THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1896.
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ALL GOOD GHOST STORIES
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Casts from the Bulletin . of the
Psychical Research Society.
VISITORS PROM THB t'SSBEX
Sam Ghost Seen by Several People, and
All Afraid to Confeee It-Strange
Case of aa latent-Born
a Mind Reader.
The latest report of the Society for
Psychical Research shows that estim
able body to be still continuing; its la
bors. Reports of visitations from the
other world are brought to its notice
as freely as ever, and though the so
ciety safely refrains from vouching for
their truth It does not withhold from
them so much sanction as print may
give.
One of the most remarkable of the re
cent cases reported to the society is
that of a lady living at Manor Park,
Kssex. The evidence presented Is aa
follows: One night while in nor twen
tieth year she was terrified to see a tall
human skeleton enter her bedroom,
dragging at the end of a piece of old
rope a coffln, which It brought very
close to her. Over Its right arm wus
hung a pall, which It threw, over her,
while pointing into the coffln. as though
entreating her to examine its contents.
This pall, when put over her caused a
feeling of suffocation, which left her In
a very weak condition, after which she
Invariably fell Into a heavy sleep. She
testifies to the society that previous to
this vision she did not believe In super
natural occurrences, had always been
of a lively disposition, enjoyed excel
lent spirits, never was In better health
of mind and body, had never seen a real
skeleton nor the representation of one,
nor had she any dread of death. This
horrible phantom continued its visits to
her boudoir every night for two years.
It always appeared about 10.20 while
she was preparing for bed. Her room
was lighted on every occasion. The cof
fin appeared to be one that had been
used, and, although entreated each
night by her terrible visitor to look Into
It, she never found the courage to do so.
At the end of the spai.-e of two years
the skeleton ceased Us visits, until one
autumn night, live years later, when Its
victim was confined In a hospital suffer
ing from a shattered constitution, due
doubtless to Its former long period of
visitation. When seen in the hospital It
was gazing In through a window op
posite her bed. She did not mention the
occurrence to anyone, but presently
heard an exclamation from a fellow
patient a woman occupying the bed
next to hers. Without pretending that
she had also seen anything, she asked
this neighbor what was the matter. The
latter replied "That thing all bones!"
A doctor soon entered and glancing in
the direction of the two women's eyes
became frightened and left the room,
although not told by either woman what
they had seen. About an hour later a
nurse came into the ward luttghlng, be
ing amused at the doctor, who she said
had been scared at something and had
tsked her to accompany him Into the
lissectlng room, where a subject wus
lying dead, for he was afraid to go
alone. He told her that he had had a
dreadful scare In the ward nbout an
hour before, but would not tell what it
was, being. In all probability, afraid of
ridicule. The society has evidence
from the principal persons concerned.
Here apparently were three witnesses,
each seeing the same phantom at once,
without either telling another what was
seen.
HIS UNCLE'S SHADE.
Another case, of which corroborative
evidence Is given, Is that of a young
man of New College, Oxford. Just
before Christmas he went to Liverpool
with his brother and sister. It wn n n.
bright, clear day and the streets were
tnronged with shopper While on one
of the principal thoroughfares he saw
his old uncle, whom he knew but slight
ly, but whom- he distinctly recnenizerl.
The uncle In question was an old, lame
man, and, strange to say, following him
came two other shapes, each hobbling
by In the same manner, all thren nn.
peering alike. The young man did not
nnpar nr nu ninrmoH nt thin .i.nx
her that he had Just seen his uncle's
gnost ana that he felt sure the old man
was dead. Both brother and sister ri
diculed him for the remark and none
of the young people thought more of
xne episoae wnlle in Liverpool. On ar
riving home, however, their mother's
first words were the announcement of
the same uncle's death, on the same
day. The young man testifies that he
had a previous knowledge of his uncle's
Illness, nor had he been thinking of him
before seeing the triple vision. Both
his mother and sister have corroborat
ed his testimony and he Is Identified
by the society' agent, who Investigat
ed the affair, as a man of "perfect
good faith."
Still another ghost story which has
been deemed deserving of the attention
of these mystic philosophers, comes
from London. One day in the summer
a young lady, accompanied by a friend
whom she was visiting, went to several
of the suburbs to visit a number of old
churches. While In one church, her
friend, another younir woman, related
the cose of an old doctor, a very dear
menu or me family, who was burled
In the church yard, and who had left
a certain sum of money for the pur
chase of a window to be erected in the
church, as his memorial. Th imnn
inheriting his fortune had neglected to
carry out nis wisn and appropriated the
sum for himself. According to the
young lady's testimony, on hearing this
story she became angry and remarked
that had she been the old doctor she
would rise out of her grave. Imme
dlately after saying this she turned
around only to see an old gentleman, in
ancient . dress, standing behind her
Thinking that he likewise was exam
ining the church, she took no further
notice until her friend on perceiving the
same figure exclaimed that they must
come away, as that was the old man of
whom they had Just been speaking.
Upon hearing this the young lady
thought her friend must have been suf
fering from a spell of some sort. The
former was not a believer In appari
tions, so continued to gase at the old
man, who appeared to vanish into space
before her eyes. She afterward observed
that no one could have possibly en
tered the church without passing her
and her friend, both of whom stood in
the only narrow aisle leading up from
the entrance. The old man had stood
in the portion of the church furthest
from the door, at which nd there was
no opening. The church was undoubt
edly empty when they entered It. She
carried a vivid memory of the old man's
face and dress, and when she reached
the house of her friend she at once
identified his photograph, which the
family had in their possession. The so
ciety has detailed evidence of the en
tire occurrence. , . ; , ,
THOUGHT READING.
