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WEDNESDAY, FEBnUAIU D, ISO.
JLTIJJJ SORA1NTON TRIBUNE.
WEDNESDAY, FEtmUAIlY 0, 1898.
SCREENS
Reduced for the
Week.
$2.00 kind for $1.37J
2.50 kind for 1.62&
3.00 kind for 2.15
3.50 kind for 2.60
MIT
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127 Wyoming Avcnuo,
WHITNEY'S WEEKLY
BUDGET OF NEWS
Lemuel Woodbrldge Returns- After an
Absence of Fifteen Years.
DROUGHT THE BEEFSTEAK WITH HIM
Scir-Convlctcil Murderers, Kngnn
mid Show, Continue to Clvc Dctnils
ot TIidIV Crimo--Mormon Mission
nrics lit Work In Susqiiulinnua.
l'urnKrnnlilc Plunder.
Speclnl to the Scranton Tribimo.
Susquehanna, Feb. S. Fifteen years
ngo, Lemuel Woodbrldge. of Falrdale,
u carpenter, uged 45, left home one
morning to get a beefsteak for break
fast. Hours and days passed and he
failed to return. Ponds were dragged
and ravines were searched, but all to
no purpose. Mrs. Woodbrldge went
into mourning for the customnry Per
iod and took up the work of rearing
nnd educating her three little children.
She secured a. legal divorce and In six
years again married. Two years later
she was again a widow. A few days
since a bent and gray-haired man en
tered the Woodbrldge-Zeigler cottage
without knocking. He hung his hat
upon a peg and inld a packogo ot
beefsteak upon the table. Mrs. AVood-brldge-Zeigler
did not recognize the
stranger, and the grown-up children
were about to oust him from the cot
tage, when he announced himself as
Lemuel Woodbrldge. There was no
tableau nor red lire. Then Woodbrldge
said that up to three weeks ago the
past had been a dead blank to him.
He knows that he has been In En
gland and Australia, and remembers
yelling washing machines in Manches
ter. He has saved money. He does not
remember under which name he has
been sailing all these years, nor how
lie has earned a livelihood all of the
time. Coming over from Liverpool to
Montreal In a cattle boat, he sudden
ly remembered his home, his errand
and many other things. Until Informed
he did not know whether he had been
absent one year or ten. After being
convinced that Woodbrldge's story was
true, there was a reconciliation, the
beefsteak was cooked, nnd there will
soon be a wedding in little Falrdale.
Truth Is stranger than fiction.
SOME COUNTY, CURRENCY.
Self-confessed Murderers Eacan and
Shew etlll continue to give the details
of their crime. They are without
counsel, else there would be fewer con
fessions. Show and Eagan still ac
cuse each other with having struck the
fatal blows.
George P. Little, esq., of Montrose,
has been nppolnted a committee of .the
person and estate of Flora Hella Sweet.
Every school house in Harford town
ship lias a Hag and pole. Patriotic
Harford!
The value of the school property In
Susquehanna county Is $333,000. The
iaerago length of school term Is 7.07
months. Tho cost of text books for
1R!IC was $C,U2.10. Cost of supplies, $3.
4u0.C0. Total expenditure of county,
J102.801.SO.
Throughout Susquehanna county
two-thirds of the church congregations
are women. Hut for the women, there
would be many empty pews in every
church, nnd many a pastor would have
mighty poor financial picking. Every
where women fill the churches and men
fill the .1a Up,
The expedltures of Susquehanna
county for the year 1897 were $81,717.41.
Jan. 1, 1S98, there was $4,237.53 In the
treasury, nnd no bonded indebtedness,
except $9,000 for the Susquehanna-Oakland
bridge.
John It. Itnjnsford, of Montrose, has
leased the Tarbell home, in that bor
i ugh, for a term of years.
AND WE'RE NOT PROUD!
Tho fact that Mormon "missionaries"
are laboring In Susquehanna county
ind makl-ig some converts, brings to
mind th fact, of which we are not
proud, tin- Mormonlsm had Its begin
ning two miles from Susauebanna.
Here Joseph Smith, jr., the father and
Inventor of Mormonlsm, translated the
Hook of Mormon, or "Mormon Hlble;"
married his first wife; prospected for
hidden treasures; attempted to per
form miracles; swindled the gullible
early settlers, nnd' eventually made
such a darksome record that ho antici
pated tho most excellent advice of the
Into lamented Horace Greeley and
"went west," whore he founded a
church, squandered several communi
ties and was quickly shot to deat.li by
a howling mob, a western way of show
ing disapprobation of .the acts of pub
lic persons,
MORE HISTORY.
When this strip of county was almost
a howling wilderness, several short
sighted philanthropists planned to erect
nu African college In the outskirts of
where Susquehanna now Htnn.is m
which to instruct the slaves, escaping
by the wny of the "underground road."
from the cotton fields of the southland
to the frozen shores of Canada.' It was
later discovered that the cxodustlng
negro, Just out of reach of the blood
hounds find lash, was In too much of
a hurry to settle down to cubo root
and decimal fractions, and the castle
In the air "went glimmering among the
things that were." Some of the exca
vations for tho structure are still visi
ble to tho naked eve,
PARAGRAPHIC PLUNDER.
The troubles of the Oakland Metho
dist church will bo aired in the Wyom--Jng
conference,
-The eleventh annual ball of Monroe
Otirtlu lodge, Brotherhood of Rallroa
m
Trainmen, will bo liclil at the Sturruca
house, April 29.
Some benighted wretches have been
stealing hides from the Lnneaboro tan
nery. Jnmes V. Smith, one of the oldest
civil engineers In the United States,
died In Heading Feb. 1, aged 85 yrnrs.
