The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-12
LIVE NEWS Of
TWO P|7TSTONS
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE's Pittston de-
partment is in charge Of j. NJ. Fahy, to
whom news items and complaints may be
referred. !
THINGS OBSERVED AND NOTED.

The filing of objections to the vari-
Gus party and nomination papers dur
ing the past week caused decided
sensation in this place. The lack OF
thorough knowledge of the law gov
erning the drafting and filing Of the
papers may be said to be due to the
complications which have arisen. In
times like the, present when every
voter wants to b. an Office holder and
the disrupted state into which the sew
eral parties have been plunged the sit
uItlon, politically, isa most cOmpli-
Gated one. The decision Of the court,
which it is expected will be handed
down this week. is awaited with inter.
est. Should the court sustain the ob-
jectons the raised there will be no end
OF trouble aud the natural inference Is
many votes will bs lost through tho
Indifference OF thu voters who will not
take trouble to write in tho names VI
those for whom he otherwise would
have cast his ballot
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A small boy. not more than years
of age, might have been sssu during
the past week in the vicinity Of Pine
street hope,eSsly intoxicated Tne
sight was u most pitabl9 Ous aud called
forth many expressions Of sympathy
for the innocent little victim The
person who was responsible for the dis
treSSiug spectacle, It known. should be
made TO feel the punishment his iu-
fanny deserves Ii is q duty the par
eutS Of the unfortunate lad owe to So
ciety and thu protection OF our moral
and social welfare AS long As such
trauSgrssSlous Of law and society are
allowed to 20 unpuniSuel just 50 lou,
Will the stability Of our government b9
in peril
Would it not be \ good idea to have
placed over each. fire alarm box 3 smau
sign dssi Guatiug tina location Of the
various KEYS, such as are to be se5u in
all the cities where the electric alarm
system is in usey 1: would prove quite
an IuuOyotiOU oysr the prssSRE arrange
meut and one We feel would be greatly
appreciated by our people.
Skr
A correspondent reviewing thu con
The poor man, whether De toll on the
surface OF this earth or dslys in the
deepest depths Of Cla mines, is u part
our free government, entitled TO ex-
press his views and to carry them into
effect, and hs only is deserving Of cou-
tempt who calls him base A mans
worth rs a citizen in this free republic .
should be measured not by his lineage
his birth, or his money bags, but by his
honesty, his independence and mis-
mental and moral makeup
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To have watched Actor Mlutsll Sat- .
urday evening snactlng the role Of the /.
happy groom over his ending mar
riage with the beautiful Lucille would |
not have suggested TO his admirers
that the actor, ike the rest Of hu- |
manity, has his ups aud downs IN this /.
world, II speaking Of his arrest for /.
contempt Of court to reporter, Mr. |
MantelI said it was all 1 mistake, and /.
that he would be in New York today to /.
answer the charges preferred by his /.
vile, from whom hs ID separated. He /.
has paid his wife the alimony required /.
Of him, and was under the impression |
that the case was TO be held 10 abey- I.
auce until he would be playing in New .
York in March. Mr. Mautell further .
said that Sjj week was too much to .
pay for his wifes support during such .
bad season, and be intended 10 make |
an effort 10 have i5 reduced.