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    1. [PALUZERN] Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, Tue, Mar 11, 1890
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    3. Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, Tue, Mar 11, 1890 MARRIAGES: SHADRACK GREGORY, of Union, ex-Justice of the Peace, was today married at the Courtright House to Mrs MARY C MARR, of Plymouth township, aged 61. Justice of the Peace Josiah Cease, of Jackson, tied the nuptial knot. The best man was R V VANHORN, of Union. The bridegroom, who is 71, is the father-in-law of the well-known agriculturist and political satirist, W W PRITCHARD, of Hunlock. In Beaver Meadow Mar 10, by Rev J B Shaver, JACOB MUCK and CHARLOTTE A HORN In Hazleton Mar 10, by Rev Shafer, HARRY BRILL, of Delano, to Miss ALICE DANDO, of Hazleton In Scranton Mar 8, ARCHIE OWENS, of Scranton, to Miss CORA SMITH, of this city MARRIAGE LICENSES GRANTED: MARTIN F MCCARTHY, Duryea EMMA ROTH, Hughestown SHADRACK GREGORY, Union MARY E MARR, Plymouth JOHN PESOTINE, Luzerne LOUIS MILLER, Duryea HENRY BANKS, Port Griffith MAGGIE LANGAN, Cork Lane COURT OF COMMON PLEAS: Divorce court: ALOYS. DREHER vs ELIZABETH P. DREHER: rule for alimony discharged NADA ROBINSON vs ARTHUR ROBINSON: rule to show why divorce should not be granted DEATHS: JOSEPH H LINDSEY, a prominent citizen of Freeland, was found dead on a sidewalk in that borough Sunday night. He probably slipped and fell heavily. His neck was broken. At Conyngham Mar 9, of heart disease, Mrs JOHN MEYERS, aged 77 years In Plymouth Mar 10, infant son of SAMUEL STUBLEVINE, aged 1 year, of diphtheria >From Plymouth: a two year old child of SAMUEL STUBBLEBEIN died last Sunday and was buried this afternoon. Mrs MARTIN QUINN, of Minooka, just above Pittston, was instantly killed on the Lackawanna and Western railway near that town. She was walking on the tracks, when the express train approached at the rate of fifty miles per hour. The engineer blew his whistle, and the woman seemed to hear it, but she evidently got confused, and instead of stepping out of the way, walked directly ahead on the track on which the train was coming. She was 45 years of age, and leaves a husband and ten children. CORNIELIUS CARD, one of the victims of the recent Pettebone shaft explosion, died from his injuries at the City Hospital yesterday. The deceased was also injured some time ago when the shaft was being driven, and when the rope broke, sending a bucket of stone crashing down the shaft. The funeral will be held from the house of RICHARD O'BRIEN, Luzerne Borough, at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Interment in the City Cemetery. The miners in the Pettebone shaft will turn out in a body to attend the funeral. FUNERALS: The funeral services of the late Mrs MARY FAUSNAUGHT, who died on Sunday while visiting the family of LEE SIMONS, of Lafflin, was held in the West Pittston M E Church at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The interment was in the West Pittston cemetery. Deceased was 86 years of age, and an old and well known resident of Pittston, having come here when only about 8 years old, and lived here ever since. SOUTH WILKES-BARRE MINE FIRE: The flames in the South Wilkes-Barre mine are extinguished and the pumping process has been stopped. The water will be allowed to stand in the mine until the strata are sufficiently cooled to prevent further outbreak. This will take about a week or ten days. BRIEFS: >From Plymouth: PATRICK CANNON and JOHN SPERRY left Avondale about two weeks ago for Pittsburg. A letter was received from them yesterday stating that they had enlisted in the regular army and were on their way to Columbus, O., to join their company. >From Plymouth: PATRICK MCFAGUE left here this morning for the coal fields of West Virginia >From Plymouth: ROBERT W ROBERTS, the popular hotel man, is about to sell out and remove to Scranton >From Plymouth: JOHN P SHEA, the cigar man, is selling out his interest in "the weed", with the intention of going to the "World's Fair" metropolis. Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, Sat, Mar 8, 1890 Ed, Phoenix

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