Ho b'&d In charge the work of erecting
the famous Sturruca viaduct In kanes
boro. What a monument ho Iuih left
to hi memory!
Ifallstead Is nlTllctcd with measles,
burglars and a toll bridge. The lat
ter only Is chronic.
A "Flat Social" wan held In East
Great Uend grange on Friday evening.
Susquehanna had a fist social a few
evenings since, but the county author
ities came down upon It like a Turk In
tho night and knocked all tho sociabil
ity Into a cocked hat.
Sundry citizens of Great Uend are
rushing Into print with notices that
they will not uccept certain borough
offices, If elected. They seldom do
that In Susquehanna, where they fall
over each other in a mad rush to catch
anything In the share of an office.
Tho Uallstead Herald says that "Sus
quehanna h'as raised fifteen cents In
money and three barrels of wind to
wards organizing a base "bait club."
Susquehanna can usually raise all the
money necessary, but, If she gets short,
of wind, she can draw unon the Im
mense storage reservoir in tho Uall
stead Herald office.
SOME SIDE ISSUES.
A little Susquehanna girl heard a
visitor telling of some one having a
pevero cold. "Oh, dear!" she exclaim
ed, "I do hope It won't turn Into ap
pendicitis." Tho champion Ignorant man lives In
Hnllstcad. Tlie other day he asked his
employer, who was reading a paper:
"Say, boss, wMclt docs you read, tho
black or the white?"
A Susquehanna man recently sent
tho manufacturer of a noted patent
medicine tblst unique testimonial:
Tcar Sir My son had not slept for 10
years. Ho took one bottle of your med
icine and he has not woke up yet.
Yours respectfully,
The boy who is well spanked fully
realizes tho deep meaning of stern Jus
tice. A Montrose lawyer wrote as follows
to a widow: "I cannot tell how pained
I was to hear that your husband had
gone to heaven. Wo were bosom
friends, but now we shall never meet
again."
A Blnghamton firm advertises to
"supply any musical want." A number
of Susquehnnna people have sent orders
to be supplied with an ear for rruslc.
They have Just discovered a mica bd
in Kentucky. A Susquehanna woman
for weeks had discovered a Mike abed
when ho ought to be out shoveling off
the sidewalk.
Tho only men who hang to a New
Year's diary are the chaps who lend
money to their friends. They must
have some sort of a book to Write down
dates and amounts in.
Now is the season when the sturdy
wood chopper will be Judged by his ax.
A Susquehanna minister. In a recent
sermon on "Angels," alluded to them
as "an extinct race."
WHAT IS IT?
A. Wllmot, of Bernlce, while out
hunting the other day, saw a queer
animal a short distance ahead of him,
and he shot It and brought It home.
The lody resembles a dog, with long
hair on tho breast and shoulders. The
back and sides are hairless. The ears
and nose are like a raccoon's. Tho
tail like an opposum's, and the feet
like a wildcat. All hunters and na
turalists cannot name it. Which is it?
RAILROAD SUNDRIES.
A special newspaper train of three
cars, carrying the New York Journal,
ran from New York to Buffalo in eight
hours and twelve minutes, beating a
similar train on the New York Central
road by thirty-three minutes, nnd
making double the stops of the lntter
train. The actual running time of the
Erie train was C4 5-8 miles an hour.
E. H. Mott's "History of the Erie
Railway" will soon appear. Ho has
been engaged about three years on the
work.
And now they do say that a certain
popular operator nt Jefferson Junction
Is soon to commit matrimony. Con
gratulations In advance!
The Leslie steam snow excavators,
one of which Is stationed In Susque
hanna, cost $15,000. When snow drifts
upon the track are ten or fifteen feet
high, the monster machines are worth
the money.
In Port Jervis they have organized
a "railroad chippies' association." Sus
quehanna could organize a branch.
Port Jervis will be made the central
distributing point for Ice for the Dela
ware nnd New York divisions of the
Erie. The Ice houso will have a cap
acity for 5,000 tons.
There Is the usual calm In railroad
mutters. This is "between hay and
grass."
Conductor Phlllppl, of the Jefferson
branch of the Erie, l.as a new code
of railroad signals, saltf to be original.
They resemble the sign language, and
are made with the flngrs. The sig
nals will come Into general use, for the
reason that they are cheap.
SOME OTHER THINGS.
Eagan and Shew, the contcssed mur
derers of Farmer Pepper, have separ
ate cells in the county Jail. They have
the papers, and do not appear to real
ize their peril. All the sann, it will
take good lawyers and mlgity hard
work to keep their necks out of the
noose.
Three Montrose young men bave
started for Klondike. If the don't
find gold they will discover cold.
Within a week or so, Great Bend
and Blnghamton men, nged 80 and 85
years, have committed matrimony.
"It's never to luto to m arry.'
No need yet of squabbling for tie re
ward offered by the county commis
sioners for th6 apprehension ot the
murderers of Farmer Pepper. It will
not be paid until after tho trial, which
will probably occur In August. Then
tho amount may be divided among
three or four persons.
Ten days ago a Klrkwood couple
were married. The day following the
ceremony the bridegroom went to the
Blnghamton postofllce to get a letter.
Ho has not yet returned, He Is anx
iously waiting for the letter that never
comes.
A BEAUTIFUL LEGEND.
At Red Rock, between Susquehanna
and Great Bend, can bo seen traces
of tho neglected grave of a beauti
ful Indian maiden, the only daughter
of a great chief. Sho was betrothed to
a young brnve, a member of her fath
er's tribe, but her father desired her to
wed the son of the chief of a neighbor
ing tribe. As the ukase of her pater
nal ancestor usually counted she re
solved to lly to the happy hunting
ground; nnd, ono starry night, she
glided noiselessly out of her wigwam,
and, with tho death song on her lips,
threw herself off tho high cliff and her
life blood stained the rocks below.
