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Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania • 8

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FRIDAT. FEBRUARY i. 3 FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 3, THE RECORD OF THE TBIES Tte.pB kr pritr, iryitg to 4 naK, Hvg -tie4 fc -Historical Column. After ii rst lOzer-n (ill Wra 7 i Tt old WlIkt-BrY BM-etiBj boue llZIbK OFFICE.

c.i WflkH-Rint Jacary L. IW, lfi LXie wi rbd in LsL JUi Cruii was tip. giaodfalaers trW acd SOME GLEANINGS FROM THE OOUNTV KEIOLLS WHKX Lf- i Lu-d kcd tt sluud fur ear. act -toM tor twiesate ljior licnes. The tolling is wholesale toceesr.

-C-fc JTeTh id the San uxaca.r Mmm by Uii town mutt be tUo.ti, ia reiauua ia iiuusiiac-, as the ca or rrlxA imiera. SLACK Residenee. ZF.RXE WAS NEW LI ZEKNE i FI XHSTKICT A TTO RN EY TifTOJNa HOUSES WERE NUMEROUS-IX THE OLD DAYS AND "ti'KRE FIXED TEN VOVS lS EACH HQ AN IDLER WAS iHJC. v. Krostr Wion Westuu Lmvid TntJt' recount brn theie mere tui fight cuembeis of tile M.

E. Cfcurtb iiftia (nitr uf the FublK bquarv. oi amuoc ihu cumber 4aitr of Judgw Je.t FiJL ml AI tbu tuue ttry hrlj thetr mating in mull boui ioi bt ttie otd lire-proof stood. The ub6CTiptn ere for a meeting hourf. not naming a dt-iumiii nation, lc was occupied jotou ly by Methoduta and Freb teriana.

The ilethodisu held regular services In the urt lHttge, except quarterly Bierl-incs at mhich tint tln-r occupied fCNISHED. ml Gartano Ferraro. UUler-Pubhc uvi.a. EDWARDSVILLE. ist I gave account the eivctkm of Lucerne County a taken becond.wara.

ra (he record ia the courthouse. Bartells Brewing Co, l.rer rij nioum tuwi TII: 1 1 nothing to show "hen 'r irt jau or araol) was built, but It was the regular church, in the fnal finish. Andrew FUber Plymouth iuw. Heumai Kauter Mi EXETER. or niurse a erv rarty necessity.

ji the. c.f the grand jury in Li jCK Up of the building, grandfather (Nathan Landau, foreman.) it Carey and uncle Lav id Richards were f6fiprfs treacherous diseseVYou thinkTitV iV cured and the slidhtestcold xonjair WAkes-Bcrre Pa. Cen. Brewing Co, brewers that the jail have a visit, a i active and large" contributors. A lot )uraof avenue Max Gross lO'O Wyunuug avenue J0S4 Wrunlue avenue ttur and a well.

It must have beea a i tny Was finally devised as a means of Berka witx WM Wyoming avenue FQSTEBJTOWXSHIP mere ram-t hackle utructure. judging paying the dtL Grandfather Carey ichardn. Mr. Truma Frteland Pater Timoney Cenue street, Dorrance and others went security for good faith in same, but for some reason the money did not hold out and it FKEELANU. Condy McCole Carbon Harry Laaoreck.

botUer. Kidge its victimsTjaTe';" ways left in weaken t'd; condition blood impure and impoverished; ner.vo Shattered. Pneumonia, heart disease, devolved upon -Messrs. Carey, Rich- CjrHn street Hiflge street tinpstnut street Charles Boexkow ski Chestnut street afds and Truman to pay the deficiency. 14.000.

which they paid into the bank Vshicgton street Adams street Idge street Michael Zemany aahington M. Sweeney Adams street Michael Oleyar Ridge street John Ftanklsn. Esa. high sheriff, reriresenls to tlie court that be has examined the prison at this county and ia of opiniim it 4s JMUfilclenr, therefore ht cannot tor.sent to trutt pnsoners therein at hi risque." The grand Jury for the November session of reort as follows: -Having viewed the county jail and the jail yard the grand jury do find that the apartments in which pniiirs are eouftned are by no means suitable f.ir the reception ut human beings at and nervous prostration aneoften the result i Michael Potochney Ridge every sixty days, making for a long time dark times for them. Finally the Presbyterians refused the Methodists any ue of the house even for sacramental seasons.

