The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-10
CITY NOTES.

The Delaware and Hudson company
paid at the Baltimore No. 2, the Balti-
more Tunnel and Conyngham on Sat
urddy.N
The Delaware. I.ackawanna and Vest
ern company paid the employees or the
southern division and Scranton yards on
Saturday.
Conclave No. III. Of the Improved Order
of Heptasophs, will install officers this
evening. The ceremonies Will conclue
with banquet.
Frank Hand who was arrested at
Music Hall Friday night for pointing fire.
arms and threat tening to shoot was fined
$3.50 in police court Saturday morning.
Hon. John G. Wooley will deliver lee
ture on Christian Citizenship under the
auspices of the Women's Christian Tenn
perance union at the Academy Of Music
on Friday evening Feb. 2s, 1896.
Hon. William Elliott. of Northumber.
land. father of Mrs. A. II. Hartley. of
FRANKLIN avenue, died Friday night at
he age of 81 years. He was one OF the
was qu'0 well known in this city.
The funeral of Mrs. Martin n. Lavelle
will occur this morning at . O'Clock from
the family residence. $40 Willow street. A
Peters cathedral. and intermeH. will be
made in Hyde Park Catholic cemetery.
The exchanges at the Scranton Clearing
House last week were as fOllows Feb. Q,
$l72.13i1i: Feb. 3. $l42, ,715.1S: Feb. s, sl03.-
697.19; Feb. o. sl0i. Feb. l. Slo9 80 OF !;
Feb g. $S7. $50 60: total. S720, ,OiG.22. Clearings
for the week ended Feb 3. 1895. S5SO, ,SS7 90
The benefit performance for Champion
James Judge at Music Hall tonight will
attract crowded house. Besides the fine
programme of boxing which was already
printed: there. will be a slack wire act by
Edward Harrington. A quartette will sing
during the intervals while the men are
getting ready to appear.
Frank Turak. a Hungarian, who was
released last Thursday from the county
Jail after a five months sentence for as
sault and battery upon fellow-country-
man. was committed again last night on
the charge of assault and battery. He
lives In Olyphant and was sent down by
Justice of the Peace NJ W. Cummings,
In default of bail.
The. board Of trustees of Lafayette col
lege has appointed a committee Of five
composed of the president of the board,
John w. HOllenback: president of the COLI
lege, DIR. f.. ID. Warfield: W. 8. Kirkpat-
rick. of Easton: Isaac p. Hand of Wilkes
Barre. and Robert Snodgrass. of Harris
burg, to confer with the Scranton board
of trade relative to the establishment Of
law school here as a branch of Lafay-
ette college.
Colonel Boies. treasurer of the ministers
committee, acknowledges the following
contributions to the fund for the Armeni-
an sufferers: The Jackson Street Baptist
church. $3.50; North Main Avenue Baptist
church. additional, $i.35: DIR. c. l.. Frey.
50: previously acknowledged, $iO3.l6; total.
$6l3.31. This will close the subscription.
and no contributions will be received
until further request is made therefor.
The following were granted marriage
licenses Saturday by Clerk Of the Courts
fin, Old Forge; Dcminick tPaOne and
ANGELA Fortnia. Mayfield: James Davies
and Minnie Snyder. MarshwOod: j. w.
Miles and Mary Il. Hazen Winton; John
Coyne and Bridget Burns, Minooka James
a. Simpson and Elizabeth a. Loeb. Scran-
ton: Richard Jones, Blakely. and Gwen
J.. Morris Olyphant.
James Franey. of Moosic, was arrested
at an early hour yesterday morning by
crook. He was selling jewelry I'm the sa-
looms at incredulously low prices and
when the police heard of II they thought il
wise to take him up for an examination,
He proved to be nothing more or less
than a peddler with stock Of jewelry
that would be dear at any price Franey
was discharged in police court yester.
day morning.
A young man on Saturday afternoon
avenue of David II. Jenkins. delivery
clerk In the pOstofflce. and informed Mrs,
Jenkins that her husband had sent him
after his Sunday suit of clothes The
caller was well dressed and his speech
was extremely polite. Mrs. Jenkins sus-
pected him and responded that If her
husband wanted his best suit to come
and the sneak departed. A short dis
tance away he Joined pal, This dodge
has been worked successfully In several
places OF late.