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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-20

Harding's China Store, 215 Lacka-
wanna avenue. Finest display in
Fancy Decorated pieces in China aad
Glass, Silver plated ware, Cut Glass,
Solid Brass and Onyx Tables and Ban
quet Lamps. Dinner, Tea and Toilet
Sets. Toys in endless variety as low as
the lowest. -
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Handkerchiefs for holiday gifts, Real
Lace and Fine Hand Embroidered
Handkerchiefs. The largest and finest
stock in the city. Open every evening.
- Finleys
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Money tOIOan.

Anyone wishing to get loan to help
them over Christmas can be accommO-
dated at DaviGow Bros, 217 Lackawan-
ma avenue. ; ~
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Silver clothes brushes, hair brushes,
toilet sets. hat marks, coat hangers,
paper cutters. and other silver novel;
ties too numerous to mention can be
had at Davidow Bros. ."
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Odd prices. in Silverware at Turn
ques.'s, POS Washington avenue.
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Finleys.

Ladies' and Gentlemen's Umbrellas
for holiday gifts, latest designs. Open
every evening.
Fjn1eyS
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Watches, at Turnquest's.

Slippers from 4S cents UP at the
Brothers Slipper Palace ~
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City Clerk of Reading.
The Mt. Pleasant Ravinc.

Inc WI
The sewers and drains committee
which visited the Mount Pleasant ra-
vine Wednesday, recommended that the
estimates committee be instructed to
provide for a culvert about 100 feet long
to connect the North Main avenue cul-
vert with the Mount Pleasant colliery
ouivert, thereby making a covered sew
or as far as the ravine, which runs be-
tween the Diamond and Mount Pleas
ant dumps, and which can, in the opin-
ion of the committee, be safely used as
an open sewer.
Three sets of competitive plans for the
Nay Aug engine house on Franklin ave-
nue. were received in response to City
Clerk Lavelle's advertisement, and re-
ferred to the joint fire department COM
mittee
At previous meeting q proposition
was received from the Providence and
Arlington Turnpike company to place
the West Market street portion of the
road i'm good shape for So, 800 and keep 1t
i'm repair for 81 500 year There was
some doubt as to whether. under the
terms of this proposition, the first year
would require an expenditure of $2,500
or $4,000. and the matter was referred to
the judiciary committee. which, last
night, brought in a report containing
an opinion that $1,000 would cover the
cost for the first year and that the 81, 800
additional would not be due until one
year after the date of the completion of
the repairs. The report was ordered
filed.
An ordinance providing for an electric
light midway on the Linden street
bridge was favorably reported from the
light and water committee and ordered
printed.
Peter r. Mulligan was awarded the
contract for constructing the Hyde
Park avenue and Swetland street sewer
for $1,S45. and the Capouse avenue and
Larch street sewer for $1.25O.
Sewer for Penn Avcuuc.
Bids for the construction of a lateral
sewer on Penn avenue between Green
Ridge and Larch streets, were read as
follows:
Howley Bros. s1.s5 per lineal foot ;,
Hart & Gibbons, $l.45 per lineal foot !;
Peter T. Mulligan, $S65 for the work
complete. The proposals were referred
to the sewers and drains committee.
Ordinances for railroad gates at the
Broadway crossing OF the Jersey Cen
tral and Dodgetown bridge crossing of
the Delaware and Hudson passed third
and final reading.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-20
10000 Pairs of Xmnn

It's easy to get suited in Jewelry at
Turnquest's, 205 Washington avenue
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-20

Individual Creams and Sugars in
quadruple plated ware at Turnquest's,
205 Washington avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-20

All you want of Bric-a-Brac at Turn
quests, POS Washington avenue.
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Tea Sets in elegant designs at Turn
quests, Jeweler. 205 Washington ave.
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A Handsome sign.