Until this day the rains and floods of
a century have failed to efface the
blood stains and tho "Red Rocks" are
known tho county over. When tho
maiden's lover saw her mangled corpso
he retired to a cave In the mountains,
where, forty years later, his petrified
remains were discovered by tho wan
dering remnunt of his tribe.
Whitney.
FOREST CITY.
Frank Smith, an employe in tho old
slope of the Hillside Coal & Iron com
pany, had his left leg broken below
tho knee yesterday morning, by a fall
of rock. He was brought to his homo
on South street, where Dr. Dwycr at
tended him. The Injured man was af
terward tnken to the Emergency hos
pital at Carbondalc.
Among the out-of-town people who
attended the district Sunday school
convention at this place yesterday,
where Hon. and Mrs, Phllo Burrltt.
and Rev. and Mrs. D. D. Jenkins, of
Unlondnle, and 'Squire Alfred Bowcll,
of Herrlck Centre.
John L. Harris, who was placed upon
the Prohibition ticket ah a candidate
for councilman in the Second ward,
says that It was dono without his con
sent, and desires through The Tribune
to announce his withdrawal from the
field. Ho says that he always has been
and is now a Republican, Intends to
support that ticket at the coming elec
tion nnd desires that his friends shall
all do the same. Mr. Ellas B. Ed
wards, who was placed on the Prohibi
tion ticket for school director, also
desires The Tribune to state that ho
wishes to withdraw as a candidate
and through this paper asks his friends
to vote for some other candidate for
that olllcc.
J. I. J.nes, of Unlondale, was a visi
tor among Forest City frlemls yester
day. A party In honor of the twenty-first
birthday of William Jones was held at
the residence of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Jones, on Main street, Mon
day night. About fifty young people
were present nnd a very enjoyable
evening was pent. Supper was served
at 12 o'clock.
TEN DAYS.IN A TRANCE.
Clearfield County Girl Ilccnmo Un
conscious In Church.
Bollefonte, Pa., Feb. 8. At Morris,
Clearfield county, on Sunday, January
23, Eva Winder went to church to at
tend protraoted religious services
During the sermon she apparently fell
asleep, but at the, conclusion of the ser
vices could not be awakened. Physic
ians all that night worked to restore
her to consciousness, but without avail.
Monday, Tuesday, AVednesday nnd
Thursday the doctors continued their
efforts.
On Friday the physicians applied an
electric battery and succeeded In awak
ening her. She nt once proclaimed
that she hnd been in heaven. How
ever, before she was able to tell much
of her experience, she again fell
asleep, and the latest reports etate
that she Is yet In that condition, al
though 10 days have passed since food
or drink has passed her lips.
TRAQIC SIGHT FOR A SON.
Jnmos Story Found His Father's
Body in the Ynrd.
Butler, Pa., Feb. 8. Alexander Story,
a wealthy farmer of Parker township,
was found dead In his own yard Sun
day, and the Indications ore that he
had lain there at least three days. He
lived alone. The discovery was made
by bis son, James, of Karns Cltv, who
had driven out to visit his father. Mr.
Story was 82 years of age, and a son
of Captain Robert Story, who settled in
Parker township In 1790, and command
ed a Butler county company in the war
of 1812.
Two sons and two daughters survive
him, James Story and Mrs. R. Stewart,
of Karns City; George Story, of West
Virginia, and Mrs. Richard Campbell,
of Concord township. Ex-Judge Robert
Story, of Butler, and William Story,
of Parker, are his brothers.
illt. Cnrmcl Houso Burned.
Mount Carmel, Pa.. Fob. 8. Firo com
pletely destroyed tho Mount Carmel
House early this' morning, causing a loss
of about $22,000. Seventy Inmates escaped
In their iiIkIU clotbes and tlie personal
effects lost by guests amount to 54.000.
Spanish Cruisrr Vt HI Vlilt Vs.
Madrid, Feb. S. Tho Spanish govern
ment has decided to send the Spanish
cruiser Alllrante Onucndo to Havana and
thenco to New York.
THE MARKETS.
Wnll Street ItoTlow.
New York, Feb. 8. The market suc
cumbed to the Cuban scare today In
splto of London's Indifference to the
fears reflected by the New York ex
change of a rupture between the United
States nnd Spain. The strength of
American securities In London was
partly accounted for by the progress
of tho periodical settlement of accounts
on the exchange. Prices were bid up
sharpely there before the opening here
and resulted In a sympathetic rise in
International securities at the open
ing. The earlier weakness of the mar
ket was to a large extent overcome
by the strength in special stocks, when
the news was received of the reso
lutions proposing Intervention In Cuba
which were Introduced In the senate.
This broke tho market In the final
hour and resulted In the most severe
shaking up since the ordering of the
Maine to Havana. The covering of
shorts made but a feeble rally, and
there was a disposition to renewed
liquidation before the close. Total sales
were 3S3.00 shares.
S'crnnlon Ilonrd of Trade Kxchnnge
Quqtntlon--All Quotations ilascd
011 Pur of 100.
STOCKS Bid. Asked.
Scranton & Plttston Trac. Co. .. 20
National uoring & urillg Co. ... kO
First National Bank 700
Rlmhurst Boulevard Co 100
Scranton Savings Bank 225
Scranton Packing Co 95
.I.ncka. Iron and Steel Co 150
Third National Bank 375 ...
Throop Novelty M'f'g Co fco
Scruntun Traction Co is ...