The society's attention has lately been
called to cases of thought reading by
young children whose ages would dis
pose of theories pointing to premedit
ated trickery. One of the most Inter
esting of these cases was that of a child,
who when only t promised to rival the
feats of the most successful mind read
ers on record. So noteworthy Is his
case that numerous foreign doctors and
specialists have examined him, devot
ing reports to the phenomenon. - The
boy has excellent health and his par
ents are entirely free from nervous dis
orders of any kind. His mother, when
she began to teach him the multiplica
tion table, found that he could say it aa
well as she herself, although he had
never looked at it before. He gave
correct answers to the most complicated
problems in mental arithmetic without
pause. Soma of those who examined
htm found that he could translate any
sentence in Engllsfa.lspanlsh or Greek,
merely on hearing It spoken, although
he had not hitherto studied those- lan
guages. -After thorough examination,
however, it was found that all of these
feats were due merely to mental telep
athy. He generally failed to give the
proper answers unless his questioner's
mind was fixed upon the same answers
before he gave them. It was- quite
natural that they should do so, hence he
unconsciously baffled everyone for a
long time. He also could repeat equally
well anything that his .mother hap
pened to be thinking about. It was a
very difficult matter to teach him to
read. When his mother looked upon
the page at the same time he pro
nounced the words as they met her eyes,
not as he saw them self. Upon the ad
vice of the doctors the mother has since
striven to break him of these mind
reading tendencies, for fear that his
Intellect might become permanently de
pendent upon hers. Prom this case It
would appear that thought reading can
be Innate in some persons and Is not
necessarily cultivated. That the moth
er had the most marked Influence over
the child's mind would suggest that the
telepathic affinity might be due to phys
iological causes. -
ANOTHER ODD CASE.
Another case of mind reading, or
rather prophetlo vision, on the part of
a child is that of an English girl who.
on being taken to a strange place, or on
seeing strange objects, frequently ex
perienced the sensation that she had
seen them before. The faculty was no
ticed by her parents in early childhood,
and during her attendance at school.
Recently, on leaving school, her moth
er took her to travel In countries which
she had never visited before, and with
which she wa9 In no way indirectly fa
miliar. One day while staying at a re
sort on the Lake at Thourne they heard
that by climbing a certain hill, pre
viously unknown to them, they might
enjoy a beautiful view of the surround
lng landscape. The walk to the hilltop
was by way of a narrow path. Dur
ing the entire ascent the young lady
was struck with her apparent famil
iarity with every tree or other object
passed. Finally she became so posi
tive that she had been there before
that she told her mother, as a means
of proof, that on reaching the top they
would puss a tree bearing an odd notice
printed on a sheet of tin. On reach
ing the place speclefled, both' the itree
and notice were found, exactly de
scribed. In addition to full testimony
from the young lady herself, the so
ciety has thnt of her mother, who cor
roborates It in every detail. This case
appears to bt an excellent one for the
osophlsts to use as evidence that per
sans' souls have previously, inhabited
the earth in different bodies, sometimes
those of the lower animals.
YANKEE GHOSTS TAME. . .
There are as many cases reported
from America us from other countries,
but they are not generally as striking
as those concerning foreign subjects,
which seems to show that Americans
are not as progressive in this matter as
they should be. One of the strangest of
the American apparitions was seen by
a man living at Lima, I nil., who was a
large stockholder In a bank at Cold
water, Mich, In the middle of one
night he was awakened by a supposed
explosion, arose and walked all through
the city to place it, but found that he
was mistaken. The next day he heard
that the bank at Coldwater. In the oth
er state, had ben robbed at the same
hour of his dream, the safe being blown
open with dynamite. His money was
doubtless uppermost in his thought be
fore going to sleep and hence the 'es
tablishment of a telepathic or telegra-,
phic line between his- mind and the
money vault.
Prom Its bianch In this country the
society hus also received testimony re
garding the supposed medical value of
hypnotism. This Includes the case of a
young New York school teacher who
from witnessing un accident received a
severe mental shock, resulting In para
lysis of the face and limbs. By making
hypnotic passes over the afflicted parts
a physician made it possible for her to
walk about In less than three weeks.
At the same time she recovered her
senses and did not remember anything
which had happened since the day of
her fright, which she called "yester
day." On her further recovery the doc
tor found that she was what hypnotists
call "a sensitive." She could feel his
presence when he was not visible and
could distinguish objects held between
her hand and his, by their tastes coming
to her mouth. Water over which hyp
notic passes had previously been made
tasted to her like mineral water, and
could be distinguished from other
water not so treated.
AUTHORS AND POLISHERS.
Edmund Qosse Is collecting a new vol
ume of his essays, to be entitled "Criti
cal Kit-Cats." The book will be ready
this spring.
The Boston public library refuses to Is
sue to Its readers Thomas Hardy's recent
novel, "Jude, the Obscure," as well at
his older work, "Two on a Tower."
K. P. Benson, who wrote "Dodo," has a
new novel in the Knickerbocker Press,
called "The Babe, B. A." Mr. Benson'
story deals with the uneventful history
of an undergraduate at Cambride univer
sity. Alfred Austin has left England for a
short etay at Nice, to recover from the
strain of his recent poetical labors, and,
so it is said, of the .mass of congratula
tory correspondence that has been thrust
upon him.
Mrs. Cralgle (John Oliver Hobbes) nan
decided, so It Is said, to abandon her
manner In her new novelette. Its
title does not suggest a new mood "The
Herb Moon."
Professor Oleseler, of Gottingen, hn
twemy-four children. He saw a child cry
ing in the street, and asked: "What Is
the matter, little boy?" Don't you know
me, papa ?" said the boy. He was one ol
the twenty-four children.
Justin McCarthy is at work on a mono
graph dealing with the present Pope, morn
than half of which Is finished; and a new
novel, and a collection of short storlts,
both of which may be published before
the full. He has also started writing hi
own "Retnlnscences."
It has been often remarked that few
noted American authors are university
men, and yet one is surprised bv the fact
that such stylists as the late Mr. Curtis
Mr. Howells, Mr. Aldrlch, Henry Jamo'
and Bret Harts were not graduated frotr
any college. Some of them, indeed, ha
no academic training whatever.
Joseph Chamberlain Is almost as grea'
a reader as Mr. Gladstone and has appar
rently the same catholicity of taste. Or.
his bookshelves will be found among his
torlans Macaulay. Froude. Leckey, Nn
pier, Alison, Freeman,' and others. Sev
eral shelves are devoted to French nn'
Italian literature-others to poetry. Chan
cer, Spenser. Milton, Byron, Tennyson
and Alfred Austin stand cheek by Jow
in the poet's corner.
