The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-10
CITY NOTES.


the county jail yesterday.
Miss Hardenbergh's pianoforte school
is removed to 6S3 Madison avenue.
The will of Thomas c. Jones, late of
Hyde Park. was admitted to probate.
Bright court was again opened for traf-
fic yesterday. the sewer having been COM
pleted Sunday at noon.
The asphalt company yesterday began
repairing the streets Of the city as re-
Quired by their contract.
The sale of seats for Thatcher & John
sons minstrels opens this morning at the
box office of the Academy of Music at 8
o'clock.
In the estate of Patrick Grogan. late Of
the borough of Archibald. letters of ad-
m.nistration were granted to Margaret
Grogan the widow.
Bulletins concerning the progress Of the
international yacht race at New York
VIII be displayed at Dunn's hat store On
Wyoming avenue today.
The bond Of j. Il. Gardner collector of
taxes Of the borough of Gouldsboro. was
yesterday approved In the sum Of $500,
with q. E. Gardner as surety.
The bond of Eugene Mack. as tax col
lector OF Madison township. was yester-
day approved by the court. c. W. Noack
and Peter Yeager are the bodnsmen.
The bond of James OBoyle, tax collec-
tor OF Clifton township. was yesterday
approved by the court. The amount of it
Is S., CO., and Silas Flowers and William f
Flowers are bondsmen.
Michael Swift was yesterday appointed
auditor Of the borough of Archibald to
serve until the next election He takes
the place of Thomas O'Horo, who has
been elected school director.
The annual meeting of the Green Ridge
Woman's Christian Temperance union
will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock in
the Evangelical church on Capouse ave-
nue.. A full attendance IS desired
The death rate for the first week in
September was twenty-seven, a decrease
OF three. as compared with the preceding
week Two new contagious diseases We're
reported and four deaths occurred from
this same cause.
BY an order Of court the polling place
OF the Second district of the Sixteenth
ward has been changed from the building
whera Alderman Fred Fuller's Office had
been on Linden street to the Hotel Ter.
race on Wyoming avenue
The Delaware and Hudson employees at
the White Oak colliery, Archibald, were
paid yesterday. Employees of the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western company
at the Cayuga and Brisb.n mines and the
car shops will be paid today.
A meeting Of the Lackawanna Institute
OF History and Science will be held at
the Albright library this evening at 80
The meeting Will be open to all who may
come, and there should be large attend
ance on account of the Importance Of the
business to be transacted.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union VIII hold special service this af-
ternOOn at 3 o'clock In the lecture room
Of the Elm Park church, at which time
review Of the years work will be given
The service will have many interesting
features in 1t. All welcome.
An appeal was yesterday filed In the re-
port Of the viewers in the matter Of the
road IN Scott township. The road was or
dered laid out and nbw 1t has been found
that William Fl. Smith, through whose
property It was surveyed, will sustain
damages to the amount Of $1,000.
Marriage licenses We're yesterday grant
ed by the clerk of the courts to Warren
2. shafer, OF Wayne county. and Emily
Filipyak and Victoria Drunk, Of Oily
phant; John Bulda and Lottie Klimak
Scranton: Michael Ruddy and Mary A.
Purcell. Scranton: Edward Pikluski and
Apoion.a BrOmozevska, OF the South Side
A decree was issued from the court yes
terday unfettering Cornelius Compton, Of
Moscow, from the bonds Of marriage con-
tracted with Laura F. Edwards. on Mach
II. 1880, in Moscow. There was strife be-
tween them for several years and In 1892
on zen; ~, she left home and never came
back. This was considered good and suf-
hcient ground to let Compton choose n
more compatible woman for his wife this
time.
Clerk Of the Courts John H. Thomas
refused marriage licenses to two couples,
but granted one Of them when the parties
complied with the requirements Of the
law. Elias Surgent, aged 80, and Mary
Dougher. 26. wanted license. Surgent
said he was married before, but had been
divorced. He was asked to show the de-
cree. but he didn't have the document
and wouldn't get the llcense Tho otho,
couple that was temporarily withheld
from getting the license are Robert john
son and Stella Neevmu.s, both coIored.
He Is 81. and she will not be q until next
month"; Oct. 16. She went home and her
mother came back with her to give con-