Beranton Axle Works 75
Weirton Mill Co 230
Alexurdcr Car Replaccr Co JOO
Scramon Bedding Co luo
Dime B-ep. & Dls. Bank 350
Peck Lumber M'f'g Co 175 210
Economy Light, Heat & Pow
er Co 45
Scrnnton Illuminating, Heat &
Power Company 65 ...
BONDS.
Scranton Pass. Hallway, first
mortgage duo 1S20 115 ...
People's Street Hallway, first
mortgage duo 191S 115 ...
People's Street Hallway. Gen
eral mortgage, due 1921 115
Dickson Manufacturing Co 100
Lacka. Township School 5 102
City of Bcrar.ton Bt. Imp. 6 102
Mt. Vernon Coal Co 83
Bcranton Axle V'orks 100
Scranton Tractioi. Co., first
mortgage, Cs, due 1932 ,, 103 ...
Now York Produce .Unrkct.
Now York, Feb, 8. Flour Weak early,
but rallied, later with wheat and closed
firm. Wlicnt-Spot firm; No. 2 red, 1MA,
f. o. b., afloat to arrive; No, 1 hurd Mani
toba, Jl.OSVi, f. o. b., ailoiit spot; options
firm, developing particular strength near
tho closo on export sales of fifty loads;
cables wcro Irregular nnd without much
effect; near months closed fiartly c.
lower, but late, positions wcro lUnlSc.
net higher; Februnry, Jl.00a1.01Ki, closed
Sl.Oltt, May, 95ftn97Mc closed 0714c. : July,
fc8l4a&9c, closed 89ic. Corn Spot firm;
No. 2. 3GV&C, f. o. b ufloat; options quiet
but stronger, closing ttc net higher; Feb
ruary, 3lftc; May, SlltnSlUc, closed 3lMo.;
July, closed 334c. Oats Spot firm; No.
2. 30c.; No. 3, 20V4c.i No. S white, 3Hia
3H4c; No. B white, 30iic; options firm,
closing at Uc. net advance; May, 2JVie.
Beef Firm. Cut Meats Frmi pickled
bellies, 6ft,n6Mc; shoulders, 4ic.; hams,
7Ua714c. Butter Firm; western cream
ery. 14Wa20a: factory, llaHc; ElglnH, IWc;
Imitation creamery, 13nl7c; stuto dairy,
13al8c. ; creamery, 14al9c. Cheese Dull;
largo white, September. Stic.; small do,,
9a9ic; largo October, 8a8Uc. small do.,
8Ua8V4c; light skims, 6afiic: part do., 4a
6c. full do., 2a3c. Eggs Steady; stftto
and Pennsylvania, 17c; western fresh,
lGc. Tallow Dull; city, 3 9-lCc; country,
3a3ttc I'etroleum-Dull.
rhllnrtflphln Provision AInrkot.
Philadelphia, Feb. 8.-Wheat Firm and
lo. higher; contract grade, February. 9Si
a9S&c; March, April and May, nominal.
Corn Steady; No. 2 mixed, February and
March, 33Ha33?ic; April nnd Mny, nomi
nal. Oats-Steady; No. 2 white, Febru
ary and Match, 30ia31c; April and May,
nominal. Potatoes Firm; white choice,
per bushel, 7"aS0c: do. fair to good, 70a
73o.; sweets, prime, per basket, ToaWc.;
do, yellow, 70n"Pc; do. seconds, 30a 10c.
Provisions Stendy; smoked beef, lCal"c;
beef hams, $23a24c; pork, family, J 12a
12.60; hams, smoked, 8',in9',ic; Bides,
ribbed, In salt, SMnRl&c.: shoulders, pickle
cured, 6lia5ic; breakfnst bacon, 8uDc;
lard, city refined, In tierces, 5Ua5'ic; do.
In tubs, 5inZc; butchers's, loose, 3c.
Butter Firm, fair demand; fancy west
ern creamery, 20Hc; do. Pennsylvania
prints, 22c; do. western, do., 22c Errs
Dull nnd Vic. lower; fresh, nearby, 15c;
do. western, lGc. Cheese Quiet but
steady. Refined Sugars Firm and good
demand. Cotton Unchanged. Tallow
Dull and easier; city prime. In hogs
heads, 3c; country. In barrels. 3ia3?iC.;
dark, do., 3c; cakes. 3l&n3c.; grease, 214
n3c. Ltvo Poultry Steady; fowls, choice,
lOalOVfcc; old roosters, C',4a7c. ; spring
chlekens, AHalOc ; turkeys, lOnllc; ducks,
OnlOc; geese, 8n9c. Dressed Poultry
Easoler; fowls, choice, 10alOV&c; fair to
good, 9a9',sc ; chickens, large, lOalOl&c:
good to choice, PaPVfcc. ; common nnd
scalded, SaOc. ; turkeys, fancy, ISalSc. ;
chlekens. 'Oallc. ; ducks, good to choice.
Sa10c. Receipts Flour, l.CDO barrels nnd
21,000 sacks: wheat, 10.000 bushels; corn,
9S.000 bushels; oats, 52,n00 bushols. Ship
mentsWheat, 19.0M bushels; corn, 133,000
bushels; oats, 54,000 bushols.
fill en co Grain ilnruot.
Chicago, Feb, 8. Wheat today was
helped by tho best cash trade in two
weeks. Heavy exports engagements nt
the seaboard and a pressing demand for
milling purposes with outsido points con
verted tho market from dullness to nc
tlvlty and strength. May closing at an
advance of 154c Tho coarse, grain and
provision markets were firm, the strength
coming largely from wheat. Corn nnd
oats ndvanccd He. each. Hog products
closed unchanged to 'ic. higher. 'Cash
quotations were us follows Flour
Steadier; No. 2 spring wheat, 91n92c: No.
