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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-04-26
HE WANTED TO KNOW.

Tohnnie-Mother isn't blind is she?
Pa-Of course not. What put that into your
head?
Johnnie-Mrs. Bowser, who here today.
said mother'd never see forty again.-Boston
Transcript.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-04-26
HIS MISSION.

Mrs. Holmes-You ought to be ashamed Of
yourself We are all sent into the world for
some useful purpose
The Tramp (humbly)-Yes' m. l think l
must have been intended to up cold
victuals Puck
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-04-26
AN UNKIND CAT.

Yeast-They say the Toodes baby has her
mothers chin.
Observation-Disclosures! I didn't knew the
little thing had begun to talk yet.-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-04-26
NOT TOO PROUD TO CARRY IT.

NOT TOO PROUD TO CARRY IT.
eff you had the privilege of going to the
United States treasury and taking all the
money you could carry, which pocket would
you fill first?
Neither I'd take a basket. Chic go
News.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-04-26

l ran of meeting frost when | reached the
other side
And even one of the Roman senator's smiled.
Philadelphia North American.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-04-26
A PUZZLER.

Jorkins-What are you thinking so hard
about?
Perkins, trying to decide which man
derives the most real enjoyment from-laziness
or conceit.-Nuggets.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
The Traction Company.

The Main avenue and Jackson street
and Quincy avenue cars OF the Scranton
Traction company were not run yes
terday owing to repairs being made to
engine No at the powe: house of the
company at Providence road. A break
in the crank pin of the engine wn.ch
runs the dynamo necessitated the sus-
pension of the cars mentioned for yes
terday. The cars on the line above
noted will be running as usual this
morning.
The new tracks of the company ex-
tending from Laurel Hill park to Dun
more Corners, upon which workmen
have been engaged for several weeks,
were completed yesterday. The rails
laid are modern and substantial, and
rock ballast was used.
The Country club extension of the
companys lines as it has been, and
will be popularly known, will be COM
pleted in a day or two. The new line
commences at the intersection of Wy
oming avenue and Green Ridge street
running to Fairfield street, thence 10
Washington avenue and terminates
near the Country club house. The new
extension will afford much convent
ence to persons going to the Ora
school, Home for the Friendless and
| st. Josephs Founding home. The new
| line will be nearly two miles in length
| The first switch the Traction company
| placed on its South Scranton line will
| be no more after today. Workmen have
| been engaged for the past two days ir
| tearing up the tracks of the company
| on Cedar avenue, from the bridge tC
| Hickory street, a distance of two
| blocks. The company will remove ole
No. / switch and place a single tract
on the thoroughfare mentioned. Thi:
switch has been dead matter" since
the company placed tracks on Pitts
ton avenue. connecting with the ole
| line at Birch street.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
This and That.

NJ. d. Clark rendered his resignation
as superintendent of the Jersey South
ern branch of the Central Railroad of
New Jersey and retired from the rail-
road
J. NJ. Daily, superintendent OF trans
portation of the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Railroad company, will
return to the city today from New
York city, where he has been since
Tuesday
Commencing tomorrow morning pass
enger trains Nos. and IA, which have
run from Scranton to Buffalo, will run
Sundays from this city to BinGhamton,
| leaving here at a. m. and returning at
at SO p. IN.
The boys employed at the Green
wood collieries, Nos. and 2, at Green
wood who went on strike early last
! week for more wages, are still out and
| ar. determined to stay out till their
| demands are granted.
The report that u large part of the
Scranton plant of the Lackawanna
Iron and Steel company is to be re-
moved to Buffalo is denied.-Iron Age.
| The employees of the Elk Tanning
company at Mann's Choice, this state,
| SlluCh wednesday lOI al duNdllCe VI
20 per cent. The company agreed to a
10 per cent advance and some Of the
| strikers returned to work today, but
the majority are still holding out for
their original demand.
During the current week the Carpen-
ter Steel company, of Reading, has
shipped four carloads of army projec-
tiles to various government army
stores, and before the end of the month
fourteen additional carloads will be
sent out from Nhe works. The plant is
at present running on 12-inch army
shells.
The Railroad Gazette yesterday gave
the preliminary figures of new railroad
building for the first six months OF
1899. They show a total of 1,1S1 miles
The state of Pennsylvania takes the
lead for the six months. with a totaI
mileage of log. Mississippi is next with
IS miles, and Arkansas follows with SO
1t Is announced that the Keystone
Watch Case company and the River
sideWatch Case company of Philadel
phia have consolidated. Application
will be made next month at HARRISBURG
for a charter. J. Lowber Welsh will
be president of the new concern which
is to be called the Keystone Watci
Case company. 1t is stated that botl
of the watch case making plants will
be operated Independently.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24