The" result was they sent for grandfather Marble, who went 1 Charles Moerschbacher South Charles Dusheck Washington i'ldge street uih street i.i Wathitii'on street Wa ut street -if i BreHlau Patrick Burke Walnut street up, marched in and told them that they were' going to hold meetings there and tent and got a lock put 011 one of the -c- HANOVER TO WKSHIIV John Rowinskey Brealan Jefferson BJS'eyhart Hazje this Inclement season 11 is rranin i Ha-t-a ve ua t)mt a tnuy Ktoroget her wit h- Jt 1 doors. Som of the geoUemen-oppoaed Dr.VilliamsV Pink Pills for Pale People; will drive every trace of the poisonous germs from and strengthen the nerves. A trial will, prove, Read the evidence: Stanly Pometer Breslau. irelau told him that be better put a lock on sheet iron pipe be Immediately erected HAZLE TOWNSHIP. ii the other door, he telling them no, that they were welcome to that one.

The re Fred Selgfelder, bottler Holley ..202 Northamt a uVt. ply then wan made that they did not Hi A iter Ireet CUIUVAW WV 11 in one of the rKms -Peter Grubb, foieraaa. It In creditable to our great-graiid-falhers )o know that they were willing to provide a stove for the prisoners in the winter. 'Michael Lapchack 121 Arther Anian Teet think that both congregations could hold meetings there. He advised them Jnh Fiprn.

bottler 320 North Vine street. that they would be expected to so ar John Sablo, bottler Vina and Sixteenth streets b1 Uvt t.f. honev range their meetings so as not to con- The jail question does not seem to! flict: finally things ran so high that it E. J. Kaier Holly VAngeto Yannxzi, bottler Diamond avenue Tniu.

kntflB. fiartUl at rfft lis made much belter progress than i resulted In locking the Methodists out, 1 ll.U, BW.fclC 4uaeDW DaUosea-a. bottler 22 Seybert fit the present new court house but grandfather simply pushed in the for at the January sessions of 1795 the door and took and held possession, tell- 1 1 V. tri-n .1 ing the Presbyterians that if they were (Martin Sauer, bottler 181 Alter sueet ni-eH John W. Boyle Esust Holly 'MoCue Moran, bottles Broad street.

3 wm hp H. B. Freas 71 Carson street v- When thegrip last visited this sectionfHennan H. Eveler.ofSn W. Main Jefferson, a well known contractor and builder, was one of the victim and 1 he has since been troubled with the after-effects of the disease.

A year ago his health began to fail and he was obliged to discontinue work. That he lives to-day is almost a miracle. He says: "I wta troubled with "shortness of breath, palpitation of the heart and a "2 general debility. My back also pained me severely. I tried ene doctor after soother and numerous remedies suggested by my friends, but without apparent benefit, and bejan to give up hope.

Then I saw Dr. Williams' Piak Pills for Pale People extolled in a St. Louis paper and after investigation, decided to give them a trial. After using the iwst-Jjox I felt wonderfully relieved and was satisfied that -7 the "pills wet" putting me on the road to recovery." I bought two more boxes and not content to carry out the will of the builders they should buy out or sell out, which resulted in the selling out County commissioners aiveu iuc Jury to endorse a plan to build a frame house adjoining the gaol for the accommodation of the sheriff and his family, ith one or two rooms for the transac-i'on crtiintv business. Nicholas bottler 1 Alter to the Methodists for 11,000.

The Pres Barnes Lamron, botUer 466 North Vmeatreet .471 t-orth byterians went so far as to put locks Pasquale Lettire, bottler 471 North Vine street. 4 nnmmiwM Elflst Hollv frcet on the pew doors. The grand juryP however, presented ileto'i iKo following The srand Jury beg leave to present James J. Burke, bottler-S37 East Diamond avenue337 Eft 1-i im or.fl iyvnl)li Vosepb Kikula. bottler 728 North Vine street '8 Nwtft Vw nr99t HA ZL ETON.

Relative to the first iron' grate for anthracite eoal David Thompson of TOiuinncq taxing tuem. Shlckshlnny, who as present during After taklnc four boie of Dr. VVillistna' PinV Pilla fnr Pale PmaU t'am the whole time of the novel experiment, Con By'rne-107 East Broad East Broad slt states that Judge 'Fell -and Solomon .223 East vtry Johnson-had-been for "me rime talk- ing up the matter of burning coal. I1HSW.S,, iUxliitOQ Passarella zzs iiast Iax Friedlander. 21 South Wyoming street iMichael Demcbick, botUer, 73 North Wyoming street Second Johnson boarded with grandmother the Jionorabie court that they have the request of the county tornmisBioners and are of opinion that It.

not expedient to build such a would rather recommend 10 btild a house of about 30 or 40 fet. to high, of stone or brick, that inUUt answer the purpose of a court ht.u and prison with accommodation fur tise gsoler's family, whicn would be sf ou.oble advantage to the county: fvi propored frame building will Vinv a temporary accommodation. restored to good health. I feel like a new man, aud having the will and energy jof my former days returned, I atn capable of transacting my business with iu-creased ambition. Dr.

Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are a wonderful medicine and anyone suffering from the after-effects of the grip will find that these pills are the specific." "Herman H. Evsunt." Mr. Evejer will gladly answer any inqniry regarding this if stamp' is enclosed. From Cole County Democrat, Jefferson City, Mo. Marble, who lived on Main street, above 'Dennis O'Donnell, bottler 37 South Wyoming street Third Ward the Square.

Judge Fell theii lived on street. They finally con rn hivra V.a at Roone street eluded to niake an experiment and took tl-a. veu. oiewuis c--, tr.Ut: some pieces of Iron about two feet long and laid same on the andirons i which were placed against the wall. On the ends of the iron they laid bricks and look for.

the full fr.rA fotr. fjottler South C-dar street South Cedar strertt S.TVrry, botti-x5o tiouth Cedar ..120 South Cedar streot ifacent Matera. Dottier 225 South Wyoming South Wyoming suet McGeady 185 South Wyoming street 1.185 South Wyoming tre'. JatneaMcGeehan. bottler 119 South PJne street Hastrn Michael Crossin, botler 181 South Pine street South Fine street Fifth Haxle Brewing Co, brewers Button wood street.

sc laid Iron on the brick in front four 'Christopher Hurlburt, toreinan. -I'-liiiP this the structure de- eiil.d in' the reminiscence wnich this column. -3- a 1 Pi wu'-a to 1800 there was no prose- ick-high-They then built fire of nameon 1 hickory wood in the Improvised grate. The bellows waa only tised to blow the fiiiicx or rather district attorney in wood nre. After the -wood was burn lulia Dolan, bottler 160 south Wyoming street llarlaton ing strong they put on coal gotten Joseph Dunnigan.

bottler 198 South Wyoming- HMteion'' Ccnty and all casM were con 8 At arugaists, or aireci: from the5 Dr.ViiHiams Medicine Schenectady, from Judge Fell's nephew's (Edward he. part of the common- Sixth i -iuuei -a Peter Fallon, bottler 94 South Wyoming street 94 South Wyoiminsr streef I wenlth i attorney general of the Fells) blacksmith shop near by, and Tput, cnianfl rrattfc4ii)Jtad sijlno Wttllara Bittenhonser. bottlei214- South Church South lfrrh coal lire arter the wood had burned out, rV.v 5 0 per box; 6 boxes 42.5o; So satisfied were they that Judge Fell had his nephew-Edward construct a grate at once, which was put in the fol lowing day. There was a great rush of Mary Spaide, bottler 67 South Laurel street Hazletoi) Seventh Ward. William Schad, bottler 137 North Church street Hazteton Tohn W.

Zierdt 45 Laurel Hazieton D. S. Boyle, bottler 122 North Wyoming street 120 North Wyoming street Joseph Barnhart, bottler 44 North Wyoming Hazle Township Eighth.Ward Jacob Stelnmetz 104 South Locust street Hazieton Ninth Ward Theodore Greshner. bottler 04 North Wyoming street. .604 North Wyoming st people to gee the wonderful fire, causing Cdsie ki--iwn as petty cases to be it-i! Supreme Court on writs of eettn'i Ai 1.