3 do., SSViaOJc; No. 2 red. 9Sa9SVic; No. 2
corn, 27-)4c; No 2 yellow, 2"4c: No. 2
oats, 2iVic; No. 2 white, f. o. b.. 2Ga27c;
No. 3 white, f o. b., 2oJa26'.i.c.; No. 2 rye,
47c; No. 2 barley, f. o. b blank; No. 1
flax seed, $1.25al.291,; prime timothy
seed, J2.S0a2.S2Vi; pork. $10.35al0.10; lard,
J4.93a4.97ii; ribs, JI.S5a5.23; shoulders, 4-Ji
aHc,; sides, J5.30a5.40; whisky, J1.18H; sug
ars, unchanged. Receipts Flour, 13.000
barrels; wheat. 11,000 bushels; corn, 392,
000 bushels; oats. 335,000 bushels; rye, 10,
000 bushels; barley, 79,000 bushels. Ship
mentsFlour, 10,000 barrels; wheat, 40,
000 bushels; corn, 117,000 bushels; oats,
242,000 bushels; rye, 500 bushels; barley,
20,000 bushels.
Enst I.lbrrtT Cuttln Mnrlcot.
East Liberty, Pa., Feb. S.-Cattle
Steady; prime, Jl.90a5; common, J3.30a4;
bulls, stags and cows, J2al. Hogs Fairly
active; prime medium weights, Jf.20a4.23;
heavy Yorkers, Jl.10a4.15; light Yorkers,
Jlat.03; pigs, $3.75a3.95; good roughs. J3.25n
3.C3; common hto fair roughs. J2.50a3.
Sheep Slow and lower; choice, J4.70al.SO;
common, J3C0a3.S3; choice lambs, J3.7U.1
D.S0; common to good, JI.50a5.C5; veal
calves, JC.73a7.23.
Itufuilo Lirn Stock.
East Buffalo. N. Y., Feb. 8. Cattle
Little doing. Hogs Fairly steady; York
ers, good to choice, JIM; roughs, com
mon to choice, J.!.50a3.70; pigs, common to
choice, J3.S0a3.J3. Sheep and Lambs
Fairly steady; lambs, cholco to extra,
$3.63a5.73; culls to common, Jt.75a5.23;
sheep, cholco to selected wethers, 54,75a
4.W); culls to common, J2a3.00.
rhlrnso l.ivn Stock.
Chicago, Feb. 8. Calves J3.30a7. Hogs
Active and lower; $3.l2Ha3.M&; pigs, W.50
n3.f0. Sheep and Lambs Lower; sheep,
J3.S0a4.45; lambs, J3.40a5.75. Itecelpts
Cattle, 3.D0O head; hogs, 33,000 head; sheep,
10,000 head.
Sew Vork Live Stock.
Xew York, Feb. 8. Beeves No trading.
Calves Slow; veals. J3a8.23; grassers, 3.M
n3.73. Sheep teady; $3.90a4."5; lambs,
slow and weak. JjaG.13. Hogs Higher at
l.25al.C0.
Oil Market.
OH City, Pa., Feb. 8.-Credlt balances,
C5; certificates opened C!M bid for cash,
with sales, 5,000 barrels at that price.
During tho day thero wero sales of cash
oil at 67, 67VS and 674. closed CS bid for
cash. Regular options sold at CS, 63 and
70, closed 60 bid; total sales, cash and reg
ular, 40,000 barrels; shipments, 73.0S9 bar
rels; runs, 96,961 barrels.
BABY'S SMOOTH, FAIR SKIN
A Grateful Mothor Writes this Letter
Tells all about Her Troubles when
Baby Broko out with Scrofula Sores.
" At tho ago of two months, my baby
began to have sores break out on his right
cheek. Wo used all tho external ap
plications that wo could think or hoar of,
to no avail. Tho sores spread all over one
eldo of his faco. We consulted a physi
cian and tried his medicine, and in a week
the sore was gone. But to my surprise In
two weeks more another scrofulous look
ing soro appeared on baby's arm. It
grew worso and worse, and when he was
tbreo months old, X began giving him
Hood's Sarsaparllla. I also took Hood's
Sarsaparilla, and beforo tho first bottlo
was finished, tho sores were well and have
never returned. Ho is now fouryears old,
but he has nover had any sign of those
scrofulous sores since he was cured by
Hood's Sarsaparllla, for which I feel very
grateful. My boy owes his good health
and smooth, fair skin to this great med
icine." Mrs. S. S. Wroten, Farming
ton, Dolaware. Get only Hood's.
u 11 n.11 are prompt, efficient nnd
HOOU S PUIS easy In effect. Mcents.
WALTER W, BRANSON,
Chef of Jonas Long's Sons,
Philadelphia Caterer.
Honed Turkey Croquettes, Salads of All
Kinds, Veddlnt;s.l'aitlcs; (experienced Men.
All orders promptly attended to. Order can
be left nt I'Jl VVnabliiKton uve., o- iun bo
ea at Jonas Long's Soiu' Caf
RADWAY'S
PILLS,
Always Reliable. Purely Vagalabla.
Perfectly tnntclcsi, defiantly con'.cd, regit
lute, purify, cleans nnd strengthen. HAD'
WAY'Hl'IIjLSfortho cure of nil disorders
of Htomach, llovel, Kidneys, llladdor,
Nervous Diseases, Dizziness, Vertigo, Cos.
llvcmcss, Piles.