The first installment of the money
from the national organization was re-
ceived by the carpenters yesterday
morning. 1t was received in the shape
of certified check, which was lmme-
diately cashed at one of the local banks.
The money was taken to Carpenters
hall on Wyoming avenue, where it was
distributed to those who were entitled
to it by members of the executive COM
mittee, appointed for the purpose. The
men We're paid for the second week,
as they get nothing for the first. AT
O'Clock last evening when the distribu-
tion for the day ended about one-half
of the money had been given out. 1t is
expected that it will all be distributed
by noon today
Aside from this the situation is un-
changed. Secretary Mcclure, for some
unexplainable reason, has not yet ar.
rived in the city. 1t can nevertheless
be stated with almost absolute cer'
tainty that he will arrive either today OF
tomorrow.
The Builders exchange is still hold
ing out and it's members are just a:
firm as ever.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
WHAT MR.. SCRAGG SAID.

Editor of The Tribune.
Sir. / desire to correct an error in
your report of the Tucker g. Maxey con-
spiracy case, in which IT is said l charged
John f. Reynolds, esq, with tampering
with one of the jurors. / did not SO ac-
cuse him and do not believe him cap
able of such action, hence in justice to
Mr. Reynolds, whom l esteem as law
yer, 1 deem it right to state just what
did occur. l simply called attention to
the fact of an alleged conversation be-
tween Mr. Reynolds and Juror Hampton
which 1 had, ard still have, reason to
believe took place but have assurances
that It was not solicited by Mr.. Rey-
nolds, but rather enforced upon him by
the juror.
For this alleged misconduct of the
Juror the defense did not attempt to hold
Mr.. Reynolds responsible, but spoke OF
it as showing prejudice on the part of
the Juror and as n reason why he should
be withdrawn. A new trial has been
asked for and one of the reasons given
Is Juror Hampton's misconduct in eN-
pressing an opinion as to the guilt OF
defendants before all the evidence was
submitted, besides expressing an enmity
to defendants counsel In justice tc
Mr.. Reynolds I hope you will give this
denial the same publicity as was giVer
TO the erroneous report
Yours truly,
John +. Scragg.
Scranton, Pa, June %. 1899.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
KOONS WILL TAKE THE JOB
South Side Sewer Contract Has Been
Transferred and It's Construc-
ton Is Now Virtually As
sured.

At last a contractor has been found
to undertake the construction of the
South side sewer. He is A. II. Koons,
formerly of Kingston, but more re-
cestlv a resident of Scranton, and
known in municipal circles mainly
through his work on portion OF the
main sewer in the Fourteenth ward.
Mr.. Rooms takes the contract from
Dunn Brothers by assignment, accept
ing their figures and receiving as an
additional compensation the $4,000
bonus that the citizens of the South
Side subscribed as an inducement to
have Contractor Burleigh, of Dunmore,
take the job.
The papers necessary to transferring
the contract from Dunn Brothers to
Mr. KOons were made out yesterday
and City Solicitor Nosburg is engaged
in drawing up a new contract with the
city and the new contractor as the
parties. Mr.. Rooms expects to have
his bond ready for submittance to the
city solicitor today and by Monday
next hopes to be in readiness to enter
upon the preliminaries to the active
work of construction.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
A PECULIAR NEWS COLUMN.