The lie-rst general to attend the U1 voiist was William Bradford, Jr wat'Ceeded in August, 1T91, by Jred Ing. foil. Joseph B. McKean was May 19, 1S00, and the imnJte of therloeat court for the August eniiit of 1800 set forth that Jo'-eph U. McKean, under date of June Joseph B.

as much exictement as though it were the first steamboat. There was more or less prejudice against coal, as the fol lowing will indicate: Eleazer Black-man living back by the mountain had quantities of coal on his grounds and William Danes, bottler 19 East Diamond avenue. ....19 East Diamond avenue Salvatore DeSandoIa, bottler 101 East Diamond avenue. .101 East Diamond av. 1M0 ha.

nominated, appointed and who was with the Barons part of last it known -that it would burn O.eputed Daniel Levy, of the town of THE REMAINS FOUND. IN THE ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Squire Jamison asked him one day why season, will possibly be returned for the coming season. Mr. Barrow was authorized to settle the claim of the Philadelphia club against Wilkes-Barre he did not burn coal an.i he said: "Oh, I want a fire I can force." W.

B. D. I hitve had handed me an Interesting old blank deed recalling what in the Suiihury, fwiuire. attorney and coun--elloi'-at-law. as his deputy to implead and prosecute for and in the name of the commonwealth all crimes and offenses committed in the county of Luzerne.

As Mr. Levy appeared at the August session and was duly sworn into ofrkH he can very properly be put Now and it is probable that the vviiKes-Barre claim against St. Louls'will be Wilkes-Barre Owners Accept a Certain That Joseph C. Moore Met Death utilized to arrange matters to-the satisfaction of Col. Johntl.

Rogers. Franchise from Mr. Barrow, The local enthusiasts will be- pleased to know that they will be provided with league ball for 1B99. and with a strong club to enter a new circuit that shall THE ATLANTIC LEAGUE PKh.rti- furnish new clubs and new faces, the prospects for- a profitable season are Tenth Ward. John Willner, bottler 557 Alter street Hazle Township JENKINS TOWNSHIP.

iHenry Biederman Port Port Griffith J. and M. Gaughan, bottlers Main Main road KINGSTON TOWNSHIP. Samuel Salsburg Washington Plymouth R. Mangel Slocum street Slocum street Jacob Burnett Hughes street, street, Maltby William Burns Slocum street Slocum street John Arin Hughes Kingston Township KINGSTON.

First Ward. Anthracite Beer brewers Main street street Fourth Ward. Julius Stelner Main street street P. Moran 165 Main 165 Main street Second Ward. John Boscak Vaughn street Vaughn street M.

Breakstone Main street Main street MARCY TOWNSHIP. Robert Fox Duryea Duryea "William Hintze Donnelly Duryea Frank Poscoskl Chittenden street Durvea certainly bright. There Is sure to be a revival of interest in the game through down as Luzerne County's first llstrict attorney. The liquor question seemed to be a thotn In the sides of the court in the early days aw well as at the present and from 1787 to 1800 at nearly every session "-'from one to ten persons were indicted for conducting taverns 'without" license a tut conducting tippling houses. In rmir.y instances these offenders have good old Luzerne County At the.

November sessions of 1790 eighteen persons plrcuied guilty to keeping'tav-crn licence and each one was fined 10 and costs. early part of the century promised to be a thriving community at the "great falls of the Stoddartsvllle. The deed is on parchment, printed in Phiia-delnhia, in a manner that Would reflect credit on any modern job office. Stod-dartville had been laid out into building lots and John Stoddart had erected a splendid mill there, where the; grain of Luzerne County might find a ready outlet for the Eaton and Philadelphia market. Through no fault of John' Stoddart, who sunk a fortune there by trusting to the unkept promises of the Lehigh Coal Navigation Co.

to make Stoddartsvllle the head of their navigation system, the hopes of Its projector were never realized. In the deeds the gTantors were John Stoddart and Rebecca, his wife. The In out the country. On aH sides are noted indications of such a fortunate change and the writers are a unit in giving out DENT'S MISSIONARY WORK SUCCESSFUL HE DEMONSTRATES THAT A NUMBER OF ADVANTAGES ARE FURNISHED BY THE ATLANTIC NOT ENJOYED IN THE EASTERN-WILL RETAIN THE BARONS OF 189-i A CLOSE, COMPACT CIRCUIT WILKES-BARRE WELCOMED IN THE OSTERHOUT SUUILDINU FIRE WORKMAN UNCOVERS SOME CHXRRED BONES AND A PORTION OF THE CHARRED TRUNK OF THE 'BODY THE SUSPENSE OF THE FAMILY ENDED REMA1N'LAID AWAY IN HANOVER CEMETERY. The workmen, who for the past week have been patiently and diligently searching the ruins of the Osterhout building for the remains of detective Joseph C.

