THE SCRAKTON TRIBTTNE-SATURDAY MORNTOG,' DECEMBER 2Gf 1896.
11
THE END OF A VERY
STRANGE STORY
Problem of the Identity el Finny Sweet
. and Rachel Brown.
WERE THEY THE SAME PERSON
A Loulsiaus. Court Decides That
They Were, and Thus Fattened
Vpoa One Woman Adventure to
Fill Chapters of Romance and
Tragedy.
From the New Tork Sun.
The contest over the succession of
Fanny Sweet Mills, at New Orleans,
upon which the civil distric t court of
Louisiana has passed finally, brought
to llffht a. series of stories SO marvel
ous that a novelist would be accused of
sensationalism If he save them In any
romance.
On Jan. 6, 1896. Mrs. William R. Mills
died In this city at the ago of 70. She
was the widow of one of the most dis
tinguished members of the New Orleans
bar, who had been the leading counsel
In the famous Myra Clark Guinea cuse,
which resulted In this city's paying
$2,000,000 to the Gaines heirs. Mills's
fee In this case was one of the largest
ever paid, and made him Independently
rich, but he died soon after his success,
leaving all his property to his wife.
Every one In New Orleans knew who
the was, the notorious Fanny Sweet,
who for thirty years had been the
wildest woman In the city. whose freaks,
follies, and wild escapades had made
lier notorious, whose life had been one
long succession of adventures. She
was a woman of M when sli met Mills,
lut such was the power she exerted
over men that this lawyer of fine fam
ily and of high social standing and
reputation at the bar made her his
wife.
She was 70 years old when she tiled,
and her death was a miserable enough
ending even for a life so stained with
sin and crime. Mrs. Mills was a
wealthy woman, yet died of starvation.
She had $100,000 in bonds In her armolre,
1ut died of lack of food. For three
years before her death she was blind,
but she was so filled with fenr that
some one would rob her of her money
that she lived alone. She was taken
sick, and, having no one to call the
doctor or get her assistance or food,
she lay upon the floor until she db'.l
of starvation. She was found dead by
a neighbor. Her death revealed the ro-
mnnce of her life and a succession of
tragedies.
Mrs. Mills, or Fanny Sweet, made a
number of villa .lust before she dle.1.
In which she left her money to several
conspicuous men In Now Orleans. Most
of Ihem would have gladly foregone the
money to avoid the notoriety. She re
voked all her wills Just before her death
and died Intestate.
The state of Louisiana laid claim to
thP estate and seemed likely to get It,
when suddenly two heirs appeared
Charles C. Hrow n, a respectable lawyeuf
of Sacramento, Cal and Mrs. Mary
McVey, an aged widow of Huntington,
W. Va.. who claimed that Mrs. Mills,
or Fanny Sweet, was their sister.Kaeh
el Brown. It seemed a thoroughly im
probable tale, for the state of Louisiana
had traced back Fanny Sweet's history
and found that she was Minerva Sey
mour, an ICnclish bar maid, born in
London in 1826. The evidence that Fan
ny Sweet was Minerva Seymour seemed
complete and Indisputable. She her
self so declared repeatedly, so swore in
her will, in her marriage certificate;
and In her relations, however confiden
tial with her lawyers, she told the
same story. She was born In London,
she said, of good parentage, but had
bten left an orphan when young, had
run away from her guardian, grown up
in the slums of Liverpool, had become
a barmaid there, and finally had come
over to the United States In 1S46, when
20 years old. Arriving In New York
in the ship Waterloo, commanded by
Captain Allen, the state found several
of her fellow travellers on the voyage,
Who readily identified Minerva Sey
mour with Fanny Sweet. She spoke,
. they said, with a marked cockney ac
cent. EXTRAORDINARY DECISION.
Here comes in the extraordinary and
incomprenhensible part of the sto.-y,
for the claimants to the estate declare
that Fanny Sweet was their sister,
Rachel Brown, a native of Hume, Law
rence county, O., and descended from
an old Virginia family; and the court
has decided in spite of the frequent
declarations of Fanny Sweet herself
and of her friends, lawyers and ac
quaintances, in suite of her wills and
her marriage certificate, even in spite
of her cockney accent and her landing
In this country from Liverpool In 1MB,
that Fanny Sweet was Rachel "Brown,
and tt has awarded all her property
to the California and West Virginia
claimants. The court was compelled to
accept the Minerva Seymour episode as
true It was so clearly jiroved but
passed It over as inexplicable like the
many metamorphoses which Fanny
Sweet Indulged in later In her life.
Rachel Hrown was born In lX.'G In
Rome, O. She ran away from home
when IS years old, and was completely
lost sight of for years, hut this created
no surprise, for It seems to have been
the habit of the Brown family to run
away. Her eldest brother, James, ran
away a few years before, and was
never heard of afterward. Her eldest
ejlster, Sarah, also disappeared, but
turned up years afterward in Califor
nia, after marriage and adventure
enough to Mil a book. When Rachel,
therefore, ran off, It was regarded per
fectly natural, and no one troubled
himself about her. The claimants to
the succession have tried to follow the
career of the runaway girl, but there
are many long breaks In their records.
They frankly admit there are no traces
of her for two years. 1844 to 1M. No
one has ever been found who saw or
heard of her during that period. That
she became Fanny Sweet afterward
is Insisted, and It is equally clear that
Minerva Seymour was also Fanny
Sweet. The court fought shy of this
dilemma. There is but one explanation
of it. The Ohio girl found her way to
London in some way, picked up the
cockney dialect, and picked It up so
successfully that she never lost It af
terward. There are some absurdities
about this theory, but It Is the only
possible one. It may have been Rachel
Brown's idea of completely destroying
her former Identity and cutting herself
oft from her relatives. She played
the part well If this theory is correct,
and yet her relatives got her money af
ter all.
Her brother and sister drop her ca
reer In 1844 and take It up again In 1846,
when the girl whose subsequent mul
tiplicity of names caused such confus
ion landed from the steamer Water
loo. She drifted from New York to
New Orleans with a man named Smith,
and when she landed In the Crescent
City she was Fanny Smith, instead of
either Rachel Brown or Minerva Sey
mour. Smith married her in New Or
leans, and there she was one of the
gayest of the gay, and notorious at the
old Globe ballroom as one of the wild
est of the dancers. It was during the
flush times qf the Crescent City, when
money was plentiful and morals were
at a low ebb. and when, amid the fev
ers that then raged there, the universal
motto was: "A short life but a merry
one." It was a short lire for Smith,
who died of the yellow fever a year af
ter his marrlge, leaving a widow of
twenty-one with nothing In the world.
New Orleans, lively as It then was, was
too tame for the widow. She drifted
down to South America, and when the
discovery of gold In California started
the wild rush to the Pacific Coast Fan
ny Smith was among; the first pioneers.
