The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-03
CITY NOTES.


There will be a meeting of managers OF
Florence mission this morning at III
O'Clock.
The channg-dish party of n number of
Quincy avenue young men ana Which was
announced for last night will be given to-
night
The board of managers of the Young
Wumen's Christian association Will meet
at the rooms ON Wednesday morning
March 1, at o'clock
The Green Ridge Women's Christian
Temperance union will hold their month
ly business meeting Tuesday at 30 p. m,
at 1910 Dickson avenue.
Charles Decker, oyster opener at
Rockafellow's, was fined So in police court
yesterday for kicking in the door of En-
ma Jones' place, on l.ackawanna avenue.
, The Womens Christian Temperance
' union of the central city will hold their
regular meeting this afternoon at o'clocli
I'm the rooms, Jewell building. All wei
come.
Street Commissioner Kinsley had three
teams and gang of men at work ycster-
day hlins IN the cistern onj the Platt cs-
tate, which was opened up by the rains
Sunday.
II. f.. Paine. of this city, delivered an
address TO the jackson tSusquehanna
county, post of the Grand Army Of the ke-
public at the posts annual campfire, FRI
day night
The sale of the personal property of \.
Il. Williams on the $4,000 bond and mort
gage held by W. W. Watson, trustee, was
postponed from yesterday until a week
today at y. IN.
TO prevent cindcrs and dirt from fail.
Ing upon the pedestrians, the Delaware
and Hudson company is having its trest'.
on Capouse avenue covered with planks
and galvanized iron.
The miners examining board. Miles Glib
bons. W. =. Grifiths and WiiliGm Morris,
met at the court house yesterday in the
arbitration room and granted miners GER
tiflcates to nineteen miners.
The fire yesterday afternoon at 2,o'clork
was in the house of Henry Uram. at ilG
Emmct street. The Eagle Hose company
succeedcd'in eXtnguishing the flames he
fore much damage resulted.
Marriage licenses were issued by Clerk
OF the Courts John II. Thomas yesterday
TO George NJ. Thomas and Susie Marsh,
Taylor; Edward NJ. Cafferty AMI Lucie NJ.
Skillman Binghamton, n. Y.
Evan Walters, of the Fifth ward. has
been appointed chairman on the city enSi-
neers corps, succeeding James Smith,
who has been made rodman, the position
held by the late Robert Moir.
James Corcoran. of 303 Dodge court.
died yesterday morning. He is survived
by wife and 1i-year-old daughter. The
funeral will take place in ST. Peters ca
thedral at $50 O'Clock tomorrow morning.
There were thirty-one deaths in the city
last week. Scarlet fever caused one. diph-
liberia, two, and consumption, one. Four
new cases of scarlet fever were reported.
three of diphtheria and one OF. typhoid
fever.
Rev. Leroy Stephens, ID. d.. of Lewis-
burg, Pa, will preach in the Dudley Street
aBptist church, Dunmore, Tuesday even
ing, March g. at 7.i5 o'clock. All are cor
daily invited to come and hear DR.. Steph-
ems. No collection.
Alderman j. Bingham Ford, of Wakes
Barre. formerly of this city, has leased $50
acres of coal land in Schuylkill county and
is forming a company to begin mining
operations. The tract is estimated to con-
tain 100000 tons of coal
The membership committee of the
Young Women's Christian association has
planned tete-a-tete social to be given at
the rooms this evening at $50. All young
women are invited to join in the very
pleasant time which is anticipated.
sammy Lewis was arrested yesterday at
Emma Jones house, on lower Lackawan-
ma avenue, at the instance of his newly
welded wife, who is housekee Der at the
place and who wanter her Sa:nny locked
UP TO prevent him from demolishing the
furniture, She relented, however when
she saw MIN arraigned before Alderfua n
Millar and agreed to take him home and
'g1AAk3 him be a good boy.