Moore, were Tuesday afternoon rewarded for their efforts, as one of the workmen, Thomas Welsh, uncovered the remains at 1:45. The find this prediction. From now on the fans may whoop things up in their own original enthusiastic style. AMERICA'S FIRST TROTTER. HE BY THE ATLANTIC MAGNATES WAS IMPORTED FROM ENGLAND IN THE YEAR 1788.

The early authorities of old Luserne did nut have much faith in Idlers, loafers and' men who refused to work and teresting old parchment la sent me by Joseph M. Stoddart -of Philadelphia.an THE SCHEDULE MEETING SET FOR MARCH 1. save tVc sever sentences when of John Stoddart Mr. Stoddart spends Stoddartsville In a brounht before them At the April ses- his summers at ing of the body has ended the awful The father of trotting horses in the United States, and generally, for the trotting horse may be said to have pretty llttl? cottage only a few rods President E. G.

Barrow of the Atlan- suspense of the aged mother and hi others of the unfortunate1 man, from the "great falls of the Lehi, the League was Tuesday in consulta fi tis it the authorities of Tioga Township brought one Joneph Ix fere the court and the following order was muder The body was burned to a crisp, all tion with president Stegmaier, direc where a great town was projected and a great mill built, the ruins of which that was left to Indicate that It was the tors Redlngton. Tammany, manager 'Whwea-Tliseih a person notiaregtlll standing remains-of human-being-being some Shannon and others of the Wilkes. charred bones and a portion of the charred trunk and When the news spread that the remains had been Barre club, and after thoroughly canvassing the situation it was finally decided to accept a franchise In the At Persons.jvho are ransacking old bibles and works on genealogy to establish a pedigree that will entitle found a large crowd collected and lantic League. them to membership In some patriotic caused no little annoyance to the polio and workmen. Mr.

Barrow demonstrated that the expenses of running a team as a member of the circuit over which he pre society -or another will naturally conclude that a certain young man in New York City has more than his share. The remains were found midway be sides will be much less than those incurred In the past by the Wilkfs- originated in the United States, was Messenger, a thoroughbred, Imjwrted from England in 1788, at the "age of 8 years, -and for twenty-years thereafter at the stud In the neighborhood of Philadelphia and New York. He was a great horse, with a long pedigree, which included some of the best. English strains, as well as Arabian, from which he probably took his color. He had a numerous progeny by thoroughbreds and cold-bloods, and almost invariably the latter produced horses which showed the same trotting quality.

It took some time, however, for the trotter to get off the road and divide turf attraction with the thoroughbred, but It was bound to come, and In ISIS, ten years after Messenger's death, the first public trotting race of which there Is any record in the United States took place, when the gray gelding, Boston Blue, was matched to trot a mile in three tween the room the (ceased had occupied and the lavatory, so it seems certain that he made an attempt to He is reported to have on record in the patriotic societies the services of Barre owners in the Eastern League. huving wherewith to maintain himself lives tdl" and without employment and refuses to work for not only the usual common wages, but for any. and In a rogue and vagabond and has cumir.lted many acts of violence upon the people in the township- of Tioaa. a person of extreme bad fame ar-d imputation, was committed to the common rho of this county by Guy Maxwell. of the Justices of the peace the county of Luzerne, on the 13th.

day 'of April for the afoicsaiil. thvre to remain until the cult and the order thereof be Kim v. 11 vpoii the premlyts, and whereas, upon the comprint and testimony of lm Stevens, of sl(l Tioga Township (and out" uwn km wledse) the premises to itr are f'i Is ordered that the said escape the terrible fate he met, evident In the matter of mileage alone the expenses for a three-trip schedule will be less than one-half of the amount necessary for the long jumps In the sixty-nine grandfathers of different degrees who served in the Colonial Wars, nine who served In the Revolution, and one who served In the War of 1812, Several of the above were klilcd In ac Paul Urban New street Duryea NANTICOKE. First Ward. I Charles Stooks Broadway 130 Market street Stegmaier Brewing Co.

