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Smyrna times., 1899-09-20

regulars. Captain William Dupont, of
Wilmington, Del, graduated at West
Point, and was commander of that de-
partment of Fifth United States regu-
lars of the Cumberland valley. The
last L heard of Joe Baynard he was
conductor on the PENNSYLVANIA Rail
road. Fred Waltz was baritone singer
at Carncross & Dixey' for about fifteen
years, but he died a few years ago.
jug Brown, another member of the
company, was, the last L heard of him.
running a large show in the West.
jug Brown received his nickname
from his father, who was one day
standing on top of hill and had big
jug of whisky, and while in the act of
taking drink of whisky out of the Jug
it fell out of his hands and rolled down
the hill. The whisky running out of
the jug gave the sound of good, good.
good, to which MI. Brown responded:
oh, yes, darn you, L know you are
good, but L can't get to you. From
that time on he was nicknamed jug
Brown, and his son has always bore
the name of jug Brown all through
his life, and which he still holds today
if he is living. Charles Risdon, who
at that time was working in a company
store in Smyrna, is now the leading
draughtsman and artist for the Phila-
delphia Ledger. He is one of the
finest sign painters in the world. The
part he took will be so we'll remem-
bered by Billy Emerson and all the
boys that it is useless to mention it
here. In fact, each member of the
company, it is safe to say, took part
nf xrh hox ho1 -
feel ashamed. Billy Emerson at that
time sang ''I Am Just as Happy as a
Big SuntlOwer That Mods and Bends
in the Breezes. He also sang Glove
Among the Roses" including many
other cOmical pieces. And your hum
bic servant, who heads the article, was
one of the end men and beat the tam
BOURNE and sang with the company
the opening chorus, and sang several
songs. Some fifteen years ago, provi-
dentlally, about twelve of our company
were in Smyrna, Kent county, Del.
visiting on vacations. Not one of us
| knew that the other was there until
we were informed in the evening by an
attorney of that city, who said to me,
Ned, one of the best things you can
do is to get the other members and
| give an entertainment some night, and
sing some of your old time ditties, and
1 will assure you of big house, if you
are not afraid to black your faces.
This number was composed of minis
ters, lawyers, photographers, draughts.
men, and people of all professions.
We gave the entertainment and did the
best we could, remembered as much as
possible of our old songs, and it is use.
less to say that we spent a night that
will long be remembered by every per.
son who had the pleasure of being
| present at the entertainment.
Smyrna times., 1899-09-20

AGRICULTURAL FAIR. For SuSSer,
Kent, queen Anne's and CdrOiiae.-
A number of representative gentle
men from Queen Anne's, Caroline and
Talbot counties, Maryland, and Kent
and SUSSEX Delaware, held a meeting
in the Casino, Rehoboth, Saturday
week, for the purpose of discussing
the feasibility of organizing an agri-
cultural fair to be located at Queens
town, the western terminus of the
Queen AnDe's Railroad and the eastern
terminus of the ferry route from Balti-
more. 1t was decided to make the
start by incorporating fail associ-
alton, and number of names were
taken. 1t was decided to place the
stock at $50 a share in order to give
every farmer and merchant chance
to become stockholder. Mr.. VIM.
H. Bosley, president of the Queen
Anne's Railroad, at once rendered a
lease of the grounds for a term of
years, renewable at a nominal sum, say
81 year. The tract embraces about
sj5 acres.
Smyrna times., 1899-09-20
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured.

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as
they cannot reach the seat of the di-
sease. Catarrh is a blood or consti-
tutional disease, and in order to cure it
you must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh
Cure is not a quack medicine. 1t was
prescribed by one of the best physi-
clan in this country for years, and is a
regular prescription. 1t is composed
of the best tonics known, combined
with the best purifiers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results
in curing Catarrh. Send for testimon-
ials free.
F. J. CHENEY CO., Props, Toeldo, o.
Sold by drugguist, price Zoe.
Hall, IS Family Pills are the best.
Smyrna times., 1899-09-20
Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainsfeld,
ILL.,, makes the statement, that she
caught cold, which settled on her lungs;
she was treated for a month by her
family physician, but grew worse. He
told her she was a hopeless victim of
consumption and that no medicine
could cure her. Her druggist sugges-
ted DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption; she bought bottle and to
her delight found herself benefited
from first dose. She continued its use
and after taking six bottles, found her
self sound and well; now does her own
housewOrk, and is as we'll as she ever
was. Free trial bottles of this great
discovery at the drug stores of Jas. P.
HOffecker's Smyrna, and at T. L..
Mason, Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1899-09-20

It may be set down as a certainty
that when Congress meets in Decem-
Der there will be no attempt made to
discredit the President and that the
policy of sending more troops to
Luzon for the purpose of ending the
insurrection will be approved.
Smyrna times., 1899-09-20

d. Refs at Milford, expects to ship
three hundred barrels of catsup this
year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
Open High Low. Clos.

