The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-30


Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Susquehanna, June 2s- Former RoE-
ers, of Great Bend township. while
working in his cornheld on Saturday,
was surprised by blacksnakc. which
came at him with open mouth, its head
elevated above the ground IL or IA
inches. He succeeded i'm hitting II with
hoe, and in measurement found it
to be seven feet long, with a diameter
of three inches at the largest part.
The extraordinary feature of the Great
ure, however, was the presence of
two well-formed legs with feet attached
to the body at a point about foot
from the tail. The legs were of a
bright pink or flesh color. without bone
and so elastic that when drawn to their
full length and suddenly released they
would spring back tc their normal posi-
tion at the reptiles side. The feet
were about the size Of a hazlc nut and
were hoof.lil>e in appearance, and of a
darker color than the limbs to which
they were attached. Upon each one OF
these feet We're siXty-three small
claws. white and Of a horny substance.
The queer reptile has been put into
alcohol and forwarded 10 the National
museum in Washington.
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IN BRIEF
About three per cent. of Susquehanna
County's population has gone to war
The remaining 81 rcr cent. can give
variety Of good reasons for remaining
whore it is safe.
The Susquehanna County Farmers
alliance met today in Clifford.
Hallstcad has shown wisdom in re-
electing Prof. Il. NJ. Pcase principal Of
its graded schools.
Ben Carr, of Stevens Pont. has gone
into enforced exile in the Montrose Jail,
for stoning Delaware and Hudson cars
at Herrick Centre.
The funeral Of Mrs Wolcott, an es-
teemed resident of Hallstead, was
largely attended on Friday.
The viewers appointed by the county
court will report i'm favor Of making
the Hallstead-Grcat Bend bridge free,
and fix the damage to the bridge COM
pany at $l5,50O. The stockholders de-
sired $175O0.
District Attorney W. y. g. Ainey, OF
Montrose, will deliver the Grafton at
the odd Fellows celebration in Forest
City. He will make the eagle scream.
The next meeting Of The Susquehanna
County Teachers association will be
held in Hartford, in September.
ALL SORTS.
l met a freckled village boy,
Who lOitered by the way:
His hat was off, his briCkdust curls
With balmy winds did play
'Oh. whittier bound, bareheaded boy,
Beneath the blazing SKYE"
I'm going home-but have to wait
Until nv hair is dry"
A correspondent of a HOnesdale
paper writes: "The American Spanish
war will not be handed down as an
honorable war but as a cursed war"
The writer is evidently a cross be-
| tween a copporhead and an idiot.
There are times when a woman does
not feel like learning a language or
| saving a soul. It's just after she has
pounded her finger with a tack ham
mer.
\ Forest City poetess sings: "Oh,
hug me closer. closer still" She must
take the editors of the News for a hay
press.
Susquehanna young man, whose
best girl went back on him, says that
he suffers from heart failure.
The woman who gets but one letter
year always reads it on the street.
There never was a day so long
1t did not have an end;
There never was a man so poor
He did not have a friend.
And when tbn Ioper day fDde a =, o,l
1t finds the time to rest:
And he who has one steadfast friend
Should count himself as blest.
RAILROAD ETCHINGS.
For the remainder of the month the
Susquehanna shops have been placed
on six hours time. The Ere's fiscal
year Will end July |, hence -.
The Erie will run an excursion from
Elmira to LainsbOro on Sunday next.
The Erie roadbed between Red Rock
and Great Bend is being raised and
improved. The track is also being
doubly protected from the current of
the river
over $1,000 Of the Ere's 49, 900 freight
cars are equipped with automatic NJ.
G. b. couplers, and over 1900 are
equipped with air brakes.
Delaware Division Conductor Ben
nit Speidel, Of Port Jervis, who was
recently seriously injured i'm this place
by falling from a car, is slowly i'm
proving.
jefferson Division Train Dispatcher
j. d. Purtill, of CarbOndale, was
groomsman at a wedding in Bingham
ton last week. He has been grooms-
man tWonty-threc times. There is a
legend that when a young lady has
been bridesmaid three times she is
never-Or seldom hardly eVer-a bride,
VIII the rule work both ways?
The Eries excursion to Niagara
Falls, Buffalo and Toronto on Friday
was well attended
IN A LINE OR so.
Daniel Patrick, of Lainsboro. now an
inmate of the state asylum at Dan
vile, has had his pension increared
from S24 to $72 per month.
About 400 members of the Carpent-
ers' union, Of Scranton, and their
friends picnicked in Riverside Park,
Lainsboro on Saturday. They evil
IDENTIFY enjoyed themselves.
From the altar Of st. Johns Catho-
lie church on Sunday morning the
bans of marriage was announced of
Martin j. Mcmahon, formerly of Sus-
quehanna, but now of Scranton. and