The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-25

ought to advertise his summer resort.
He has nice, quiet place--fire proof
and free from mosquitoes. His board
ers may not be sweet, but they are
retired lot
The foolish virgin in the Scripture
came with no oil i'm her lamp. Now
she comes with n fivc-gallon can to
POUR on the kitchen fire. Her funeral
expenses are added to the loss of the
oil.
a Starrucca hunter within ten years,
has killed over two hundred wild cats.
Being asked If he was not afraid of
the savage beasts, ne replied: "No
man can live for twenty-five years
with my wife and he afraid of a Wild
cat"
HARD on THE MOSQUITOES.
Last fall man living near the sum
init wnS bitten ON the leg by a rattle
snake \ doctor was at once sent for
and the leg was bandaged tightly
above the wound, although IL was ex-
pected that the man would die before
medical assistance could be procured.
The leg having been barred for the
application Of the bandagc was at.
physician quickly arrived, he found
lhe man in good condition. but the
ground where he Law was strewn with
ucau MOSQUITOES, but / presume the
mans life was worth saving,
1t Is probable that Tim Hurley, Of
Susduehanna, and Dick Moore, of St
faul, VIII mix up before the American
sporting club, i'm Scranton. March L..
The men will fight at 1873 pounds. Hur-
ley has several engagements ahead,
ana may be expected to give good
account of himself.
OTHER RAILROAD MATTERS.
Ii is thought that when the Rondout.
Port Jervis and Honesdale railroad is
completed, it will eventually connect It
LanesbOrO with the Lanesboro, Nichol-
son and Tunkhannock road 1t is the
unanimous opinion among noted capi-
talists in New York. Honesdale and
saltwater that the only barrier to the
successful completion Of these roads is
a lack of the essential funds
The Scientific American says that a
contract for the construction of the
Muoslc tunnel near Waymart, has been
given to Chicago firm. The tunnel
VIII be S,642 feet long and IA feet high.
III is proposed to complete the tunnel
Wlthln one year from Jan. /, 1899. and
the cost will be $421, 100 The work
VIII be comenced simultaneously at
both ends, 400 workmen being en-
ployed.
THE WRECK OF TRAIN EIGHT.
Engineer Dana Welch, of HornelIs-
vile, who was running train s when
II was wrecked at Great Bend on Sat
urday afternoon, was taken to his home
on Sunday afternoon. He will soon be
able to return to duty. Fireman T. j.
Smith, also of Hornellsvile, is in this
place, suffering from a broken hip and
other injuries which will incapacitate
MN Tor months. Susquehanna and
Binghamton wreckers were at work on
Sunday and Monday getting locomotive
49' up the embankment and to the Sus-
quehanna shops where it will be re-
paired. This locomotive was built at
the Cooke Locomotive works. in Pat
erson, n. j., by a stock company of
Erie engineers, from designs of their
own. 1t was originally named "E. B.
Thomas" for the president of the Erie,
and was exhibited at the Worlds fair.
1t was afterward sold to the Erie by the
engineers for 5000, much less than its
real value. 1t is one of the very best
locomotives on the road, and it will
soon be in service again. The escape
of the tralnmen and passengers was
miraculous.
QUEER RESULT OF AN OPERA
TION.
While assisting in operating a patent
hay fork a few weeks since, Samuel
Crawford, of Sherman, came in contact
with some of the apparatus and a large
portion of his scalp was torn off. Local
physicians rendered the unfortunate
man temporary aid, and later he was
taken to private hospital in Scran-
ton, where the staff of surgeons decided
to graft flesh upon Crawford's skull.
"A cat was killed and some of the flesh
was sewed to the remnant of the pa
tents scalp. In a few days the flesh
of the man and that Of the animal COM
menced to knit together and Crawford
gradually recovered and ventured to
his home. He was happy until ten
days ago, when a portion of the scalp
commenced to raise tiger cat fur: and
now he expects to be compelled to have
his head shaved once a week or wear q
wig. OF late he has developed the hab-
it of prowlng about back yards at
night and scrapping with predatory
dogs in the side streets. Neighbors al
lege that he has commenced to haunt
barns in search of rats and mice. 9th
er stories are alloat, but some of them
appear improbable. Crawford's friends
are naturally alarmed at the new turn
of affairs, and some noted specialists
will be consulted in reference to the
singular circumstance. There are few
such cases upon record in medical
works, Whitney.