Quotations furnished by CARRINGTON
& CUSACK stock and bond brokcra.
rooms 40 and al Connell building Scran-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
w. c. t. U. CONVENTION.
Annual Meeting of Bradford County
Unions Held at Athens.

Towanda. Aug. 31.-The fourteenth
annual convention of the Womans'
Christian Temperance union of Brad
ford county, was held at Athens on
Tuesday and yesterday. Nearly all
the eleven unions in the county were
represented, and the sessions were pre-
sided over by Mrs. y. L. Bird, of East
Smithfeld, the president. The report
of the treasurer showed the financial
affairs of the union to be in good
shape.
Tuesday afternoon was taken up
with PAPERS and discussions of the
work being done in the county, and in
the evening John G.. Wooley, the great
temperance orator, delivered mas
terly address Yesterday morning was
devoted to business. The following Of
ficers were reelected:
President, Mrs. y. L. Bird, East
Smithfeld: corresponding secretary,
Mrs L. T. Adams, Fast Smithfeld;
recording secretary, Mrs. L. +. Porter,
Canton; treasurer. Mrs. Josephine
Pacon. Canton; vice president at
large, Mrs. Alice f.. Summer, New Al
bany: y. secretary. Miss Matte Ber-
ry. Ferrytown.
It was decided to hold the convention
at New Albany next year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
THE MARKETS.
Wall Street Review

New York, Aug. 3l.-There were many
TENS in the days news which favored
an advance in the prices of securities.
They were effective early in the day
but proved powerless to gustain prices
at the higher level, and gains, except
i'm a few cases, were pretty generally
wiped out before the close, The inn
provement in the tone Of speculative
markets abroad gave an upward i'm
pulse to prices at the opening.
London bought quite freely of favor
ties among the internationals. The
buying from this source is attributed
to the operations of a prominent New
York operator making a holiday So
journ in London. After the orders for
London account had been executed in
this market the railroad stocks fell
somewhat into the background and the
industrals were brought forward The
leaders Of the group, especially the
Tobaccos, We're under rather severe
pressure and showed sharp declines.
Later there was some Improvement on
the strength of the strong showing
made by several railroads in July earn
ings, Burlington was the leader with
an increase in surplus after charges of
over $3.50 900. The Central of Georgia
| railway formed a marked exception
with decline in net earnings of near
ly $4,000 compared with July of last
year. Lackawanna was marked up on
| the settlement of the dispute with the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
Philadelphia Grnin nnd Produce.

Philadelphia, Aug. 1.-Wheat-lic low
er; contract grade, September, G9i2a7Oc
Corn-Steady; No. mixed, September,
36i4a36lsC. oats - Unchanged; No. .
white clipped, 27l2a2Sc.; No. ? mixed do.
25laa26c. Butter-Dull and weak fancy
western creamery, 2Ol2c.; do. prints, 2lc.
Eggs-Firm; fresh, nearby and western
lGl2c,; do. southwestern, 15c,; do, south
ern, l2al}c. Cheese-Firm; New York
full cream fancy, small, lie; do do. do
fair to choice, 1OhalOsic. Refined Sugars
Unchanged. CottOn-l-l6C. lower; mid
ding uplands, 6 7-l6c. Tallow-Steady; (;
city prime in hogsheads, 4asa4l2c.; country
do, do, barrels, 4Ssa4l.c.; dark do. 4ai4c.
Live Poultry-Unchanged fowls, l2al2'gc ;
old roosters, 7laaSc,; spring chickens, lea
12c,; ducks, 9al0c Dressed Poultry
Steady; fowls, choice, l2c, do fair to
good, llall1ac.; old roostcrs, Sc, broilers
nearby large, l5c. small and medium do.
l2al4c,; western do large l3c,; medium
do, Haze; small do, Sa9c Receipts
Flour, 5000 barrels and ll,GOO sacks ;
wheat, 1900 bushels; corn, So OOD bushels
oats, $4,000 bushels. Shipments-W Wheat.
1000 bushels; corn, 10000 bushels; oats,
000 bushels
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
BIG CoiLIERIEs RELEASED.
Girard Estate Trustees Make New
Contracts for Long Terms.

