The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-20
NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA
TUNKHANNOCK.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

club entertained the following young
men at the home of F. c. Burgess last
Friday evening" Delmar Stocker, Ed
ward Brown, Fred Wilbur, Richard
Purdon, Percy Stark, John Borden,
Hugh Callahan, Ewart Borden, Guy
Titman, Allie Belts, Patrick Boyce,
Frank Leighton, Thomas Boyce, Fred
Barlow, William Sperry, of Sayre, and
William Braeder, of Wilkes Barre.
The members of the T. G.. club are:
Fannie DePue, Marion Leighton, Jen-
ME MentZer, Edna Keithllne, Fannie
Stark, Luella Gardiner, Leona Rey-
nolds, Blanche Dietrich, Pearl Diet
rich, Philana Avery, Mayme Connell,
Nina Carney, Ruth Broughton, Jessie
Billings, Lillian Hickman, Angie Bur.
CESS and Rosetta Place.
III. G.. Carr, of Dunmore, was in
Tunkhannock, Tuesday.
Paymaster z. Wells Reynolds of the
navy, expects to be assigned to duty
again in about a month. His clerk,
Robert j. Little, will probably go with
him.
number from Tunkhannock will go
to Mehoopany, Thursday, to attend the
wedding of Miss Mary Ingham and
| Willis Thomas Lee, of Chicago.
Mrs. John NJ. Garman and children
| Will spend the summer in Tunkhan-
| mock.
The Shakespeare girls, who have been
occupying the Little cottage at Lake
| Winola for several days, returned
home Tuesday.
There is no improvement in the con-
dition of Mrs. Horace Terry and her
| recovery Is doubtful. Her son, who
was here from Findlay, Ohio, was
| obliged to return home.
| c. w. Cross, operator at the Lehigh
| Valley station, was taken to the Sayre
| hospital, Saturday afternoon, suffering
| with rheumatism. He boards at the
Keeler house. and was taken to the
| depot on a stretcher.
Mr.. r. P. Northup is at Salamanca,
N. Y, this week.
Mr.. b. w. Lewis has been confined
| to the house on account of sickness for
some time.
COURT NOTES.
Court convened Monday morning at
10 o'clock, with Hon. E. M. Dunham
and Associates Vaughn and Bardwell
on the bench.
The court instructed the grand jury
Harper Evans, of Evans Falls, was
called before the court and sentence, /
to fine of 500, costs of prosecution,
and thirty days Imprisonment in the
county jail. At the April term of court
Mr.. Evans was convicted of misap-
propriating funds of a moving ma
chine company, of which he was agent.
A motion was made for new trial
| hrD n
imposed. Mr.. Evans is now sojourn-
ing at the county Jail.
The court appointed Eva S. Baldwin
guardian of Levan and Bruce Bald
win, minor children under the age OF
| fourteen.
The case of the Commonwealth
against +. w. Hewitt, charged with
larceny as bailee, occupied the atten-
tion of the court Monday afternoon
The suit was instituted by Jesse
Ackerson, who claimed that Hewitt
had in his possession a watch belong
ing to his son, Charles Ackerson
! Hewitt at that time, which was in 1S9q
was working for Ackerson on lumber
tract over in Sullivan county. The fol-
lowing jurors We're called in the case:
William Race, Lewis Jennings, Arthur
Lacey, Bert Stark, II. b. Stark, Byron
Brown, Timothy Collins, Louis Wal
ters, Paul Clayton, Joseph Coleman, c.
b. Fassett and Joseph Dady. Attorney
E. j. Jorden represented Mr.. Hewitt
and District Attorney Kinner handled
the commemorative side. The judge
charged the jury the first thing Tues
day morning. After being out a very
short time the jury returned a verdict
in favor of Mr.. Hewitt and put tbs
costs on Mr.. Ackerson.
In the case of the Commonwealth
against Jesse Secor recognizance of A
w. Secor and Jesse Secor in the sun
of $500 was entered. conditional on the
appearance of the defendant at the
next term OF court
Petition to vacate in Falls TOWNSHIP
so much of public road leading from
Falls to Post Hill, as is supplied by 6
new road lately opened near Charlie.
Zimmerman's the court appointed the
following viewers: N. p. Wilcox, sur,
veyol; j. o, Miller and George Snyder
In the case of the Commonwealth
against Howard Moss bail in the sun
of $500 was entered by Peter Ace
Aaron Moss and Howard Moss for the
appearance of the defendant at the
next term of court.
In the case Of the Commonwealth
against C. II. Cobb, charged with as
sault and battery, the grand jury re-
turned a true bill.
] Final account of James IL. Frear