Arch ..244 East Market street, Wilkos-Bane Second Ward. Frank Madeyewiskl Market Market street Seventh Ward; Robert Schwartz Main Main street Eleventh Ward. The Susquehanna Brewing Co. Main street," NEWPORT TOWNSHIP. Helen Strzatka Main street.

Glen Main street. Glen Lyon Joseph Auflkis Glen Lyon Glen Lyon Joseph Dollnski, bottler Glen Glen Lyon PLAINS TOWNSHIP. -Philip Reiley Corner School and Miner Plains Township Isaac Smulovlts Martin Plains Township Moses Xllne Plttston Township Edward T. O'Donnell Plank Plank road PITTSTON TOWNSHIP. Harry L.

Friend Main street Main street PITTSTON. Second Ward. P. F. Joyce 554 North Main street .....654 North Main street Fourth Ward.

Joseph J. Kern, bottler Mill street Mill street Seventh Ward. 1 Howell King brewers Thomas street Thomas street Samuel J. Freeman 53 North Main E3 North Main street Ninth Ward. Pa.

Cen. Brewing brewers Dock and Hughes streets Lewis Tral John Quintan 101 Main street Plttston and l'hiladelphia C. W. St. John 73 South Matn South Main street I.

Schwartzkoff 12 South Main Scran ton. Pa. Tenth Ward. William Nash, bottler 37 Frothlngham Plttston PLYMOUTH. First M.

Weil Main street Main street Fourth Ward. ly becoming bewildered by the smone or fire. The remains lay beneath a pile of brick and upon about three feet of chpcoal In that portion of the cellar undf.i'the centre of Coons Co. 'a dry goods store. As soon a the body was Eastern circuit, while there will no orr days.

tion, several were woirhdcri. and resolutions were inisssd by the General The jumps are much smaller than Court In recognition of the services of those of the Eastern. The distance- found the police department was noti some of the This young man, fied and coroner McKee and under on his father's side, is a member of the taker Mooney were summoned. Th from Scranton to Wllkes-Barre is only eighteen miles, from' Wilkes-Barre to Aitentown eighty-seven miles, from Al-lentown to Reading twenty-one miles. Mayflower Society and on his mother's latter took charge or the remains.

minutes, a feat deemed at that time to of the Huguenot Society. He himself Joseph he imprisoned which were placed In a rough bcx and removed to his undertaking establishment. ig a lieutenaryt in one of the provisional regiments raised for the war with Lancaster ia In cloee proximity to Reading, while Paterson and Newark are be Impossible. AH the same the gelding went the mile In less than three, though what the figures were nobody knows, ag no records were kept. The three brothers of Mr.

Moore, Mar separated by eight miles. The Jump tin, James and Patrick, had been watching by -the ruins much of the tlni. Spain. Natttmar-rloldiers'- HomerV. Jan.

18, 1899. Editor Record: I am reminded by reading your In ENGINEER CENSURED." since the search began, and they were from Richmond is a matter of S30 miles, but-all-cluhsvisltlng-Richmond -draw a double guarantee, which compensates for the long jump. There are a number of other features connected with a membership In the Atlantic circuit that until the nth day of May next, thero to be kpt at hard labor, and -until he pay the Cot of piosecutlon." I ornlf the name, out of regard for th fcclirtt; defKndaMs whont-1 know, to honorable and industrious peop'e, I may give the Kei-ord another from the old W. L. M.

80.MU LOCAL The following remltilsi-erres sbout the old jnll nrtd Judge Jesse Fell exixri-mentsl grate for burning anthracite overcome with grief at the gruesome sight they were called upon to witness. CHARGED WITH NEGLIGENCE IN terestlng Historical Column that there The remains were laid away in Jian- over cemetery on Tuesday, oervi- CONNECTION WITH ENGINEER M'MEEKIN'S DEATH. were held at H. F. Mooney under are two old graves at miwkhmi or Taylorvllle that have been obliterated bv the D.

L. W. R. R. Buried there taking establishment, Rev.

lather Dunn officiating. A coroner's Jury composed of Charles Iopold Freeman 57 West Main are two pioneers who were killed by the Indians, while fleeing to Connecticut. They were pointed out to me In Deceased was born in acnuiiKiu Gardner, James McGlnty, Fred Goerln J. F. Schwartz 123 East Main street Joseph Frankel lfia East Main ,57 West Main street .123 Esst Main street .165 East Main street 149 Main street ger, George A.

