The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-19
CITY NOTES.

Police drills were resumed yesterday.
Captain Burke Is acting as drill master.
Monday, Sept. 81, 1896. Is the last day for
filing appeals in the prothonotary's Of
fice to this term OF court.
If Locust will call at The Tribune busi
ness office he will find a large number OF
replies to his advertisement.
Desk Sergeant Robert Deter is on duty
again at the central station house after
enjoying his annual vacation.
Miss Mary Thompson win lead the Sun
day meeting of the Young Women's Chris
ton association at 3.iJ y. IN. Subject,
"Christ in the Home"
Among the recent important real estate
transactions Is the purchase of Mountain
Lake from the Pennsylvania Coal com
pany by John II. Jordan.
Mrs. owen Cusick has opened n branch
office of her undertaking establishment at
A4J Railroad avenue. Bellevue, and it will
b. in charge Of James }. O'Malley.
The books for the new assessment have
, arrived and as soon as the city engineer
completes the revision of the city maps,
the assessors will begin work on the new
assessment.
The Teachers Mutual Benefit associa-
tion will hold business meeting this
Saturday morning at ~ o'clock in the
board of control rooms. All members CT
the society are requested to be present.
Josie ID. Lees, secretary.
All women and girls are asked to meet
at the Young Womens Christian associa-
tion today at p. m, and so for an out
ing" ct the Richmond Pines. II it rains
the picnic will be at the rooms. A good
time and refreshments will be store for
. all.
Mary Plowska, of the North End, began
q suit for $1,000 damages yesterday against
Mrs. Mary Lukashevitch for defamation
of character. Attorneys Hulslander &
Vosburg represent the plaintiff. The de-
fendant Is the woman who sued Peter
Wobolis for breach Of promise.
Mrs. Crimindna Kumbaker, Of Old
Forge, swore out a warrant yesterday
before Alderman Millar against Mrs. Phil
oponena Austiano, her neighbor, on the
charges of assault and battery, threats
and common scold. The defendant gave
bail in the sum Of 5000 to appear at court.
Marriage licenses were granted yester-
day by Clerk Of the Courts John II. Thom-
as to Benedict Silvestro and Annie Sebas-
tianello, of Peckville; James Mcdonnell
and Tesse Gilgallon, Of Archibald; David
Charles Vanduzer, of Newton, and Cora
Miller, of Green Grove; Herman +. STEM
der and Minnie Schafer of Scranton.
Tho Chautauqua circle held it's first meet
ing Of the year last night and elected the
following officers for the year: President,
Mrs. II. J. Carr; vice-presldent, Miss
Clara Long; secretary, Mrs. James
Hughes. Thirteen names were enrolled
for membership in this circle. Young wo-
men are invited to join the circle at any
time.
About 12 o'clock Thursday night Har-
oar 1T.
came to the police station and stated that
there was man in the caller of his house.
Patrolman Kairns went up and found
one John Linden snugly nesting In the
potato bin, drunk and denuded. John is
now nesting in the county jail for ten
days.
A charter was granted at Harrisburg
yesterday to the Hamilton Pressed Brick
company Of this city. The capital is stock
Is 100000. The directors are Augustus NJ
Atherton, Michael Baumgardner, c. O..
Sutton and Arthur Hitchcock. Of Scran-
ton, and William Atherton, of Clark s
Summit. The company will develop an
extensive vein of fire clay recently dis
covered near Stroudsburg.
Judge Edwards heard testimony in an
. other divorce case yesterday. Elizabeth
]. Sawyer was applying for separation
from her husband, Arthur D. Sawyer.
They were married on Oct TO- 1882. but did
not go housekeeping until the following
April. They had four children, but on ac-
count of his drunkenness she was COM
PEELED to leave him four times. He laid
violent hands on her one day on the
street. Her mother, Mrs. Mary Daley,
and Fred Ward corroborated her.
Alderman o. b. Wright had three GRIM
inal cases before him yesterday. Esther
Yomber, Of South Washington avenue, had
Jacob NJ. Harris arrested for beating her
without provocation. Ignatz Uram quail
flied as bondsman for Harris. Albert
.Zeam is employed by Contractor Max Phil
lips building the retaining wall on Rob-
inson street. Thomas Murphy does not
like to see the work go on and he had q
fuss with Zeam in which Zeam came out
second best. Bail was entered for trial
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