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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21
PERSONAL.

II. Langfeld is in New York.
Homer Green, of Honesdale was here
yesterday.
Mrs. =. +. Callahan has recovered from
serious illness of two months.
Miss Helen Price and Franklin B. Hen
shaw will be married Jan. 80.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Helen ii. Mott To Attorney q. l.. Peck.
Frederick Forbes and John j. Collins. Of
Carbondale. were In the city yesterday.
Miss Bertha Kelly, of Eynon street has
resumed study i'm the Bloomsbury Normal
school.
Recorder of Deeds Philip Richards. Of
Luzerne county. called on the officials 1T
the court house yesterday.
T. w. McAndrew. of New York city, has
been called here by the illness of his
daughter, Mrs. T.. y. Gross.
Miss Fannie Berger, of Wilkes Barre
spent Sunday at the home of Miss Mar
ina Evans. ON North Garfield avenue.
Conrad Schroeder and daughter, Mary
Cecilia Schroeder. will leave for New York
TO take passage tomorrow for Germany.
Joseph CassessSe and Frank Carlucci will
embark upon a voyage for Italy tomorrow
morning They will leave for New York
today.
a. Brooks C.liax, city engineer, and
Thomas +. Nc Nail, city solicitor of Hazle-
ton were visitors at the city hall yes
terday.
w. D. McFadden has accepted the posi-
tlon OF travelling salesman for 4 New
YORK house on II route from that city to
chicago.
DR.. Coe Mex by. an eye specialist from
New York. en- route for California Is in
the city for Il few days, the guest of his
mother on Tenth street.
Guy ~. Stevens. of this city, was married
yesterday al Los Angeles, Cal. His bride
was Miss Maud Mclean. daughter OF Rev.
Dr. Mclean, formery of this city.
John B. l.udgate. of Taylor, has succeed
ed as operator ana clerk in the I.ackawan-
ma depot AT Pittston W. Il. Bast, who goes
to the company's Montrose station
DR.. and Mrs -. Ii. Throop's fifty-fourth
wedding anniversary occurred SUNDAY
when. at IA family dinner, was present
Mrs. Mary Mckinney, who Witnessed the
couples marriage.
Said Sundays New York Tribune. "'Tbe
Washington Square Choral union was
formed al the Washington Square Meth.
odist Episcopal church last evening by The
newly-engaged chorster, Talie Morgan.
OF Scranton, Pa. Mr.. Morgan comes 10
this city most highly recommended by the.
clergy and leading musicians. He has
fifteen years active experience as a lead
er OF great chOruses and teacher of sieh
singing. Professor Il. VI. Bowman of this
city, speaks most highly of Mr. Morgan 5
ability, and he has been engaged by PRO-
lessor Bowman to teach sight singing To
the great Temple choir. of Brookiyn,
which numbers nearly 200 voices. The
washington Square Choral union promises
TO be one OF the leading organizations of
Its kind in this city"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21
TIE REALM OF BURLESQUE.
StattIar's Gaicty Company Plays "a
Crowded IlOMses nj DaNis's Theatre.

Crowded Houses at Davis's Theatre,
Sattlar's Gaiety Burlesque company
opened three days engagement at
Davis theater yesterday afternoon to
crowded house and gave an enter-
tainment that appeared to please the
large audience. The programme was
made up of the elements that require
the presence of pretty girls. lively
music and up-to-date specialties. The
opening musical melange was followed
by the GleasOns, who gave an interest
ing exhibition of their remarkable tai
ents in cane and gun spinning that
evoked frequent applause. Shelter and
Blakely gave funny African charac-
ter sketch, and the comedienes. Josie
Love and Jennie Lamont appeared in
an original act in which boomers. In
dian clubs and fire were important
features.
The living pictures We're probably the
most mcritOriOus features of the enter
tainment. The subjects were artistic
ally posed and the effects were beau
tiful and pleasing in every instance.
During the performance there was an
over abundance of horse dialogue that
could well have been spared from the
play.
The performance closed with a brief
burlesque entitled Ali Baba" The
thread of the plot was rather too fine to
be comprehended by the average spec
tator, hut 1t afforded an opportunity
for the introduction of pleasing marches
executed by the handsome chorus girls
in dazzling costumes The Gaiety COM
pany will be seen at Davis this and to-
morrow afternoons and evenings.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21
IN COMMON PLEAS COURT,
Important Coal Case Is on Trial Before
Judge Edwards.

