The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-22
CITY NOTES.

CITY NOTES.
The building and high and training
school committees of the board of con-
troll will meet tonight.
At noon today Haydn Evans will give an
organ recital at the Penn Avenue Baptist
church, to which all are welcome.
Sergeant w S. Scott was chosen sec
ond lieutenant of Company & Wednesday
night Vice Lieutenant Sample, resigned.
William Dorovan is at the Moses Taylor
hospital suffering from a compound frac-
ture of the leg which he sustained yester-
day morning in the Cayuga mine.
John Brogan and Joseph McCrail, the
two young men who tore things about in
Weisbergs lunch wagon at Dunmore last
week were discharged by Alderman Howe
yesterday. Wessberg did not appear.
The funeral OF Mrs. Anthony O'Horo
will take place Saturday morning from
the family home on Emmet street. "A sol
emn high mass of requiem will be cele-
brated at 9 o'clock in Holy Cross church.
George d. Brown yesterday brought
suit for $1,000 damages against Wilbur n.
Rice for breach of contract as lessee of
the Driving park. Only SiO0 of the years
rental of $1,000 was paid, it Is alleged.
Carpenter Il Eleitz are the plaintff's s at
turneys.
In st. Peters Cathedral yesterday
morning the order of deaconship was
conferred upon Rev. William Gislon, of
Carbondale, and Stainslaus Spotanski, of
Nanticoke. candidates for the priesthood.
They will be ordained Saturday morning
in the cathedral.
Marriage licenses were yesterday grant
ed Michael Kellrick and Mary Boyle, of
Scranton; Henry Weibel ami Lena
Burkey, of Taylor; Charles Johns Arnold
of Vandfinp, and Dora NJ. PrObst, of Arcn-
bald; Joseph Olsofski and Moranna Part
zin. of Priccburg.
Martin Crane, of Locust street, West
| Side, was he!d in $500 bail yesterday by
Alderman Milar on the charge of grand
| larceny preferred by John =. Jones, of
! the West Side. Jones says that Crane
| took IS in money and a diamond ring
| valued at $50 from his residence
! Thomas Gilday, of Dunmore. was driv-
| ing horse alCng Washington avenue
| yesterday in such reckless manner that
| he knocked down a woman bicycle rider.
| She was uniniured, but her wheel was
wrecked. Policeman Sloate saw the oC-
| Currence and arrested GildaY. At the city
! hall the prisoner was fined 81.
There will be a match game of quots
! between Pat buddy. of Pine Brook, and
! Thomas Bell, of Sibley, for $2j side,
at Capouse hotel at o'cloCn Saturday
| afternoon. Two Pinch pins, two soft
| sticking clay ends, ten yards distance are
the conditions. buddy and Bell have met
before. and Bell was the winner by two
| points.
Mrs. j. S. Crawfor and Mrs c. H. Won
Storch, on the part of the Florence Crit
tenton mission, yesterday entered into a
contract with n. A. Kaufhold for the
erection of the soCicty's new home on Har-
| rison avenue, between Pine and Gibson
| streets The building is to cost $5,422jI
| and will be built after plans of Architect
| Il. l.. Walter.
The will of the late John FOurot, in
| which his wife, Mrs. Mary Faurot, Is
named as soIe heir, has been attacked, the
contestant being the decedents sister
| Mrs. Estella Woolsey, of New York city
She alleges that the will is not genuine
| The will is written in a crude style on a
| half sheet of note paper and consists OF
about q dozen lines. There were no sub
| scribing witnesses.
a recital at the Elm Park church las
night given by Miss Helen Augusta Gil
more, reader of Emerson College Of ora.
tory, Boston; Miss Katherine Thiele, so
prano, of this city, and Miss Jennie Buch
wald, pianist, attracted a large and selec
audience The affair was for the beneh
of the EpWorth league of the church. \
well arranged programme of sixteen Sc
lectionS with numerous cnCores was given
The Home Circle of the Howard Plac,
African Methodist Episcopal church ten
dered a reception and banquet in the Tab
ernacle last night, which was the mos
elaborate social function of that CiIcl,
this season. The decorations, which wer,
very profuse, consisted of bunting anC
flags, potted palms and chrysanthemums
Bauer'S orchestra furnished the music
Mrs. G.. w. Brown, president Mrs S. j
Morton, secretary, and Mrs. II. A. PattCr
son, treasurer. did the receiving.
Mayor Bailey received a letter from
City Detective MOir yesterday stain!
that all of the Garrett Bogart jewelry ha,
| been recovered in Chicago and the righ
men are under arrest there. Desk Ser
geant Dieter reached Pttsburg yesterda!
with requistion papers he secured at Har
risburg. In the Smoky City he was joinc,
| by Chief Roblng, who was there attend
ing United States court. The two mel
proceeded to Chicago and today the thre
Scranton officers will start back with tn
| accused men.
The "Smehas ThUra" ball con lucted b.
the Young Mems Hebrew Beneficial asso
citation i'm Music hall last night was one o
the most successful ever held in this city
The affair was the seventh in the histor
of this society of enterprlsng young men
| Music hall never looked prettier than 4
ltS SarD OF Teu, Wnlle ana Dlue last nlghl
Bauers orchestra furnished the music 70
dancing and Professor Taylor wa
prompter At 10 o'clock, when dancin
began, there were over 100 couples IN tn
? room. In charge of the ball were: ,
Grossman, floor manager; Ed Weiss, as
sitant floor manager; fioor committee r
Klein, Ad Schwartz, B. Feldman, Jaco
Friedman.
Richard McHugh, of North Main ave
nue., went to Williamsport Tuesday to as
certain whether the lad who had bee
found dead i'm an empty freight car o
Saturday in that city was his son, VIII
has been absent from home for over seve
3 months. Another West Scranton 90!
son of Mrs. Patrick J. AIcHugh, of ~
zerne street, has also been missing sine
. June last, and it was thought that tn