The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-31

face and neck. The assassin it was
| found, had ransacked the dead mans
clothing and also the house. The county
commissioners have offered Il reward of
5000 for the conviction of the murderer
and an additional sum OF 500 has been
offered by Detective Hollern.
The Bernice branch railroad has been
put in operation. after standstill of IA
week caused by the flood
While Frank White and Edward
Bilow. of North Towanda. We're play
ing with a lobert rifle, it was acci-
dentally discharged and ball entered
young Blows left lung, coming out at
the shoulder. 1t is expected he will re-
cover.
~ process for removing ink from print
paper has been discovered by two
gentlemen from Athens.
A recruiting office has again been
opened at Towanda for all branches of
service.
Six hundred names have been placed
in the jury wheel for next year.
George and Joseph Burgess have been
placed under arrest for disturbing re-
ligious meeting.
PrOspectOrS are leasing land in East
ing for oil.
The base ball club. of Waverly, real
lied $1,000 at their fair.
w. $. Barnes. for some years Lehigh
Valley ticket agent at Sayre, has been
assigned to Il similar position at
Geneva. Among other removals. l.. II.
Clark has been made agent at the Rum
merfeld and his successor at Standing
stone will be II. Fl. Bush.
Nine workmen of the Bell Telephone
company We're arrested on Friday at
Sayre, charged with injuring Il shade
tree with a guy wire. At Il hearing be-
fore the justice. each We're fined fifty
cents and costs, which amounted to
$2S.53
A distributing agent for the Garfield
Tea company was arrested at Sayre
and fined 81 for throwing free samples
of medicine 10 private houses. Accord
ing to Il recent state law, it has become
Il misdemeanor.
This week the county commissioners
will pay court house bonds of $50, 900
with interest added amounting to 5000
This will leave Il balance of the in
debtedness of the county to be 100000
John Douglass. of Wlmot township
accidentally shot himself in the leg
with his gun, while hunting.
The Work-tran was called ont YES
terday by another washout at the Vos-
burg tunnel.
4 cellnlOld comb in the hair of Miss
Leda Besley, of Wells, this county,
caught fire by coming in contact with n
furnace pipe and burned nearly all her
hair off
}. +. Gormun hotelkeeper at
Waverly, has filed II petition in bank
ruptcy. His liabilities are said to be
$3,512 and his assets $685..
Detective Casiey has caused the ar
rest of several parties for stealing coal
from l.ehish Valley ears.
The surveyors have completed their
work for the line of the electric rail
road between Elmira and Wuverly. The
road will run from Elmira on the west
side of the Chemung river to Wells
burg, as far as the Erie depot There
il bridge will be built across the river,
which viii allow the line to continue
across 10 L.owmanyille, thence to Che
muns, then along the Erie tracks TO
Waverly. The right of way has also
been secured, and it is possible that
the road VIII be extended farther 10
Towanda and also to Owego.
o. II. Bloss, of Scranton, represent
ing the Smith-P Premier Typewriting
rowanda last week. Several machines
have been placed in this place through
his agency.