Bhs fitted Into the wild civilisation of
the mining camps, and was the belle
of Sacramento. She was the mistress
of Rube Raines, who ran the biggest
gambling saloon in Sacramento. El
Dorado, while she was the head of a
dance house, the Palace. Fanny
Raines, as she was now known, was
perhaps as desperate and as quick
with her gun as any man In California.
HER FIRST VICTIM.
She was unfortunate in using It, how
ever, for one of her victims was Albert
Putnam, one of the most reputable cltl
sens of Sacramento. It was at the time
that the law and order movement in
California was organising, when the
people of the Pacllic coast had grown
tired of the crimes there, and of being
ruled and domineered over by gamblers,
murderers, and blacklegs. Mr. Putnam
was one of those who took a lead In the
movement for peace and order, anil
when he was killed by the mistress of
one of the worst gamblers In the town,
the tragedy so stirred public sentiment
that there seemed every probability
that Fanny Raines, in spite of her sex.
would be lynched, but she had friends
In Sacramento, and. strange to say,
she ran across her missing sister.Sarah.
there, who. after marrying men named
Swui tout, McCormack. and Green, was
then living In California, under the
alias of Leah Duel!. Her friends hur
ried her aboard a boat, got her away
from Sacramento before the lynchers
could llnd her, and she started for new
llelds. going first to Acapulco, Mexico,
then to Panama, where she met Abra
ham Hinckley of New York, who wus
engaged in business there. He was In
fatuated with the woman, and he took
her to New York, where he married her,
and she dropped the names Minerva
Seymour and Fanny Smith and became
Muria Hinckley. She enjoyed her sec
ond marriage but a year. She visited
her hns'mnd in Panama, travelled to
Cuba and other countries and flnnlly
wound up in New Orleans, where slie
seemed to have grown tired of marlred
life, for she brought suit for divorce
and got It.
Then followed a curious episode in her
life which was largely responsible for
the decision of the court giving her
property to the Brown heirs. Maria
Hinckley, after wandering around the
world, and changing her name at every
place to which she went, after going
through tho most remarkable proceed
ings to cover up past and lose hr orig
inal name, returned to Rome, Ohio, her
birthplace, after an absence of thirteen
years. She came back as a respectable
untl well-to-do widow, to find her moth- !
er dead. She built a handsome and
expensive monument over her mother's
grave, on which she had carved an en
tire poem, written by herself. Whether
she was tired of her life of wandering
and adventure and wanted to settle
down In a quiet, respectable life, no one
except herself could ever say. She un
fortunately got into a quarrel with her
brother-in-law. McVey, whose wife got
half her succession. There were re
crlmlniitions and lawsuits, In which
Mrs. Maria Hinckley was generally suc
cessful, but they so disgusted her with
herfanillv that she again shook the
dust from her feet and came back to
New Orleans, where she changed her
name and became Fanny Sweet.
ADVENTURES IN MALE ATTIRE.
It was .lust as the civil war broke
upon the country. Willis O. Stevens se
cured the contract from the Confed
erate government to supply the trans
Misstssippl department with gunpow
der. He wan to buy It abroad, and
started for Europe, via Mexico, as New
Orleans was then blockaded. He had
as partners in the business young Fred
Sweet and a leading merchant of New
Orleans. After traveling through Tex
as the merchant was surprised to find
that Fred was a woman, in fact was
Fanny Sweet, who found male dress
better suited to her adventures, and
who In after life went as often in trous
ers as In petticoats. The Confederate
agents got as far as the Rio Grande,
where Stevens was taken dangerously
111, and was nursed by Fannv Sweet.
The nursing did not seem to agree with
him. and when he died and Fanny
came Into most of his property she
was publicly accused of murdering
him: but in those times of civil war,
the criminal courts were practically
suspended, and although the charge of
murder was made repeatedly, Fanny
Sweet was never molested. Shp came
back to New Orleans, said that Stev
ens was largely indebted to her.brought
suit against his heirs, and secured a
large part of his succession. From that
time to her death Fannv Sweet never
left New Orleans. She became a part
of Its criminal history. She built on
the famous shell road, just on the edge
of th city, a palatial mansion, sur
rounded by the handsomest gardens.
There the wildest revelries went on,
and the police were frequently called
on to restore order; but she had friends
and influence and defied all police reg
ulations. Nothing afforded her more
satisfaction than to drive a handsome
carriage through the city, dressed In
male attire, firing her revolver In the
air. This, however, was mere trifling,
and there were several more serious
episodes In her career at the shell road
house. A young man of conspicuous
family was murdered in her garden,
but the family gladly hushed up the
affair. Then a young woman was killed
there, and there were whispers of Fan
ny's wild jealously and ungovernable
temper and her quickness to use her
gun, but It was during a period of the
grossest police corruption, and no one
cared to trifle with Fanny, and the
murder was never made public; it was
returned as a suicide.
Sixteen years ago Fanny Sweet, then
well beyond fifty, further astonished
the world by marrying the disting
uished lawyer, William R. Mills. The
marriage shocked MI1I'3 friends, but It
seems to have been a happy one, for
wnen ne uieci, eleven years afterward,
he left his entire property to his "be
loved wife," whom he stvles "Fannv
Minerva Seymour Hinckley," Including
a large proportion of her aliases. After
mat Kactiel Brown, Minerva Seymour.
Fanny Smith, Fanny Raines. Maria
Hinckley, Fred Sweet, Fannv Sweet,
or Mrs. Mills, led a quiet life, soothed
her sorrows with ontum. became blind
and finally died of starvation, insisting
iu me mm inai sne was originally an
English barmaid. Minerva
For over ten months the court has
oeen uusiiy engaged In hearlnc- tcatl
mony about her career, and has
brought out the facts here given, but
there are hundreds of other incidents
oi ner career still untold.
qLEE.N VICTORIA'S CIGARS.
Her .Majesty Consumes 1000 Fine
Havana a Year.
Queen Victoria not only does not
smoke, but does not even permit smok
ing In her Immediate neighborhood.
And yet she consumes annually about
a thousand of the finest Havana ci
gars, which are specially made for her
and are intended for her guests. They
are so expensive that even In Cuba, at
wholesale prices, these cigars could not
be had under one dollar apiece. The
men who make them receive 30 cents
United States currency for every one,
as they must be most carefully select
ed and twisted, and none but the oldest
and most skillful workmen are en
trusted with their fabrication. To
them the work is a regular gold mine,
as thev can turn out about 300 cigars
a day, pocketing about 19 per diem.
When finished they are hermetically
sealed Into glass tubes, In order to
guard against deterioration, connois
seurs Insisting that the Havana leaf
Is affected by a change of climate, and
that no Havana cigars can taste as
well abroad as in Havana.
HIS IXPASHIONED WIND-UP.
A Kentucky revivalist recently declared
at a valedictory prayer meeting that
he had done a good work. "I am," he
added, "like the celebrated Napoleon, who
aiier uunser nin exciaimea, aic: sent
per tyrsnnls; I came, I saw, I conquered.'
Ualveston News.
BEBIFrs DALE.