The new sign recently placed in front
of the large shoe store OF Lewis, Reilly
& Davies by the Suburban Electric
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The 8 Brothers Cry

Is Slippers. Slippers. Slippers. II. coo pairs
Xmas Slippers. Brothers Shoe Store,
COS Lackawanna avenue. -
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10000 Pairs Of Xmas Slippers
To select fram at the Brothers Slip
per Palace, sos Lackawanna avenue. "*
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The Brothers "Slipper Palace
charms everybody. -
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BLOOD AND NERVES are very closely
related. Keep the blood rich. pure and
healthy with Hoods Sarsaparilla and you
will have no trouble from nervousness.
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Slippers to select from at the Broth
ers' Slipper Palace, sos Lackawanna
avenue. -
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Fine assortment of Shell Hair Combz
at Turnquests, 205 Washington ave.
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Pickle and Table Castors. Turn
quests.
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FOR BETTER CITY Laws
Reading Takes the Lead in an I'M
pOrtant Movement.
CONVENTION FOR A NEW ACT
Select Councils Communication from
Reading Relative 10 Bctter Govern
mcnt for Cities OF the Third
Ciass-Othcr Council DOinSS.

A movement to frame a new act for
the government of cities of the third
class was made known to select council
last night in communication under
date of December Is, from II. II. Ham
mer. city clerk of Reading Accom-
panying the communication was reso-
luton setting forth the details of the
movement in full. which is printed be-
low:
Office OF the City Clerk.
Reading. Pa. Dec. Is, 1879.
Whereas the municipal act of 1889 pro-
viding for the government of cities OF the
third class IS subs tantiaily revision, win
certain amendments of the several NUM-
cipal laws enacted under the new constitu-
ton; ard
Whereas, The original act OF 1874, OF
which all subsequent municipal acts nave
been notifications. was not system OF
municipal law specially designed to meet
the provisions and requirements of the
constitution Of 1874, but Il conGlomerate OF
the charters of the several cities intended
to be governed thereby resulting in nu-
mcrous contradictions ald Inconsistencies; /;
ana
Whereas, The municipal laws thus COM
piled have proved inadequate to the pur-
pose for which they were intended. and
tht experience VI Nv tHly .ttiS ut!Iloh-
s.iited the advisa bility of the enactment
of a law embodying complete general
system with the largest autonomy perms-
able under the res trictions OF the consti-
tuition of 1874; therefore
Resolved That the cities of the third
class of this comm on wealth be invited to
appoint delegates to consist of the mayor,
city solicitor, city engineer and one mem
her of select council and two members of
common council of each of said cities, to
meet in convention at Reading on Wednes-
day. the eleventh day of March, at .
o'clock y. m., in the common council cham
ber. and such other times and places as
the said convention may from time to
time designate, to prepare and draft n
municipal act to obviate the objections
and meet the requirements aforesaid, to
be submitted TO the next session of the
legislature.
Resolved That the city clerk be and Is
hereby directed to transmit certified
copy of these resolutions to the cities Of
the third class in this commonwealth.
Submitted by
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-20

HOODS PILLS are the best after-din-
ner pills. assist digestion, prevent consti-
patton, 25c.
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Moustache Combs and Cups. Turn
quests.
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Lace Pins, solid gold, $3.50. Turn
| Qupgt's
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Novelty Button Hooks. Turnquest's.
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New patterns in Watch Chains. Turn
uIpSt's
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Sugar Shells at T.rnC uest's.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-23
Water Raiaed liz Air.

There has recently been introduced
in one of the mines of Montana a new
water-raising or pumping system. the
remarkable efficiency Of which has at
tracted general attention. The appa-
ratus consists Of a 3-inch pipe located
in the pump shaft midway between
the 100 and 12OO-foot levels, and ex-
tending to the latter station; at the
12O0-foot level this pipe makes a re.
turn bend and follows up the shaft to
the 1000. where it is so connected that
the water which passes through it
empties into tank at that station,
this pipe thus forming a U, with one
leg SO feet and TIL, other 200 feet long.
A quarterback air pipe is inserted at
the bottom of the long end or lift pipe,
and, when certain pressure of air is
turned on from the compressor, and
water is allowed to flow through the
short leg, constant flow of water is
maintained down the drive pipe, and
an intermittent flow Of air and water
is discharged through the lift pipe
into the tank at the 1O0O-foot level.
This system is known as one of dis
placement, the air displacing the
water and causing it to rise until it
eventually forces it out at the top--in
this case quarter-inch pipe through
which air at the pressure of %
pounds flowed actually forcing the
water through 3-inch water column
to a height of 200 feet.-New York
Sun.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-23
Safe. Made Of cement.