1CK HEADACHE,
FEMALE COMPLAINTS,
BILIOUSNESS,
INDIfJESTION,
DYSPEPSIA,
CONSTIPATION,
AMD
ALL DISORDERS OP THE LIVER
Observe tho following symptoms, result
ing from diseases of the digestive organs:
Constipation, Inward piles, fullness of
blood in the head, acidity of the stomach,
nausea, heartburn, disgust ot food, full,
ness of weigh: of the stomach, sour eruc
tations, sinking or fluttering of the heart,
choking or suffocating sensations when
In a lying posture, dimness of vision, dots
nr trnha hpfnrn the sllht. fOVer nnd dull
pain In tho head, deficiency of perspira
tion, yellowness of the skin and eyes, pain
In tho side, chest, limbs and sudden flush,
cs of heat, burning In tho flesh,
A few doses of RADWAY'S PILLS will
frco the system of all tho above named
Disorders.
Price 3fc per box, Sold by Druggists or
tent by mull.
RAD WAY & CO..
55 Elm St. New York.
RAILROAD TIME TABLES
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Schedule In Uffect Nov. 2S, 1897.
Trains Leavo Wilkes-Barro as Fol
lows: 7.30 a. m., week days, for Sunbury
Harrlsburg, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Washington, and for Pitts
burg und the West.
10.15 a. m., week days, for Hazloton,
Pottsville, Reading, Norristown,
and Philadelphia; and for Sun
bury, Harrisbur.t, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington and Pitts
burg and the West.
3.12 p. m , daily, for Sunbury, Harris
burg. Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, and Pittsburg and
tho West.
6.00 p. m., wook days, for Hazloton
and Pottsville.
J. R. WOOD, den'l Pass. Agent.
J. U. HUTCHINSON. General Manager.
Lehigh Vnlley Knilroad System
Anthracite Coal Used, Ensuring Cleanll
nebs and Comfort.
IN EFFECT JAN. 10. 1S3S.
THAINS LEAVE SCHANTON.
For Philadelphia and Now York via D.
&. II. K. R. at ti.43, 7.50 a. m and 12.03. 1.2j.
2.21, 4.41 (Black Diamond Express; and
11.30 p. m.
For Plttston and Wllkcs-Barro via D.
L. & W. 11. It., COO, S.0S, 11.10 a. m., 1.55
3.35. 6.00 p. m.
For White Haven. Hazleton, Pottsvllo.
nnd nrlnc-lnal nolnta In the coal regions
via D. & II. It. H., 0.45, 7.50 a. m.. 12.05, 2.L1
nnd 4.41 p. m.
For Bethlehem, Easton, Reading, Har
rlshurg and principal intermediate sta
tions via D. & II. It. II.. G.43. 7.50 a. m..
12.03. 1.25. 2.21. 4.41 (Black Diamond Ex
press), 11.30 p. m.
For Tunkhannock. Towanda, Elmlra,
Ithaca, Geneva, and principal Intermedi
ate stutlons via D., L. & W. R. R., 6.00,
10.05 a. m 12.45 and 3.35 p. in.
For Geneva, Rochester. Buffalo. Niag
ara Falls. Chicago and all points west via
D. & II. R. II.. 12.03, 3.33 (Black Diamond
Express). 10.28 and 11.30 p. m.
Pullimui parlor and sleeping or Lehigh
Vnlley parlor curs on all trains between
Wllkcs-Hnrro and New York, Philadel
phia, Buffalo nnd Suspension Bridge.
ROI.L1N II. WILBUR, Gen. Supt,
CHAS. S. LEE. Gen. Pass. Agt., Phlla..
Pu.
A. W. NONNEMACHER. Asst. Gon.
Pass. Agt.. Philadelphia. Pa.
Scranton olllce. 309 Lackawanna avenue.
Central Railroad of New Jersey
(Lehigh and Susuchanna Division.)
Stations in New Vork Foot ot Liberty
street, N. It., and Whitehall Terminal.
Anthracite coal uted exclusively. Insur
ing cleanliness and comfort.
TIME TABI.K IN EFFECT NOV. 14, 1S37.
Tialns leave Bcranton for Fltlaton,
Wilkes-Barre, etc., at S.2). 9.15. 11.30 a. in.,
12.45, 2.00, 3.03. 5.00, 7.10 p. m. Sundays, 9.00,
a. m., 1.00, 2.15. 7.10 p. m.
For Lakewood and Atlantic City, S.20
a. m.
For New York, Newark and Elizabeth.
8.20 (express) a. m., 12.45 (express with
Buffet parlor car), 3.03 (express) p. m.
Sunday. 2.15 p. in. Train leaving 12.45 p.
m. arrives at Philadelphia, Reading Ter
minal, B.19 p. m. and New Vork t.0O p. in.
For Maunch Chunk, Allentown. Bethlo
hem, Easton and Philadelphia, N.2u a. m.,
12.43, 3.05. 5.00 (except Philadelphia) p. m.
Sunday. 2.15 p. m.
For Baltimore and Washington and
points South nnd West via Bethlehem,
8.20 a. m., 12.45 p. m. Sundays, 2.15 p. m.
For Long Branch, Ocean Grove, etc., at
8.20 a. m. and 12.45 p. m.
For Reading, Lebanon and Harrlsburg,
via Allentown, 8.20 a. m 12.45, 5.00 p. in.
Sunday, 2.15 p. m.
For Pottsvlle, 8.20 a. m., 12.45 p. m.
Returning leave New Yoik, foot of Lib
erty street, North River, at 9.10 (express)
a. m., 1.10. 1.30, 4.15 (express with Buffet
parlor car) p. m. Sunday, 4.30 a. m.
Leave New York, foot Whitehall street.
South Ferry, nt 9.0S a. m., 1.00, 1.25, 3.53
p. m. Passengors arriving or departing
from this terminal can connect under
cover with all the elevated railroads,
Broadway cablo cars, nnd ferries to
Brooklyn nnd Staten Island, making
quick transfer to and from Grand Central
Depot and Long Island Railroad.