OF
Valuable Real Estate
-OX-FRIDAY.
JANUARY 8th, 1891.
By virtue of sundry writs of Fieri Fa
cias. Levari Facias and Venditioni Ex
ponas, Issued out of the court of common
pleas of Lackawanna county, to me di
rected, I will expose to public sale by ven
due or outcry, to the highest and best
bidders, for cash, at the court house, in
the city of Scranton, Lackawanna coun
ty, on FRIDAY, the KIOHTH DAY
OF JANUARY. A. D. 1897. at W
o'clock In the forenoon of said day, all
the right, title and Interest of the de
fendants In and to the following de
scribed lots, pieces or parcels of land,
vlx:
No. 1. All the right title and interest of
the defendant, Thomas F. Waldron, In and
to all that certain piece or parcel of land
with the messuuges and tenements there
on erected, situute In the city of Scran
ton, county of Lackawanna and state of
Pennsylvania, said lot being numbered
three (3) In block forty-nine (4! in the
Eighteenth ward of the city of Scranton
and described as follows in a survey dated
the 23rd of December, 18S7, made by P. M.
Walsh, civil engineer:
"Beginning at a corner on Fifth avenue,
said corner being one hundred (100) feet
southeasterly from the easterly corner of
Fifth avenue and Fourth street; thence
northeasterly along the line of lot num
bered two (2) one hundred und fifty (150)
feet to a corner on an alley; thence along
said alley southeasterly fifty (50) feet to
a corner; thence along line of lot num
bered four (4) southwesterly one hundred
and fifty (150) feet to a corner on Fifth
avenue; and thence northwesterly along
Fifth avenue fifty (50) feet to tho place of
DeKinning.
Being the same premises conveyed by
F. W. Gunster and wife by deed dated
Dec. 28, 18S7. to Thomas F. Waldron, all
Improved with two (2) houses, one double
two (2) story frame, the other single two
(2) story fruine, and a barn and outbuild
ings. Seised and taken in execution at the
suit of United Security Life Insurance and
Trust company of Pennsylvania vs. Thom
as F. Waldron. Debt, $2,160.10. Judgment
No. 008. November T, ISM. Lev. fa to Jan.
tiary T, 1897.
WOODRUFF. Att'y.
ALSO
No. 2. All the right, title and Interest of
the defendant, Jacob Kellerman, In ami
to all the surfuce or right of soil In and to
the following lots, pieces or parcels of
land, with the Improvements thereon, sit
uate In the Nineteenth ward, city of
Scranton, state of Pennsylvania, hounded
and described as follows, to wit: No. 1 be
ing lot No. 5. In squnre or block No. SO,
being forty feet in front on Plttston ave
nue and 140 feet deep to an alley In rear
sixteen feet wide for public use. No. 2 be
ing the southwesterly part of lot No. 4,
In square or block No. 80, sntd parcel be
ing three feet in front on Plttston avenue
and 110 feet deep to an alley In the rear
sixteen feet wide for public use. with the
prevllege of reserving ten feet In front of
the front line of said lots for yard vault,
porch, piazza and cellarway and bay win
dows, but for no other purpose. Coal and
minerals reserved to the legal owners
with the right to mine and remove the
same by any subteranean manner.
All Improved with a large two story
frame dwelling house In front and two
story frame dwelling house In rear and
outbuildings.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit
of Scranton Savings bank vs. Jacob Kel
lerman. Debt, $3,339. Judgment No. 5W.
November T, 1890. Lev. fa to January T,
1897. S. B. PRICE, Att'y.
ALSO
No. S. All the right, title and Interest of
the defendant, Peter A. Aulbaeh, In and
to all that certain piece or parcel of land
situate In the city of Scranton, county of
Lackawanna and state of Pennsylvania,
being lot number ten (10) In block num
ber three (3) on the corner of Slebecker
avenue as shown on the mup of
the Mountain Lake Land and Coal
company, limited additions to Scran
ton, said lot being fifty (50) feet in
front and rear and one hundred and
fifty (150 feet deep. Coal and minerals re
served as the same are excepted and re
served In the deed from Mountain Lake
Land and Coal company, limited, to Peter
A. Aulbaeh, dated 24th of September, A.
D.. 1894, and Intended to be duly recorded
In recorder's office In and for Lackawanna
county. Improved with one two Btory
frame dwelling house, barn and outbuild
ing thereon.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit
of Security Building and Savings Union
vs. Peter A. Aulbaeh. Debt. $802.78. Judg
ment No. 403, January T, 1897. Lev. fa. to
January T. 1887.
H. E. HAND, Att'y.
ALSO
No. 4. All the right, title and interest of
the defendants, John O'Malley nnd John
O'Malley, adminsitrator of Annie O'Mal
ley, deceased. In and to all that certain lot
of land In the Fifth ward of the city of
Scranton, county of Lackawanna und
state of Pennsylvania, being known as lot
No. three (3) In block fourteen (14) on
Parker & Pancoast's addition to said city,
described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the southwester
ly side of Jackson street, one hundred 1100)
feet southeasterly from Fllmore nvenue,
end containing in front on said Jackson
street fifty (50) feet and extending of that
breadth In depth southwesterly one hun
dred and fifty (150) feet.
Coal and minerals reserved by sufficient
terms In law. Being the same premises
conveyed to Annie O'Malley hy deed re
corded In Luckawanna county In Deed
Book 12. at page 570, etc., all ImpioveJ
with a double two story franu dwtUing
house and outbuildings thereon.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit
of assigned to John Kimball vs. John
O'Malley and John O'Malley, administra
tor of Anna O'Malley, deceased. Debt,
$500.00. Judgment No. 481, January T, 1897.
Fl. fa. to January T, 1897.
WOODRUFF, Att'y.
ALSO
No. 5. All the right, title and Interest of
the defendant, Arlinlnta SafTord, In and
to all that certain lot or piece of ground
with the buildings and Improvements
thereon erected situate In the city of
Scranton, county of Lackawanna and
state of Pennsylvania, designated acconl
ing to a survey thereof made bv Frank i.
Wolfe, C. ,F. dated Feb. 7, 1895, as fol
lows, to wit:
"Beginning at a point In the southwest
erly side of Columbia avenue, at the dis
tance of three hundred and twenty 3;'0)
feet southeasterly from the southeast side
of Capouse avenue and containing in front
or breadth on tho suld Columbia avenue
eighty (.80) feet and extending of that
breadth in length or depth southwesterly
one hundred and fifty (150) feet, being com
posed of lots Nos. twenty-eight t28) und
twenty-nine (29) In block 'A' on a plot of
Frothlngham's addition to the city of
Scranton, aforesaid." Being the same
premises conveyed to Aramlnta Safford by
deed dated the 6th of February, 1895, and
duly recorded In the office for recording
deeds In Lackawanna county In Deed
Book 120, at page 378, etc.
