The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-09
WHITNEY'S WEEKLY
BUDGET OF NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE
NORTHERN TIER.
Story Of College in the Air-some
Railroad Happenings-shew aud
Eagan Reprieves--What the Grand
Army Men Are Doing-New Water
Companies.
Special TO The Scranton Tribune,

Special to The Scranton Tribune.
Susquehanna, Nov. s--A man was
oeing tried before justice of the peace
III Susquehanna county the other day
on charge of assault and battery.
ohe OF the commonwealth's witnesses
was on the stand and had been very
risldly cross examined by the defend
ants attorney. The examination finally
became very heated, and the attorney,
with an air Of satisfaction asked the
witness If he had not at one time been
an inmate of the states prison. The
witness leaned forward in his chair.
and excited the lawyer by replying:
Yes, sir, l was, and If you had de-
tended me | would be there yeti"
RAILROAD HAPPENINGS.
When the Erie pay car left Chicago,
a Few days since, 1t contained, besides
large amount of other money, 500. .OOO
in $50 gold certificates of the last issue.
The men took solid comfort in showing
the bills to their friends.
The big rush Of coal over the Jeffer-
son Branch still continues
Ther is a floating rumor that Pres-
dent E. d. Thomas, of the Erie, will
succeed the late Cornelius Vanderbilt
as director of the Big Four railroad
The Erie officials are making a
quarterly inspection of the company's
property.
Honesdale reioiCes because she is TO
nave an elegant new railroad station,
and Forest City will like to have a
chance to tubilate for like reason.
a COLLEGE IN THE AIR.
When this strip of country was al
most a "howling Wilderness" certain
short-sighted philanthropists planned
to erect an African College in the out
skirts of Susquehanna, in which to in
struct the slaves. escaping from the
cotton fields of the South to the frozen
shores of Canada. 1t was later on dis
covered that the exodusting Negro, put
out of reach of the bloodhound and
lash, was in too much of hurry to get
down to decimal fractions and cube
root and the college in the air went
glmmering 'mong the things that
We're" Some of the excavations for
the structure are yet visible to the
naked eye.
IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY.
The frequent reprives of Eagen and
Shew are very distasteful to the farm
ers of Susquehanna county, and many
of them are not slow to express their
disapprobition in no uncertain terms.
The ministers of the Bridgewater
Baptist Association held an interesting
meeting in New Milford on Monday.
Farmers of Auburn township are
publishing trespassing notices, warning
hunters and fishermen.
All the Grand Army Posts in Susque.
ha9na county, fourteen in number, will
be inspected during the present month
MOntrose poultry fanciers are about
to organize an association.
The fourth respite of Eagan and
Shcw is without reason so far as
known. There sele-confessed murders
are faring pretty well at the hands OF
Governor Stone. The next move we
shall expect to hear of their pardon -
Tunkhannock Democrat.
Efficient committees are working like
beavers to make Harford's coming CEN
tennial celebration a big success
Whatever Hartford does she does we'll
And tits greatly to her credit!
ODDS AND. ENDS.
And yet it makes one fume and swear
Troubles are the lot of all:
We cant evade what must befall:
To get some other fellows share.
S,elf-made men are not born to
command" because they are not
made to order.
An Owego girls heart is located on
the right side, ard all the doctors in
the village are puzzled about 1t.
a dudy boy upon the street
Sucking a cigarette so sweet (0;
IAN flesh is grass'-life's but a pest
Our dudy hoy has gone to rest.
Don't judge a man by his family
relations, for Cain belonged to a good
family.
There is only one thing that remains
out doors more permanently than the
tramp. and that's the weather
MATTERS AND THINGS.
In any event, the Prohibitionists OF
Susquehanna county will not be disap-
pointed today. There Is something in
expecting nothing.
1t is said that the recent offer of
the Democrats of Susquehanna county,
to board the prisoners for sl.75 each
per week, was not extremely popular
with the prisoners aforesaid They
claim that Sl.75 per week is too sug-
sestivc of liver, prunes and dried ap-
pie pie.
When the prisoners in the countN
jail are compelled to work, imprison-
ment will mean punishment At pres
cnt the prisoner loafs while the tax
payer works. to support him in idle
ness.
In political campaigns, some of the
newspapers i'm This county have yet
to learn that abuse is not argument
and that candidates have a few rights
which newspapers ought to respect.
The late campaign in Susquehanna
county has been a nasty one in sew
eral respects not necessary to mem
tion here.
Water companies are heinG organic
ed i'm various portions Of this county,
Water stock is becoming Eilt-edged,
The United States fish commission
is preparing to stock several streams
in this vicinity.
Susquehanna county farmers have
ceased raising carp, the hog fish"
Is catching carp farming or fishing?
Whitney.
Chamberlain's Pain Balm Cures 9th
ers, Why Not Your
My wife has been using Chamber
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