The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-24
FOREST CITY.

H. w. Williams, of Windsor, N Y,
Will be the orator of the day ut the
Fourth of July celebration to take place
under the management of the Young
Mems Christian association. Mr.. Will
liams is said by those who have heard
him to be an eloquent and forceful
speaker. The instrumental music for
the occasion will be furnished by the
Forest City Citizens band, and the
vocal music will be in charge of Prof.
John l.. Morgan. The executive COM
mittee has in view a multiplicity of at
fractions and is working with method
to have the celebration of the day
eclipse any previous effort put forth
here in that direction.
Four hundred and twenty-six tick
cts were sold for the fifteen round
contest that took place Tuesday night
John Chambers and "Reddy" Conley.
A large delegation of sports were pres
ent from Carbondale, Vandling and
Richmondale each furnishing it's
quota.
The financial statement of the For
est City school board has been pub
lished for the year ending June 1, 1897,
and must be gratifying to the tax
payers of the borough. According to
the fieA es set forth, there was bal
ance left in the treasurer's hands
from last year Of $426.16; the school tax
received from the duplicates of 1895
and of 1896 amounted to SO, ,351 SO; The
state appropriation was $4,2793S, and
from other minor sources was received
the sum of $142.16, making a total of
$S,199.53. There was paid out in teach
ers' salaries the sum of $3,62S.50; inter-
est on bonds, $275; text books and sup
plies, $637.76; coal and carting, 449.-
"a; janitor's salary, $50; treasurer's
commission, $115,27; insurance, $6750.
Minor bills. including cleaning school
house, advertising and printing, wat
er rent, repairs and material freight
bills, auditors bill, interest on orders,
ETC., $245.4S, making a total expenditure
of s5,919.15. This leaves cash balance
in the hands of the treasurer amount
ing to 2,2S0.SS, which will go into a
sinking fund maintained to pay the
school building bonds as fast as they
fall due. But the financial part is not
all the directors deserve credit for.
In the past two years by carefully
studying school matters and by the
judicious selection of instructors they
have built up an institution of learn
of and this year directors and parents
had the satisfaction of witnessing the
first graduation exercises of the For
est City graded school. Four pupils
were given diplomas and no doubt
the class of '9S will be much larger.
Such excellent work in every depart
ment has been done that it seems
entirely fitting to especially COM
NHfhn off
brought about a state of affairs so
satisfactory.
At a meeting of the Epworth league
held Tuesday evening in the Metho-
dist church, the following officers were
elected to serve for the ensuing six
months: President, Miss Rena PEN
tecost; first-vice president, d. Stan
ley Evans; second vice-president, Miss
Eunice Dunn; third vice-president,
Mrs. w. j. Maxey; fourth vice-presi-
dent, Miss Ethel Alexander; secretary,
oliver f. Peasnoll: treasurer, Miss
Jessie Stone.
Thomas Jones' who met with an ac-
cident at the Clinton mines in Wand
ling Tuesday, sustained more severe
injuries than at first supposed. In ad-
dition to the loss of the toes of his
left foot, the radius, or smaller bone of
the left forearm was broken and he
received many painful injuries.
The commissioners of Wayne county.
the supervisor of Clinton township
Frank Hollenback. Of Carbondale, and
the superintendent of the Eries JEFF
ferson division were here Tuesday
The county officials were looking for
the best site for a bridge over the
Lackawanna, 60 take the place of the
one that recently collapsed. The log
ical site would have been at a point be-
tween Forest City and the Ontario and