Coal and minerals reserved to the legal
owners thereof by sufficient terms In law
and also subject to any exceptions, reser
vations and restrictions contained In or re
ferred to In said recited deed. AH im
proved with one two story and a half stcne
and frame dwelling house and on? frame
two story and basement wood dwelling
house.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit
of United Security Life Insurance and
Trust company vs. Arlmlnta Safford.
Debt, $6,013.00. Judgment No. 1100, Septem
ber T, 1196. Lev, fu. to January T, U')7.
WOODRUFF, Att'y,
ALSO
No. 6. All the right, title and Interest of
the defendants, J. F. Millard and Ida
Bauman, terre tenant, in and to all the
following lots of land situate In the bor
ough of Dunnlngs (Elmhurst), county of
Lackawanna and state of Pennsylvania,
being lots number eight (8), nine (9), nine
teen (19) and twenty (20), according to map
of Millard's addition to the borough of
Elmhurst, said map being recorded In the
office for recording of deeds, etc., In and
for the county of Lackawanna, In deed
book number 75, page 1.
Each of said lots measuring sixty .six
(66) feet In front and rear and one hundred
and sixty-five (165) feet In depth, being
a part of land sold by J. 8. Schults and
wife to J. F. Millard by deed made the
12th day of February, 1890, as recorded In
the office for recording deeds, etc., In and
for the county of Lackawanna In Deed
Book No. 68, page 338. In proved with a
two story dwelling hpuse, arn and out
buildings. Seised and taken In execution at the suit
of Qeorgs M. Dawes vs. J. F. Millard and
Ida Bauman. terre tenant.' Debt, $2,132.04.
Judgment No. 605, November T. 1896. Lev,
fu. to Jsjsruary T. 1897.
T. F. WELLES, J. E. BURR, Att'ys.
ALSO
No. 7.-A11 the right, title and Interest
of the defendant, William M. Jenkins and
J. F. Bass, terre tenant. In and to those
lots, pieces and parcels of land situate,
lying and being In the Fifteenth ward of
the city of Scranton, county of Lackawan
na, and state of Pennsylvania, described
as follows: Being lots Nos. forty-two (42)
and forty-three (43), on plot of "Thomas
Kynon's Addition to the Borough of Hyde
Park." (now city of Scranton), and being
together one hundred (100) feet in front
on Eynon street, the same In rear, and
one hundred and thirty-two (132) feet In
depth. Being the same land conveyed to
William M. Jenkins by Thomas Eynon and
wife by deed dated October 19th, A. D.,
1868, a4id recorded in the office for record
ing deeds, etc.. In anil for Luzerne county.
In Deed Book No. 182, page 197, etc. Ex
cepting and reserving, however, as therein
excepted and reserved, unto the said
Thomus Eynon, his heirs nnd asignees, oH
coal and minerals beneath the surface of
and belonging to said lots, with the sole
right and privilege to mine and remove the
same by any subterranean process Inci
dent to the business of mining, without
thereby Incurring In any event whatsoever
any liability for Injury caused or damage
done to the surface of said lots or to the
buildings or Improvements which now are
or hereafter may be put thereon. Pro
vided that no mine or air shaft shall be
Intentionally opened or any mining fix
ture established on the surface of said
premises.
All Improved with a double dwelling
house, n single dwelling house, and out
buildings. Seised and taken In execution at the
suit of Mury S. Norrman vs. William M.
Jenkins, with notice to J. F. Bass, terre
tenant. Debt, $2,750. Judgment No. 1013.
September T, 1896. Lev. fa. to January
T, 1897. HAMILTON, Att'y.
ALSO
No. 8. All the right, title and Interest or
tho defendant, A. Frothlngham, In and to
all the surface or right of soli of all those
two certain lots of land situute In the city
of Scranton, county of Lackawunna and
state of Pennsylvania, bounded and de
scribed as follows: Being lots Nos. 40 and
41, in block B, on Plot of Frothlngham's
Addition to the city of Scranton, said lots
lying on the northerly side of Columbia
avenue and being each 40 feet In front
or width, the sume in rear, rectangular in
shape, and one hundred' and forty five
feet In depth to a public alley. Seized and
taken in execution at the suit of John T.
Porter, now assigned to James J. Healey,
vs. A. Frothlngham. Debt, $350.00. Judg
ment No. 523, May T, 1895. Plurias Fl. fa.
to January T. 1897. Also at the suit of
John T. Porter, assigned to James J. Hea
ley, vs. A. Frothlnghum. Debt, $350.00.
Judgment No. 524, May T. 1895. Plurias
Fi. fit to January term, 1897.
REPLOGLE. Att'y.
ALSO
No. 9. All the right, title and lnterst of
the defendant In and to all those certain
lots or pieces of land situute in Dunmore,
Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania,
bounded anil described as follows: Being
lots Nos. thirty-eight (38) and forty (40),
on Gulway street. In the borough of Dun
more, us per map In Pennsylvania com
pany's office. Said lots are together one
hundred (100) feet In front on Oulway
street, and extending at right angles to
said street along Antrim street one hun
dred and twenty-five (125) feet, and eighty
three (83) feet and three (3) inches on the
west, along land of Pennsylvania Coal
compuny, to the Erie and Wyoming Val
ley railroad. Said lots are bounded on the
north by said ruilroad, on the east by An
trim street; on the west by land of Penn
sylvanla Coal company and on the south
by said Galway street. Coal and minerals
reserved. All improved with a one story
dwelling and other outbuildings thereon.
Seized and taken In execution at the suit
of P. C. Langan vs. John Hannon. Debt.
$200.00. Judgment No. 220, September T,
1893. Fl. fu. to January T. 1897.
DUOOAN, Att'y.
ALSO
No. 10. All the right, title and Interest of
the defendant, George E. Wedeman, and
all the right, title and Interest of Charles
vv. oawson, assignee or said George E,
Wedeman for the benefit of his creditors,
as terre tenant, in and to all the follow
ing described lot of land, to wit.:
All the surface or right of sol! of all
that certain piece of land, known on the
Northern Coul and Iron company s map
of lots as number nineteen, on Main
street, Clinton Mines, (now Vandllng), Fell
township, iacgawanna county, Pennsyl
vania. Bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on Main street, cor
ner of lot number twenty-one belonging to
WlUum G. Bowers, running north on the
Ho of said street fifty feet, turning at right
angles, running along tne line or lot sev.
enteen. formerly owned by the said Will
lam G. Bowers, but now contracted to
William T. Jones, one hundred and eighty-
seven ana mne-tentns reel to tne line or
the Hillside Coal and Iron company s land.
Thence running along said line fifty-one
and seven-tenths feet; thence turning
again at right angles along the line of lot
number twenty-one, two hundred and one
ana tnree-tentns reel to tne place ot be.
ginning.
Excepting and reserving all the exceP'
tlons and reservations contained In '.he
deed of the Northern Coal and Iron com
puny to William U. Bowers, which deed
is recorded at Scranton, In Lackawanna
county, Pennsylvania.
