The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-29
BRADFORD COUNTY.
Sppcial to the Scranton Tribune.

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Towanda, Dec. 2S.---The nineteenth
century will be ushered out by To-
wanda's theatre-goers at Hales opera
house, next Monday evening, in wit
Messing the grandest Of all minstrel
aggrega tions, under the personal SUPER
vision of Vogcl & Deming. The spe-
cialties are of the best, including the
world-famed acrobats, the O'Brien
family. Brothers Van, John Queen,
John T. Hoffman. Tommy Hayes, the
LaBarre trio, and score of other art
lists of special reputation. The first
part of the programme Is Of a spec
tacular nature which is termed the
Diamond Grotto," being valued at
many thousand dollars cost for make
up and other features. Towanda should
we'll feel honored in securing such a
popular company. The seats are being
sold already for the one nights ap-
pearance, Monday evening, December
81.
A semi-annual meeting of the Lehigh
Valley track foremen Of seventeen Sec
tions on the main line from Towanda
to Weldon and four sections Of the
Montrose branch was held in Towanda
on Saturday. The programme of the
session consists of discussions of track
work in regard to making improve
ments. etc. The supervisor, w. H.
Kane, and wife were each presented
with suitable Christmas gifts. The
next meeting will be held at Tunk-
hammock. The officers for 1901 are as
follows: President, p. Boyce, of Tunk-
hammock: vice. president, M. Stack, of
Wyalusing; secretary and treasurer, B.
F.. Dumfee, Of Towanda; executive
committee, w. H. Kane, w. F. Cum
mings and j. f. Camp, of Towanda.
The agent at Lockwood, near Waver-
ly, d. G. Hagadorn, was shot at by
some unknown person from a freight
train which was passing his station. It
is supposed to be the work Of tramp
Mrs. William Griffis died on We'd
nesday, aged eighty-seven years, after
a short illness. She is survived by an
aged husband and two daughters. The
funeral will be held tomorrow, with in
terment at Standing Stone.
A report in regard to business inter-
ests comes from Dushore, which in
cludes the statement that w. w. Jack
son has leased as a trustee to M. J.
Murray, P. H. Mongan and A. ]. MUIR
ray, capitalists of Scranton, the G. w.
Jackson estate, and the company will
open operations for developments of
coal on the estate, which is located not
far from Dushore. The gentlemen who
have secured the lease have formed a
stock company, with capital of $780,
900. of which $150,0OO is Immediately
available to develop the resources of
the newly discovered coal field. Two
shafts will be sunk to a depth of 40
feet each and breaker erected having
a capacity of 1000 tons daily. It Is evil
dent that the company means business
from the start and is not going to
allow any time to elapse from the
signing Of the lease until they have es-
tablished another flourishing mining
town for Sullivan county. To this end
the contract has been let for fifty
dwellings to shelter the miners and
laborers who will be attracted to the
works. A railroad will also be built
from the mine toa point on the Lehigh
Valley railroad between Lopez and
Bernice. The property gives every in
dication Of developing into a success
full coal field. There is well-detined
vein of coal seven feet thick, from
which has been taken anthracite of a
much better and harder quality than
that mined at Bernice. A drift has al
ready been dug into the hill, from
which hundreds of tons have been
taken since the discovery in 1898, and
there seems to be plenty of it. The
location is in the township of Colley.
and it will follow as a natural conse-
quence that Dushore will become the
trading metropolis of the new region.
The gentlemen concerned are practical
coal operators and something import
ant may surely be expected, as they
are backed by the necessary capital.