Mr. Howells Is said to be dramatizing
with the help of Paul Kester, one of h
best and best-known novels, "The Rise o
Silas Lanham," which William Crari.
will probably produce. Doubtless -th-famous
scene where Silas Lapham get
Intoxicated at the dinner party will be .
profnlnent feature. The very qualltlc
which make Howells a writer of charm
lng fiction would seem to be Ill-adapted t.
the effective drama.
Mark Twain, who Is now In India, o
was the last time he was heard from, say
that he works from U In the morning til
It Is time to dress for dinner, and then h
doien't stop of his own accord, but br
cause his family drags him awny from hi'
desk. 'Mr. Clemens does not call wrltin,
hard work. He says: "The mere physl
cal work would not hurt me or any on
else you can sleep that off: the men to
part of It is nothing but amusement I
Is not work." All the time he work h
smokes, and he says that he could nc
work without smoking, Hs did not sto
once for over year, but In that time h
did no work. .
Frederick Macmlllan, the present bee
of it he great publishing house bearing hi
name, was at one time. It Is said,
American cltlsen. That was several year
ago, when he represented his Ann la tb!
country. H took out naturalisation p-v'
pen, thinking that as an American cttixe
he might have better chance of holdln
the copyrights In his Own books, but !
was of no uee. An American oltlsen hs
no better protection against the Amerlc ,
pirate than a British subject. Mr. Ma
mlllan's wife Is en American, being th
granddaughter of Thomas Lord, th
founder of the house of Lord as Taylor,
HANNIS
Uncle Sam's Minister
(From the Chicago Timej-Ha:ald. By
THE REAL JFRICAN BOER
His Republic One of the Anomalies
of the Day.
LIFE THEKB IS VEKY PRIMITIVE
The Kaffir Servants, or "llova," Are Vlr
- tually Serfs-l-rult Growing and Agri
culture Not Popular Owing to the
Irrepressible Indolence of lloers.
Cape Town, Africa, Feb. 23. The
Transvaal Republic Is one of the anom
alies of civilisation. There, In a se
cluded wilderness, the traveler finds
a widely scattered community of farm
ers and sheeo ranchers, all of direct
Dutch descent, preserving ul) the char
acteristics of the crude life of their an
cestors of the eighteenth century, In
termarrying so universally as to ex
clude all the freshening Impulses -of
Saxon and Celtic blood, and repelling
all the Influences that would mold their
destiny in the direction of sociul eleva
tion, refined surroundings and mental
culture.
They are today the most extraordi
nary people of the Cuucaslan race. In
tensely devoted to their Lutheran re
ligion, to the preservation of their
country from the influx of English
speaking agriculturists, and to the re
tention of the Dutch language as that
of the Volksraad, or Congress, of the
oourts, the schools and the churches.
Their rough dress la a close copy of
old Dutch fashions, and in only one re
spect do they keep pace with modern
progress: this is in the purchase of the
latest types of Improved firearms.
They are all trained marksmen, and
their sons from the age of 10 are kept
In constant practice, hunting for the
supply of the family larder with the
delicious meat of the eland, considered
superior to beef, springbok and other
species of deer. The Transvaal Boers
require farms of enormous extent to
secure sufficient pasturage for their
flocks and heards. The services of a
land surveyor are seldom needed, the
farms being outlined by riding on
horseback say for an hour in any giv
en direction, the four sides of a square
thus formed containing about 4,000
"morgen." Many of the farms are of
vast dimensions, and the owners re
semble the feudal barons of old, having;
the power of life and death over his
"boys" (Kaffir servants), who are real
ly serfs, among whom discipline is
maintained bv means of the "sham
buk" (whip of rhinoceros hide), and
hideous stories of cruelty Inflicted by
the Boers on the Kaffirs are current.
THE WATER SUPPLY.
Each farm must have a spring of
water course, known as a "fonteln,"
nnd thus this is a favorite terminal
first builds a dam to retain water for
his sheep and cattle during the dry
season, and then erects a cheap one
story pitch roof stone abode house, the
earthen floor being solidly macerated
with clay obtained from neighboring
for the names of farms. The Boer
anthills, which there exist to the height
of eight and ten feet, and forming a
solid clean surface impervious to ver
min. In the wall Is set a huge fire
place, while on the blackened beams
overhead are hung festoons of dried
pumpkins, and "beltong," the meat -of
the ox, eland or springbok, dried In
ihe sun In strips. This is the equiva
lent of our corned meats. Por fresh
meat the Boer occasionally slaughters
one of his fat flat-tailed sheep, the
rnutton being boiled In a huge pot along
v.-ith sliced pumpkins and Boer (wheat)
neal, or "mealle" (corn) meal. This Is
not a dish fit to set before n king. On
the contrary, I had to be desperately
hungry to make a squnre meal of.lt,
when "trekking" through the wilder
ness. Sheep tall fat Is used Instead of
'jutten
The Boer's rule Is patriarchal and
archaic. After hunting all day, he re
turns home and has family worship,
fading from a great leather-backed
Outeh Bible; after prayers, father
nother, sons and duughters join the
'boys" outside and count the sheep as
'hey are being driven into the kraal
"or the night, a necessary precaution,
incc hyenas. Jackals and even lions
till prowl over these vast solltury,
'.reeless table lands.
HABITUALLY LAZY."
The Boers Is Innately lazy: he hates
grlculturc and a field or two of meal
's. Irrigated from the "fonteln," IS
-bout all the crop he raises, while the
frau" grows a few potatoes and many
nonster pumpkins. Fresh fruit is
Imost unknown. Here and there an
nterprlstng man may laise a few
-omegranate and peach trees from the
eed, or a grape vine or two. but the
verage Boer scorns the fruit tree,
lowers under artificial cultivation I
icver saw but once on the farm of a
'toer named Butler, near the Vaal
iver. In spite of Mr. Butler's name
1 found he couldn't speak a word of
English.
