The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24
neigbboring Counties.

II. Conyngham, w. @. Emo, ]. w. Hol-
lenback, John Hance, Charles p. Hunt,
r. II. Jones, f. NJ. Kirby, f. G. Kirk
endall, Il. T. Long, Isaac Long, Charles
w. Lee, Asher Miner, Cyrus Straw, c.
f. Stegmaier, William Schrage, John
A. Turner, Joseph Weitzenkorn.
Edward Welsh, Anthony Connolly
and John Crossley attempted to escape
from the Columbia county jail Thurs
day. They descended to the yard by
means Of a blanket torn into strips, and
had gained the top of the wall when
discovered by the warden, who COM
PEELED them to descend by threaten
ing to use his revolver.
Robbers forced an entrance to the
ticket office in the Central Railroad of
New Jersey passenger station at Mauch
Chunk Wednesday night and made a
desperate attempt to crack the safe,
but it is believed were scared off by
the appearance of employees. The pay
car with two special officers on guard
stood within 100 feet of the scene of
operation.
Says the Honesdale Herald: Several
gentlemen from Lackawanna county
were here Thursday having in view
the erection of a bicycle factory. 1t Is
presumed that George Address will
head the company. They have the en-
dorsement of Mcssrs. Will Coyne, Frank
Brown, John LOTUS, Sigmund Cohen,
(Berlin, Germany, M. Healey, and 9TH
er capitalists"
The Five County Volunteer Firemen's
association will meet at Athens We'd
nesday and Thursday, Sept. 30 and 30,
and Athens will have the big parade.
1t is intended to give prizes for hose
race, hub race, best appearing COM
pany, best drilled company, for the
company having the most men in line,
and there will also be a band contest,
from which the celebrated Packer
| band, of Sayre, will be barred.
Charles Eveland, of Quakake, whose
| body and head were badly bruised a
week ago at Buck mountain from a
| vicious leap from his engine which was
| going at the rate of twenty-five miles
an hour, is pronounced out of danger.
| Eveland was sitting on the pilot, and
| fearing the engine was derailed leaped
| forward and falling upon his head,
| nearly sCalped it. 1t required nine
| stitches to close up the gap.
Messrs. William O'Connor, of Wells
| boro, and c. II. Rexford, of Gaines,
| Tioga county have entered into a con-
| tract with the Union Tanning company
| for. the cutting of 40,000,000 feet of logs
and the peeling Of 10000 cords of bark
on lands located near Jamison City,
! Sullivan county. This is one of the
most extensive numbering contracts
| that has ever been let in that section,
and will take 500 men and 100 teams a
| year to complete the job.
| According to the Easton Argus, 'in
a small house on Church street, oppo-
site the Central fire station, Easton,
seated, helpless, in a chair lives, or
rather exists, John f. Drinkhouse,
esq, complete physical and mental
wreck; a man deserted by all his
| friends; a man formerly a member Of
the Northampton and Monroe county
| bars, and who was a candidate for
congress in the Eighth district. His
only means of summoning help is by
feebly pounding with a poker on the
stove. For the twenty-four hours end
| ing Wednesday at 6 o'clock he had
neither food nor drink and this has
been the case, it has been learned, at
| irregular intervals for some time past"
Yesterdays New York Sun says:
John c. Haddock, of Haddock, Shonk
g. Co., individual operators, have sent
requests to other operators and an
thracite coal companies owning mines
in the Avondale district to send repre-
sentatives to a conference in regard
to the invasion of these mines by
water. Definite plans have not been
formed, but it has been suggested that
all interested should join in the pur-
chase of pumps large enough to handle
the water if flooding should again be
threatened. The water is now under
control of such pumps as are used, but
with larger pumps it is believed that
trouble could have been averted.