The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-06
CITY NOTES.

Employees Of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western machine shop and
Storrs mine will be paid today.
The Delaware and Hudson Canal COM
pany paid its employees at the Olyphant
and Eddy Creek mines yesterday.
The will of James Finnegan, late Of the
borough of Olyphant, was yesterday pro-
bated, but no testamentary letters were
granted.
The basket ball team representing Com
pay c, of the Thirteenth regiment, will
play Company C, of the Ninth regiment,
at Pittston Saturday night.
Owing to the death of Select Council
man Kellow, the joint estimates commit
tee transacted no business last night, but
adjourned to meet Friday night
Principals OF grammar and intermediate
grades are requested to meet Superlntend-
ent Phillips in the school board rooms to-
morrow afternoon at AS o'clock.
Common and select councils will meet
tomorrow night. Meetings of the police
and Judiciary committees of the select
branch Will be called at o'clock.
At the regular meeting of the Womans
Christian Temperance union held yester-
day, Mrs. W. Frank conducted mothers
meeting and parliamentary drill.
In the estate OF Charles H. Pritchard
late of the borough of Olyphant, letters OF
administration were yesterday granted
to Alvira Pritchard by Register Of Wills
Hopkins.
At Harrisburg yesterday the Lacka-
wanna Stone company, with a capitol oi
$4,000. was chartered. The directors are
Frederick J. Widmayer, Grant Freeman
and William Siebecker.
requiem mass for the late Rev. j. J
Mangan was celebrated at st. Peters
cathedral yesterday morning at O'Clock
by Rev. j. j. Il. Feeley 1t was at the in
stance of the Angels sodallty.
Alderman-elect w. $. Millar has rented
q suite Of rooms on the second floor of the
Gas and Water company's building on
Wyoming avenue, which ne will use as his
Office. on May he will enter upon his
duties as alderman.
A drunken Hungarian raised a row In
the Eureka House on the Diamond Flats
yesterday afternoon and kicked q hole
through the door while being arrested by
Patrolman Rodham. He was brought &C
the central police station.
Nelson G.. Teets, manager of the Scran
ton Basket Ball club. has issued chal
lenge to the Nanticoke Basket Ball clut
TO play q game at Nanticoke between now
and March 12. The Nanticoke club claims
i to be the champion Of Pennsylvania.
An assumpsit suit for a debt of $500
was instituted yesterday In the Office oi
Prothonotary Pryor by the law firm oi
Jessups & Hand, representing William
Morse and Ebener II. Paine, partners
trading as Morse g. Co.. wholesale sho,
dealers of New York city. The defend
ant to the suit Is Jacob II. Cohen, whose
Famous shoe store on Lackawanna ave
nue. was closed a week before last Christ
mas by the sheriff.
A neatly printed report has been ISSUED
by the managers of the Florence mission
in which the president, Mrs. Frances b
Swan, and Mrs. Saxton. the matron. pre-
8 sent elaborate reports Of the past years
work. The literature committee jail com
mittee and treasurer also present inter
esting statements relative to the work OF
their different departments. Any one in
terested in the work Of the mission SHOULD
apply to the matron at the mission or
Spruce street for copy of the report.