Education Is largely of nn element
ary character. The three "lis" rcpre
ent the average curriculum, and all
chools are taught by teachers from
tolland. The Boer Is Intensely blg
ted, and no Catholic or . Hs-brew
chools are allowed to be established,
nd it Is this school question that is
ne of the causes of the serious trou
les now existing between the Boers
-nd the large English-speaking popu
atlon drawn Into the country by rea
on of the gold mining operations. The
ranchtse is exbyided to foreigners If
hey - become naturalised after five
ears' residence, but neither' Roman
'athollcs nor Jews are allowed to vote.
TAYLOR,
at the Spanish Capital.
the Courtosy of H. II. Kohlaaat.)
--z iTHtIYir.r
The Volksraad has two chambers. but
while the naturalized citizen may bo
elected to the second, Its powers are
completely iiullltleil In case of the first
chamber vetoing Its nets.
INTERESTING LAWS.V.;'
The laws are so stringent that prac
tically only Boers can secure admis
sion to tin? first chumber, and thus
tile republic refuses to what Is n(iw the
majority of the population a Just 'share
in legislation. The taxes and Import
duties are very heavy. The Boer burv-
ly tolerates the modern Hollander, c Is
suspicious of the (let-man and bitterly
detests the Englishman, and the Amer
ican, too, for does he not speak Eng
lish? When you are on a Journey and
ride un to a solitary form hoUBe.. per
haps two miles from any other, likely
as not the churlish owner emerges only
to reply to your salutation In KngtlHh.
"You fed doomed Entrelsman, ,,xt
sak." i i. .. i
And I have had to leave a Boer's
inhosnltnble dour and proceed to a
Kaffir sheep herder's hut to purchase
meat and get It cooked.
Still the Transvaal Boer has many
good traits. He is true to his convic
tions, and with his family will travel
miles In his big wagon to attend! re
ligious services: he Is honest in all his
dealings, sternly Just to his servants,
kind to his family and hospitable to
his Boer neighbors. But he hates mod
ern civilization and will have none of
it. The glorious victory of MnJnba
Hill and the equally decisive defeat of
Dr. Jameson's forces show the courage
and patriotic devotion with which the
Boers fight for their country and to
maintain their unique patriarchal mode
of life.
STATISTICS OF UQl'OB TRADE.
One Drinking Place for Every Ninety
Men In the Country-Iowa Appears to
Lead Kentucky In the Business-Interesting
Figures.
According to the official figures as
gleaned at Washington by Correspond
ent Curtl9 of the Chicago Record, there
are 208,388 retail liquor dealers in the
United States holding licenses from the
commissioner of internal revenue and
4,505 wholesile liquor dealers. There
are 10.486 others who deal only in malt
liquors at retail and f.,655 who sell only
malt liquors by wholesale, making a
total of 229,084. In addition to these
there are 1.440 rectifiers and 1.771 brew
ers, making a grand total of 232,295 per
sons or firms who hold licenses from
the gorvernment of the United States
to make and sell Intoxicating drinks. -'
Assuming the population of the Unit
ed States to be 65,000,000, this gives an
average of pne liquor dealer to every
280 men, women and children. Assum
ing again that two-thirds of the pop
ulation ore women and children temp
erance people who do not patronize
saloorfs. it will be seen that there la
one drinking place for an average of
ninety-three men in the country. This
Is a good text for temperance advo
cates. - The largest number of saloon licenses
Issued In any one state was 41.176 In
New York. Illinois has the second place
with 17,83.1. Ohio 15.817. Pennsylvania
14.113 and California 12.752. Among the
prohibition states Iowa seems to have
the most prosperous liquor traffic. She
has 10 rectifiers, 18 breweries, 76 whole
sale liquor dealers. 4,631 retail liquor
dealers, 318 wholesale dealers In malt
liquors, 165 retail dealers In malt liquors
only, making a total of 5.213 engaged In '
the liquor business. Kansas comes next
with 2.570 persons and firms engaged In
making nnd selling liquor, including 1
rectifier, 2 brewers, 13 wholesale and
2,225 retail liquor dealers, 59 wholesale
and 270 retail dealers In beer. Tt Is a
curious fact that there are 635 more
persons and firms engaged In the liquor
business In the prohibition state of
Iowa than in Kentucky, where the
manufacture of whisky is 'considered a
fine art and its consumption an accom
plishment. In the state of Maine 1,148 persons
are licensed to manufacture and sell
liquor. In the territory nf Alaska 84, In
Oklahoma 575 and In Indian territory
20. Utah Is as free from the whisky
business as any other state or territory.
There arc less than 400 saloons, or one
to every 520 of the population, by the
lust census. But this estimate Is not
quite fair to Utah, because the popula
tion has grown rapidly during the last
five years and is now believed to ex
ceed 350,000. which would give one sa
loon to every 875 people, 't he First dis
trict of Illinois, In which the city of
Chicago is located, had the honor of be
ing credited with the largest number of
liquor licenses rectifiers, 136: brewers.
91; wholesale liquor dealers, 261; retail
liquor dealers, 13.557; wholesale mull
liquor dealers, 203; retail malt liquoi
dealers, 734, making a total of 14,982. The
Fourteenth district of New York cotnes
second, with 10,310.
Alaska, Indian Territory, North Da
kota and Vermont are the only states
and territories without wholesale liquor
dealers. Alaska, Florida, Indian terri
tory, Maine, Mississippi, North Caro
lina, -Vermont and Wyoming navo no
breweries.
i ,
' Ho tint Ilia Answer.
For grave speeches of Importance de
livered with weight, liisnmrck was, of
course, moot celebrated. Whetn annoyed
he nearly always adopted a Jesting tone,
which must huve sounded to h's frighten
ed friends much as If the tiger In the
menagerie had greeted them with a cor
dial hundshuke before devouring.
"Do you mean to break the convention
of (lastuln?" bluntly demanded the Aus
trian Ambassador, Count Kurolyl, of the
Prussian Mlnls-ter-Prcsldent.
"No." replied -t: later, with great di
rectness, "but even If I did so, do you
tlilnk I should be such a fool as to tell
you?" ., ..
gHEBIFrS BALE.
OP
Vaiuablo Roal Estate
' "v.. .. ' -ON--- .'