A safe constructed of cement with
steel wire netting. placed in between
was tested by order Of the Reichsbank
the German Governments banking es-
adjustment. The question to be de-
cided was whether it is practical to
build vaults of this material for safety
against fire. A safe was placed upon
a prye of logs drenched with kerosene,
which, after being set on fire, kept
the safe for half an hour exposed to a
heat of about 1900 degrees Fahren-
heit; that is, a heat in which iron will
melt. Two hours after the safe was
opened, and the contents-silk paper,
draft blanks and maximum ther>
mometer-were found to be absolutely
uninjured. The maxim UNI thermome-
ter showed that within the safe the
temperature at no time during the test
rose above IS degrees. This seems to
prove that cement safes within burg
lar proof steel vaults fill all the re.
quirements that can be possibly ex
pected.-.EXchange. ..
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-23
Sunday, May IL.

Valley City has commenced work on
her water works.
A starch factory is about to be To-
Gated at CandO.
Weevil are reported ut work on the
wheat in Stutsman county.
Frank Kocheny, who burglarized a
Jamestown gun store, was sent to the
reform school.
Fine rains in Steele county and the
crop in better shape than ever before
for long time.
S. Fettick of Lisbon fell eighteen
feet on some rocks and broke several
ribs. besides being otherwise injured.
The crippled negro who used HE
razor at Grand Forks with almost
deadly effect, was acquitted yestcr
day.
Cavalier has raised $3.50 for a
Fourth of July celebration and holds
another meeting tonight to appoint
committees.
A farmer in neighboring county,
with no faith in banks, hid $3.50 In
his wheat bin. A thief stole several
bushels of wheat from the bin and got
the roll.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-23
TORTURED To.DEATH.
Bought Her Husband in Slavery
Days.

Bought Her Husband in Slavery
Days.
An instance has ben cited at Tow
son of purchase in the days of
slavery in Maryland of a slave by his
wife, who was free woman. The
colored man in question, whose name
was Elijah, was owned.by Mr.. Dim
NETT, and worked as teamster for
Rev. John II. Keech, who at that time
lived near Fallston,. in Hartford coun-
ty, and in Baltimore county for about
forty years. After being purchased by
his wife, Elijah was Of course free,
but he continued for some time to
work on Mr.. Keech. He was paid $40
month or his services, and was also
given his board. The first year after
being free Elijah did not draw any of
his wages until the end Of the year,
and he then drew the $3.50 all in a
lump. 1t was a large sum of money
for him to have, and he was very
proud of it, as before his purchase by
his wife his wages were paid to his
owner.-Baltimore Sun.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-23
American Women.

The Marquis de Castellane's article,
Fifteen days in the United States"
occupies twenty-four pages of the RE
vue de Paris" Here is an extract:
This concentration Of the American
brain on two ideas-the wish to be
free and the seeking of fortune by
work-has not failed to impress upon
the race certain physical Characters
tics. Without being of exceptional
beauty, the race is vigorous. One feels
that it is young. The men walk boldly
and briskly, without nonchalance.
They are supple, fond of open-air
sports horseback riding, swimming
and yachting.
'The women are neither painted nor
covered with rice powder, nor are they
anaemic. All, or almost all, of them
have superb compilations; they are
tall, and very few appear in ill-health.
But in vain one seeks upon their faces
the expression of their sensations or
sentiments. Certainly, and perhaps
happily for them, they have been ini-
tiated into the refinement of SENSIBLE
ity, into artistic enthusiasms. Their
souls too have only gravitated since
their childhood around the two ideas
that have animated their fathers and
which animate their husbands-the
passion Of independence and the pas
sion of independence and the passion
vt work. The chara cteristics Of Ameri-
can beauty are pride and curiosity,
as those Of the French beauty are
grace and submission"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-23
Monday, May Ii.

Arthur M. Campbell of Darlington
has had a reissue of pension.
Several glandered horses have been
killed near Neche.
James Howard of Devils Lake killed
an old wolf and nine young ones-he
got $40 bounty.
Enderlin has dog poisoner and a
few sheep killers are in canine
heaven.
Deputy Marshal SCHNEIDER is after
Judge Becker's scalp for alleged artt
cles rejecting on Fred.
1t is said there will be no state game
warden this year as the appointment
was delayed too long.
Thomas Hampton Of Wheatland did
not put in kernel of wheat this year.
He believes in diversifying, and has
oats, barley, fax, onions, etc.
Mimic has some dead tough little
fellows. Two seven-year-old boys got
into dispute and one stabbed the
other in the face with a pocket knife
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-23
RARE RELICS OF AMERICAN WARS.
They Will BE Exhibited by Uncle
Sam at Atlanta.

