The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-23

legged murderers of farmer Andrew J.
Pepper of Rush township. The trial
will probably occur at the August
term.
Montrosers sit up nights betting who
the next postmaster will be.
The grand jury will meet on Mon
day. March 2S. Court will convene
April H. The Sweet murder trial will
be the principal case at the coming
term.
The residents Of the South Gibson
section are raising money to make q
preliminary survey for a railroad be-
tween Nicholson and Lanesboro, and to
obtain a charter for the same.
The Democratic county committee
will meet in Montrose on Saturday
next to arrange for the nominating
convention, etc.
SOMETHING NEW.
For the past few weeks a young man
and woman, claiming to be man and
wife. have been operating along the
jefferson Branch and in the Lackawan-
ma Valley, with new dodge. Landing
in a town, the woman seems to be i'll,
and the man informs the people that a
very interesting event is in the pro-
gramme for the very near future. Then
the poor authorities hustle and get the
people out of town. giving her tickets
to some other point and some money.
The tenderhearted bystanders usually
chip in a few dollars. Last week they
worked Ninevah, Thomson, Forest City
and other towns. They secured 81 in
Thomson, and the woman was heard
to say: This is a very small sum for
a place of this size. Newspapers will
do well to pass this couple along in
the usual way
LOCAL MENTIONETTES.
The Erie shops have been placed on
nine hours time, a gain of one hour.
The Erie is enjoying a good run of
freight.
There is a lingering suspicion that
the Quakers have captured the Sus-
quehanna board of trade.
Lovers of scandal and gossip are
just now waxing fat on account Of a
Lanesboro episode. 1t doesn't take
much to please some people.
After an illness of several months
Mrs. Abraham Mattison died at her
home on the Oakland side on Saturday
evening. The remains were on Monday
taken to Paterson for services and in
terment
The fine new Presbyterian church ed
ifce will on Thursday next be dedicat-
ed with appropriate ceremonies. In
the morning the sermon will be
preached by Rev. DR.. Edward Taylor.
of Binghamton. In the afternoon Rev.
IDa a,I M.
Presbyterian church in Binghamton.
will preach. In the evening there will
be addresses by former pastors of the
church and a general jubilee.
Rev. William M. Hitler, the able and
popular pastor of the Methodist church
is elowily recovering from a very Sc
we're attack of pneumonia.
EXSheriff Il. f. McKune is serious
ly i'll with pneumonia at his home on
the Oakland side. To-day his condi-
ton is perceptibly improved.
THAT'S WHAT'S THE MATTER" ;"
What's the matter with Whit"
In Wednesdays Scranton Tribune he
says: 'Susquehanna county Republi-
cans will vote for no man for Governor
who will not veto the Erie Bonus Bill
AS matter of fact the Republicans
of this county will vote for no man who
will veto the Erie bill.-Montrose Re-
publican.
The Tribune cOmpositor inadvertent-
ly dropped the word mot" into the sea
tonic. That's all. OF course everybody
in Susquehanna county is in favor of
the bonus bill. Some sweet day it will
become a law
BATTLED ITH A BULL
few days since Frank Austin, a
farm hand employed on the Searle
farm, near Montrose, turned 4-year-
old bull into a yard to give it exercise.
rope that had been wound around
the animals horns had partially un-
wound and was dangling in the air,
when Austin again approached for the
purpose of making the rope secure,
when the bull savagely attacked him.
Mr. Searle and his farmer came to the
rescue, and, with pieces of boards, af-
ter sharp battle succeeded in driving
the animal away. Austin was serious
iy injured. One shoulder and two ribe
were broken, and one of the ribs pene-
trated lung. The injuries will prob
ably not prove fatal.
SOME SHORTS.
The hottest people in the world this
week are the Spanish officials and a
few disgruntled politicians over in
Wayne County. Both ought to think
twice before going to war.
Some Jealous souls over at Pleasant
Mount are preparing to prospect for
coal. May they succeed beyond their
most sanguine expectations!
The Susquehanna Board of Trade has
resolved: THAT, in the light of equity.
our county could not, until further de-
velopments, be justified in recognizing
the belligerancy of Cuba, which would
not be an act of war" The Board
favors arbitration before a resort to
war, provided, there is no criminal re-
sponsibility on the part of SPAIN"
This would appear to settle it. The
incident is now plosad VybTtno.,