The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-29
CITY NOTES.

One of the handsomest calendars seen
in Scranton this year Is being distributed
by Mesargee Bros.
Officers will be elected tonight by Nay
Aug council, Senior Order OF United
American Mechanics.
Marion w. Finn, of Capouse avenue has
announced his candidacy for the Republi-
can nomination for common council in
the Thirteenth ward.
Mark Leon Bailey, NJ. D.. a graduate Of
the University of the city of New York.
yesterday registered with ProthonOtary
Pryor, with the purpose of practicing in
Carbondale
The Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern ticket office In the Lackawanna ave-
nue. station is being enlarged. When the
remodeling is completed it will be occu-
pied by the district passenger agent, Nj.
j.. Smith.
A Christmas tree and festival of the
Ephphatha guild will be held this even
ing at 7.3O o'clock in st. Luke's parish
room (old Faurot house,, Washington
avenue. for the deaf mutes of this city.
All deaf mutes and those interested in
the work are cordially invited to attend.
On New Years afternoon and evening
the Waite Comic Opera company Will
sing two OF the standard operas in the
hall of St. Thomas college for the benefit
of st. Joseph's Founding Home. Ad-
mission will be % and 80 cents. Tickets
will be on sale at the rockingham box
Office and at College hall on New Years
day.
julius Sussie was arrested yesterday
morning on a warrant sworn out by Jo-
seph Obeci of Linden street, before AL
derman Howe on the charge Of burglary.
The evidence showed that Sussie was sent
by friend to take some leather and shoe
makers tools from Obeci's shop and that
he believed the friend owned them.' The
alderman discharged him.
The sheriff yesterday seized on the
stock of Jeweler W. Fl. Wright, of 2l7
Lackawanna avenue, at the instigation
of four creditors, holding executions as
follows: John o. Sewall, $1,000; n. b..
Levy & Bro, $5Sl.2O; Roscoe Dale, trus-
tee, sA5.OS; G. s. Jennings. $llS.2l. The
goods in the store. which are valued at
5000, Will be sold next Monday.
A lively runaway occurred on the West
Side yesterday morning. A team at
tached to delivery wagon of the store
of Grocer Samuel II. Jones. of North
Main avenue, got away from the driver
OH Lafayette street. He escaped injury
by sliding out the hind end of the wagon.
The horses were captured after going
several blocks and they were unhurt, but
the wagon was smashed.
A team of twelve players. paired as fol-
lows, from the Scranton Whist club,
played in Easton last night against a
team from the Pomfret Whist club of
that city: c. T.. Wade and C.. X. Parke,
NJ. D.. ex-Judge II. A. Knapp and Eu-
gene Heeley, c. II. Fuller and e. ID. PEN
man, T. II. Dale and ]. +. BrOadbent, j.
w. Dusenberry and l.. G. Labarr, Z. +.
Strupler and George Waters, jr.
Marriage licenses were yesterday grant
ed to Stanslaus Bennett and Antonia
Ramoni, of Scranton; Floyd A. Miller, of
Edella. and Lucy p Mayo, of Green
Grove; William Greenwald and Anna
Mics, of Scranton; David Beechman and
Mary Jane Reese, Of Taylor; Charles L..
Sheldon, of LaGrange. Cook county. I'LL
nois, and Jennie N. Cartwright. of Clark $
Green; w. S. DuMond, of Bunter. Greene
county, New York. and Myrtle L. Green.
of Waverly: George Turner and Hattie
Wright, of Nay Aug.
Gabriel Mcguire. a missionary just re-
turned from the heart of Africa. after a
labor of five years among the natives.
will speak in the chapel, 1881 Penn avenue.
Tuesday. Dec. 29. at and 7.3O O'Clock On
the great need and desire Of these people
for Christian missionaries. and at the
same time exhibit some idols which they
worship, and Instruments of torture in
t,se by their witch doctors. Mr.. Mcguire
has been an eye witness of some of their
barbarities practiced in the name Of re-
ligion. All are cordially invited to at
tend.
An abnormal prevalence Of contagious