The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-19
WHITNEY'S WEEKLY
BUDGET OF NEWS
A Strange Story Of a PeddIer and His
Horse.
STORY THAT'S OUT OF THE ORDINARY
Fritz Christman's Fate--A Three
eyed Baby Discovered - Baffaio
Firm Manufacturing Bicycle Desires
to Locate in Susquehanna--Co -Con-
gresham Cummings will Visit His
Old Friends--Mattcrs of Interest
to RailTOaders.


Special to the Tribune
,Susquehanna, May 1S.-There comes
from Masonville the strange story of Il
pedler and his horse. The Nender OF
pins. needles and briC-a-brac landed at
a farmers home one night and asked
to remain until morning as his horse
was sick. The farmer gave his con-
sent and helped to doctor the horse,
but in spite of their combined efforts,
the horse died, and they skinned it and
went to bed. Some time after mid
night the farmer was disturbed by
hearing strange noise, and arose to
investigate, when he discovered that
the horse had recovered and was frisk-
ing about to keep warm. Feeling sorry
for the animal, he proceeded to cover
it with a sheepskin, which took root
and grew. 1t is further added that
seventy-five pounds of fine wool was
shcared from the horse few months
later. Truth appears to be stranger
than fiction.
IN OLD SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY.
The bluestone quarrymen report a
dull market for their output.
ton. will go to Zurich, Switzerland.
next month to attend the Worlds con-
vention of Good Templars.
The Republican county convention
will be held in Montrose on Tuesday,
June 10.
The Susquehanna County Pomona's
Grange will hold its next quarterly
meeting at Hickory Grove, on Wednes-
day and Thursday. June 2-3.
The Prohibition county convention
will be held in Montrose on Monday,
May "a.
In Halstead, on Saturday, while a
crowd of men and boys were endeavor-
ing to shoot a large fish, which was
left in small pond after the recent
high water subsided, George Barber
was accidentally shot in the leg.
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
Fritz Christman. aged 60 years, Of
Harlemville, swallowed q small lizard
while drinking at a spring two years
ago. All efforts to dislOdge it proved
futile. He died last week, and it was
found that during che two years the
lizard had grown to the length of ten
inches.
Mrs. John Higgs, of Glenham, gave
birth to triplets, recently. The strang.
est part of the circumstance is the fact
that one of the babies has three eyes
two in the place naturally reserved fOi
them, and the third just over the bridge
| Of the nose.
HERE AND HEREABOUTS.
Susquehanna friends Of Mrs. France;
| Falkenbury Hays learned with deer
| regret that she died in Philadelphia OF
| Sunday. She was born in Lanesboro
and has relatives in this place.
| A Buffalo firm, manufacturers of hi
| cycle supplies, desires to locate in Sus
| quehanna. And there are others.
| They all want financial inducements.
Rev S. II. Devirian, an Armenian
refugee, will lecture in the Methods
church on Friday evening.
The pames of the new members o
the Susquehanna County Medical Pen
sion Examining board will be an
nounced during the week. They wer
appointed on Saturday last
The Susquehanna Driving association
will build a half-mile race track il
| Beehe's flats.
G. r. Patterson, of PittstOn, will fur
nish plans for the new Presbyterian
church cdifiCe. The congregation ha
empowered the trustees to erect
building at a cost Of not to excee,
$4,000
The remains of the late William Tall
man, of CarbOndale, We're inferred il
the North Jackson cemetery on Frida
afternoon.
York, will arrive at Columbian Grove
midway between Lanesboro and Wind
sor, on Saturday next, to remain te
days.
THEY ARE ALL ALIKE.
These are the days of all days to tn
man with sporting instincts. He arise
early-and in fact gets little or n
sleep-and tramps away for the broo
where dwels the speckled beauties. L
and down the narrow stream he wade
all day tangling his line and gettin
his boots full of water, and nine out {
ten return with the usual catch-scve
little one. Then they all get tOgethe
and tell how much fun they had.
WILL IT STAND THE TEST?
A girls bachelor club in Susquehar
ma stipulates that no member sha
marry until past % years of ag
Watch that rule topple when the rigf
man comes along and Cupid transfiXe
it with a barbed arrow!
SAID TO BE A FACT.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert l.. Warden, VIII
live about a mile southwest of tn
place, are receiving the hearty cor
gratulations Of their neighbors, and
fact the whole county is talking of I'll
three babies which Mrs. Warden gay
birth to a few evenings since. II
, babies are all perfectly develope
, there being two girls and a boy. I'll
boy weighs five pounds and the gir
four and one-half pounds each. M
= and Mrs. Warden are more than d.
lighted with the babies, as all giN
, promise of living and becomir
= healthy children.
: RAILROAD MATTERS.
The Erie is making decided in
! proYements about the Starrucca ST
, tion.
The Erie railroad, with a gross II
come of about $30,0000 900 per annur
9'l'pu'SS IA ""5SS W "0''oo eiHP'N5
over $le,000,000 annually and near
$4,000, 900 for materials.
The Erie is enjoying an eXcelle
freight traffic. The road is preparir
for a big excursion business,
The Erie will run a 81 excursion fro
Susquehanna to New York, May 29.
Eldridge Fuller, formerly a JeffersC
Branch engineer, now of Chicago,
, | visiting relatives in town.
The Erie is making improvements
. the various stations along the line.