All improved with a two story frame
Btore and dwelling, witn a mansard root,
and a one story frame office and Btore-
room addition thereto, and a two story
frame barn about 20 feet wide, 28 feet deep
and 16 feet high, outbuildings, etc.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit
of New York Mutual Savings and Loan
association vs. George E. Wedeman and
Charles W. Dawson, assignee, etc., terre
tenant. Debt, $1,5d7.78. Judgment No. 669,
November T, 1896. Lev. fu. January T,
1897. W ATSON, uir.nutt hall, All ys.
ALSO
No. 1L All the right, title and Interest of
the defendants, Hannah Evans and Thom
as B. Evans, lit and to all that certain
piece or parcel or tract of land situate in
the First ward of the city of Scranton,
county of Lackawanna and state of Penn.
svlvanlu. bounded and described as fol
lows, to wit.: Containing a front of 60
feet soiithwesterward on Wilbur street
(formety Second street), bounded north
westward 148 4-10 feet by lot No. 74 on
said Wilbur street northeastward 60 feet
by land now or late of G. C. Genet, and
soutlH-astwaru nt t-w reel ny lot No. 70,
on said Wilbur street. Comprising lot
No. 72 on said Wilbur street, as said lot Is
represented und designated on a map of
building lots on land known as the Clark
Mill property. Improved with a two story
frame dwelling house, barn and out-build-lnits
thereon. Being the same lot of land
conveyed by deed made the 7th day of
April, A. D., 1893, by C. S. Weston to
Hannah Evans, as recorded In the proper
office tor tne recording oi deeds, etc., in
and for the county of Lackawunna.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit
of Martha E. Howey vs. Hanna Evans and
Thomas B. Evans. Debt, $1,119.00. Judg
ment No. 110"!. September T. 1896. Lev. fa.
to January i. 1897. WLius, Att'y.
ALSO
No. 12. All the right, title and Interest of
the defendant, Theodore Bauschman, In
and to all that certain lot of land situate
in the Seventeenth ward of the city of
Scranton, county oi Lacgawanna. state
of Pennsylvania, described as follows: Be
ing the rear part of lots number thirteen
(13) and fourteen (14) In block number one
hundred and twenty-six (126) upon the plot
of Scranton. intended to be duly recorded
said lot being forty (40) feet In front on
Mulberry street and seventy-nine (79) feet
In depth, with the privilege of using ten
(10) feet In front of said lot for yard.
vault, porch and bay-windows, beginning
on the corner of the building line of Mul
berry street and a sixteen (16) feet public
alley, thence in a northeasterly direction
at right angles to Mulberry street seventy-nine
(79) feet, thence at right angles In
a southeasterly direction forty (40) feet,
thence at right angles In a southwesterly
direction seventy-nine (79) feet to the
building line of Mulberry street, thence at
right angles in a northwesterly direction
along said building line forty (40) feet to
tne place oi Deginning, Joai anu minerals
reserved. Also, reserved to Charles
Schlager, his heirs and assigns, the right
to lay ana maintain a sewer pipe across
said lot All Improved with a two story
double dwelling house thereon.
Seized and taken In execution at the suit
of Frank N. Sennefelder vs. Theodore
Bauschmann. Item, il.tHo.w. judgment
No. 609, November x, issu. I. ra, to Jan.
uary T. 1897.
OSTHAUS, Att'y.
ALSO
No. 13. All the right, title and Interest of
the defendant, fatricg Dougherty, in and
to all that, the following described piece
and parcel of land situate In the Second
ward of the city of Scranton, county of
Lackawanna and state of Pennsylvania,
and bounded and described as follows: Be
ginning at a point in the center of Brick
street; thence In a westerly direction
along a line of John Kennedy one hundred
ana seventy-nve reel yyt) lo a corner
thence at . right angle with the last
mentioned Hue in a southerly direction
parallel with Brick street fifty (50) feet
to a corner; thence In an easterly direction
parallel to the first mentioned line one
hundred and seventy-flve (175) feet to the
center of Brick street; thence along the
center of Brick street fifty (50) leet to
the place of beginning. And being the
same premises conveyed by W. W. Win
ton, et ux.. to Patrick Dougherty by deed
dated the 24th day of April, 1879. Coal and
minerals reserved as In said last men
tioned deed. All Improved with a two
story frame dwelling house and out build
ings thereon.
Seized and taken In execution at the suit
of B. M. Wlnton and Walter W. Wlnton,
executors of the estate of Catherine Win
ton, deceased, assignee of W. W. Wlnton,
vs. Patrick Dougherty. Debt. $1,140.02.
Judkment No. 441. January T, 1897. Ft. fa.
to January T, 1897.
DAVIS & EDWARDS. Att'ys.
ALSO
No. 14. All the right, title and Interest
of the defendant, Kinll Kastler, In and all
following described land, situate In the
borough of Dalton, Lackawanna county,
Pennsylvania, and on the north side of a
public road leading from the village of
Dalton to Walls Corners, and beginning
at a post a comer on the north side of said
public road; thence along the side of said
public road, north eighty-six degrees and
fifty-five minutes east (magnetic bearings)
twenty-five and elghty-slx hundredths
perches to a post a corner near a spring
run; thence along the side of the same
north flftv-nlne decrees and flftv-flve min
utes east twenty-two and seven hundreds
percnes to a post a corner; thence along
other lands of the parties of the first part,
north forty-five degrees and fifteen min
utes west twenty-nine and seventy-four
hundredths perches to a corner in the
middle of a stone wall at the south corner
of the orchard; thence along the same
north thirty-seven and a fourth degrees
east nine and five-tenths perches to a
corner in tne middle ot said stone wan
thence north forty-five and a fourth de-
grees west nine and thirty-three hun
dredths perches to a corner in the line of
jonn Marshal s land; thence along his land
south forty-four and three fourths de
grees west seventeen and seventy-six hun
dredths perches to a corner In said John
Marshal's line; thence along other lands
or tne parties or tne nrst part, soutn tnir
ty degrees and fifty-five minutes west thirty-three
perches to the nlace of beginning.
Containing five acres and eighty perches
oi land, oe tne same more or less.
Seized and tnken In execution at the suit
of Mary Ellis, administratrix, and Henry
Mead, administrator, vs. Emll Kastler.
Debt. $1,640.30. Judgment No. 518, Janu
ary r, jb7. fl. la. to January r, JS97.
DEAN, Att'y
ALSO
No. 15. All the defendants' Interest In
and to the following described lands and
tenaments of the Spring Brook Railway
company, to wit: All tho railroad of the
said Spring Brook Railway company run
nlng from Mooslc station, late Spring
Brook station, of the Northern Coal and
Iron company's railroad, to a point fifteen
(15) miles mi the stream from said sta
tion; all depots, rights of way, water
lanas, water stations, sidings, engines.
cars, tracks, railroad Iron, ties and fix
tures connected with the said railroad,
and also all the real and Dersonal prop
erty and franchises of the suld the Spring
Brook Railway company.
Seized and taken In execution at the suit
of Lehigh Coal and Navigation company
vs. The Spring Brook Railway company.
