The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13
NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA

Hon. S. B. Chase, of Hallstead. VIII
go to Europe next month to atten'
the worlds convention of GOOD rem
plars which will meet at Zurich, SWltz
erland.
balances in Wilkes Barre city ac
counts at the end of last month Wer'
as follows: General, $24,130.S1; inter
est, Sc, ,456.3S; cemetery, $33l,ol; sinking
fund, S24, 4,421.60.
A large army of men are engaged II
tearing down the walls of the bias
furnace of the Reading Iron company
at Danyille. The old furnaces have
been completely dismantled.
The steamboats, on Harvey's lake
will begin running their regular trips
tomorrow morning. on and after tha'
date they will meet all regular trains
on the Lehigh Valley railroad.
The susquehanna county Prohibi-
tyon convention will be held at Mont.
rose on May "a at p. m. A mass meet
ing in the morning will be addressed
by Rev. @. Lee Morrow, of Maryland.
The following officers of the Pittstor
hoard of health have been reelected:
President, DR.. j. NJ. Mulholland; secre'
tarv. Frank j. Craig, for two years;
health officer, James Tighe, two years
The town council of Hallstead Will
hold a meeting on Monday evening al
which time it is expected that an APP
propriation will be made to the fire
company for the purchase of 800 feet of
hose.
DR.. Singers drug store in Forty Fort
was wiped out by fire only a few
months ago. He established himself
in business again, and Monday night
thieves robbed him of q large guam
tty of goods.
Professor James NJ Coughlin, super
intendent of the Wilkes Barre SCHOOLS,
has accepted the invita- alton to make an
address at the closing exercises of the
Pittston evening graded schools on the
evening of June (.
News has been received from Mexico
that Benjamin Jones, formerly of wy
oming. and brother Of Kint Jones, of
that place, shot himself. Henry Jones,
father of the suicide, killed himself last
summer at Wyoming.
w, w. Black, of Rhorsburg, has an
nounced himself as a candidate for
sheriff, subject to the rules of the Dem
ocratic party of Columbia county. Mr..
Black was a candidate for the same
office three years ago.
The HallStead Cornet band has re-
ceived an invitation to furnish music
at Montrose July 4, on the occasion of
The celebration and also at Binghamton
on the 26th. on the occasion of the ded-
ication of the odd Fellows temple.
The large wagon factory of John
Ewes, at Millville, caught fire about 4
o'clock Tuesday morning and the
flames spread so rapidly that the en-
tire plant was destroyed in a short
time. Loss about $1,000; insurance,
$4,000.
j. T. Bergman, of Hazleton, district
president of the Patriotic Order Sons
of America, and prominently connect
ed with the organization for years, has
announced himself as a candidate for
master of forms at the state cOnven-
ton to be held in Reading next Au-
gust.
Patrick Cunningham, a pump run
ner at the Blackman mine, was run
over and killed Tuesday afternoon. He
got on a car and gave the signal to
go down the slope. The engineer, An
drew Wilcox, misunderstanding the
signal and hoisted the car. Cunning
ham was thrown on the track in front
of it.
At a few minutes past o'clock yes
terday morning William Darragh. a
gardner in the employ Of Mrs. S.
Sharpe on West River street, Wilkes
Barre, discovered the dead body of a
man lying in the river opposite the
band stand. The circumstances sur
rounding the case point to suicide, but
the victim is still unidentified
A Wilkes Barre message says: The
bOndsmen of Richard CrOnan, tax col
lector of Hanover TOW nship, had taken
charge of his hote! property at Lee
Park, Cronan having failed and gone
away. the bondsmcn are C. Stegmaier
and =. NJ. Gilhgan. 1t is said that
Cronan is responsible for 100000 of
township money, and an execution for
that amount was filed today by the
DOndsmen.
Mrs. Alexander Dunlop, of Homes
dale, recently received from a friend, a
missionary in Africa, an AK that was
made and used by a native belonging
to one of the cannibalstic tribes of
that country. The blade is peculiarly
fashioned out of wrought iron and con-
tains on each side small craven i'm
age of heather god. The handle is of
wood, covered with copper, and the in
strument has a record of barbaric SER
vice.
The Susquehanna County Sunday
School association at it's convention
elected the following officers Presi-
dent Il. j. Matthews, of Susquehanna;
first vice president Rev c. c. Gillett,
of New Milford; second vice president,
James f. Curtis, of North Jackson;
third vice president, r. B. Little, of
Montrose; recording secretary, Miss
Rose Smith, of New Milford; treasurer,
Rev. II. ]. Crane, of Uniondale. 1t was
decided to hold the next convention in
Susquehanna.
The Dallas car of the Wilkes Barre
and Wyoming Valley Traction COM
pany has been equipped with air
brakes, The motorman, says the
Wilkes-B Barre Times, handles the brakes
from a valve in the Vestibule, and the
ease with which the brakes are applied
Is in great contrast to the usual labor
ious work on a brake handle. The air
Is quick in action, and in case of emer-
gency car can be brought to a stop i'm
quarter the time required in breakine.
by hand power. The special advantage
of the cir brake however, is the con-
troll of q train when trailers are being
handled. The motOrman from his valve
mas complete control of two or three
trail cars in addition TO the motor car
and as the brakes on all the cars are
at all times being applied with equal
pressure on all the cars in the train
the effect is very noticeable in the