Editor of The Tribune
Sir:-The successful newspaper has
got to be Mt the present day a compend
Of about everything under the sun. The
successful journal does not omit the
butcher the baker nor the candle-stick
maker any more than the lawyer, min
lister and the society people. So that 1t
is remarkable what an amount and Vari-
ETY. of matter the ordinary paper con-
tains. 1t is quite amusing often to note
he arts and devices pursued by trades
men, assisted by the ingenuity of the
aitor, to compel readers of the journal
take notice of wares and merchandise
lvertised.
One of our Scranton papers has an
.dept in preparing column entitled
Green Ridge Items" 1t partakes some
what after the nature of vegetable soup
or the free lunch sandwich. The posi-
tions OF the items, their proximity TO
each other, including deaths, marriages.
births society events, advertisements of
flesh, fish, fruit, vegetables and numer-
Gus trades and professions, appears fun
ny and often thoroughly ridiculous. There
Is a grave question whether the plan
adopted in sandwiching peoples names
between squashes, pumpkins, cabbages
and spinach is not more detrimental than
good 10 the tradesmen, 1t Is doubtful
whether the intimate association of At
torney Burns with red-topped beets would
cause that eminent lawyer TO seek out
the market that had them for sale. He
would probaly demurr and loose his APP
petite for beets or at least object to the
practice as incompetent, irrelevant and
immaterial.
The following items of persons and
things will duly illustrate the plan pur-
sued by the Green Ridge correspondent
Of the paper in mind:
attorney Ginger, who has been spend
ing a few days at the Ridge, has re-
turned TO his farm upon the Paupack."
cabbage and string beans at Spikers.'
"Dr. Physic is attending a medical con-
yention in New York city"
"Green apples and cucumbers at Spen'
GERS"
alderman Doolittle and his constabl,
are fishing on Keizer's pond"
"Try Coles headache powders"
1.-THE Rev. Mr.. Prayerful will preach
in the Baptist church next Sunday"
yellow legged chickens and ange
food-good for a Sunday dinner-at sny
ders."
Mrs Squires, of Sanderson avenue, II
entertaining the Misses Gould, of New
York"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24

One afflicted with strong sympa-
thetic nature can congratulate him
self that he was not in, around or about
city hall yesterday. The sight pre-
sented there was enough to wiring a
tear from even those afflicted with an
extraordinarily strong, sympathetic
nature and in the case of a person of
S. s. n. type copious tears would as
suredly have flown and lamentations
could not possibly be restrained in ex-
treme cases of the several times afore-
said affliction.
1t was truly sad!
One fellow creature, decrepits sick,
sore, halt. lame or blind is always a
sorrowful sight. One cannot look upon
such without feeling pang of SYM
| pathetic pain.
Our hearts go out to them in their
misfortune and while we may pass on
! apparently unheedful of our brothers
| distress we unconsciously are remind
| ed of our own better fortune and un-
| willingly, possibly, but nevertheless
unfailingly, thank him for what the
contrast suggests and after doing all
this sort of mental gyrating feel more
satisfied with our lot.
i What must be the strain and drain
on an ordinary person to say nothing
| of a person with 9. S. n. to view
hundreds of such unfortunates assem-
bled in one place!
Yet, such was the spectacle presented
yesterday at city hall and such was
the surroundings under which the city
hall reporter had to think out hum
orous suggestions.
No, it was not in the office of the
Board of Associated Charities, the
emergency hospital. or the poor board
rooms that these decrepit, sick, sore
halt lame and blind We're assembled
1t was in the office Of the city treas
urer and the corridors leading thereto
The street. laborers from the different
wards were being paid.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
To Discontinue Aid, ,Tis Said.

Among the railroad men of the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western COM
pany the uppermost topic yesterday
was the current rumor that after July
l the Railroad Young Mems Christian
associations along the lines of the COM
pany will have to be self-supportlng.
1t is said that President Truesdale mas
decided that the company will not con-
tribute towards the maintenance uf the
associations. Heretofore the company
has made an appropriation of over $lo,-
900 a year to maintain the Railroad
Young Mems Christian associations.
When seen by Tribune man yester-
day, Secretary Adair OF the Scranton
Railroad Young Mems Christian asso-
citation, stated that he had not heard
of any such change.
Officials of the company in this 'ity
were also in the dark If such e curtail-
ing of expenses is contemplated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
NOT OUR MR.. BoLAND.
A Pittsburg Man Is the Supreme
Archon