Debt. $11,217.34. Judgment No. 27, Janu
ary T. 1881c Pluries Lev. fa to. January
i, i:i.
WARREN & KNAPP, Att'ys,
ALSO
No. 16. All the right, title and Interest
of the defendants, Malla Basollga. and
Uhandu Basollga and Peter Basollga
terre tenant, in and to those two
pieces or parcels of land situate, lying
and being in the borough of Olyphant,
county of Lackawanna and state of Penn
sylvania, bounded und described as rol
lows: Containing fifty-seven and five
tenths feet In front on Race street, same
width In rear on an alley, and one hundred
and forty feet in depth. Being lot number
thirteen on Race street, as the same Is
marked on map of lands of the Delaware
and Hudson Canal company In the bor
ounh of Olvuhant and bounded north'
wetitwardly by lot number eleven, on the
southeastward side by lot number fifteen.
Improved with a large frame dwelling
house and otner outbuildings thereon.
Also one-half of lot number fifteen und
adjoining lot thirteen aforesaid said one
half lot being twenty-eight and seven-
tenths feet In width on Race street,
and one hundred and forty feet in depth
along lot thirteen and rectangular. All
Improved with a two story rrame dwell,
lna house and other outbuildings thereon
Seized and taken In execution at the suit
of Harmony Building and Loan assocla
tlon No. 2 vs. Malta Basollga, Uhanda
Basollga and Peter Basollga, terre tenant.
Debt. $2,360.00. Judgment No. 1447, Sep
tember T, 1896. Lev. fa. to January T,
1897. STOKES, Alt y
ALSO
No. 17. All the right, title and Interest cf
the defendant, Uaspare Abbatto, in and to
all that certain lot. piece or parcel of land
situate, lying and being In the city ot
Bcranton, county or iacgawanna, and
state of Pennsylvania, bounded and de
scribed as lot number four (4) In square or
block number one hundred and forty (140),
and situate upon street called and known
as Stone avenue, upon the plot of the said
city of Bcranton, Said lot being rectan
gular In shape, forty (40) feet In width
in front and rear, and one hundred and
forty (140) feet in depth.
Being the same lot of land which Albert
Zeum granted and conveyed to said Gas
pare Abbatte, by deed dated the 22d day
of September, 1892, and recorded In the re
corder's office of Luckawanna county, In
Deed Book 90. page two. coal and mln
erals excepted and reserved. All im
proved with a partly destroyed frame
building.
Seized and taken In execution at the suit
of Citizens' Building and Loan associa
tion vs. Gaspare Abbatte. Debt, $300.00.
Judgment No. 620, January T, 1897. Fl.
ra, to January t, 1897.
WATSON & ZIMMERMAN, Att'ys.
ALSO
No. 18. All the right, title and Interest of
the defendant, ( L. Bell, In and to all the
following described pieces or parcels of
land:
First All the surface or right of soil of
all that certain lot, piece or parcel or land
situate In the borough of Jermyn In the
county of Lackawanna, and state cf
Pennsylvania, bounded and desc-lbed cs
folluws: Containing a front of rlfty (50)
feet northwestward on First avenue,
bounded northwestward, at right angles
to said avenue, one hundred and seventy
(170) feet by lot No. eleven (11) In block
No. 22 (2Z), souineasiwaru parallel witn
said avenue tlftv (50) feet by an alley.
and southwestward at right angles to said
avenue one hundred and seventy (170) feet
by lot No. nine (a) in saiu oiock No. twen
tv-two (22) on said First avenue. Com
prising lot No. ten (10) In block No. twenty-two
(22) on said First avenue, us said
lot Is represented and designated on the
map or building lots on land or the North
ern Coal and and company, in suid bor
ough of Jermyn. Being tho same land
conveyed by John Jermyn and wife to
Charles L. Bell, by deed dated 6th of May,
1884. Recorded In Lackawanna county, in
Weed Book, No. 23, page 137, etc. Exceit
Ing and reserving the coal and minerals
beneath tho surface of said lot, as in suld
recited deed.
All Improved with a two story frame
dwelling 22X34, witn Kitcnen attached ana
cellar underneath, outhouse and two story
lumber shed und stables 48x70 thereon.
Second All that certain lot of land sit
uate In Jermyn borough, Lackawanna
county. Pennsylvania, bounded and de-
scribed as follows: On the northeasterly
by lot No. twelve and one-half (12) of
diock no. iwemy-seven m;; on ine soutn
easterly by First avenue: on the south
westerly by the remaining part of lot No.
eleven (11) in said block twenty-seven (27).
other land of the grantor; on the north
westerly by an alley. Being lot No. twelve
(12) and Dart of lot No. eleven (11) in block
No. twenty-seven (27). Said lot being
flfty-tlve ana one-nan too1) reet in front
on First avenue nnd one-hundred and sev
enty (170) feel deep, the width on the rear
being fifty-six (56) feet. Being the some
lana conveyeu oy cuwara u. ueorge to
Charles L. Bell, by deed dated loth June,
1886. Recorded In Lackawanna county In
Deed Book No. 37, puge 266, etc.
Excepting and reserving the coal ana
minerals ueneatn tne surrace or said lot
as in said recited deed.
All Improved by one story frame planing
mill 44x170. witn omce attacnea, and with
all machinery for planing mill, shafting,
belting, engine anu oouer inereon.
Third All that certain lot, piece or par
rel of land situate In the borough of Jer.
myn, county of Lackawanna and state of
Pennsylvania, bounded northerly by other
lands or c u. ami, easterly oy rirst ave
nue or Main streets, southerly by land
nf William O. Hill, and westerly bv an
alley, said piece of land being forty-four
and one-nan t'4 ieei :n ironi on said
First avenue or Main street, forty-four
and one-half (44V4) feet In rear, and one
hundred and seventy (170) reet in depth.
Being the same land conveyed by Edward
V. ueorge to vnaries u, ueii, by deed dat
ed 11th June. 1891. and recorded In Deed
Book No. 120. page 331. etc.
Subject to conditions, exceptions and
reservations referred to In deed.
All Improved with two story double
frame dwelling with double kitchen at
tached and cellar underneath, outhouse
and two story lumber shed 16x100 thereon.