Sam at Atlanta.
The exhibit to be made by the War
Department. ut the Cotton States and
International Exposition will include
many rare relics of Revolutionary
days Of the republic. Historic flags
used by Washington in 1881, Bunker
Hill flag, and flags used at White
Plains and the Continental troops
will be ON exhibition. Groups Of lay
figures will represent officers and prl-
Yates Of the army in uniforms and ac-
coutrements used from the times of the
Revolution to the present day. ALI
forms of army wagons, pack mules,
ambulances, etc., many OF them used
on historic fields,ewill be shown.
There will also be models of harbors
and river works, and complete field
signal outfit, including field tele-
graphic and telephone instruments.
Among the Arctic exploration relics
will be seen a Ratchet carried to the
farthest northern point, instruments
and equipments used by Gen. Greedy,
and many other relics of far northern
explorations. The exhibit of the de-
partment will be very complete and
fully illustrative of the history and
growth of the army in the different
branches of service.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-23
Personal Mention.

Florence Nightingale was seventy
five years old on May Is.
Miss Rockefeller. daughter Of John
D. Rockefeller, plays both the violin
and the cello with great skill.
Sig. Crispo. it is said. wears shirt
of chain mail, made by a Milanese
armorer, when he goes out of doors.
Joseph Traut, we'll known business
man of Dubuque. Iowa, died at the
age of seventy-two.
George Powell. a resident of Rock
ford, ILL.,, since 1888, died at his home.
He was seyenty-one years of age.
NJ. e. Carter, aged fifty, collector Of
internal revenue for the Fifth North
Carolina district, died at Asheville.
w. Bourke Cochran, the orator and
politician of New York, is said to have
an ambition to represent an Irish dis
trict in the British parliament.
Rear Admiral Amy, U. S. n. retired.
is very ill. and in view of his advanced
age his family and friends are seri-
ously alarmed over his condition.
Monsignor Capel once such promi-
nent figure as Roman Catholic eccle-
siastic, is now ranchman in Califor-
MIA, and is said to be fast becoming
very wealthy.
Miss Caroline Everett, for fifteen
years professor of languages at the
Princeton, ILL.,, high school, is dead.
She was well known in educational
circles throughout the Northwest.
Count de Castellane, who married
Anna Gould, has bought a. site on the
Avenue du Bots de Bologne and the
bride will carry out her dream of
making an exact reproduction of the
grand trianon at Versailles.
John Whistler. vice president of the
First National bank of Wabash, Ind,
and one of the wealthiest men in the
county, died of apoplexy. He was
seventy-seven years of age and one of
the earliest settlers of Northern lndi-
ana.
Albert George Sandman has been
elected to the responsible position of
governor Of the Bank of England. He
had previously been a director of the
bank for many years, and also a di-
rector in many financial institutions
and insurance companies.
Pope Leo NILS hands are nearly
useless and cause him much suffering.
When he writes he must hold his right
wrist with his left hand, and what he
writes is almost illegible. This is not
due to age, but to an attack Of ague
twenty-five years ago, when he was
bishop of Perugia.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-23
Tuesday, May IA.

Fred Wheeler's barn near Casselton
was burned.
Judge Sauter has been holding court
at Pembina.
Frank Kellogg had seventeen bales
of hay stolen from a freight car in
jamestown few nights ago.
The Glendale Milling company is
running on full time and report bust
ness good.
Dupuzyk, who killed Alger at Fes-
sender, has been excnerated. Self de-
tense.
Attorney General Cowan says that
assessors fooled by Leonard in the
wolf scalp business will have to set
tie.
The argument on the demurrer in
the criminal case against William NJ.
Lloyd of jamestown will be argued
before Judge Thomas at Fargo on the
21st inst.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-23

AS long ago as 1S4S certain Texas
landholders presented valid claims to
the government for property included
in a military reservation. and ever
since then they have been in litigation
The claimants now get $1G0,OOO, which
is only fraction of the amount orig
inally demanded, and it is safe to saw
that they have spent more than that
sum in the effort to obtain what Justly
belonged to them. This is another in
stance Of the difficulty of collecting a
debt from the government But when
Il man owes the government, he gets
no indulgence.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-23
Unfortunate Events.