Leave Philadelphia, Rending Terminal.
9.00 u. m., 2.00 and 4.30 p. m. Sunday, 6.25
a. m.
Through tickets to all points nt lowest
rate may be had on application In ad
vance to the ticket agent at the station.
H. P. BALDWIN.
Gen. Pass. Agt.
J. II. OLHAUSI3N, Gen, Supt.
Del.. Lacka. and Western.
Effect Monday, Nov. 21, 1S97.
Trains leavo Bcrunton as follows: Ex.
press for New York and all points East,
1.40, 3.00, 6.15, 8.00 and 10.03 a. in.; 12.5a and
3.33 p. m.
Express for Easton, Trenton, Philadel
phia und tho South, G.15, S.OO and 10.20 a.
in., 12.D5 and 3.33 p. m.
Washington and way stations. 3.45 p. m.
Tobyhanna accommodation, G.10 p. m.
Express for Ulnghamton, Oswego, 101
mini, Corning Rath, Dansvlllo, Mount
Morris und Buffalo, 12.10. 2.35, 9.00 u. m.,
and 1.55 p. m., making closo connections
at buffalo to all points In tho West,
Northwest and Southwest.
liinubumton and way millions, 1.05 p. m.
Nicholson accommodation, C.la p. m.
Ulnghamton und Elralra express, 5.55
p. m.
Express for Utlca nnd Richfield Springs
2.35 a, in. and 1.55 p. 111.
Ithaca, 2.35, 9.00 a, m., and 1.55 p. m.
For Northumberland, Plttston, Wilkes
Barre, Plymouth, liloomsburg and Dan
ville, mnklne coso connection nt North.
umberund for Willlamsport, Harrlsburg,
Ualtlmore, Washington und tho South.
Northumberland nnd Intermediate sta
tions, 0.00, 10.05 a. m., and 1.55 and ti.00 p.
Nantlcoko and Intermediate statons,
8.08 and 11.10 a. m. Plymouth and inter
mediate stntlons, 3.35 und 8.50 p. m. For
Kingston, 12.45 p. in.
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on
all express trains.
For detailed Information, pocket time,
tables, etc., apply to M. I.. Smith. Dis
trict Passenger Agent, depot, ticket of
lice.
Hrle nnd Wyoming Vnlley.
In effect Sept. 19, 1S07.
Trains leave Scranton for New York
and Intermediate points on Erie railroad,
also for Hawley and local points at 7.0s
a. m. and 2.25 p. m. .
Arrive at Scranton from above points
at 10.23 a. m., 3.15 and 9.S3 p. m.
First Mortgage Collateral Trust
5 PERCENT. GOLD BONDS
OF" THE
New Mexico Railway and Goal Go,
A Limited Number of These Uondi Are Now Offered for Snle.
Tho mortgago securing these bonds covers tho railroad now undor construc
tion nnd rapidly hearing completion, from El Paso, Toxas, about 160 miles north
erly to tho Salado Coal Fields, In Now Mexico, Tho road traverses a country
rich In minerals. Including, gold, silver, copper nnd Iron, and will open up tho
largest bodies of coal and timber In tho Southwest. For Its trafilc resources, tho
road will rely on tho deposits of coat now owned by tho company, and also
covered by Its mortgago as well ns on ox tensive timber properties, all situated
nearly 400 miles nearer to tho markots of Arizona, Texas, New Mexico and Old
Mexico thnn any other source of supply,, nnd with favornblo grades for transpor
tation as ngalnst heavily adverse grades on tho ronds of every possible competi
tor. THE COAL AND TIMBER ALONR ASSURE A MOST PROSPEROUS
BUSINESS FOR THE ROAD. Tho road will also bo an outlet for n vast fruit
growing, farming, and stock-raising district, ono of tho most favored In tho
world, and now being rapidly taken up by homesteaders nnd other sottlers.
Tho country has wonderful possibilities for mineral development. Hundreds
of prospectors, some of them arranging for the Investment of considerable for
eign capital, are already engaged In tho development of tho mineral properties In
anticipation of tho outlet thus to bo afforded for tho ores to smelters and Btamp
mine, jicporis navo Dcen mauo on tne traffic resources of tho country by experts,
W. A. Lnthrop, Esq., Superintendent of tho Lehigh Vnlloy Coal Company; 11. C.
Hills, .Esq., Geologist and Mining Engineer, of Denver, Colorado, and others,
copies of which will be furnished on application.
DIRECTORS:
CLftRENCE D. SIMPSON... .Simpson & Watkins, Scranton, Pa.
COL H. M. BOIES Pres. Moosic Powder Co., Scranton, Pa.
HON. L A. WATRES Pres. Scranton Savings Bank and Trust Co.
THOHAS FORD Vice-Pres. First National Bank, Pittston, Pa.
J. W. H0LLEN3ACK Pres. People's Bank, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
RUDOLPH T. HcCABE Pres. N. Y. & Queen Co. R. R. Co., New York
BENJAMIN S. HARMON Strong, Harmon & Matthewson, Attorneys-at-
Law, New York, N. Y.
GIRARD C. W. LOWREY. . . .J. S. Lowrey & Co., New York, N. Y.
CHARLES R EDDY Eddy, New Mexico.
J AR1HUR EDDY Eddy Brothers, Denver, Col.
THOHAS H. WA1KINS Simpson & Watkins, Scranton, Pa.
HARRY P. SIMPSON Diamond Drill Contractor, Scranton, Pa.
We recommend these bonds to investors as a desirable and safe in
vestment. For Prices and Further Particulars
Apply to the Following Parties :
A. H. CHRISTY Cashier Scranton Savings Bank and Trust Co,, Scran
ton, Pa.