kilograms of congratulation sent yes
terday to C. G.. Boland brought the
response that it was not he who was
elected supreme archon of the Hepta-
sophs. the telegraph dispatches an
nounced.
1t appears that Mr.. Boland was
spoken of for the office but declined to
be a candidate and a c. f. Cohen, of
Pittsburg, was chosen. The Associated
Press despatch received at 9 o'clock
yesterday morning had the name &C.
f. Boland, of Pittsburg."
In view of the fact that the Scran-
ton delegation was booming Mr.. Boland
for the office and that 1t would be no
strange thing for a Buffalo reporter
to make Pittsburger out of a Penn
sylvanian who come from Scranton left
it safe, in the telegraph editors mind,
to conclude that it was our Mr.. Boland
who was meant.
Anyhow, Mr.. Boland could have had
the office if he wanted it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
Organizer James in the CITY.

Organizer Benjamin James, of James,
vile, Pa, the organizer for this district
of the United Mine Workers, was in
the city yesterday.
Mr.. James goes to Wilkes Barre to-
day TO attend convention Of miners,
consisting of delegates from all the
unions in the First district, which COM
prises the Lackawanna and Wyoming
valleys. The exact nature of the bust
ness which will be transacted could not
be learned as Mr.. James was very reti-
cent regarding this subject.
He reports that the miners are fairly
well organized in this section and ex-
poets them TO be thoroughly so in a
short time as he says the union feeling
among the men is very well developed
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
Schooley Mine Trouble.

A conference of Pennsylvania, Mt.
Lookout and Lehigh Valley mine oftic-
ials was held at Schooley mine yester-
day, when the Pennsylvania officials
made formal announcement to the Of
ficials of the adjoining collieries that
they had been compelled to abandon for
the present all efforts to remove the
flood in Schooley mine.
1t was generally agreed that the
Pennsylvania officials had done all in
their power to combat the flood. The
officials of the Mt. Lookout and Exeter
colleries whose workings adjoin those
Of the Schooley, do not anticipate any
serious trouble in their mines from
water, being of the opinion that the
barrier pillars between the collieries
are sufficiently strong to Withstand the
pressure of the flood in the Schooley.--
Pittston Gazette.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24

Buck and Roe shad at the Green
Ridge market"
Merchant Clark has lost a valuable
dog"
"Call up Lewis the butcher for sau-
sage and bloodworst"
1.-THE coming marriage of Mr.. Chappie
with the Widow Addle is announced
"Call up Monies for plumbing and tin
ming when needed"
1t is nice, isn't It, for the sober and
unpretentious residents of Green Ridge
to be mixed up with the vegetable king
dom in this manner. 1t is enough to
make one dizzy while reading the Items
to ascertain which are the more i'm
portant among the items, the people or
string beans. Respectfully,
c. II. Sopcr.
| Scranton, June 23
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
MORNING FIRE IN DUNMoRE

The old Derby homestead on Drnker
street, Dunmore. at present owned by
Mrs. Joseph Comstock, was totally de-
stroyed by fire at 1.30 o'clock this morn
ing.
The house was a single frame dwell
ing and was unoccupied. The cause of
the fire is not known. The building is
about half century old.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
BIG FORCE OF WoRKMEN.
Getting Lackawanna Avenue in
Shape for Asphalt Covering.

The work of getting Lackawanna
avenue in shape for it's new covering
of asphalt is being pushed with great
Vigor Yesterday morning the city en-
gineers corps was out at o'clock Civ
ing lines and all day long a string Of
men reaching from Wyoming avenue to
the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern crossing on West Lackawanna ave-
nue. was at work tearing up the old
asphalt.
From Wyoming avenue to the bridge
the south side of the avenue will be
first resurfaced and from the bridge to
the crossing the north side will first
receive attention.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
Big Engines Have Arrived.

Six of the ten large compound en-
gines ordered by the Lehigh Valley
road have arrived at the Coxton yards
and two of them have had a trial on
the mountain cutoff. from Pittston
Junction to Fairview.
The engines are of the Baldwin make
and weigh IFS tons each and are capa-
BILE of pushing 1000 tons up the cutoff.
This is double the work of the engines
commonly used.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
LIVE NEWS OF THE
INDUSTRIAL WORLD
CARPENTERS RECEIVE MONEY
FROM HEADQUARTERS.