Fire did $4,000 damage to the fac
tory of the Imperial Varnish company
at Jersey City, N. J.
An emery wheel burst ut the Fits
burk locomotive works in Pittsburg,
Pa, killing Thomas L. McCrea, aged
forty-eight, bookkeeper.
Luther Smith, aged twenty-one, in
attempting to steal ride on the cow
catcher of an engine at Logansport,
Ind, was killed.
Willie Thomas of Knightsville, Ind,
the nine-year-old son Of James Thorn
as, was horribly mutilated by large
dog. The child is fatally injured.
BY the explosion of twenty dyna-
mite cartridges in a store at San Car.
los, Mex, three families were or
phaned.
The cooper shops of the Richard
Grant CoOperage company at Buffalo,
n. Y, have burned, with all their con-
tents. Loss, $4,000.
Joseph Bowden, aged sixteen, tel
egraph student at Goose Lake, Iowa.
was killed by the accidental discharge
Of a gun.
Mrs. William Bussey at Jefferson,
Ind. left her medicine chest open and
her four year-old daughter took some
poison and died.
The steamship Topeka has reached
Port Townsend, Wash, from Alaska,
and confirms the loss of the sealer G.
G.. White of San Francisco on April
IA.
Five persons were drowned at Cars
rude lake, near Fort Collins, Col. They
were Ray badger, Robert Craig and
a son and two daughters Of H. Cars
rude.
Ben Benson of Joliet, ILL.,. was al
most instantly killed at Romeo, ILL.,.
by being struck by rock which fell
from the hooks of derrick used for
hosting the stones in place on a wall
of the drainage canal.
DR.. H. G. Spencer of st. Louis, Prof.
L. Mcclure of Atlanta. Ga, and an I'M
known man attempted to cross Clinch
river in Clinton, Tenn. in wagon.
DR.. Spencer was saved by Il ferryman,
but Prof Mcclure and the unknown
man were drowned.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-23

wool growers association. The object
is to get better prices.
County Superintendent Of Schools
Henry of Steele county is after q man
named Cornell. whom he alleges Is .
fake school boal ysnderEs
8: ::
July s. I'm
Richland q planting corn ex-
tensively this fil
Valley City x1cil approprtates
5000 FOR Decoration day ceremonies.
Judge Winchester is holding court
in Emmons equity.
Bismarck will d big celebra-
ton on Decoration
Dawson has a MIDI dog scare. Sew
eral persons were, bitten before the
crazy canine was killed.
The supreme court sustained Judge
Mcconnell in the case Of Linn vs..
Jackson, appealed from Steele county.
The st. Thomas school board had q
row over engaging Prof. Cakes of
Bathgate as principal Of the schools.
Martin Handy, who worked in saw
mill at Painted Woods, north of Bis
marck, had his leg cut of by the saw
and died in the hospital at Bismarck.
A Is per cent dividend for Lloyd's
bank creditors is expected on June Is.
The railroad commissioners will
commence their annual tour of inspec-
ton with Fargo June 3.
Fargo's scheme to feed tramps who
will work an hour for q meal, has re-
suited in $50 meal tickets being hand
ed out since the project was placed in
vogue, just one month.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-23
Signs of Genius.

"I'm sure that baby is going to be
great artist" said the fond mother.
"lsn't he rather young to evince any
talent?"
That's just where he shows his gen.
ius. left him where he could get
some red ink on his fingers, and be-
fore knew what he was doing he
had decorated the library walls with
one of the loveliest magazine posters
you ever saw."-Washington Star.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-23
PITH OF THE NEWS
EVENTS OF THE PAST wEEEIx IN
~ A CONDENsED FORM.
9hS Lntl II IA Most Important News
9EVAhe rid. Culled From the
Tal61Ts Reports of the Press
Vk~
Washington.

preside4 Cleveland is writing a
book on economic science.
A board has been detailed from the
surgeon general department to meet
at Denver to examine Capt. Louis W..
CtamAton for promotion.
Theisurgeon general of the marine
hospMl service has been advised of
the appearance of cholera among the
Mohammetlan pilgrims to Mecca.
The Redistribution Of the employees
of the customs service has been
completed and the rules for carrying
into effect all the changes made will
be promulgated at once.
Gen. Stanton, paymaster general of
the army, has received from Fort
Wasnakie. Wyo., magnificent war
bonnet, made by the Shoshone In
dams.