, SATURDAY. MARCH 28, 18M,
By virtue of sundry writs of Fieri Fa
cias, Levari Farias and Venditioni Ex
ponas, Issued out ef the court of com
mon pleas of Lackawanna county, to me
directed, I will expose to publlo sale by
vendue or outcry, to the highest and best
bidders, for cash, at the court house. In
the city of Scranton, Lackawanna coun
ty, on SATURDAY. the TWENTY
EIGHTH DAY OF MARCH, A. D. 1896,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day,
all the right, title ami Interest of the de
fendants in and to the following described
lots, pieces or parcels of land, vis:
No.l. AUtherlgbt.tltleandlnterestofthe
defendants, Anna Master and Stlf Master.
In and to all the surface or right of soil of
all that certain lot, of land situate in Win
ton borough, in the county of Lacka
wanna and State of Pennsylvania, on what
Is known as the "David Brown's Tract,"
described as follows: Being lot number
twenty (20) In squaro or block number two
S). situate upon street called and named
and street, aa shown on map recorded in
IhB recorder's office of Lackawanna coun
ty. In Deed Book No. 69, page 676. Said
lot Is on the corner of Second avenue, be
ing fifty (50) feet In front and rear and one
hundred and fifty (130) feet In depth, rec
tangular, with' a publlo alley in the rear
fifteen feet wide. All coal and minerals
reserved.. All improved with a two-story
frame house used as a saloon and dwel
ling, and outbuildings thereon.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit
of German Building Association of Scran
ton, Pa., vs. Annie Master and Stlf Mas
ter. Debt, $1,200.00. Judgment No. 400,
March T 1896 FI. Fa. to March T., 1890.
r . UOODMAN. Atty.
ALSO.
No. 2. All the right, title and Interest of
the defendant, Anthony Baumon, In and to
ail that certain lot of land with the Im
provements thereon situate at Dunnlngs in
the township of Roaring Brook, county of
Lackawanna and mate of Pennsylvania,
bounded and described as follows. Be
ginning at a point In the publto roud lead,
ins from Dunnlngs to Moscow, being also a
corner of lot (now or formerly of A. M.
Maywood, thence south 't degrees west
along said road 20 rods to line to right of
way of Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern Railroad, on Ihe northeast side of
same, thence north 43 degrees west along
eald right of way W rods to corner of kind
now or formerly of K. Snyder, thence
south 82 degrees east along said Snyder's
land 30 rods to corner of said Maywood
lot, tllelice south 4Vi degrees West along
said Mnywood to 8 rods to a post, thence
south Kt degree east along Maywood lot
7"j roils to the place of beginning, contain
ing -three acrt-s and V-0 pen-lies of land,
be the same nore or less. All Improved
with a two-story frame hotel building with
additions, one frume ice house, one stone
and frame servants' dwelling house, one
frame chicken houne, one frame carriage
house, one two-story frame burn and
stable, with additions; one two-story
frame store ttulldlng with a two-story
frame building; attached, wugon house and
outbuldlngs, fruit and shade three there
on. Seized and taken In execution at the suit
of I'. O. Schoonmaker, assittned to C. S.
Weston vs. Anthony Butiman. Debt, i
600.00. Judgment No. 6B3. Nov. Term, 1895,
Lev. Fa. to March T., KK
JAS. II. TORREY, Atty.
ALSO.
No. S. All the right, title and Interest of
the defendant, Margaret Daniels, admin
istratrix of the estate of Samuel Daniels,
deceased. In and to all that certain lot,
piece or parcel of land situate In the First
ward of the City of Hcranton, County of
Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania,
known as lot number seven (7) In square
or block number live (5) and fronting on
Main avenue, being fifty (&0) feet in front
by one hundred and fifty (150) feet in depth,
according to a plan or map entitled "Map
of lands of Aueusta O. Genet In First and
Third wards, Seranton, Pa.," It being the
same lot or lana conveyed to tne sain Sam
uel Daniels by Augusta G. and Oeorge C.
Genet by deed dated the sixth day of Oc
tober, 1893, and recorded In the Recorder's
office in Lackawanna County, Pa., in Deed
Book No. 101, page 524. Coal and minerals
reserved. Improved with a two-story
single dwelling house.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit
of Carson & Davis vs. Margaret Daniels,
administratrix of Samuel Daniels, de
ceased. Debt, $650.00. Judgment No. 340,
March T., 1896, PI. Fa. to March Term,
1896. THOMAS, Atty.
ALSO.
No. 4. All the right, title and Interest of
the defendant, Winifred Gallagher, ad
ministratrix of the estate of Hugh K. Gal
lagher, deceased. In and to all that certain
lot, piece or parcel of land situate In the
city of Scranton, county of Lackawanna
and State of Pennsylvania, known as lot
number thirty-nine (39) in square or block
number twenty-five (25) and fronting on
Van Buren avenue, being twenty-five (25)
feet In front by two hundred and fifty
(250) feet In depth, according to a plan or
map entitled Price and Pancoast'a addi
tion to the City of Scranton, Pennsylva
nia. Coal and minerals reserved. Im
proved with a two-story single frame
dwelling house and outbuildings thereon.
- Seized and taken in execution at the suit
of West Side Bank vs. Winifred Onllagher,
administratrix of the estate of Hush K.
Gallagher, deceased. Debt, $200.00. Judg
ment No. 615, March Term, 1896, Pi. Fa. to
March Term, 1896.
THOMAS, Atty.
ALSO.
, No. 6. All the right, title and Interest of
the defendant, Frank Williams, to all that
certain messuage or lot of land situate In
the Borough of Dunmore, County of
Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania,
bounded and described as follows, to wit:
Lot number fourteen (14) on plot of vil
lage lots laid out by Andrew D. Spencer in
said Dunmore. commencing at a corner of
lot owned by James Doud, on Main street,
running along said lot one hundred and
forty-nine (149) feet south 59 degrees 25
minutes east to a corner, thence along nil
alley fifty (50) feet west 2C! degrees north
to. a corner, thence east C9 degrees 25
minutes south one hundred and forty-nine
(149) feet to a corner on said Main street,
south 26',, west fifty (50) feet to the place
of beginning, containing coves thousand,
four hundred and llfty (7,450) square feet
of land, bo the same more or less, the
tamo lot of land conveyed by Andrew D.