Strike Wages Yesterday Distributed
to Members of the Union-Im-
provements That the Scranton Rail
way Company Is Making Fur
naces of the Lackawanna Iron and
Steel Company at Franklin Fur
mace to Be Blown In--organizer
James in the City-odds and Ends.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24

ting ready to blow in. The furnaces
will use Tilly Foster and Mesaba ores
and some pyrites cinder. 1t is expect
ed that during the second half of the
year the output will be about $4,000
tons of Bessemer pig, which is to go to
the Scranton plant.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24

Mr.. p. Ketcham, Of Pike City, Cal,
says: During my brothers late sick
ness from sciatic rheumatism. Cham
berlain's Pain Balm was the only
remedy that gave him any relief"
Many others have testified to the
prompt relief from pain which this
liniment affords. For sale by all drug
gists; Matthew Bros. wholesale and re-
tail agents. o.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
SORRY SPECTACLE
AT THE CITY HALL
SCENE THAT WAS TRULY PITT
Full IN THE EXTREME.

Hundreds Of the Municipalty's De-
crepit, Sick, Sore, Halt, Lame and
Blind Assembled in One Place-one
Could Not Behold 1t without Feel
ing a Pang of Pain, While to Those
of a Strong Sympathetic Nature 1t
Would Be the Occasion of a CO.
pious Flood of Tears.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24

HAD A FLAG RAISING.--The pupils
of No 81 school i'm Green Ridge, held a
flag raising yesterday morning in con-
junction with the regular closing eXer-
cises. A programme of patriotic songs
and recitatiCns was rendered and Super
intendcnt Howell delivered an eloquent
address.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
Warm Weather Clothing.

Examine our large line of serges and
other warm weather clothing. Tailor
made garments that give the best sat
isfaction at very low prices.
Richards, Wirth & Lewis,
326 Lackawanna avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24

ELL-DIETERICH-In Scranton,
Pa, June %, 1899, at the residence of
]. It. johnson, 1109 Cedar avenue, by the
Rev. +. p. Doty, pastor of the Cedar
Avenue Methodist Episcopal church,
Albert Caldwell and Miss Fannie Diet
erich, both of Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
CITY NOTES


MEETING CALLED--Lieutenan Huff,
of Company IL, Thirteenth regiment, has
called a meeting of the eX-members of
that company for tonight in the audi
torium, North Scranton, for the purpose
of taking action on reorganization. The
meeting is called for SO o'clock
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

Under this heading short letters of In.
tcrest will lie published when accOmpa'
MED, for publication, by the writer's
name. The Tribune will not be held re-
sponsble for opinions here eXpressed.l
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
Furnaces to Blow In.

Franklin furnace at Franklin Fur
mace, N. j., which is owned and con-
tr6lled by the Lackawanna Iron and
Steel company Of Scranton, Pa, Is get
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
DIED.

oWENS-In Scranton, June %, 1899, Ruth,
12-year-old daughter of II. r, Owens
and the late Jennie NJ. Owens. Funer-
al from the residence, COL Madison ave-
nue., Sunday at 2.30 p. m.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
July 4th, Excursion to Farview via
Delaware and Hudson Railroad.

Grand Gala Day at the most attract
i've excursion resort in Pennsylvania.
Unexcelled attractions too numerous to
particularize. Game of base ball called
at 23O p. m, between two very popu-
lar local clubs. Refreshments served
by IIanley, Of Scranton. The follow
ing programme will be rendered by
Bauers band of Scranton:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24

RACES ON BOCLEVARD.-This af-
ternoon there will be little local rae
ing at the speedway on the Boulevard
preparatory to resumption of these
pleasant matnees which were so sue
cessful last summer. There will be a
team race and number of single
matches.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24

STILL IN sEsSION.-All three com
mittees of the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad men are still in
session here, but they expect to finish
up their business today or Monday.
Grand Chief Sergeant of the Fircmen,
left yesterday for ScOttdalc, n. Y.,whcre
a union meeting of railroadmen is to be
held tomorrow.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
MARRIED.

Smoke the Popular Punch Cigar, 10c