The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21
Jlst a Word or Two
Of Casual Mention

THE people Of this city do not know
and II they did know 1t Is not likely they
would appreciate what they owe to the
Scranton correspondents of the metro
politan dailies," said a well-known coal
operator and prominent member Of the
board of trade few days since. MY
business interests require my reading the
metropolitan papers very closely and
am almost everyday reminded of the fact
that the Scranton boys who write for the
out-of-town papers hold the city's wei
fare above a few extra dollars that might
be made by sensationalizing the minor
happenings about the city as they do IN
some other places not a hundred miles
away. A drunken fight between few
Hungarians could be turned into a fierce
and bloody feud, or an everyday fall OF
roof might be pictured as an extensive
mine cave-in affecting acres and engulf-
ing two houses and barn, or a breaker
boys turnout on circus day might be
flashed forth to the news-greedy world as
a great strike. with mobs and torches and
martial law impending, but to the honor
and praise of the Scranton special cor
respondent, let 1t be said thai he foregoes
the few dollars that this tempting kind Of
work might bring him SO that his city
may not be looked upon by the gullible
metropolitans as a place where you have
to carry Il knife In your boot and where
you must be ever ready to suffer sudden
and sure inhumation. These correspond
ents are doing more for this city by their
little sacrifices than has been done by
all the costly fake advertising schemes
that we have allowed ourselves to be led
into In the last decade or so. l propose
to see to it that the board oftrade gives
due recognition to this most commenda-
y 10 In, ifc mall
-.ll:-
Ex-Clerk Of the Courts Dolph Glennon,
of West Pittston, is a big man who also
has heart In proportion. as this little
circumstance, related by the Kodak. at
tests, not to speak Of many others within
our personal knowledge: Quite recently
the death Of Patrick Ward. of Wilkes
Barre. was announced. He left wife
and five children. He had been warm
friend of Glennon's. The only thing
Ward LETT was a lot purchased OF John
Laning and house and lot bought Of
Jonas d-ong's Sons. There was a balance
due on both when he died. There was mo
way in which the widow could raise the
money to secure full possession. Glennon
knew something about the condition Of
things and he went quietly to the owners
Of the property and told them to make out
the deeds In the Widows name and send
them to her. he paying the balances due
The amount involved was In the nelghbor-
hood Of 800. Mr.. Glennon will be sur
prised to see this notice Of his generous
act in print. But he certainly is not re.
sponsible for it.
-:,I:--
The new chapel at the Hillside Home IL
almost completed and within few weeks
will be ready for use. Just what the ma
ture OF the dedicatory services will be
Is something that Is giving the poor direc.
tors food FOR thought. 1t seems proper
that some kind Of formal services he held
in dedicating the chapel to the holy pur.
pose for which It will be used. but as it
will be the religious home OF the members
of the widely divergent denominations
represented by the districts charge, It
will be no easy task to so arrange the
dedicatory services as to avoid friction
and possibly unpleasant comment.
tilt
James Mcguire, who did such credit
able work for the Scranton club last sea-
son. Is recovering from most serious i'll
ness at his home in Trenton, N. ]. A
week after the season closed typhoid fe.
yer lad him low and for some time his
recovery was des3aired o.. Before he
had recovered from the fever neuralgia
of the stomach set In and to save his III"