Spencer and wife to said Frank Williams
by deed dated the 19th October, 18:', and
recorded in Lackawanna County In Deed
Book No. 91. page 310, etc. Hold lot lwlng
Improved with a two-story frame dwel
lipg house and outbuildings thereon.
Seized nnd taken in execution at the suit
of Suburban Building and Loan Associa
tion vs. Frank Williams. Debt, $1..
4 1 It. 43. Judgment No. 612, March T., 189G,
Fi. Fa. to March Term, 1890.
COMEGYS and REYNOLDS, Attys.
ALSO
No. C. All the right, title and Interest
Of the defendants, Ellen Barrett and An
thony Burrett, In and to all the following
described lot or parcel of land situate in
the city of Scranton, in the county of
Lackawanna, and state of Pennsylvania,
described as follows, viz; Lot number sev
enteen (17 In square or block number
ninety (90) upon street called or known as
Hickory street, ufion the town plot of
Scranton; Intended to be duly registered
and recorded, said lot being forty (4U) feet
In front and one hundred and forty-seven
(147) feet in depth. Rectangular with nn
alley In the rear sixteen (lti) feet wide for
public use with the privilege of using ten
(10) feet In front of front linn on Hick
ory etree tfor yard, vault, porch and so
forth. Being the lot conveyed by the
Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company to
Ellen Barrett, first party hereto, by deed
dated 28th day of October, A. D. JK91,
recorded in deed book 84, page 235, etc. All
Improved with a two-story frame dwelling
house and outbuildings thereon.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit
of Spruks Brothers vs. Ellen Barrett and
Anthony Barrett. Debt, $1,100. Judgment
No. 730. March Term, 1894. FI. Fa. to
March T., 1890. Also at the suit of German
Building Association No. 6, vs. Ellen Bar
rett nnd Anthony Barrett. Debt, $2,000.
Judgment No. L'!-l, llurch T., 1894. Alias
FI. Fa. to March T., 1896.
, BAUMAN, Atty.
ALSO
No. 7. Al' the right title and Interest of
the. defend nts, Victoria Mutyjewlcz and
Michael M yjewlcz. In and to ull the fol
lowing lot , t land situate in Priceburg,
County of Lackawanna, and Stn-le of
Pennsylvania, being lot No. (, In block 13,
on a street called and named Carmalt
street, aciording to Moore's map of Prloe
burf. Being.1 feet In front and 165 feet
In depth, the' measurement of the depth
lo commence 15 fret inside of the street
with the right to enclose, occupy txl use
10 feet In front of said lot for cellarway,
porch, porticos, bay-window, shade trees
and shrubbery, but not the right to erect
any building thereon. Being the same lot
of land conveyed by Joseph B. Townsend,
etal, by deed dated the lth day of July,
1892, to Victoria Matyjewics, eald deed
recorded In deed book 94, page 474. etc., in
Lackawanna county.
Above premises Improved with a two
story frame bouse with basement, used as
tore and dwelling house.
Seized and taken In execution at the ault
pf Gormen Building Association No. vs.
Victoria Matyjewics. Debt. $1,600. Judg
ment No. 224. May Term. 1894. Alias FL
a. to March Term, 1896.
BAUMAN. Atty.
ALSO
No. 8. All the right, title and interest
of the defendant, Mark Price, In and to all
that certain lot of land situate In the Vil
lage of Archbald, County of Lackawanna,
and Stae of Pennsylvania, and described
as follows, to wit: Being In front sixty
feet, in rear sixty feet, and ninety feet
deep; bounded in front on the west by the
main road leading from Carbondale to
Scranton, on the south by lands late of
John P. Farnham, as marked out by lot
number sixty-three, (63), on the east by
lands of eald John P. Farnham. and on
the north by lot number sixty-one (61) as
laid out In map of lota of said John P.
farnham; coal and minerals reserved.
Said lot being number sixty-two (62) on
the plot of village lots laid out by said
John P. Farnham and so designated npon
a map of the same. Improved with a
double two-story frame building and other
outbuildings.
Seized and taken In execution at the
suit of James H. Timlin vs. Mark Price.
Debt, $417. Judgment No. 150 January T.,
195. Alia Fi. Fa, to March T 1896.
NEWCOMB, Atty.
ALSO
No. . All the right, title and Interest of
the defendant, Henry Hoar, In and to all
that certain piece or parcel of land altuate
In the Township of Roaring Brook, Coun
ty of I.aekawanna, and State of Pennsyl
vania, bounded and desoribed as follows,
to wit: Beginning at a point in the center
of the public road leading from Dunmore
to Wlmmer'a Summit, at a corner of
land late of James Sample, deceased;
thence north one hundred and twenty-nine
(129) rods to a stake and stones corner in
the warrantee line' of John Campbell
tract; thence east fifty-one (51) rods to a
stake and stones corner; thence along
lands of James Haxton, south one hun
dred and one (101) rods to the center of said
road; thence south fifty-five (56 degrees)
degrees west along said road ten and
three-tenths (10 3-10) rods; thence along
said road south sixty and one-half de
grees west ten rods; thence along said
road south sixty-four and three-fourths
(tiii degrees) degrees, west thirty and
nine tenth (30 910) rods; thence along
said road south sixty-two (G3 degrees) de
grees, west six and four-tenths ( 4-10)
rods to the place of beginning, containing
thirty-six (30) acres and one hundred and
five (105) perches, be the same more or
less. All Improved with a two-story frame
dwelling house, frame barn and outbuild
ings, fruit trees thereon.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit
of J. S. Miller vs. Henry Hoar. Debt, $100.
Judgment No. 713 May T., 1895. FI. Fa, to
March T 1896.
NEWCOMB, Atty.
ALSO
No. 10. All the right, title and Interest of
the defendant, John P. Slattery, In and to
all the surface of the following lot, piece
or parcel of land to wit: Being located
on a plot of lots situated partly In the city
of Borarrton and partly In the borough of
Dunmore, Lackawanna county, Pennsyl
vania, designated as North Park, whloh
said plot Is intended to be reoorded. The
lot Is In the borough of Dunmore and is
marked on eald plot as lot number five (5)
In block 2 upon street marked on said plot
as Monroe avenue, said piece of land is
forty (40) feet in front on said Monroe
avenue and one hundred and sixty (160)
feet In depth to an allley in the rear six
teen (1C) feet In width for public use.
