New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-05
IN AND AROUND SCRANTON.
THE BLUEBIRDs no MATCH FOR THE wRENS-
NEW CHURCH-ALBRIGHT LIBRARY

THE BLUEBIRDS NO MAIOH FUN IhlH "4Ni'''S
NEW CHURCH-ALBRIGHT LIBRARY
Scranton Penn, July ,(speciaD-On Casper W. Hoss-
ncs,s Mace in Choconut Township, pair OF wrens ouit
thor most this spriug in q tomato that had Decoho
vedgcd between the branches Of an apple tree near INC
farmhouse few days after the coniding HUG oI'u'
had taken up their abode in the can pair OF ouc
birds made their Appearance In the yard Inc can Se"
. no inst the spot they had been searching for TO settle
down In and while the wrens absent one morning.
rho tuebirds darted and quickly threw out every
thing the niustr Gus .tle birds had CARED in The "rehS
returnd lust as the handsome ntrudcrs had got te can
r,n.sd and for three hours there noisy and bitter
warfare between the pairs. The blueOo- carIu o'
OF straw into the while the wrens were daFtg a' 1
and squauing splteully but the straw was soon scru
out by The rghul owners, who were more active IMAM inc
tonere nv noon one OF the wrens held possession OF
the can its Juggling things into the hole a. iC d.
could. Inside Of hour the wrens had Narrower NV
oriace so that antagonist couldn't enter IT, ana "
the blucbds that they had been out"IOe1' "''
STAINED giving battle to the wrens and sailed away
The congregation Of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church. whose present place Of worship Is in AdaS'e'
are going build new church this summer aC 'e"eI
ave and Idndcn-st 1t Is cost $lOOOCO' ana n'VNe
stone will be mainly used in construction me Dul'u
ing will be 100 Ly 145 feet and will front on JeeiSo
ave- The pulpit will be the Linden-st sP'e "'u ''
main auditorium Will seat 1000 persons Between tn"'
and tho Sundav.schOo room there will be siding paper
doors en- ,ba, the two rooms NAV thrown into one with
seating capacity Of 1000 when occasions require IT,
The lacture.room. church parlors and large oo" luz
festivals will be IN basement gallery Will eAt'hu
around the auditorium and the Sundayschool ROOM ana
tbere will be stained glass windows on four SIDES oeNer
class rooms will open from One gallery
Tho trustees Of the Albright Memorial Library eIectd
those officers this week: President. Alfred Hama vice.
nresident William T. Smith secretary and treasurer
Henry Ben jr librarian j. H. Carr AZ present Hr'
Carr has charge Of a public library in ST. Louis ne Is
treasurer Of the Library Association Of the United states
and he will to Scranton next month ana Oss'" '''
selection Of books for the new library
80 the fotpC Cam
r,hcr,, nv the June Grand Jury will take place next
week before a Judge Of the neghborng coahue'
who has consented sit here at special term OF the
crnnal court This week the council for the indicted
Councilman tried to get trial postponed till September
but the request refused
While stewart Mllar, Of this city, was Keeling IN
bass ON Newton lake few days ago, pickere struck
At the bass and bit IL nearly Seeing at glance
hot the pickere was up to, Mr. Mlar Let his reel lo"'e
and in few second, greedy pckcrl eobbed the PASS
and cot caught on hook. After good deal Of WORK
inc Mr. Miller hauled the pickercl into the boat IL was
urv0ye inches long and weighed five pounds ana nail
owing TO the drouth the trout fishing IN the hou
tain stream, near Scranton has been poorer lah III many
wear The brooks so low that the popuif game
sb cannot protect themecs from their fourfooed enc
mics ard residents Of region say that coons are prey
I'm, ON the trout at a rate that Will make the fishing lo'r
D., var or - to come The tracks Of coons have lately
heon s5en along all Of the smaller streams anu ue ohH
consolation the mountanecrs get out Of the discovery
4 mat bIc fa; coon, will be- plentiful in the fall and that
tho killing Of them Grst-claSs sport william H.
Kac Of Tobyhanna caught the champon trout OF the sea-
%, This week IL was t0nty.tWo inches long ana
weighed three pounds and half