St. John, Andrew New will be cf Interest: The follow )n Incidents having more iw6 by an old Revolutionary soldier berry nnd J. M. wchappert, met in the Mrs. Ann L.yncn 149 Main street Fifth Ward named Hiighes.

also by John Atherton, City Hall Tuesday afternoon to in or less of historical value were gath vestlgate the death of engineer James County and Was 35 years of age. Hn worked in the mines during his younger years and when he tame to this city became coal inspector for the Lehigh Valley Coal Co. Then he accepted a position with the Plttston Ice Co. and later engaged in private detective work. He was a companionable and agrceabl are superior to those afforded by the Eastern, and by making the cnungo the Wllkes-Barre management certainly makes no mistake.

President Barrow assures the Wllkes-Barre owners that all of their players of 1X9S will lie held, as president Young informed him that the National Board would ratify the exchange made by the Atlantic snd Eastern Leagues In the mutter of substituting Hartford for Wtlkes-ltarrc, The transfer of the Buffalo club to the Western League, under ratification of the major league. Is In Itself a precedent, and It Is practically a certainty that all of the men will be satisfied with the President Barrow unhesltatingiy makes the assertion that the Iocs I fans, Mac.Meckln of Madison street, who was killed In a wreck on the Lehigh Valley cut-oiT a few duys ago. The Lehigh Valley division train dis vounr man ana naa a generous and patcher and others were examined and jovial nature. One of his brothers, Mar the Jury reached a verdict that Mac-Meekln was killed by his engine running Into engine 688. which was standing at I w.iter tank on the cut-off truck; that engineer Battle of 698 consumed too-much time-In-goingdown tin Moore, is a canuiaate tor city as sessor on the Third Class City party ticket.

DIED IN BRADFORD COUNT Yr tmre-t he-Barons are- launched forth -in the mountain nnd that he was negli Ellas Scott and other old settlers. I saw the graves as late as 1850. I think the spot ought to be marked. I am a veteran of the civil t2 years old. and was born In Wyoming Valley, and remember when some of the towns now there were only a wilderness.

W. D. Moore. The Record has received a pamphlet 77 140 panes entitled "A brief history) the ancestors and descendants of John Kosebootn (IT39-1S05). and Jewe Johnson (I74.V1M2), complied by Catharine Roseboom.

Dr. J. Livingstone Rose, boom. Rev. H.

IV Swlnimrton and Joseph White" As stated In the preface the obtct of the book Is to preserve to the descendants of Hendrlck Janse Roieloom of Albany. N. snd Capt John Johnson of Roxbury. whatever Inforim-tlon Is obtainable regarding their eArly r.lHtoiy In America, and secondly to afford Ss complete a record as p-tssible of the families comprising the later gen- gent in not keeptntr out of the way of the fast freight whicn was running, knowing that It was coming. Th testimony was to the effect that he hud been un engineer on the cut-off only a month.

BURNED TO DEATH. ered by John Marble, now a resident i of whose people were early settlers In Wyoming Valley from ColiiH'ctlout. He early In life removed ttj Ohio and 1-ei ama a successful banker and railroad man and during a visit lure In July. Ii collected and made the following memorandum: Mr. Mar-M's grandmother's maiden name was Richards, they coming from IJtchfield Conn.

She first married a Mr Thompson there and he visited Wyoni-lnn Valley in I'M and bought lands at Newport, but the roads were so bad and the distance so great, that after his return home- he concluded to not move to Vmlng Valley. Hoon after he dlod and several years after she married Mr. Marble, who was Jailor two or three years, lived there In 1S04 which was the date on sign he had out for Warding. He died Aug. 10, she having burled her first husband Just ten ear previous.

In 1 Sol they lived in the "Htnait Itlock House." The old Jail the first In Luzerne County, was a two story building. The lower story was occupied In front by the Jailor' room, snd behind this were two apartments about feet square, one for the confinement of ordinary criminals, the other for the confine, ment of such unfortunates as were sent to jail for debt. The second story was ud for a court room, on corner, about. 10 by 15 feet In size, being used as a chamber for the Jailor's family. tt was a log building, afterwards used as an academy.

The floor of th criminal prison was of elght-lnrh plank. The thlckiiess was impresrvd upon Mr. Stegmaier Brewing Co. Main street 244 East Market street, Wilkes-Bar re Sixth Ward. Max D.