Fourth All the surface or right of soli
of all that certain lot, piece, or parcel or
land situate In the township ot Fell, in
the county of Lackawanna and state of
Pennsylvania, and bounded and described
as follows: Beginning at a point In the
northwesterly line of a tract of land in
the warrantee name of Patrick Gray, said
point being distant eleven hundred and
seventy-one (1171) feet In a course of south
forty-six (46) degrees forty-five (45) min
utes west from a stone post set In the
center of the old Lacku-wanna turnpike,
now Main street, said post marking the
Intersection of said line of the Patrick
Gray tract with the center line of said
turnpike; thence along said northwester
ly line of the Patrick Gray tract north
forty-six (46) degrees forty-five (45) min
utes east ninety-seven and six-tenths
(97 6-10) feet to a corner; thence by a lot
No. forty-one (41) on Main street south
twenty-two (22) degrees forty-four (44)
minutes east one hundred and twenty
seven and nine-tenths (127 9-10) feet to the
northwesterly line of Main street; thence
by suld line of street south sixty-seven
(67) degrees sixteen (16) minutes west fifty
six and four-tenths (56 4-10) feet to a cor
ner; thence by (other) lunds of the North
ern Coal and Iron company north three
(3) degrees fifteen (15) minutes west one
hundred (100) feet to the place of begin
ning. Comprising lot numbered forty
three (43) on Main street, as the same Is
represented and designated on a map of
building lots of the North Coul and Iron
company on a tract of land In the war
rantee name of Patrick Gray In said town
ship of Fell. Being the same land con
veyed by John J. Fahey, sheriff, to
Charles L. Bell, by sheriff's deed dated
5th April, 1894, and recorded In Deed Book
No. 116, page 19, etc.
Excepting and reserving the coal and
mlnuorals beneath the surface of said lot,
as in said recited deed.
All Improved with a two story frame
dwelling and basement, with barn and
outbuildings thereon.
Fifth All the surface or right of soli of
all that certain lot, piece or parcel of land
situate In the borough of Jermyn, in the
county of Luckawanna and state of Penn
sylvania, and bounded and described as
follows: Beginning In the northwesterly
Hue of First avenue at the southerly cor
ner of lot numbered thirteen (13) In block
numbered twenty-seven (27) fronting on
First avenue; thence by said line of ave
nue south twenty-six (26) degrees thirty
five (35) minutes west twenty-two feet to
a corner; thence by land of the Northern
Coal and Iron company north sixty-eight
(58) degrees nineteen (19) minutes west
one hundred and seventy and six-tenths
(170 6-10) feet to a corner; thence by an
alley north twenty-six (26) degrees thirty
five (35) minutes east thirty-five and five
tenths (35 5-10) feet to a corner; thence
by a lot numbered thirteen (13) aforesaid
south slvty-three (63) degrees and forty,
seven (47) minutes east one hundred and
seventy (170) feet to the place of begin
ning. Comprising the northeasterly part
of lot numbered twelve and one-half (12V)
In block numbered twenty-seven (27) front
ing on First avenue, as the same Is rep
resented and designated on a map of build
ing lots on lund of the North Coal and
Iron compuny In the borough of Jermyn.
And also the surface or right of soil of
all that certain lot, piece or parcel of land
situate In the borough of Jermyn afore
said, and bounded and described as fol
lows: Containing a front of thirty-six
136) feet or thereabouts southeastward on
First avenue, bounded southwestward one
hundred und seventy (170) feet by lot num
bered twelve (12) in block numbered twenty-seven
(27), fronting on First avenue,
northwestward parallel with First ave
nue twenty-one and two-tenths (21 2-10)
feet or thereabouts by an alley, and north
eastward one hundred and seventy and
six-tenths (170 6-10) feet by the northeast
erly part of lot numbered twelve and one
half (12) In block numbered twenty
seven (27) described above. Comprising
the southwesterly part of lot numbered
twelve and one-half (12V.) In block num
bered twenty-seven (27) fronting on First
avenue, as the same Is represented and
designated on a map of building lots on
lands of the Northern Coal and Iron com
pany In the said borough of Jermyn. Ex
cepting and reserving from the above last
described lot of land so much thereof as
Is occupied by and necessary for the free
and unimpeded flow of the stream of water
known as Rush brook. The two lots
above described being part of a tract of
land surveyed on a warrant from the com-,
monwealth of Pennsylvania, granted to
George Rider, and the same as conveyed
by M. D. Cure and wife to C. L. Bell, by
deed dated May 1st, 1895, and recorded In
Lackawanna county In Deed Book No. 123,
page 480, etc.
Excepting and reserving the coal and
minerals beneath the surface of said lots
as In said recited deed.
All Improved with three stories double
stores and dwellings, 44x150, with cellar
underneath.
Sixth All that certain lot, piece, parcel
or tract of land, situate, lying and being
In the borough of Jermyn, county of Lack
awanna and Btate of Pennsylvania, bound
ed and described as follows: Beginning
at the southeast corner of lands of Joseph
Trunis on First avenue; thence running
at right angles to said First avenue east
two hundred and fifty (250) feet, more or
less, to the Lackawanna river; thence
running along said river south to a point
one hundred and eight (108) feet from
last mentioned corner; thence running
nearly west along other lands of the said
Lewis Pizer two hundred and fifty (230)
feet, more or less, to a point on suld FlrJt
avenue eighty-seven (87) feet south from
the first mentioned point or place of be
ginning; thence running along said First
avenue north eighty-seven (87) feet to the
place of beginning. Being the same lanQ
conveyed by Lewis Pizer and wife to C. L,
Bell, by deed dated October 30th, 1895, and
recorded In Deed Book 134, page 69, etc.
Excepting and reserving the coal and
minerals beneath the surface of said lot,
as In said recited deed.
All Improved with a two story frame
dwelling witn attic, sxia, witn two story
kitchen attached, 16x20, with piazzas, cel
lar underneath whole house, furnace, hot
and cold water, bath tubs and closets,
electric lights throughout, and with Iron
fence front and side.
Seventh All those certain lots or pieces
of land situate In the borough of Jermyn,
county ot Lackawanna, and state of Penn
sylvania, bounded and described as fol
lows: Beginning at the corner of an al
ley and land of the Delaware and Hudson
Canal company: thence In an easterly di
rection along said land of the Delaware
and Hudson Canal company one hundred
and forty (140) feet, more or less, to a cor
ner on street known as Railroad street;
thence in a northerly direction along land
of the Ontario, Carbondule and Scranton
Knllrond company three hundred and
fortv (340) feet, more or less, to a corner:
thence In a westerly direction twenty-five
(25) feet, more or less, to said alley; thence
In a southerly direction along said uucy
three hundred (300) feet, more or less, to
the place or beginning. Comprising por
tions of six lots sold by the Ontario. Car
bondale and Scranton Railway company
to the said C. L. Bell.
Excepting nnd reserving the coal and
other mliiciUs beneath the surface of suld
lots.
All Improved with a one story frame
lime house ami two one story frame snin
gle sheds.
Seized and taken In execution at the suit
of Luther Keller vs. C. L. Bell. Debt.
J3.soo.oo. Judgment No. 4ii. January T,
1KH7. Fl. fa. to January T. 1897. Also at
the suit of Charles Mc.Mullen and Luther
Keller vs. C. L. Bell. Debt. $K,ii0i). Judg
ment No. 723. September Term. 1895. H. fa.
to January Term, 1S97. Also at the suit
of assignee to Charles McMullen and
Luther Keller vs. C. L. Bell. Debt, $3,000.
Judgment No. 4KS. .March Term, 1896, fl. fa.
to January Term. 1S97.
