The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-22
WILLIAMS& MCANULTY
l27 WYOMING AVENUE.
CITY NOTES.

Pay your poor taxes and save costs.
The report of the county auditors of
Lackawanna county was filed yesterday
in the prothonotary's office.
Lackawanna lodge, No. 95 Brotherhood
Of Railroad Trainmen, will hold its ninth
annual ball at Turner hall on Monday
evening, Dec. a.
The usual fourth Sunday in Advent SER
vices will be held at st. Luke's church
tomorrow, and on Christmas day special
services will be held.
Yesterday was the last day for the reg
listers of voters of the several election dis
tricts of the county to make their returns
to the county commissioners.
Frank Lews came to town to sell Christ
mas trees and after he had sold them he
started out to give the town bright-red
color. He was arrested and fined SO.
Christmas services at the First Pres
byterian church will be held tomorrow at
the usual morning and evening hours.
The pastor, Rev. James Mcleod, will
preach on both occasions.
For the Sunday afternoon service at
the Young Mems Christian association a
special Christmas programme has been
arranged, consisting of orchestral selec-
tions by Conrads orchestra and selections
by other artists.
Huntsmen generally are complaining of
the poor game this season. but Officer
Tom Lewis believes that game is plentiful
If properly hunted. He and his son re-
Gently returned from Moscow with six
teen pheasants and five rabbits.
Marriage licenses were yesterday grant
ed by the clerk of the courts to Thomas
Kearney and Bridget Philbin, of Oily
phant; William II. Kaufman and Lucy II.
Wardell of Scranton; William Watkins
and Isabella Penman, of Olyphant.
Patrolman l. f. Jones was warned to be
on the lookout for woman named Louise
Polocki who was suspected of stealing
articles from a store on Penn avenue.
He located her on Adams avenue with the
stolen goods in her possession and locked
her up. Alderman Fitzsimmons fined her
$3
The Christmas exercises of the First
Presbyterian Sunday school will be held
next Friday from to O'clock Tallie
Morgan has prepared a programme of
choice music which will be rendered by a
choir of forty young people. Eight hun
dred boxes of candy and as many of or
anges will be distributed. The children
will buy gifts for the poor.
An important shooting match will be
held on New Years day between Glen
Marsh, jr of Hyde Park avenue, and Sim
Davies of Eynon street. The contest will
take place on Gammon's hill and will be
for 500 a side, each man to shoot al
thirty birds. The contestants are well
known Shots having carried off the prin.
pal prizes at many local events.
John Lynn was arrested by Officers !
+. Jones and John d. Thomas on Thurs
day night upon charge of stealing ar.
ticles from the Penn avenue markets
Upon being searched his pockets were
found to be loaded with oranges, lemons
apples, clans, parsnips and other veget.
ables. He expected to provide chear
Christmas dinner and will receive one In
the county JAIL where he was sentenced
to spend thirty days.
Division No 3, Ancient Order of HI.
bernians, OF this city, at its last regular
meeting elected the following officers fol
the year 1895: President c. c. Donovan
vice president, James Il. Noone; record
ing secrtary, Thomas A. McGoldrick
financial secretary, George j. Duhigg
treasurer M. ii. Griffin; sergeant-at
arms, James Murphy standing commit
tee, John Fl. Devine, William McDon
ough, John Mclean, Patrick Coffee anC
Thomas Walton.
A young man carrying his left arm in O
sling called on Mrs. Duggan last even.
ing, begging for assistance. She intro
duced him to Chief OF Police Simpson
who called Patrolman Haag and detailed