This judgment Is for purchase money
on contract for sale of said lot.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit
of assigned to Lackawanna Trust and
Safe Deposit Company vs. John P. Slat
tery. Debt, $487.69. Judgment No. S55,
March Term, 1896. FI. Fa. to March T.,
1896. CHAS H. WELLES, Atty.
ALSO
No. 11, All the right, title and Interest of
the defendant, Lewis P. Williams, In and
to all that certain lot, piece or parcel of
land situate In the city of Bcranton,
county of Lackawanna, and state of Penn
sylvania, bounded and described as-fol-lows:
Commencing at the northeast cor
ner of Sumner avenue and Price street;
thence In a southeasterly direction along
Price street one hundred (100) feet to land
of Maria A. Hussy; thence In a northeast
erly direction fifty (50) feet to lands of
Grant Corbin; thence in a northwesterly
direction along lands of said Grant Cor
bin one hundred (100) feet to Sumner ave
nue; thence In a southwesterly direction
along Sumner avenue fifty (50) feet to
place of beginning. Containing five thou
sand square feot of land, being part of lots
one, two, three, four, five and six, In
square or block number 4 of Price and
Pancoast's addition to the city of Scran
ton, Pa., and being the land conveyed by
David W. Powell and wife to Lewis P.
Williams by deed dated 27th March, 1893.
recorded In Lackawanna county, deed
book 106, page 163, etc. All Improved with
a large frame building used for church
purposes.
Seized and taken In execution at the suit
of Lackawanna Building and Loan Asso
ciation of Scranton, Pa., vs. Lewis P.
Williams. Debt, $3,600. Judgment No. 658,
March Term, 1S90. FI. Fa. to March T
1896. STOKES, Atty.
ALSO
No. 12. All the right, title an Interest of
the defendants, David W. Thompson and
Robert J. Thompson, administrators of
the estate of Elizabeth A. Thompson, de
ceased in and to all that certain parcel of
land with the Improvements thereon, situ
ate In Bellevue, in the city of Scranton,
countyof Lackawanna, and state of Penn
sylvania, bounded and described as follows,
to wit: Commencing at a point on Sixth
avenue or Hampton street on line of lot
number two (2) of said estate and run
ning northwesterly nlong said street
eighty-one and one-half feet to a line of
I nnd of Lackawanna and Bloomsburg
Railroad company; thence northerly along
said line 13 feet to line of lot No. 1 of said
estate; thence along said line 89 feet to
line nf lot number 2 of said estate; thence
southwesterly along said line seventy-two
feet to the place of beginning, Reserving
and to be reserved in and from said lot the
coal and minerals beneath the surface of
said premises, together with the right to
mine and remove the snme without enter
ing upon the surface of same. Improved
with a two-story frame dwelling house
and outbuildings thereon.
Seized and taken In execution at the
suit of Harry G. Marcey, administrator d.
b. n. of the estate of Sarah J. Davis, de
ceased vs. David W. Tliopmson and Rob
ert J. Thompson, administrators of the
estate of Elizabeth A. Thompson, de
ceased. Debt, $1,600. Judgment No. "40
March Term, 1896. Lev. Fa. to March T.,
1S9U.
RHONE & CREVELING, Attys.
ALSO
No. 13. All the defendant's right, title
and Interest in and to the following de
scribed lot, piece or parcel of land, situate
In the Tenth ward of the city of Scranton,
county of Lackawanna, and state of
Pennsylvania, bounded and described lis
follows: Beginlng at a point on the east
erly side of Cross street, 110 feet distant
from the southeast corner formed by the
Intersection of Cross and Ash streets In
line of land of Mrs. Charles F. Wagner;
thence along said Wagner's land in a
southeasterly direction K feet to a cor
ner; then nt right angles in a southwest
erly direction about SO feet to a corner;
thence at right angles about 78 feet to a
corner in line of lands formerly of Kd
ward Stelndule; thence right angles In a
southwesterly direction along said Steln
dale lands 100 feet to a comer In line of
Catherine Bellman's land; thence at right
angles In a northwesterly direction along
said Hauman'a land a distance of about 78
feet to a corner In line of lands formerly
of Louis Goerlitz; then at right angles In a
northeasterly direction about 60 feet along
snld Goerlltz's land to a corner in the line
dividing the lands formerly of Louis Goer
lit and Jacob Goerlitz; then at right
angles in a northwesterly direction along
said dlvlslos. line 170 feet to the easterly
line of Ash street; thence In a northeast
erly direction along Ash street 90 feet to
the pluce of beginning. Containing about
23,100 square feet of land more or less.
Coal and minerals reserved. All Improved
with a two-story frame store and dwell
ing house building and a large frame barn.
Seized and taken in execution at the
suit of George Kinback vs. Eleanor Goer
litz, administratrix of the estate of Jacob
Goerlitz. deceased. Debt, $35. Judgment
No. 201 April T., 1893. FI. Fa. lo March T.,
1896. NEWCOMU, Atty.
ALSO
No. 14. All the right, title and Interest of
the defendant, Ann Mullen, widow, Pat
rick Mullen, John Mullen, Catherine Mar
tin. Mary Mullen. Alice Lynch, heirs of
Thomas Mullen, deceased. In and to all
those certain lot of land, No. 4 and (, in
block B of David Coughllu' survey, and
situate upon street called and named
Stanton street. In the Third ward of the
city of Scranton, county of Lackawanna,
and atate of Pennsylvania. Said lota be
ing each 50 feet In front and 120 feet in
depth. All eoal and mlnerala reserved
with the right to mine and remove th
eaaie without Increasing any liability for
Injury caused or damage done to the sur
face of said lot, or to the building or
Improvement whloh now or hereafter
may be put thereon. No mine or air shaft
fixtures, to be erected thereon. The same
being fne property conveyed to 4e said
party of the first part by Samuel C. Gil
bert and wife and John H. Gilbert and
wife by deed bearing even date. All im
proved with a two-story frame dwelling
bouse and outbuilding thereon.