Salsburg Main Main street 6HICK SHINNY. Samuel I. Creasy Vine street Vine street WILKES-BAKRE TOWNSHIP. William Berecky 25 Hemlock street .25 Hemlock street WEST HAZLETON. First Ward.

John Martlnkestk. bottler 313 East Broed street. East Broad street George M. Zierdt 133 East Broad street Ill East Broad street Third Ward. Simon Shepowlch 240 West Green 240 West Green street W1LKES-BARRE.

First Ward. Pa. Cen. Brewing brewers 9J Water street Wllkes-Ilarre Third Ward. Stegmaier Brewing brewers 244 East Market street.

...244 East Market st. Fourth Ward. W. D. Bers 48 West Market street 48 West Market street Frank Hennlges North Mam North Main street 1 Fifth Ward.

Max Rosenbluth 1 North Main street ,..43 North Washington street Hrennan Ward North Washington street. Waihington street Reuben Hershey, bottler 15 North Fell street. ,42 South Welles street Sixth Ward. Martin Freeman 291 East Maiket Wilkes Barrs Seventh Ward. W.

M. Miller Co. 41 and 4 J. Went Market ..41 and 4.1 'West Market Lewis Lewitb 71 fiopth Main street ,.71 South Main strett Eights Ward. Hyman Stakulaky 101 Northampton ..101 Northampton street Constlna Wolpow 157 East Market .157 East Market street Alex.

A. Ksyser 114 South Cansl 114 South Canal street Eleventh Ward. William W. Helfrlck 22S South Main street, ...228 South Main street tfclllp Schmidt 7 and William street .7 and William street WALTER KOONB. Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions.

the compact Atlantic circuit, will never miss the Eastern League. His clubs played as fast an article of ball last season as the clubs under Pat Powers, and with a compact circuit furnishing short Jumps and no lay off, along with a favorable schedule, he does not hesitate to say that the game here can be made self-sustaining. The other magnates of the leaxiie are anxious to secure Wilkes-Barre to round out "the circuit and with Scranton paired with us the league Is strengthened. The schedule meeting 111 lie called at Philadelphia about March 1st, and as usual, when Scranton was with us In the Eastern League, the two anthracite cities will be paired for holiday dates. AN AVOCA GIRL WENT TOO NEAR A BONFIRE.

While several children were playing about a bonfire In Avoca on Monday FORMER WELL KNOWN RFSI- DENT OF WILKES-BARRE PASSES AWAY. W. B. Payson of this city received a telegram yesterday from Towandn stating that William W. Haverly.

aged 42 years, died In Bradford County of softening of the brain. The deceased was formerly a resident of this city. He was a widow and leaves one child, a son, years of age. was for some years In the employ of Swift Co. as bookkeeper, at the time Mr.

Pnyson was msnager of the concern and was promoted later on to be auditor for the meat concern In the eastern district of this State. -He wa member of DIpu Le Veut Knights Templar, of this cltf, which will send a delegation today to Towanda to attend hla funeral. Mr. Haverly waa well known here. He was a tenlal and wetl liked cltiaen snd had scores of friends, socially among the business men, crations.

from the time when th two evening Alice, the1 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius McLaughlin lines were united by the mairiase of Abraham Roseboom and Ruth Johnson, in Cherrv Valley. N. In 1W.

was fatally burned before assistance According to the preacnt Indications could reach her. When discovered the vtllkes-liarre club 111 be owned The first American settler of this by four, or at the most five men. who she was completely enveloped In llames snd when the clothing was re branch of the Johnson family as Cast. John Johnson, who probably (m4 fmm moved the flesh adhered to her gar will divide the responsibility of direct Ing its affair, while uncle Imnlel Shan non will, of course, be retained as man ments. Everything was don to al leviate the little one's sufferings and Knaland the fleet of John Wlnthrop.

who arrived at Salem, In 16.10. He settled In Roxfcuiy, Man One of his flv childrn tn Capt. 'saae, who was killed by the Indians In King ager. The club Is already organized, young Burns of Avoca having been death relieved her yesterday morning The funeral will take place to-morrow afternoon. Interment in SL Mary's algned as shortstop In place of Jack McMahnn, while another pitcher will be secured.

Dug giesby of Philadelphia, i Philip's wsr. FRANKLIN. Cemetery, Avoca. i.

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