,
are visiting at Mrs. ~. B. Roughts.
Mrs. Mary A. Gibbs last Friday dis
posed Of plot of ground in the rear
of her Main street property, consisting
of about one-half acre, to Photographer
Walter n Manchester, consideration
about one thousand dollars per acre.
George Warner, esq, and Miss Olecta
Capwell, of Nicholson, We're in town
Sunday.
Red Jacket lodge, No. 524. Indepen-
dent Order of odd Fellows, conferred
the initiatory degree on two candidates
last Saturday night. The degree team
has been reorganiHed and are down to
diligent practice ana hard work. They
have some new work that they are
practicing and the work last Saturday
evening was far superior to the work
previously done.
The handbilla are out for the Rebeltah
entertainment and drawing which
comes off next Friday night, and they
promise a first class entertainment all
for the small sum of 10 cents. To find
out just how we'll they Will keep their
promise, 1 suppose We Will be obliged
to so to their entertainment and see.
Our town has got a genuine building
boom on, and it forges right ahead
winter and summer just the same,
there being no time when there is not
from three to six new residences under
process of construction, ranging in
price from two to seven thousand dol
lars each.
c. Matthewson has the contractors
at work taking down and remodeling
the building at present occupied by
Fred L. Foster as store, and one OF
the oldest landmarks in our town. Mr..
Mattnewson intends remodeling it into
a first class business place, and a
credit to Main street.
Services still continue all this week
at both churches every evening except
Saturday evening.
Don't forget the early closing of our
stores. Make your purchases before
S o'clock in the evening, or you will
have to wait till the next day.
Mrs. d. D. Gardner and Mr.. c. w
Wrigley are i'll at their homes in the
north end of town.
Court convenes next Monday, Jan
IS. The Jurors from this town are =
b. Walters and Charles Gardner.
Walter Trip, a student at keystone
academy, is at his home in Greer
Ridge i'll with the mumps,
Mrs. Benton Coleman is reported as
convalescng again after a severe ill
ness.
The change in the time of holding
the county courts went into effect Jan
/, 1897, and instead of holding the reg
ular term of August court, it will he
abandoned entirely, and June tern
of court held. January term, instead OF
opening the second Monday in tn,
month, now convenes on the 18th, oi
the third Monday.
Mrs. Nelson Ball, living a short dis
tance out of town, met with a very
exciting and painful experience las
Sunday. She went into the barn Sun
day morning to milk one of the COWS
The dog kept by the Ball family came
in and frightened the COW (Which hat
| a cali by it's side). The COW attacked
| Mrs. Ball and tossed her into the ali
| several times before help came. Mrs
| Balls husband happened to be neal
| and came to her rescue and succeeded
| in beating the COW off and eAtricatins
| his wife from her perlous position
| DR.. Heller was hastily summoned, anC
! upon investigation found that Mrs
Ball was not seriously injured, asid
| from several severe bruises and
severe shaking up
| Most every town in existence ha
had a woman in black" but it ha
| remained these years for FactoryVill
to produce u genuine Man in black.
| Such seems to be the case here at pres
ent. This mysterious apparition is re
| ported to be about six feet six inche
in height. with very long jet blaci
| beard and hair and wears a black sui
of clothes, and slouch hat pulled wei
down over his eyes. This walking
"HoGdoo' 1t seems, mysterously am
suddenly appears in the remotest part
| of town, and on dimly lighted streets
| frightening women and children nearl
| into commissions, although he has mad
| no attacks on anyone vet so far a
| learned. There are all sorts of rumor
| about town as to who II might he
and what his object is. but no on
seems to have had the courage vet I
| approach him and investigate his ma
tionalty. The story is going the round
that it is one of our young marie
men, and that if he catches the objec
| of his search his mission in disguis
| will soon be ended.
Ice men are filing their ice house
now with nice, clean iar, ten incha
thick.