Pottsvine, Aug. 31.-The leases Of
several of the most important collier
les of the Girard estate expire Dec
81, 1900. and the trustees of the estate
have already released the operations.
The terms under the new leases have
now been so fixed that the agreements
concerning all the collieries will expire
on Dec. 2l, 1913. The cOllieries viii
be operated by the following com
panies:
william Penn colliery with the Sus-
uuchanna Coal company. The kehley
Run COlliery with the Thomas coal
company. Packer, Nos. !, >, 3, and .
with the Lehigh Valley Coal company.
An understanding has been arrived at
between the Girard estate trustees and
the Lehigh Valley Coal company that
ALI coal mined in the Continental ana
North Ashland collieries shall b"
shipped over the Centralia collierN
breaker. situated on the adjoining land.
Under the changed conditions of the
anthracite coal trade the terms of the
old leases were too high and the new
leases fix the following as the royal
ties to be paid during their cOntinu-
ance: For large coal 40 cents per
ton: for No. size % cents per ton;
No. size 10 cents per ton; No. size,
cents per ton.
The average royalty received by the
Girard estate last year was 4l.4l cents
per ton upon all coal shipped to the
market. Under the new lease the
average royalty will be 32.46 cents per
ton. The only other changes of fnan-
cial importance in the new leases re-
quires the payment to the Girard es-
tate of the $4,000 advanced by the es-
tate for the building of the breakers
thirty-fVe years ago.
The total amount Of coal mined al
the collieries Of the Girard estate last
year was 1.41G55l tons. William Penr
sent the largest individual shipment
This collerv reached a total of 205,O2l
tons. The net income Of the Girart
estate from its land in this section
during the past year was S45l,779.26.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
New York Grain and Produce Market

New York, Aug 31.-Flour--Weaker on
spring brands and barely steady on the
winter grades. Wheat-Spot weak; No. =
red, 14&c., f. o. b. afioat to arrive; Op-
tions opened weak at &c. decline; fur
ther declines during the day were influ-
enccd by liquidation, favorable spring
wheat news, light ClearanCes, southwest
ern selling and more favorable Russian
crop reports; closed weak at iaaaIC. net
d.'cdne; May closed DC; September,
I&lac.; December, 16atC COrH-SpOt weak;
No. 2 3SaiC. f. o. b. atioat. 2IaIC elevator;
options opened steady on frost news but
later followed the decline i'm wheat;
closed easy at unchanged prices; May
closed 35hC.; September, SIC; December
3I2c. Oats-Spot quiet and steady; track
white, 26i2ca23c.; options quiet. Butter
Quiet and steady; western creamery, II
a2lc,; do. factory, 122al5C; imitation
creamery. Halle; state dairy, 1ja19c,; do.
creamery, 17a2lc. Cheosc-StronE; large
white. lO&a1lc.; small do, lie; large col
orcd, 1lal1hc,; small do, Ike. Eggs
Firm; state and Pennsylvania, 1Sc.; west
ern, ungraded, at mark 12l2aljc,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
CYCLE OF MISHAPS.
Several Accidents Occur Almost
simultaneously at Mahanoy City.

Mahanoy City, Aug. 3l.-Tuesday was
an unlucky day i'm this section. Frank
Seick, -year-old boy, was found
by his brother dying under chestnut
tree yesterday afternoon. He had fall
len from the tree while he was knock
ing off chestnut burs.
Andrew Bunick received fatal injur-
les by being caught under fall Of sev.
eral tons of coal and rock at the Maha-
nOy City colliery. He had fired a blast
in the breast in which he was work.
ing lie had just returned to his work
after the explosion occurred, and be-
fore he had a chance to examine the
roof the fall occurred.
John Kroll was thrown from a wagon
on East Centre street His body de-
scribed a semi-Circle in the fall and he
struck the stones on his head with ter
rifle force An examination of the body
by surgeons showed that he had sus-
tained concussion of the brain and
probably internal injuries. 1t is not
believed he can recover.
Thomas Tolan, Of New Boston, a viii
lage one and half miles from Maha-
noy City, had the index finger of his
right hand crushed TO a Jelly in a
peculiar manner. He was examining
a bicycle belonging to friend. One OF
the wheels was held off the ground and
while Tolan was examining II a by
stander gave the wheel a push. Tolan's
finger was caught between the rapidly
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
SEW ERs FOR HoNEsDALE.
Urgent Need Has at Last Induced
Definite Action.