Judge George M. Purdy, of Wayne
county. Is assisting in common pleas
court this week. He is presiding in
court room No. >: Judge Edwards is
on the bench i'm the main court room
and Judge Archibald in No 3.
An important suit was opened yes
tcrday before Judge Edwards and it
will go on the rest of the week. The
WintOn Coal company and the Pam
coast Coal company are plaintiff and
defendant respectively. EE-Judge W.
II. Jessup. ex-Judge II. A. Knapp and
c. p. OMalley are attorneys for the
former and $. B. Price. j. Alton Davis
and A. H. Winton for the latter.
Thousands of dollars are involved
The suit Is to recover the royalties on
one eighth of the coal interest in a
tract of land in Throop borough, oper-
ated at present by the defendant COM
pany The day was spent i'm Offering
paper title to the land and n,usty rec
cords from revolutionary days were
offered in evidence.
Statement Of the Case.
On September "a, 1869. w. III. winton
and A. II. WintOn purchased one-half
of the interest of the tract now i'm dis
pute and on June is. 1885, w. w. Win
ton decided one-half of his interest
whicfuDds one-eighth to the Winton Coal
company. The parties owning the other
half, not owned by the Wintons. in
1869 leased all the coal in the land to the
Pancoast Coal company and they gave
the Wintons credit for owning only one
quarter Of the land. That is where
the trouble arises and the jury now try
ing the issue will settle the question
from the testimony adduced in the
case.
The case in No. will last the great
er part of the week. 1t is one of feigned
issue certified from equity court. ]. w.
Fowler is the plaintiff and NJ. o. Web
ster, defendant. Fowler is represented
by Attorney Thomas +. Wells and
Webster by Senator NJ. T.. Mcdonald,
j. w. Carpenter and X. H. HOlgate,
attorneys.
Litigation over q stone Quarry.
The plaintiff is teller in the Lacka
wanna Trust and Safe Deposit bank.
He alleges that i'm May. $780, he had a
verbal understanding amounting to
contract in which they agreed to buy
100 acres OF land I'm Ransom township
on which stone quarry was situated.
The plaintiff claims that Webster Sc
cured title to 800 acres of other land,
sold the stone quarry tract and kept
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21

all the proceedings in his own right.
In No. . court the assumpsit suit OF
Powell Docmco against the Iron City
Mutual Fir Insurance company. OF
Pittsburg, is on trial before Judge
Gunster The plaintiff is represented
by Attorney c. III. Soper and the com
pany by Congressman Lemuel
Amerman. The action is brought to
force the payment reinsurance amount
ing to 500 on a house which was sit
uated on Washburn street and was de-
stroyed by fire on Dec. 10, 1892.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21
THE TURNER'S MASQUERADE.
January 27 Is tho Date Fixed for That
Annual Event.

- tuS hhtS mat
Annual Event.
The Scranton Turn Verein society will
hold their twenty-ninth annual mas
querade ball Monday evening, January
-. at their hall on Seventh street Wis
itors from the Scranton LiederkranZ,
HOnesdale Liederkranz and the South
Side Turn Verein will be in attendance.
The music for the dances and promen-
AIDES will be be the finest that the city
can furnish, and will consist of fifteen
pieces.
The committees in charge will spare
no expense to make the affair the
grandeSt the society ever gave. One
of the features of the evenings pro-
gramme will be the Spanish dance by
eight couple of young ladies and gen
tlemer of the Turner's. Those who have
the affair i'm charge are Louis Moth,
Louis Gscheidle, Charles Neuffer. Ed
mund A. Bartl. Victor Moth. w. W.
Ross and Carl Starber. The floor COM
mittee for the evening are Carl Starber.
Nelson G. Teete, Charles Bechtold and
Fred Braller
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21
Arranging for the Convention.

At meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union of Lackawanna and Lu-
zerne counties Saturday at the home of
Mrs. G. ii. Cool in West Pittston. ar
rangements were made for THE mid
year convention to be held Febiuary q
and 2S i'm Elm Park church. this city,
at which delegates will also be present
from Wayne. Wyoming, Monroe. Sus-
quehanna and Columbia cOunties. At
the committee meeting there were pres
ent from this city Mrs. c. ID. Simpson
and Mrs. ID. b. Hand.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21
IIO: Shot for MIR. Paine.
Officers Of Third National Bank.

At a meeting of the directors OF the
Third National bank yesterday after
noon the following were elected officers
for the ensuing year: william Con-
nell, president; George Fl. Catlin, vice
president; William II. Peck, cashier.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21

The Home for the Friendless deserves
your help. Save on cigar bills, for a
day or two. and send the amount thus
economical to The Tribune Home for
the Friendless Fund.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21

Have your grocer send you some of
HUYLER'S COCOA AND CHOCO-
LATES with your next order. Once
tried, always used.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21
When Tired Out
Use HOrsfOrd's Acid phos phate.

DR.. NJ. ii. Henry, New York, says:
when completely tired out by pro-
longed wakefulness and overwork, it is
OF the greatest value to me. AS a beyer-
age II possesses charms beyond any,
thing l know OF In the form of medi-
cine"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21

WONDERFUL are the cures accom-
plished by Hoods Sarsaparilla and yet II
il only because Hoods Sarsaparilla. the
one true blood purifier, makes pure. rich
healthy blood.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21

The Glenburn Polo and Hockey team
is open to play any team i'm Lacka-
wanna or Wyoming counties. Game to
be played at Glenburn.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21

HOODS PILLS for the liver and bow
els act easily, yet promptly and effi-
GENTLY,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21
GLENBURN STILL CHAMPION
Defeated Benton Club at II Game of
Polo on GIenhmrn Lake.

A large crowd gathered at G!enburn
lake Saturday afternoon to witness the
much talked of game of polo between
clubs representing Glenburn and Ben
ton. Glenburn team has held the
championship against all comers for the
last two years and were determined to
keep it in their possession. while the
Benton gentlemen have defeated sew
eral very good teams.
The captains agreed to play two
thrty-minute halves and the team
making the majority of goals in that
time was declared the winner. At ex-
actly o'clock Referee Harry Kennedy S
whistle started the game with a vim.
The disk was, for the first twenty
minutes. kept in Bentor's territory.
After that hOnors We're equally divided
for the first half neither side scoring a
goal.
The second half opened with the Glen
burn boys using rushing tactics. After
some scrimmaging and peculiar passing
by Griffin. Colvin. MetZgar and Smith.
Glenburn succeeded in landing the first
and only goal made. thereby winning
the game. The remainder of the game
the puck was kept near Berton's goal.
The line up of the teams was as fol-
lOwS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21

establishment of this imperatively
needed Improvement
After the applause which followed
his remarks had subsidized Mr.. Dickson
Incorporated his sentiments in a mo-
tion. In speaking on the motion Mr..
Paine said:
My questions have been only par
TALLY answered. / am confident the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
company will not pay towards the
erection of the viaduct and don't be-
lieve the Traction company will give
anything. Their offer given some
years ago Is to contribute $40, 900. at the
rate of 81 900 year and get it If you can.
There is only five per cent. of this
board present and / do not favor COM
mitting this entire board to the support
of project which has been suddenly
sprung on us and which has not been
digested as thoroughly as it's import
ance demands"
IIO: Shot for MIR. Paine.
'If I thought rejoined Mr.. Dickson.
that my speech was going to inflict
so much pain on the board / wouldn't
have sptung it. Mr.. Paine is having
his little kick. He Is entitled to it as
is every member of this board, but he
does himself an injustice when he con-
fesses that he does not understand this
matter which has been before the pub
lie for fifteen years"
The motion was then put and was
carried with only one dissenting vote
Mr. Paine's. After Mr.. Farr had ex-
pressed his qualification and thanks for
the boards action adjournment was
made.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21
SHE WANTS A DIVORCE.
irs. Worth Was Forced by Her husbands
CrnolAa IN 4 snNa Him

Crnclty 10 Leave Him.
Attorney F. j. FitzsimmOns and Fred
r. Stark. representing Mary Worth.
filed a libel in divorce yesterday pray
ing that she be separated from her hus-
band. William Worth, to whom she was
married August 6. 1854. in New York
city and from whom she was forced to
separate on April %, 1895, on account
of cruelty and desertion.
Mrs. Worth Is at present domiciled at
126 Robinson street. West Side. Her
liege lords habitatiOn is unknown.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21

