The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-18
VILLA MS& MCANULTY
l27 WYOMING AVENUE.
CITY NOTES.

Pay your poor taxes and save costs.
Today excavation work will be started
sfor building the western pier of the Spruce
street bridge.
The Electrical Workers union of this
city will run Il ball at Turner hail on
Christmas night.
The eleventh annual ball of the Excel
sior Athletic club will be held at Music
han on Christmas night
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Penn Avenue Baptist Mems league will
occur this evening at 7.3O.
Sheriff John j. Fahey yesterday moved
from the Jail to a house on jefferson ave-
nue., between Pine and Gibson streets.
The sale of seats for princess Bon
ME- will open at the box Office at the
Academy of Music at a. m. this morn
ing.
The keystone Social club will run a So
cial at st. David's hall Thursday even
ing, Dec. 90 a waltz contest will take
place.
Ordinances providing a permanent man
and horses for the William Connell Hose
company were yesterday signed by the
mayor.
The most complete cottage doll house
ever on exhibition to the public can be
seen at Williams & McAnulty's, Wyom-
ing avenue.
The Womans Christian Temperance
union of Green Ridge will hold its regular
meeting this afternoon at go o'clock at
6l5 Green Ridge street Evangellstic
work will be the subject for consideration
Rev. A, Griffin, secretary of the Meth
odist Episcopal intirm ministers fund, de-
livered an excellent address before the
Methodist Pastors union at the Elm Park
church yesterday.
At the Womans Christian Temperance
union meeting this afternoon at their
rooms on Spruce street, the superintend-
ent of departments will deliver interesting
reports of their work.
Mr. McGee, of Philadelphia, the repre-
sentative of the carpet industry pro
posed TO be located in Scranton, is ex-
pected in the city daily to inspect the
sites which have been suggested by the
board Of trade.
Judge Archibald made an order yester-
day committing Thomas II. Smith, Of
Jermyn, an incorrigble youth, to the
house of refuge Smith was in the house
before but was released last June He is
il years of age
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
union will be held in their rooms. SOS
Spruce street, this afternoon at o'clck.
All members are urgently tied to be
present and bring friends W II them.
Mrs. Cornella Depillo began an action
in trespass yesterday against Mrs. Marie
Capona to recover $1,000 damages for de-
famaton of character On Nov. 30 Mrs
Capona made charges that seriously re-
hected on Mrs. Depillo's reputation for
chastity.
William Devers, the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western brakeman who was
injured last Tuesday and died after an
operation in the Moses Taylor hospital
did not die before recovering from the
effect of an anaesthetc as was erron-
eously stated in Tuesdays and Wednes-
days papers.
An entertainment under the auspices Of
the Epworth league of the Simpson Meth
odist Episcopal church will be held Thurs
day night at the church. One of the fea-
lures of the entertainment will be grand
stereopticon exhibition by Professor H.
M Call and A. II. Vorhis. The price of
admission is fixed at is cents.
At meeting yesterday afternoon of the
executive committee of the Home for the
Frlendless 1t was decided to indefinitely
postpone building operations upon the
2 new structure on Arlington heights. The
foundation walls have been erected, but
the committee hestates to continue build.
ing until the way for procuring funds
seems more favorable than at present.
There was pronounced decrease dur.
ing the past week in new cases of con.