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Honesdale, Aug. 3l.--For years the
question of public sewer for Homes
dale has been agitated. There are II
large number of private sewers that
have their outlet on the shore Of the
Dyberry and Lackawaxen rivers. and
the sewerage from the west side o:
Main street is discharged into the
Delaware and Hudson canal basin.
The water has been drawn from the
canal basin and the low water in the
rivers has caused prompt action to
be taken at a meeting of the citizens
with the town council TO discuss the
matter.
The plan of laying a sewer pipe in
the bed of the LackawaXen river was
thought to be the most practical one.
Messrs T.. F. TORY, william II. DIM
mick, Jacob Katz, Horace T. Menner
and Patrick McNalley were appointed
a committee to ascertain the probable
cost of such sewer, and to act with
the town council in regard to devising
some plan Of immediate action.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
BRADFORD COUNTY.

The Bradford County Teachers as
sociation will meet for picnic at
Lake Wesauking on Saturday, Sept. Q.
This takes the place of the regular
September meeting of the association.
The sixteenth annual reunion of the
famous One Hundred and Forty-frst
regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers,
was held at Wyalusing Wednesday.
Judge Searle, of MOntrOse, ex-Lieu-
tenant Governor Davies. of Towanda,
and Judge Peck, Of Towanda, spoke.
The following officers were elected:
Hon. d. w. Searle, president; Cap
tain c. w. Kilmer. vice-president
Rev. ID. w. Craft, secretary: w. T.
Horton, treasurer. The next annual
meeting will be held at Ulster, Brad
ford county.
Letters have been found showing
that Emmett +. Blanchard, who killed
himself and his wife and shot William
Mingle at Athens, Pa, on Monday,
had premeditated the crime,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
COUNCIL OF BAPTIsTS CALLED.
Will Take Up Charges Against Pas
tor of Towanda Church.

Towanda, Aug. Sl.-An ex parte
council has been called to meet at the
Patriotic Order Sons of America hall
in Towanda, on Monday Sept, II, to in
vestigate the charges made against
Rev. NJ. G. Smith. pastor of the To-
wanda Baptist church The call is
made by twenty-four members of the
TOwanda church and six Baptists who
are not at present members Of the To-
wanda church.
There will be twenty-nine churches
represented in the cOuncil-all those
i'm the Bradford association except the
TOwanda church, five from the Che
munG, four from the Wyoming, and
two from the Bridgewater associations.
The council is called as the result of
the resolutions adopted by the Brad
ford Baptist association in East smith
field some months past.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
LUZEREE COUNTY.

w. j, Meyers has been appointed
postmaster In Scanlin, Luzerne county.
The post office was named after Sem
ator Scott's wife. whose maiden name
was Scanlin. 1t is located at the
Wapwallopen powder works.
William Scnlott. collector for Reich
ard q Weaver, brewers, Wilkes Barre,
has gone to Germany to take posses
sion OF fortune.
The farmer milk dealers in the vi
cinity of Hazleton have organized a
trust and raised the price of milk from
6 to s cents a quart.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
SCHOOLS

OF THE LACKAWANNA,
Scranton. Pa, Courses preparatory to
college. law, medicine or business. Opens
Sept. llth. Send for catalogue Rev,
Thomas VI. Cam, Ill. D., principal and
proprietor; W. r, Piumley, A. NJ, head
master.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
THREE RUNAWAY CARS.
Cause Bad Smash Up on the JEFF
ferson Branch.
: the Scranton Trlbune.

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Susquehanna, Aug 3l.-At Ararat
Summit, on the jefferson branch, last
night, three loaded Erie coal cars slip
ped their brakes and started rapidly
down the very heavy grade. When
they arrived near the high trestle near
Starrucca, running at terrific pace,
they encountered two Dusher locomo-
tives, coupled together, which were
backing down from Ararat Summit -
Susquehanna.
The cars struck the first of the two
locomotives, No. 1868, and there was an
immediate miXup. Engineer Gaffney
and Fireman Ranlett, both of Susque-
hanna, We're both injured. Engine
1863 was badly damaged and the three
cars were demoralized Susquehanna
wreckers were called to clear the
tracks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago, Aug. 3l.-Listlcss and heavy
under a burden OF large ana increasing
receipts the wheat market moved slug
Gishly with iac range today and closed
at the bottom &c under yesterdays last
price. Corn, oats and provisions fol-
lowed the greater market, corn losing
isc. oats &c. and provisions 2l2a7l2c.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
Steady; No, 3 spring wheat. G7a70'gc.
No. 4 red 72aic.; No. corn, 3la3l&sc.; No.
yellow, 3lka32c.; No. . oats, 214C,; M.
white 23a23l4c.; No. do, 22a22c. No
rye, j5i4aj6c,; No. ! fax, Sl1S; north
west, 81. .l9al.2O; prime timothy seed, S2.2na
2,j; mess pork, S7iOaS20; lard, Sj.d7lga
5.22ia; short ribs, $L9Ca525; dry salted
shoulders, 5iaa55,c short clear, $j.55a5.G0
whisky, Sl.26; sugars, unchanged
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01

