The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-16
WYOMING COUNTY.
Court and Other Topics-Lehigh
Valley Schedule.

Special to the Scranton Tribune
Tunkhannock, April 15.-The regular
April term of the court of common
pleas opcns here on Monday at ?
o'clock p. m The cases on the list for
this week are as follows
James T.. Frear, executor. VS. q. c.
Miller, issue.
Mary a. Rumble VS.. Mckinney &
Stevens issue.
Eleanor Penny VS.. Warren u. Steph-
ems, issue.
Hattie Brewster vs.Warrcn B. Steph-
ems, issue
II. II. Keeler vs.. A. II. Frear and
w. +. Little, ajsctment.
John Ccnnell VS.. G. II. Matthewson,
sci. ia.
r.. w. Cobb VS.. A. ID. Steiger, appeal.
w. B. Swisher VS.. G. A. Spencer and
r. II. Reynolds, replevin.
l.. Il. and Maud r. Girton VS.. Lehigh
Valley Railroad company, trespass.
william Treble VS.. }. G.. Pierson, APP
peal
Thomas Sherwood VS.. Clinton town
ship, trespass.
G. J.. Vosburg VS. G. NJ. Lee, appeal,
ISAIAH Coolbaugh VS.. Eugene Cool
baugh. appeal.
OF these the only ones liable to be
tried are Kceler VS.. Frear and Little;
Conncll vs.. Matthewson Girton VS..
Lehigh Valley Railroad company;
Sherwood VS.. Clinton township, and
NosburG VS.. Lee. The balance of the
cases have either been settled or are
now in course of settlement The case
of GirtOn VS.. LehiEh Valley company Is
set dowr by agreement of attorneys,
to be heard on Wednesday at $50
o'clock. The above list promises TO
give full week of business.
Miss Eulale Piatt of Wellesley col
lege: Frank D. Miller. uf Princeton,
Harry Lewis. of st. Johns Military
school. are at home during the Easter
holidays
+. *. stephens. a Bradford county
attorney, was in town on Friday
c. NJ. Culver. of Towanda. was in
Tunkhannock Saturday afternoon.
+. G. Ross, esq, died at his home
here on Friday afternoon, after sick
ness which has lasted for over a year.
Mr.. Ross was the oldest attorney, in
point of admittance, at the wyoming
county bar, having been admitted 10
the practice of law in 1Si7, after stIdT-
ing for five years with \. X. Peckham
and Peckham d Smith. He was
elected and served in the office of coun-
ty treasurer during 1916 and 1S4I, and
was afterward elected register and re-
Corder of the county. lie first COM
menced the practice of law in 1852 in
connection with his brother, the firm
being known as +. G. q II. u. Ross.
Elhanan Smith afterwards Joined the
firm, and the firm name was changed
to Smith & Ross. Mr. Smith retired
in 1870 and the firm was known under
the old name until the death of r.
p. Ross. Shortly after that Mr., Ross
and c. Q. Dershimer formed a partner
ship under the name of Ross & Der
sinner. and this continued up to the
time of FIR. Ross retirement from ac-
tive practice some years ago, on ac-
count of Ill health. Since that time he
has been confined to the house and for
the last year or two to his bed. He
never married and leaves to survive
him only his niece, Mrs. S. W. Eysen'
bach, of this place. The funeral will
be held tomorrow from the house, with
interment in Sunnyside cemetery. The
Wyoming County Bar held a meeting
this afternoon and adopted appropr-
ate resolutions.
G. b. Little, of Scranton, and w. n.
Reynolds, jr., OF Wilkes Barre, are at
home over Sunday.
1t is authoritatively stated that the
summer schedule on the Lehigh VAL
ley, which goes into effect in May, will
make several changes Of importance to
people in this section. 1t is said that
the train which now rasses here at
ll.45 a. m. as a local will b. made about
two hours earlier and n new east
bound through train. put on to pass
here about a. M, stopping only at
the principal stations. A new local
train westward is also promised to
reach this station some time about $50
a. m.