The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-04
TUNKHANNOCK.


Special to The Scranton Tribune.
Tunkhannock, April 3.--License court
convened here yesterday, President
| Judge Il. NJ. Durham presiding and
| with him Associate Judges F. M.
Vaughn and II. w. Bardwell. The list
of license applications was gone over
and, as no remonstrances were filed
to any of the applicants, in all but two
cases the bonds were approved and the
| licenses granted. These two appllca-
| tions were those for the hotel at
| Pierceville, which has been burned
since the filing of the application, and
was continued at the request OF Mr.
| Rodney, the proprietor, pending the re-
building of the hotel The other was
the application for the Hotel Clifton.
| now building at Lake Winola. This
| being new house. evidence was re-
,quired as to the necessity for the house
and the accommodations furnished hy
| 1t. There being no such witnesses In
court, the matter was continued to
Monday, April 9, to enable the propri-
etor to bring such evidence.
Other matters disposed of at this
session of court were as follows:
In the matter of the petition of Lee
P. Stark and Fannie Stark, minor chill
dren of ID. w. Stark, of Tunkhannock
borough. for the appointment of
guardian, the court appoints d. w.
Stark as such guardian.
Upon petition of the supervisors If
Meshoppen township. court orders and
directs that special cash tax OF -four
and one-half mills on the last assessa1
valuation be levied for the purpose of
paying outstanding indebtedness.
ham township court orders and directs
that special cash tax of five mills on
the last assessed valuation be levied
for the purpose of paying outstanding
| indebtedness.
In the matter of the petition of ia
cob n. Smith for the appointment Of
a guardian, court fixes Monday. April
16, at 10 o'clock, for hearing.
Upon petition of citizens of Nichol-
son borough, court appoints William
II. Miller as poor master of said bor-
ough to fill the vacancy caused by the
tie vote at the last township election.
Charles II. Brown VS.. Luella Brown,
divorce; j. Wood Piatt appointed COM
missioner to take testimony.
In the case of l.. f. and Maud r. Cir
ton VS.. the Lehigh Valley Railroad
company, which case is on trial for the
week commencing Monday, April 16,
Charles f. Terry and F. w. Wheaton,
| counsel for the defendant, moved the
court for an order compelling the plain
tiff, Mrs. Girton to submit to an eX
animation by physicians to be named
by the company for the purpose of de-
| termining the extent of the injuries for
which she claims damages. The mo-
ton was opposed by Paul J. Sherwood
and e. j. Jorden, attorneys for plain
tiffs, and, after argument, an agree
| ment was reached by the attorneys by
| which such an examination will be had
at a time convenient to the plaintiff
and in presence of the plaintiffs physi-
clan.
Upon the disposal of this matter
court adjourned to Monday, April 3.
In the matter of the petition of the
taxpayers of Washington and Mehoop-
any townships asking that the county
take the Mehoopany bridge and make
it a free bridge, which petition has
| been on file with the commissioners
of the county for the past thirty days,
the board held a meeting on Tuesday
morning and passed a resolution not
to take their bridge and alleging as
their reason for the action that the
finances of the county were not in such
a condition at present as to warrant
them in taking any action which would
increase the indebtedness of the coun-
ty. The Laceyville bridge is still be-
fore the people for the same purpose
and the court will be asked at this
term to appoint appraisers who shall
appraise the bridge and the appraisers
report will be returned at the June
court of quarter sessions for action by
the grand jury.