engineers and there was some sym
pathy strength in the other coalers.
Meantime the short interest in Con-
solidated Gas showed signs of distress
and marked up the stock Sia ex divi-
dend. The bears were inclined to cover
sympathetically in the other indus
trials, but realizing in Continental
Tobacco preferred on the declaration
of the first dividend caused them TO
decline again. There was continued
strength in the Republic Steel stocks,
but the promising movement in Fed
eral Steel late yesterday was promptly
met by realizing today and the stocks
of that company were heavy all day
Steel and Wire failed to show any re-
sponse to the admission Of the stocks
to the listed department of the eX-
change. The Chicago and Eastern Illi-
nois stocks showed individual strength
and the common gained 6la and the
preferred Az. Colorado Midland pre-
ferred and Rio Grande Western COM
mon and preferred were strong. The
persistent heaviness of the market and
the marking up of call loans prompted
a general selling movement in the last
hour, which carried off pIEes to the
low point Of the day. There was a
slight hardening in railroads, but the
industrials were attacked again in the
final dealings. There was no appar-
ent resumption of operations by the
organized pools recently active. The
scarcity of money was attributed to
| preparations for the regular monthly
settlements. But the New York banks
continue to lose cash to the sub-treas-
ury on account of customs and inter-
nal revenue payments, and there is a
balance of shipments to the interior
over receipts. New York exchange at
the principal points continues at a. dis
count Exchange both on London and
Paris receded a fraction. Total sales
| 1876, 000
The bond market was rather quiet
ana changes small and irregular. Tota
sales par value, $3,3O5, 900.
United States government bonds were
unchanged on bid quotations.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA

revolving spokes and the sprocket OF
the wheel and almost severed from the
hand.
John Reshick, of Mahanoy City, had
his left eye burned at the Mahanoy
City colliery. He is a miner, and the
accident occurred by lighted lamp
falling from its position on his hat and
striking him on the face.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
MUNYON'S

1 do not believe there
Is n case of dyspep-
sia, indigestion or
any stomach trouble
that cannot be re-
lieyed at once and
permanently cured
by my DYSPEPSIA
CURE.
MUNYON.
At all druggists,
25c. a vial. Guide
TO Health and medi-
cal advice free. 1908
Arch street, Phila.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
FIREMEN MEET
AT TUNKHANN0CK
Tri-county Convention a Grand Sue
cess-Eagles of Pittston the First
to Arrive.

TO arrive.
Special TO the Scranton Tribune.
Tunkhannock, Aug. 31.-Today was
the first day of the iremen's Conven-
tion, and with good weather, the cele-
bratiOn appears TO be a success. The
first company to arrive was the Eagles
of Pittston, on the 1890 train. They
were accompanied to this place by
Rauer's band of Scranton, and also by
the base ball team from Pittston. On
the noon train down, came the Bache
Hose company of Wellsboro and the
delegates representing the various
o hose companies of the association. The
afternoon train down brought the Lin-
ia drill squad of ToWanda. The APP
paratus of several of the companies
has arrived, being sent here by freight
and was received and stored by the
Tritons y delegation of several nun
dred people from Pttston accompanied
the Eagles to this place.
. The visiting companies were met at
the depot by the officers of the assocl-
alton They are as follows: President
NJ. d. Lawrence, of Westfield; ilrst
vice president. n. V. Weller, of Athens
Pa; secretary, ] Wood Piatt or
1unkhannoCk: treasurer, j. l.. Hra-
ham, of Towanda.
The convention opened at the court
house shortly after noon. After an
overture by Bauer's band Of Scranton
Burgess w. Dean Sampson made a
short address rendering the freedom
Of the city to the visiting tiremen. He
was followed by James W. Piatt, the
district attorney of Wyoming county
who made the address of welcome NJ,
T. Lawrence Wcstficld. made the re-
sponsa. : T.. Levi acted as delegate
for the Eagles of PittstOn and DR.. j.
A. McDourall looked after the inter-
ests of the West Pittston company.
Ey-Chief George Stegmaier. of Wilkes
barre was also i'm attendance At
245 the convention adjourned Pre-
vious TO adjournment there was some
talk Of having the convention in 1900
at Pittston. No definite action was
taken.
Henry Rennett, chief of the fire de-
artmcnt Of TOwanda. is here as a dele
gate from Mantua Hook and Ladder
company Of that place.
Dr. f.. II. Hill of Pittston, former
resident of Tunkhannock, and member
Of the Triton Hose company, is up
here with the Eagle company.