The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-20
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CITY NOTES.
~ WYOMING AVENUE.

Pay your gas bills today and save the
discount.
Nay Aug Engine company held q pic
nc at Wahler's grove last night.
There Will be a meeting Of the manag
ers OF Florence Mission this morning at
10 o'clock.
The Haymakers. an organization allied
to the Red Men. enjoyed a social time last
night In Workingmen's hail on Lacka-
wanna avenue.
julius Lindergreen, a Scranton piano
tuner. was injured by faiing from a rap
idly moving train on the Lehtgh Valley.
at Towanda, Saturday night.
Francis c. Ledyard and Miss Katie WILL
sams, both OF Plttston, were married
Aug. 49, 1895. by Rev. D. P. Jones, pas
tor OF the Tabernacle church, West SIDE
The special committee of common coun-
cl appointed to examine the apparatus
which the Crystal company offers to sell
70 the city visited the company quarters
last night.
The granite for curb.ng around the Fed
eral building has arrived and is being put
in place The work Of improving the sur
rounding grounds will now be pushed to
completion.
"Tony." the Italian boot black, a famil-
lar figure ON the central city streets, was
fined IS yesterday by Alderman M!llar for
Jumping on Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western cars.
Jonathan Venison, the Archibald consta-
bic. who was given six months for shoot
ing prisoner IN the leg. was released
yesterday from the county jail under
the insolvency laws.
The following contributions for St.
Luke's summer home and free excursion
fund are acknowledged: A friend, $40; j.
d. Sherer, IS; previously acknowledged
$626S5; total to date, $54l.s5.
Papers for the admission Of the children
OF Mrs. Elizabeth Hines and Mrs Emma
Knowles to the Soldiers Orphans Home
can be had at Colonel Ripple's office,
Wyoming avenue, Scranton. Present ad-
dress Of parties not known.
All are invited to attend the Arctic pine
apple social to be given this evening at
the church by the members of the Sunday
school Of the Park Place Methodist Epis-
copal church on Court street.
The Village Belle quartette will give
free open air concert at Sandersons
park Thursday hight. The members of
the quartette are John Rafter, first tenor;
Edward Bucher, second tenor; Daniel
Hughes, bass; William Collins. baritone.
T. d. T.-Chicago has never had larger
normal population than New York. The
Chicago T.mes-Herald estimate Ch.ca-
go's present population at 1,7OOOOO, but this
6 probably an exaggeraton Of the truth.
New York's present estimated population
IS 100000
The will Of Ernest F. Fischer late of
this CITY. was admitted to probate yester-
Day by Register OF Wills Hopkins. and
letters testamentary granted to Chris
tan e mbach. In the estate Of CassI,,s
8. Sta. rouse. late Of this city, letters
OF administration were granted to H. c.
6chafer.
Every member of the Scranton branch
OF the Commercial Travellers Home asso-
cfafton Of America Is earnestly requested
to be present at a special meeting to be
held Tuesday evening at s O'Clock at the
board OF trade rooms to transact special
business pertaining to the coming base
ball game
pec4any invited to attend the social to-
n!ght at the Young Women's Christian
association. 2O5 and 21 Washington ave-
nue.. It will be an evening pleasantly
spent with games and social intercourse.
The rooms are always bright and cheerful
and those having It ap charge will be glad
TO see many accepting this Invitation.
Marriage licenses were granted yester-
day by Clerk Of the Courts Thomas to
Joseph Morris and Margaret Wolf, West
Pittston: Henry F: Dierko Priceburg, and
elisabeth Bockrod, Dickson City. Frank
Fawcett. Throop. and Mary Ann Ham
cell, Scranton; Michael Scott and Sarah
Ruane, Scranton; Francis c. Ledyard,
Pttston, and Katie Williams. Lackawan-
M,.,I,na na; Tnomss n,,,ly Henry Thomas and Alice
Catherine Mary Price. Rendham.
An action on a mechanics lien Of Peter
J. Conroy against J. ]. Becker and r. F..
,,Aswell was heard before Arbitrators p.
A. Philbin, T. v. Powderly and r. J.
Bourke yesterday. Attorney G. II. Soper
represented the plaintiff, and Attorney
Milton w. Lowry the defendant. Asweil
had the contract to build an addition to
the house Of John ]. Becker in West
Scranton. He sublet the brick work TO
Conroy. who claims $4S5 on a verbal con-
tract. Aswell asserts that the contract
was for 1896 and declares a written con-
tract was executed for this sum.