Pillsbury's Flour mills have a capac-
ity of 1850 ba rrels a day -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21

Buy the Weber
and get the best. At Guernsey Bros.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-21

Reader, John +. Riley, appellant. VS..
John Il. Eigo: Judgment of common pleas,
No. ., of Philadelphia. affirmed.
William $. Muir, appellant, vs. John II.
Shinn: Judgment of common pleas, No. g.
of Philadelphia. reversed.
Orlady, J.-Samuel Moore VS.. Jacob
Grow: Judgment of common pleas Of
Montgomery county affirmed.
The Interstate Mutual Fire Insurance
company VS.. q. NJ. BrOwnback & Co., lin
tied: Judgment Of common pleas Of
Philadelphia affirmed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14

One of the latest, and certainly most
effective, methods of making artificial
flowers is the use of fresh bread.
All that is required is a loaf Of fresh
bread, some wire and little coloring
matter. According to a well known
maker of artificial flowers in the west
end Of London, this novel method is
likely to supersede all others. Not only
do these bread flowers look exactly like
the real article when freshly made, but
as the bread grows stale the flowers as
sumo a slightly withered appearances,
which is almost identical with that OF q
flower beginning to fade.
As q rule, ordinary artificial flowers
can at once be detected by the unnat1-
rally bright and fresh appearance they
present after being in the heated atmos-
phere of a ballroom or elsewhere for
several hours, but the fading power of
bread flowers practically insures them
against detection, even from the eyes OF
an expert. London Answers.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
FOOD FOR THE CATS.
English sparrows Have to Fight For Their
Lives In London.

English Sparrows Have to Fight For Their
Lives In London.
If left to himself, the London sparrow
would probably multiply exceedingly,
for there is enough waste from every
human household to keep at least one
pair of sparrows. That would give some
thing like 100000 sparrows TO the
area of greater London. But these fig
ures do not represent actual facts The
sparrow population is vigorously kept
down, not by want of fecundity-for at
the ZOO, for instance, where food and
shelter abound, the birds seem to breed
at all seasons of the year-but by the
operation of the natural enemy, that
great fact in all wild life, which even
the progressive London sparrow cannot
avoid. The natural enemy IN this case
is the London cat. If any one will count
up the number of houses in his or her
knowledge which do not possess cat,
the numbers and ubiquity of the natural
enemy will become apparent. Poor
people keep more cats than rich people,
SO the small houses abound in cats.
Rich folsk' cats which have large
houses, as rule, only catch the spar
rows on their own estate, but poor cats
have to poach at large, and Their ravages
among the young sparrows are prodl-
gious. 1t has been observed that spar
row killing cat bags on an average two
young birds day. No amount of cor
rection seems TO prevent their indul-
gence in this form of sport They know
it is wrong but it is too fascinating.
One young cat of the writer's acquaint-
ance went into fit after mild beating
for killing young sparrows. and as soon
as he recovered went off TO catch an
other. A cat in the same house which
was surprised with two naked nestlings
in its mouth slipped them underneath
mat ON the stairs when it saw its mis-
tress approaching. Nature is too strong
for them, and the drawing room pussy
seems no more able to resist the taste
for sport than the stable cat.-Londop
Spectator,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
spanisb Inemciencv.

Spanish inefficiency has been shown
up in ludicrous way by the recent self
floating of the new cruiser Princesa de
Asturias ut Cadiz. The vessel, which it
had taken seven years to build, got stuck
in the mud when they tried to launch
her over month ago. After trying their
best to float her without success for 80
days the Spanish engineers gave up the
Job, adopting the usual Micawber policy
of Spain of waiting for something to
turn up. They were justified by the
cruisers slipping into the water of her
own accord one afternoon when no one
was watching her.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
Thermometers.

