The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-18
CITY NOTES.

James Flynn began a suit against the
United States Casualty company to re-
cover sj25 on u policy that he carried with
the company.
Spruks Bros. Saturday bought W. W.
Browning's double house, WASHINGTON
avenue, through NJ. II. Holgates agency;
consideration $4,000.
1t was August Diesing, jr., and not Ed
ward Diesing, who was arrested for jump
ing on a Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern train last Friday.
The regular meeting of the board of
managers OF the Florence mission will be
held at the Home, l01 Spruce street, this
morning at 10 o'clock.
The Albright Avenue mission prayer
meeting will be held at the home of Dan
lei Lee, lil6 Gardner avenue. tonight The
leader will be John Larned.
Albert Lipick was received at the coun-
ty Jail last night on Il commitment from
Alderman Millett to await trial on the
charge of assaulting one Mike Jurkovitz
There We're forty deaths during the
past week two being from typhoid and
one from diDhtheria. One new case of
typhoid, one of scarlet fever and one Of
diphtheria were reported.
a horse owned by L. J. AIahon. of Third
street, was badly burned Saturday at the
asphalt plant on South Washington ave-
nue. by quantity of boiling tar falling on
1t. The horse Is still alive, but it is feared
that it will have to be killed.
a slight error of the types in Chief
Hickey's new fire alarm manual places
box IS on Brick street instead of Breck
street. This and two other small errors
were made by the printer, but they do not
alter the schedule on the large cards.
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and Weather Pillar company, is in the
city. He wants to erect pole outside
of the postal Telegraph office in the Hotel
Jermyn from which at precisely noon each
day ball will drop. This will be set in
motion from the naval observatory at
Washington.
The Christian Endeavor society of the
Calvary Reformed church desires to give
the Christian Endeavorers of the city and
their friends an opportunity to take cream
with the president. Rev. w. Stubblebine
before he leaves for North Carolina and
will hold a lawn festival this evening in
the grove. corner of Monroe avenue and
Gibson street.
The Rev. ]. NJ. Markwick, n missionary
from China, will give a lecture on What
Saw and Heard in China" in st. David's
Sunday school room on Tuesday evening,
Aug IS. The lecture will be under the
direction. and for the benefit of the Wo-
mems guild. Admission 15 cents. Ice
cream and cake will be served for the
small sum Of 10 cents.
Tomorrow morning Ezra Griffin post
Grand Army of the Republic, will run
basket excursion to Honesdale to raise
money to replenish the treasury of the
widows and orphans fund. The ladies of
the Honesdale Improvement society will
provide chairs and tables for the visit
ors in Riverside park and the post will
furnish coffee free of charge.
Marriage licenses were granted yester-
day by Clerk of the Courts John H.
Thomas to Nicola Goidanc and Giuseppe
Cilibetri. Avoca: Warren Wheeler and
Maggie Decker. Spring Brook; George
Forkel, of Scranton, and Annie Bucking-
ham, Mayfleld: andre Kiceran and Annie
Piskuna, Rendham: Edward Aplanalp and
Mary Jane Haddock. Scranton.
The following. which appeared in Sat-
urday's Tribune, was an injustice to John
Riley: John Riley was brought before
Alderman Bailey yesterday on complaint
Of his wife for threatening to kick the life
out Of her. After hearing Of the case
Riley paid the costs and tie complaint was
withdrawn" The facts are a. follows: