The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-05
WHITNEY'S WEEKLY
BUDGET OF NEWS
Residents Of Gulf Summit See a Man
In the Air.
A NEW RELIEF CORPS ORGANIZED
GIeanings from the Raiiroads--The
Erie will Garry Bicycles Free--Tale
of the Man Who Cannot Afford a
Newspaper--Br'er Maxey Calls a
Hait--News Chopped on.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

Halt--News Chopped OH'
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Susquehanna. May 4. Veracious
residents of Gulf Summit claim to have
seen in the heavens, a few evenings
since, the gigantic form of a man
astride of a bicycle The celestial WIS.,
ion appeared to have fiery head and
long, dragon-like tail, studied with
small, star-shaped light. The riders
wheel was ablaze, and, ever and anon,
! threw out sprays of fire. The course
of the rider was from the south direct
! ly towards the north star and occas-
ional blue lights shot up from the out
| fit, like rockets. Twice the fiery rider
| seemed to fall from the wheel, and for
a full minute, he was hiu from view,
! but soon he was again seen dashing
| ahead at full speed. Occasionally blue
| and red clouds appeared in the wake
| of the appariton, and the wheels
| passed through them, seemingly bump
! ing against the smaller stars. The
strange visitor soon sank below dis
| tant mountain and was seen no more.
! Superstitious residents believe that the
! heavenly wheelman is the forerunner
/ of war, famine and distress on land and
!
! sea,
THE LAST SAD SCENE.
The funeral of the late Sister NJ. Mar
tin occurred and was very lagey at
tended on Monday morning from st.
Johns Catholic church. The Vener-
/ able Rt. Rev Bishop William O'Hara,
of Scranton, oniciated, assisted by sew
eral priests of the diocese In the fu-
| neral a la1,n,N n1lT1hpF Of
relatives of the deceased from Lacka-
wanna county, several priests, Sisters
| of the Immaculate Heart, the pupils
of Laurel Hill academy and hundreds
of our townspeople. The remains were
! laid to rest in Laurel Hill cemetery.
A CORPS INSTITUTED.
| Mrs. Fannie NJ. Boyden, of this place,
! state president, assisted vy members
of Moody Relief corps on Saturday af-
| ternoon instituted A. ID. Roper corps,
! Grand Army of the Republic, at South
! Gibson, with twenty-four charter mem
! bers and the following officers: Miss
Name E. Michael president; Mrs.
Emma j. MaXey, senior vice president;
! Mrs Mary Keech. junior vice presi-
dent; Miss Grace Nj. Howell, treasurer;
Mrs. Alzade Tripp, chaplain; Mrs. Sa-
| MANTLE l.. Bowel, conductor; Mrs. Sa-
rah Manner, guard; Mrs. Sarah Mi
chael, secretary; Mrs. telen Resseguie,
guard; Mrs. Estelle Pickering, assist
ant conductor. The new corps starts
under most flattering auspices.
SALAD FOR WEDNESDAY,.
An honest bank cashier is the noblest
work of the surety company.
SO far, no one in Great Bend has
seen the air ship, and yet there are
about a dozen saloons running in that
town.
a good many people begin to believe
that our county is run for politicians
rather than for the masses of the peo-
| pie, and partisanship Is so strong that
/ it will remain 50 until voters wake up
and shake off the flanders. Witness
the United States senate!
In the daily news reports, says the
Windsor Standard, we notice an ac-
count of a shooting affray in which it
is stated that his life was saved by a
silver dollar in his pocket that turned
the direction of the bullet" We hope
there will be no affrays in Windsor,
for the editor is wholly unprotected just
at present.
RAILROAD GLEANINGS.
Beginning on Monday the Erie shops
were placed on seven hours time, in
stead of half time, as of late.
1t is rumored that the Erie's mines
in Forest City and elsewhere will be
placed on three-quarter time.
Quietude is so dense along the JEFF
ferson branch that you can almost
taste it.
Hereafter the Erie will carry bicycles
free on all it's trains.
New Milford jubilates because the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
! will erect new and needed station in
the borough.
What has become OF the much -ad-
vertised Erie railroad employees mu-
tual benefit association? 1t evidently
died a-bornine.
The Susquehanna friends Of Super
intendent and Mrs. c. r. Manvile, of
Carbondale wish them long and
happy welded life. In the language of
Rip Van Wrinkle, May they live long
and prospect"
COUNTY CURRENCY.
Mrs. Enros Du Bois, an old and es-
teemed resident of Hallstead, died on
Saturday moning.
The Susquehanna County Medical So
ciety will hold a meeting in Montrose
today.
The Brandt Brick works resumed op-
erations today.
The Susquehanna Sunday school con-
ventiOn will meet in New Milford today
and tomorrow.
CAN'T AFFORD A NEWSPAPER.
A Susquehanna man, who smokes
four cigars a day, drinks six glasses o!
beer a day, and consumes 25 cents
worth of tobacco a week, says he is toe
poor to take newspaper He is a very
smart man, too. BY getting hold of q
T foreign advertising sheet ne spent a
dollar writing to find out how to keeT
sober. The answer was to take the
pledge-and keep it," He also sent 81
2-cent stamps to find out how
to raise beets He received a pos
. tai card, with the information
Take hold of the tops and pull
He sent 80 1-cent stamps to g
New York firm for twelve needful
household articles, and received q
dozen needles. He's a relative to the
man who sent $5 to find out how tc
write without pen and ink. He re-
ceived the advice: TRY lead pencil.
He is twin brother Of the man who
sent 81 to find out how to make money