The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-15
NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA

The returns of the assessors for the
various townships show that during
the past year there were in Montour
county 154 deaths and 300 births.
The members of keystone Hook ana
Ladder company are completing ar
rangements for a fair to be held III
Hogan opera house, Susquehanna,
May 2i-29.
Rev. William Van Foos, of Philadel-
phia, recently called to the pastorate
of the Avondale Baptist church, has
accepted and will preach his first SER
mon tomorrow.
A calico bass was caught in the Sus-
ouehanna river at Danville Thursday
by ex-Councilman Robert w. Russell.
This is a variety of fish that has been
unknown hitherto in the water of the
north branch.
The monthly meeting of the Wilkes
Barre cleric will be held on Monday
morning in the lecture rom of the First
Presbyterian church. Rev. Il. f. G..
MCGEE will read paper on the Ser
mon on the Mount"
Joseph Grovinskie, of Mount Carmel,
fell beneath the Reading fast freight
while trying to jump off at Alaska and
had one leg cut off at the knee. His
mother is lying at the point of death,
and it is feared the shock will kill
him.
While attempting to board a moving
coal train at Hanto, 15-year-old Harry
Thomas, of Lansford, received fatal
injuries. He fell under the wheels and
had an arm and leg cut off and head
squeezed. He was taken to the Ash
land hospital.
A large barn belonging to Grant Tit
mas. of Egypt Mills, was on Thursday
burned to the ground. The fire is be-
leved to have been the work OF an in
cendiary The building was full of
valuable lumber, which was destroyed,
together with farming utensils. There
was q slight insurance.
Rumors concerning q difference be-
tween J. S. Wenz & Co. and the land
owners on the royalty at Halle Brook
colliery are current, and the opinion
has been expressed that there is a pos
sibilty of the mine being abandoned.
This mine in 1895 mined 100000 tons.
and worked 200 days, employing S69
men.
AS the combination on the vault door
of the Shamokin Banking company re-
fused to work the other morning, the
officials We're compelled to secure cash
from one of the other banks with
which to begin the days business. An
expert safeman from Philadelphia
gained access to the vault after a
days work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Austin and Mr.
Austins mother, of Susquehanna, met
with quite serious accident while en-
route to Great Bend recently. A bolt
vol oil .ft,gr l..
frightened the horses, so that they ran
away. The occupants of the wagon
We're thrown out and badly bruised.
one Of the horses was injured and the
wagon was demolished.
Poor Director Dietrich, of Pottsville.
is on trial before Judge Archibald on
the charge of accepting bribes from
DR.. John Gray and George Hoffman in
consideration of their appointment to
positions at the Schuylkil county
almshouse. 1t is alleged that Gray
paid him $500 and Hoffman $75 for their
positions. The most important wit
nesses examined We're Drs John and
James Gray, who stated that the for
mers appointment had been secured
upon the payment of $500 to Dietrich,
even after DIR. George H. Moore, of
Minersville, had been named. The
bribe was paid over in sums of 5000
each and a note for the balance. The
receipts which Dietrich gave Gray, to-
gether with the note, were offered in
evidence. Both witnesses testified that
thy understood S. A. Losch was to
have got $500 if DR.. Moore had received
the appointment.
On Wednesday morning. says the
News-Dealer, a COW belonging to John
McGouldrick, of Midvale, was put into
the pasturage on Oldershaw's farm at
Plains. Nothing was thought of it un-
til evening, when milking time had
come. The COW had disappeared and
at no place We're there any indications
of its means of exit. The fence boards
We're all intact and the gate remained
fastened. No trace could be found of
it. Search and inquiry were made,
without result. Thursday morning
James McGouldrick in rambling
through the field noticed a small open
ing in the ground about four feet
square and more by way of scanning
in every untold place than through any
hope of finding the cow, he peered in
and by most fortunate chance espied
the bovine some feet down, and partly
imbedded in the dirt. The cave was
cone shaped and any attempt at get
ting the cow was fraught with the
danger of having the whole surface
drop in. McGOuldrick soon got heIr
and an old opening near by gave them
a means of getting in. 1t sloped grad
ually toward the new break and after
digging in through pillar of dirt, and
with several hours work, the COW was
liberated and walked up the side of the
old cave utterly unframed.