The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-26

| garet Kerins, Carbondale; Thomas Lang
an and Margaret Dougherty, Scranton;
Anthony Engel and Katie Duffey, Scran-
ton; Michael ]. Rooney and Sarah J. Glib
lin, Scranton.
An interesting entertainment was given
at the Railroad Young Mems Christian
Association hall last evening. the attrac-
ion being C. Il. Douglass, the magician
of New York city, with his wonderful
sleight of hand tricks. G.. Osborn, of New
York city, recited numerous selections and
the Imperial quartette of this city rem
tette Is composed of young men under the
able direction of William II. Stanton, jr.
Refreshments We're served at the conclu-
sion of the programme.
An attractive programme Is promised
this evenig at the Young Women's Chris
tian association in the reports to be gwen
by the twenty-five delegates who attended
the recent state convention at Blooms
burg. The reports will be given under
the following heads: Our Entertainers
The Personnel of the Convention"
practical Methods of Work" Our AS
lections,'' Extension Work in Pennsylva-
MIA etc. These reports will be brief, and
of interest to not only association men,
bers. but all who know anything Of the
work. u.f.! .l4.
The statement made in the city papers
to the effect hat the new furniture factory
which is to start here would In the near
future open a retail salesroom over the
t.cOHOHly n uTHltuTc company y store Is IN
correct. The new company will devote its
entire energy to supplying the wants of
the furniture dealers. The retail trade OF
the city of Scranton will be carefully
company. who are the only furniture
dealers in the city that are stockholders,
or in any other way, interested in the
new company. They will devote a floor
space OF 1900 square feet to properly eX-
hibit the product of the factory.
A galaxy of leading local lights from
neighboring cities will be in Scranton Sat
urday night to address or participate in a
rally to be conducted by the Scranton
branch of the Commercial Travellers
Home association In Young Mems Chris
tian Association hall. This rally was de,
cided upon at a meeting of the Scranton
will be present wifi be Mayor George e.
Green, of Binghamton; eX-President j. ID.
Aldrich, of Detroit; ex-Secretary w. II.
Booth, of ~Binghamton: Mayor Nichols,
a large delegation from Wilkes-Barre
The Scranton branch has extended a cor
dial invitation to the business men of the
city to be present and show a cordially
and hospitality to those from other cities.
Mayor Council yesterday, by his sigma
ture. made operative the following ordin-
ances: Providing for the construction of
a lateral sewer to drain both sides of Ca
pouse avenue from the main sewer to
Larch street, both sides of ,Larch street
from Capouse avenue to MOnsey avenue,
s%outherly side of Larch street from Ca
pouse avenue east about 11 feet to a pri-
vate alley; providing for an electric light
on Wales street; providing for flagstone
sidewalks on both sides of Lafayette
street from Main to Fillmore avenues; APP
propriating $1,000 to pay for the land taken
for the widening of Robinson and Ninth
street; providing for the construction of a
lateral sewer on Hyde Parke avenue, be-
tween Lafayette and SHETLAND street;
resolutions directing the city treasurer to
extend the time for the collection of city
and school taxes until Jan. /. 1896; direct
ing the city engineer to make plans for
opening and grading Palm street from.
Cedar to Stone avenue; permitting w. II.
Hazlett to connect his property with the
Robinson street sewer: directing the city
controller not to countersign any warrants
drawn for Bolton G. Rooms, contractor
for lateral sewers in the Thirteenth Sewer
district until such time as all claims for
labor upon said work are satisfied; direct
Ing the chief engineer of the fire depart-
ment to erect a fire hydrant at the corner
of Birch street and the river bank; direct
ing the city engineer to make plans for
grading Birney avenue from Gibbons
street to the city line.