At times of severe frost many per.
sons not skilled in the use of thermom-
eters report remarkably low tempera.
lures. These are often due to the Their
mometric liquid having partly evaporat-
ed from the main column and condensed
at the end of the tube farthest from the
bulb, the thermometer then reading just
as many degrees too low as there are
degrees of spirit at the top of the tube.
Good thermometers are just as liable to
this error as common ones, and there-
fore every one using a spirit minimum
thermometer must be OH the alert. Cen
orally the owner can restore the Their
mometer without sending it back to the
maker. Grasp the thermometer firmly,
resting a finger OH the tube so that there
be no vibration, and, holding the bulb
downward, give several strong, pendu-
lous swings. This will usually send the
spirits from the top and send the index
into the bulb. Stand the thermometer
bulb downward for an hour, then re-
verse it and very gently shake the in
dex out of the bulb and let it slide to
the end of the column when the Their
mometer will be as good as new. New
York Ledger.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

A recently passed ordinance making
II a crime to spit In street cars is being
rigidly enforced I'm Boston.
Archbishop Benson's life Is TO be
written by his son. the author of
"Dodo."
The grand jury of Ford county, Ills.
has returned an indictment against
Frederick Hartman for the murder of
Mrs. webke Gedde of Drummer town.
ship.
Fred Thoromar. an insurance agent,
was held up by two footpads in West
Union. o., and robbed of SAT. He was
beaten with clubs, shot through the
thigh. and left for dead. He crawled
to house near by, where he fell UNI
conscious.
The Wisconsin state board OF pharm-
acy has elected III. T.. Frank president.
Marshall j. Miller was hanged at San
Quintin, Cal. for the murder OF Joseph
Pierre of Marysville.
In one of Boston's busiest thorough
fares there is a sign which reads:
Cole e. Wood, Dealers I'm Wood and
Coal"
The explosion of a vulcanizer I'm the
dental rooms of w. M. Schlawig at
Sibley. Ia, caused a probably fatal in
jury to the dentists wife.
M. j. Foley, a prominent merchant,
mysteriously disappeared about ten
days ago from the Mondamin hotel.
Sioux City, Ia. 1t is feared he has been
murdered.
George Bryan of Elm Springs, Ark.
set fire to>a fuse IN well and before
he reached the top the blast was dis
charged, blowing his body into atoms.
There are on the several calendars Of
the house of representatives 1,465 bills
to be disposed of.
Andrew Souers has filed suit against
James Bubaker for $4,000 damages,
charging, alienation of the affections of
his wife. Both are rich farmers.
Felix G. Defontaine, the New York
Herald's famous war correspondent,
"Personne," is dead.
Mrs. Susan Whisehunt. the oldest
person in jefferson county, Ills, died
In her 9Sth year.
i. s. Abbot, an alleged horsethief,
and John Hall. an alleged forger, es-
caned from the county Jail at Jasper,
Ind, leaving a note telling who fur
nished them tools. Bloodhounds are
after them.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
POISONOUS POTATOES.
An AIkaloid Called Solanine Does Great
Damage Sometimes. r.l

damage SOinetihess
1t is not very rare to see serious ac-
cidents happen by poisoning from the
use of potatoes in places where food is
supplied by contract, as IN schools, prls-
ons and barracks, and astonishment is
expressed that this precious and highly
estimated food stuff should be capable
of doing SO much damage. 1t is well to
know that the potato, even when aoso-
lutely sound. contains certain amount
of q vegetable alkaloid called solanine.
The remarkable point is that this sol
anime is much more abundant in sum-
mer than in winter; whereas it amounts
to .O44 per kilogram from November
to February, it reaches the figure Of .233
in July and August. This evil would
not be very great if the production of
the alkaloid were not still further in
creased by the process of termination
and putrefaction of the potato. The use
of potatoes deteriorated in this way may
give rise to cases of poisoning character
lied by vomiting, diarrhea, fever, di-
lated pupils, commissions and profuse
sweating.
1t is usually in the months of June
and July that these accidents occur, at
the moment when the potatoes OF the
preceding year have begun to terminate
and rot. The contractors of the above
mentioned establishments send these po-
tatoes there, since they have no longer
any marketable value, because the new
potatoes are already large and reduced
in price.
It is therefore necessary to watch
these supplies in a most careful manner
and to refuse potatoes that show any
black or softened spots or that have be-
gun to terminate. As general thing
potatoes usedin eating should be al
fresh as possible. Paris Herald.