The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-28
CITY NOTES.
Is7 WYOMING AVE.


The board of trade rooms will be closed
today and tomorrow.
The Indies of Grace Lutheran church
gave a lawn fete last evening at the cor
ner Of Mulberry stret aend Madison ave-
nue..
The first and final account of the estate
OF George Carroll, late of the city of Car
bondale, was filed yesterday in the office
Of Register of Wills w. s. Hopkins.
There will be hearing this morning
before Judge Archibald in chambers in
the equity suit of +. j. Vetter against
Michael Flaherty, both of Penn avenue.
Marriage licenses were granted yester-
day by Clerk Of the Courts John H..
Thomas to John NJ. O'Alalley and Eliza
beth Kelley, of Scranton: William Drake,
of Winton. and Alice Park, of Forest City.
The tenth annual convention of the
Lackawanna county Women's Christian
Temperance union will be held in the
Presbyterian church at Moosic Friday,
Sept. II. The convention will open at $50
and continue through the day and even
ing.
The annual fair of the Monroe County
Agricultural society will open on Sept 8
and close on Sept. IL at Stroudsburg. The
Stroudsburg fair has always been highly
successful, financially and otherwise, and
reports indicate that this years event
VIII be no exception to past successes
Deputy Sheriff T. ]. Price sold horse
belonging to Henry Krause of Dunmore,
yesterday to John Coleman for $j3. Mr..
Price also sold two carriages, q surrey
and an open carriage, the property cf
George +. Ackery,to Liveryman Evart, Of
Providence, for $7O7j. Both sales were on
executions entered in court.
William Moran, of Lavelle court, whose
age is "A years, was committed to Jail yes
terday by Alderman Howe. He was ar
rested for stealing a wagon wheel from
the blacksmith shop of Lewis & Dor
hnger, on Linden street, and could not
give bail for his appearance at court The
youthful prisoner Is son of Ragpicker
Moran.
George Graft, superintendent of DR..
Parkhursts mission in New York city,
VIII conduct the meetings at the Rescue
mission tonight and Saturday night. He
VIII also take charge of the Sunday af-
ternoon meeting at Nay Aug falls. Mr..
Gran was formerly superintendent of the
Rescue mission in this city.
The Carbondale branch of the Order of
railway conductors will run an eycur-
sion to Otsego lake and Cooperstown to-
morrow. The fare for the round trim Is
Sl.5O and those who desire to stay over
Sunday may do so for 81 extra, There
VIII be a band of music and two ouar-
tettes on the train. There are MANY indi-
cations that the excursion will be a great
success.
Professor Heiny, director of the United
Singers and of the Franz Schubert Maen-
nerchor, of New York city, has been in
Scranton, accompanied by committee
from those organizations and held a gen.
eral rehearsal of the singing societies that
VIII take part in the Kommers and concert
and excursion of the Scranton Lederkranz
during Sept. 8, 9 and Z.
such vast quantities Of water have been
used In the Hotel Jermyn building that
the force of the suction from the small
Spruce street main has drawn into the
pipes In the building a large amount of
sediment. 1t was found necessary To get
the water supply form larger main. and
yesterday force of workmen was on
saSed In connecting the building with
tne big 10-inch main on Wyoming ave
nue..