The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-25
CITY NOTES.

The joint auditing committee Of councils
will meet tonight.
Holy communion will be celebrated in st
Luke's church Monday and Tuesday OF
this week at a. IN.
Michael Welk, of Archibald, was commit.
ted to the county Jail last night charged
with defrauding IA boarding house Keeper
James Mullen was released from the
county Jail yesterday on $500 bail. lie was
committed on Il charge of making threats.
Professor Lindsay will conduct concerts
at Riverside park, near Driving park, tn
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday even
ings.
The name of Edwin Guernsey was omit
ted from the list of the members of the
high school graduating class printed IN
The Tribune Saturday.
The executive committee having in
charge the arrangemnts for the Fourth tf
July demonstration has decided TO post
pone action until after the Memorial Day
celebration.
The alarm from box 43. corner of Fifth
street and Broadway. at o'clock last ev-
ening was occasioned by a fire in an Hun
garian tenement at 3i2 Emmett street. The
building was not damaged.
Charles j. Weichel and George V. Miliar,
who have been in the crockery business In
this city for several years, have dissolved
ued by Mr.. Millar. Mr.. Weichel pro-
poes to go to Europe In the near future.
The main meeting of the Scranton aux
iliary of the Mccall mission will be held
at the residence of Mrs Frank COnnell,
III Pine street, this afternoon at $3.50.
cordial invitation is extended to all wo-
men interested in the work to be present.
The exchanges at the Scranton Clearing
House last week were as follows: May
IS, sli4. 744.s9; May i, $l5o. o.O55%; May 20
2s9sO; May 90, sS7,lS7. &c. total. $50. .O97: 81.
Clearings for the week ended May 25 1885,
Miss Stone. of Denver a graduate of
Oberlin, o.. conservatory sang In the Elm
Park church quartette yesterday morninl,
and evening. Miss Stone possesses a high
soprano voice pleasing in quality, and her
efforts yesterday were much admired by
musical people in the congregation.
Additional contributions to the building
fund Of st. Joseph's Founding Home are
as follows: Timothy Looney, 81; Mrs. Ei.
len Lavelle, 81; Andrew Coar, 81: Samuel
McMullen. 81; Mrs. John Rogan, 81; Thom-
as Folana; 81; Thomas F; C0ar, 81; Frank
Lynch. 81; John Carey. 81; John s. Garvey,
81; Martin Jordan. 81 a friend, 81; John
Reardon, 81; Joseph OBrien. ESQ.,, SO; Mrs.
Kearns, 81; Michael Mcrrck. 81; total. s27;
tai. s2s47.
An annual examination for pupils of the
eighth grade of the county schools was
conducted In Liberty hall Saturday ty
PROFESSOR j. L. Taylor. The branches In
which they were examined were arithme-
tic, grammar, orthography, geography,
penmanship, reading. history, physiology,
etc. The class consisted of ninety pupils
from all township schools In the county
Diplomas will be granted to those who
succeed In passing yesterdays eXamina-
tiops by an average OF 65 per cent The
assistant examiners could not complete
the work Of examining the papers Satur-
day and will meet again today in the SUI
perintendent's Office.
After revolving the facts in the case in
his mind for two days the solemn funny
man Of the Republican grew positively HI.
larious Saturday over the fact that a sir
Of the pen or of the linotype mans hand
caused what a captous critic Nigh:
construe into trifiing error tc
creep into the columns of The
Tribune Thursday. The genius whose
burst of humor on Saturday made lum,.
nous the ponderOus editorial page of the
Republican is no doubt the same aspjran,
for the laurel wreath of fame who would
'fnaugurate" book beer and who is won't
TO use such choice expressions as "the
well-known stranger" "the near dis.
tance." '.some party who wanted bicy.
cle," fine point of law" and consider
able excitement" With the ear marks OF
such learning and culture evident It Is
probably only just to also give him credit
for the effort to heap new honors or
Shakespeare by daZing the public witt
the information that the immortal Will
lam wrote "Richelieu."