Seized and taken In execution at th
EJ,,.,H; Rockwell, assigned to the
First National Bank of Scranton, Pa, v.
Ann Mullen, widow. Patrick Mullen. John
Mullen, Catherine Martin, Mary Mullen,
Alice Lynch, heirs of Thomas Mullen, de
ceased. Debt, $917.72. Judgment No. 554.
January T., 1896. Lev. Fa. to March Term.
1896. CHAS. H. WELLES, Atty,
ALSO
No. 15. All th right, title and interest of
the defendant, Marlanna pollman, ad
ministratrix of the estate of Morits Doll
man, deceased, in and to all that certain
lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, ly
ing and being In th Eighteenth ward of
the city of Scranton. county of Lacka
wanna and state of Pennsylvania, known
and distinguished on J. Heerman' map of
South Hyde Park as the southeasterly
one-half part of lot number twenty-nine
(29) in block number thirty-two (12), being
twenty-five (25) feet In front on Emmett
street (formerly known aa Fourth avenue),
the same width In rear and one hundred
and fifty (150) feet In depth; It being a part
of the same lot of land conveyed by John
BiacKieoge to Morits Dollmaa by dead
made th 23rd day of March, lbs. Im
proved with a two-atory frame dwelling
house and aummer kltohen attached.
Seized and taken In execution at th
ault of Charts Fischer vs. Marlanna Doll
man administratrix of th estate of Morits
Dollman, deceased. Debt, $778.(1. Judg
ment No. 679. March T., 1891 FI. Fa. Fa
March T., 1896.
GEO. D. TAYLOR, Atty.
AU of which will be sold for cash only.
FRANK H. CLEMON8. Sheriff. '
Sheriff's office, Scranton, Pa,, Ifaroh fc
189.
Rgltr' Netiet.
RBUISTBR'S NOTICE-TO AI.dT LEG A
tee, creditors and other perSGn inter
ested, notice is hereby given that tb follow
ing namtd persons have Died their account in
the ottic of the Register for the probate of
will and granting letter of administration
In and for th county ef Lackawanna, that
said administrators, executor and guardian
have settled their ai-connta In the office of th
aid Register, and that th ume will be pre
sented to the Orphans' Court of said county
on Monday, March 2U, ltftftl, at 10 o'olook a.
lu., at the Court Rouse for contlrmaUoa. i
1. Margaret McDonald, administratrix of I
William McDonald, deceased. 1
2. Martin Neary, administrator of Thomas
P. Neary, deceased.
& Kred Peter, administrator of John IV
Peters, deceased,
4, Joseph a Cogaa, administrator of Charles
T. Cogan, deceued.
6. William Banman, admlnlittator of Cath
arine Baumaa, deceased,
. Major M. WardeU, executor of Edward
wardell, deceased.
7. Oeorge Sherman, azeoator of Hannah
Rlngsdorf, deceased.
. Florlnda Mengle, administratrix of Jaoob
Mangle, deceased.
It Final account of W. S. Vail, guardian of
Edith J. Holier, Adle M. lloffer and Harry E.
Hollar, miner children of Joeiah BoSer, de
ceived. 10. Fannie M. Carpenter, administratrix of
Haiwn Carpenter, deceased.
11. Second partial account of Mary R. Jones,
Thomas E. Jones and Rdward H. Jons,execa
tors and trustee of Edward Jones, decsaaed.
13. Third partial account of Mary E. Jone,
Thomas E- Jone and Edward S. Jones, execu
tors and trustees of Edward Jones, deceased.
13. W. O.Jenkins, exeoutorof Jabea Jsnk.
ins, deceased.
14. Peninnab Murpky, administratrix of W.
W. Murphy, deceased.
15. Paul K. Weitzel and Jnslah Paff, execu
tors of C. A. Smith, deceased.
Id. Frank E. Ryan, administrator of Kitty
Rank, nee McKeene, deceased.
I". Reuben H. Gillinaliam. administrator of
Franklin J. Powell, deceased.
18. Charlea Gardner, eieoutor of Barak J.
Hopkins, deceased.
14. Angelina 8. Swingle, administratrix of
Erastus 0. Swingle, deceased.
$0. Emily a Kralth, surviving executrix of
John H. Smith, deoeaaed.
21. Oeorge H. Smith and W. F. Erhardt, ex
ontor of Joel O. Smith, deceased.
22 Oeorge M. Shelly, executor of William
Shelly, deceased.
23. John J. Fahey, surviving executor and
trustee of P. C Callahan, deceased.
SI. Caroline Brook, administratrix of Da
vid P. Brooks, deceased.
25. John J. Mulrooney, administrator , ef
Thomas Klley, deceased. -
26. v illiam E. Llovd. M. D.. executor of
Rachel Nicholas, deceased.
27. Lackawanna Trust and Safe Deposit Co.,
guardian of Nellie Muller.
28 Fourth and partial account of Roaaana G.
Tripp, Erra H. Hippie and Everett Warren,
trustees of th estate ef Ira Tripp, deceased,
29. W. B. Hwlck, administrator of Aianeon
Vunk, deceased.
M. Final account of Lewis C. Heaaler, guar
dian of Guy K. Stevens, minor child ot Sarah
R. Stevens, deceased.
31. John W. Buacb, executor of Jaoob Bason,
deceased.
W. 8. HOPKINS, Register.
Chartar Application.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN
application will b mad to the Govern
or ot Pennsylvania, on the Tilth day of March
1896. by Casper Stahle, John S, Weicel, Henry
V. Weisenffub, John Sohild and Casper Ott,
under tlie act of Assembly, entitled. "An act
to provide for the incorporation and regula
tion of Certain corporations" approved April,
2Utb, 1874, and the supplements thereto, lor the
Charter of an intended cooperation to be
called "Columbia Building and Loan Associa
tion of Taylor Pennsylvania," the character
and object of which is the acenmmulation of a
fnnd by the periodical contributions of the
members thereof and of safely inveetlng tb
saras and for theso purpose to have, peaaasa
and enjoy all the righta, benefit and privi
lege of said act of Auemtly and th supple
ments thereto.
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