Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-06-07
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week.
Mrs. Daniel SchoOnover who has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. w.
B. Rrown of Wilkes Barre returned
home on Tuesday.
Superintendent O'Brien, of the
O'Boyle d Foy Coal Co. was Pitts
ton visitor on Friday.
William Schaad is visiting friends
at Wilkes Barre and Parson.
William Hay was Towanda visi-
tor, Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs. S. A. Dieffenbach and daugh-
ter, Helen of Mildred is visiting at
Sayre.
The Mildred Stars crossed bats
with the Stump Dodgers, of Murray,
recently and after thirteen innings,
the score was five to four in favor of
the Stump Dodgers.
H. w. Osler and John Harney at
tended Court at Laporte last week.
DR.. and Mrs. Campbell have re-
turned home after spending several
weeks at Williamsport.'
Cur Champions journeyed to Du-
shore on Memorial Day to show the
Colley Farmers how to play ball.
After the smoke cleared away our
Champions outscored them-15 to 6.
How does this look for full con-
tingencies, fee of collectors and all
other expences not including rent,
teachers salaries, text books, maps,
supplies, globes, etc.; 1904, $2sSl.s4,
1905, 1886. .45 an increase of S654.6l.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sick were
Cherry Mills visitors Sunday.
George Hatton, the sixteen year
old son of Charles .Hatton of Sugar
Hill was seriously injured, FridayY
afternoon, while attending his duties
as door tender in the mines. He haG
occasion to leave his post and went
to the turn out where the cars pass,
when an empty car jumped the traCk
catching him between the cars. Ur.
Brennan was summoned and he dis
covered that the flesh was tore from
the bone, from his knee to his ankle.
On Monday morning it was decided
to remove him to the Sayre hospital
where they will amputate his leg.
He had only worked in the mines
four days when the accident occurred.
I.ater.-The boy died at the hos
pital at I O'Clock Monday evening.
A very unusual happening in rail-
road circles occurred last Friday even
ing on the Lehigh Valley railroad, q
car loaded with live stock taking fire
and nearly all of the stock being des-
troyed. The accident occurred about
$3.50 O'Clock. While special train
of loaded stock cars, eastward bound,
was running between Falls and Ran
som, spark from the locomotive
lodged in the fourth car from the
front of the train. The bottom of
the car was covered with straw,
which blazed up quickly, igniting
, the open woodwork. BY the time
the blaze was noticed by the train
: men. the flames had gained consider
: able headway and large part of the
car was ablaze. The train was i'm
;, mediately stopped and the blazing
car was detached from the Others of
! the train. Then the trainmen made
a desperate effort to rescue the ami
mails that were in the car. There
u was no chance whatever to eX
Il tinguish the flames, and the efforts
of the trainnen We're centered OH the
work of rescue. The car was loaded
r with fifteen fine steers. They were
c the property of the Swift Co., and
t. were consigned to New York City
h for export trade, as were the cattle
'e in the other car of the same train.
,. There we're no appliances handy, and
Is it was a difficult task to get the stee. s
n out of the cal, the animals being
e, compelled to jump from the door.
he Three of the steers were gotten out
n of the car. Two of them were in.
le jured so badly that they died soor
afterward. The other one escapet
to the woods along the track ant
at was later found Mt Sibel's Grove
al The other twelve steers were burnet
IN to death AS they stood in the car OF