The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-17
TUNKHANNoCK.

Down before Squire Kutz on Sat
uraday evening was heard the case Of
Harry Moreins, charged by Charles NJ
Barlow with assault and battery The
trouble arose over a matter of in
debtedness of Jared Morens. father of
the defendant, to Barlow. The parties
met on Bridge street about noon on
Saturday, and during the alteration
Moreins struck Barlow, knocking him
down, and then he kicked him several
times around the head and body. The
arrest followed, and at the hearing Bar
low was represented by j. Wood Piatt,
esq, and Moreins by eX-District At
tOrney Drake. Defendant was bound
| over to appear at court and his bail
was fixed at 5000.
A telegram was received by Rev. S.
c. Hodge on Saturday stating the death
of Mrs. Huston, only sister of Mrs.
Hodge. Mrs. Huston was with her
husband. who is in business at Vera
Cruz, Mexico. The telegram states that
the death was the result of an explo-
sion of a lamp. Beyond that no de-
tails are known. Mrs. Huston visited
Mrs. Hodge here last fall and made
many friends.
Word has been received here of the
death of Isaac T.. Rosengrant and Pet
| er Harris, two prominent residents of
| the upper end of the county.
Carey Bros Extract company will
move their establishment to the new
warehouse of Peter Miller, near the
Lehigh Valley railroad,
N. $. Dewitt, Of Scranton, has been
visiting his brother, G. ID. Dewitt.
A marriage license has been issued
| to Joseph La France, Of Meshoppen,
| and Sadie Bunnell, Of Braintrim town
| ship.
| j. N. Tewsbury, OF this place, the
crack sprinter of the University of
| Pennsylvania added another victory to
his string at the indoor games of the
| Knickerbocker Athletic club, of New
| York city, held at Madison Square Gar
den on Friday last. He was scratch
man in the so yard handicap and won
by fully three yards in the record time
Of 6 20 seconds, defeating j. Il. Multi
| gan, of Georgetown, and =. j. Walsh
S. f. X. A. AC., who were second ond
third respectively.
Captain and Mrs. n. C. Graham, both
of whom have been very i'll with the
grip, are improving. Their grand
daughter, Mrs. Rice, of Scranton, is
still with them,
The borough enjoyed the electric
| light last year for the first time in its
| history. The streets We're well lighted
and ii became unnecessary to carry
| lanterns TO find your way around the
town. When the time came for re-
| newing the contract the borough couu.
ell and the company failed to get to.
gether, the lights went out, and the
citizens who live outside Of the bus.
| mess portion of the town hunted uI
their lanterns again, since then there
have been several propositions TO light
| the town, and the latest one is thus
set forth by the Tunkhannock CORES.
| pondent of the Wilkes Barre Record
&c. D. Henning, of New York city
| representing the Welsbach Street
| Lighting company, of America, was IN
| town on Saturday afternoon endeavor.
ing to interest the town council in q
| new system of street lighting. The
| company has contracts now in force IN
Sayre and Ithaca, n. Y, which we
are told are proving very satisfactory
| Mr.. Hennig went over the town and
made a proposition to the council OF
what he would light the borough for
donating one lamp in front OF the hos,
house. Glass plates giving the names