W. H. PECK Cashier Third National Bank, Scranton, Pa,
H.J. ANDERSON... Vice-Pres. Lackawanna Trust and Safe Deposit Co.,
Scranton, Pa,
J. B. RUSSELL & CO. Bond Brokers, 322 N. Washington Ave., Scranton, Pa.
A. A. S1ERL1HG Cashier People's Bank, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
C. W. LAYCOCK Cashier Anthracite Savings Bank, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
E. W. MULLIGAN... Cashier Second National'Bank, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
A. A. tRYDEN President Miners' Savings Bank, Pittston, Pa.
W. L. WATSON Cashier First National Bank, Pittston, Pa.
R. A. JADYiIN Cashier First National Bank, Carbondale, Pa.
Or, to Our Office,
SIMPSON & WATKINS,
Fiscal Agents, Ilonrd or Trade Building, Scranton, Fa.
Delaware and Hudson.
On Monday, Jan. 17, trains will leave
Scranton ns follows:
For Carbondale 6.20. 7.53, 8.55, 10.15 a.
m.; 12.00 noon; 1.21. 2.20, 3.52, 5.25, C.25, 7.57,
9.15, 11.00 p. m.; 1.16 a. m.
For Albany, Saratoga, Montreal, Bos
ton, New England points, etc., 6.20 a. m.,
2.20 p. m.
For Honesdale 6.20, 8.55, 10.15 a. m.:
12.00 noon; 2.20. 5.25 p. m.
For Wilkes-Barre 3.45. 7.50. 8.43. 9.33.
10.43 a. m.. 12.05. 1.25, 2.21, 3.33, 4.41, 6.00. 7.50,
10.2S. 11.30 p. m. ...
For New York, Philadelphia, etc. via
Lehigh Volley R. It.. 6.45. 7.50 a. m., 12.05,
1.25. 4.41 p. m. (with Black Diamond Ex
press) 11.30 p. m. . .... ..
For Pennsylvania R. R. points fi.43, 9.J3,
n. m.; 2.21. 4.41 p. m. ........ ..
For western points via Lehigh Valley
R. R., 7.50 a. m., 12.05. 3.33 (with Black
Diamond Express), 10.28, 11.30 p. m.
Trains will arrive at Scranton as fol
lows: i
From Carbondnlo anu the north 6.40,
7.45, 8.40, 9.31, 10.40 a. m.. 12.00 noon; 1.20,
2.18. 3.23, 4.37, 5.45. 7.43, 10.13, 11.27 p. m.
From Wllkes-Bnrre and the South 6.15,
7.50, 8.50, 10.10. 11.55 a. in.; 1.10. 2.14. 3.48,
5.20, 6.21, 7.53, 9.05, 9.43 p. m.; 1.13 a. m.
Complete information regarding rutes
to all points In the United States and
Canada may bo obtained at the ticket of
fice in the depot
Special attention given to western ana
Southern resort business.
J. W. BimDIOK. G. P. A.. Albany, N. Y
II. W. CROSS, D. P. A., Scranton. Pa.
SCHANTON DIVISION.
' In Effect December 13th, 1807.
North Hound. Noutli Bound.
201 1 914
x Stations P X
a a' I
W (Trains Dally, Ex. 2
X I cept ounflay.) I 5 q
p MiArrlro Leave a m
735N. Y. Franklin ts:. .... 740 ....
" 7 to West 4','nd street .... 7 55 ....
7001 Weehawken .... 810....
p MlArrlTe LeaTe p m
Tp CaaosTS 7771 sT5 ....
10 Hancock .... 2 '1 ....
". .... 125 Btarlljht .... 2!f2..
12 16 Preston Park .... 2 31 ....
12 40 Wlnwooa .... 2 41 ....
1225 royntelle 250 ....
1214 orson .... 2M ....
1208 Pleasant Mt. .... are;....
1IU9 Unlondale .... 309 ....
1149 Forest city .... 3 ur ....
1134 Carbondale .... a.M! ....
Ilin White Hridga .... f 3 38 ...
Ilia-. MayDeld .... 13 43 ....
1123 Jwrayn .... 3 45 ....
1118 Archibald .... 351 ....
1115 Wloton .... 354 ....
11 11 Peckvlllo .... 8f ...
1107 OlTjhant .... 4 01....
U05 rrlCKburg ... oi ....
1103 Throop .... 410 . ..
UOi Providence ... 4 1 ....
MM7 park Place .... 14 1" ....
1055 scranton .... 42( ....
a m Leare Arrive p u
All trains run dallr oxceot gundar.
t f guinea that trains stop on signal (or pas.
sengexs .
.ectire rates Tta Ontario Western beforo
Rurchaslng tickets and savo money. Day and
igm B press to the West.
J.O, Andorson, Gen. Pass Agt.
T. Flltcroft, Dlv. pass, Agt. 8orntoa. pa.
THE
PATENT
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We Warrant It.
We Wholesale It.
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OF SCRANTON.
Special Attention Given to BusU
ness and Personal Accounts.
Liberal Accommodations Ex
tended According to Balances and
Responsibility.
3 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on
Interest Deposits.
Capital, -Surplus,
-Undivided
Profits,
$200,000
800,000
79,000
mi. flONiVKMi, President.
HENRY BELIN, Jr., Vice Trcs.
WILLIAM II. PECK, Cashier.
The vault of this bank is pro
tcctcd by Holmes' Electric Pro
lective system.
Steam and
Hot Water
HEATING
Gas, Electric
And Combination
FIXTURES
Electric
Light . . .
WIRING
Charles B. Scott,
119 Franklin Ave.
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