The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-24
MRS, ROBLINC
and The CATS
THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF A
WIDOW UP AT CASCADE.
A Few Educational Notes-1n Sus-
quehanna County - Congressman
Wright Leaves for the East-The
First Snake of the Season.

tnp uOOT. sic was Ni''i I'N'i
large wild cats. sitting in a row. Her
ltistry screams brought neighbor with
q rife. and. after an exciting. running
fight three eats were killed. while the
fourth escaped.
Tho ncighbor left tho gun with Mrs.
Robling for the night. At daybreak
She heard n Wild cat outside bowling
his mori ing howl. She opened the
door and sent bah crashing into it's
skull. and II gave UP the ghost. Then.
women-like. Mrs. Rohlirg tainted and
II took a physician ard half n dozen
Of The neichbors to restore her to con-
scio,sncss. But thos" four savage cats
will never ?gain howl upon those
bumped and budding hills.
EDrcATIcNAL NOTES
In 1865 there were 1OGSS pupils en-
r,,l,d in Susuiehanna county: in 1900
S.3?l cost Of instruction in 1865. 81
cents: in 1900. Sl4O. Number Of teach
crS employed in l>6-,. 26n: in 1850. 32'.
Teachers institute. oct. u to %. at
Montlosc. Directors association. oct.
-. at MontroSc. Teachers association,
sept. 20 and 81. at IIerrick Center.
tommtto" on permanent meet at New
Milford. June n.
The annual commencement exercises
"i the Laneshoro high school will he
held ON Friday evening next
IN SrSQuEiiANNA COUNTY.
In The co,irS" of an obituary notice.
tit, Great Bend Pain Dealer states
that the deceased buried all of the
physicians that ever attended him"
"hi: is out Gf tn" ordinary. but queer
things lHi,I,pr in Great Bend
Rev. George Comfort. Il veteran
Methodist minister. for many years
missionary to Montana is seriously i'll
with pneumonia at his home in Lanes
boro.
Susuuchanna county receives S1.?6I.42
annually of the $4,000 bonus paid by
the Erie Railroad company to the
state. in lieu of taxation.
The Great Bend Plaindealer pays its
compliments to the presiding elder as
follows: The wishes Of the member
ship of society counts in the Metho-
dist Episcopal conference to just about
such an extent as the local ruler de-
sres. and no further
The Great Bend brush factory has
closed down for a brief period.
Oakland borough has a few uuaran-
tinel cases of diphthcria.
\ PAINFUL TRUTH.
1t makes all the difference in the
world as tn the source of a report. For
instance. IL our man Whitney had re-
ported the following. taken from the
SusquehLnna Transcript. the average
reader would have called it a fish
story" "a correspondent states that
there was. on Monday. a snow drift on
fnr Mln ford in,
township, 80 feet long and six feet
deep"
Eut when we stop to consider that
this phenomenon is reported to have
happened in Susquehanna county, or
near it. there is nothing particularly
remarkable about it. For at MontroSe.
1t is said that the men keep a snow
shovel at the head of their bed, nearly
SIN months of the year. and on the
coldcst nights. instead of blowing the
lamp out, as in other places, they
simply break the frozen blaze off
Laceyville Messenger
LITTLE LOCALETTES.
In Christ Episcopal church on sun
day evening, by Rev. Charles W. Boot.
Arthur Johnson of Atlantic City, y.
j., and Miss Bertha Smethurst. of
Susquehanna. We're united in marriage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson VIII take up
their residence at Atlantic city.
Congressman and Mrs e. Fred
Wright left for the east on Monday
morning.
The clergy ana Il committee from
Moody post, Grand Army of the Re-
public. will visit the schools of Sus-
nuelanna and Oakland on Friday
next
young man named Pfouts was
brought before Justice Williams on
Monday. charged with committing an
assault upon Henry Truck, Il son of an
Eric boiler shop helper on Exchanges
street, on Wednesday evening last.
Pfouts was held in the sum of 81, ,0OO
Tor ms appearance before the grand
jury.
Rev. and Mrs Edward t. Reilly will
be rendered a reception i'm the Presby-
lcrian church parlors on Wednesday
evening, by members of the church
and congregation.
y strike OF Erie railroad machnists
Is improbable. They have not asked
for a nine-ho day. and they have
no grievances. If there should be a
strike, it would be a sympathetic one
JUST BETWEEN Us.
In blacksnake killed near Star
ru'ca on Saturday, there was an OK
horn from which jumped live rat.
1t is supposed that the snake was
chasing the rat, The little animal
saw the horn upon the ground and
ran into it. In its haste the snake
swallowed both horn and rat.
Doctors and druggists get their
money from the public coughers.
Many man never gets on the popu-
lar side until he joins the silent ma
tority.
Susquehanna county man who has
just returned from the Klondike coun-
Try says he didn't see a newspaper in
six weeks. Neither did the apostles.
II a stranger gets into your church
pew, don't let him get an idea that
he has struck an ice house.
AS rule "mode husbands" never
marry
RAILROAD RACKET.
George w. Dove formerly a popu-
lar superintendent of the jefferson
division of the Erie railroad. but for
some time past superintendent of the
Allegheny division of the same road,
has been promoted to the superinten-
deny of the New York. Susquehanna
e. Western road, which is managed
by the Erie. Mr.. Dove Is one of the
ablest and most popular railroad men
in the county.
Heyry Green. veyran Erie engi-
nc er died a few daNs since In Port