The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-17
CITY NOTES.

Supper will be served in the Penn Ave-
nue. Baptist church this evening from 6
to O'Clock by the Ladies' Social union.
Peter O'Brien, of Olyphant, has been
appointed by Collector Herring store
keeper of the new distillery at Peckvillc.
The members of st. Peters cathedral
choir, assisted by Bauer's orchestra Of
fifteen pieces, will repeat the Christmas
music at College hall on Sunday evening,
Feb. 3.
Coroner Kelley, after inquiring into the
manner in which Aldon W. Smith, of
Glenburn, met his death, decided that n
formal inquest was not necessity. 1t was
evident that death was purely accidental.
The Catholic Choral union resumed their
rehcarsals of Sullvan's oratorio, "The
Prodigal Son." at St. Thomas college on
Wyoming avenue last evening. Rehears-
ais will now be continued on Wednesday
evenings.
a special meeting of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety of the Dunmore Presbyterian church
is called for this afternoon at O'clock
All members are earnestly requested to
be present, as business. of importance Is
to be considered.
A match game of pool will be held to-
night between Frank Sherman, OF Phila-
deiphia, and jerome KcoCh at Mr.
Keogh's billiard parlor, 223 Lackawanna
avenue. The game commences at $50
o'clock admission being free
Paul BecholtZ, who was arrested on the
charge of stealing oats, the property of
w. +. Hallstead, was yesterday COM
mitted by Alderman Fitzsimmons in de-
fault of $500 bail. He will be placed on
trial at the next court of quarter ses-
sions.
A pleasant evening will be enjoyed by
the members of St. Patrck's church choir
this evening in a sleighride to Archibald.
The members will meet at the church mt
o'clock. Professor Haydn Evans, or
ganist having made all arrangements for
their comfort.
The teachers training school is closed,
owing to the resignation of Miss Boice,
and will not be opened until the teachers
committee recommend an instructor and
the board of control confirms the selec-
tion. A meeting of the committee has
not been called.
Edward j. Wheeler, editor of the New
York Voice. the foremost Prohibition
newspaper in the United States will lee
ture at Conservatory hall this evening
and his subject will be Politics" The
purpose of his lecture will be to advance
the Prohibition cause and there will be no
The members of the poor board and the
outdoor physicians 1t employs met last
night to ascertain the cause of the great
increase in the cost of drugs during the
year 1894 over its predecessors 1t was
shown that increasing the staff of outdoor
physicians from two to five extended
medical relief to n greater upmber of per.
sons and consequently more drugs Were
used.
Court yesterday issued mandamus
against the borough of Dunmore order.
ing the payment of $500 to the proprle.
tors of the Scranton Times. On May 2G
1894, at the instance of X. j. Hughes
William +. Boyle and George A. Jessup
viewers appointed to assess the cost oi
district sewer No. in the Sixth ward OF
Dunmore, contracted the bill by ordering
their report printed in the Times. The
bill was for 492 lines at 10 cents line.
Clerk of the Court Thomas issued the
following marriage licenses yesterday
George Papoviz and Mary Simonik, Oily.
phant; Harvey e. Dorshimer. of Dalton
and Bessie NJ. Wldeman, of Wallsvile
Metro Techauscky and Anna Cichon