PATTERSON & WILCOX.
STKKETER, Atty'S.
ALSO
No. 19. All the right, title and interest
of the defendant, Ueorge Burge and
Eliza Burge, In and to nil the surface
or right of soli of all that certain lot
of lund situate in the Fourth ward of
Scranton, county of Lackawanna, state
of Pennsylvania, bounded and described
as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point
on the easterly side of Rebecca avenue,
on the division line between lots 17 and
18 In block 14 on the plot of W. Swetland's
estate In Hyde Park, thence along said
division line south 50 degrees east 142'
feet to an alley, thence along said alley
north 39i degrees east 50 feet to the cor
ner of lot 16, thence along lot 16 north 50-
degrees west H-'4 feet to Rebecca ave
nue, thence along Rebecca avenue south
39"4 degrees west 50 feet to the place of
beginning, containing 7125 squure feet of
surface, more or less. Being lot 17 In
block No. 14 on the map of William Swet
land's estate, recorded In the office for
recording deeds In Lackawanna county
In deed book No, 25, page 553. Seized and
tnken In execution at the suit of Caroline
M. Pettebone, et al., vs. George. Burge
and Eliza Burge Debt, $375.00. Judg
ment No. 543. May term, 1896. Lev. fa. to
Junuary Term, 1897.
ATIIERTON, Att'y.
ALSO
No. 20. All the right, title and Interest
of the defendant, George Kalata, In and
to all that certain lot, piece or parcel
of land situate In the borough ot Throop,
county of Lackawanna and state of
Pennsylvania, being lots number one and
two in square or block number two, and
situate on street called and known bs
"The Boulevard," according to plan or
map entitled "Barnard's map of "Throop,"
said lot being together one hundred (100)
feet In front and seventy-flve (75) feet
in the rear, and one hundred and fifty (150)
feet In depth.
The measurement of depth commences
fifteen (15) feet Inside of the street, with
the right to enclose, occupy and use teu
ten (10) ten feet In front of said lot for
cellar way, porch, bay-window, shade
trees or shrubbery, but not the right to
erect any building thereon, containing
four two-story frame dwellings and other
outbuildings.
No. 2. All those certain lots or pieces
of land situate In said borough of Throop,
county of Lackawanna and state of
Pennsylvania, being lots numbered 19,
20, 21 and 22, In square or block number
23, and situate upon street called and
named Pancoast avenue, according to
plan or map entitled "Barnard's map of
Throop," said lot being together one hun
dred und ninety-two (192) feet In front,
and one hundred and three (103) feet In
depth on the easterly side, and about one
hundred and twenty (120) feet In depth
on the westerly side. Improved with two,
two-story frame dwellings, and other out.
buildings. Coul and minerals reserved.
No. 3. All that certain lot, piece or par
cel of land situate In the borough of
Dickson City, county ot Lackawanna,
and state of Pennsylvania, bounded and
described as follows: Said lot fronts on
Harriet street, and is forty (40) feet wide
and extends back from said street about
ninety (90) feet, fifteen (15) feet of said
lot of land where the sume Is adjacent to
suld street and only to be used for bay
windows, etc. Said lot of land Is bounded
on the north by lands now or late of
Casper Dudont, and by lands now or lata
of Richard Gallagher on the south. Coal
und minerals reserved.
No. 4. All that certain lot of land sit.
tiate in the village of Jessup, borough of
Wlnton, county of Lackawanna and state
of Pennsylvania, known as the Michael
McGirl, jr., lot, and occupied by said
McGirl for several years.
Said lot la enclosed with a fence and
Includes all land now Inclosed within said
fences Including the house and buildings
thereon. Being the same lot of land con
veyed by Michael McGirl and Bridget
McGirl, his wife, to said George Kalata
by deed dated 27th October, 1888, and re
corded In Deed Book 55, page 471, etc.. In
recorder's olllce In Lackawanna county.
No. 5. All that certuln lot of land sit
uate In the village of Jessup, borough of
Wlnton, county of Lackawanna and stats
of Pennsylvania, bounded and described
as follows, viz.: Said lot being altuats
on the easterly side of street called and
known as Hell street, bounded on the
west by said Hell street, and on the
south hy "The Gullay," and on the east
by said Gullay, and on the west by lot
now or lately occupied by Peter McGirl,
said lot being triangular price of land,
about one (100) feet In front and Includes
all that Is now fenced In and known as
the Keefer lot, together with all build
ings and Improvements now on said lot
being the same lot conveyed by Mrs.
Eliza Keefer to said George Kalata by
deed dated 24th May. 1888. Seized and
taken In execution at the suit of Lazarus
Mover vs. George Kalata. Debt. $194.03.
Judgment No. 669, September Term, 189S.
Vend. ex. to January Term. 1897.
O'BRIEN & KELLY, Att'y.
TERMSOF SALE.
FIFTY DOLLARS CASH WHEN PRO
PERTY IS STRUCK OFF AND BALANCE
IN CASH IMMEDIATELY AFTER SALE
IS CONCLUDED. WHEN SOLD FOR
COSTS, COSTS MUST BE PAID WHEN
STRUCK OFF.
ALL PROPERTIES ON WHICH ABOVE
TERMS HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLIED
WITH WILL BE RESOLD BEFORE AD
J0URNMENT. FRANK H. CLEMONS, Sheriff.
Sheriff's office, Scranton, Pa., Dec. 17,
1896.
PENNSYLVANIA
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CALIFORNIA
Three tours to CALIFORNIA and the
PACIFIC COAST will leave New York
and Philadelphia Jan. 27, Feb. 24, and
March 27, 1897. Five weeks In California
on the llrst tour, and four weeks on the
second. Passengers on the third tour
may return on regular trains within nine
months. Stop will be made at New Or
leans for Mardl-Gras festivities on the
second tour.
Rates from New York, Philadelphia and
points east of Pittsburg: First tour,
$310.00; second tour, $.150.00; third tour,
$210 00 round trip, and $150.00 one way.
FLORIDA
Jacksonville tours, allowing two weeks
In Florida, will leave New York and Phil
adelphia Jan. lit!. Feb. V and 23, and March
9, 1897. Rate, covering expenses en route
In both directions, $50.00 from New York,
and $48,00 from Philadelphia.
WASHINGTON
Tours, each covering a period of three
davs, will leave New York und Philadel
phia Dee. 29, 1896, Jan. 21, Feb. 11, March
11, April 1 and Ti. and May U. 1897. Rates,
Including transportation and two oy'
accommodation at the best "ashlngtcn
hotels. $14.S0 from New York, and $11.51)
from Philadelphia
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Dec. 26, 1896, Jan. 28, Feb. 20, March 18,
and April 15, 1897.
For detailed Itineraries and other In
formation, apply at ticket agencies, or
address George W. Boyd, assistant gen
eral passenger agent, Broad Street sta.
tlon, Philadelphia.
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SPECIAL EXCURSION RITES TO
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and 4, aud good to return .March 4th to bto
inclusive.
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